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Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina History 1992- Fiction Bosnian Americans Fiction Genocide Bosnia and Herzegovina Fiction Missing persons Investigation Missing persons Investigation Fiction Sarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovina) Fiction War crimes War crimes Bosnia and Herzegovina Fiction Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 FictionSummary: Longing to show her son the country where she fell passionately in love with his father, an Italian professor heads off on a summer vacation to the battle-scarred city of Sarajevo. There she discovered a long-hidden secret, which reveals a past more haunted that even her memories can disclose.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TwMaden, Mike
Summary: Twenty years ago, Dr. Cathy Ryan restored the eyesight of a young Bosnian girl who had been injured during an attack in the Balkan War. Today, her son, Jack Ryan Jr. has decided to surprise his mother by tracking down the young lady. What he finds shocks them both. The helpless child has grown into a remarkable woman. Aida Curic is a self-possessed beauty who runs a refugee agency that helps...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CLACopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MADFesperman, Dan
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FESSummary: Vacationing journalists try to track down a missing war criminal in one of Eastern Europe's deadliest regions. What begins as an impulsive reporting adventure immediately turns dangerous, as hostile locals, shady underworld figures and a case of mistaken identity put them squarely in their target's crosshairs. Amid the bullets and bombs, they discover that getting the scoop is one thing--...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Company Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HuFesperman, Dan
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M FESSummary: A touching film about a single mother who lives with her 12-year-old daughter in the Grbavica district of Sarajevo, a neighborhood once used as an internment camp during the Yugoslav wars. A beautiful and tender story that you won't soon forget.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Strand Releasing Home Video 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GRBHemon, Aleksandar
Contents: Islands -- The life and work of Alphonse Kauders -- The Sorge spy ring -- The accordion -- Exchange of pleasant words -- A coin -- Blind Josef Pronek & dead souls -- Imitation of life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEMGalloway, Steven
Summary: "A spare and haunting, wise and intelligent novel, The Cellist of Sarajevo is a testament to the endurance of the spirit and the subtle ways individuals reclaim their humanity in a city ravaged by war." "In a city under siege, four people whose lives have been upended are ultimately reminded of what it is to be human. From his window, a musician sees twenty-two of his friends and neighbors...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Naxos Audiobooks 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GALGalloway, Steven
Summary: While a cellist plays at the site of a mortar attack to commemorate the deaths of twenty-two friends and neighbors, two other men set out in search of bread and water to keep themselves alive, and a woman sniper secretly protects the life of the cellist as her army becomes increasingly threatening.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GALSummary: When Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac accepts a U.N. peacekeeper position in postwar Bosnia, she discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an international conspiracy that is determined to stop her, no matter the cost. With masterful acting and a heart-racing plot, an acclaimed film inspired by actual events.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WHICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER WHIThornton, I. W. B. (Ian W. B.)
Summary: Johan Thoms (pronounced Yo-han Tomes) was born in Argona, a small town twenty-three miles south of Sarajevo, during the hellish depths of winter 1894. Little did he know that his inability to reverse a car would change the course of 20th Century History forever...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Friday Project 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOFullerton, John.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FULArcos, Carrie
Summary: Told in two voices, Nadja grows up in war-torn Bosnia in the 1990s and, in the present, refuses to discuss her youth with her daughter, Zara, until both are traumatized by a terrorist attack in Rhode Island.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ARCBarker, Gary
Summary: "Tyler is in therapy. Katia and Goran are in love. On a summer trip to Zagreb, the couple discover an unusual museum that displays mementos of broken relationships. Inside, Goran stumbles upon an exhibit that seems to be addressed to him, from a girl he met in a Sarajevo refugee camp at age fourteen. What follows is a whirlwind summer of reconnecting with lost pasts: Goran confronts the youth...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: World Editions 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARTurow, Scott
Summary: Bill ten Boom has walked out on everything he thought was important to him: his career, his wife, Kindle County, even his country. Still, when he is tapped to examine the disappearance of an entire Kosovo refugee camp--unsolved for ten years--he feels drawn to what will become the most elusive case of his career. In order to uncover what happened during the apocalyptic chaos after the Bosnian...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Book Group 2017
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC TURArmstrong, Jesse
Summary: A young man, Andrew, follows his romantic interest, a wealthy young socialite named Penny, across Bosnia in a van, performing an unfinished peace play that they hope will stop the bombings in Sarajevo.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ARMTurow, Scott
Summary: Bill ten Boom has walked out on everything he thought was important to him: his career, his wife, Kindle County, even his country. Still, when he is tapped to examine the disappearance of an entire Kosovo refugee camp, unsolved for ten years, he feels drawn to what will become the most elusive case of his career. In order to uncover what happened during the apocalyptic chaos after the Bosnian...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC TURSacco, Joe.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2003
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SACTrebinčević, Kenan
Summary: "Kenan loves drawing and playing soccer with his friends. He wants to be a famous athlete, hates it when his classmates trash his buck teeth by calling him 'Bugs Bunny,' and fights with his big brother, who's too busy and cool for him lately. Sometimes his parents drive him crazy, but he feels loved and protected--until the war ruins everything. Soon, Kenan's family is trapped in their home...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TRETurow, Scott
Summary: Bill ten Boom has walked out on everything he thought was important to him: his career, his wife, Kindle County, even his country. Still, when he is tapped to examine the disappearance of an entire Gypsy refugee camp--unsolved for ten years--he feels drawn to what will become the most elusive case of his career. In order to uncover what happened during the apocalyptic chaos after the Bosnian...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing Large Print 2017
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Summary: Bill ten Boom has walked out on everything he thought was important to him: his career, his wife, Kindle County, even his country. Still, when he is tapped to examine the disappearance of an entire Gypsy refugee camp--unsolved for ten years--he feels drawn to what will become the most elusive case of his career. In order to uncover what happened during the apocalyptic chaos after the Bosnian...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TURTurow, Scott
Summary: "In the bestselling tradition of Presumed Innocent--the 1987 debut novel that made him "one of the major writers in America" (NPR)--comes what may be Scott Turow's best thriller yet ... Bill ten Boom has walked out on everything he thought was important to him: his career, his wife, Kindle County, even his country. Still, when he is tapped to examine the disappearance of an entire Gypsy refugee...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TURCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TURCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC TURCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TURCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Turow 2017Stanisic, Sasa
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STAAndric, Ivo
Summary: The Bridge on the Drina is a vivid depiction of the suffering history has imposed upon the people of Bosnia from the late 16th century to the beginning of World War I. As we seek to make sense of the current nightmare in this region, this remarkable, timely book serves as a reliable guide to its people and history. The dreadful events occurring in Sarajevo over the past several months turn my...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 1977