Higa, Susumu
Summary: "A peaceful, independent kingdom until its annexation by the Japanese Empire in the 19th century, Okinawa was the site of the most destructive land battle of the Pacific War. Today, the archipelago is Japan's poorest prefecture and unwilling host to 75% of all US military bases in Japan. Okinawa brings together two collections of intertwined stories by the island's pre-eminent mangaka, Susumu...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 HIGSummary: For Angela, it came on the basketball court--while playing on the boys' team. For Penny, it came on a school field trip to the lake (making for some cringeworthy moments of humor). And to Layla's disappointment, it came at the start of her first fasting Ramadan, meaning that she won't be able to fast after all. Whether it spurs silence or celebration, whether the subjects are well prepared or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC CALVida, Vendela.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VIDKovály, Heda
Summary: "In 1985, Czech Holocaust memoirist, literary translator, and political exile Heda Margolius Kovaly turned her pen to fiction. Inspired by the stories of Raymond Chandler, Kovaly knit her own terrifying experiences in early 1950s Socialist Prague--her husband's imprisonment and wrongful execution, her own persecution at his disgrace--into a gorgeous psychological thriller-cum-detective novel....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KOVVida, Vendela.
Summary: Yvonne, a recently widowed mother of two grown children, returns to Datça, Turkey, to relive memories of a happier time, but instead is troubled by her past and finds solace in her friendship with Ahmet, a young local boy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VIDVida, Nina.
Summary: Joseph Kimmel is heading to San Antonio to settle his deceased brother's estate but becomes stranded on the vast open prairie when his horse is stolen. He is rescued by an egocentric Alsatian immigrant, but falls back into trouble when he marries a young blond girl. Running for their lives, Joseph and his new bride head to the hill country, where they hope to build a cattle ranch....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VIDFisher, Valorie.
Summary: This book covers the alphabet, counting, opposites, shapes, colors, and seasons and uses bright photos of retro toys to illustrate these topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FISSummary: A single mother with little more than talent and the determination to make a difference teaches violin to students in a tough inner-city neighborhood.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 1999
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MUSSummary: A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempts to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them. Operatic and disturbing, it deftly examines the lasting social and psychological effects of the Nazi regime.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NIGAida, Yu
Summary: "Dante's Inferno. After years in exile, Giacomo Dante, the infamous mastermind of the "The Croce Incident," has returned to take his rightful place as leader of the Five Republics. His first act as new leader is to seize control of Venice's landmark St. Mark's Campanile and demand the release of fellow terrorist Aaron Cicero, along with fifty of their comrades-in-arms who are being held as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GUNEika, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EIKVida, Vendela
Summary: "Teenage Eulabee and her magnetic best friend, Maria Fabiola, own the streets of Sea Cliff, their foggy oceanside San Francisco neighborhood. They know Sea Cliff's homes and beaches, its hidden corners and eccentric characters--as well as the upscale all-girls' school they attend. One day, walking to school with friends, they witness a horrible act--or do they? Eulabee and Maria Fabiola...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VIDChima, Cinda Williams.
Summary: The thrilling debut in a new high fantasy trilogy, from New York Times bestselling author, Cinda Williams Chima.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Publishing Worldwide 2009
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Chima, Cinda Williams.
Summary: Thief-turned-wizard Han Alister joins forces with Raisa and Marianna, heir to the Queendom of the Fells, to defend her right to the Gray Wolf Throne.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CHIChima, Cinda Williams.
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Seph, a powerful wizard, gets caught up in a conflict between the Wizard Council, smaller groups with their own agendas, and a rogue politician--the Dragon--whose identity and whereabouts the others seek to know.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
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Summary: In the fourth and final novel in the Seven Realms series, Queen Raisa 'ana Marianna and Han Alister join forces to right a thousand-year-old wrong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CHIChima, Cinda Williams.
Summary: Racing against time, Jonah and Emma, who possess unique magical gifts, work to uncover the truth about Thorn Hill, a peaceful commune that the Wizard Guild claims is a hotbed of underguild terrorists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CHIChima, Cinda Williams.
Summary: Two teenagers, one fleeing from a forced marriage and the other from a dangerous family of wizards, cross paths and fall in love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CHIChima, Cinda Williams.
Summary: Thief-turned-wizard Han Alister joins forces with Raisa ana'Marianna, heir to the Queendom of the Fells, to defend her right to the Gray Wolf Throne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CHIMiroshnichenko, Viktoria
Summary: Two young women struggle to rebuild their lives amidst a devastated Leningrad in 1945.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BEAFahmy, Huda
Summary: Huda and her family just moved to Dearborn, Michigan, a small town with a big Muslim population. In her old town, Huda knew exactly who she was: She was the hijabi girl. But in Dearborn, everyone is the hijabi girl. Huda is lost in a sea of hijabis, and she can't rely on her hijab to define her anymore. She has to define herself. So she tries on a bunch of cliques, but she isn't a hijabi...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 FAHCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 921 FAHKotb, Hoda
Summary: What makes us happy all day through? Let's count those things, just me and you.... Inspired by her own nighttime routine with her daughter, Haley Joy, Today show co-anchor Hoda Kotb has written a book that celetrates the things that make us happy each day... the big things and the small.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperFestival, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD KOTTuti, Ilaria
Summary: In a quiet village surrounded by ancient woods and the imposing Italian Alps, a man is found naked with his eyes gouged out. It is the first in a string of gruesome murders. Superintendent Teresa Battaglia, a detective with a background in criminal profiling, is called to investigate. Battaglia is in her mid-sixties, her rank and expertise hard-won from decades of battling for respect in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TUTChima, Cinda Williams
Summary: Thrown together by chance and united by their hatred of the king, Ash, a gifted healer, and Jenna, a girl abandoned at birth, find themselves on the run from the King's Guard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016