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- The many daughters of Afong Moy : a novel / by Ford, Jamie,author.;
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet comes a powerful novel about the love that binds one family of women across generations. Dorothy Moy breaks her own heart for a living. As Seattle's former poet laureate, that's how she describes channeling her dissociative episodes and mental breakdowns into her art. But when her five-year-old daughter, Annabel, exhibits the same behavior and begins remembering things and events she has never experienced, Dorothy believes the past has truly come to haunt the present. If she doesn't take radical steps, her daughter will be doomed to face the same debilitating depression that has marked her life. Through epigenetic therapy-an experimental treatment designed to mitigate inherited trauma-Dorothy intimately connects with the past generations of women in her family: Faye Moy, a nurse in Burma serving with the Flying Tigers; Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman to set foot in America; Zoe Moy, a student in England at a famous school with no rules; Lai King Moy, a girl quarantined in San Francisco during a plague epidemic; and Greta Moy, a tech executive with a unique dating app. Through reliving their painful stories, Dorothy comes to understand the true cost of inherited pain. As the past bleeds into the present, Dorothy discovers that trauma isn't the only thing she's inherited. A stranger is searching for her in each time period. A stranger who's loved her through all of her genetic memories. And that person is most certainly not her current husband, Louis. To protect her daughter's future, Dorothy must break the cycle and find a way to cross time and resolve all past traumas, to find the love that has long been waiting, and find peace for Annabel. Even if it means she must sacrifice her only chance at life and happiness"--
- Subjects: Epic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Chinese American women; Families; Mental illness; Mothers and daughters; Psychic trauma; Women;
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- Detective Dee and the mystery of the phantom flame. Mandarin with English subtitles [1 DVD - 122 min.] / by Wang, Zhonglei,1970-film producer.; Chen, Guofu,1958-film producer.; Tsui, Hark,1951-film director.; Zhang, Jialu(Screenwriter),screenwriter.; Chen, Zhiying,director of photography.; Chen, Chuqiang,director of photography.; Jin, Peida,composer (expression); Hung, Samo,1952-choreographer.; Liang, Jiahui,actor.; Deng, Chao,1979-actor.; Liu, Jialing,1964-actor.; Li, Bingbing,1976-actor.; Lau, Andy,1961-actor.; Wu, Yaohan,actor.; Robin, Teddy,actor.; Hua yi xiong di chuan mei gu fen you xian gong si.; Hua yi xiong di guo ji you xian gong si.; Film Workshop (Firm); Indomina Media, Inc.;
Presenter, Wang Zhongjun ; screenwriter, Zhang Jialu ; cinematographer, Chen Zhiying, Chen Chuqiang ; costume designer, Yu Jiaan ; art director, Zhao Chongbang ; editor, Qiu Zhiwei ; composer, Jin Peida ; action director, Hong Jinbao.Liang Jiahui, Deng Chao, Liu Jialing, Li Bingbing, Liu Dehua, Wu Yaohan, Taidi Luobin, Yao Lu, Liu Jinshan.A bizarre murder mystery brings together the most powerful woman in China, the soon-to-be-Empress Wu Zetian (Lau), and a formerly exiled detective, Dee Renjie (Lau), at the infamous Imperial Palace. Hoping he will solve the crime before her coronation, Wu appoints Dee Chief Judge of the Empire and implores him to combine his indisputable wisdom with his unparalleled martial arts skills to save the future of her dynasty. Inspired by the true story of one of the Tang Dynasty's most celebrated officials.MPAA rating: PG-13; for violence, disturbing images and some sexuality.DVD, region 1, NTSC, Dolby Digital, widescreen.1
- Subjects: Detective and mystery films.; Historical films.; Martial arts films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Foreign films; Di, Renjie, 629-700; Wu hou, Empress of China, 624-705; Murder; Detectives;
- © c[2011], Indomina Media ; distributed by Vivendi Entertainment,
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- Dracula 2000 [videorecording] / by Beltrami, Marco.; Border, W. K.; Butler, Gerard.; Cronenberg, Denise.; Epps, Omar.; Fitzpatrick, Colleen,1969-; Flanagan, Peter Devaney.; Henry, Erik.; Lussier, Patrick.; Masterson, Danny.; Miller, Jonny Lee.; Pay, Peter.; Plummer, Christopher.; Ryan, Jeri.; Soisson, Joel.; Spier, Carol.; Tunnicliffe, Gary J.; Waddell, Justine.; Alliance Atlantis (Firm); Dimension Films (1990- ); Dimension Home Video (Firm); Neo Art & Logic (Firm);
Director of photography, Peter Pay ; editors, Patrick Lussier, Peter Devaney Flanagan ; music, Marco Beltrami ; costume designer, Denise Cronenberg ; production designer, Carol Spier ; make-up effects, Gary J. Tunnicliffe ; visual effects supervisor, Erik Henry.Jonny Lee Miller, Justine Waddell, Gerard Butler, Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick, Jennifer Esposito, Danny Masterson, Jeri Ryan, Omar Epps, Christopher Plummer.A rare antiques collector has been keeping a secret buried deep in a locked vault. When robbers seeking a fortune in gold steal the casket they believe contains the gold, they unleash the terror that has been haunting a young woman's dreams.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation.
- Subjects: Antiques; Dracula, Count (Fictitious character); Feature films.; Horror films.; Robbery; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
- © c2006., Dimension Home Video, ; Distributed by Alliance Atlantis,
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- Aladdin [videorecording] / by Clements, Ron,screenwriter,film director.; Elliott, Ted,1961-screenwriter.; Freeman, Jonathan,voice actor.; Gottfried, Gilbert,1955-voice actor.; Larkin, Linda,1970-voice actor.; Menken, Alan,screenwriter.; Musker, John,screenwriter,film director.; Rossio, Terry,screenwriter.; Seale, Douglas,voice actor.; Weinger, Scott,1975-voice actor.; Welker, Frank,voice actor.; Williams, Robin,1951-2014,voice actor.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Walt Disney Company,production company.; Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm),production company.;
Art director, Bill Perkins ; editor, H. Lee Peterson ; songs, Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, Tim Rice ; production designer, R. S. Vander Wende.Voices: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried, Douglas Seale.In the heart of an enchanted city, a commoner named Aladdin and his mischievous monkey, Abu, battle to save the free-spirited Princess Jasmine. Aladdin's life changes with one rub of a magic lamp as a fun-loving, shape-shifting Genie appears and grants him three wishes. Through his adventures, Aladdin proves that he is a prince where it truly matter most - on the inside.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
- Subjects: Animated films.; Children's films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Aladdin (Legendary character); Jasmine (Fictitious character from Disney); Jinn; Princesses; Wishes; Magic;
- For private home use only.
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- Children of the state : stories of survival and hope in the juvenile justice system / by Hobbs, Jeff,1980-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Very little has been written about juvenile justice. In the greater consciousness, the word "justice" in this context has been leeched of meaning; it just signifies prison for kids. But to those living and working in various capacities within that system, the word "justice" holds a sepulchral gravity. In Children of the State, bestselling author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace Jeff Hobbs presents three different true stories that show the day-to-day life and the existential challenges faced by those living and working in juvenile programs: educators, counselors, administrators, and--most importantly--children. While serving a year-long detention in Wilmington, DE--perennially one of the violent crime capitols of America--a bright but stunted young man considers the benefits and also the immense costs of striving for college acceptance while imprisoned. A career juvenile hall English Language Arts teacher struggles to align the small moments of wonder in her work alongside its overall statistical futility, all while the city government presumes to design a new juvenile system without cinderblocks--and possibly without those teaching in the current system. A territorial fistfight in Paterson, NJ is characterized by the media as a hate crime, and the boy held accountable for that crime seeks redemption and friendship in a rigorous Life & Professional Skills class in lower Manhattan. These stories are followed to their knotty conclusions in triptych form. In chronicling the work of this constellation of people trying to accomplish good work in abjectly horrible systems and circumstances, Children of the State asks: What should society do with young people who have made terrible decisions? For many kids, a woeful mistake made at age thirteen or fourteen--often as a result of external factors bearing upon a biologically immature brain--will resonate through the rest of their lives, making high school difficult, college nearly impossible, and a middle class life a foolish fantasy. To observe these missteps and raw challenges and small triumphs from shoulder height, through the experiences of thinking, feeling, poignant young people, is to be moved to consider altering the fixed narrative currently laid out of them. As Hobbs demonstrates in piercing, vivid prose: No one so young should ever be considered irredeemable"--
- Subjects: Juvenile delinquents; Juvenile delinquents; Juvenile justice, Administration of;
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- Stage fright [videorecording] / by Meat Loaf(Vocalist),1947-actor.; Driver, Minnie,actor.; MacDonald, Allie,actor.; Sable, Jerome,screenwriter,film director.; Sable, Jerome.Legend of Beaver DamMotion picture adaptation of (work):Videorecording.; Smith, Douglas,1985-actor.; Magnet Releasing (Firm); Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm);
Director of photography, Bruce Chun; editors, Nicholas Musurca, Christopher Donaldson, Lisa Grooten; music by Jerome Sable and Eli Batalion.Minnie Driver, Meat Loaf Aday, Allie MacDonald, Douglas Smith.A film about a performing arts camp that is terrorized by a bloodthirsty killer who despises musical theatre just as the Seasonal Grand Performance is about to begin.14A.DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen presentation 2.40:1; Dolby DIgital 5.1.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Horror films.; Murder; Musical theater;
- © 2014., Magnolia Home Entertainment,
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- Final option / by Cussler, Clive,author.; Morrison, Boyd,1967-author.;
When the CIA realizes the identities of three American spies in Brazil have been compromised, they turn to Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon to rescue the agents. What seems a routine operation turns out to be a trap designed by Juan Cabrillo's greatest enemy, a man driven by hate to seek the ultimate revenge. At the heart of the plot is a state-of-the-art ship that is identical to the Oregon: same weaponry, same technology, same ability to evade capture. The only thing it doesn't have is Cabrillo and his talented crew. But will they be enough to go up against the one ship that rivals their own? The crew of the Oregon must piece together a series of disturbing events, including the mysterious sinking of a nuclear attack submarine and the possible discovery of a WWII-era weapon that was thought to be lost in the jungles of Brazil, in the ultimate game of cat and mouse.
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Cabrillo, Juan (Fictitious character); Ship captains; Rescues; Revenge;
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- Where's Waldo? : the spectacular spotlight search / by Handford, Martin.;
"Just when you thought you'd mastered the art of finding Waldo, along comes a whole new twist to tracking him down! In an innovative, all-paper design that simulates a traveling spotlight beam, each scene is completely dark until the savvy reader slides a wand underneath to zlight upy a small section. The trick is to carefully move the magic slider around until the right spot is revealed. Each of the six classic nighttime scenes contains Waldo and four other favorite characters to find, along with bonus hidden content and additional games on every page. With an exciting new format that gives our wanderer the star treatment he deserves, The Spectacular Spotlight Search is a must-have for Waldo fans of all ages"--Amazon.Ages 5-9.
- Subjects: Picture puzzles.; Wally (Fictitious character from Handford);
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- Girl on fire [graphic novel] / by Keys, Alicia,author.; Fox, D. Forrest,illustrator.; Pattison, Ronda,colourist.; Pittarese, Frank,editor.; Temofonte, Saida,letterer.; Weiner, Andrew,author.; Williams, Brittney,1989-illustrator.;
From New York Times bestselling author and 15-time Grammy Award-winning artist Alicia Keys comes a new authentic and poignant coming-of-age young adult graphic novel, about finding the strength within when your whole world changes in an instant. Lolo Wright always thought she was just a regular fourteen-year-old dealing with regular family drama: her brother, James, is struggling with his studies; her dad's business constantly teeters on the edge of trouble; and her mother ... she left long ago. But then Lolo's world explodes when a cop pulls a gun on James in a dangerous case of mistaken identities. Staring down the barrel, with no one else to help, Lolo discovers powers she never knew she had. Using only her mind, she literally throws the cop out of the way. Problem is that secrets like Lolo's don't stay a secret for long. Skin, a dangerous dealer with designs on taking over the neighborhood, hears of Lolo's telekinetic abilities and decides that he needs her in his crew. Skin might not have Lolo's powers, but he's got nothing to lose and is willing to do whatever it takes to get what he wants. And what he wants is Lolo. Lolo's not willing to let Skin use her to hurt the people -- and neighborhood -- that she loves. But it's going to take a whole different kind of bravery to stand-up for what's right, especially after Lolo's mom returns suddenly and turns Lolo's whole world upside-down. For too long, it's true, Lolo's had her head in the clouds, but this time, it's on her ... and she's not backing down.014+.Grades 10-12.
- Subjects: Coming-of-age comics.; Graphic novels.; Abandoned children; African Americans; Brothers and sisters; Drug dealers; Families; Mothers and daughters; Psychokinesis; Racism; Self-confidence;
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- Aladdin [videorecording] / by Clements, Ron,screenwriter,film director.; Elliott, Ted,1961-screenwriter.; Freeman, Jonathan,voice actor.; Gottfried, Gilbert,1955-voice actor.; Larkin, Linda,1970-voice actor.; Menken, Alan,screenwriter.; Musker, John,screenwriter,film director.; Rossio, Terry,screenwriter.; Seale, Douglas,voice actor.; Weinger, Scott,1975-voice actor.; Welker, Frank,voice actor.; Williams, Robin,1951-2014,voice actor.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Walt Disney Company,production company.; Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm),production company.;
Art director, Bill Perkins ; editor, H. Lee Peterson ; songs, Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, Tim Rice ; production designer, R. S. Vander Wende.Voices: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried, Douglas Seale.In the heart of an enchanted city, a commoner named Aladdin and his mischievous monkey, Abu, battle to save the free-spirited Princess Jasmine. Aladdin's life changes with one rub of a magic lamp as a fun-loving, shape-shifting Genie appears and grants him three wishes. Through his adventures, Aladdin proves that he is a prince where it truly matter most - on the inside.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.66:1 aspect ratio); DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, 2.0 DVS ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Animated films.; Children's films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Aladdin (Legendary character); Jasmine (Fictitious character from Disney); Jinn; Princesses; Wishes; Magic;
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