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Greenwood Lake Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
916.4 FOD 2018
1 available
916.4 FOD 2018
1 available
Pearl River Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
916.4045 FOD 2018
1 available
916.4045 FOD 2018
1 available
West Nyack Free Library - Adult Nonfiction
916.404 Fod 2018
1 available
916.404 Fod 2018
1 available
Description
"Fodor's correspondents highlight the best of Morocco, including the famous medinas of Fez and Marrakesh, desert kasbahs, and luxurious lodging in riads. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure you make the most of your time, whether it's your first trip or your fifth."--Back cover.
Description
Olivia had always heard stories about Algeria from her maternal grandmother, a Black Foot (a "Pied-Noir," the French term for Christian and Jewish settlers of French Algeria who emigrated to France after the Algerian War of Independence). After her grandmother's death, Olivia found some of her grandmother's journals and letters describing her homeland. Now, ten years later, she resolves to travel to Algeria and experience the country for herself;...
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Cornwall Public Library - Adult Fiction
Daoud
1 available
Daoud
1 available
Middletown-Thrall Public Library District - Adult Fiction
DAOUD
1 available
DAOUD
1 available
Narrowsburg-Western Sullivan Public Library Tusten Cochecton - Adult Fiction
Dao
1 available
Dao
1 available
Description
"This response to Camus's The Stranger is at once a love story and a political manifesto about post-colonial Algeria, Islam, and the irrelevance of Arab lives. He was the brother of "the Arab" killed by the infamous Meursault, the antihero of Camus's classic novel. Seventy years after that event, Harun, who has lived since childhood in the shadow of his sibling's memory, refuses to let him remain anonymous: he gives his brother a story and a name--Musa--and...
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New City Library - Picture Book
JP ISDAHL
1 available
JP ISDAHL
1 available
Valley Cottage Free Library - Picture Book
JP ISDAHL
1 available
JP ISDAHL
1 available
Description
For one little Ugandan boy, no wish is too big. First he dreams of reaching the stars and then of riding a supernova straight to Mars. But on a rainy day at his grandfather's house, he is brought down to earth with a bump. Do adventures only happen in galaxies far away or can he find magic a little closer to home? A touching story of a grandfather's love for his grandson and the quiet pleasures of a rainy day.
5) Sulwe
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Blauvelt Free Library - Picture Book
JP NYO
1 available
JP NYO
1 available
Callicoon-Western Sullivan Public Library Delaware Branch - Picture Book
JP Nyo
1 available
JP Nyo
1 available
Cornwall Public Library - Picture Book
E Nyong'o
1 available
E Nyong'o
1 available
Description
When five-year-old Sulwe's classmates make fun of her dark skin, she tries lightening herself to no avail, but her encounter with a shooting star helps her understand there is beauty in every shade.
6) Astro girl
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Haverstraw Garnerville - Picture Book
JP Wil
1 available
JP Wil
1 available
Haverstraw Village - Picture Book
JP Wil
1 available
JP Wil
1 available
Middletown-Thrall Public Library District - Picture Book
JP Wil
1 available
JP Wil
1 available
Description
After Astrid tells her father that she wants to be an astronaut, he tells her of all the things that astronauts have to do.
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Series
Legacy of Orisha volume 1
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Blauvelt Free Library - Young Adult Fiction
TEEN Adeyemi Bk.1
1 available
TEEN Adeyemi Bk.1
1 available
Callicoon-Western Sullivan Public Library Delaware Branch - Young Adult Fiction
YA Ade
1 available
YA Ade
1 available
Central Valley-Woodbury Public Library Ida Cornell Branch - Young Adult Fiction
YA ADE
1 available
YA ADE
1 available
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Cornwall Public Library - Young Adult Book on CD
CD YA Adeyemi
1 available
CD YA Adeyemi
1 available
New City Library - Adult Book on CD
BCD ADEYEMI
1 available
BCD ADEYEMI
1 available
Nyack Library - Adult Book on CD
ADEYEMI
1 available
ADEYEMI
1 available
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Spring Valley-Finkelstein Memorial Library - Young Adult Book on CD
YA BCD Adeyemi, Tomi
1 available
YA BCD Adeyemi, Tomi
1 available
Description
Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy.
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Ellenville Public Library and Museum - Children's Nonfiction
J 496 Wilson
1 available
J 496 Wilson
1 available
Florida Public Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 496.39 Wil
1 available
J 496.39 Wil
1 available
Nanuet Public Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 496 Wil
1 available
J 496 Wil
1 available
Description
Uses a description of a brother and sister in Kenya on a picnic with their parents to introduce a variety of words in the African language Swahili.
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Middletown-Thrall Public Library District - Adult Nonfiction
ACD 496.392 SWA
1 available
ACD 496.392 SWA
1 available
Warwick-Albert Wisner Public Library - Foreign Language Adult Nonfiction
Foreign Language Swa
1 available
Foreign Language Swa
1 available
Description
"Learn to speak, understand, read, and write Swahili with confidence." --cover
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Florida Public Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA Rai
1 available
YA Rai
1 available
Haverstraw Garnerville - Young Adult Fiction
YA Historical Fic Raina
1 available
YA Historical Fic Raina
1 available
Haverstraw Village - Young Adult Fiction
YA Raina
1 available
YA Raina
1 available
Description
This fictionalized account of a student uprising that began in Soweto, South Africa, on June 16, 1976, unfolds through the first-person narratives of four young adults from different backgrounds whose lives intersect. An African student, Zanele, secretly organizes the protest against the Afrikaans Medium Decree Act, which required the use of English and Afrikaans ("the language of the oppressors") in schools. Her apolitical friend Thabo heads a local...
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Cornwall Public Library - Adult Biography & Autobiography
B Iftin
1 available
B Iftin
1 available
Ellenville Public Library and Museum - Adult Biography & Autobiography
B Iftin
1 available
B Iftin
1 available
Goshen Public Library & Historical Society - Adult Biography & Autobiography
BIO Iftin
1 available
BIO Iftin
1 available
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Middletown-Thrall Public Library District - Adult Large Type Biography
LP B IFTIN
1 available
LP B IFTIN
1 available
Description
"Abdi Nor Iftin first fell in love with America from afar. As a child, he learned English by listening to American pop artists like Michael Jackson and watching films starring action heroes like Arnold Schwarzenegger. When U.S. marines landed in Mogadishu to take on the warlords, Abdi cheered the arrival of these real Americans, who seemed as heroic as those of the movies. Sporting American clothes and dance moves, he became known around Mogadishu...
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Monroe Free Library - Adult Nonfiction
641.596 HAS
1 available
641.596 HAS
1 available
New City Library - Adult Nonfiction
641.5967 HASSA
1 available
641.5967 HASSA
1 available
Newburgh Free Library - Adult Nonfiction
641.596 HAS
1 available
641.596 HAS
1 available
Description
"Grandmothers from eight eastern African countries welcome you into their kitchens to share flavorful recipes and stories of family, love, and tradition in this transporting cookbook-meets-travelogue"--
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Goshen Public Library & Historical Society - Cooking Print Collection
641.5964 Gre
1 available
641.5964 Gre
1 available
Newburgh Free Library - Adult Nonfiction
641.596 SMI
1 available
641.596 SMI
1 available
Nyack Library - Adult Nonfiction
641.5964 SMI
1 available
641.5964 SMI
1 available
Description
In researching this book, John travelled into the heart of the High Atlas Mountains to learn the secrets of traditional lamb barbecue, then journeyed north, through the city of Fes, where the rich dishes of the Imperial Courts are still prepared in many homes. From here he continued on to the Rif Mountains, where rustic recipes are made with the freshest seasonal produce. From Moroccan-style paella, cooked in the blue town of Chefchaouen, to stuffed...
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Nyack Library - Adult Nonfiction
641.5936 MOG
1 available
641.5936 MOG
1 available
Valley Cottage Free Library - Adult Nonfiction
641.5963 MOG
1 available
641.5963 MOG
1 available
Description
"Growing up, first in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa and then in the United States, Luladey Moges learned the art of traditional Ethiopian cuisine from her grandmother, mother, and aunts. She has long been an enthusiastic home cook, introducing the tastes of Ethiopian cuisine to her friends in North America. At the same time, her career in hospitality and fine dining management has taught her what it takes to build a balanced menu and impress...
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Florida Public Library - Adult DVD (any type)
For
1 available
For
1 available
Spring Valley-Finkelstein Memorial Library - Adult Entertainment DVD
DVD FOREIGN THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
1 available
DVD FOREIGN THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
1 available
Description
A heavy burden compels Atang to leave the bustle of Johannesburg, he must return to his ancestral land of Lesotho to bury his estranged father in the remote, mountainous village where he was born. Once there, complications delay his ultimate departure, including reunion with a childhood friend who's blossomed into a beautiful schoolteacher. A playful meditation on the value of hardship and the mystical beauty of a land and its people.
16) Afterlives
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Callicoon-Western Sullivan Public Library Delaware Branch - Adult Fiction
F Gur
1 available
F Gur
1 available
Chester Public Library - Adult Fiction
Gurnah
1 available
Gurnah
1 available
Gardiner Library - Adult Fiction
GURN
1 available
GURN
1 available
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Middletown-Thrall Public Library District - Adult Large Type Fiction
LP GURNAH
1 available
LP GURNAH
1 available
Narrowsburg-Western Sullivan Public Library Tusten Cochecton - Adult Large Type Fiction
LP Gur
1 available
LP Gur
1 available
Newburgh Free Library - Town Branch - Adult Large Type Fiction
LP GURNAH
1 available
LP GURNAH
1 available
Description
"From the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, a sweeping, multi-generational saga of displacement, loss, and love, set against the brutal colonization of east Africa. When he was just a boy, Ilyas was stolen from his parents on the coast of east Africa by German colonial troops. After years away, fighting against his own people, he returns home to find his parents gone and his sister, Afiya, abandoned into de facto slavery. Hamza too, is...
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Florida Public Library - Adult Fiction
Baj
1 available
Baj
1 available
Suffern Free Library - Adult Fiction
Fic / BAJABER
1 available
Fic / BAJABER
1 available
Description
"When Aisha's fisherman father goes missing, she takes to the sea on a skeleton boat to rescue him. Guided by a talking scholar's cat, who sparks her interest in the mysterious House of Rust, she encounters three monsters hidden beneath the waves. All Aisha wants is for things to return to normal. But a showdown with the father of all sharks looms, and at home, things only grow stranger"--Page 4 of cover.
18) Rosewater
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Series
Wormwood trilogy volume 1
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Chester Public Library - Adult Fiction
Thompson
1 available
Thompson
1 available
Goshen Public Library & Historical Society - Adult Science Fiction
FIC Thompson
1 available
FIC Thompson
1 available
Haverstraw Garnerville - Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy
Thompson
1 available
Thompson
1 available
Description
"Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry, and the helpless--people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its rumored healing powers. Kaaro is a government agent with a criminal past. A sensitive, he can navigate the massive psychic space created by the dome. But when something within the dome begins killing other sensitives, Kaaro must...
19) Pet
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Callicoon-Western Sullivan Public Library Delaware Branch - Young Adult Fiction
YA Eme
1 available
YA Eme
1 available
Chester Public Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA Emezi
1 available
YA Emezi
1 available
Cornwall Public Library - Young Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy
YA EMEZI
1 available
YA EMEZI
1 available
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New City Library - Adult Book on CD
BCD EMEZI
1 available
BCD EMEZI
1 available
Washingtonville-Moffat Library of Washingtonville - Young Adult Book on CD
YABCD Eme
1 available
YABCD Eme
1 available
West Nyack Free Library - Young Adult Book on CD
BCD YA Emezi
1 available
BCD YA Emezi
1 available
Description
In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting seventeen-year-old Jam's mother created, a hunter from another world seeking a real-life monster.
20) Freshwater
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Gardiner Library - Adult Fiction
EMEZI
1 available
EMEZI
1 available
Narrowsburg-Western Sullivan Public Library Tusten Cochecton - Adult Fiction
Eme
1 available
Eme
1 available
New City Library - Adult Fiction
EMEZI
1 available
EMEZI
1 available
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Description
An extraordinary debut novel exploring the metaphysics of identity and mental health, centering on a young Nigerian woman as she struggles to reconcile the proliferation of multiple selves within her.