Summary: Ricky takes revenge on the drug-pushing thugs who killed his girlfriend. Sentenced to a prison term, Ricky is confronted by a host of evil characters, including a sadistic warden, his assistant, and The Gang of Four, a group of powerful fighters who control fellow inmates through terror and threat of death.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyo Shock 2011
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE RIKContents: Disc 1, Films 1-3. Zatōichi monogatari = Tale of Zatoichi (1962 ; 96 min.) / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka ; directed by Kenji Misumi -- Zoku Zatōichi monogatari = Tale of Zatoichi continues (1962 ; 72 min.) / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka ; directed by Kazuo Mori -- Shin Zatōichi...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLINSummary: After more than a decade of sober political dramas and social-minded periodpieces, the great Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi shifted gears dramatically for this rapturously stylized quartet of ghost stories. Featuring colorfully surreal sets and luminous cinematography, these haunting tales of demonic comeuppance and spiritual trials, adapted from writer Lafcadio Hearn's collections of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Master thief Lupin III, a.k.a. 'The Wolf, ' and his right-hand gunman Jigen are hot on the trail of a double-crossing counterfeiter. But when their search leads them to the secluded European country of Cagliostro, they find far more than they bargained for. Lupin unwittingly attracts the attention of the nation's mysterious monarch when he tries to help a damsel in distress escape the Count's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Manga Video 2000
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME CASSummary: "Akira Inugami [is] the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabaret singer, corrupt politicians, and a plot by the J-CIA to harvest his blood in order to steal his lycanthropic powers. At the same time,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FOREIGN WOLFanga.
Summary: Groundbreaking musical experience pickingkey tracks from Fanga's back catalogue and re-structuring them around a unique fusion of Gnawa Afrobeat & Funk. Gnawa a unique genre, first surfaced on cassette around 1975 has become a central music culture to Morocco.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: STRUT RECORDS 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN FANRania
Summary: Best friends Lily and Salma disagree over their preferred foods, but after trading sandwiches to see how they taste, the girls change their minds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E RanTamba Trio.
Contents: Boranda -- Nuvens -- Se eu pudesse voltar -- Barumba -- Pregao -- Danielle -- Berimbau -- O amor em paz -- Morte de um deus de sal -- Yansa -- Consolocao -- Moto continuo.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Soul Jazz Records 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN TAMMaljartschuk, Tanja
Summary: A Biography of a Chance Miracle explores the life of Lena, a young girl growing up in the somewhat vapid, bureaucracy-ridden and nationalistic Western Ukrainian city of San Francisco. Lena is a misfit from early childhood due to her unwillingness to scorn everything Russian, her propensity for befriending forlorn creatures, her aversion to the status quo, and her fear of living a stupid and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cadmus Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MALCrouch, Tanja.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's Educational Series 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.23 CRODusy, Tanja
Summary: "The perfect way to eat: a colorful bowl, packed with wonderful healthy ingredients. Buddha Bowls are not only satisfying, they are also really nourishing. All the recipes have a simple basic theme in common: a wide variety of ingredients and tastes come together to create a harmonious overall meal. The balanced combination of carbohydrates, fat, and protein provides the body with everything it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grub Street 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5636 DUSSummary: Reformed killer Tetsu wanders around Japan, awaiting his own execution, until he is called back to Tokyo to help battle a rival gang. This edition of the film includes an interview with the director.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 1998
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TOKYamashita, Tatsurō
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC BIGTessaro, Kathleen
Summary: Fraught with insecurity about her husband's increasingly distant behavior, Louise Canova obtains a faded fashion guide from a second-hand bookshop and discovers that its lessons have unexpected results.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TESCarver, Tania.
Summary: Stumbling upon signs of an insane serial killer, Detective Inspector Phil Brennan and psychologist Marina Esposito discover a cage constructed of human bones containing a feral child who the killer is determined to reclaim.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARBranigan, Tania
Summary: "'It is impossible to understand China today without understanding the Cultural Revolution,' Tania Branigan writes. During this decade of Maoist fanaticism between 1966 and 1976, children turned on parents, students condemned teachers, and as many as two million people died for their supposed political sins, while tens of millions were hounded, ostracized, and imprisoned. Yet in China this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.056 BRAZamorsky, Tania.
Summary: An abridged retelling of the adventures of the puppet boy whose nose grows whenever he tells a lie. Includes discussion questions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Yo Gabba Gabba!
Contents: Name game -- All my friends are insects (Weezer) -- Freeze tag -- Time to go outdoors (Hot Hot Heat) -- Hold still -- Smile for the camera (Datarock) -- All my friends are different -- Hi five -- Art is everywhere (MGMT) -- I love bugs -- Pool party (theAquabats) -- Big or small -- Momma loves baby (Solange) -- Hugs are fun -- Beautiful day (Jimmy Eat World) -- We can use our imagination --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Filter US 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JUV YOTessaro, Kathleen
Summary: Newlywed Grace Monroe doesn't fit anyone's expectations of a successful 1950s London socialite, least of all her own. When she receives an unexpected inheritance from a complete stranger, Madame Eva d'Orsey, Grace is drawn to uncover the identity of her mysterious benefactor. Weaving through the decades, from 1920s New York to Monte Carlo, Paris, and London, the story Grace uncovers is that of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TESCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION TESHonda, Tetsuya
Summary: "When a body wrapped in a blue plastic tarp and tied up with twine is discovered near the bushes near a quiet suburban Tokyo neighborhood, Lt. Reiko Himekawa and her squad take the case. The victim was slaughtered brutally--his wounds are bizarre, and no one can figure out the "what" or the "why" of this crime. At age twenty-nine, Reiko Himekawa of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Homicide...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HONHonda, Tetsuya
Summary: "A worker reports his boss missing, and a large amount of blood is found in the rented garage he used. At the same time, a severed left hand is found in a minivan abandoned in the outskirts of Tokyo, which is quickly identified as belonging to this missing man, Kenichi Takaoka. Lt. Reiko Himekawa of the Homicide Division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is assigned to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HONSugimoto, Etsuko
Summary: The youngest daughter of a high-ranking samurai in late-nineteenth-century Japan, Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto is originally destined to be a Buddhist priestess. She grows up a curly haired tomboy in snowy Echigo, certain of her future role in her community. But as a young teenager, she is instead engaged to a Japanese merchant in Ohio--and Etsu realizes she will eventually have to leave the only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Modern Library 2021