Author: Boden, Anna, film director, screenwriter. Fleck, Ryan, 1976- film director, screenwriter. Robertson-Dworet, Geneva, screenwriter. Perlman, Nicole, screenwriter. LeFauve, Meg, screenwriter.
Published: 2019
Call Number: CAPTAIN BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes as a human imbued with abilities gifted from the Kree, where she has been training as a warrior. Returning to Earth on assignment in a war between two alien races, she finds her memories returning to her, and must decide exactly where her allegiances lie, and how -- or if -- she will embrace her full power.
Author: Baldoni, Justin, 1984- film director, film producer. Daughtry, Mikki, screenwriter. Iaconis, Tobias, 1971- screenwriter. Schulman, Cathy, film producer. Richardson, Haley Lu, actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: FIVE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Life as a teenager is hard. Life gets even harder when you're a teenager suffering from a life-threatening illness. Compound illness, adolescence, and the fact that you're spending most of your time in the hospital; life can get very lonely. The only person who could possibly understand may be a teenager living a similar life. When two critically ill teens met at a hospital, only time will tell if they will become friends or even fall in love?
Author: Johnson, Sandy, 1953- television director. McKeown, Charles, screenwriter. Williams, Moira (Television producer), television producer. Barclay, Humphrey, television producer. Cleese, John, actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: HOLD SEASON 1
Format: Video disc
Summary: Edith and Phil are retired and in love. When she finally agrees to marry him, they're all set to move to a place in the sun. But then Edith's son Roger crashes back into their lives. Fifty going on twelve, Roger has had a mid-life breakdown and left his wife, children and job. As Roger and a host of other unwanted visitors cause havoc around their house, Edith and Phil's lives explode into farce.
Author: Koreeda, Hirokazu, 1962- film director, screenwriter. Matsuzaki, Kaoru, film producer. Yose, Akihiko, film producer. Taguchi, Hijiri, film producer. Furankī, Rirī, 1963- actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: JPN SHOPLIFT
Format: Video disc
Summary: "On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by fierce loyalty, a penchant for petty theft, and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence and test their quietly radical belief that it is love--not blood--that defines a family."--Container.
Author: Wan, James, 1977- film director. Johnson-McGoldrick, David Leslie, screenwriter. Beall, Will, screenwriter. Safran, Peter, 1965- film producer. Cowan, Rob (Producer), film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: AQUAMAN BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: An action-packed adventure that reveals the origin story of half-human, half- Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime, one that will not only force him to face who he really is but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be a king.
Author: Searcy, Nick, actor, film director. McElhinney, Ann, screenwriter, film producer. McAleer, Phelim, 1967- screenwriter, film producer. Klavan, Andrew, screenwriter. Segieda, Magdalena, 1982- film producer.
Published: 2019 2018
Call Number: GOSNELL
Format: Video disc
Summary: The film is the shocking true story of the investigation and trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell - his 30 year killing spree and the political and media establishment that tried to cover it up. Originally investigated for illegal prescription drug sales, a raid by DEA, FBI & local law enforcement revealed crimes they could not have expected within the clinic.
Author: Sims, Jeremy Hartley, television director. Millar, Catherine (Catherine Anne), television director. Brotchie, Amanda, television director. Lee, Bevan, 1950- creator, screenwriter. Thomson, Katherine, 1955- screenwriter.
Published: 2019 2018
Call Number: PLACE SEASON 6 DISC 1-2
Format: Video disc
Summary: In the final season, Sarah Nordmann finally marries wealthy landowner George Bligh. But as Sarah takes her place as lady of Ash Park, George's mother, Elizabeth, feels pushed out of the household. George's son, James, returns from abroad to start a business, while his daughter, Anna, lives in Hawaii with her sister-in-law, hiding a secret from the family. The Bligh's face tragedies, betrayals, and new beginnings that will challenge their relationships and change the courses of their lives.
Author: Pollock, George, 1907-1979, film director. Pursall, David, screenwriter. Seddon, Jack, 1924-2001, screenwriter. Rutherford, Margaret, 1892-1972, actor. Tingwell, Charles, 1923-2009, actor.
Published: 2018
Call Number: MURDER
Format: Video disc
Summary: Agatha Christie's intrepid spinster sleuth, Miss Marple, goes from dissenting jury member to actress in a seedy theatre troupe in her investigation.
Author: Small, Ron (Ronald B.), film director, screenwriter, film producer. Jones, David M. (David Michael), 1951- screenwriter, editor of moving image work. Fox, Alexander (Cinematographer), director of photography. Engel, Joe, 1927- on-screen participant. Dreamscape Media, film distributor.
Published: 2018 2017
Call Number: B ENGEL
Format: Video disc
Summary: "Born in Zakroczym, Poland in 1927, Holocaust Survivor Joe Engel was taken by the Nazis at 14 and never saw his parents again. Now 90 years old, Joe is the embodiment of living history and spends his retirement years ensuring the Holocaust is never forgotten. With the assistance of The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's film and photographic archives, filmmaker Ron Small has successfully weaved Joe Engel's incredible storytelling into a riveting visual presentation that is both historic and contemporary. From the overwhelming despair of the Warsaw Ghetto, to the shroud of unceasing death and suffering that was Birkenau and Auschwitz, to his escape from a Death Train at 17 and his covert work as a freedom fighter, Joe personally takes us on his vivid journey to hell and back. This is a story of faith, renewal and redemption. Joe Engel, with an unwavering will to live, overcame unimaginable horrors to become a treasured citizen, community leader, teacher and philanthropist."--Container.
Author: Odom, Lamar, author. Palmer, Chris (Chris M.), author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: B ODOM
Format: Books
Summary: Fame. Sex. Pain. Drugs. Death. Booze. Money. Addiction. Redemption. Dizzying heights. Rock-bottom depths. Desperation and elation--sometimes in the same hour. Not to mention power . . . and the struggle for it. The world knows Lamar Odom as a two-time NBA world champion who rocketed to uncharted heights of fame thanks to being a member of both the storied Los Angeles Lakers and the ubiquitous Kardashian empire. In Darkness to Light, Lamar gives readers an intimate look into his life like never before. His exclusive and revealing memoir recounts the highs and lows of fame and his struggle with his demons along the way to self-discovery and redemption. From the pain of his unraveled marriage to Khloé Kardashian to the harmful vices he used to cope--and the near-death experience that made him rethink everything about his life--this is Lamar as you have never before seen him. Lamar brings basketball fans directly into the action of a game during the Lakers championship years. He shares his personal account of the lifelong passion that started as one shining light in a childhood marked by loss and led to his international fame as one of the most extraordinary athletes of all time. In this profoundly honest book, Lamar invites you to walk with him through the good times and bad, while looking ahead to a brighter future.
Author: Henderson, Tresser, author.
Published: 2019 2013
Call Number: PB HENDERSO
Format: Books
Author: Ryan, Tom, 1977 February 26- author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y RYAN
Format: Books
Summary: After high school graduation, Mac focuses on finding the serial killer who murdered his best friend the previous summer, while working through his own feelings for the deceased.
Author: Matzen, Robert, 1957- author. Dotti, Luca, writer of foreword.
Published: 2019
Call Number: B HEPBURN
Format: Books
Summary: Near the end of 1939, ten-year-old Audrey Hepburn flew from boarding school in England into the Netherlands, which would soon become a war zone. What she experienced in five years of Nazi occupation has never been explored until now. Dutch Girl sets the story straight, revealing the Nazi past of Audrey's parents and how their daughter dealt with this information. The book examines her career as an acclaimed young ballerina, her involvement with the Dutch Resistance, an active role tending wounded, and dark months in the line of fire as the end drew near for the Nazi regime.
Author: Goldberg, Leonard S., author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: F GOLDBERG
Format: Books
Summary: Joanna and the Watsons race against time to rescue a high-ranking cryptographer who holds vital national secrets from being exploited by his German abductors.
Author: Ginder, Grant, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: F GINDER
Format: Books
Summary: "This rollicking book has it all: sex, lies, and scenery. Grant Ginder weaves a wonderful, engrossing multi-generational family story, with the Greek isles as a backdrop so beautiful that the reader will want to dive in"--Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers and Modern Lovers. An irresistible, deftly observed novel about family, regret, and vacation by the author of The People We Hate at the Wedding. The Wright family is in ruins. Sue Ellen Wright has what she thinks is a close-to-perfect life. A terrific career as a Classics professor, a loving husband, and a son who is just about to safely leave the nest. But then disaster strikes. She learns that her husband is cheating, and that her son has made a complete mess of his life. So, when the opportunity to take her family to a Greek island for a month presents itself, she jumps at the chance. This sunlit Aegean paradise, with its mountains and beaches is, after all, where she first fell in love with both a man and with an ancient culture. Perhaps Sue Ellen's past will provide the key to her and her family's salvation. With his signature style of biting wit, hilarious characters, and deep emotion, Grant Ginder's Honestly, We Meant Well is a funny, brilliant novel proving that with family, drama always comes with comedy.
Author: Davies, Kate, 1983- author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: F DAVIES
Format: Books
Summary: "A fresh, funny, audacious debut novel about a Bridget Jones-like twenty-something who discovers that she may have simply been looking for love -- and, ahem, pleasure -- in all the wrong places (aka: from men)"--
Author: Wieland, Liza, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: F WEILAND
Format: Books
Summary: Reimagines the experiences of pre-fame poet Elizabeth Bishop during three life-changing weeks spent in Paris on the eve of World War II.
Author: Goldman, Matt, 1962- author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: F GOLDMAN
Format: Books
Summary: Investigating the brutal murder of a Minnesota lawyer, private investigator Nils Shapiro and his partners are unexpectedly overwhelmed by an influx of complicated cases, additional murders, and an unknown adversary.
Author: Hilderbrand, Elin, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: F HILDERBR
Format: Books
Summary: Four siblings experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval of a summer when everything changed , in New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand's first historical novel Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century. It's 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. Every year the children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother's historic home in downtown Nantucket. But like so much else in America, nothing is the same: Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Middle sister Kirby, caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests and determined to be independent, takes a summer job on Martha's Vineyard. Only-son Tiger is an infantry soldier, recently deployed to Vietnam. Thirteen-year-old Jessie suddenly feels like an only child, marooned in the house with her out-of-touch grandmother and her worried mother, each of them hiding a troubling secret. As the summer heats up, Ted Kennedy sinks a car in Chappaquiddick, man flies to the moon, and Jessie and her family experience their own dramatic upheavals along with the rest of the country. In her first historical novel, rich with the details of an era that shaped both a nation and an island thirty miles out to sea, Elin Hilderbrand once again earns her title as queen of the summer novel.
Author: Mallery, Susan, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: F MALLERY
Format: Books
Summary: "As an etiquette coach, Margot teaches her clients to fit in. But she's never faced a client like Bianca, an aging movie star who gained fame--and notoriety--through a campaign of shock and awe. Schooling Bianca on the fine art of behaving like a proper diplomat's wife requires intensive lessons, forcing Margot to move into the monastery turned mansion owned by the actress's intensely private son. Like his incredible home, Alec's stony exterior hides secret depths Margot would love to explore. But will he trust her enough to let her in? Sunshine has always been the good-time sister, abandoning jobs to chase after guys who used her, then threw her away. No more. She refuses to be 'that girl' again. This time, she'll finish college, dedicate herself to her job as a nanny, and she 100 percent will not screw up her life again by falling for the wrong guy. Especially not the tempting single dad who also happens to be her boss." -- Amazon.
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