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Summary: An autobiographical film based on the director's life beginning in 1942 during Hitler's struggle to wrest Egypt, especially the city Alexandria, from the British Army. Yehia, an aspiring actor, and his friends experience the impact of war. Yehia studies cinema in Alexandria, stages his first makeshift productions, and finally reaches the conclusion that his future lies in America.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2000

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Yazbek, David

Summary: With a cast that includes Katrina Lenk and Emmy Award winner Tony Shalhoub, this musical has become one of the most acclaimed new Broadway productions of 2017. It includes music from three-time Tony Award nominee David Yazbeck.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Ghostlight 2018

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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC BAN

Aciman, André

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "A memoir of the author's time in Rome after his family was made to leave Egypt, before moving to America"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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Saylor, Steven

Summary: "In 88 B.C. it seems as if all the world is at war. From Rome to Greece and to Egypt itself, most of civilization is on the verge of war. The young Gordianus--a born-and-raised Roman citizen--is living in Alexandria, making ends meet by plying his trade of solving puzzles and finding things out for pay. He whiles away his time with his slave Bethesda, waiting for the world to regain its sanity....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SAY

Stabenow, Dana

Summary: Alexandria, 47 BC. Cleopatra shares the throne with her brother Ptolemy under the auspices of Julius Caesar, by whom Cleopatra is heavily pregnant. A shipment of new coins meant to reset the shaky Egyptian economy has been stolen and the Queen's Eye has been murdered, so Queen Cleopatra turns to childhood friend Tetisheri to find the missing shipment and bring the murderer to justice.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Head of Zeus 2018

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STA

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Stabenow 2018

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M STA

Davis, Lindsey.

Summary: Marcus Didius Falco, agent to the Emperor Vespasian, investigates a mysterious death in the world-famous library of Alexandria, bringing him into immediate conflict with the darker side of academic life. And if his irrepressible Pa has had any hand in what has gone wrong at the Library, Falco knows he stands no chance.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2009

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAV

Stabenow, Dana

Summary: Cleopatra- seventh of her name, avatar of the goddess Isis, ruler of the Kingdom of Egypt- is surrounded by riches untold. It is a comfortable life. But not all are invited to share in the wealth of Alexandria, Egypt's first city. For the peasants and farmers, their lives lie in the hands of the gods and the harvest. Unless, that is, they can find other, less savory, methods to feed their...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Head of Zeus Ltd. 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STA

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STA

Bradshaw, Gillian

Summary: Heir to a noble Greek society, Hermogenes finds himself having to reclaim debts owed to his family after his father's death at sea, which places him in a difficult position with a prejudiced Roman consul and a beautiful woman gladiator.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRA

Issa, Islam

Summary: An award-winning British-Egyptian writer presents an authoritative history of the first modern city and how it has shaped our modern world, including its role as a global capital of knowledge as well as the site of plagues and violence.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2024

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 962 ISS

Livingston, Lesley

Summary: When Caesar is murdered, Fallon and her fellow gladiatrices lose their protector and, realizing that Cleopatra is now in grave danger, travel to Alexandria, Egypt, for her safety and theirs.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2019

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

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