Summary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Dolnick, Ben.
Summary: Estranged from a best friend after a shadowy incident ten years earlier, lonely tutor Adam longs for a more meaningful life before an entreaty from his best friend's mother draws him back to his past world, where he embarks on a hallucinatory quest for redemption.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOLCornick, Nicola.
Summary: In the tradition of the lush historical dramas of Kate Morton, Philippa Gregory, and Barbara Erskine, USA Today bestselling author Nicola Cornick's audiobook is a delicious tale of jealousy, greed, plotting, and revenge that spans the generations between decadent Georgian society and present day.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Collins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Cornick 2019Gornick, Lisa
Summary: "A collection of linked short stories tracking an ensemble of interconnected characters from 1961 to the present, from the author of Tinderbox"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GORHollick, Helen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOLCornick, Nicola
Summary: 1560: Amy Robsart is trapped in a loveless marriage to Robert Dudley, a member of the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Surrounded by enemies, Amy hatches a desperate scheme to escape-- one with devastating consequences that will echo through the centuries. Present Day: When Lizzie Kingdom is forced to withdraw from the public eye in a blaze of scandal, she encounters Johnny Robsart, whose fate will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graydon House 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CORBoyce, S.M.
Summary: Ourean legends of the First Vagabond have survived a thousand years, blossoming in pubs and alleys even as the great Bloods of Ourea tried to squelch his name. But the myths glorify the deeds and forget the man he was—Cedric, a boy from a small Hillsidian farming village. As a young man, Cedric discovers a terrifying defect in his nature. He has no blood loyalty, which means he can defy his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: S.M. Boyce 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOYCornick, Nicola
Summary: "Browsing an antiques shop in Wiltshire, Alison Bannister stumbles across a delicate old portrait--identified as the doomed Tudor queen, Anne Boleyn. Except Alison knows better. The subject is Mary Seymour, the daughter of Katherine Parr, who was taken to Wolf Hall in 1557 and presumed dead after going missing as a child. And Alison knows this because she, too, lived at Wolf Hall and knew...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graydon House 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CORRadulescu, Domnica
Summary: "A riveting novel about two women--one Serbian, one Bosnian--whose friendship spans decades and continents, war and peace, love and estrangement, in the vein of Elena Ferrante and Julia Alvarez. Closer than sisters, Lara and Marija share everything, from stolen fruit and Hollywood movies as girls to ideologies and even lovers as young women. But when the Bosnian War pits their homelands against...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RADSummary: A new arrival in British-occupied Hong Kong wants to open a martial arts academy to teach his unique Wing Chun style. But a corrupt cabal of martial arts masters, led by Master Hung, refuses to allow him to teach in peace until he proves himself in a series of fights against the local master, which Ip does, in style. But even after earning the respect of the local masters, Ip's troubles are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2010
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Summary: Humanity is on the verge of discovering immortality. The avatar of Death is cast down to Earth to live a mortal life in Mumbai as twenty-something Laila Starr. Will Laila take her chance to stop mankind from permanently altering the cycle of life?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boom! Studios 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 VMurali, Ram
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: High society journalist Gus Bailey was sued for $11 million for a fake story he repeated on the radio concerning a powerful congressman and a missing young woman. The stress from the lawsuit makes it difficult to finish the novel he's writing about the suspicious death of billionaire Konstantin Zacharias. The convicted murderer is in jail but, Gus is not convinced they have the right person and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC DUNGornick, Lisa
Summary: "A novel telling the dramatic, multigenerational story of the O'Connor family. When Prudence receives an unexpected visit from Grace, the granddaughter of Prudence's long estranged and now deceased brother, the two begin to unravel the stories of their connected lives."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GORLam, Maple
Summary: "Follow along as the legendary Monkey King tries to save the world from a mysterious new threat -- and smashes his way through the world of ancient Greek mythology in the process!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2024
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Summary: Orla O'Reilly, the youngest in a long line of hedge witches, is compelled to return home after the death of her grandmother, Mamo. In the wake of her Mamo's passing, seas are impossible to fish, crops have soured, even Jo Manalo's attic is taken over by a poltergeist! And to make matter worse it appears that the cause is Mamo, or her mislaid bones that is. Can Orla shoulder the responsibility...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Box 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MILBoyce, S.M.
Summary: Before Stone trained Kara Magari or taught the First Vagabond to master the Blood loyalty, he was nothing more than a slave boy named Terric. Terric is a curious loner hellbent on reading his master’s forbidden books. When one heist goes wrong, Terric abandons his old life and runs for freedom—only to fall prey to a ruthless man named Niccoli. Niccoli is an isen—a creature of magic from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: S.M. Boyce 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOYSummary: Spaceships appear and wonder turns to terror as they attack cities all over the earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD INDCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TCFF InSummary: A seven year old genius is caught in a tug of war between his waitress mom who only wants a regular life for him, and the head of an institute for gifted children who wants to further his development.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY LITAlwani, Sami
Summary: "In The Pleasure of the Text, Sami Alwani weaves together themes of art induced dissociation, queer intergenerational polyamory, racial capitalism and esoteric mystical experiences into 20 slice of life comic stories that are equal parts comedy and tragedy. These stories question society and individual identity. A talking baby philosophizes away his own emotions. A half-man, half-dog...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Conundrum Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ALWDunne, Dominick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balan 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DUNDunne, Dominick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1990
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DUNDunne, Dominick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DUNLee, Sami.
Summary: His present love. His old flame. Can they slay his demons -- and build a future? Wild Crush, Book 3. Emily Irving has enjoyed two years of blissful happiness with Brandon Walker, a man as mysterious as he is compelling. She knows Brand has secrets, but she's never pushed him to reveal anything. All that changes when an old friend of his shows up and turns her assumptions about the man she loves...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Insatiable Press 2015