Summary: It follows Maryam, a determined young doctor who runs for city council after the make incumbent repeatedly ignores her request to fix the muddy road leading to her clinic. Despite her father and her community₂s struggle to accept her as their town₂s first female candidate, Maryam₂s creative and ambitious campaign builds momentum, becoming a symbol for a larger movement.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PER

Summary: 19 Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour. International media coverage of the Arab world and its many complex, interconnected conflicts is dominated by the work of Western correspondents, many of whom are white and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4082 OUR

Summary: In this gorgeously animated drama, the lives of several strong-willed women and a young musician intersect. Their stories reveal the hypocrisies of modern Iranian society, where sex, drugs, and corruption coexist with strict religious law. In the bustling metropolis of Tehran, avoiding prohibitions has become an everyday sport and breaking taboos can be a means of personal emancipation....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber, Inc. 2018

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TEH

Javaherbin, Mina

Summary: In this version of the blind men and the elephant, based on a poem by Rūmī, Persian villagers try to figure out what strange animal in a dark barn has arrived from India.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 JAV

Ferkat Al Ard

Contents: Matar Al Sabah (4:25 min) -- Entazerni(4:16 min) -- Oghneya (6:33 min) -- Edfeno Amwatakom Wanhadou (3:12 min) -- Matar Naem (4:44 min) -- Lahnon Lemra'ati Wa Beladi (5:16 min) -- Juma'a 6 Hziran (4:48 min).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Habibi Funk 2022

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/MIDDLE EAST FER

Summary: The award-winning feature documentary tells the inspiring journey of Cliff, Ahmani, and Nicholas, three underserved teenage boys from Atlanta, attempting to climb four 12,000 ft snowcapped peaks in the heart of the Colorado wilderness, all while overcoming their own personal mountains.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THA

Summary: Naturalist and nineteenth century painter, John James Audubon was one of the most remarkable men of early America. The program brings to life his timeless paintings with dazzling footage of the living birds he immortalized, and celebrates visually the natural world he described in his writings. Interviews reveal the man, explore his art, and put his groundbreaking work in modern perspective.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AUD

Li, Jason

Summary: Even though their dates of origin are millennia apart, the languages of Chinese and emoji share similarities that the average smartphone user might find surprising. These "hanmoji" parallels offer an exciting new way to learn Chinese--and a fascinating window into the evolution of Chinese Han characters. Packed with fun illustrations and engaging descriptions, The Hanmoji Handbook brings to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: MITeen Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 495.11 LI

Mala.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Brownswood 2012

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC MAL

Summary: In 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger. Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2015

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MR.

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MR

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Mr. 2015

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Mr

Summary: A behind-the-scenes look at the life of the former Saturday Night Live comedian turned author, radio host, and political satirist.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2007

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF AL

Sims, Zoot

Contents: Disc one. Four and one more (4:04) -- So blue (3:24) -- The swinging door (2:45) -- Four in hand (3:10) -- A quick one (3:47) -- Four brothers (3:48) -- Ten years later (3:04) -- The pretty one (3:30) -- Aged in wood (2:55) -- Here we go again (3:46) -- Mediolistic (3:30) -- Crimea river (3:09) -- A new moon (3:52) -- A moment's notice (3:20) -- My blues (3:14) -- Sandy's swing (3:24) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ SIM

Summary: Secret agent Derek Flint fights an evil organization called Galaxy which has learned how to send icebergs crashing into the Mediterranean, to flood whole valleys and to cause volcanoes to erupt.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE OUR

Quebec, Ike.

Contents: It might as well be spring (6:15) -- A light reprieve (5:21) -- Easy--don't hurt (6:04) -- Lover man (5:34) -- Ol' man river (6:34) -- Willow weep for me (5:18).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Note Records 1998

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ QUE

Contents: I'll remember April (8:52) -- Jerry's old man (545) -- Jay Jay's blues (7:53) -- There's no you (8:32) -- Out of nowhere (8:33) -- Lullaby of the leaves (2:48) -- If I had you (8:31) -- Indiana (3:47) -- Just one of those things (3:50) -- Embraceable you (4:48) -- Minor escamp (aka Jordu) (4:43) -- Scotch blues (3:39) -- Confirmation (3:15).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Fantasy 2000

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ BIR

Mika

Summary: Singer-songwriter Mika is back with his fifth studio album. It includes the singles Tiny Love, which was featured on Billboard.com, and Ice Cream.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MIK

Summary: Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world's deadliest mercenary organization.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE VAN

Summary: The two faces of Dr. Jekyll: Absorbed in research directed towards freeing the two natures of man, Dr. Jekyll degenerated into Mr. Hyde, a vengeful maniac. While Hyde wants revenge against a gambler whom his wife is in love with, Dr. Jekyll takes steps to do away with his evil self.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2015

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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR HAM

Gray, Mila

Summary: Told in two voices, eighteen-year-old Zoey Ward struggles to protect her mother and siblings from her violent father, and her brother's best friend, Tristan, a member of the Coast Guard, tries to make her feel safe. From the author of Come Back to Me. Zoey has spent much of her life caring for her mom and her little sister, defending them from her violent father. She sacrificed her wants and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2019

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GRA

Summary: Phoolan Devi was a murderer, kidnapper and living folk legend who had endured a life of rape and abuse after beng sold into marriage at the age of eleven. A spree of murders known as the Behmai Massacre to avenge the death of her lover made Devi the object of a police hunt. In prison from 1983 until 1994, she spent years being prosecuted by the Indian police, only to be turned into a legend by...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Lorber Films 2004

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BAN

Coxon, Mila

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN Toddler Coxon

Gray, Mila

Summary: A talented recording artist succumbing to a stalker's psychological games falls passionately in love with her bodyguard, an ex-Marine battling trauma from his service in Afghanistan.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR 2020

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GRA