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Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca, have developed over 500 years of trading and cultural exchanges between East and West. The influences of Asia and Europe have endowed the towns with a specific multicultural heritage that is both tangible and intangible. With its government buildings, churches, squares and fortifications, Melaka demonstrates the early stages of this history originating in the 15th-century Malay sultanate...
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[2013], c2011
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English
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In this episode, chef Melvyn Lee explores Taiwan's central mountains, where he meets an aboriginal woman, discovers some unique local produce, and learns how to prepare a dish that dates back to the hunting days of the Atayal men. He then heads for Taiwan's dramatic coastline, where he befriends a Han Chinese fisherman. Melvyn finds out how to prepare fresher-than-fresh seafood the traditional Fujianese way. Taking what he's learned from both, he...
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[2005], c1989
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English
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The history of Japan past and present is the story of the kami, the supernatural, not quite godlike spirits who underlie the Japanese-ness of Japan-who created the Japanese islands at the beginning of time and remain today the ones responsible for health and luck, for success in childbirth and business, for the proper functioning of silicon chips and the uniqueness and unity of the Japanese. This program begins with the creation myth of Japan and...
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[2012], c2006
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English
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Gordon Sivell explores the historic temples of South Korea, the tropical island of Jeju with its colorful folk village, and he tours the antique market in the bustling city of Seoul. He learns the complex history of the pre-modern era "Hermit kingdom" while touring the National War Museum, and visits the world's only United Nations war cemetery in the port city of Busan.
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[2006], c2002
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English
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This program savors the peaceful splendor of autumn in Kyoto. First, visits to Kozan-ji Temple, an example of early Kamakura architecture and repository of a painting by Toba Sojo; Sanzen-in Temple, immortalized by 18th-century poet Ueda Akinari; and many other temples offer views of the region's beautiful red-colored maples. Then, the video covers the autumn festival in Arashiyama, the Jidai Matsuri procession, the fire festival of Kurama, and the...
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AAPI Juvenile Fiction
Historical Fiction - JF
If You Like Anne of Green Gables, Read These!
JF Once Upon A Summer Reading
Historical Fiction - JF
If You Like Anne of Green Gables, Read These!
JF Once Upon A Summer Reading
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Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.
9) South Korea
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2015.
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English
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This illustrated book includes details about South Korea.
10) Vicious spirits
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Gumiho volume 2
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[2020]
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English
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Somin and Junu are helping Miyoung and Jihoon heal from their recent trauma when a new supernatural threat arises.
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[2011], c2007
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English
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This episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series shows scenes from the United Nations session in New York as well as U.S. negotiators at Kaesong in their efforts to hammer out a ceasefire plan between fighting factions in Korea. In addition, this video from the National Archives and Records Administration includes a tribute to the men of the infantry from an Army officer who served with them as a platoon leader. Lieutenant Robert...
12) e2 transport
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[2013], c2008
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English
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Based on the economic principle of demand management, London's congestion charge challenges the 20th-century notion that cities should be designed around cars and asks drivers to pay for access to public roads and parking spaces. Thanks to visionary municipal leaders like Deputy Mayor Nicky Gavron, this plan is the core of a sweeping push to transform London into a transit-efficient and pedestrian-friendly mega-city in time for the 2012 Olympics.
13) Wicked fox
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Gumiho volume 1
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[2019]
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English
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After eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung, a nine-tailed fox surviving in modern-day Seoul by eating the souls of evil men, kills a murderous goblin to save Jihoon, she is forced to choose between her immortal life and his.
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[2018]
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Korea Reborn: A Grateful Nation Honors War Veterans for more than 60 Years of Growth is a retrospective look at the Korean War and the years of prosperity that followed. The photos and text tell the story from the perspective of both U.S. veterans who served in the conflict, and the Koreans who prospered from the freedom left in their wake. Beginning with the events that led up to the war, through the ensuing battlefields across the Korean Peninsula,...
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[2005], c2002
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English
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This undercover report documents the stark poverty and extreme repression in North Korea that exist alongside spectacular cultural events and age-old customs unfettered by political ideology. Posing as a tourist, broadcast journalist Janet Choi risked arrest to get an inside look at one of the planet's most secretive-and brutally totalitarian-countries while under surveillance by a police "tour guide." Archival footage, an interview with a defector,...
18) World of Wonders
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Cari's aboard the Galapagos Explorer en route to Santa Cruz Island. It's home to the Charles Darwin Research Station, where giant sea tortoises are being bred in captivity. There are giant tortoises in the wild too, and Cari wants to see them too. At the end of a long day, she snorkels among Galapagos' friendly creatures.
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