Wright, Richard
Summary: The author grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard", hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other side by blacks who resented anyone trying to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial Modern Classics 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WRIGHT, RICHARD WRIWright, Richard
Summary: "Fred Daniels, a Black man, is picked up by the police after a brutal double murder and tortured until he confesses to a crime he did not commit. After signing a confession, he escapes from custody and flees into the city's sewer system. Includes his companion essay, 'Memories of My Grandmother'."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WRIWright, Richard
Summary: Autobiography of a black youth growing up in the South detailing the fear, hunger and oppression which prevailed and the author's brutal, furious reaction to it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 WRIGHT, RICHARD WRIWright, Richard
Contents: Lawd today! -- Uncle Tom's children -- native son.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 1991
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WRIWright, Richard
Contents: Black boy (American hunger) -- The outsider.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 1991
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WRIWright, Richard
Summary: Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's novel is just as powerful today as when it was written --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial Modern Classics 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Wright, Richard Bruce
Summary: A novel of World War II follows the adventures of two Canadian sisters who struggle against social convention--one in a small town in Ontario, the other in New York City.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WRIWright, Richard Bruce
Summary: "Retired university professor James Hillyer barely exists after the death of his beloved daughter in her forties. He locates the woman he fell in love with many years ago on a summer trip to Quebec, but Odette's present existence is haunted by ghosts from her own past. The collision of past and present alters their lives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WRISummary: Over the course of one hot summer, a group of children in rural North Carolina are forced to confront a tangle of difficult choices as they discover what it takes to make a modern American hero.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GEOSummary: A war has been raging between the Vampires and the Lycans for centuries. Selene is a vampire Death Dealer who finds out that the Lycans have plans to capture Michael. As Selene begins to track Michael, she becomes more convinced that the Lycans are planning an attack against the Death Dealers. The vampire kingpin, Kraven, is certain the Lycans do not have that kind of intelligence. As Selene...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNDSummary: A beautiful and aristocratic vampire named Selene falls in love with a Lycan, a werewolf, whose people are involved in an ancient war with the vampires; the vampire Selene, known as a "death dealer," fights to stop the release of the original Lycan; a Lycan slave gathers his fellow werewolves to rise up against the vampires holding them captive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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Contents: Interstellar overdrive (16:46) -- Nick's boogie (11:50) -- Plus bonus enhanced video content: full length film of Interstellar overdrive, interviews capturing the London scene in the late 60's, overview with director Peter Whitehead.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pucka Records 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Paul is in his mid-'20s and is a man with little in the way of ambition. Among his friends, Paul has a reputation as a ladies' man, but he's not at all good with long-term relationships. Deep down, Paul senses that he would like to lead a different life, and that feeling becomes all the more clear when he meets Noel. Paul and Noel soon fall in love, but for Paul this is a different sort of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ALLSummary: The next installment in the blockbuster franchise follows vampire death dealer Selene as she fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the vampire faction that betrayed her. With her only allies, David and his father Thomas, she must stop the eternal war between Lycans and vampires, even if it means she has to make the ultimate sacrifice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UnPink Floyd (Musical group)
Summary: This is the second album, titled studio album, from Pink Floyd's original double album. It contains compositions by each member of the band and in this order; Richard Wright, Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capitol 1994
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A top-secret robotic dog connects with a kind-hearted outsider, Miles, while on the run from the scientists who created him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Global Road Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV AXLSummary: Vampire heroine Selene continues the saga of war between the aristocratic Death Dealers and the barbaric Lycans. The film traces the beginnings of the ancient feud between the two tribes. Selene and her love Michael, the lycan hybrid, try to unlock the secrets of their bloodlines. The tale of action, intrigue and forbidden love takes them into the battle to end all wars as the immortals must...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNDSummary: Pink Floyd in concert in 1972, shot in and around an ancient amphitheatre among the ruins of Pompeii.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When a brutal blast of cold hits Cincinnati, the public library transforms from a safe haven for the homeless into a potential war zone. Those who have no place of retreat to evade the cold stage a sit-in in the library where they are tended by members of the library's staff. Soon the police arrive and a stand-off threatens to bring tragedy to the homeless individuals and those who care about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PUBCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PUBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Public 2019Copies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PuSummary: Regina Giddens is a woman who will stop at nothing to outwit her brothers in running the family business, even if it means sacrificing the health of her husband or the love of her young daughter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 1998
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LITSummary: Kyle Busch is the most polarizing driver of the contemporary NASCAR Series. Unmatched talent and singular determination to win at everything, Busch confronts his physical limits when he sustains what could be a career ending wreck in 2015 only to find a path to the first of what will undoubtedly be many Cup Series Championships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: A look at the life of the 43rd president of the United States. Rising from a privileged alcoholic to a born-again Christian whose belief in religious destiny helped move him to the top ranks of political power. How he used Christianity to turn his life around, met and married his wife, and the days before his decision to declare war on Iraq.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WSummary: The stakes have never been higher for KGB operatives Philip and Elizabeth Jennings than in this pulse pounding fourth season. Still grieving the death of her mother, Elizabeth berates Paige for telling her pastor about her parents' covert profession. A deadly bioweapon threatens Gabriel's life, and the couple shatters the lives of loved ones when Martha is told Clark's true identity and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2017