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Chan, Alina Ee, Su Chin. Foster, Si Held, Shai Li, Fei Fei Liu, Bin Sha, Zhi Gang Sha, Zhi Gang. Shi, Maggie Zub, JimSummary: The adrenaline-filled odyssey of five legendary kungfu monks in search of the American dream. The men in this movie are not only accomplished Zen masters but famous kungfu stars with huge followings. It also has footage and history of the Shaolin Temple in Henan province, & chronicles the creation of Zen and kungfu by a wandering monk named Bodhidharma 1500 years ago. Today the temple is a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SHASummary: "In distant realms far beyond the familiar solar system, an epic drama is playing out, with a cast list featuring rogue planets, colliding galaxies, and black holes more massive than a billion suns, and each character has its own extraordinary story to tell."
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV UNISummary: David Attenborough returns to the world's oceans in this sequel to the acclaimed documentary filming rare and unusual creatures of the deep, as well as documenting the problems our oceans face.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Earth 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BLUSummary: Explores the three categories of mineral resources found within the earth (power resources, gem stones, and metals) and how they have been utilized for the advancement of civilization.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TRESummary: From master director Jia Zhang-Ke comes a vital document of Chinese society since 1949. Jia interviews three prominent authors, Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua, and Liang Hong, born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, respectively. In their stories, we hear of the dire circumstances they faced in their rural villages and small towns, and the substantial political effort undertaken to address it, from the social...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SWISummary: The Pacific Ocean covers one third of the Earth's surface, holds half of the world's water, and hides the deepest place on the planet. It is a place where huge and iconic, rare and dazzling creatures live, and where creatures yet to be discovered lurk. Filmed in cinematic 4K, the program breaks the boundaries between land and sea to present the Pacific Ocean in a way never seen before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BIGSummary: Examines the various factors that make Earth suitable for life, including its size, weather system, distance from the sun, and other natural factors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC PeCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PERSummary: Wonderwoman, Thief Catcher, and Invisible Girl team up to battle the baby stealing Demon-Lord of the Underworld.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE HERSummary: A "farewell cruise" takes a luxury ship up the vast Yangtze River shortly before completion of the massive Three Gorges Dam. The passengers glimpse a rapidly changing countryside, while the local people struggle to adapt as their lives are irrevocably altered.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UP1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF UP
Chan, Alina
Summary: "In this uniquely insightful book, a scientist and a writer join forces to try to get to the bottom of how a virus whose closest relations live in bats in subtropical southern China somehow managed to begin spreading among people more than 1,500 kilometres away in the city of Wuhan. They grapple with the baffling fact that the virus left none of the expected traces that such outbreaks usually...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 CHASha, Zhi Gang.
Summary: The Power of Soul reveals secrets, wisdom, knowledge, and practices to transform the consciousness of humanity and all souls, and enlighten them in order to create love, peace, and harmony for humanity, Mother Earth, and all universes. The Power of Soul teaches soul healing, soul prevention of sickness, soul rejuvenation, soul transformation of every aspect of life (including relationships and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 204 ShaSha, Zhi Gang.
Summary: Master Zhi Gang Sha teaches the "divine" way to transform any aspect of your life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 204.4 SHAShi, Maggie
Summary: Collection of classic recipes adapted for a slow cooker. "Slow cooker food conjures images of meat and potatoes--using a different sauce every day doesn't hide the fact that it's pot roast again. But who has time for incredibly complex recipes with dozens of ingredients? Home cooks can take back the slow cooker with these midcentury family favorites, updated for today's tastes and adapted to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Countryman Press, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, Independent Publishers Since 1923 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.58 SHIFoster, Si
Summary: A Bountiful Kitchen Cookbook is filled with recipes, photos, recipe stories, lifestyle photos and special notes from me throughout the book. I hope you will love this heritage collection of recipes gathered in one book. The book lays flat and has a total of 368 pages. Yes Three-Hundred and Sixty-Eight!
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Publisher / Publication Date: A Bountiful Kitchen 0000
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Summary: Kites and China are practically synonymous, since these childhood toys were originally invented there before becoming popular around the world. For over 2000 years, kites have been a common sight in China, from the imperial court to the common people, and over that time period the craftsmanship of the kite has been perfected-and includes a diversity and richness of styles. In Chinese Kites,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Better Link Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.15 LIUEe, Su Chin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Pub. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9772 EEZub, Jim
Summary: Nick Fury and Agent Coulson lead the search for Captain America after he disappeared in 1943, but a frustrating meeting with the World Security Council could put an end to their search.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 AVESha, Zhi Gang
Summary: Feel the greatest love. Experience the greatest love. Embody the greatest love. The greatest love is love that truly lasts and has no conditions. It is the love of a mother for her child. It is the love we read about in poems. It is the love we long to have. We all have challenges that keep us from experiencing this greatest love. These challenges may present themselves in your health,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299 SHASha, Zhi Gang.
Summary: "Millions of people on Mother Earth are suffering from sicknesses in their spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical bodies. Millions of people have limited or no access to healthcare. They want solutions. Millions of people are searching for spiritual secrets, wisdom, knowledge, and practical techniques to transform their physical lives and spiritual journeys. The key to physical life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 299.5 SHACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299.5 SHALi, Fei Fei
Summary: "The moving memoir of a girl coming of age as an immigrant in America who finds her calling as a scientist at the forefront of the AI/Machine Learning revolution. Fei-Fei Li is known to the world as the creator of ImageNet, a key catalyst of modern artificial intelligence (AI). But her career in science was improbable from the start. Moving from China's middle class to American poverty, her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Moment of Lift Books 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B LI LIZub, Jim
Summary: Hawkeye helps Agent Coulson investigate a mysterious hammer and its extraterrestrial owner, while Black Widow takes a trip to a university to check on a certain green doctor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 AVEZub, Jim
Summary: Nick Fury has a cold meeting with General Ross to discuss a security breach, Black Widow discovers the Hulk isn't the only green giant wreaking havoc in the city.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 AVEZub, Jim
Summary: Nick Fury is slowly learning things are about to get much worse when news breaks out that Iron Man is losing control and to top it all off, the Avenger is being poisoned and could die at any moment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2017