Summary: Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven. Inspired by his mother who insisted he make his own way, he found his calling at the keyboard.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2005

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Summary: Although we pass by people constantly during our everyday lives, some interactions make a much bigger impression than others. For one young man, a run-in with outlaw Billy the Kid will end up defining the rest of his life. Of course, it's not a normal day in Billy's life either. Facing off with Sheriff Pat Garrett, Billy will soon discover whether or not he can live up to his own bold legend.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Summary: Edward is the only witness to his father's suicide and is a member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion. These are the qualities that help him become recruited for a career in the newly founded Office of Strategic Services (CIA). While working there, his ideals gradually turn to suspicion influenced by the Cold...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2007

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Summary: A hilarious look at marriage, divorce, and everything in between. With a thriving Santa Barbara bakery, a new romance heating up, and her divorce finally behind her, Jane Adler has her life all figured out, until she finds herself trapped between the perfect new beau and her philandering ex-husband who's determined to win her back. When opposites attract all over again, will love be sweeter the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2010

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Keil, Kenny

Summary: Four friends are dreaming of boy band stardom in this New Jack Swing-inspired story about fame, friendship, and why all that glitters isn't double platinum.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: ONI Press 2020

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Seil, William.

Summary: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson board the Titanic on its ill-fated maiden voyage, where Holmes is to carry out a secret government mission. Soon after departure, highly important submarine plans for the US navy are stolen. Holmes and Watson must work through a list of suspects which includes Colonel James Moriarty, brother to the late Professor Moriarty - but will they find the culprit before...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Books 2012

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Neill, Chloe.

Summary: "Clouds are brewing over Cadogan House, and recently turned vampire Merit can't tell if this is the darkness before the dawn or the calm before the storm. With the city in turmoil over paranormals and the state threatening to pass a paranormal registration act, times haven't been this precarious for vampires since they came out of the closet. If only they could lie low for a bit and let the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2011

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Mukherjee, Neel

Summary: Chronicles the vicissitudes of the extended Ghosh family as internal rivalries accompany the implosion of the family business and external social unrest.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2014

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Neill, Chloe.

Summary: As new vampire Merit pursues a rogue supernatural creature trying to steal an ancient, magical relic with the power to do unspeakable evil, she discovers she is being followed as well.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2012

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Neill, Chloe.

Summary: Chicago's newest vampire, Merit, is assigned to protect the shape-shifters Alpha, Gabriel, and Keene, as thousands of his brethren convene in the Windy City, but finds herself in an assassin's line of fire as tensions rise between the supernaturals.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2010

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Mukherjee, Neel

Summary: "How ought one to live?" This is the question that obsesses London-based publisher Ayush, driving him to question every act of consumption. He embarks on a radical experiment in his own life and the lives of those connected to him: his practical economist husband; their twins; and even the authors he edits and publishes. One of those authors, a mysterious M. N. Opie, writes a story about a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2024

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Shute, Nevil

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1991

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Mukherjee, Neel

Summary: What happens when one attempts to exchange the life one is given for something better? Five characters in very different circumstances-- from a domestic cook in Mumbai, to a vagrant and his dancing bear, to a girl who escapes terror in her home village for a new life in the city-- find out the meanings of dislocation and the desire for more.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2018

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Shah, Neel

Summary: Madeline and Elliot's relationship unfolds through a series of thrilling, confounding, and funny exchanges with each other, and, of course, with their best friends and dubious confidants (Emily and David). The result is a brand-new kind of modern romantic comedy, in format, in content, and even in creation--the authors exchanged e-mails in real time, blind to each other's side conversations.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow Publishers 2015

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Baldwin, James

Contents: Pt. 1. Seventh day -- pt. 2. Prayers of the saints -- Florence's prayer -- Gabriel's prayer -- Elizabeth's prayer -- pt. 3. Threshing-floor.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Modern Library 1995

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Barwin, Steven

Summary: Sixteen-year-old Angelo has moved to Toronto from the Philippines to join his mother, who has been living and working in Canada for most of Angelo's life. Adjusting to a new country isn't easy for Angelo, with a new language, curfews, new rules, and pressure from a mom who seems like a stranger. Angelo's mother takes him to the Filipino Community Centre where he meets Marcus who has shared the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers 2018

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Barwin, Steven

Summary: "Teen homelessness is not always connected to poverty and crime. Sometimes there's more to the story. No Known Address follows a teen named Tyler from a privileged family in Victoria, British Columbia, who is kicked out of his home by his abusive dad after being blamed for bringing prescription narcotics to a party. This novel brings to light the serious nature of verbal and emotional abuse and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers 2020

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Barwin 2020

Baldwin, Cindy

Summary: The unexpected appearance of a dolphin in her backyard creek helps a sixth-grader with cystic fibrosis learn to write her own story.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

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Baldwin, Cindy

Summary: "Ivy Mae Bloom is almost thirteen years old...She desperately wants a place to put down roots, but it's her mama's job as a fallen star to tend the magic underpinning the world...After Ivy steals Mama's entire supply of wish jars in the hopes of finding aplace to call home, disaster strands her family in Whistling Ridge, North Carolina...Ivy falls for Whistling Ridge immediately; she just needs...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

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Baldwin, James

Summary: "Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2002

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Baldwin, Rosecrans

Summary: "When a family tragedy goes viral, a young girl grapples with how to control her public persona just as she's coming to terms with her private self"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2017

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