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Burns, Edward 1946- Television adaptations Death Juvenile fiction Gods, Yoruba Juvenile fiction Man-woman relationships Drama Mermaids Juvenile fiction Middle-aged women Drama Science fiction television programs Soul Juvenile fiction Yoruba (African people) Yoruba (African people) FictionBrown, Natasha
Summary: "The narrator of Assembly is a black British woman. She is preparing to attend a lavish garden party at her boyfriend's family estate, set deep in the English countryside. At the same time, she is considering the carefully assembled pieces of herself. As the minutes tick down and the future beckons, she can't escape the question: is it time to take it all apart? Assembly is a story about the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BROCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BROSummary: "Department 7 is the top-secret branch of the British government mandated to investigate the supernatural and explore the unexplained"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Vision Entertainment 1996
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV OMEBowen, Natasha
Summary: An unforgettable fantasy debut inspired by West African mythology, this is Children of Blood and Bone meets The Little Mermaid, in which a mermaid takes on the gods themselves. A way to survive. A way to serve. A way to save. Simi prayed to the gods, once. Now she serves them as Mami Wata--a mermaid--collecting the souls of those who die at sea and blessing their journeys back home. But when a...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2021
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC BOWBowen, Natasha
Summary: Transformed by the goddess Yemoja into a Mami Wati, an African mermaid charged with collecting the souls of those who die at sea, Simi goes against the gods to save a living boy, Kola, from drowning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2021
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Summary: When signs of the eight ajogun begin to appear, Simi teams up with the corrupt trickster god Esu to stop the demon warlords before they enter the human realm and ruin humankind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BOWSummary: Based on a true story, an inner-city Baltimore family copes with ever-present drug traffic and violence in their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: After a lifetime of being overlooked and ignored, Doris finds her world turned upside down by a handsome new coworker and a self-help guru that inspires her to take a chance on love. A witty and compassionate late-life coming-of-age story that will make you cheer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2016