Author: Balson, Ronald H. author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: F BALSON
Format: Books
Summary: "A 'fixer' in a Polish town during World War II, his betrayal of a Jewish family, and a search for justice 25 years later. Eli's Promise spans three eras--Nazi-occupied Poland, the American Zone of post-war Germany, and Chicago at the height of the Vietnam War. 1939: Eli Rosen lives with his wife Esther and their young son in the Polish town of Lublin, where his family owns a construction company. As a consequence of the Nazi occupation, Eli's company is Aryanized, appropriated and transferred to Maximilian Poleski-an unprincipled profiteer who peddles favors to Lublin's subjugated residents. An uneasy alliance is formed; Poleski will keep the Rosen family safe if Eli will manage the business. Will Poleski honor his promise or will their relationship end in betrayal and tragedy? 1946: Eli resides with his son in a displaced persons camp in Allied-occupied Germany hoping for a visa to America. His wife has been missing since the war. One man is sneaking around the camps selling illegal visas; might he know what has happened to her? 1965: Eli rents a room in Albany Park, Chicago. He is on a mission. With patience, cunning, and relentless focus, he navigates unfamiliar streets and dangerous political backrooms, searching for the truth. Powerful and emotional, Ronald H. Balson's Eli's Promise is a rich, rewarding novel of World War II and a husband's quest for justice."--
Author: Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430, author. Constantine, Peter, 1963- translator.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 270.2092
Format: Books
Summary: This long-awaited translation of Confessions, which Stephen Greenblatt describes as central to the legacy of Adam and Eve, enlivens the beguiling world of late antiquity. No modern, well-versed literature lover can call her education complete without having read Augustine’s Confessions. One of the most original works of world literature, it is the first autobiography ever written, influencing writers from Montaigne to Rousseau, Virginia Woolf to Gertrude Stein―and most recently informing Stephen Greenblatt's provocative thesis about one of our foundational mythologies in The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve. It is here that we learn how one of the greatest saints in Christendom overcame a wild and reckless past, complete with a rambunctious posse of friends, an overly doting mother, and an affair that produced a “bastard” child. Yet English translators have long emphasized the ecclesiastical virtues of Augustine’s masterpiece, often at the expense of its passion and literary vigor. Restoring the lyricism of Augustine's original language, Peter Constantine offers a masterful and elegant rendering of Confessions in what will be a classic for decades to come.
Author: Penny, Louise author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: F PENNY
Format: Books
Summary: It's Gamache's first day back as head of the homicide department, a job he temporarily shares with his previous second-in-command, Jean-Guy Beauvoir. Flood waters are rising across the province. In the middle of the turmoil a father approaches Gamache, pleading for help in finding his daughter. As crisis piles upon crisis, Gamache tries to hold off the encroaching chaos, and realizes the search for Vivienne Godin should be abandoned. But with a daughter of his own, he finds himself developing a profound, and perhaps unwise, empathy for her distraught father.
Author: Engeln, Renee, author.
Published: 2018 2017
Call Number: 306.4613
Format: Books
Summary: "Today's young women face a bewildering set of contradictions when it comes to beauty. They don't want to be Barbie dolls but, like generations of women before them, are told they must look like them. They're angry about the media's treatment of women but hungrily consume the very outlets that belittle them. They mock modern culture's absurd beauty ideal and make videos exposing Photoshopping tricks, but feel pressured to emulate the same images they criticize by posing with a "skinny arm." They understand that what they see isn't real but still download apps to airbrush their selfies. Yet these same young women are fierce fighters for the issues they care about. They are ready to fight back against their beauty-sick culture and create a different world for themselves, but they need a way forward."-- Today's young women are angry about the media's treatment of women but hungrily consume the very outlets that belittle them. Engeln reveals the shocking consequences of our obsession with girls' appearance on their emotional and physical health and their wallets and ambitions, including depression, eating disorders, disruptions in cognitive processing, and lost money and time. To truly fulfill their potential, we must break free from cultural forces that feed destructive desires, attitudes, and words. She provides inspiration and workable solutions to help girls and women overcome negative attitudes and embrace their whole selves.
Author: Sonneborn, Julia, author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: F SONNEBOR
Format: Books
Summary: "An English professor struggling for tenure discovers that her ex-fiance has just become the president of her college--and her new boss--in this whip-smart modern retelling of Jane Austen's classic Persuasion. Anne Corey is about to get schooled. An English professor in California, she's determined to score a position on the coveted tenure track at her college. All she's got to do is get a book deal, snag a promotion, and boom! She's in. But then Adam Martinez--her first love and ex-fiance--shows up as the college's new president. Anne should be able to keep herself distracted. After all, she's got a book to write, an aging father to take care of, and a new romance developing with the college's insanely hot writer-in-residence. But no matter where she turns, there's Adam, as smart and sexy as ever. As the school year advances and her long-buried feelings begin to resurface, Anne begins to wonder whether she just might get a second chance at love. Funny, smart, and full of heart, this modern ode to Jane Austen's classic explores what happens when we run into the demons of our past ... and when they turn out not to be so bad, after all"--
Author: Han, Kang, 1970- author. Smith, Deborah, 1987- translator, writer of introduction.
Published: 2016 2014
Call Number: F HAN
Format: Books
Summary: When a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed in the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. Through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope unfolds the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice. "Amid a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed. The story of this tragic episode unfolds in a sequence of interconnected chapters as the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. From Dong-ho's best friend who meets his own fateful end; to an editor struggling against censorship; to a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories; and to Dong-ho's own grief-stricken mother; and through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope is the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice..." --Amazon.com
Author: Harris, Robert, 1957- author.
Published: 2016
Call Number: F HARRIS
Format: Books
Summary: "The Pope is dead. Behind locked doors of the Sistine chapel, 118 cardinals from around the world will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They are holy men, but they are men of the world, and they have rivals. And over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth."--Dust jacket.
Author: Singh, Nalini, 1977- author.
Published: 2013
Call Number: PB SINGH
Format: Books
Summary: Three distant races of supernatural beings sharing very different goals must fight their emotions and true natures when their uneasy coexistence starts to erode.
Author: Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.
Published: 1964
Call Number: F CHRISTIE
Format: Books
Author: Drane, Margaret, film director, on-screen participant. Dreamscape Media, publisher.
Published: 2025 2009
Call Number: B HEPBURN
Format: Video disc
Summary: The story of Audrey Hepburn through footage from the star's early life and career.
Author: Green, Robin (Robin L.), creator. Burgess, Mitchell, creator. Wahlberg, Donnie, 1969- actor. Moynahan, Bridget, 1972- actor. Estes, Will, 1978- actor.
Published: 2024
Call Number: BLUE SEASON 14
Format: Video disc
Summary: Blue Bloods is a drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner, and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief. A source of pride and concern for Frank is his eldest son, Danny, a seasoned detective, family man and Iraq War vet who on occasion uses dubious tactics to solve cases with his partner, Detective Maria Baez.
Author: Dunstan, Marcus, film director. Sims, Josh, screenwriter. Baldecchi, John, film producer. Thomas, Paul Michael, composer (expression) Pettyjohn, Jade, 2000- actor.
Published: 2024
Call Number: #AMFAD
Format: Video disc
Summary: A group of college friends rent an Airbnb for the biggest music festival of the year. A weekend of partying quickly takes a turn, as the group is murdered one by one, in correspondence with the seven deadly sins.
Author: Reynolds, Ryan Fleming, Cailey Carell, Steve Blunt, Emily Damon, Matt
Published: 2024
Call Number: J IF
Format: Video disc
Summary: A young girl who goes through a difficult experience begins to see everyone's imaginary friends who have been left behind as their real-life friends have grown up.
Author: Russell, Tyler, film director, screenwriter, film producer, editor of moving image work. Kingsbury, Karen, film producer, screenwriter. Wilson, Natalie Ruffino film producer. Ball, Trevor K., film producer, cinematographer, editor of moving image work. Fisher, Sarah (Actor), actor.
Published: 2024
Call Number: XX(877768.3)
Format: Video disc
Summary: Heartbroken after the death of his best friend, London, architect Dawson is compelled to launch an impossible search for London's long lost twin sister. But Dawson never planned to fall in love along the way.
Author: Nolfi, George, film director, film producer. Glenn, John (Producer), screenwriter, film producer. Roman, Jacob, screenwriter. Ryan, Kenny, screenwriter. Fuller, Brad (Bradley), film producer.
Published: 2024
Call Number: ELEVATIO
Format: Video disc
Summary: Set in the post-apocalyptic Rocky Mountains, a single father and two women venture from the safety of their homes to face monstrous creatures to save the life of a young boy.
Author: Green, Robin (Robin L.), creator. Burgess, Mitchell, creator. Wahlberg, Donnie, 1969- actor. Moynahan, Bridget, 1972- actor. Estes, Will, 1978- actor.
Published: 2023 2022
Call Number: BLUE SEASON 13
Format: Video disc
Summary: In season 13 of BLUE BLOODS, the job takes a dangerous turn for the Reagans when Eddie and Jamie deal with a domestic violence case associated with an investigation led by Danny and Baez. Also, Frank and his friend, Archbishop Kearns, go on a mission to avail themselves of an unfiltered look at the city; and Erin is presented with a surprising offer by her ex-husband, Jack Boyle, regarding her run for District Attorney.
Author: Green, Robin (Robin L.), creator. Burgess, Mitchell, creator. Wahlberg, Donnie, 1969- actor. Moynahan, Bridget, 1972- actor. Estes, Will, 1978- actor.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: BLUE SEASON 12
Format: Video disc
Summary: When Season Twelve of Blue Bloods returns, Danny seeks the help of Maggie Gibson, a psychic medium, during his investigation into the tragic murder of a two-year-old boy, while Frank finds himself at odds with the mayor over how best to protect the city after a recent uptick in city crime. Also, Jamie and Eddie defend Officer Witten when she receives departmental and public backlash for pulling her gun on an unarmed man during an arrest at a local deli; and Erin investigates a murder case from 1993, in which the sole witness was her boss, DA Kimberly Crawford, who was thirteen-years-old at the time of the crime. This five-disc DVD collection includes all twenty episodes from Season twelve plus three featurettes, deleted scenes, and a gag reel.
Author: Green, Robin (Robin L.), creator. Burgess, Mitchell, creator. Wahlberg, Donnie, 1969- actor. Moynahan, Bridget, 1972- actor. Estes, Will, 1978- actor.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: BLUE SEASON 11
Format: Video disc
Summary: Season Eleven catches up with the Reagans a short time after the discovery of their newest family member, NYPD officer Joe Hill, son of deceased officer Joe Reagan, who was killed in the line of duty. As the first family of the NYPD continues to overcome the day-to-day challenges that always come their way, they do so while confronting the reality of a changed world. Also, Frank battles City Council Speaker Regina Thomas over protests against police brutality, and Erin and Jamie search for Danny and his partner Baez when they go missing during a case.
Author: Green, Robin (Robin L.), creator. Burgess, Mitchell, creator. Wahlberg, Donnie, 1969- actor. Moynahan, Bridget, 1972- actor. Estes, Will, 1978- actor.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: BLUE SEASON 10
Format: Video disc
Summary: Season ten picks up with newlyweds, Jamie and Eddie attempting to balance the rocky terrain of their work and personal lives. Erin Reagan confronts the realities of a job that tends to be more political than she would like. Detectives Danny Reagan and Maria Baez solve even more distressing crimes, and Frank Reagan continues to confront trouble from One Police Plaza. No matter what may arise, however, the Reagans and their family values never fail to make it home for Sunday dinner.
Author: VEI (Firm), publisher.
Published: 2020
Call Number: STARGATE BONUS
Format: Video disc
Summary: Included bonus content from all 10 seasons of Stargate SG-1.
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