Author: Hallett, Janice, author.
Published: 2024 2023
Call Number: F HALLETT
Format: Books
Summary: "A novel about a journalist in pursuit of a story about a child who survived a cult mass suicide, which may not be all that it appeared to be, told in Janice Hallett's signature original and innovative style of emails, messages, news clips, and screenplay excerpts"-- "Everyone knows the story of the Alperton Angels: the cult who brainwashed a teenage girl into believing her baby was the anti-Christ. When the girl came to her senses and called the police, the Angels committed suicide and mother and baby disappeared. Now, true crime author Amanda Bailey is looking to revive her career by writing a book on the case. The Alperton baby has turned eighteen; finding them will be the scoop of the year. But rival author Oliver Menzies is just as smart, better connected, and also on the baby's trail..."-- Amazon.com
Author: Cole, Kamilah, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: Y COLE
Format: Books
Summary: After her sister Elara forms an unbreakable bond with an enemy dragon, seventeen-year-old Faron, who once wielded the magic of the gods to save her island from those same dragon-riding colonizers, must find a way to save her sister and the fate of their world in the face of impossible odds.
Author: Fraistat, Ann, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: Y FRAISTAT
Format: Books
Summary: Looking for a fresh start, sixteen-year-old Libby and her family return to her mother's childhood home only to discover that the house's strange beauty may disguise a sinister past. "The house was supposed to be a fresh start. That's what Libby's mom said. And after Libby’s recent bipolar III diagnosis and the tragedy that preceded it, Libby knows she and her family need to find a new normal.But Libby’s new home turns out to be anything but normal. Scores of bugs haunt its winding halls, towering stained-glass windows feature strange, insectile designs, and the garden teems with impossibly blue roses. And then there are the rumors. The locals, including the mysterious boy next door, tell stories about disappearances tied to the house, stretching back over a century to its first owners. Owners who supposedly hosted legendary masked séances on its grounds". --Amazon.com
Author: Krentz, Jayne Ann, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP F KRENTZ
Format: Large print
Summary: "The disappearance of a mysterious informant leads two people desperate for answers to an island of deadly deception in the second novel of the Lost Night Files trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz. Talia March, Pallas Llewellyn, and Amelia Rivers, bonded by a night they all have no memory of, are dedicated to uncovering the mystery of what really happened to them months ago-an experience that brought out innate psychic abilities in each of them. The women suspect they were test subjects years earlier, and that there are more people like them-all they have to do is find the list. When Talia follows up on a lead from Phoebe, a fan of the trio's podcast, she discovers that the informant has vanished. Talia isn't the only one looking for Phoebe, however. Luke Rand, a hunted and haunted man who is chasing the same list that Talia is after, also shows up at the meeting place. It's clear he has his own agenda, and they are instantly suspicious of each other. But when a killer begins to stalk them, they realize they have to join forces to find Phoebe and the list. The rocky investigation leads Talia and Luke to a rustic, remote retreat on Night Island in the Pacific Northwest. The retreat promises to rejuvenate guests with the Unplugged Experience. Upon their arrival, Talia and Luke discover guests are quite literally cut off from the outside world because none of their high-tech devices work on the island. It soon becomes clear that Phoebe is not the first person to disappear into the strange gardens that surround the Unplugged Experience retreat. And then the first mysterious death occurs. . . " -- Provided by publisher.
Author: Brunstetter, Wanda E., The seashell cake. Brunstetter, Jean, The beach ball. Brunstetter, Richelle, Fragments of a sand dollar. Brunstetter Van Corbach, Lorine, A Sarasota sunset.
Published: 2024 2023
Call Number: LP F SISTERS
Format: Books
Summary: "Journey with the bestselling Brunstetter authors to the unique tropical Amish community in Sarasota, Florida, along with four young sisters originally from Indiana. The Seashell Cake by Wanda E. Brunstetter Leora Lambright makes it clear she'll never again live up north. In The Beach Ball by Jean Brunstetter, Violet Lambright considers leaving the Amish faith. In A Sarasota Sunset by Lorine Brunstetter Van Corbach, Alana Lambright has suffered a series of accidents and emotional traumas that have left her plagued by anxiety. "--
Author: Barrett, Lorna, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP F BARRETT
Format: Books
Summary: "It's a busy summer in Booktown. Contractor Jim Stark is in great demand: he's overseeing a number of projects, including Angelica Miles's newly constructed building on Main Street, finishing up the new brew pub, and gutting a stone mansion off Main Street that Angelica bought to be the world headquarters for Nigela Ricita Asssociates. It'll house office space where her marketing staff and the rest of the NR Associates clerical personnel will work. Tricia Miles and Angelica arrive at the mansion before their workday to see how the construction is going. They find the place unlocked and Stark's right-hand man, Sanjay Arya, dead--bludgeoned to death. The loss of the contractor's top man threatens all the projects in the works, which would effectively ruin the expensive marketing plan that the Chamber of Commerce has been working. Is Jim a suspect? (He'd be stupid to kill the person he depends on to keep the projects going.) But Stark also thinks his wife, who was very chummy with Sanjay, might have been cheating on him with the second-in-command, making him a likely suspect. Once again Tricia finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation, but can she find the killer before he or she has the chance to bring the hammer down?"--
Author: Shelton, Paige, author.
Published: 2024 2023
Call Number: LP F SHELTON
Format: Large print
Summary: "A year after arriving in Benedict, Beth Rivers is feeling very at home in Alaska, even as outsiders are starting to return to enjoy the brief summer perfection. Beth feels like she's finally let go of most of her demons. She's even found her father, Eddy Rivers -- or, rather, he found her -- and she's trying to find the middle ground between anger and forgiveness. One sunny July day, Beth boards a tourist ship to see the glaciers, the main reason visitors venture to the area, and something Beth hasn't attempted until now. But when the captain has to navigate to an island, a bloodied woman is found standing on the shore, waving for help. When she's brought aboard, she claims she was kidnapped from her home in Juneau and that a bear on the island killed her captor. She, however, is unharmed. The woman, Sadie, finds a sympathetic ear in Beth. She tells her that she's been in Juneau under witness protection, and that the Juneau police don't like her. When another kidnapping occurs, Beth and police chief Gril can't help but think the two cases are interwoven, though the clues to solving them will be harder to unravel."--
Author: Pook, Lizzie, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F POOK
Format: Books
Summary: "In Victorian London, when she discovers her sister's death aboard the Makepeace was no accident and that the ship's scientist Edison Stowe was responsible, Maude Horton, to find the truth, begins shadowing Edison, enacting the ultimate revenge to get justice for her sister"-- "Twenty-year-old Constance Horton has run away from her life in Victorian London, disguising herself as a boy to board the Makepeace, an expedition vessel bound for the icy and unexplored Northwest Passage of the Arctic. She struggles to keep her real identity a secret on the ship, a feat that only grows more difficult when facing off with the constant dangers of the icy North. Even more dangerous than the cold, the storms, and the hunger, are some of the men aboard--including the ship's scientist Edison Stowe. He seems to be watching Constance, and she knows that his attention could be fatal..." --Amazon.com
Author: Baker, A. Deborah, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: Y BAKER
Format: Books
Summary: "Since stumbling from their world into the Up and Under, Avery and Zib have walked the improbable road across forests, seas and skies, finding friends in the unlikeliest of places and enemies great in number, as they make their way toward the Impossible City in the hope of finding their way home. But the final part of their journey is filled with danger and demise. Not everyone will make it through unscathed. Not everyone will make it through alive. The final part of the enchanting Up-and-Under quartet reminds us of the value of friendship and the price one sometimes pays for straying from the path. No-one's safety can be guaranteed under the smokestrewn sky"--
Author: Croucher, Lex, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: Y CROUCHER
Format: Books
Summary: In medieval England, the bickering, betrothed duo, Arthur and Gwen, find common ground in their secret romantic interests, leading them to form an unexpected alliance while navigating Camelot's summer festivities. It's been hundreds of years since King Arthur's reign. His descendant, Arthur, a future Lord and general gadabout, has been betrothed to Gwendoline, the quick-witted, short-tempered princess of England, since birth. The only thing they can agree on is that they despise each other. They're forced to spend the summer together at Camelot in the run-up to their nuptials, and within 24 hours, Gwen has discovered Arthur kissing a boy, and Arthur has gone digging for Gwen's childhood diary and found confessions about her crush on the kingdom's only lady knight, Bridget Leclair. Realizing they might make better allies than enemies, Gwen and Art make a reluctant pact to cover for each other, and as things heat up at the annual royal tournament, Gwen is swept off her feet by her knight, and Arthur takes an interest in Gwen's royal brother.
Author: Itō, Junji, 1963- author of foreword, cover artist. Conrad, Michael W., contributor. Hanada, Ryo, 1987- contributor. Shimizu, Aki, contributor. Shima, Shin'ya, contributor.
Published: 2023
Call Number: Y BETWIXT
Format: Books
Summary: Manga creators from Japan and the US present an international showcase of horror. Collected for the first time in Betwixt: A Horror Manga Anthology, six short stories reveal the universal fear of the space between the known and unknown. Will anyone cross that border?--
Author: Twin, Christopher, author, illustrator.
Published: 2023
Call Number: Y GN TWIN
Format: Books
Summary: "After wandering out to the river near their homes, five teens decide to build a fire and exchange horror stories. Chad begins by telling the group about an unfortunate fisher who encountered a cluster of small, malevolent creatures while navigating the river in his canoe. Attempting to defend himself, Carl lashed out with an oar... and his world changed forever. One by one, the teens try to outdo each other, and the evening evolves into an impromptu storytelling competition. On certain nights, if you walk along Loon River and peer under the bridge, you might spot a fire. You might hear a laugh. You might hear a scream. If you edge closer--and the conditions are just right--your view of the river will melt away, into the inky black beyond the firelight. Not to worry--the echoes of rushing water will help you find your way back. Or will they? Inspired by Cree folklore and modern Cree life, Bad Medicine will transport readers to terrifying new worlds that only exist at the edges of human imagination."--Amazon.
Author: Ali, Muhammad, Dr., translator.
Published: 2022
Call Number: 297.12
Format: Books
Summary: In the Qur'an, a pious Muslim hears God's voice guiding and encouraging, consoling and reproaching, promising the righteous mercy and eternal bliss, while threatening the wicked with wrath and eternal torment. For Muslims, the Qur'an is the word of God, which has entered human time to shape history. According to Muslim sources, the Angel Gabriel revealed himself to Prophet Muhammad in 610 CE while he was in prayerful retreat in a cave on Mount Hira, outside Mecca.
Author: Bouchentouf, Amine, author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 492.7824
Format: Books
Summary: "If you want to start speaking Arabic, this go-to book is packed with practical instruction, cultural fact, and handy references you won't want to be without! Inside, you'll find guidance on basic grammar, as well as the necessary vocabulary to make introductions and greeting, use proper etiquette, make small talk, make transportation arrangements, order food and beverages, ask directions, deal with money, shop, access recreation, and handle an emergency."--Publisher description.
Author: Tuttle Publishing (Firm)
Published: 2012
Call Number: 492.7
Format: Books
Summary: Essential Arabic presents the practical language of everyday interactions, conveyed in a way that's clear, concise, accessible and enjoyable. It includes fundamental sentences used when meeting people, starting conversations, and asking and replying to questions, as well as a basic grammar and pronunciation guide to help you start speaking Arabic right away. All Arabic words are presented in both Romanized form and Arabic script. Information on customs and courtesy help you interact with ease. Essential Arabic includes: over 2000 essential sentences arranged by frequency of use; a glossary of 2000 entries to ensure that the right word is always at your fingertips; a handy format for finding the information you need quickly and easily; terms and phrases covering mobile phones, wireless, and social media help you make the most of the language. In addition, sentences on the essentials of travel help visitors navigate the basics of arranging lodging, eating out, dealing with transportation and emergencies, and more.
Author: Johnson, Nelson, 1948-
Published: 2003 2002
Call Number: 974.985 JOHNSON
Format: Books
Author: Scorsese, Martin, film director, film producer. Zaillian, Steven, screenwriter. Baumbach, Noah, 1969- film director, screenwriter, film producer. Heyman, David, 1961- film producer. Campion, Jane, 1954- film director, screenwriter, film producer.
Published: 2023
Call Number: BINGEBOX DRAMA
Format: Video disc
Summary: The Irishman: An epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the twentieth century. Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran looks back from a nursing home on his life's journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino to his association with Teamsters union head Jimmy Hoffa to the rift that forced him to choose between the two. Marriage story: A love story about divorce. A marriage coming apart and a family coming together. A hilarious and harrowing, sharply observed, and deeply compassionate film from writer-director Noah Baumbach. Charlie is a charismatic New York theater director wedded to his work. Nicole is an actor who is ready to change her own life. Their hopes for an amicable divorce fade as they are drawn into a system that pits them against each other and forces them to redefine their relationship and their family. The power of the dog: After a sensitive widow and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son move in with her gentle new husband, a tense battle of wills plays out between them and his brutish brother, whose frightening volatility conceals a secret torment, and whose capacity for tenderness, once reawakened, may offer him redemption or destruction. Beasts of no nation: The nightmare of war is seen through the eyes of one of its most tragic casualties, a child soldier, in this harrowing vision of innocence lost from Cary Joji Fukunaga. Based on the acclaimed novel by Uzodinma Iweala and starring Idris Elba. The Irishman / directed by Martin Scorsese ; screenplay by Steven Zaillian ; produced by Martin Scorsese [and others] (2019 : R : 209 min.) -- Marriage story / written and directed by Noah Baumbach ; produced by David Heyman, Noah Baumbach (2019 : R : 137 min.) -- The power of the dog / written and directed by Jane Campion ; produced by Jane Campion (2021 : R : 128 min.) -- Beasts of no nation / written for the screen & directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga (2015 : TVMA : 136 min.).
Author: Stahelski, Chad, 1968- film director. Kolstad, Derek, screenwriter. Iwanyk, Basil, film producer. Li, Erica, film producer. Hatten, Shay, screenwriter.
Published: 2023
Call Number: BINGEBOX JOHN
Format: Video disc
Summary: John Wick: When sadistic young thugs senselessly attack a brilliantly lethal ex-assassin, they have no idea that they've just awakened the boogeyman. With New York City as his bullet-riddled playground, Wick embarks on a merciless rampage, hunting down his adversaries with the skill and ruthlessness that made him an underworld legend. John Wick: chapter 2: In this next chapter following the 2014 hit, legendary hit man John Wick is forced back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins' guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of the world's deadliest killers. John Wick: chapter 3: Super assassin John Wick has a fourteen million dollar price tag on his head after killing a member of the High Table, the shadowy international assassins' guild. Now excommunicado, and with an army of the world's most ruthless hit men and women on his trail, John must find a way to survive in this third chapter of the adrenaline-fuelled action series. John Wick: chapter 4: John Wick uncovers a trail to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful associations across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.
Author: Robison, Michael, 1955- film director. Damski, Mel, 1946- film director. Bruyère, Christian (Producer), film producer. Greene, Jonathan A., 1961- screenwriter. Sutton, Phoef, screenwriter.
Published: 2023
Call Number: HALLMARK BINGEBOX
Format: Video disc
Summary: Witness to murder: A Darrow mystery: Attorney Claire Darrow defends an old colleague of her mother's for murder. Things get complex when Claire's romantic interest, Miles, is named as prosecuting attorney on the case. Darrow & Darrow: In the key of murder: A simple offer of legal advice turns into the biggest challenge of Claire Darrow's legal career when her new beau, District Attorney Miles Strasberg introduces her to his younger half-sister, Phoebe. A singer who has just completed her first album. Phoebe fears that she may have signed away her rights to her ex-producer, who is threatening to destroy the recordings. When the producer is found dead in his studio, police find evidence and motive enough to arrest Phoebe. Hailey Dean mystery: Murder, with love: Former prosecutor-turned-therapist Hailey Dean is a powerhouse, Mensa bright, and acutely observant. During a tragic week, one of her patients loses her parents to separate fatal accidents along with millions of dollars that has seemingly vanished. When the police begin to question Hailey's patient, she knows she is innocent. But who is the culprit? Garage sale mystery: Jennifer Shannon loves scouring garage sales to look for items to sell in her resell shop. But when she realizes a series of burglaries and a friend's murder may have a connection to the sales, she not only helps the cops, but does some undercover sleuthing of her own. As she gets closer to the truth, she becomes the murderer's next target. Now she must fight for her own survival in order to solve the mystery and bring her friend's killer to justice
Author: Soderbergh, Steven, 1963- director. Jacobs, Gregory, director. Tatum, Channing, actor. McConaughey, Matthew, 1969- actor. Hayek, Salma, 1966- actor.
Published: 2023
Call Number: MAGIC
Format: Video disc
Summary: Magic Mike: "Seasoned performer, Magic Mike has what every red-blooded guy wants - a ripped bod, sexy girls, hot parties and loads of cash. Now he's about to take on an inexperienced young protege - teaching him the ropes on how to be the best. As Mike keeps the magic flowing in the clubs, he has to fight for the one girl he really cares for. But will he have to choose between his fantasy world and his dream relationship?"--Container. Magic Mike XXL: "Three years after he bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, Mike finds the remaining Kings of Tampa likewise ready to throw in the towel. But they want to do it their ways: burning down the house in one last blowout performance in Myrtle Beach and with Magic Mike, the legendary headliner, sharing the spotlight with them. In the road to their final show, with whistle stops in Jacksonville and Savannah to renew old acquaintances and make new friends, Mike and the guys learn some new moves and shake off the past in surprising ways"--Container. Magic Mike's Last Dance: "Magic" Mike Lane takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can't refuse ... and an agenda all her own. With everything on the line, once Mike discovers what she truly has in mind, will he--and the roster of hot new dancers he'll have to whip into shape--be able to pull it off?
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