Author: Gaynor, Hazel, author.
Published: 2017
Call Number: F GAYNOR
Format: Books
Summary: 1917... It was inexplicable, impossible, but it had to be true--didn't it? When two young cousins, Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright from Cottingley, England, claim to have photographed fairies at the bottom of the garden, their parents are astonished. But when one of the great novelists of the time, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, becomes convinced of the photographs' authenticity, the girls become a national sensation, their discovery offering hope to those longing for something to believe in amid a world ravaged by war. Frances and Elsie will hide their secret for many decades. But Frances longs for the truth to be told. One hundred years later... When Olivia Kavanagh finds an old manuscript in her late grandfather's bookshop she becomes fascinated by the story it tells of two young girls who mystified the world. But it is the discovery of an old photograph that leads her to realize how the fairy girls' lives intertwine with hers, connecting past to present, and blurring her understanding of what is real and what is imagined. As she begins to understand why a nation once believed in fairies, can Olivia find a way to believe in herself?
Author: Giffin, Emily, author. Giffin, Emily. Something borrowed. Giffin, Emily. Something blue.
Published: 2015 2004
Call Number: F GIFFIN
Format: Books
Summary: Something borrowed: After a night of indiscriminate partying, Rachel sleeps with a close friend's fiancé and is consumed with guilt, until the intensity of her feelings forces her to make a difficult choice. Something blue: Her belief in the power of beauty shattered when her fiancé dumps her for a plain woman, a pregnant Darcy flees to London and struggles to rebuild her glamorous life before realizing that her past methods no longer work.
Author: Meissner, Susan, 1961-, author.
Published: 2012
Call Number: F MEISSNER
Format: Books
Summary: Meg Pomeroy's grandmother promised that one day she would take her to Florence, Italy. But her death leaves the trip on the shoulders of Meg's father, whose divorce from her mother has led to a strained relationship with Meg. Still, when Meg is 30, her father tells her to go ahead and book the trip. When Meg arrives in Florence, her father isn't there. Instead, he has left instructions for would-be memoir writer Sofia Borelli to show Meg the sites. For her part, Sofia claims to be the last surviving member of the Medici family. She also claims that Nora Orsini, a Medici princess, communicates with her through paintings.
Author: Meissner, Susan, 1961-, author.
Published: 2011
Call Number: F MEISSNER
Format: Books
Summary: Susannah was rumored to be a Civil War spy for the North, a traitor to her Virginian roots. Her great-granddaughter Adelaide, the current matriarch of Holly Oak, doesn't believe that Susannah's ghost haunts the antebellum mansion looking for a pardon, but rather the house itself bears a grudge toward its tragic past. When Marielle marries into the family, she must sort out the truth about Susannah and Holly Oak-- and make peace with the sacrifices she has made for love.
Author: Meissner, Susan, 1961- author.
Published: 2010
Call Number: F MEISSNER
Format: Books
Summary: After her husband leaves her, Jane Lindsay finds an old ring in a box of relics from a British jumble sale and discovers a Latin inscription in the band along with just one other word: "Jane." Feeling instant connection to the mysterious ring bearing her namesake, Jane begins a journey to learn more about the ring--and perhaps about herself and the lives of a sixteenth century dressmaker, Lucy Day, and the innocent young woman known in history as Lady Jane Grey.
Author: White, Karen (Karen S.)
Published: 2010
Call Number: F WHITE
Format: Books
Summary: "At twenty, Cassie Madison left her hometown of Walton, Georgia, without so much as a backward glance, but when a family crisis calls her home, she must part with the satisfaction of her Upper East Side life--and return to the tumult of the one she left...."--Cover p. [4]
Author: Meissner, Susan, 1961-, author.
Published: 2009
Call Number: F MEISSNER
Format: Books
Summary: The Janviers have the idyllic life. A beautiful home, great jobs, two wonderful kids. And surrounding it all is the proverbial white picket fence that protects them, offers them a serene sense of security-- and hides all their secrets. "When her black sheep brother disappears, Amanda Janvier eagerly takes in her sixteen-year-old niece Tally. The girl is practically an orphan: motherless and living with a father who raises Tally wherever he lands--in a Buick, a pizza joint, a horse farm--and regularly takes off on wild schemes. Amanda envisions that she, her husband, Neil, and their two teenagers can offer the girl stability and a shot at a 'normal' life, even though their own storybook lives are about to crumble." --Back cover.
Published: 2009
Call Number: 641.597
Format: Books
Summary: The AC Hog Chapter Ladies of Harley collected a variety of recipes, and shared a brief history of their Atlantic County Chapter #2911. --perusal of cookbook
Author: Orwell, George, 1903-1950.
Published: 1996 1946
Call Number: PB O
Format: Books
Summary: The animals of the farmyard rebel against Farmer Jones in the name of equality.
Author: Bailine, Debbie, editor. Lounsberry, Charles F., illustrator.
Published: 1990
Call Number: 641.597
Format: Books
Summary: Greetings from Atlantic City gives a variety of recipes, and shares some of the history of Atlantic City throughout the cookbook. --perusal of cookbook
Author: Carnegie, Dale, 1888-1955.
Published: 1981 1936
Call Number: BF637.S8 C37 1981
Format: Books
Summary: Six ways of making people like you, twelve ways of winning people to your way of thinking and nine ways to change people without giving offense or arousing resentment.
Author: Guigui, Martin, 1965- film director. Moore, Kevin E. (Screenwriter), screenwriter. Harris, J. Shawn, screenwriter. Henstridge, Natasha, actor. Henriksen, Lance, 1940- actor.
Published: 2021
Call Number: UNHEALER
Format: Video disc
Summary: When a single mom witnesses a faith healer perform a miracle, she hires him to lay hands on her son with a eating disorder. The ritual works, and Kelly gains unexpected supernatural powers: any pain inflicted on him is instead felt by his aggressor. Having been tormented by bullies his entire life, Kelly's rage takes him on a murderous revenge spree and the horror escalates--no one around him is safe, not even the girl he loves.
Author: Jacobs, Azazel, film director. deWitt, Patrick, 1975- screenwriter. Haebler, Christine, film producer. Piovesan, Christina, film producer. Segal, Noah, film producer.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: FRENCH
Format: Video disc
Summary: Sixty-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite Frances Price had a plan. To die before the money ran out, but things didn't go as planned. Her husband Franklin has been dead for twelve years and with his vast inheritance gone, she cashes in the last of her possessions and resolves to live out her twilight days anonymously in a borrowed apartment in Paris. She is accompanied by her directionless son Malcolm and a cat named Small Frank, who may or may not embody the spirit of Frances' dead husband.
Author: Moffat, Peter, 1962- creator. Cranston, Bryan, 1956- actor. Doohan, Hunter, actor. Davis, Hope, 1967- actor. Black-D'elia, Sofia, actor.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: YOUR
Format: Video disc
Summary: New Orleans judge Michael Desiato is forced to confront his own deepest convictions when his son is involved in a hit and run that embroils an organized crime family.
Author: Naishuller, Ilya, film director. Odenkirk, Bob, 1962- actor. Nielsen, Connie, 1965- actor. Lloyd, Christopher, 1938- actor. Manoux, J. P., 1969- actor.
Published: 2021
Call Number: NOBODY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Hutch Mansell is an underestimated and overlooked dad and husband, taking life's indignities on the chin and never pushing back. A nobody. When two thieves break into his suburban home one night, Hutch declines to defend himself or his family, hoping to prevent serious violence. His teenage son, Blake, is disappointed in him and his wife, Becca, seems to pull only further away. The aftermath of the incident strikes a match to Hutch's long-simmering rage, triggering dormant instincts and propelling him on a brutal path that will surface dark secrets and lethal skills. In a barrage of fists, gunfire and squealing tires, Hutch must save his family from a dangerous adversary, and ensure that he will never be underestimated as a nobody again.
Author: Segal, Miriam, film producers. Brennan, Paul, film producer. Manashil, Stuart, film producer. Hajian, Chris, composer. Wingate, Denise, costume designer.
Published: 2021
Call Number: CITY
Format: Video disc
Summary: This crime-thriller follows the investigation into the infamous murder of iconic rap artist Christopher Wallace, aka The Notorious B.I.G. Determined LAPD detective Russell Poole spent nearly 20 years trying to solve the murder, and Jack Jackson, a journalist, teams up with Poole in search of the elusive truth. Together they explore why the case remains old, and why a secretive division of the LAPD is seemingly set on keeping it that way.
Author: Macdonald, Kevin, 1967- film director. Bronner, Michael (Producer), screenwriter, film producer. Haines, Rory, 1984- screenwriter. Noshirvani, Sohrab, screenwriter. Ackland, Adam, 1979- film producer.
Published: 2021
Call Number: MAURITAN
Format: Video disc
Summary: The true story of Slahi's fight for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years. Alone and afraid, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander and her associate Teri Duncan who battle the U.S. government in a fight for justice that tests their commitment to the law and their client at every turn. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by a formidable military prosecutor, Lt. Colonel Stuart Couch, uncovers shocking truths and ultimately proves that the human spirit cannot be locked up.
Author: Macdonald, Kevin, 1967- film director. Ackland, Adam, film producer. Traven, M. B., screenwriter. Haines, Rory, screenwriter. Noshirvani, Sohrab, screenwriter.
Published: 2021
Call Number: MAURITAN BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: The true story of Mohamedou Slahi's fight for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years. Alone and afraid, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander and her associate Teri Duncan who battle the U.S. government in a fight for justice that tests their commitment to the law and their client at every turn. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by a formidable military prosecutor, Lt. Colonel Stuart Couch, uncovers shocking truths and ultimately proves that the human spirit cannot be locked up.
Author: Paragas, Diane, film director, screenwriter, film producer. Howell, Annie J., screenwriter. Cipriaso, Celena, screenwriter. Bienen, Andy, screenwriter. Mejia, Cecilia R., film producer.
Published: 2021 2019
Call Number: YELLOW
Format: Video disc
Summary: A Filipina teen from a small Texas town fights to pursue her dreams as a country music performer while having to decide between staying with her family and leaving the only home she has known. Rose, an undocumented Filipino girl, dreams of one day leaving her small Texas town to pursue her country music dreams. Her world is shattered when her mom suddenly gets picked up by immigration and Customs Enforcement. Rose, facing this new reality, is forced to flee the scene, leaving behind the only life she knows, and embarks on a journey of self-discovery as she searches for a new home in the honky tonk world of Austin, Texas. -- Provided by publisher.
Author: Hedén, Joachim, film director, screenwriter. Kirst, Patrick, composer (expression) Morheden, Fredrik, editor of moving image work. Gammel, Moa, 1980- actor. Martin, Madeleine, 1993- actor.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: BREAKING
Format: Video disc
Summary: A few days after Christmas, half-sisters Ida and Tuva set out on a winter dive in a remote part of the Norwegian coastline. Toward the end of the dive, a rockslide traps Tuva underwater. As Ida surfaces to call for help, she discovers that the rockslide has struck above water as well, burying their equipment, phones, and car keys; they are completely cut off from any chance of outside rescue. As the frantic race for survival unfolds, Ida is put to the ultimate test of character and forcefulness.
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