Wong, Carmen Rita
Summary: Carmen Rita Wong siempre ha anhelado un sentido de pertenencia: primero cuando era una niña pequeña en una habitación cálida llena de mujeres latinas negras y morenas, como su madre, Lupe, animándola bailando durante su infancia en Harlem. Y en Chinatown, donde su padre inmigrante, "Papi" Wong, un estafador, la exhibiría a ella y a su hermano mayor en opulentos restaurantes decorados en rojo y...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Español 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 SPANISH WONRita, Carmen
Summary: Cat, Magda, Gabi, and Luz. They've helped each other up the ladder with unshakable encouragement--and raw honesty--since forever. But lately, trouble is throwing everything these formidable women thought they knew into doubt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Rita 2016Summary: The world famous thief, Carmen Sandiego, plays an intricate game of cat and mouse with teen ACME detectives, Zack and Ivy. Based on the award-winning line of educational computer games, the energizing series is rich in both excitement and education as Carmen Sandiego attempts to steal the most valuable objects in the world. It's up to the detectives and the audience to figure out where in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cookie Jar 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WHESummary: This take on the traditional wuxia film, set in 9th century China, centers on Nie Yinniang, a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts to be an assassin who is directed to slay corrupt government officials. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth with orders to kill her betrothed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASSWang, Lisa Carmen
Summary: "Lisa Carmen Wang, the Founder and CEO of Bad Bitch Empire, writes about how women can break free of Good Girl Brainwashing and unapologetically turn their dreams into reality"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollins Publisher 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When an illness brings comedian Emily Martin back to her college town of Austin, Texas, she must endure an awkward weekend with her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2018
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MR.Jong, Erica.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turtle Bay Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.52 JONJong, Erica.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JONJong, Erica
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abradale Press 1999
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 133.43 JONJong, Erica.
Summary: "As the afternoon of life looms over Vanessa Wonderman, she watches her parents age, attends doctor appointments with her pregnant daughter, and sits by the hospital bed of her husband, Asher, fifteen years her senior. With her best years as an actress behind her, she's discovering that beginnings are easy, but endings can be hard. Could her fountain of youth fantasies be fulfilled on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JONCarter, Rita
Summary: Combining the latest findings from the field of neuroscience with expert text and state-of-the-art illustrations, "The Human Brain Book" is a complete guide to the one organ in the body that makes each person a unique individual. Includes an interactive DVD.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 612.82 CarSummary: The anthology series based on the 1982 horror comedy classic, is still the most fun you'll ever have being scared! A comic book comes to life in a series of vignettes, exploring terrors ranging from murder, creatures, monsters, and delusions to the supernatural and unexplainable. Based on stories by today's best horror authors, you never know what will be on the next page.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CREBrewer, Stephen (CON)/ Brissenden, Constance (CON)/ Carmin, Anita (CON)
Summary: Presents some of the best attractions the Pacific Northwest region has to offer. Whether you're kayaking on Lake Ozette in Olympic National Park or hitting the shops in Downtown Seattle's Columbia Centre, this guide provides the insider tips every visitor needs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL USASummary: Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when sinister monsters known as the Druun threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, those same monsters have returned and it's up to a lone warrior, Raya, to track down the last dragon in order to finally stop the Druun for good. However, along her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RAYSummary: Based on a true story of the rise and fall of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and the two DEA agents that brought the famed Medellin Cartel to its knees.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV NARCarter, Carlene.
Contents: Little black train -- Give me the roses -- Me and the wildwood rose -- Blackie's gunman (duet with Elizabeth Cook) -- I'll be all smiles tonight -- Poor old heartsick me -- Troublesome waters (duet with Willie Nelson) -- Lonesome Valley 2003 (with special guest Vince Gill) -- Tall lover man -- Gold watch and chain -- Black Jack David (duet with Kris Kristofferson) -- I ain't gonna work tomorrow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY CARSummary: "Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATSummary: Mulan: Mulan is a young Chinese woman who breaks tradition and joins the Imperial army, accompanied by a her guardian dragon, Mushu, to battle an invading army.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment] 2013
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MULCopies Available at East Bay
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ducks Unlimited 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.244 LARCarter, Carlene.
Contents: Little Black Train (2:50) -- Give Me The Roses (3:28) -- Me And The Wildwood Rose (4:31) -- Blackie's Gunman (4:24) -- I'll Be All Smiles Tonight (4:47) -- Poor Old Heartsick Me (2:41) -- Troublesome Waters (5:18) -- Lonesome Valley 2003 (5:29) -- Tall Lover Man (3:55) -- Gold Watch And Chain (3:17) -- Black Jack David (2:49) -- I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow (2:44).
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Rounder 2014
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Summary: The time is 1998. The setting is Macau. Every living soul jumps at every chance to make quick money before the Portuguese colony ushers in a new era under the Chinese rule. A relationship is formed between an ex-gangster trying to turn over a new leaf with his wife and newborn baby and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN EXISummary: Set against the backdrop of Japanese occupied Shanghai in 1942, a young woman finds herself swept up in a radical plot to assassinate a ruthless and secretive intelligence agent. As she immerses herself in her role as a cosmopolitan seductress, she becomes entangled in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue, love and betrayal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LUSCarter, Erika
Summary: Ellie, Chloe and Rachel are friends (sort of); waitresses at the same tired bar in the Arkansas college town they've stuck around in too long. Each is becoming unmoored in her own way: Ellie obliterates all feeling with alcohol and self-destructive acts of sexual promiscuity; Chloe pulls out patches of her hair and struggles to keep incipient mental illness at bay; changeable Rachel has fallen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARSummary: "By the early-1970s, Chang Cheh was already Shaw Brothers' most prolific and well-known director with a plethora of box office hits (including the One-Armed Swordsman franchise) to his name and renowned for discovering the hottest young talents to star in his films. Three of those stars - David Chiang, Ti Lung and Alexander Fu Sheng - all feature in Five Shaolin Masters and Shaolin Temple, two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023