Author: McCarthy, Nicholas, film director. Buhler, Jeff, screenwriter. Vinson, Tripp, film producer. Schilling, Taylor, 1984- actor. Allen, Brittany, 1986- actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: PRODIGY BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Sarah believes that her son Miles' disturbing behavior is a sign that an evil supernatural force has taken over him. She has to choose between the need to investigate who or what is causing the darkness in him and her maternal instinct to protect him.
Author: Perry, Tyler, 1963- film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor. Swinton, Mark E., 1968- film producer. Areu, Will, 1974- film producer. Areu, Ozzie, film producer. Davis, Cassi, 1964- actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: MADEA
Format: Video disc
Summary: Tyler Perry does quadruple duty, playing three characters plus the popular Aunt Madea. Madea is summoned to rural Georgia for a family get-together that turns tragic with an unexpected death. Now it's up to Madea to plan the funeral, hold the family together, and make sure no dirty family secrets get leaked. Of course, in Madea's world nothing ever goes exactly to plan, but she's determined to see it through!
Author: Lelio, Sebastián, 1974- film director, screenwriter, film producer. Maza, Gonzalo, screenwriter. Boher, Alice Johnson, screenwriter, adapter. Larraín, Juan de Dios, film producer. Larraín, Pablo, film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: GLORIA
Format: Video disc
Summary: Gloria is a free-spirited divorcee who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor, joyfully letting loose at clubs around Los Angeles. After meeting Arnold on a night out, she finds herself thrust into an unexpected new romance, filled with both the joys of budding love and the complications of dating, identity, and family.
Author: Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.
Published: 2019
Call Number: JDVD SERIES PAW PATROL
Format: Video disc
Summary: Go bananas with the PAW Patrol in seven jungle adventures, featuring a double-length rescue in which they₂ll need to solve the mystery of the Monkey Queen! Swing into more action when an enchanted coconut turns Mayor Humdinger into a baby, an elephant gets trapped on a jungle gym and a giant ape wanders into Adventure Bay!
Author: Wyatt, Rupert, 1972- film director, screenwriter, film producer. Crockett, David (Film producer), film producer. Goodman, John, 1952- actor. Sanders, Ashton, 1995- actor. Farmiga, Vera, actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: CAPTIVE
Format: Video disc
Summary: A decade since an extraterrestrial force has occupied the planet, deceiving humanity with the promise of peace and unity, Chicago Police Officer William Mulligan is tasked with maintaining law and order in a city on the brink of rebellion. Gabriel, the young brother of a fallen militant and the son of Mulligan's ex-partner, is faced with the crucial choice: Collaborate, or fight back.
Author: Clermont-Tonnerre, Laure de., film director, screenwriter, film producer. Fastvold, Mona, screenwriter. Brock, Norman Brock, screenwriter. Goldman, Ilan, film producer. Britton, Connie, actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: MUSTANG
Format: Video disc
Summary: The story of Roman Coleman, a violent convict, who is given a chance to take part in a rehabilitation therapy program involving the training of wild mustangs.
Author: Kader, Karzan, film director. Welch, Craig R., screenwriter. Gerani, Gary, screenwriter. Iervolino, Andrea, film producer. Travolta, John, 1954- film producer, actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: TRADING
Format: Video disc
Summary: A down-and-out stock car racing legend is drawn back to the dirt track when his son, an aspiring driver, joins a rival racing team, which sparks an intense and dangerous competition between father and son.
Author: Mulcahy, Lisa (Director), film director. Quinn, Hannah, film director. Petzal, Sophie, screenwriter, creator. Dunbar, Adrian, 1958- actor. Main, Carolina, actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: BLOOD SERIES 1
Format: Video disc
Summary: Cat Hogan is forced to confront her past when the sudden 'accidental' death of her mother, Mary, draws her back to the family she has spent the last ten years trying to avoid. Now, this uncomfortable reunion awakens sinister demons from the past and shines a suspicious light on her mother's death. However much she wants to believe her death was innocent, her suspicions start to mount against her father when she begins to notice discrepancies in his stories.
Author: D'Onofrio, Vincent, film director, screenwriter, actor. Lanham, Andrew (Screenwriter), screenwriter. Schur, Jordan, 1965- film producer. Thurlow, Nick, film producer. Maydew, Sam, film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: KID
Format: Video disc
Summary: Although we pass by people constantly during our everyday lives, some interactions make a much bigger impression than others. For one young man, a run-in with outlaw Billy the Kid will end up defining the rest of his life. Of course, it's not a normal day in Billy's life either. Facing off with Sheriff Pat Garrett, Billy will soon discover whether or not he can live up to his own bold legend.
Rachel Louise Snyder talks about “No Visible Bruises,” and Josh Levin discusses “The Queen.”
Even in our current climate, it's sobering to consider how the profession of architecture treated modernist pioneer Eileen Gray. This graphic history is a thought-provoking, if incomplete, reflection.
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Elvia Wilk's new novel follows a group of aimless young people in Berlin, working, going out, coming home — until something happens that brings about a cataclysm. But is the aimlessness intentional?
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The graphic novelist Peter Kuper offers a comic about his love of Kafka’s more humorous side.
The characters in Ryan Andrews’s “This Was Our Pact” and Kayla Miller’s “Camp” learn to master the mysterious codes of conduct and ever-changing loyalties of middle school.
In Elizabeth Gilbert’s 2006 memoir “Eat, Pray, Love,” the novelist and journalist chronicles her journey across Italy, India and Indonesia.
Robert Macfarlane’s “Underland” explores ancient forests, urban catacombs and buried rivers to probe the secrets of man’s often malign influence on the earth.
Three comic novels (H.M. Naqvi’s “The Selected Works of Abdullah the Cossack,” Sloane Tanen’s “There’s a Word for That” and Evan James’s “Cheer Up, Mr. Widdicombe”) feature protagonists on the other side of their prime.
Rachel Louise Snyder’s “No Visible Bruises” recounts the horror of domestic violence in all its forms and argues for a more systematic approach to this abuse.
Lucy Ives’s debut novel, “Loudermilk,” satirizes both “bro” culture and the culture of creative writing programs in one fell swoop.
Readers respond to Joseph J. Ellis’s review of Rick Atkinson’s “The British Are Coming.”
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