The Week in Books
New titles to watch for in March, Toni Morrison’s new collection, Min Jin Lee on bell hooks and more.
This 'Devil's Daughter' Has Charm To Spare
Lisa Kleypas mashes up two of her romance sagas — the Regency-era Wallflowers and the Victorian Ravenels — in a delightful story about a sheltered widow and her roguish suitor.
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The Nutcracker and the four realms [Blu-ray]
Author: Hallström, Lasse, film director. Johnston, Joe, 1950- film director. Powell, Ashleigh, screenwriter. McCarthy, Tom, 1966- screenwriter. Franco, Larry J., film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: FAMILY NUTCRACK BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: In search of a key to unlock a box from her late mother, Clara finds her way into a mysterious parallel world. She teams up with a soldier named Philip in order to brave the Fourth Realm to find the key and return harmony to the unstable world.
Published: 2019
Call Number: FAMILY NUTCRACK BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: In search of a key to unlock a box from her late mother, Clara finds her way into a mysterious parallel world. She teams up with a soldier named Philip in order to brave the Fourth Realm to find the key and return harmony to the unstable world.
Trouble
Author: Rebeck, Theresa, film director, screenwriter, film producer. Dengiz, Rachel, film producer. Buck, Julie, 1974- film producer. Bashoff, Jaclyn, film producer. Huston, Anjelica, actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: TROUBLE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Maggie and Ben are middle-aged siblings who were given equal halves of their father's land upon his death. Though perpetual screw-up Ben sold his half years ago to his more responsible sister, he is now doing everything he can to get it back. And Maggie is doing everything she can to get him off her property.
Published: 2019
Call Number: TROUBLE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Maggie and Ben are middle-aged siblings who were given equal halves of their father's land upon his death. Though perpetual screw-up Ben sold his half years ago to his more responsible sister, he is now doing everything he can to get it back. And Maggie is doing everything she can to get him off her property.
Octonauts [DVD]. Reef Rescue.
Author: Breen, Ross, voice actor. Wickham, Keith, voice actor. Wyatt, Jo, voice actor. Greenall, Simon, voice actor. Rackstraw, Rob, voice actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: FAMILY OCTONAUT REEF
Format: Video disc
Summary: The Octonauts are a team of adventurers who explore the world's oceans, rescue aquatic creatures and protect their habitats, from the bustling eco-system along the Amazon River to the deepest depths of the Mariana Trench. Deploying a set of aquatic vehicles, Captain Barnacles, daredevil ex-pirate, Kwazii, medic Peso and the rest of the crew embark on missions around the globe before returning safely to their home base, the Octopod.
Published: 2019
Call Number: FAMILY OCTONAUT REEF
Format: Video disc
Summary: The Octonauts are a team of adventurers who explore the world's oceans, rescue aquatic creatures and protect their habitats, from the bustling eco-system along the Amazon River to the deepest depths of the Mariana Trench. Deploying a set of aquatic vehicles, Captain Barnacles, daredevil ex-pirate, Kwazii, medic Peso and the rest of the crew embark on missions around the globe before returning safely to their home base, the Octopod.
Overlord [Blu-ray]
Author: Avery, Julius, film director. Ray, Billy, screenwriter. Smith, Mark L., screenwriter. Abrams, J. J. (Jeffrey Jacob), 1966- film producer. Weber, Lindsey, film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: OVERLORD BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: With only hours until D-Day, a small team of American paratroopers drops into Nazi-occupied France to carry out a mission that is crucial to the invasion's success. These outnumbered G.I.s come face-to-face with enemies unlike any the world has ever seen.
Published: 2019
Call Number: OVERLORD BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: With only hours until D-Day, a small team of American paratroopers drops into Nazi-occupied France to carry out a mission that is crucial to the invasion's success. These outnumbered G.I.s come face-to-face with enemies unlike any the world has ever seen.
Indivisible [Blu-ray]
Author: Evans, David G., film director, screenwriter. Price, Cheryl McKay, screenwriter. White, Peter, 1962- screenwriter. Moorman, Darren, film producer. Tolley, Justin, film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: INDIVISI BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Based on the true story of Army Chaplain Darren Turner and his wife Heather. With a strong, faith-filled marriage, the Turners are ready to follow their calling: serving God, family, and country. Fresh from seminary and basic training, Chaplain Turner and his family arrive at Fort Stewart. Before the Turners can even unpack, Darren is deployed to Iraq. Heather is left taking care of their three young children alone; as well as serving the families of the other deployed soldiers.
Published: 2019
Call Number: INDIVISI BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Based on the true story of Army Chaplain Darren Turner and his wife Heather. With a strong, faith-filled marriage, the Turners are ready to follow their calling: serving God, family, and country. Fresh from seminary and basic training, Chaplain Turner and his family arrive at Fort Stewart. Before the Turners can even unpack, Darren is deployed to Iraq. Heather is left taking care of their three young children alone; as well as serving the families of the other deployed soldiers.
Mary Queen of Scots [DVD]
Author: Rourke, Josie, film director. Willimon, Beau, screenwriter. Bevan, Tim, film producer. Fellner, Eric, film producer. Hayward, Debra, film producer.
Published: 2019 2018
Call Number: DRAMA MARY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Queen of France at sixteen, widowed at eighteen, Mary Stuart defies pressure to remarry and instead returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. By birth, she also has a rival claim to the throne of Elizabeth I, who rules as the Queen of England. Mary asserts her claim to the English throne, threatening Elizabeth's sovereignty. Betrayal, rebellion, and conspiracies within each court imperil both Queens, driving them apart, as each woman experiences the bitter cost of power.
Published: 2019 2018
Call Number: DRAMA MARY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Queen of France at sixteen, widowed at eighteen, Mary Stuart defies pressure to remarry and instead returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. By birth, she also has a rival claim to the throne of Elizabeth I, who rules as the Queen of England. Mary asserts her claim to the English throne, threatening Elizabeth's sovereignty. Betrayal, rebellion, and conspiracies within each court imperil both Queens, driving them apart, as each woman experiences the bitter cost of power.
Overlord [DVD]
Author: Avery, Julius, film director. Ray, Billy, screenwriter. Smith, Mark L., screenwriter. Abrams, J. J. (Jeffrey Jacob), 1966- film producer. Weber, Lindsey, film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: OVERLORD
Format: Video disc
Summary: D-Day looms, and two soldiers are prepared to sacrifice their own lives to the noble cause of bringing down the Nazis. They have a secret mission to perform when they sneak into a Nazi-occupied town, but they do not realize what kind of a time they are in for. Not only is their mission dangerous by conventional means, but it has a supernatural element to it that makes their blood run cold. Can they successfully thwart the plot unfolding in front of them, or are they doomed to be unwitting guinea pigs in a sick experiment by the Aryan race?
Published: 2019
Call Number: OVERLORD
Format: Video disc
Summary: D-Day looms, and two soldiers are prepared to sacrifice their own lives to the noble cause of bringing down the Nazis. They have a secret mission to perform when they sneak into a Nazi-occupied town, but they do not realize what kind of a time they are in for. Not only is their mission dangerous by conventional means, but it has a supernatural element to it that makes their blood run cold. Can they successfully thwart the plot unfolding in front of them, or are they doomed to be unwitting guinea pigs in a sick experiment by the Aryan race?
Indivisible [DVD]
Author: Evans, David G., 1967- film director, screenwriter. McKay, Cheryl, screenwriter. White, Peter, 1962- screenwriter. Moorman, Darren, film producer. Tolley, Justin, film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: IND
Format: Video disc
Summary: Based on the true story of Army Chaplain Darren Turner and his wife Heather. With a strong, faith-filled marriage, the Turners are ready to follow their calling: serving God, family, and country. Fresh from seminary and basic training, Chaplain Turner and his family arrive at Fort Stewart. Before the Turners can even unpack, Darren is deployed to Iraq. Heather is left taking care of their three young children alone; as well as serving the families of the other deployed soldiers.
Published: 2019
Call Number: IND
Format: Video disc
Summary: Based on the true story of Army Chaplain Darren Turner and his wife Heather. With a strong, faith-filled marriage, the Turners are ready to follow their calling: serving God, family, and country. Fresh from seminary and basic training, Chaplain Turner and his family arrive at Fort Stewart. Before the Turners can even unpack, Darren is deployed to Iraq. Heather is left taking care of their three young children alone; as well as serving the families of the other deployed soldiers.
Pinkalicious & Peterrific [DVD]. Pinkatastic pets!
Author: Lupinacci, Jennifer, television director. Gillim, Dorothea, television producer. Erickson, Kayla, voice actor. Walkman, Jaden, voice actor. WGBH Kids (Firm), production company.
Published: 2019
Call Number: J PINKALIC PINKATAS
Format: Video disc
Summary: Join Pinkalicious and her brother Peter for five pinkatastic adventures in Pinkville. While enjoying a day at the beach, Rafael's dog Rusty digs up a pink bone. Can Pinkalicious and the gang use their imaginations to figure out which creature it belongs to? Then, watch what happens when a pink duckling follows Peter around, and watch as unexpected guests buzz over to a pinkerrific tea party.
Published: 2019
Call Number: J PINKALIC PINKATAS
Format: Video disc
Summary: Join Pinkalicious and her brother Peter for five pinkatastic adventures in Pinkville. While enjoying a day at the beach, Rafael's dog Rusty digs up a pink bone. Can Pinkalicious and the gang use their imaginations to figure out which creature it belongs to? Then, watch what happens when a pink duckling follows Peter around, and watch as unexpected guests buzz over to a pinkerrific tea party.
Mystery Road [DVD]. Series 1
Author: Perkins, Rachel, 1970- television director. O'Brien, Michaeley, screenwriter. Simpkin, Greer, television producer. Jowsey, David (Motion picture producer), television producer. Pedersen, Aaron, 1970- actor.
Published: 2019 2018
Call Number: MYSTERY SERIES 1
Format: Video disc
Summary: When two boys disappear from a remote cattle station, local police sergeant Emma James calls in Indigenous detective Jay Swan to help find out what happened. As Emma and Jay butt heads over their conflicting methods, the unexpected arrival of Jay's troubled daughter only inflames the tension. But when their investigation uncovers other crimes haunting the backwater town, the detectives must look to the past to get justice in the present.
Published: 2019 2018
Call Number: MYSTERY SERIES 1
Format: Video disc
Summary: When two boys disappear from a remote cattle station, local police sergeant Emma James calls in Indigenous detective Jay Swan to help find out what happened. As Emma and Jay butt heads over their conflicting methods, the unexpected arrival of Jay's troubled daughter only inflames the tension. But when their investigation uncovers other crimes haunting the backwater town, the detectives must look to the past to get justice in the present.
Frankie Drake mysteries [DVD]. Season 1
Author: Hay, Carol (Screenwriter), creator. Ricci, Michelle, creator. Hope, Leslie, television director. Lindo, Eleanore, television director. Sutherland, David, 1970- television director.
Published: 2019
Call Number: FRANKIE SEASON 1 DISC 1-2
Format: Video disc
Summary: Set in 1920s Toronto, the series follows the city's only female private detectives as they take on cases the police don't want to touch. In a time of change and hopefulness, their gender is their biggest advantage as they defy expectations and rebel against convention. The Private Detectives take on cases that explore every cross-section of Toronto, from gospel church choirs, bathing beauties and the early cinema scene, to the homes and private parties of the city's elite.
Published: 2019
Call Number: FRANKIE SEASON 1 DISC 1-2
Format: Video disc
Summary: Set in 1920s Toronto, the series follows the city's only female private detectives as they take on cases the police don't want to touch. In a time of change and hopefulness, their gender is their biggest advantage as they defy expectations and rebel against convention. The Private Detectives take on cases that explore every cross-section of Toronto, from gospel church choirs, bathing beauties and the early cinema scene, to the homes and private parties of the city's elite.
PAW patrol [DVD]. Pawsome collection
Author: Nickelodeon (Firm), broadcaster. Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm), film distributor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: FAMILY PAW AWSOME
Format: Video disc
Summary: A ten-year-old boy named Ryder leads a team of six heroic puppies on various rescue missions to protect their community.
Published: 2019
Call Number: FAMILY PAW AWSOME
Format: Video disc
Summary: A ten-year-old boy named Ryder leads a team of six heroic puppies on various rescue missions to protect their community.
Jamestown [DVD]. Season 1 & 2
Author: Alexander, John, television director. Gallagher, Bill (Screenwriter), creator, screenwriter. Beauvoir, Sue de, television producer. Battrick, Naomi, actor. Beesley, Max, 1971- actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: JAMESTOW SEASONS 1 & 2 DISC 1-2
Format: Video disc
Summary: 1619. The British colony of Jamestown, Virginia is shaken up when the first women in twelve years land in this breathtaking wilderness. While love triangles, bitter rivalries, and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents and the native inhabitants, the Pamunkey, they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.
Published: 2019
Call Number: JAMESTOW SEASONS 1 & 2 DISC 1-2
Format: Video disc
Summary: 1619. The British colony of Jamestown, Virginia is shaken up when the first women in twelve years land in this breathtaking wilderness. While love triangles, bitter rivalries, and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents and the native inhabitants, the Pamunkey, they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.
Maria by Callas [DVD]
Author: Volf, Tom, film director. Ardant, Fanny, on-screen participant. DiDonato, Joyce, on-screen participant. Callas, Maria, 1923-1977, on-screen participant. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.
Published: 2019
Call Number: B CALLAS
Format: Video disc
Summary: The definitive portrait of one of history's most extraordinarily talented women. Go beyond Callas, the original diva, and meet Maria, the woman who longed for a normal life. Told through private letters, unpublished memoirs, performances and TV interviews, the film is the first to tell the life story of the legendary Greek-American opera singer completely in her own words with never-before-seen footage.
Published: 2019
Call Number: B CALLAS
Format: Video disc
Summary: The definitive portrait of one of history's most extraordinarily talented women. Go beyond Callas, the original diva, and meet Maria, the woman who longed for a normal life. Told through private letters, unpublished memoirs, performances and TV interviews, the film is the first to tell the life story of the legendary Greek-American opera singer completely in her own words with never-before-seen footage.
Ben is back [DVD]
Author: Hedges, Peter, film director, screenwriter, film producer. Jacobson, Nina, film producer. Simpson, Brad, 1973- film producer. Schwarzman, Teddy, 1979- film producer. Roberts, Julia, 1967- actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: BEN
Format: Video disc
Summary: Ben Burns, a drug-addicted teenager, shows up unexpectedly to visit his family on Christmas Eve. His wary mother welcomes him, but after finding out he's still in danger, she must to do everything she can to help her family.
Published: 2019
Call Number: BEN
Format: Video disc
Summary: Ben Burns, a drug-addicted teenager, shows up unexpectedly to visit his family on Christmas Eve. His wary mother welcomes him, but after finding out he's still in danger, she must to do everything she can to help her family.
The favourite [DVD]
Author: Lanthimos, Yorgos, 1973- film director. Colman, Olivia, actor. Stone, Emma, 1988- actor. Weisz, Rachel, 1970- actor. Gatiss, Mark, actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: FAVOURIT
Format: Video disc
Summary: Early eighteenth-century England is at war with the French. A frail Queen Anne occupies the throne, and her friend Lady Sarah tends to her ill health. When a new servant Abigail arrives, Sarah takes her under her wing, and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become time-consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps in to fill in as the Queen's companion. Their growing friendship gives her a chance to fulfill her ambitions, and no one will stand in her way.
Published: 2019
Call Number: FAVOURIT
Format: Video disc
Summary: Early eighteenth-century England is at war with the French. A frail Queen Anne occupies the throne, and her friend Lady Sarah tends to her ill health. When a new servant Abigail arrives, Sarah takes her under her wing, and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become time-consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps in to fill in as the Queen's companion. Their growing friendship gives her a chance to fulfill her ambitions, and no one will stand in her way.
Of fathers and sons [DVD]
Author: Osama, Abu, on-screen participant. Osama, Ayman, on-screen participant. Osama, Osama, on-screen participant. Derki, Talal, 1977- film director, screenwriter. Frerichm, Ansgar, film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 305.235
Format: Video disc
Summary: Talal Derki returned to his Syrian homeland where he gained the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years. His camera focuses primarily on the children, providing an extremely rare insight into what it means to grow up with a father whose only dream is to establish an Islamic caliphate. Osama and his brother Ayman both love and admire their father and obey his words, but while Osama seems content to follow the path of Jihad, Ayman wants to go back to school.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 305.235
Format: Video disc
Summary: Talal Derki returned to his Syrian homeland where he gained the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years. His camera focuses primarily on the children, providing an extremely rare insight into what it means to grow up with a father whose only dream is to establish an Islamic caliphate. Osama and his brother Ayman both love and admire their father and obey his words, but while Osama seems content to follow the path of Jihad, Ayman wants to go back to school.
A private war [DVD]
Author: Heineman, Matthew, film director, film producer. Amel, Arash, screenwriter. Iwanyk, Basil, film producer. McMahon, Marissa, 1973- film producer. George, Matthew, 1966- film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: PRIVATE
Format: Video disc
Summary: In a world where journalism is under attack, Marie Colvin is one of the most admired war correspondents of today. She is fearless and rebellious, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe. After being hit by a grenade, she wears a distinctive eye patch and is still as comfortable with London's elite as she is confronting dictators. Her mission to show the true cost of war leads her, along with war photographer Paul Conroy, to embark on the most dangerous assignment of their lives.
Published: 2019
Call Number: PRIVATE
Format: Video disc
Summary: In a world where journalism is under attack, Marie Colvin is one of the most admired war correspondents of today. She is fearless and rebellious, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe. After being hit by a grenade, she wears a distinctive eye patch and is still as comfortable with London's elite as she is confronting dictators. Her mission to show the true cost of war leads her, along with war photographer Paul Conroy, to embark on the most dangerous assignment of their lives.
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