Summary: Poppy Valentine, a young circus performer who has grown up in her family's traveling circus, has never dreamed of what life would be like outside of its fences. However, now in her mid-20s and with more unwelcome responsibilities weighing her down, she's desperate to figure out if this life is for her. As she slowly begins to take time for herself, finding independence and even love, she...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BALVolz, Alia
Summary: "During the 70s in San Francisco, Alia's mother ran the underground Sticky Fingers Brownies, delivering upwards of 10,000 illegal marijuana edibles per month throughout the circus-like atmosphere of a city in the throes of major change. She exchanged psychic readings with Alia's future father, and thereafter had a partner in business and life. Each was devoted to the occult, and they regularly...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VOLZ, ALIA VOLAliu, Akim
Summary: "Akim Aliu -- also known as "Dreamer" -- is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALIIlya
Summary: "A brilliant guide to the art of creating comics... in the format of a comic!"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 741.2 ILYCalderaon, Ilia
Summary: "An inspiring, timely, and conversation-starting memoir from the barrier-breaking and Emmy Award-winning journalist Ilia Calderaon-the first Afro-Latina to anchor a high-profile newscast for a major Hispanic broadcast network in the United States-about following your dreams, overcoming prejudice, and embracing your identity"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CALDERAON, ILIA CALSummary: "For many, Milton Glaser is the personification of American graphic design. Best known for co-founding New York Magazine and creating the enduring I (heart) NY campaign, the full breadth of Glaser's remarkable artistic output is revealed in this documentary portrait, Milton Glaser: to inform & delight. From newspapers and magazine designs, to interior spaces, logos and brand identities, to his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MILRajchman, Chil.
Summary: One of the few survivors of the Nazi death camp Treblinka during World War II, the author tells the story of how he survived by becoming one of the workers whose grim task it was to tend to the dead and went on to take part in the Treblinka workers' revolt and later testified at a war-crime tribunal.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 RAJCHMAN, CHIL RAJVarious Artists
Contents: Disc one: (I just) died in your arms tonight / Cutting Crew. -- We belong / Pat Benatar. -- If this is it / Huey Lewis and the News. -- You can't change that / Raydio. -- Oh no / Commodores. -- Because I love you (The postman song) / Stevie B. -- Every time I think of you / Babys. -- Angel in your arms / Hot. -- This night won't last forever / Michael Johnson. -- All out of love / Air Supply....
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Music 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BODSummary: Based on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, where over the course of 100 days an estimated 800,000 people were killed in a terrifying purge by Hutu nationalists against their Tutsi countrymen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SOMSummary: As big business takes hold of the rail industry, a local depot gang is forced to either adapt to the new managerial double-talk or take chances with receiving severance pay. Agreements set long ago are suddenly undermined by a new managing director who wipes the slate clean. Tensions mount when the men show up the the depot only to find there is no work for them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Look Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NAVBlir.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD AVANT-GARDE BlirTroyanov, Iliya.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TROIdir.
Contents: A vava inouva 2 -- A tulawin : une algérienne debout -- Un homme qui n'a pas de frère-- -- Exil : daghrib -- Tizi ouzou -- Révolution : tagrawla 2 -- Fable : tamaçahuts 2 -- Illusions : awah awah 2 -- Le jour du don : tiwizi 2 -- Mémories : cfigh 2.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Saint George 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/WORLDBEAT IDISummary: Greg Focker has finally begun to earn the respect of his ex-CIA father-in-law, Jack Byrnes but one important test still lies ahead: will Greg prove that he has what it takes to be the family's next 'Godfocker', or will the circle of trust be broken for good?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LITCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Little 2011Hercules, Olia
Summary: "Featuring personality and panache, Mamushka showcases the cuisine from Ukraine and beyond, weaving together vibrant food with descriptive narratives and stunning lifestyle photography. From broths and soups to breads and pastries, vegetables and salads to meat and fish, dumplings and noodles to compotes and jams. You'll also find some of Olia's favorite dishes, like a Moldovan giant cheese...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Weldon Owen 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59477 HERRuby, Ilie.
Summary: Raised by a mother who follows the cycles of the ocean and moon, sisters Ruthie and Dolly confront the social and sexual mores of their Long Beach, California home in the 1970s while Ruthie hides the truth about her young daughter.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Soft Skull Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUBVolk, Patricia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VOLHercules, Olia
Summary: "In her most personal book yet, Olia Hercules distills a lifetie of kitchen curiosity into her 100 most-loved recipes. She draws on her broad influences: her childhood in Ukraine; her years in Cyprus and Italy; and her simple, plant-centric family meals at home in London"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 HERBlia Xiong.
Summary: When the great god Shao promises Tiger nine cubs each year, Bird comes up with a clever trick to prevent the land from being overrun by tigers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book Press 1989
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Summary: In this new cookbook from award-winning author Olia Hercules, explore the diversity of Ukraine’s cuisine and heritage through the alluring window of summer kitchens—small structures alongside the main house where people cook and preserve summer fruits and vegetables for the winter months. Featuring 100 superb recipes, a gorgeous collection of food and lifestyle images, and evocative personal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: weldonowen/Weldon Owen International 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59477 HERShlesinger, Iliza
Summary: "From breakout stand-up comedian Iliza Shlesinger comes a subversively funny collection of essays and observations on a confident woman's approach to friendship, singlehood, and relationships." -- Publisher's annotation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817 SHLVolk, Tyler.
Contents: INTRODUCTION: Death, thus life -- PART 1: BRAIN: The three-pound miracle -- We live in two different worlds -- The grateful self -- PART 2: CULTURE: Nobody just dies -- Managing terror -- Death with interconnected dignity -- PART 3: BIOSPHERE: Sex and catastrophic senescence -- Lifestyle and life span -- Little deaths, big lives -- Life and death at the smallest scale -- CONCLUSION: Eternity's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 571.939 VOLElva.
Contents: Athens -- Tailwind -- Dreaming With Our Feet -- Ghost Writer -- Harbour In The Storm -- Airport Town -- Don't Be Afraid -- Everything Is Strange -- I Need Love -- Winter Sun.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tapete Records 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK ELVFlea
Summary: The co-founder of the Red Hot Chili Peppers chronicles his life from his birth in Australia and upbringing on the streets of Los Angeles through his rise to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2019