Claire North's new book starts with a doctor witnessing an atrocity in Africa in 1884, but becomes a spy thriller, a horror story, a supernatural mystery and an indictment of capitalism and empire.
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Connor Willumson's graphic novel follows the trail of a mysterious athlete, or possibly an actor — gawky, pale, never takes his mirror shades off — running through the desert outside Las Vegas.
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Author: Favreau, Jon, film director, film producer. Nathanson, Jeff, screenwriter. Silver, Jeffrey (Producer), film producer. Gilchrist, Karen (Producer), film producer. Glover, Donald, 1983- voice actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: LION BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother, and former heir to the throne, has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy, and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.
Author: Cooley, Josh, film director. Folsom, Stephany, screenwriter. Stanton, Andrew, screenwriter. Rivera, Jonas, film producer. Nielsen, Mark, film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: J TOY 4 BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called 'Forky' to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.
Author: Letterman, Rob, film director, screenwriter. Hernandez, Dan, screenwriter. Samit, Benji, screenwriter. Connolly, Derek, screenwriter. Reynolds, Ryan, actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: FAMILY POKEMON BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: After his father's mysterious disappearance, Tim decides to investiage what could have made the ace detective leave without a trace. While pursuing the case, he comes across a Pikachu that only he can understand, who claims to be an excellent detective, and they join forces with a young journalist and her Psyduck who are investigating a strange new drug that is manufactured in the last location Harry Goodman was seen alive.
Author: Letterman, Rob, film director, screenwriter. Hernandez, Dan, screenwriter. Samit, Benji, screenwriter. Perlman, Nicole, acreenwriter. Connolly, Derek, screenwriter.
Published: 2019
Call Number: ACTION POKEMON
Format: Video disc
Summary: The story begins when ace private eye Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son Tim to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is Harry's former Pokémon partner, Detective Pikachu: a hilariously wisecracking, adorable super-sleuth who is a puzzlement even to himself. Finding that they are uniquely equipped to communicate with one another, Tim and Pikachu join forces on a thrilling adventure to unravel the tangled mystery.
Author: Wang, Lulu (Filmmaker), film director, screenwriter, film producer. Melia, Daniele, film producer. Turtletaub, Marc, film producer. Saraf, Peter, film producer. Miano, Andrew, film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: FAREWELL
Format: Video disc
Summary: Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds there's a lot to celebrate.
Author: Nilson, Tyler, 1981- film director, screenwriter. Schwartz, Michael (Michael David), 1978- film director, screenwriter. Berger, Albert (Motion picture producer), film producer. Yerxa, Ron, film producer. Lemole, Christopher, film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: PEANUT
Format: Video disc
Summary: An adventure story set in the world of a modern Mark Twain that begins when Zak, a young man with Down syndrome, runs away from a nursing home where he lives to chase his dream of becoming a professional wrestler and attending the wrestling school of The Salt Water Redneck, his idol. Through circumstances beyond their control, Tyler, a small-time outlaw on the run, becomes Zak's unlikely coach and ally.
Author: Roberts, Johannes, film director, screenwriter. Riera, Ernest (Screenwriter), screenwriter. Harris, James, 1982- film producer. Lane, Mark (Motion picture producer), film producer. Jones, Robert (Robert Howard), 1961- film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 47
Format: Video disc
Summary: Four teen girls diving in a ruined underwater city quickly find themselves in a watery hell as their fun outing turns into heart-stopping fear when they learn they are not alone in the submerged caves. As they swim deeper into the claustrophobic labyrinth of caves they enter the territory of the deadliest shark species in the ocean.
Author: Franco, James, 1978- film director, actor. Boone, Josh, 1979- screenwriter. Cox, Brian, 1946- actor. Levy, Jane, 1989- actor. Quaid, Dennis, actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: PRETENDE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Life imitates art as a French new wave-obsessed film student finds his muse in a mysterious actress that both he and his best friend fall in love with. After years of sex, betrayal, and collateral damage, the three end up in a dangerous situation that leaves one of them fighting for his life.
Author: Sciolino, Elaine, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 944.36 SCIOLINO
Format: Books
Summary: "In the spring of 1978, as a young journalist in Paris, Elaine Sciolino was seduced by a river. In The Seine, she tells the story of that river through its rich history and lively characters-a bargewoman, a riverbank bookseller, a houseboat- dweller, a famous cinematographer known for capturing the river's light. She patrols with river police, rows with a restorer of antique boats, discovers a champagne vineyard, and even dares to swim in the Seine. Sciolino's keen eye and vivid prose bring the river to life as she discovers its origins on a remote plateau in Burgundy, where a pagan goddess healed pilgrims at an ancient temple. She follows the Seine to Le Havre, where it meets the sea. Braiding memoir, travelogue, and history through the Seine's winding route, Sciolino offers a love letter to Paris and the river at its heart and invites readers to explore its magic."--
Author: Pressfield, Steven, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: F PRESSFIE
Format: Books
Summary: "New York homicide detectives pursue a serial killer in this apocalyptic thriller. When detectives James Manning and Covina "Dewey" Duwai are called in to investigate a series of bizarre murders, they make a shocking discovery: the legend of the hidden righteous ones, the 36 who preserve the world from destruction, is no legend at all. They are real, and they are being murdered. As the bodies pile up and the world tilts into chaos, Manning and Dewey must protect the righteous ones from a ruthless killer able to beguile his victims and command them against their will"--
Author: Sagan, Sasha (Alexandra Rachel Druyan), author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: B SAGAN
Format: Books
Summary: "Part memoir, part guidebook, and part social history, For Small Creatures Such as We is the first book from the daughter of Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan--a luminous exploration of all Earth's marvels that require no faith in order to be believed"--
Author: Strout, Elizabeth, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: LP F STROUT
Format: Large print
Summary: "Olive Kitteridge has returned, as indomitable as ever, this time as a person getting older, navigating her next decade as she comes to terms with the changes--sometimes welcome, sometimes not--in her own life. Here is Olive, strangely content in her second marriage, still in an evolving relationship with her son and his family, encountering a cast of memorable characters in the seaside town of Crosby, Maine. Whether it's a young girl coming to terms with the loss of her father, a young woman about to give birth at a baby shower, or a nurse who confesses a secret high school crush, the irascible Olive improbably touches the lives of others."--Provided by publisher.
Author: O'Connell, John (Music journalist), author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: B BOWIE
Format: Books
Summary: ""The only art I'll ever study is stuff that I can steal from." --David Bowie // Three years before David Bowie died, he shared a list of 100 books that changed his life. His choices span fiction and nonfiction, literary and irreverent, and include timeless classics alongside eyebrow-raising obscurities. // In 100 short essays, music journalist John O'Connell studies each book on Bowie's list and contextualizes it in the artist's life and work. How did the power imbued in a single suit of armor in The Iliad impact a man who loved costumes, shifting identity, and the siren song of the alter-ego? How did The Gnostic Gospels inform Bowie's own hazy personal cosmology? How did the poems of T.S. Eliot and Frank O'Hara, the fiction of Vladimir Nabokov and Anthony Burgess, the comics of The Beano and The Viz, and the groundbreaking politics of James Baldwin influence Bowie's lyrics, his sound, his artistic outlook? How did the 100 books on this list influence one of the most influential artists of a generation? // Heartfelt, analytical, and totally original, Bowie's Bookshelf is one part epic reading guide and one part biography of a music legend"--
Author: Bickford, Susan Alice, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: F BICKFORD
Format: Books
Summary: "The remote town of Oriska, New York, hasn't been home for Sydney Lucerno for thirteen years. She's escaped the creeping addictions and long-simmering anger that are as much a part of the landscape as the bitter cold. But when she gets the call that her mother is dying, every secret and fear she left behind is waiting to welcome her back. Two days later, her mother's lover is dead too. And Sydney's sworn to protect a half-sister she never knew she had, a prickly teenager named Maude, with an opiate habit and a bad-news family. But more lies and feuds are poised to spring from every once-familiar corner. The predators Sydney thought she'd escaped are threatening both her and Maude. To get free, Sydney will have to discover the truth about what happened when she left--and decide what should stay buried, deep in the unforgiving snow..."--Provided by publisher.
Author: Gray, Shelley Shepard, author. Johns, Patricia (Romance writer), author. Wise, Virginia, 1977- author. Container of (work): Gray, Shelley Shepard. Their second chance. Container of (work): Johns, Patricia (Romance writer). His Amish angel.
Published: 2019
Call Number: LP F AMISH
Format: Large print
Summary: Presents stories about three different Amish couples, including "Their Second Chance," where Amish nanny Hannah Eicher falls for English fireman Rob Prince, but does not believe their love can overcome her family's objections. Their second chance: Amish nanny Hannah Eicher never thought she'd ever see Rob Prince again. There was no way a relationship between her and the handsome English fireman could overcome her family's objections -- and their personal differences. But when he saves her from a sudden blaze, Hannah longs to see if they can turn holiday hope into a lifetime of happiness ... His Amish angel: She's too outspoken to be a proper Amish wife. So as advice columnist "Miss Amish," Maggie Lapp helps Amish and English with their romantic problems. But when her tradition-minded former fiancé accidentally reveals her secret, Maggie will need more than a miracle to make things right -- and find a perfect love for all the Christmases to come ... An heirloom Christmas: Rachel Miller won't let her disability keep her from selling heirloom plants and proving she can be independent. She certainly doesn't need reckless Joseph Webber working at her greenhouse to pay off a disastrous Rumspringa stunt. But she and Joseph have more in common than they think -- and their surprising holiday partnership might just blossom into forever joy ...
Author: Kanon, Joseph, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: F KANON
Format: Books
Summary: "Seventeen years after the fall of the Third Reich, Max Weill has never forgotten the atrocities he saw as a prisoner at Auschwitz-nor the face of Dr. Otto Schramm, a camp doctor who worked with Mengele on appalling experiments and who sent Max's family to the gas chambers. As the war came to a close, Schramm was one of the many high-ranking former-Nazi officers who managed to escape Germany for new lives in South America, where leaders like Argentina's Juan Perón gave them safe harbor and new identities. With his life nearing its end, Max asks his nephew Aaron Wiley-an American CIA desk analyst-to complete the task Max never could: to track down Otto in Argentina, capture him, and bring him back to Germany to stand trial. Unable to deny Max, Aaron travels to Buenos Aires and discovers a city where Nazis thrive in plain sight, mingling with Argentine high society. He ingratiates himself with Otto's alluring but wounded daughter, whom he's convinced is hiding her father. Enlisting the help of a German newspaper reporter, an Israeli agent, and the obliging CIA station chief in Buenos Aires, he hunts for Otto-a complicated monster, unexpectedly human but still capable of murder if cornered. Unable to distinguish allies from enemies, Aaron will ultimately have to discover not only Otto, but the boundaries of his own personal morality, how far he is prepared to go to render justice"--
Author: O'Donnell, Liz (Elizabeth), author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 305.26 ODONNELL
Format: Books
Summary: "Working Daughter is the story of a woman caring for her parents while trying to hang on to her career and raise her kids, the lessons she learned, and the advice she has to share. This book provides a roadmap for women trying to navigate caring for aging parents and their careers. It's ideal for readers who want straight talk and real advice about the challenges, and the upside, to eldercare"--
Author: Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981- author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y STIEFVAT
Format: Books
Summary: While dreamers Ronan Lynch and Jordan Hennessy work to control their powers and stop destructive dreaming, government agent Carmen Farooq-Lane is hunting dreamers to prevent the prophesied apocalypse. Ronan Lynch is a dreamer. He can pull both curiosities and catastrophes out of his dreams and into his compromised reality. Jordan Hennessy is a thief. The closer she comes to the dream object she is after, the more inextricably she becomes tied to it. Carmen Farooq-Lane is a hunter. Her brother was a dreamer . . . and a killer. She has seen what dreaming can do to a person. And she has seen the damage that dreamers can do. But that is nothing compared to the destruction that is about to be unleashed.
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