Author: Jiles, Paulette, 1943- author.
Published: 2010 2009
Call Number: PB JILES
Format: Books
Summary: In 1863, as the War Between the States creeps inevitably toward its bloody conclusion, former Kentucky slave Britt Johnson ventures west into unknown territory with this wife, Mary, and their three children, searching for a life and a future. But their dreams are abruptly shattered by a brutal Indian raid upon the Johnsons' settlement while Britt is away establishing a business. Returning to find his friends and neighbors slain or captured, his eldest son dead, his beloved and severely damaged Mary enslaved, and his remaining children absorbed into an alien society that will never relinquish its hold on them, the heartsick freedman vows not to rest until his family is whole again.--Page 4 of cover.
Author: Gabaldon, Diana author.
Published: 2005
Call Number: F GABALDON
Format: Books
Author: Walter, Lynn, 1945-
Published: 2003
Call Number: 305.42 GREENWOO
Format: Books
Summary: Women are working internationally to build a world based on gender equality and justice. Their concerns are shaped by conditions in their own countries and regions, and also by conditions for women in other parts of the world. Links forged by globalization, international relations, United Nations gender equality and development programs, and women's nongovernmental organizations connect their futures. This groundbreaking reference set documents the achievements and current challenges for all women, providing distortion-free and newly available information about women's status, in matters from education to violence, in more than 130 countries in the world's most populated areas. Written by an international host of contributing specialists, this set is accessible to high school students and above. Its consistent narrative coverage and relevant statistics are ideal for research and comparisons. Readers will find that conceptions of women's issues vary by country as the set illuminates diverse perspectives and contemporary practices that shape the variations in equality and well-being among women. Judicious inclusion of historical processes helps frame the issues in a holistic perspective. Volume maps, individual country maps, tables, photos, and indexes by set and volume are also included.
Author: Friedman, Milton, 1912-2006. Friedman, Rose D.
Published: 2002 1962
Call Number: 330.122
Format: Books
Author: Harrison, George H., author.
Published: 1988 1979
Call Number: 598.2073 HARRISON
Format: Books
Summary: A guide for watching birds, including information on setting up feeding stations, bird houses, and how to avoid pest birds.
Author: Ganatra, Nisha Kumari, film director. Greeson, Flora, screenwriter. Bevan, Tim, film producer. Fellner, Eric, film producer. Johnson, Dakota, 1989- actor.
Published: 2020
Call Number: HIGH
Format: Video disc
Summary: A superstar singer and her overworked personal assistant are presented with a choice that could alter the course of their respective careers.
Author: Eskandari, Matt, film director. Wolfe, Doug, screenwriter. Emmett, Randall, film producer. Furla, George, film producer. Sanghani, Shaun, 1980- film producer.
Published: 2020
Call Number: SUSPENSE SURVIVE
Format: Video disc
Summary: A disgraced doctor and his family are held hostage at their home by criminals on the run, when a robbery gone awry requires them to seek immediate medical attention.
Author: Israelite, Dean, television director, television producer. Rivet, Jared, screenwriter. Grabinski, BenDavid, creator, television producer. Kandel, Ned, creator, screenwriter, television producer. MacHale, D. J., creator, screenwriter, television producer.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: J ARE
Format: Video disc
Summary: A nightmarish three-part limited series event filled with scorpions, eyeless men, disappearing children and the creepiest carnival of all time! Rachel has a chance to join the secret Midnight Society. All she has to do is tell a truly terrifying story. But when the chilling events of her Tale of Mr. Tophat and the Carnival of Doom start to actually come true and her friends' lives are at stake, Rachel must face her fears and end Mr. Tophat's reign of terror.
Author: Pasikowski, W?adys?aw, film director. Wilkos, Sylwia, film producer, screenwriter. Tlokinski, Philippe, actor. Engelbrecht, Julie, 1984- actor. James, Bradley, 1983- actor.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: RESISTAN
Format: Video disc
Summary: Tells the incredible true story of the Polish 'James Bond,' the legendary courier from Warsaw, a spy whose lonely mission could decide the fate of Poland and World War II. Based on a true story, this action-thriller follows real-life Polish war hero Jan Nowak-Jezioranski, a man of extraordinary courage, who served as an emissary between the commanders of Poland's resistance movement and the Polish government in exile in London at the height of the Second World War.
Author: Ganatra, Nisha Kumari, film director. Greeson, Flora, screenwriter. Bevan, Tim, film producer. Fellner, Eric, film producer. Johnson, Dakota, 1989- actor.
Published: 2020
Call Number: HIGH
Format: Video disc
Summary: A superstar singer and her overworked personal assistant are presented with a choice that could alter the course of their respective careers.
Author: Eskandari, Matt, film director. Wolfe, Doug, screenwriter. Emmett, Randall, film producer. Furla, George, film producer. Sanghani, Shaun, 1980- film producer.
Published: 2020
Call Number: SUSPENSE SURVIVE
Format: Video disc
Summary: A disgraced doctor and his family are held hostage at their home by criminals on the run, when a robbery gone awry requires them to seek immediate medical attention.
Author: Israelite, Dean, television director, television producer. Rivet, Jared, screenwriter. Grabinski, BenDavid, creator, television producer. Kandel, Ned, creator, screenwriter, television producer. MacHale, D. J., creator, screenwriter, television producer.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: J ARE
Format: Video disc
Summary: A nightmarish three-part limited series event filled with scorpions, eyeless men, disappearing children and the creepiest carnival of all time! Rachel has a chance to join the secret Midnight Society. All she has to do is tell a truly terrifying story. But when the chilling events of her Tale of Mr. Tophat and the Carnival of Doom start to actually come true and her friends' lives are at stake, Rachel must face her fears and end Mr. Tophat's reign of terror.
Author: Pasikowski, W?adys?aw, film director. Wilkos, Sylwia, film producer, screenwriter. Tlokinski, Philippe, actor. Engelbrecht, Julie, 1984- actor. James, Bradley, 1983- actor.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: RESISTAN
Format: Video disc
Summary: Tells the incredible true story of the Polish 'James Bond,' the legendary courier from Warsaw, a spy whose lonely mission could decide the fate of Poland and World War II. Based on a true story, this action-thriller follows real-life Polish war hero Jan Nowak-Jezioranski, a man of extraordinary courage, who served as an emissary between the commanders of Poland's resistance movement and the Polish government in exile in London at the height of the Second World War.
Author: Wasson, Sam, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 791.43
Format: Books
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and Fosse comes the revelatory account of the making of a modern American masterpiece. Chinatown is the Holy Grail of 1970s cinema. Its twist ending is the most notorious in American film and its closing line of dialogue the most haunting. Here for the first time is the incredible true story of its making. In Sam Wasson's telling, it becomes the defining story of the most colorful characters in the most colorful period of Hollywood history. Here is Jack Nicholson at the height of his powers, as compelling a movie star as there has ever been, embarking on his great, doomed love affair with Anjelica Huston. Here is director Roman Polanski, both predator and prey, haunted by the savage death of his wife, returning to Los Angeles, the scene of the crime, where the seeds of his own self-destruction are quickly planted. Here is the fevered dealmaking of "The Kid" Robert Evans, the most consummate of producers. Here too is Robert Towne's fabled script, widely considered the greatest original screenplay ever written. Wasson for the first time peels off layers of myth to provide the true account of its creation. Looming over the story of this classic movie is the imminent eclipse of the '70s filmmaker-friendly studios as they gave way to the corporate Hollywood we know today. In telling that larger story, The Big Goodbye will take its place alongside classics like Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and The Devil's Candy as one of the great movie-world books ever written. Praise for Sam Wasson: "Wasson is a canny chronicler of old Hollywood and its outsize personalities...More than that, he understands that style matters, and, like his subjects, he has a flair for it." - The New Yorker "Sam Wasson is a fabulous social historian because he finds meaning in situations and stories that would otherwise be forgotten if he didn't sleuth them out, lovingly." - Hilton Als"-- Jack Nicholson was at the height of his powers, as compelling a movie star as there has ever been. Director Roman Polanski, both predator and prey, was haunted by the savage death of his wife. "The Kid" Robert Evans, was the most consummate of producers. Robert Towne's fabled script was widely considered the greatest original screenplay ever written. Wasson peels off layers of myth to provide the true account of the creation of the 1974 movie, Chinatown. Looming over it all is the imminent eclipse of the '70s filmmaker-friendly studios as they gave way to the corporate Hollywood we know today. -- adapted from jacket.
Author: Rosenblum, Cameron Kelly, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: Y ROSENBLU
Format: Books
Summary: From debut author Cameron Kelly Rosenblum comes a stunning teen novel that tackles love, grief, and mental health as one girl must process her friend's death and ultimately learn how to stand in her own light. Perfect for fans of All the Bright Places and We Were Liars. It's the summer before senior year. Reid is in the thick of Scofield High's in-crowd thanks to her best friend, Hattie, who has been her social oxygen since middle school.But summer is when Hattie goes to her family's Maine island home. Instead of sitting inside for eight weeks, waiting for her to return, Reid and their friend, Sam, enter into a pact--to live it up, one party at a time. But days before Hattie is due home, Reid finds out the shocking news that Hattie has died by suicide. Driven by a desperate need to understand what went wrong, Reid searches for answers.In doing so, she uncovers painful secrets about the person she thought she knew better than herself. And the truth will force Reid to reexamine everything.
Author: Shelton, Trent, author. Tieche, David, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: Y 158 SHELTON
Format: Books
Author: Bonner, Betsy, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: B BONNER
Format: Books
Summary: "Reminiscent of Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich's The Fact of a Body and Maggie Nelson's The Red Parts, a perfect balance of memoir and true crime, The Book of Atlantis Black will have you questioning facts, rooting for secrets, and asking what it means to know the truth. A young woman is found dead on the floor of a Tijuana hotel room. An ID in a nearby purse reads "Atlantis Black." The police report states that the body does not seem to match the identification, yet the body is quickly cremated and the case is considered closed. So begins Betsy Bonner's search for her sister, and the unraveling of the mysterious final months before her disappearance, alleged overdose, and death. With access to Atlantis's email and social media accounts, Bonner attempts to decipher and construct a narrative: frantic and unintelligible Facebook posts, alarming images of a woman with a handgun, Craigslist companionship ads, DEA documentation, video surveillance, police reports, phone calls, and moments together conjured from memory. Through a history only she and Atlantis shared-a childhood fraught with abuse and mental illness, Atlantis's precocious yet short rise in the music world, and through it all an unshakable bond of sisterhood-Bonner finds questions that only lead to more questions and possible clues that seem to point in no particular direction. In this haunting memoir and piercing true crime account, Bonner must decide how far she will go to understand a sister who, like the mythical island she renamed herself for, might prove impossible to find"--
Author: Molfino, Majo, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 155.33 MOLFINO
Format: Books
Summary: "In Break the Good Girl Myth, women's leadership expert and podcast host Majo Molfino shares how design thinking methods can help women identify and dismantle the self-sabotaging myths that negatively impact their work, relationships, and wellbeing"--
Author: Goudeau, Jessica, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 362.83
Format: Books
Summary: "The story of two refugee families and their hope and resilience as they fight to survive and belong in America The welcoming and acceptance of immigrants and refugees has been central to America's identity for centuries--yet America has periodically turned its back at the times of greatest humanitarian need. After the Last Border is an intimate look at the lives of two women as they struggle for the twenty-first century American dream, having won the "golden ticket" to settle as refugees in Austin, Texas. Mu Naw, a Christian from Myanmar struggling to put down roots with her family, was accepted after decades in a refugee camp at a time when America was at its most open to displaced families; and Hasna, a Muslim from Syria, agrees to relocate as a last resort for the safety of her family--only to be cruelly separated from her children by a sudden ban on refugees from Muslim countries. Writer and activist Jessica Goudeau tracks the human impacts of America's ever-shifting refugee policy as both women narrowly escape from their home countries and begin the arduous but lifesaving process of resettling in Austin, Texas--a city that would show them the best and worst of what America has to offer. After the Last Border situates a dramatic, character-driven story within a larger history--the evolution of modern refugee resettlement in the United States, beginning with World War II and ending with current closed-door policies--revealing not just how America's changing attitudes toward refugees has influenced policies and laws, but also the profound effect on human lives"--
Author: Kellerman, Jonathan, author. Kellerman, Jesse, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: LP F KELLERMA
Format: Large print
Summary: Clay Edison has his hands full. He's got a new baby who won't sleep. He's working the graveyard shift. And he's trying, for once, to mind his own business. Then comes the first call. Workers demolishing a local park have made a haunting discovery: the decades-old skeleton of a child. But whose? And how did it get there? No sooner has Clay begun to investigate than he receives a second call, this one from a local businessman, wondering if the body could belong to his sister. She went missing fifty years ago, the man says. Or at least I think she did. It's a little complicated. And things only get stranger from there. Clay's relentless search for answers will unearth a history of violence and secrets, revolution and betrayal. Because in this town, the past isn't dead. It's very much alive. And it can be murderous.
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