Lost at Sea: Eddie Rickenbacker's Twenty-Four Days Adrift on the Pacific
Call Number: 940.54
Format: Books
Format: Books
Blackstone Griddle Cookbook
Call Number: 641.5784
Format: Books
Format: Books
To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945
Call Number: 940.54
Format: Books
Format: Books
Other people's children [DVD]
Author: Zlotowski, Rebecca, film director, screenwriter. Jouve, Frédéric, film producer. Efira, Virginie, 1977- actor. Zem, Roschdy, actor. Mastroianni, Chiara, 1972- actor.
Published: 2023 2022
Call Number: OTHER FRENCH
Format: Video disc
Summary: Rachel is a dedicated teacher who forms a deep bond with her boyfriend's young daughter, loving the family she's found but yearning for one of her own in this soulful, sexy, resolutely grown-up story of the elusive quest for belonging.
Published: 2023 2022
Call Number: OTHER FRENCH
Format: Video disc
Summary: Rachel is a dedicated teacher who forms a deep bond with her boyfriend's young daughter, loving the family she's found but yearning for one of her own in this soulful, sexy, resolutely grown-up story of the elusive quest for belonging.
The Flash [DVD]. Season 9
Author: Berlanti, Greg, creator. Kreisberg, Andrew, 1971- creator. Johns, Geoff, 1973- creator. Gustin, Grant, 1990- actor. Patton, Candice, 1988- actor.
Published: 2023
Call Number: FLASH SEASON 9
Format: Video disc
Summary: After defeating the Reverse Flash once and for all, the ninth season of THE FLASH picks up one week later following their epic battle, and Barry Allen and Iris West-Allen are reconnecting and growing closer than ever before. But when a deadly group of Rogues descends on Central City led by a powerful new threat, The Flash and his team Caitlin Snow, Meta-Empath Cecile Horton, the light-powered meta, Allegra Garcia, brilliant tech-nerd Chester P. Runk, and reformed cryogenics thief Mark Blaine must once again defy impossible odds to save the day. But as The Rogues are defeated, a deadly new adversary rises to challenge Barry Allen's heroic legacy. And in their greatest battle yet, Barry and Team Flash will be pushed to their limits, to save Central City one last time.
Published: 2023
Call Number: FLASH SEASON 9
Format: Video disc
Summary: After defeating the Reverse Flash once and for all, the ninth season of THE FLASH picks up one week later following their epic battle, and Barry Allen and Iris West-Allen are reconnecting and growing closer than ever before. But when a deadly group of Rogues descends on Central City led by a powerful new threat, The Flash and his team Caitlin Snow, Meta-Empath Cecile Horton, the light-powered meta, Allegra Garcia, brilliant tech-nerd Chester P. Runk, and reformed cryogenics thief Mark Blaine must once again defy impossible odds to save the day. But as The Rogues are defeated, a deadly new adversary rises to challenge Barry Allen's heroic legacy. And in their greatest battle yet, Barry and Team Flash will be pushed to their limits, to save Central City one last time.
Bone-chilling horror [DVD] : 10-movie collection.
Author: Bacon, Kevin, 1958- King, Adrienne, 1960- Watts, Naomi, 1968- Henderson, Martin, 1974- Neeson, Liam.
Published: 2019 1980
Call Number: BONECHIL 10-MOVIE SET 1
Format: Video disc
Summary: A journalist investigates allegations that people are dying seven days after watching a videotape; a daughter seeks out the truth behind her mother's possession; camp counselors are stalked by a violent killer; a social worker opens her home to a troubled young girl; a scientist's wife is haunted by her husband's dead mistress; a group of tourists discover something deadly at an archaeological dig in Mexico; a young woman learns that her father is engaged to her deceased mother's former caretaker; Dr. Marrow lures three subjects to Hill House; several employees on the graveyard shift at a mill meet mysterious deaths; a young couple discovers that a demonic spirit is haunting them.
Published: 2019 1980
Call Number: BONECHIL 10-MOVIE SET 1
Format: Video disc
Summary: A journalist investigates allegations that people are dying seven days after watching a videotape; a daughter seeks out the truth behind her mother's possession; camp counselors are stalked by a violent killer; a social worker opens her home to a troubled young girl; a scientist's wife is haunted by her husband's dead mistress; a group of tourists discover something deadly at an archaeological dig in Mexico; a young woman learns that her father is engaged to her deceased mother's former caretaker; Dr. Marrow lures three subjects to Hill House; several employees on the graveyard shift at a mill meet mysterious deaths; a young couple discovers that a demonic spirit is haunting them.
Other people's children [DVD]
Author: Zlotowski, Rebecca, film director, screenwriter. Jouve, Frédéric, film producer. Efira, Virginie, 1977- actor. Zem, Roschdy, actor. Mastroianni, Chiara, 1972- actor.
Published: 2023 2022
Call Number: OTHER FRENCH
Format: Video disc
Summary: Rachel is a dedicated teacher who forms a deep bond with her boyfriend's young daughter, loving the family she's found but yearning for one of her own in this soulful, sexy, resolutely grown-up story of the elusive quest for belonging.
Published: 2023 2022
Call Number: OTHER FRENCH
Format: Video disc
Summary: Rachel is a dedicated teacher who forms a deep bond with her boyfriend's young daughter, loving the family she's found but yearning for one of her own in this soulful, sexy, resolutely grown-up story of the elusive quest for belonging.
The Flash [DVD]. Season 9
Author: Berlanti, Greg, creator. Kreisberg, Andrew, 1971- creator. Johns, Geoff, 1973- creator. Gustin, Grant, 1990- actor. Patton, Candice, 1988- actor.
Published: 2023
Call Number: FLASH SEASON 9
Format: Video disc
Summary: After defeating the Reverse Flash once and for all, the ninth season of THE FLASH picks up one week later following their epic battle, and Barry Allen and Iris West-Allen are reconnecting and growing closer than ever before. But when a deadly group of Rogues descends on Central City led by a powerful new threat, The Flash and his team Caitlin Snow, Meta-Empath Cecile Horton, the light-powered meta, Allegra Garcia, brilliant tech-nerd Chester P. Runk, and reformed cryogenics thief Mark Blaine must once again defy impossible odds to save the day. But as The Rogues are defeated, a deadly new adversary rises to challenge Barry Allen's heroic legacy. And in their greatest battle yet, Barry and Team Flash will be pushed to their limits, to save Central City one last time.
Published: 2023
Call Number: FLASH SEASON 9
Format: Video disc
Summary: After defeating the Reverse Flash once and for all, the ninth season of THE FLASH picks up one week later following their epic battle, and Barry Allen and Iris West-Allen are reconnecting and growing closer than ever before. But when a deadly group of Rogues descends on Central City led by a powerful new threat, The Flash and his team Caitlin Snow, Meta-Empath Cecile Horton, the light-powered meta, Allegra Garcia, brilliant tech-nerd Chester P. Runk, and reformed cryogenics thief Mark Blaine must once again defy impossible odds to save the day. But as The Rogues are defeated, a deadly new adversary rises to challenge Barry Allen's heroic legacy. And in their greatest battle yet, Barry and Team Flash will be pushed to their limits, to save Central City one last time.
Bone-chilling horror [DVD] : 10-movie collection.
Author: Bacon, Kevin, 1958- King, Adrienne, 1960- Watts, Naomi, 1968- Henderson, Martin, 1974- Neeson, Liam.
Published: 2019 1980
Call Number: BONECHIL 10-MOVIE SET 1
Format: Video disc
Summary: A journalist investigates allegations that people are dying seven days after watching a videotape; a daughter seeks out the truth behind her mother's possession; camp counselors are stalked by a violent killer; a social worker opens her home to a troubled young girl; a scientist's wife is haunted by her husband's dead mistress; a group of tourists discover something deadly at an archaeological dig in Mexico; a young woman learns that her father is engaged to her deceased mother's former caretaker; Dr. Marrow lures three subjects to Hill House; several employees on the graveyard shift at a mill meet mysterious deaths; a young couple discovers that a demonic spirit is haunting them.
Published: 2019 1980
Call Number: BONECHIL 10-MOVIE SET 1
Format: Video disc
Summary: A journalist investigates allegations that people are dying seven days after watching a videotape; a daughter seeks out the truth behind her mother's possession; camp counselors are stalked by a violent killer; a social worker opens her home to a troubled young girl; a scientist's wife is haunted by her husband's dead mistress; a group of tourists discover something deadly at an archaeological dig in Mexico; a young woman learns that her father is engaged to her deceased mother's former caretaker; Dr. Marrow lures three subjects to Hill House; several employees on the graveyard shift at a mill meet mysterious deaths; a young couple discovers that a demonic spirit is haunting them.
12 months to live [large print]
Author: Patterson, James, 1947- author. Lupica, Mike, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: LP F PATTERSO
Format: Large print
Summary: "Tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith is hip-deep in the murder trial of the century. Actually, her charmless client might've committed several murders. She's also fallen in love with a wonderful guy. And an equally wonderful dog, a mutt. But Jane doesn't have much time. She's just received a terminal diagnosis giving her twelve months. Unless she's murdered before her expiration date"--
Published: 2023
Call Number: LP F PATTERSO
Format: Large print
Summary: "Tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith is hip-deep in the murder trial of the century. Actually, her charmless client might've committed several murders. She's also fallen in love with a wonderful guy. And an equally wonderful dog, a mutt. But Jane doesn't have much time. She's just received a terminal diagnosis giving her twelve months. Unless she's murdered before her expiration date"--
Payback in death [large print]
Author: Robb, J. D., 1950- author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: LP F ROBB
Format: Large print
Summary: "Lt. Eve Dallas is just home from a long overdue vacation when she responds to a call of an unattended death. The victim is Martin Greenleaf, retired captain, Internal Affairs Bureau. At first glance, the scene appears to be suicide, but the closer Eve examines the body, the more suspicious she becomes. An unlocked open window, a loving wife and family, a too-perfect suicide note--Eve's gut says it's a homicide. After all, Greenleaf put a lot of dirty cops away during his forty-seven years in Internal Affairs. It could very well be payback--and she will not rest until the case is closed"--
Published: 2023
Call Number: LP F ROBB
Format: Large print
Summary: "Lt. Eve Dallas is just home from a long overdue vacation when she responds to a call of an unattended death. The victim is Martin Greenleaf, retired captain, Internal Affairs Bureau. At first glance, the scene appears to be suicide, but the closer Eve examines the body, the more suspicious she becomes. An unlocked open window, a loving wife and family, a too-perfect suicide note--Eve's gut says it's a homicide. After all, Greenleaf put a lot of dirty cops away during his forty-seven years in Internal Affairs. It could very well be payback--and she will not rest until the case is closed"--
Blood in the machine : the origins of the rebellion against big tech
Author: Merchant, Brian, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: 303.483
Format: Books
Summary: Long-listed for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year The "rich and gripping" true story of the first time machines came for human jobs--and how the Luddite uprising explains the power, threat, and toll of big tech and AI today (Naomi Klein)-- The most urgent story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years ago in rural England, when workers known as the Luddites rose up rather than starve at the hands of factory owners who were using automated machines to erase their livelihoods. The Luddites organized guerrilla raids to smash those machines--on punishment of death--and won the support of Lord Byron, enraged the Prince Regent, and inspired the birth of science fiction. This all-but-forgotten class struggle brought nineteenth-century England to its knees. Today, technology imperils millions of jobs, robots are crowding factory floors, and artificial intelligence will soon pervade every aspect of our economy. How will this change the way we live? And what can we do about it? The answers lie in Blood in the Machine. Brian Merchant intertwines a lucid examination of our current age with the story of the Luddites, showing how automation changed our world--and is shaping our future.
Published: 2023
Call Number: 303.483
Format: Books
Summary: Long-listed for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year The "rich and gripping" true story of the first time machines came for human jobs--and how the Luddite uprising explains the power, threat, and toll of big tech and AI today (Naomi Klein)-- The most urgent story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years ago in rural England, when workers known as the Luddites rose up rather than starve at the hands of factory owners who were using automated machines to erase their livelihoods. The Luddites organized guerrilla raids to smash those machines--on punishment of death--and won the support of Lord Byron, enraged the Prince Regent, and inspired the birth of science fiction. This all-but-forgotten class struggle brought nineteenth-century England to its knees. Today, technology imperils millions of jobs, robots are crowding factory floors, and artificial intelligence will soon pervade every aspect of our economy. How will this change the way we live? And what can we do about it? The answers lie in Blood in the Machine. Brian Merchant intertwines a lucid examination of our current age with the story of the Luddites, showing how automation changed our world--and is shaping our future.
Democracy awakening : notes on the state of America
Author: Richardson, Heather Cox, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: 320.473
Format: Books
Summary: "From historian and author of the popular daily newsletter Letters from an American, a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy--and how we can turn back. In the midst of the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the daily torrent of news. The essays soon turned into a newsletter and, spread by word of mouth, its readership ballooned to more than 2 million dedicated readers who rely on its plainspoken and informed take on the present and past in America. In Democracy Awakening, Richardson crafts a compelling and original narrative, explaining how, over the decades, a small group of wealthy people have made war on American ideals. By weaponizing language and promoting false history they have led us into authoritarianism--creating a disaffected population and then promising to recreate an imagined past where those people could feel important again. She argues that taking our country back starts by remembering the elements of the nation's true history that marginalized Americans have always upheld. Their dedication to the principles on which this nation was founded has enabled us to renew and expand our commitment to democracy in the past. Richardson sees this history as a roadmap for the nation's future..."--
Published: 2023
Call Number: 320.473
Format: Books
Summary: "From historian and author of the popular daily newsletter Letters from an American, a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy--and how we can turn back. In the midst of the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the daily torrent of news. The essays soon turned into a newsletter and, spread by word of mouth, its readership ballooned to more than 2 million dedicated readers who rely on its plainspoken and informed take on the present and past in America. In Democracy Awakening, Richardson crafts a compelling and original narrative, explaining how, over the decades, a small group of wealthy people have made war on American ideals. By weaponizing language and promoting false history they have led us into authoritarianism--creating a disaffected population and then promising to recreate an imagined past where those people could feel important again. She argues that taking our country back starts by remembering the elements of the nation's true history that marginalized Americans have always upheld. Their dedication to the principles on which this nation was founded has enabled us to renew and expand our commitment to democracy in the past. Richardson sees this history as a roadmap for the nation's future..."--
Mrs. Porter calling [large print] : a novel
Author: Pearce, A. J. (Amanda-Jane), author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: LP F PEARCE
Format: Large print
Summary: "London, April 1943. Emmy Lake is in charge of "Yours Cheerfully," the popular advice column in Woman's Friend magazine. Emmy is dedicated to helping readers face the increasing challenges brought about by over three years of war. But her world is turned upside down when Mrs. Cressida Porter becomes the new publisher of the magazine and wants to change everything the readers love. Worst of all, she announces that she is cutting the "Yours Cheerfully" column and her vision for the publication's future seems dire. With the stakes higher than ever, Emmy and her friends must find a way to save the magazine that they love"--
Published: 2023
Call Number: LP F PEARCE
Format: Large print
Summary: "London, April 1943. Emmy Lake is in charge of "Yours Cheerfully," the popular advice column in Woman's Friend magazine. Emmy is dedicated to helping readers face the increasing challenges brought about by over three years of war. But her world is turned upside down when Mrs. Cressida Porter becomes the new publisher of the magazine and wants to change everything the readers love. Worst of all, she announces that she is cutting the "Yours Cheerfully" column and her vision for the publication's future seems dire. With the stakes higher than ever, Emmy and her friends must find a way to save the magazine that they love"--
Land of milk and honey
Author: Zhang, C Pam, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: F ZHANG
Format: Books
Summary: "About a Chinese American chef who, lured to a decadent, enigmatic colony of the superrich in a near future in which food is disappearing, discovers the meaning of pleasure and the ethics of who gets to enjoy it, altering her life and, indirectly, the world"-- A smog has spread. Food crops are rapidly disappearing. A chef escapes her dying career in a dreary city to take a job at a decadent mountaintop colony seemingly free of the world's troubles. There, the sky is clear again. Rare ingredients abound. Her enigmatic employer and his visionary daughter have built a lush new life for the global elite, one that reawakens the chef to the pleasures of taste, touch, and her own body. In this atmosphere of hidden wonders and cool, seductive violence, the chef's boundaries undergo a thrilling erosion. Soon she is pushed to the center of a startling attempt to reshape the world far beyond the plate.
Published: 2023
Call Number: F ZHANG
Format: Books
Summary: "About a Chinese American chef who, lured to a decadent, enigmatic colony of the superrich in a near future in which food is disappearing, discovers the meaning of pleasure and the ethics of who gets to enjoy it, altering her life and, indirectly, the world"-- A smog has spread. Food crops are rapidly disappearing. A chef escapes her dying career in a dreary city to take a job at a decadent mountaintop colony seemingly free of the world's troubles. There, the sky is clear again. Rare ingredients abound. Her enigmatic employer and his visionary daughter have built a lush new life for the global elite, one that reawakens the chef to the pleasures of taste, touch, and her own body. In this atmosphere of hidden wonders and cool, seductive violence, the chef's boundaries undergo a thrilling erosion. Soon she is pushed to the center of a startling attempt to reshape the world far beyond the plate.
Two roads home : Hitler, Stalin, and the miraculous survival of my family
Author: Finkelstein, Daniel, 1962- author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: 940.53
Format: Books
Summary: "An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy families uprooted by war, their incredible suffering in Hitler's and Stalin's camps, and the near-miraculous survival and rescue of the author's parents who met after the war. Daniel Finkelstein's grandfather Alfred Wiener was a German Jewish intellectual leader who tolled an early warning of the impending Holocaust and became an archivist of Nazi crimes. He relocated his family to safety in Amsterdam, where they became close with Anne Frank's family. But they were eventually separated, and Daniel's mother Mirjam was sent to Bergen-Belsen with her mother and sisters while Alfred worked feverishly to free them. Finkelstein's father, Ludwik, grew up in a prosperous Jewish family in Poland where his father was a patriotic hero of the Great War. But when Stalin took control, Finkelstein's grandfather was deported to Siberia, while Ludwik and his mother were sent to Kazahkstan, where they barely survived freezing winters and harrowing forced labor conditions. Two Roads Home is a page-turning account of ingenuity, bravery and the almost unbelievable coincidences that brought Daniel's parents together. The story features secret archives, forgery and theft, and sweeps across Europe to show the expanse of the war. Moving, engrossing and inspiring, Two Roads Home will profoundly touch all who read it"--
Published: 2023
Call Number: 940.53
Format: Books
Summary: "An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy families uprooted by war, their incredible suffering in Hitler's and Stalin's camps, and the near-miraculous survival and rescue of the author's parents who met after the war. Daniel Finkelstein's grandfather Alfred Wiener was a German Jewish intellectual leader who tolled an early warning of the impending Holocaust and became an archivist of Nazi crimes. He relocated his family to safety in Amsterdam, where they became close with Anne Frank's family. But they were eventually separated, and Daniel's mother Mirjam was sent to Bergen-Belsen with her mother and sisters while Alfred worked feverishly to free them. Finkelstein's father, Ludwik, grew up in a prosperous Jewish family in Poland where his father was a patriotic hero of the Great War. But when Stalin took control, Finkelstein's grandfather was deported to Siberia, while Ludwik and his mother were sent to Kazahkstan, where they barely survived freezing winters and harrowing forced labor conditions. Two Roads Home is a page-turning account of ingenuity, bravery and the almost unbelievable coincidences that brought Daniel's parents together. The story features secret archives, forgery and theft, and sweeps across Europe to show the expanse of the war. Moving, engrossing and inspiring, Two Roads Home will profoundly touch all who read it"--
The hungry season : a journey of war, love, and survival
Author: Hamilton, Lisa M., author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: B MOUA
Format: Books
Summary: This unforgettable portrait of resistance, from Laos to California, follows one woman, with wounds inflicted by war and family alike, as she builds a new existence for her and her children by growing Hmong rice, just as her ancestors did, and selling it to those who hunger for the Laos of their memories.
Published: 2023
Call Number: B MOUA
Format: Books
Summary: This unforgettable portrait of resistance, from Laos to California, follows one woman, with wounds inflicted by war and family alike, as she builds a new existence for her and her children by growing Hmong rice, just as her ancestors did, and selling it to those who hunger for the Laos of their memories.
Lies and other love languages : a novel
Author: Dev, Sonali, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: F DEV
Format: Books
Summary: From the bestselling author of The Vibrant Years comes an emotional story of three women navigating ugly truths and safe lies with only love to guide them on a journey of motherhood, friendship, and life. Bestselling advice columnist Vandy Guru built her career teaching others how to live honestly and courageously, but after the loss of her husband, Vandy's public veneer can barely conceal her grief. When her beloved daughter Mallika suddenly disappears and her estranged childhood best friend Rani returns, stirring up long-buried secrets, Vandy's carefully crafted life feels at risk. Aspiring choreographer Mallika Guru is tired of failure. When another audition ends in rejection, she signs up for a genetic study to find out why she's so different from her accomplished family. But the results reveal her whole life to be a lie, and Rani seems to be the only one who knows the truth. Rani Parekh sacrificed everything for Vandy once. But to hold on to the life she's rebuilt, she must confront her troubled history and face Vandy and Mallika. Join these three extraordinary women as they journey from LA to Mumbai on an incredible path of discovery, hope, and love.
Published: 2023
Call Number: F DEV
Format: Books
Summary: From the bestselling author of The Vibrant Years comes an emotional story of three women navigating ugly truths and safe lies with only love to guide them on a journey of motherhood, friendship, and life. Bestselling advice columnist Vandy Guru built her career teaching others how to live honestly and courageously, but after the loss of her husband, Vandy's public veneer can barely conceal her grief. When her beloved daughter Mallika suddenly disappears and her estranged childhood best friend Rani returns, stirring up long-buried secrets, Vandy's carefully crafted life feels at risk. Aspiring choreographer Mallika Guru is tired of failure. When another audition ends in rejection, she signs up for a genetic study to find out why she's so different from her accomplished family. But the results reveal her whole life to be a lie, and Rani seems to be the only one who knows the truth. Rani Parekh sacrificed everything for Vandy once. But to hold on to the life she's rebuilt, she must confront her troubled history and face Vandy and Mallika. Join these three extraordinary women as they journey from LA to Mumbai on an incredible path of discovery, hope, and love.
Killing the witches : the horror of Salem, Massachusetts
Author: O'Reilly, Bill, author. Dugard, Martin, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: 974.45
Format: Books
Summary: "With over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable record of #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestsellers, Bill O'Reilly's Killing series is the most popular series of narrative histories in the world. Killing the Witches revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. What began as a mysterious affliction of two young girls who suffered violent fits and exhibited strange behavior soon spread to other young women. Rumors of demonic possession and witchcraft consumed Salem. Soon three women were arrested under suspicion of being witches--but as the hysteria spread, more than 200 people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, twenty were executed, and others died in jail or their lives were ruined. What really happened in Salem? Killing the Witches tells the horrifying story of a colonial town's madness, offering the historical context of similar episodes of community mania during that time, and exploring the evidence that emerged in the Salem trials, in contemporary accounts, and in subsequent investigations. The result is a compulsively readable book about good, evil, and how fear can overwhelm fact and reason"--
Published: 2023
Call Number: 974.45
Format: Books
Summary: "With over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable record of #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestsellers, Bill O'Reilly's Killing series is the most popular series of narrative histories in the world. Killing the Witches revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. What began as a mysterious affliction of two young girls who suffered violent fits and exhibited strange behavior soon spread to other young women. Rumors of demonic possession and witchcraft consumed Salem. Soon three women were arrested under suspicion of being witches--but as the hysteria spread, more than 200 people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, twenty were executed, and others died in jail or their lives were ruined. What really happened in Salem? Killing the Witches tells the horrifying story of a colonial town's madness, offering the historical context of similar episodes of community mania during that time, and exploring the evidence that emerged in the Salem trials, in contemporary accounts, and in subsequent investigations. The result is a compulsively readable book about good, evil, and how fear can overwhelm fact and reason"--
Beyond the door of no return
Author: Diop, David, 1966- author. Taylor, Sam, 1970- translator.
Published: 2023 2021
Call Number: F DIOP
Format: Books
Summary: "A historical novel about a French botanist's search for a mysterious woman who escaped from slavery in Senegal"-- "Paris, 1806. The renowned botanist Michel Adanson lies on his deathbed, the masterwork to which he dedicated his life still incomplete. As he expires, the last word to escape his lips is a woman's name: Maram. The key to this mysterious woman's identity is Adanson's unpublished memoir of the years he spent in Senegal, concealed in a secret compartment in a chest of drawers. Therein lies a story as fantastical as it is tragic: Maram, it turns out, is none other than the fabled revenant. A young woman of noble birth from the kingdom of Waalo, Maram was sold into slavery but managed to escape from the Island of Gorée--a major embarkation point of the transatlantic slave trade--to a small village hidden in the forest. While on a research expedition in West Africa as a young man, Adanson hears the story of the revenant and becomes obsessed with finding her. Accompanied by his guide, he ventures deep into the Senegalese bush on a journey that reveals not only the savagery of the French colonial occupation but also the unlikely transports of the human heart." --Amazon.com
Published: 2023 2021
Call Number: F DIOP
Format: Books
Summary: "A historical novel about a French botanist's search for a mysterious woman who escaped from slavery in Senegal"-- "Paris, 1806. The renowned botanist Michel Adanson lies on his deathbed, the masterwork to which he dedicated his life still incomplete. As he expires, the last word to escape his lips is a woman's name: Maram. The key to this mysterious woman's identity is Adanson's unpublished memoir of the years he spent in Senegal, concealed in a secret compartment in a chest of drawers. Therein lies a story as fantastical as it is tragic: Maram, it turns out, is none other than the fabled revenant. A young woman of noble birth from the kingdom of Waalo, Maram was sold into slavery but managed to escape from the Island of Gorée--a major embarkation point of the transatlantic slave trade--to a small village hidden in the forest. While on a research expedition in West Africa as a young man, Adanson hears the story of the revenant and becomes obsessed with finding her. Accompanied by his guide, he ventures deep into the Senegalese bush on a journey that reveals not only the savagery of the French colonial occupation but also the unlikely transports of the human heart." --Amazon.com
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