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Understanding China through comics 3Mochizuki, Jun
Summary: "The tragedy that befell a bustling city a hundred years earlier. Eyes of ill omen. Stone seals. The warped gears that have continued turning since long ago play out a requiem for one who was much loved. The solemn sound of the dirge colors the world that hears its notes a melancholy gray-- as though it was always meant to be" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Mochizuki, Jun.
Summary: As Gil, Oz, and Alice wander the ruins of the former capital, they are assaulted by illusions from the past. But how much of it is real? And how much of it illusion?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Mochizuki, Jun.
Summary: "The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius's coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. Thrown into the Abyss--an eternal prison from which there is no escape--Oz meets a young girl named Alice, who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn, will they lead only to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Mochizuki, Jun.
Summary: "The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius's coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. Thrown into the Abyss--an eternal prison from which there is no escape--Oz meets a young girl named Alice, who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn, will they lead only to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Mochizuki, Jun.
Summary: "The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius's coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. Thrown into the Abyss--an eternal prison from which there is no escape--Oz meets a young girl named Alice, who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn, will they lead only to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Mochizuki, Jun.
Summary: "Just when it seems the tragedy of Sablier is on the verge of recurring at Isla Yura's residence, the sinister blade of the Headhunter swings once more. From the darkness where the mysteries of Fianna's House and Humpty Dumpty converge, one truth will come to light: an unmoving reality that is itself so shocking, it seems like an illusion-- Will Oz and his allies ever recover?" -- from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen 2013
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Summary: "Xinyue and his brother are seekers, hunting Aweto--a rare, plantlike treasure--along the Silk Road. When Xinyue discovers the child of a deity that creates Aweto, it disrupts his already turbulent life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 SEECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA GRAPHIC SEEMochizuki, Jun
Summary: "Duldum and Duldee, two hearts struggling against each other. They are interchangeable, but far from ordinary, reverberations. The irreversible final moment closes in, a result of a seemingly hopeless wish. As if it was the beginning of the end..." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press, Hachette Book Group 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Mochizuki, Jun.
Summary: "Oz. Leo. Inescapable tragey assaults and binds the two. He is no more. That simple truth tears their hearts apart like casltes of sand caving in...But will history repeat itself when, in the midst of their sorrow, the two are pitted against each other in a struggle that could end in catastrophe?"
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: "Brother, master, friend. There once was an impure soul who, unknowingly, sealed a contract with Humpty Dumpty in the dark bowels of Sablier. But the time has come for him to face both his true self and his sins. Reexamining the events that have led him to this juncture, he comes to a realization and, choosing to stand by his convictions, decides on a course of action-- as though it may yet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2013
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Summary: Oz Vessalius makes his high-society debut at the manor of Isla Yura intending to investigate the potential location of one of the stone seals that Pandora seeks. But over the festivities and the secrets that swirl behind the masks of the merrymakers hangs a cloying scent of intrigue. And when the blood-blackened hand of a demon unexpectedly descends on those gathered, a waltz of madness...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "An astonishingly candid view of a once-secret nation with rare archival footage, insightful historical commentary and stunning eyewitness accounts from citizens who struggled through China's most decisive century"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHISuh, Krista
Summary: From the creator of the Pussyhat Project comes a manifesto for every woman to create her own distinct and original path to joy, success, and impact. On January 21, 2017, millions of protestors took part in the Women's March, and many of them created a "sea of pink" when they wore knitted pink "pussyhats" in record numbers. The pussyhat swiftly found its place on the cover of TIME and the New...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 SUHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social SuhChang, Jung
Summary: The most famous sisters in China, the three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the center of power during a time of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations. Red Sister, Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen; Little Sister, May-ling, became Madame Chiang Kai-shek; Big Sister, Ei-Ling, became Chiang's unofficial main adviser, and made herself one of China's richest women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 CHAJung, Philip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Basilica? 1980
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.377456 JungChang, Jung
Summary: A portrait of the nineteenth-century empress covers the coup that made her regent after her father's death, her defiance of centuries of traditions and formalities, and her role in introducing Western political ideas and technologies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CIXI, EMPRESS CHAGund
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Puppet, Call number: PPT COOSu, Xiaokang
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 895.1852 SuChang, Jung
Summary: Based on a decade of research and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before--and with virtually everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him--this is the most authoritative life of Mao ever written. It is full of startling revelations, exploding the myth of the Long March, and showing a completely unknown Mao: he was not driven by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAO ZEDONG CHAChang, Jung
Summary: Jung Chang describes how her mother inspired her to write the book, Wild swans, in which she tells the story of three Chinese women, her grandmother, her mother, and herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1991
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 951.05 CHACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.05 CHAGund
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Puppet, Call number: PPT ELMNguyen, Tung
Summary: "In 1975, Tung Nguyen fled Vietnam as a pregnant refugee and landed in Miami, where she met Kathy Manning, an American grad student who opened her doors to eleven immigrants. The two women grew close, raising Tung's daughter, Lyn, together and opening a tiny restaurant. Hy Vong, meaning Hope in Vietnamese, quickly became famous in the local community for its delicious, authentic Vietnamese...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092 NGULiu, Jing
Summary: "A great way to learn about China''s vast history!"--Amy Tan, author ofThe Joy Luck Club Excels at clarifying the often-confusing transitional periods between dynasties... An excellent introduction to the large trends of early Chinese history."--School Library Journal "The lucid, economical text makes one eager for the successive volumes."--Booklist "The combination of silhouettes--often...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Bridge Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 951 LIUSummary: This film reveals the untold story of a Filipina American garage band that morphed into the ferocious rock group Fanny, who almost became the female Beatles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021