Summary: How far do you have to travel to find yourself? And what sacrifices are you willing to make to get there? Veiga Grétarsdóttir is the first person in the world to attempt to kayak over 2,000 kilometers around Iceland, counter-clockwise and "against the current." This achievement has been said to be comparable to climbing the mountain K2. Veiga's journey is no less remarkable. She was born 44...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Benga

Contents: Zero m2 -- Night -- B4 the dual -- E trips -- Someone 20 -- Light bulb -- Crunked up -- Go tell them -- Cut -- Emotions -- 3 minutes -- Pleasure -- 26 basslines -- Loose synths.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Tempa 1990

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Vigg

Summary: "Vincent wishes he was like everyone else, but his ADHD makes his thoughts turn to chaos...until he learns he can be himself and focus his light on what he wants to see."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2023

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Vega, Alan.

Contents: Dujang prang -- Hammered -- Cheenaroka -- Saturn drive 2 -- Jaxson gnome -- Life ain't life -- Flowers, candles, crucifixes -- Bi[S.C.]g daddy stat's livin' on tron -- Sacrifice -- The kiss.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Thirsty Ear Records 1994

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Vega, Suzanne.

Contents: Tom's diner -- Luka -- Ironbound/Fancy poultry -- In the eye -- Night vision -- Solitude standing -- Calypso -- Language -- Gypsy -- Wooden horse (Caspar Hauser's song) -- Tom's diner (reprise).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: A & M Records 1987

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Eika, Jonas

Summary: "Under Cancún's hard blue sky, a beach boy provides a canvas for tourists' desires, seeing deep into the world's underbelly. An enigmatic encounter in Copenhagen takes an IT consultant down a rabbit hole of speculation that proves more seductive than sex. The collapse of a love triangle in London leads to a dangerous, hypnotic addiction. In the Nevada desert, a grieving man tries to merge with...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021

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Vega, Suzanne.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1990

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Vega, Alan

Contents: CD1. Cubist blues studio. Fat city ; Fly away ; Freedom ; Candyman ; Come on Lord ; Promised land ; Lover of love ; Sister ; Too late ; Do not do not ; The werewolf ; Dream baby revisited --

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Last Call 1996

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Vega, Carlos

Contents: Art of the messenger -- Bird's word -- Ode to the patient observer -- Across the ocean -- Don't forget to ask -- Something to say -- Oh -- The owl -- Who cooks for you -- Heed the call -- Serenata for Bela

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Origin Records 2021

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Vega, Suzanne.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1985

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Aardema, Verna.

Summary: Anansi and his wife outsmart the Sky God and win back the beloved folktales of their people.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books For Young Readers 1997

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Chand, Meira

Summary: Tells the tumultous history of Singapore as it journeys along the long, hard path to independence through the story of three families whose lives are intertwined and relationships are tested over time.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Uk 2011

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Keita, Salif.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 1991

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Loe, Meika

Summary: Aging Our Way follows the everyday lives of 30 elders (ages 85-102) living at home and mostly alone, to understand how they create and maintain meaningful lives for themselves. Meika Loe explores how the very old navigate the practical challenges of living as independently as possible while staying healthy, connected, and comfortable--Book jacket.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2011

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Parssinen, Keija

Summary: In this intricate novel of psychological suspense, a chilling discovery near the high school ignites a witch hunt in a southeast Texas refinery town, unearthing communal and family secrets that threaten the lives of the town's girls.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015

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Abirached, Zeina

Summary: Living in the midst of civil war in Beirut, Lebanon, Zeina and her brother face an evening of apprehension when their parents do not return from a visit to the other side of the city.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2012

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Adiga, Aravind.

Summary: In this short story collection set in the Indian city of Kittur sometime between the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984 and that of her son Rajiv in 1991, Adiga creates a cast of characters--from a twelve-year old boy to a Marxist-Maoist Party member--who are immersed in class struggles and their own personal denouements.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2009

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Higashino, Keigo

Summary: Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he's planning to leave Japan and relocate to Vancouver. His body is found in his office, a locked room, within his locked house, by his wife and his best friend, both of whom have rock solid alibis. Or so it seems. At the crime scene, Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka's best...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2014

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Bybee, Veeda

Summary: "A collective biography of 40 influential Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, from Kalpana Chawla to The Rock to Tammy Duckworth, whose historical contributions readers may not know but whose light shines on, with stunning illustrated portraits by Hugo Award nominee Victo Ngai. From scientists to sports stars, aerospace engineers to artists, every person shines in this collection. Dynamic...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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Higashino, Keigo

Summary: "Detective Galileo, Keigo Higashino's best loved character from The Devotion of Suspect X, returns in Silent Parade, a complex and challenging mystery-several murders, decades apart, with no solid evidence. A popular young girl disappears without a trace, her skeletal remains discovered three years later in the ashes of a burned out house. There's a suspect and compelling circumstantial...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2021

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Reina, Mary.

Summary: "Introduces young readers to ways people earn money and why earning money is important"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2015

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Schneider, Helga.

Summary: "Helga Schneider was four when her mother abandoned her, her younger brother, and her father in Berlin in 1941. Thirty years later, the first time that she saw her mother again, Schneider learned the shocking reason: Her mother had joined the Nazi SS and had become a guard in concentration camps, including Auschwitz, where she was in charge of a "correction" unit and responsible for untold acts...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 2004

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