Summary: 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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Summary: "Two years have passed since Rosa began walking the path to knighthood. Her days are now a whirlwind of training and cultivation as a newly-minted squire. But big news of the Claustra siblings' futures breaches the castle Lacerta's departure to different lands and Viola's impending marriage. Together, they have grown beside Rosa, sharing her aspirations as both a future Claustra knight and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2023
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Summary: "Rosa dreams of taking up arms as a courageous knight! To be one, she must first be a squire. Those duties around the castle are much less glorious. One moment she's caring for the horses in the stable. Next she's battling the task of chopping firewood or conquering a mountain of laundry. She must be ever-ready to assist the knight she serves! Her role may seem small and the tasks mundane, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas 2023
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Summary: Excitement fills the air! The jousting tournament has everyone energized. Rosa's knight training continues. She's learning to handle a bow and navigate the dense forest nearby. Her life in Castle Claustra is hectic, yet peaceful...until dangerous brigands threaten the community. The lord and knights head off to face their foes, leaving the unwavering Lady Viola to take charge of the castle....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Japan Publications, c1985. 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 631.584 FUKFukuoka, Masanobu.
Summary: Argues that the Earth's deteriorating condition is man-made and outlines a way for the process to be reversed by rehabilitating the deserts using natural farming.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Pub. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 631.6 FUKSummary: Sword of vengeance: He was Ogami Itto, a man who held himself to the harsh code of Bushido. Their first commission: to save the life of Daimyo and kill the traitors that plot his death. Baby Cart at the River Styx: The Yagyu clan has murdered Ogami Itto's wife, and had him stripped of his position of Official Shogunate Second. Now Ogami and his son Diagoro wander the countryside.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: After the world is taken over by a heartless corporation, a dark and mysterious figure arises from Kabuki Town, who may be the only one who can fight against the evil oppression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: U.S. Manga Corps 1999
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Two high school girls receive orders from upper management to get "real" jobs, become roommates and blend into normal society. They also happen to be highly skilled assassins who don't like each other. After an unfortunate run-in with the violent Yakuza, they quickly learn they must band together to survive an epic fight for their lives
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BABSummary: The international breakthrough for one of Japan's most innovative filmmakers, who went on to make such other marvelous movies as Onibaba and Kuroneko. It follows a family whose home is on a tiny, remote island off the coast of Japan. They must row a great distance to another shore, collect water from a well in buckets, and row back to their island, a nearly backbreaking task essential for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN NAKSummary: The wicked Badiyanu has come to capture all the children to gain enough power to absorb the earth into her Black Dream Hole. The Black Dream Hole is located in the center of Badiyanu's castle and absorbs all the dream energy from the children. Once it reaches a certain size, it will be large enough to swallow the planet sentencing all the people to eternal sleep in evil dream boxes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pioneer Entertainment (USA) 2000
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME SAISummary: "Afraid of judgment, Wakana Gojo hides his love of crafting hina dolls. Marin Kitagawa is the opposite, boldly loving her obsessions. Their worlds collide when she shares her secret. Now, they're learning about cosplay and falling in love!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "Interior decorating just got a green thumb! Harness the beauty of plants, leaves and foliage green decor in this unique collection of 40 nature projects that are fun, easy and inexpensive to make. Six of Japan's leading floral and plant designers offer a range of ideas to turn found and foraged materials into stunning arrangements and displays. With these visionary stylists as your guides, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.92 MIUSummary: An Army captain reluctantly agrees to accompany an aging Cheyenne war chief and his family back to tribal lands.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When two people die at the same time, they're sent to a place that's neither heaven nor hell: a lavish bar between worlds where the stakes are high and the rules are simple: if you win you live again, if you die you're gone for good. Decim is the bartender charged with serving the souls who enter Quindecim. He may make a mean cocktail, but his true profession is to play the role of arbiter: a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Anime, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME DEASummary: Hakumei and Mikochi--roommates who are both just 3.5 inches tall and live together in a tiny forest house in a tree--spend their days exploring nature and visiting with their neighbors, big and small.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Anime, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME HAKSummary: In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary 'Battle Royale' act. 42 students, three days, no rules, one survivor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FOREIGN BATSummary: It's been six months since the vent that trapped thousands of players in the online game world of Elder Tales and the situation is far from secure. The people of the land are engaged in open warfare against the goblin armies of Zantleaf. Minami spies are infiltrating the populace. And even with the support and guidance of the Round Table Alliance, the cost of sustaining the City of Akihabara is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentai Filmworks 2016
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME LOGSummary: When inexperienced kids start dating, there's bound to be some different interpretations of the romantic learning curve. Thrown into an array of awkward situations, they'll each discover what it means to let their emotions get the better of them. Whether it's pubescent cluelessness, social paranoia, or just a silly misunderstanding, finding ways to contradict their feelings just comes naturally.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Anime, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME TSUSummary: After their plane crashes in Alaska, seven oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE GRESummary: In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOSCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Hostiles 2018Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN HOSSummary: A father travels from Oklahoma to France to help his estranged daughter, who is in prison for a murder she claims she didn't commit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY STICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE STICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STICopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STISummary: After journalist Michael Finkel is fired from The New York Times for embellishing a story, he learns that accused murderer Christian Longo has been claiming to be him. Hoping this story will save his career, Finkel begins interviewing Longo in prison. But soon, the men find themselves in an eerie game of cat and mouse in this psychological drama.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2015