In All's Well, a theater professor in chronic pain, ignored by doctors, believes putting on one of Shakespeare's least popular plays will renew her — and then three mystery men offer her a cure.
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Britta Lundin's Like Other Girls follows Mara, a hot-tempered 6'2" high school sports star who's booted from basketball for brawling, but finds a new life and a new way of being on the football field.
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Sullivan’s new collection, “Out on a Limb,” traces his opinions and battles across 32 tumultuous years.
In Savage Tongues, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi gives us a protagonist who speaks often of history and how it's affected her — but what, exactly, is "history" to her? Readers will be left wondering.
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Andrew Bacevich’s “After the Apocalypse” analyzes the role of the United States in the world and concludes major changes are needed.
Late summer is the time to lose yourself in novels, so we asked author (and Key West resident) Meg Cabot to share a few of her favorite books to while away the hours on the water.
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Author: Bousman, Darren Lynn, film director. Stolberg, Josh, 1971- screenwriter. Goldfinger, Peter, screenwriter. Koules, Oren, film producer. Burg, Mark, film producer.
Published: 2021
Call Number: SPIRAL
Format: Video disc
Summary: A criminal mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in this terrifying new chapter from the book of Saw. Working in the shadow of his father, an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel 'Zeke' Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city's gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer's morbid game.
Author: Marks, Ross Kagan, film director. Olmos, Edward James, actor. Lopez, George, 1961- actor. Quinlan, Kathleen, 1954- actor. McClain, Jonathan, actor.
Published: 2021
Call Number: DRAMA WALKING
Format: Video disc
Summary: A bank executive and former amateur golfer struggling with his faith after an unexpected tragedy. Faced with doubts about himself, his purpose, and his belief in God, Joe is stunned when God tells him that he's been chosen to inspire the world and play in a world championship golf tournament. Guided by God's eccentric personal messenger, Herb, Joe learns that the seemingly impossible is possible, through faith, family, and second chances.
Author: Elderkin, Nabil, film director. Heard, Amber, 1986- actor. Corbett, John, 1961- actor. Latimore, Jacob, 1996- actor. Plummer, Charlie, 1999- actor.
Published: 2021 2019
Call Number: GULLY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Powerful and unflinchingly honest, Gully is the explosive and timely story of three boyhood friends--Calvin, Nicky, and Jesse--surviving an upbringing in LA's roughest neighborhoods. Steeped in violence but united by friendship, together they find their escape in one out-of-control night of partying. But when the rampage stops, retribution begins.
Author: Suttles, James, film director. Stone, Dee Wallace, 1948- actor. Navratil, Sarah, actor. Suttles, Maple, actor. 4Digital Media, publisher.
Published: 2021
Call Number: NEST
Format: Video disc
Summary: A mother's reality wears down around her as she struggles to understand the intertwined web of her daughter's separation anxiety brought on by parasitic creatures within a stuffed bear. When Meg and her mother Beth visit a yard sale, Beth buys her young daughter an adorable stuffed bear, thinking it may help with Meg's separation anxiety. As children do, she quickly becomes attached to the bear, talking to it and taking it everywhere she goes. However, soon Beth notices that the bear is communicating with Meg and even influencing her behavior. When Meg starts developing hoarding habits, and seems infected by a parasitic creature, things take a turn for the worse. Soon it's clear there's something much more nightmarish and sinister to this yard sale toy than anyone could have imagined.
Author: Fergus, Mark, creator. Ostby, Hawk, creator. Strait, Steven, 1986- actor. Anvar, Cas, actor. Aghdashloo, Shohreh, 1952- actor.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: EXPANSE SEASON 4
Format: Video disc
Summary: In a future where humanity has colonized the solar system, a conspiracy is unraveled that threatens peace across the system. With the Ring Gates now open to thousands of new planets, a blood-soaked gold rush begins, igniting new conflicts between Earth, Mars, and the Belt. Meanwhile, on one unexplored planet, the Rocinante crew gets caught in a violent clash between an Earth mining corporation and desperate Belter settlers as deadly new threats from the proto-molecule emerge.
Author: Wainwright, Sally, 1964- creator, screenwriter. Bryn, Gareth, television director. Horn, Ken (Producer), television producer. Jacobi, Derek, actor. Reid, Anne, actor.
Published: 2020
Call Number: LAST SEASON 4
Format: Video disc
Summary: Widowed and in their seventies, childhood sweethearts Alan and Celia fall in love again when they are reunited on the Internet, but bring with them the emotional problems of their families. Alan and Celia have now been married for seven years. The childhood sweethearts, who reunited and remarried in their seventies, have moved into a lovely new home. But Alan and Celia are discovering that wedded bliss isn't always blissful. Clashing politics, Alan's new job and a wild local lad create tension. Meanwhile, Caroline gets emotionally embroiled at work and Alan's brother Ted jets in for a visit.
Author: Bousman, Darren Lynn, film director. Stolberg, Josh, 1971- screenwriter. Goldfinger, Peter, screenwriter. Koules, Oren, film producer. Burg, Mark, film producer.
Published: 2021
Call Number: SPIRAL
Format: Video disc
Summary: A criminal mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in this terrifying new chapter from the book of Saw. Working in the shadow of his father, an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel 'Zeke' Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city's gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer's morbid game.
Author: Marks, Ross Kagan, film director. Olmos, Edward James, actor. Lopez, George, 1961- actor. Quinlan, Kathleen, 1954- actor. McClain, Jonathan, actor.
Published: 2021
Call Number: DRAMA WALKING
Format: Video disc
Summary: A bank executive and former amateur golfer struggling with his faith after an unexpected tragedy. Faced with doubts about himself, his purpose, and his belief in God, Joe is stunned when God tells him that he's been chosen to inspire the world and play in a world championship golf tournament. Guided by God's eccentric personal messenger, Herb, Joe learns that the seemingly impossible is possible, through faith, family, and second chances.
Author: Elderkin, Nabil, film director. Heard, Amber, 1986- actor. Corbett, John, 1961- actor. Latimore, Jacob, 1996- actor. Plummer, Charlie, 1999- actor.
Published: 2021 2019
Call Number: GULLY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Powerful and unflinchingly honest, Gully is the explosive and timely story of three boyhood friends--Calvin, Nicky, and Jesse--surviving an upbringing in LA's roughest neighborhoods. Steeped in violence but united by friendship, together they find their escape in one out-of-control night of partying. But when the rampage stops, retribution begins.
Author: Suttles, James, film director. Stone, Dee Wallace, 1948- actor. Navratil, Sarah, actor. Suttles, Maple, actor. 4Digital Media, publisher.
Published: 2021
Call Number: NEST
Format: Video disc
Summary: A mother's reality wears down around her as she struggles to understand the intertwined web of her daughter's separation anxiety brought on by parasitic creatures within a stuffed bear. When Meg and her mother Beth visit a yard sale, Beth buys her young daughter an adorable stuffed bear, thinking it may help with Meg's separation anxiety. As children do, she quickly becomes attached to the bear, talking to it and taking it everywhere she goes. However, soon Beth notices that the bear is communicating with Meg and even influencing her behavior. When Meg starts developing hoarding habits, and seems infected by a parasitic creature, things take a turn for the worse. Soon it's clear there's something much more nightmarish and sinister to this yard sale toy than anyone could have imagined.
Author: Fergus, Mark, creator. Ostby, Hawk, creator. Strait, Steven, 1986- actor. Anvar, Cas, actor. Aghdashloo, Shohreh, 1952- actor.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: EXPANSE SEASON 4
Format: Video disc
Summary: In a future where humanity has colonized the solar system, a conspiracy is unraveled that threatens peace across the system. With the Ring Gates now open to thousands of new planets, a blood-soaked gold rush begins, igniting new conflicts between Earth, Mars, and the Belt. Meanwhile, on one unexplored planet, the Rocinante crew gets caught in a violent clash between an Earth mining corporation and desperate Belter settlers as deadly new threats from the proto-molecule emerge.
Author: Wainwright, Sally, 1964- creator, screenwriter. Bryn, Gareth, television director. Horn, Ken (Producer), television producer. Jacobi, Derek, actor. Reid, Anne, actor.
Published: 2020
Call Number: LAST SEASON 4
Format: Video disc
Summary: Widowed and in their seventies, childhood sweethearts Alan and Celia fall in love again when they are reunited on the Internet, but bring with them the emotional problems of their families. Alan and Celia have now been married for seven years. The childhood sweethearts, who reunited and remarried in their seventies, have moved into a lovely new home. But Alan and Celia are discovering that wedded bliss isn't always blissful. Clashing politics, Alan's new job and a wild local lad create tension. Meanwhile, Caroline gets emotionally embroiled at work and Alan's brother Ted jets in for a visit.
Author: Buchanan, Greg, 1989- author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F BUCHANAN
Format: Books
Summary: "A literary thriller from stunning new talent Greg Buchanan, Sixteen Horses is a story of enduring guilt, trauma, and punishment, set in a small seaside community the rest of the world has left behind. In Ilmarsh, England, local police detective Alec Nichols discovers sixteen horses' heads on a farm, each buried with a single eye facing the low winter sun. After Veterinary Forensics expert Cooper Allen travels to the scene, a pathogen is discovered lurking within the soil, and many of those who have come into contact with the corpses grow critically ill. A series of crimes comes to light -- disappearances, arson, and mutilations -- and in the dark days that follow, the town slips into panic and paranoia. Everything is not as it seems. Anyone could be a suspect. And as Cooper finds herself unable to leave town, Alec is stalked by an unseen threat. The two investigators race to uncover the truth behind these frightened and insidious mysteries-no matter the cost"--
Author: Kluger, Jeffrey, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F KLUGER
Format: Books
Summary: "When evil forces are going unchecked on earth, a principled astronaut makes a spilt-second decision to try and seek justice in the only place she knows how to--the international space station. Walli Beckwith is a model astronaut. She graduated at the top of her class from the naval academy, had a successful career flying fighter jets, and has spent over three hundred days in space. So, when she refuses to leave her post at the international space station following an accident that forces her fellow astronauts to evacuate, her American and Russian colleagues are mystified. For Walli, the matter at hand feels all too clear and too terrifying to be worried about ruining her career. She is stuck in a race against time to save a part of the world it seems has been forgotten, and also the life of the person she loves the most. She will go to any means necessary, using the only method she has, to accomplish what she knows is right"--
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