Belle Da Costa Greene was one of the most prominent career women of her time, but the world didn't know she was Black. A new novel from Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray tells her story.
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In her debut novel, “The Paper Palace,” Miranda Cowley Heller follows an upper-crust family through decades at their bohemian backwoods compound.
Author Ocean Vuong recommends four books on the immigrant experience — but he wants to de-center America in these stories: "Immigration is a species-wide legacy," he says, and always has been.
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In S.A. Cosby’s new novel, “Razorblade Tears,” two fathers avenge their sons’ murders in great gothic geysers of blood.
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.
Author: Kim, Lee, 1972- film producer. MacBride, Christopher, film director, screenwriter. Millman, Sarah, costume designer. Pilotpriest, composer. Lyon, Matt, film editor.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: FLASHBAC
Format: Video disc
Summary: Fredrick Fitzell is living his best life, until he starts having horrific visions of Cindy, a girl who vanished in high school. After reaching out to old friends with whom he used to take a mystery drug called Mercury, Fredrick realizes the only way to stop the visions lies deep within his own memories, so he embarks on a terrifying mental odyssey to learn the truth.
Author: Schroeder, Eliza, film director. Brunger, Jake, screenwriter. Conn, Shelley, 1976- actor. Tarbet, Shannon, 1991- actor. Imrie, Celia, 1952- actor.
Published: 2021 2019
Call Number: LOVE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Determined to fulfill her late mother's dream of opening a bakery in charming Notting Hill, nineteen-year-old Clarissa enlists the help of her mother's best friend Isabella and her eccentric estranged grandmother Mimi. These three generations of women will need to overcome grief, doubts, and differences to honor the memory of their beloved Sarah while embarking on a journey to establish a London store filled with love, hope, and colorful pastries from all over the world.
Author: Bassett, M. J. (Director), screenwriter, film director. Bassett, Isabel, actor, screenwriter. Bassett, Molly, film producer. Romijn, Rebecca, 1972- actor. Winchester, Philip, 1981- actor.
Published: 2021
Call Number: ENDANGER
Format: Video disc
Summary: Jack Halsey takes his wife, their adult kids, and a friend for a dream vacation in Kenya. But as they venture off alone into a wilderness park, their safari van is flipped over by an angry rhino, leaving them injured and desperate. Then, as two of them go in search of rescue, a bloody, vicious encounter with a leopard and a clan of hyenas incites a desperate fight for survival.
Author: Fastvold, Mona, 1981- film director. Waterston, Katherine, actor. Kirby, Vanessa, actor. Abbott, Christopher, 1986- actor. Affleck, Casey, 1975- actor.
Published: 2021
Call Number: WORLD
Format: Video disc
Summary: Somewhere along the mid-nineteenth century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both physically and psychologically.
Author: Zingaretti, Luca, 1961- television director, actor. Sironi, Alberto, 1940- television director. Bruni, Francesco, 1961- screenwriter. Camilleri, Andrea, screenwriter. De Mola, Salvatore, screenwriter.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: DETECTIVE EP.35-36 ITALIAN
Format: Video disc
Summary: Follows Detective Salvo Montalbano as he investigates crime in the fictional town of Vigata, Sicily. Murder, betrayal, office politics, temptation; it's all in a day's work for Detective Salvo Montalbano. With his always loyal and sometimes effective police squad, he solves crimes in Vigata, crossing paths with homemakers and priests, liars, saints and Mafia dons. He also wages a personal war with his own demons, which fight against his professional ideals and personal commitment to beautiful long-distance girlfriend, Livia.
Author: Steves, Rick, 1955- host. Rick Steves' Europe, Inc., publisher. American Public Television, production company. Oregon Public Broadcasting, production company.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 914.04
Format: Video disc
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.
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