Author: Smith, Scott, 1965 July 13- author.
Published: 2008 2006
Call Number: F SMITH
Format: Books
Summary: In Cancún, Mexico, for a peaceful vacation, a group of tourists sets off in search of one of their group who disappeared during an excursion to some nearby Mayan ruins, only to come face to face with an insidious evil that threatens their lives. Trapped in the Mexican jungle, a group of friends stumble upon a creeping horror unlike anything they could ever imagine in "the best horror novel of the new century" (Stephen King). Also a major motion picture! Two young couples are on a lazy Mexican vacation--sun-drenched days, drunken nights, making friends with fellow tourists. When the brother of one of those friends disappears, they decide to venture into the jungle to look for him. What started out as a fun day-trip slowly spirals into a nightmare when they find an ancient ruins site ... and the terrifying presence that lurks there.
Author: Kingsbury, Karen, author.
Published: 2008
Call Number: F KINGSBUR
Format: Books
Summary: Pressures of the celebrity lifestyle weigh heavily on Dayne and Katy Matthews as they take on separate movie projects. Tabloid rumors talk of trouble and unfaithfulness between the two, but finally something drastic catches Daynes attention and makes him realize the destruction they're playing with. But will it be too late? The Flanigan family recognizes the deep loss of the Christian Kids Theater program, and they lead a final effort to keep the theater from being torn down. Meanwhile, John Baxter takes the next step in his growing relationship with Elaine, giving him a season to contemplate selling the Baxter house and, along with it, losing a lifetime of memories made there. As the rest of the family considers the future and what may lie ahead, they must pull together like never before. Only their undying love for each other can help the Baxters get past the trials of today for a life they know is possible ... someday. --From publisher description.
Author: Kingsbury, Karen.
Published: 2008
Call Number: F KINGSBUR
Format: Books
Summary: As John Baxter makes plans to marry Elaine, one of the Baxters enters into the most trying season of all.
Author: Kingsbury, Karen, author.
Published: 2007
Call Number: F KINGSBUR
Format: Books
Summary: As their wedding day nears, Dayne Matthews and Katy Hart are determined to keep their ceremony a secret from the paparazzi, while a terrible tragedy strikes the Flanigan family as Cody fights for his life after an alcohol overdose.
Author: Kingsbury, Karen, author.
Published: 2007
Call Number: F KINGSBUR
Format: Books
Summary: Dayne Matthews finds the perfect solution to his on-camera love scenes--his wife, Katy, will star in his next film--but in an effort to appease the press, the couple agrees to a twelve-episode reality show, which creates trouble for the newlyweds.
Author: Bird, Kai, author. Sherwin, Martin J., author.
Published: 2006 2005
Call Number: B OPPENHEI
Format: Books
Summary: J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer's life and times, from his early career to his central role in the Cold War. --From publisher's description.
Author: Flynn, Gillian, 1971- author.
Published: 2006
Call Number: F FLYNN
Format: Books
Summary: Returning to her hometown after an eight-year absence to investigate the murders of two girls, reporter Camille Preaker is reunited with her neurotic mother and enigmatic, thirteen-year-old half-sister as she works to uncover the truth about the killings.
Author: Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900, author.
Published: 2003 1891
Call Number: F WILDE
Format: Books
Summary: 'How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young! If it was only the other way!' Wilde's first and only published novel recounts the story of handsome Dorian Gray who upon having his portrait painted desires that it will age and grow ugly while he may remain eternally beautiful. The painting, which reflects each of Gray's sins and transgressions in its hideousness, haunts him until it finally becomes unbearable. In this dark tale of duplicity and mortality, Wilde creates a world where art and reality collide. A young man's quest for eternal youth and beauty ends in scandal, depravity and death. Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. The picture of Dorian Gray was a succes de scandale. Early readers were shocked by its hints at unspeakable sins, and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at his trial at the Old Bailey in 1895.
Author: Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939, author.
Published: 2002 1992
Call Number: 821.8 YEATS
Format: Books
Author: Matheson, Richard, 1926-2013, author.
Published: 1999 1971
Call Number: F MATHESON
Format: Books
Summary: A group of four people enter Belasco House, known as the "Mount Everest of haunted houses." From the author of I Am Legend comes Richard Matheson's Hell House, the basis for the supernatural horror film starring Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill. Rolf Rudolph Deutsch is going die. But when Deutsch, a wealthy magazine and newspaper publisher, starts thinking seriously about his impending death, he offers to pay a physicist and two mediums, one physical and one mental, $100,000 each to establish the facts of life after death. Dr. Lionel Barrett, the physicist, accompanied by the mediums, travel to the Belasco House in Maine, which has been abandoned and sealed since 1949 after a decade of drug addiction, alcoholism, and debauchery. For one night, Barrett and his colleagues investigate the Belasco House and learn exactly why the townsfolk refer to it as the Hell House.
Author: Greene, Robert. Elffers, Joost.
Published: 1998
Call Number: 303.3 GREENE
Format: Books
Summary: Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this bestselling work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. As attention-grabbing in its design as it is in content, this bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun-tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other great thinkers.
Author: Di Ionno, Mark.
Published: 1997
Call Number: NJC 917.49 DIIONNO
Format: Books
Author: Rice, Anne, 1941-2021, author.
Published: 1988
Call Number: F RICE
Format: Books
Summary: Intertwines the stories of rock star and vampire Lestat, beautiful twins haunted by a gruesome tragedy, and Akasha, mother of all vampires, who dreams of godhood. In a feat of virtuoso storytelling, Anne Rice unleashes Akasha, the queen of the damned, who has risen from a six-thousand-year sleep to let loose the powers of the night. Akasha has a marvelously devious plan to "save" mankind and destroy the vampire Lestat--in this extraordinarily sensual novel of the complex, erotic, electrifying world of the undead.
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If you have any interest in playing chess, this club is for you! Members will not only be able to interact with one another through learning the game, but will be able to coach each other into becoming better chess players. We will be playing chess and holding club tournaments. The chess club's goal is to foster scholars' intellectual growth while having fun.
Open to ages 5 and older. Registration required. Come meet up with other LEGO enthusiasts and build your own LEGO creations. All materials provided. Guardians must remain with children 9 and under. All programs subject to change or cancellation.
Open to adults. Registration required. Participate in various crafts from jewelry-making to DIY decorations for your house.All supplies provided. Sponsored by the Atlantic County Library Foundation. All programs subject to change or cancellation.
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Each week we'll share theme-inspired coloring pages, puzzles, paintings and simple crafts, great for keeping your brain and motor skills alert.
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Open to ages 1 1/2 - 5 and their caregivers. Registration required. Children
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