Summary: This evocative character study tells the story of a young American fashion assistant and spiritual medium who is living in Paris and searching for signs of an afterlife following the sudden death of her twin brother. A stirring depiction of grief in the form of a psychological thriller, and a chilling meditation on modern modes of communication and the way we mourn those we love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PERSummary: Three years have passed since the Leman Street locomotive disaster, when DI Edmund Reid is forced to return to Whitechapel to help clear his former associate's name. Once again Reid finds himself, along with DS Drake, plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to overtake London's East End on the eve of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee celebration.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV RIPSummary: A fox terrier and a black labrador escape from an animal research station and must run for their lives when it is rumored they are carriers of a plague.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Trinity Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE PLALabatut, Benjamín
Summary: "A story centered around one of the great geniuses of the modern age, the Hungarian polymath John von Neumann, tracing the uncanny circuit of his mind deep into our own time's most haunting dilemmas. A prodigy whose gifts terrified the people around him, John von Neumann transformed every field he touched, inventing game theory and the first programable computer, and pioneering AI, digital...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023
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Summary: "A fast-paced, mind-expanding literary work about scientific discovery, ethics and the unsettled distinction between genius and madness.Albert Einstein opens a letter sent to him from the Eastern Front of World War I. Inside, he finds the first exact solution to the equations of general relativity, unaware that it contains a monster that could destroy his life's work.The great mathematician...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pushkin Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction LabatutSummary: "A gripping noir crime thriller set in late 1930s Bay City centers around a brooding, down-on-his-luck detective; Philip Marlowe, played by Liam Neeson, who is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress, daughter of a well-known movie star. The disappearance is the first twist in a series of bewildering events, and soon Marlowe is embroiled in a deadly investigation and web of lies that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie MarloweBroday, Linda
Summary: Devastated by grief, Texas Ranger Sam Legend II tries to make a new start in the Texas Panhandle. As a bladesmith, all he needs is a bed, a hot fire, and enough solitude to let him heal after the death of his wife. But when fiery Cheyenne Ronan comes blasting into his shelter with accusations, he knows he won't be getting the peace he desires. From the moment he meets Cheyenne Ronan, Sam's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Casablanca 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BROBroday, Linda
Summary: "Devastated by the loss of his young wife- and the life he'd always thought would be his- Sam Legend II has done everything he can to make a fresh start. As a bladesmith, all he needs is a bed, a hot fire, and enough distance from his famous family to finally indulge in a little peace and quiet. So what if it's almost Christmas? This year, he's happy just keeping to himself. But then fiery...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC BROFinlay, Adrianne
Summary: Each of the four teenage contestants has their own reasons for joining the new virtual reality show CUT/OFF. The simple premise: place a group of teenagers alone in the wilderness, and whoever lasts the longest without 'tapping out' wins a cash prize. Not only that, new software creates a totally unprecedented television experience, allowing viewers to touch, see, and live everything along with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FINBilan, Jasbinder
Summary: "Asha lives in the foothills of the Himalayas. Money is tight and she misses her papa, who works in the city. When he suddenly stops sending his wages, a ruthless moneylender ransacks their home, and her mother talks of leaving. From her den in the mango tree, Asha makes a pact with her best friend, Jeevan, to find her father and make things right. But the journey is dangerous: they must cross...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicken House, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BILBilal, Parker
Summary: When a surveillance job leads private investigator Makana to the murder of a teenage girl, he and a woman named Zahra search for justice in a country where the authorities can be willing to turn a blind eye to apparent honor killings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BILBilal, Parker.
Summary: "The ancient city of Cairo is a feverish tangle of the old and the new, of the superrich and the desperately poor, with inequality and corruption everywhere. It's a place where grudges and long-buried secrets can fester, and where people can disappear in the blink of an eye. Makana, a former Sudanese police inspector forced to flee to Cairo, is now struggling to make ends meet as a private...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BILBilal, Parker
Summary: When the Coptic community of Cairo is implicated in a series of child murders in the summer of 2001, Sudanese private investigator Makana fears an increase in religious tensions and identifies links to a woman with a dangerous secret.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2013
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Summary: Hired to investigate the disappearance of a university student who may have become involved in political activities, Makana is drawn by a gruesome murder into an ethnic rivalry and gang war among young men from South Sudan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BILPercy, Benjamin
Summary: "The Teen Titans are settling into their new lives in Titans Tower in San Francisco ... even if answering to Damian Wayne takes a lot of getting used to. But Beast Boy, Raven, Starfire and Kid Flash soon have a lot more than an overbearing Robin to worry about--a prison breakout has led to a string of disappearances, and some of them hit close to home. Now, to rescue the kidnapped, the Titans...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2018
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Summary: In Cairo, private investigator Makana is called into the office of his new client, a powerful art dealer known as Kasabian. Kasabian wants him to track down a famous painting that went missing from Baghdad during the US invasion. All the dealer can tell Makana is that the piece was smuggled into Egypt by an Iraqi war criminal who doesn't want to be found. The world of art is a far cry from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BILBolam, James
Summary: After jazz lover Trevor Chaplin orders some records and receives the wrong shipment, he and his English teacher girlfriend search for the missing items and stumble upon a black market operation in a church basement.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BEIFinlay, Alex
Summary: "For the past five years, Ryan Richardson has relived that terrible night. The car door ripping open. The crushing blow to the head. The hands yanking him from the vehicle. His girlfriend Ali's piercing scream as she is taken. With no trace of Ali or the car, a cloud of suspicion hangs over Ryan. But with no proof and a good lawyer, he's never charged, though that doesn't matter to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2024
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FINFinlay, Alex
Summary: "University student Matt Pine has just received devastating news. Nearly his entire family have been found dead while holidaying in Mexico. The local police claim it was an accident, but the FBI aren't convinced - and they won't tell Matt why. The tragedy thrusts his family into the media spotlight again. Seven years ago, Matt's older brother, Danny, was sentenced to life in prison for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Finlay 2021Finlay, Alex
Summary: "From the author of the breakout thriller Every Last Fear, comes the electrifying new novel about a pair of small-town murders fifteen years apart-and the ties that bind them. "The night was expected to bring tragedy." So begins one of the most highly-anticipated thrillers of 2022. It's New Year's Eve 1999. Y2K is expected to end in chaos: planes falling from the sky, elevators plunging to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FINFinlay, Alex
Summary: "In one of the year's most anticipated thrillers #1 New York Times bestseller Sarah Pekkanen calls "Alex Finlay's best yet," What Have We Done is a tale about the lives we leave behind and the secrets we carry with us forever. A stay-at-home mom with a past. A has-been rock star with a habit. A reality TV producer with a debt. Three disparate lives. One deadly secret. Twenty five years ago,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FINBenjamin, Curt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENBenjamin, Curt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2001