Author: Zhao, Katie, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: Y ZHAO
Format: Books
Summary: "During her freshman year at college, Anna Xu investigates the unsolved on-campus murder of her former babysitter, as she and an old rival have to team up to look into the hate crimes happening around campus"-- When Anna Xu moves into the dorms to start freshman year, her parents and their struggling Chines bakery aren't far from campus-- or her mind. Her old middle-school nemesis, Chris Lu, is also on campus. When a vandal hits the Lu family business, Anna matches the racist tag with a clue from an unsolved campus murder. Is a secret society carrying out campus hate crimes? Anna and Chris team up to search into the current threat. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Davis, Dana, 1984- author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: Y DAVIS
Format: Books
Summary: Dylan and Langston used to be best friends. After he moved away, Langston became a star R&B artist. He returns for visit and stays with Dylan and her family. They start to renew their friendship--and maybe see their relationship grow into something else. Dylan Woods hasn't seen her best friend, Langston, in years. After he moved to Los Angeles he ghosted her-- and then became Legendary, the biggest teen R&B artist on the planet. She's moved on, with her sights set on Juilliard. When her parents announce that Langston is coming for a short stay with them, the idea of sharing a house with music's biggest bad boy makes her stomach churn. Langston tells her he kept the bucket list they made together years ago. As they start checking off items on the list, Dylan starts to remember old times, her previous self, and their shared love of music... and starts to realize that maybe her feelings for him go beyond friendship. -- Adapted from jacket.
Author: Bates, Laura, 1986- author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: Y BATES
Format: Books
Summary: When a small plane crash ends with a group of seven teens washed up on a deserted island, their first thought is survival. With supplies dwindling and the fear of being stranded forever becoming more of a reality, they quickly discover that being the most popular kid in high school doesn't help when you're fighting to stay alive. And when strange and terrifying accidents start to occur all around them, the group realizes that they are being targeted by someone who was on the plane, and that the island isn't their only danger. A terrible secret from a party the night before the flight has followed them ashore--and it's clear that someone is looking for justice. Now survival depends on facing the truth about that party: who was hurt that night, and who let it happen?--
Author: Flanagan, Linda (Journalist), author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: 796.083 FLANAGAN
Format: Books
Summary: "A close look at how big money and high stakes have transformed youth sports, turning once healthy, fun activities for kids into all-consuming endeavors-putting stress on children and families alike"-- A close look at how big money and high stakes have transformed youth sports, turning once healthy, fun activities for kids into all-consuming endeavors--putting stress on children and families alike. Some 75% of American families want their kids to play sports. Athletics are training grounds for character, friendship, and connection; at their best, sports insulate kids from hardship and prepare them for adult life. But youth sports have changed so dramatically over the last 25 years that they no longer deliver the healthy outcomes everyone wants. Instead, unbeknownst to most parents, kids who play competitive organized sports are more likely to burn out or suffer from overuse injuries than to develop their characters or build healthy habits. What happened to kids' sports? And how can we make them fun again? In Take Back the Game, coach and journalist Linda Flanagan reveals how the youth sports industry capitalizes on parents' worry about their kids' futures, selling the idea that more competitive play is essential in the feeding frenzy over access to colleges and universities. Drawing on her experience as a coach and a parent, along with research and expert analysis, Flanagan delves into a national obsession that has: Compelled kids to specialize year-round in one sport; Increased the risk of both physical injury and mental health problems; Encouraged egregious behavior by coaches and parents; Reduced access to sports for low-income families; A provocative and timely entrant into a conversation thousands of parents are having on the sidelines, Take Back the Game uncovers how youth sports became a serious business, the consequences of raising the stakes for kids and parents alike--and the changes we need now.
Author: Dale, Ruth Anne, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: 242.843
Format: Books
Summary: Walks With The Lord shows us one woman's search to find God in her daily life. As she strives to put Him first, the many miracles she experiences will encourage you to seek His will in your life, and see the incredible miracles that follow a child-like faith.
Author: Smil, Vaclav, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: 303.483
Format: Books
Summary: "An essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible--a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, accomplish. We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works offers a much-needed reality check--because before we can tackle problems effectively, we must understand the facts. In this ambitious and thought-provoking book we see, for example, that globalization isn't inevitable--the foolishness of allowing 70 per cent of the world's rubber gloves to be made in just one factory became glaringly obvious in 2020--and that our societies have been steadily increasing their dependence on fossil fuels, such that any promises of decarbonization by 2050 are a fairy tale. For example, each greenhouse-grown supermarket-bought tomato has the equivalent of five tablespoons of diesel embedded in its production, and we have no way of producing steel, cement or plastics at required scales without huge carbon emissions. Ultimately, Smil answers the most profound question of our age: are we irrevocably doomed or is a brighter utopia ahead? Compelling, data-rich and revisionist, this wonderfully broad, interdisciplinary guide finds faults with both extremes. Looking at the world through this quantitative lens reveals hidden truths that change the way we see our past, present and uncertain future."--
Author: Chinn, Adrienne, author.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: F CHINN
Format: Books
Summary: When Sophie Parry's New York-bound plane is diverted to Newfoundland on September 11, 2001, Sophie decides to reconnect with her estranged Aunt Ellie, who emigrated from England as a World War II war bride in 1946. After her plane is re-routed from New York to Newfoundland on September 11, Sophie Parry seeks refuge with her estranged Aunt Ellie, an English war bride who had crossed the Atlantic to be with her husband after World War II. VE Day 1945: As victory bells ring out across the country, war bride Ellie Burgess' happiness is overshadowed by grief. Her charismatic Newfoundlander husband Thomas is still missing in action.
Until a letter arrives explaining Thomas is back at home on the other side of the Atlantic recovering from his injuries. Traveling to a distant country to live with a man she barely knows is the bravest thing Ellie has ever had to do. But nothing can prepare her for the harsh realities of her new home... September 11th 2001: Sophie Parry is on a plane to New York on the most tragic day in the city's history. While the world watches the news in horror, Sophie's flight is rerouted to a tiny town in Newfoundland and she is forced to seek refuge with her estranged aunt Ellie. Determined to discover what it was that forced her family apart all those years ago, newfound secrets may change her life forever...
Author: Simmons, Dan, 1948- author.
Published: 2017 1989
Call Number: F SIMMONS
Format: Books
Summary: It is the 29th century and the universe of the Human Hegemony is under threat. Invasion by the warlike Ousters looms, and the mysterious schemes of the secessionist AI TechnoCore bring chaos ever closer. On the eve of disaster, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set fourth on a final voyage to the legendary Time Tombs on Hyperion, home to the Shrike, a lethal creature, part god and part killing machine, whose powers transcend the limits of time and space. The pilgrims have resolved to die before discovering anything less than the secrets of the universe itself.
Author: Moore, Liz, 1983- author.
Published: 2016
Call Number: F MOORE
Format: Books
Summary: "The moving story of a daughter's quest to discover the truth about her beloved father's hidden past. Ada Sibelius is raised by David, her brilliant, eccentric, socially inept single father, who directs a computer science lab in 1980s-era Boston. Home-schooled, Ada accompanies David to work every day; by twelve, she is a painfully shy prodigy. The lab begins to gain acclaim at the same time that David's mysterious history comes into question. When his mind begins to falter, leaving Ada virtually an orphan, she is taken in by one of David's colleagues. Soon after she embarks on a mission to uncover her father's secrets: a process that carries her from childhood to adulthood. What Ada discovers on her journey into a virtual universe will keep the reader riveted until The Unseen World's heart-stopping, fascinating conclusion"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Butler, Octavia E., author. Steinem, Gloria, writer of introduction.
Published: 2016 1993
Call Number: CL BUTLER
Format: Books
Summary: "Parable of the Sower is the Butlerian odyssey of one woman who is twice as feeling in a world that has become doubly dehumanized. The time is 2025. The place is California, where small walled communities must protect themselves from hordes of desperate scavengers and roaming bands of people addicted to a drug that activates an orgasmic desire to burn, rape, and murder. When one small community is overrun, Lauren Olamina, an 18 year old black woman with the hereditary train of 'hyper-empathy'--which causes her to feel others' pain as her own--sets off on foot along the dangerous coastal highways, moving north into the unknown."--Book jacket.
Author: Brewer, Z, 1973- author.
Published: 2007
Call Number: YA BREWER
Format: Books
Summary: For thirteen years, Vlad, aided by his aunt and best friend, has kept secret that he is half-vampire, but when his missing teacher is replaced by a sinister substitute, he learns that there is more to being a vampire, and to his parents' deaths, than he could have guessed.
Author: Hermanus, Oliver, film director. Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954- screenwriter. Woolley, Stephen, film producer. Karlsen, Elizabeth, film producer. Nighy, Bill, 1949- actor.
Published: 2023 2022
Call Number: LIVING
Format: Video disc
Summary: An ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful after receiving a terminal diagnosis.
Author: O'Connor, Frances, 1967- film director, screenwriter. Korzeniowski, Abel, 1972- composer (expression) Mackey, Emma, 1996- actor. Jackson-Cohen, Oliver, 1986- actor. Whitehead, Fionn, 1997- actor.
Published: 2023 2022
Call Number: EMILY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Imagines Emily Bronte's own story that inspired 'Wuthering Heights.' As she struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her potential into the seminal novel. Tells the story of Emily Brontë as a young woman struggling within the confines of social expectations and yearning for creative and personal freedom.
Author: Cronenberg, Brandon, film director, screenwriter. Skarsgård, Alexander, actor. Goth, Mia, 1993- actor. Coleman, Cleopatra, 1987- actor. Lespert, Jalil, actor.
Published: 2023
Call Number: INFINITY
Format: Video disc
Summary: When a man and woman decide to take an all-inclusive beach vacation, a fatal accident exposes the resort's violent subculture. James and his wife Em have escaped the city for an all-inclusive vacation at a tropical resort. Despite having come to the island of Li Tolqa to cure his writer₂s block, James finds himself more uninspired than ever until he meets fellow tourists, Gabi and Alban. James is immediately attracted to their glamorous lifestyle and lust for adventure. They invite James and Em on a day trip to a local beach, usually off-limits to tourists, but an accident throws their entire holiday into chaos.
Author: Mancini, Don, 1963- creator. Arthur, Zackary, 2007- voice actor. Arnarson, Bjorgvin, actor. Lind, Alyvia Alyn, actor. Dourif, Brad, 1950- actor.
Published: 2023 2022
Call Number: CHUCKY SEASON 2
Format: Video disc
Summary: Chucky is back! The notorious killer doll continues his onslaught of terror in Season Two of the hit horror series from franchise creator Don Mancini. This season finds Chucky hellbent on exacting revenge against teens Jake, Devon, and Lexy, as well as his ex-Tiffany, after they successfully thwarted his murderous plot in Season One. While Jake and Devon encounter trouble as a couple at their new Catholic school, Chucky embarks on a whole new killing spree, crossing paths with familiar franchise faces along the way.
Author: Haddon, Molly, film director, screenwriter, film producer. Daley, Jorrden, screenwriter, film producer. Yates, Rebecca (Producer), film producer. Artemis, Mia, actor. Clapin, Elly Hiraani, actor.
Published: 2023 2022
Call Number: LONGEST
Format: Video disc
Summary: Three siblings find themselves living together again when the father who abandoned them returns to their lives.
Author: Heckerling, Amy, film director. Crowe, Cameron, 1957- screenwriter. Azoff, Irving, film producer. Linson, Art, film producer. Penn, Sean, 1960- actor.
Published: 2021 1982
Call Number: FAST
Format: Video disc
Summary: "The wild world of adolescence has rarely been captured with as sharp an observational eye as in this refreshingly smart, frank spin on the teen comedy by director Amy Heckerling and screenwriter Cameron Crowe--for each of whom it kicked off a hugely successful film career. Based on Crowe's experiences going undercover as a student at a southern California high school, Fast Times at Ridgemont High blends hormone-fueled hilarity with an almost sociological examination of the 1980s teenage experience: the shopping mall hangouts, fast-food jobs, buzzkill teachers, awkward dates, and first experiences of love and sex. This pop-culture touchstone launched to stardom practically an entire cast of unknowns-- including Jennifer Jason Leigh, Phoebe Cates, Judge Reinhold, Forest Whitaker, Anthony Edwards, Eric Stoltz, and Sean Penn as stoner icon Jeff Spicoli-- and broke new ground in its raw yet sensitive depiction of the realities of coming of age"--Container
Author: Niblo, Fred, 1874-1948, film director. Fairbanks, Douglas, 1883-1939, actor. De La Motte, Marguerite, 1902-1950, actor. McKim, Robert, 1886-1927, actor. Motion picture adaptation of (work): McCulley, Johnston, 1883-1958. Curse of Capistráno.
Published: 2019 1920
Call Number: MARK
Format: Video disc
Summary: In old Spanish California, the oppressive colonial government is opposed by Zorro, masked champion of the people, who appears out of nowhere with flashing sword and an athletic sense of humor, scarring the faces of evildoers with his Mark.
Author: Hermanus, Oliver, film director. Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954- screenwriter. Woolley, Stephen, film producer. Karlsen, Elizabeth, film producer. Nighy, Bill, 1949- actor.
Published: 2023 2022
Call Number: LIVING
Format: Video disc
Summary: An ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful after receiving a terminal diagnosis.
Author: O'Connor, Frances, 1967- film director, screenwriter. Korzeniowski, Abel, 1972- composer (expression) Mackey, Emma, 1996- actor. Jackson-Cohen, Oliver, 1986- actor. Whitehead, Fionn, 1997- actor.
Published: 2023 2022
Call Number: EMILY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Imagines Emily Bronte's own story that inspired 'Wuthering Heights.' As she struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her potential into the seminal novel. Tells the story of Emily Brontë as a young woman struggling within the confines of social expectations and yearning for creative and personal freedom.
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