Xinran
Summary: An unprecedented, intimate account of the lives of modern Chinese women, told by the women themselves--true stories of the political and personal upheavals they have endured in their chaotic and repressive society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 XINXinran
Summary: An extraordinary work of oral history that illuminates the diverse ways in which the Chinese perceive and understand their own modern history.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.0092 XINXinran
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.5 XINSummary: Once upon a time in China: The legendary martial arts teacher Wong Fei-hung, with a band of disciples, battles a host of nefarious forces--foreign and local--who are threatening Chinese sovereignty as British and American imperialists encroach upon the Mainland.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ONC1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD FOREIGN ONC
Summary: "A comprehensive biography of the life of artist-poet Kahlil Gibran and his development as an artist transcending geographical boundaries of East and West--includes many rare photographs and images of his work"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GIBRAN, KHALIL G. GIBSidran, Ben.
Summary: A comprehensive examination of Jewish influence and participation in the American popular music business, that weaves together cultural, political, musical and economic history.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nardis Books, an imprint of Unlimited Media Ltd. 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780 SIDCarson, Ciaran
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARConran, Terence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Conran Octopus 2009
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 648.8 CONConran, Terence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643.53 CONScott, Kieran
Summary: "Paige Lancaster, single mom and prodigal daughter, has returned to the East Coast from her prestigious, well-paid job in LA, writing for the smartest detective series on television. Something terrible happened to her back in Hollywood. Okay, two terrible things, one featuring a misplaced tire iron -- and now she's broke and homeless and living with her widowed mother and eight year old...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCOCopies Available at Fife Lake
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Summary: A security guard and a trash collector become involved in a web of dark secrets when they discover videos which document the corrupt activities of a wealthy factory owner.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Video Distributors 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GRELingan, John
Summary: "The definitive biography of Creedence Clearwater Revival, exploring the band's legendary rise to fame and how their music embodied the cultural landscape of the late '60s and early '70s. From 1969 to 1971, as the United States convulsed with political upheaval and transformative social movements, no band was bigger than Creedence Clearwater Revival. They managed a two-year barrage of top-10...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.4216 LINFinnan, Aengus.
Contents: The ballad of Marguerite de la Roche -- The blackleg miner -- Wild rose -- The war bridge's waltz -- Lately -- Fly away -- Sweet Evelina -- John Tyrone -- Black is the colour -- Fool's gold -- Wayfaring stranger -- The Corinthian.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Shelter Valley Productions 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN FINSmart, Ninian
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Publisher / Publication Date: UCMBT 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 291 SMASetiya, Kieran
Summary: "There is no cure for the human condition: life is hard. But Kieran Setiya believes philosophy can help. He offers us a map for navigating rough terrain, from personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world. In this profound and personal book, Setiya shows how the tools of philosophy can help us find our way. Drawing on ancient and modern philosophy as well as fiction, history,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128 SETShields, Kieran.
Summary: Investigating the murder of a prostitute in 1892 Portland, Maine, Deputy Marshal Archie Lean discovers that the victim was ritually executed as a witch, and enlists the help of a criminologist with whom he follows a trail to the spiritual societies of gothic New England.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHIDesai, Kiran
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DESConran, Terence.
Summary: A in-depth guide to growing healthy foods at home includes ideas on growing fruits and vegetables in everything from a green house to a window box, and also contains twenty recipes, utilizing fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Conran Octopus 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 CONDowns, Kieran
Summary: ""Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to archery. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 799.3 DOWO'Toole, Fintan
Summary: "We Don't Know Ourselves is a very personal vision of recent Irish history from the year of O'Toole's birth, 1958, down to the present. Ireland has changed almost out of recognition during those decades, and Fintan O'Toole's life coincides with that arc of transformation. The book is a brilliant interweaving of memories (though this is emphatically not a memoir) and engrossing social and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Head of Zeus 2021