Summary: An autobiographical film based on the director's life beginning in 1942 during Hitler's struggle to wrest Egypt, especially the city Alexandria, from the British Army. Yehia, an aspiring actor, and his friends experience the impact of war. Yehia studies cinema in Alexandria, stages his first makeshift productions, and finally reaches the conclusion that his future lies in America.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ALEMohsin, Moni.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Paperbacks 2011
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Summary: Lucy introduces herself as the longest dog, displaying a gentle sense of humor but great self-confidence despite the fact that being extremely long is not easy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MONHamid, Mohsin
Summary: "Changez is living an immigrant's dream of America. At the top of his class at Princeton, he is snapped up by the elite valuation firm of Underwood Samson. He thrives on the energy of New York, and his budding romance with elegant, beautiful Erica promises entry into Manhattan society at the same exalted level once occupied by his own family back in Lahore. But in the wake of September 11,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAMFung, Rosena
Summary: "Heartbreakingly honest and quietly funny, this #ownvoices graphic novel from a debut creator is a refreshingly real exploration of mental health, cultural differences, and the trials of middle school. Livy is already having trouble fitting in as the new girl at school--and then there's Viola. Viola is Livy's anxiety brought to life, a shadowy twin that only Livy can see or hear. Livy tries to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2021
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Summary: "Rhyming has always come easily to Chester van Chime. But one day he loses his gift and struggles to find the right words"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MONO'Dell, Tawni
Summary: A novel on a dysfunctional family in a Pennsylvania coal-mining town. The mother is in jail for killing the father and the four children are on their own. They are supported by the eldest, Harley Altmyer, 20, who is having an affair with the mother of a friend of his sister.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2000
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC O'DEO'Dell, Tawni.
Summary: Coal mining community deputy Ivan Zoschenko remembers the injury that ended his football career, prepares for a former teammate's release from prison, and confronts a secret that has troubled his conscience.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ODEO'Dell, Tawni.
Summary: Former police officer Shae-Lynn Penrose now drives a cab in the coal mining town she grew up in. Five of her friends still struggling with memories of being trapped in a mine two years earlier. Shae-Lynn finds herself facing harsh realities and reliving bad dreams of her own including her relationship with her brutal father, her conflicted passion for one of the miners, and the hidden identity...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Shaye Areheart Books 2007
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Summary: Embarking on the worst case of her long career when a girl is beaten to death, rural Pennsylvania police chief Dove Carnahan is approached by a man who was imprisoned for killing Dove's mother years earlier and who forces her to confront her own shadowy past.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Back Roads comes a fast-paced literary thriller about a forensic psychologist forced to face his own demons after discovering his small hometown terrorized by a serial killer. Dr. Sheridan Doyle--a fastidiously groomed and TV-friendly forensic psychologist--is the go-to shrink for the Philadelphia District Attorney's office whenever a twisted...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ODEO'Dell, Tawni.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2000
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shaye Areheart Books 2010
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Summary: "From the internationally bestselling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, a love story that unfolds in a world being irrevocably transformed by migration. In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet--sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, thrust into...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Hamid 2017Hamid, Mohsin
Summary: "From the internationally bestselling author of Exit West, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change. One morning, a man wakes up to find himself transformed. Overnight, Anders's skin has turned dark, and the reflection in the mirror seems a stranger to him. At first he shares his secret only with Oona, an old friend turned new lover. Soon, reports of similar events...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HAMZaidi, Mohsin
Summary: A coming of age memoir about growing up queer in a strict Muslim household. Mohsin grew up in a poor pocket of east London, in a devout shia Muslim community. His family were close-knit and religiously conservative. From a young age, Mohsin felt different but in a home where being gay was inconceivable he also felt very alone. Outside of home Mohsin went to a failing inner city school where...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage 2021
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Summary: Go beyond the garden to create projects that take center stage in any space. DIY Succulents shows you how to use beautiful and resilient plants like echeveria, sedum, and graptopetalum to craft nature-inspired home decor like rustic tabletop centerpieces and breathtaking wall art. Each page offers details on selecting the right plants and containers for the project, assembling a gorgeous...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2015
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Summary: Shae-Lynn Penrose has spent years building a life for herself and her son in Jolly Mount, Pennsylvania, the tiny coal-mining town in which she grew up, but her life is thrown into disarray by the arrival of the younger sister she had thought dead.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ODESummary: Mohammad joyfully returns to his tiny village on summer vacation from the Institute for the Blind, unaware of his father's intentions to disown him. Engaged to be married, the widowed man has kept Mohammad a secret from his fiancee, certain the boy's disability will destroy his only chance for happiness. With the wedding swiftly approaching Mohammad's future hangs precariously in the balanceas...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COLSummary: Season Three takes a heart-racing turn when Red and Agent Keen, become fugitives on the run. With Assistant FBI Director Harold Cooper under investigation, Agent Donald Ressler leads the FBI Task Force on the manhunt. As Keen delves deeper into Red's underworld of covert operations, she continues to struggle with self-discovery and her indefinable relationship with Tom. Both Red and Keen are...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BLASummary: While the Task Force reels from Liz's resurrection and Red deals with the betrayal of those closest to him, Liz is targeted by a man claiming to be her father.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV BlSummary: After being abducted by Katarina Rostova, Raymond "Red" Reddington finds himself alone in hostile territory, unsure of who, if anyone, he can trust. Surrounded by old enemies and new allies, Red must stay one step ahead of the Blacklist's most dangerous criminal, who will stop at nothing to unearth the very truth Red wants no one to know about. To find it, Katarina will insinuate herself into...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Bl 7Summary: After a decade abroad, Jean learns of his father's failing health and returns to run the family vineyard with his strong-willed sister, Juliette, and his responsible younger brother, Jeremie. As four seasons and two harvests go by in picturesque Burgundy, the siblings have to reinvent their relationship and learn to trust each in this tender and finely-textured saga.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2018
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2 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BACSummary: "Spanning 54 countries and 120 locations, Home captures the Earth's most amazing landscapes in a new and astonishing light, showcasing its incomparable beauty and acknowledging its vulnerability to change"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009