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Ant-Man Can Eng, Tan Twan. Tan, Amy. Tan, Leemei Tan, Shaun Tan, Twan Eng Tar. Tau Tran, Thi Minh PhuocSummary: Soul Mate traces the relationship between two best friends (Zhou Dongyu and Ma Sichun) and the eventual collapse of their friendship when a boy comes between them. Anchored by two of the most promising young actresses of their generation, Soul Mate is an evocative drama that dissects young love with style and verve. --
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SOUSummary: Once upon a time in China: The legendary martial arts teacher Wong Fei-hung, with a band of disciples, battles a host of nefarious forces--foreign and local--who are threatening Chinese sovereignty as British and American imperialists encroach upon the Mainland.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ONC1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD FOREIGN ONC
Summary: In Pei, a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king, the military commander faces peril both inside and outside the palace walls. But he has a secret weapon: a look-alike who can fool both Pei's enemies and the King himself.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FOREIGN SHAXingyun
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Buddha's Light Pub. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 XINYan, Lan
Summary: "In recounting her family history, Lan Yan brings to life a century of Chinese history from the last emperor to present day, including the Cultural Revolution which tore her childhood apart. The little girl who was crushed by the Cultural Revolution has become one of the most active businesswomen in her country. In telling her and her family's story, she serves up an intimate account of the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 YANTian
Summary: "Year of the Rabbit tells the true story of one family's desperate struggle to survive the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge seizes power in the capital city of Phnom Penh. Immediately after declaring victory in the war, they set about evacuating the country's major cities with the brutal ruthlessness and disregard for humanity that characterized the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TIATau
Contents: Mother -- The bridge of Khajou -- Mo anam gara -- The midnight jaguar -- I see you -- Venadito -- E'spiral -- Tara
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Fuzz Club
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK TAUEng, Tan Twan.
Summary: Takes the readers from the final days of the Chinese emperors to the dying era of the British Empire, with a young man's perilous journey through the betrayals of war and into manhood.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ENGCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ENGEng, Tan Twan.
Summary: Malaya, 1951. Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed tea plantations of Cameron Highlands. There she discovers Yugiri, the only Japanese garden in Malaya, and its owner and creator, the enigmatic Aritomo, exiled former gardener of the emperor of Japan. Despite her hatred of the Japanese, Yun Ling seeks to engage Aritomo...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Books 2012
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Summary: "Malaya, 1951. Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed tea plantations of Cameron Highlands. There she discovers Yugiri, the only Japanese garden in Malaya, and its owner and creator, the enigmatic Aritomo, exiled former gardener of the emperor of Japan. Despite her hatred of the Japanese, Yun Ling seeks to engage Aritomo...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TANCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: P TANTan, Twan Eng
Summary: In 1921 Penang, when Willie, a famed writer and old friend of her husband's, arrives for an extended stay, Lesley, as her friendship with Willie grows, makes a dangerous decision to confide in him about life in the Straits, including her relationship with a charismatic Chinese revolutionary-a confession that has devastating consequences.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: FIC TAN1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC TANCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC TANContents: Crouching tiger, hidden dragon -- The eternal vow -- A wedding interrupted -- Night fight -- Silk Road -- To the south -- Through the bamboo forest -- The encounter -- Desert capriccio -- In the old temple -- Yearning of the sword -- Sorrow -- Farewell -- A love before time (English) -- A love before time (Mandarin).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Classical/Sony Music Soundtrax 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC CROSummary: Liu Jin-xi is a village craftsman whose quiet life is irrevocably shattered by the arrival of two notorious gangsters in the local general store. When Liu single-handedly saves the shopkeeper's life, he comes under investigation by detective Xu Bai-jiu. Convinced that Liu's martial arts mastery belies a hidden history of training by one of the region's vicious clans, Xu doggedly pursues the shy...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WUSummary: Bong is a highly respected hardline cop with a long history of success on dangerous cases. However, his past unexpectedly comes back to haunt him when a sting operation is attacked by a mysterious group of criminals led by Ngo, his former protégé, a talented former officer who had once respected and admired Bong. However, a terrible mistake three years prior landed him in prison, quickly...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2021
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN RAGCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RAGSummary: Computer hackers demand ransom when they break into a computer system with a powerful and apparently unstoppable virus. A mysterious young woman quickly saves the business. She requests a meeting with the company's CEO and he ends up getting more than he bargained for. Lynn turns out to be a highly skilled assassin, who knocks off the CEO with the help of her younger sister Sue. Hong, a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SOSummary: In the early 1600s, the Manchurians have taken over sovereignty of China and established the Ching Dynasty. The new government immediately imposes a martial arts ban, forbidding the practice of martial arts altogether in order to gain control.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Company 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SEVTar.
Contents: Lady steps -- G7 -- Dean Martin -- Good part (wrong band) -- Teetering -- Solution 98 -- Deep throw.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Touch & Go 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK TARSummary: Qiao is in love with Bin, a local mobster. During a fight between rival gangs, she fires a gun to protect him. Qiao gets five years in prison for this act of loyalty. Upon her release, she goes looking for Bin to pick up where they left off.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASHTran, Thi Minh Phuoc
Summary: Collects fifteen Vietnamese folktales, including "Mai An Tiem and the watermelon seeds," which tells the story about orphan Mai An Tiem who is banished to a remote island by the king despite his loyalty.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 TRACan
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Wea Corp 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CANSummary: After having the emperor's minister of defense executed, a power-grabbing eunuch sends assassins to trail the victim's children to a remote point on the northern Chinese border. But that bloodthirsty mission is confounded by a mysterious group of fighters who arrive on the scene, intent on delivering justice and defending the innocent.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DRATan, Amy.
Summary: Struggling to regain her voice and express her true feelings to her husband, ghostwriter Ruth Young discovers that her inability to speak closely parallels the story of her mother LuLing's early life in China, where Ruth finds the famous bonesetter, a woman whose mouth was sealed shut during a suicide attempt.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TANTan, Leemei
Summary: "An award-winning collection of over 110 modern and delectable recipes from across Asia. Written by the blogger behind My Cooking Hut, Leemei Tan-Boisgillot, who has travelled and lived in many different places across Asia, this is the new and updated edition of 'Lemongrass and Ginger,' featuring brand new recipes that celebrate commonly available ingredients and street food favourites. Leemei...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nourish, an imprint of Watkins Media Limited 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.595 TANTan, Shaun
Summary: "When a foreign exchange student comes to live with a typical suburban family, he brings with him a boundless sense of curiosity--and a stream of unexpected questions (which his hosts are never quite sure how to answer). But when the moment comes to say good-bye, a beautiful surprise awaits, and a gift the family will never forget"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020