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Akahori, Satoru. Ichikawa, Satomi. Munaweera, Nayomi. SASAMI Somi Tezuka, Osamu Tezza Urasawa, NaokiSummary: The Harunos are a rather unconventional, but happy and loving family. Eight-year-old Sachiko is bothered by her own giant-sized double, who hangs around sitting on buildings staring at her. Her older brother, Hajime, privately wrestles with raging hormones and a love-struck crush on a pretty new classmate. Mom struggles to come out of retirement as an animator and Dad is a professional...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Pictures 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TASSummary: When Ginei Studios shuts down, filmmaker Genya Tachibana and his assistant are tasked with interviewing its reclusive star, Chiyoko Fujiwara, who had retired from the spotlight 30 years prior. As she recounts her career, Genya and his crew are literally pulled into her memories where they witness her chance encounter with a mysterious man on the run from the police. Despite never knowing his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ANIME MILUrasawa, Naoki
Summary: "Atom is back, and the fate of the earth is in his hands! Now that Atom has all the answers to the unsolved mysteries around Pluto, bora and more, he's prepared to put everything on the line. With the memory of his fallen brethren--Gesicht, Mont Blanc, North No.2, Brando, Hercules and Epsilon--etched deeply into his heart, Atom is headed for one last battle to save the world!"--Back cover flap.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2010
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 PLUSummary: The story takes place on Christmas Eve in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Middle-aged has-been Gin, aging transvestite Hana, and teenage runaway Miyuki are homeless friends who have formed a makeshift family structure bond. That bond is tested when they find an abandoned baby while searching for food in a trash dumpster. They try to care for the infant themselves, and travel throughout the city in search of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TOKSummary: Past and present collide as a film director discovers a mysterious key that unlocks the secrets of a legendary actress who vanished at the height of her career.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME MILSASAMI
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SASTezuka, Osamu
Summary: In this fourth volume of the award-winning graphic novel biography, Buddha slowly discovers that his destiny lies in a path not readily available to him. With fellow ascetics Dhepa, who has complete faith in the purifying quality of painful physical ordeals, and Assaji, who can predict everyone's death to the hour, Buddha travels through the kingdom of Magadha into the Forest of Uruvela, where...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2006
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BUDIchikawa, Satomi.
Summary: Ignored while the other trees talk about how they will be dressed for Christmas, a small fir tree finds her dreams fulfilled on Christmas morning.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2001
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE ICHIchikawa, Satomi.
Summary: Tanya loves ballet dancing, repeating the moves she sees her older sister using when practicing for class or a recital, and soon Tanya is big enough to go to ballet class herself.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction GauchCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GAUTezuka, Osamu
Summary: A story about a biography of Shiddhartha, Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2003
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BUDTezuka, Osamu
Summary: "Comics god Osamu Tezuka's darkest work, MW is a chilling picaresque of evil. Steering clear of the supernatural as well as the cuddly designs and slapstick humor that enliven many of Tezuka's better-known works, MW explores a stark modern reality where neither divine nor secular justice seems to prevail. This willfully 'anti-Tezuka' achievement from the master's own pen nevertheless pulsates...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MWIchikawa, Satomi.
Summary: Feeling neglected when Danny goes to sleep with his new stuffed animals rather than with him, Pangoo runs away to the zoo to live with the real-life penguins.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION IchikawaIchikawa, Satomi.
Summary: Pablito, a Guatemalan boy whose pet pig Amarillo has disappeared, uses a kite to send him a message that he still loves him.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ICHTezuka, Osamu
Summary: In the seventh volume of Tezuka's Buddha, Devadatta has become a power-hungry monk. Devadatta plans to wrest control of the emerging Buddhist sect from its founder who daily grows weaker but continues to give sermons.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BUDTezuka, Osamu
Summary: In the sixth volume of Tezuka's Buddha, the devil Mara possess the bandit Ananda, half-brother of Devadatta, in an effort to eliminate the Buddha. Buddha must confront his eternal enemy, Mara, before he can open the eyes of arrogant priests and hardened criminals.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BUDTezza
Summary: Gain Instagram followers, grow your personal brand, and influence others with your authentic personality, beautiful photography, and stunningly curated grid. Instagram is the place where trends break, tastes are made, and brands are launched. Plus it's packed with insightful analytics and handy business tools to help you elevate your social media presence to the next level. Create, connect with...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha Books / DK Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 770 TEZTezuka, Osamu
Summary: In this fifth volume of the fictional biography of Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha, Prince Siddhartha undergoes hardship and ordeals in his search for enlightenment.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BUDTezuka, Osamu
Summary: In this third volume of the fictional biography of Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha, Prince Siddhartha undergoes hardship and ordeals in his search for enlightenment.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical 2006
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BUDTezuka, Osamu
Summary: This second volume of the fictional biography of Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha, covers his upbringing and early manhood. Unhappy with the injustice of the caste system, the prince leaves his life of luxury to find a way to fight it. He marries and fathers a child, but unable to live in his luxurious palace, he cuts off his hair and departs into the wilderness to become a monk.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2006
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BUDTezuka, Osamu
Summary: The eighth and final volume of Tezuka's Buddha.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BUDTezuka, Osamu
Summary: Follows the stories of two Adolfs, the son of a Jewish baker living in the Japanese port city of Kobe and the son of the German consul for that city, as their lives are affected by a third Adolf that has risen to power in Germany.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical 2012
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MESSomi
Contents: First kiss : Eko oni baje -- Love juju #1 -- Lady revisited (featuring Angelique Kidjo) -- Ankara Sundays -- Ginger me slowly -- When rivers cry (featuring Common) -- Brown round things -- The story of Monkey -- Akobi : first born s(u)n -- Two dollar day -- Still your girl -- Four.One.Nine -- Love Nwantinti (featuring In His Image) -- Four African women -- Hearts & swag -- Love juju #2 -- Last...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: OKeh 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ SOMAkahori, Satoru.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2005
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SORMunaweera, Nayomi.
Summary: "Before violence tore apart the tapestry of Sri Lanka and turned its pristine beaches red, there were two families. Yasodhara tells the story of her own Sinhala family, rich in love, with everything they could ask for. As a child in idyllic Colombo, Yasodhara's and her siblings' lives are shaped by social hierarchies, their parents' ambitions, teenage love and, subtly, the differences between...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014