Summary: The film centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ain't no motherf****** game. Directed by Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like a Man, Barbershop), this film skewers genre tropes and poses the sardonic question: if the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BLA

Summary: South Bronx teen Kadir is a gifted visual artist who loses his way following the death of his younger brother. Overcome with grief and struggling with the pressures of school and family, he escapes into the thrilling yet dangerous world of graffiti gangs, seeking an outlet for the creative force threatening to explode out of him. To prove himself and join his neighborhood₂s ruling gang, Kadir...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA STO
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Bragg, Melvyn

Summary: "The tale Heloise and Abelard has captivated the attentions of romantics since the twelfth century. Heloise was a woman beyond her time: educated, fierce, and unafraid to be herself. When Peter Abelard, a radical philosopher determined to reform the archaic practices of the Church from within, becomes her private tutor, the attraction is overwhelming. Their passionate love affair soon becomes...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Publishing 2019

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRA

Bragg, Melvyn

Summary: Ex-corporal Sam Richardson returns home from the war in Burma in the spring of 1946, but instead of finding comfort in returning to his hometown, which seems to have remained unchanged, he finds himself trying to cope with the changes that have occured within himself.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade 2002

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRA

Bragg, Melvyn

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 2001

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRA

Bragg, Melvyn

Contents: The common tongue -- The great escape -- Conquest -- Holding on -- The speech of kings -- Chaucer -- God's english -- English and the language of the state -- William Tyndale's bible -- A renaissance of words -- Preparing the ground -- Shakespeare's english -- "My America" -- Wild west words -- Sold down the river -- Mastering the language -- The proper way to talk -- Steam, streets and slang...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 420.9 BRA

Bragg, Melvyn

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1996

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRA