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201) Saint young men: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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English
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"Jesus, the Son of God. Buddha, the enlightened one. Two of history's most important figures whose sagely deeds have been told and retold. After a few millennia of helping humanity, they have decided to take some time off and rent an apartment together in modern-day Tokyo. But even their saintly status hasn't fully prepared them to navigate the ups and downs of life in 21st century Japan, from theme parks, to shopping for rice cookers, to the...
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xiii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"An epic, mesmerizing oral history of Hollywood and Los Angeles by the author of the contemporary classic Edie; Jean Stein influenced the art of oral history in her groundbreaking book Edie : American Girl, an indelible portrait of Andy Warhol 'superstar' Edie Sedgwick. Now, in West of Eden, Stein turns her lens toward the city Sedgwick came from--Los Angeles--and a mythic cast of fortune hunters and aspiring moguls whose quests for fame and power...
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184 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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A darkly comic collection of stories features men and women whose lives are pulled into the bizarre by their erotic desires.
An anthology of the bizarre. In The Rememberer, a man undergoes reverse evolution--from man to ape to salamander--at which point a friend releases him into the sea, while in another story a woman gives birth to her mother.
205) Ready or not
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1 videodisc (approximately 95 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A young bride joins her new husband's rich, eccentric family in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival.
206) Les misérables
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337 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
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English
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In a new graphic novel adaptation, escaped convict Jean Valjean risks his freedom to take care of a motherless young girl during a period of political unrest in Paris while Inspector Javert relentlessly pursues him for a minor crime.
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xiv, 433 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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With Eve's Hollywood Eve Babitz lit up the scene in 1974. The books that followed, among them Slow Days, Fast Company and Sex and Rage, have seduced generations of readers with their unfailing wit and impossible glamour. What is less well known is that Babitz was a working journalist for the better part of three decades, writing for the likes of Rolling Stone, Vogue, and Esquire, as well as for off-the-beaten-path periodicals like Wet: The Magazine...
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xvii, 309 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), color portraits ; 21 cm
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English
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We consider the Middle Ages barbaric, yet the period furnished some of our most enduring icons, including King Arthur's Round Table, knights in shining armour and the idealised noblewoman. In this vivid history of the time, the medieval world comes to life in all its rich daily experience. You can find out what people's beds were like, how often they washed, what they wore, what they cooked, how they worked, how they entertained themselves, how they...
209) The letter writer
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371 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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"February 1942: Woodrow Cain arrives in New York City from a small North Carolina town having left behind a wife (who'd abandoned him), a daughter, and a career as a police officer marred by questions about his possible complicity in his partner's murder. A job in the NYPD gives him what he hopes will be a new beginning, and it's on the job that he meets a man called Danzinger. Dressed like a "strange old mystic," Danzinger nonetheless has the manners...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm
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English
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"Say hello in 15 different languages as babies all over the world play and enjoy their day"--
A diverse group of babies from around the world complete a variety of everyday activities while revealing how to say "Hello" in fifteen different languages. Includes pronunciation guide at back of book.
211) Great classic humor
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5 audio discs (approximately 6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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BBC Audiobooks America presents 27 classic short stories, taken from the most celebrated humorists from the 19th century.
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80 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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As a leader in the European Union, Germany is one of the most prosperous and influential nations in the world. German youngsters grow up in a nation rich in culture and opportunity. Featured is an overview of the country, as well as insights into how Germany's youth experience home and family, education and work, social life, and more.
Presents an overview of growing up in Germany, discussing family life, education, work, social life, and religion....
213) Les misérables
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1 Blu-ray videodisc (158 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Suggestive and sexual material, violence and thematic elements.
In early 19th century France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.
214) Growing up in Japan
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80 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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Japanese youth grow up in a unique culture that is unlike any other in the world. Young people are surrounded by a mix of modern technology and ancient customs and traditions. Featured is an overview of the country, as well as insights into how Japan's youth experience home and family, education and work, social life, and more.
Presents an overview of growing up in Japan, discussing family life, social life, gender roles, education, and the role...
215) The fifties
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xi, 800 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that David Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. It is the decade of Joe McCarthy and the young Martin Luther King, the Korean War and Levittown, Jack Kerouac and Elvis Presley." "Halberstam not only gives us the titans of the age - Eisenhower, Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon - but also Harley Earl, who put...
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