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A coastline is an immeasurable thing : a memoir across three continents / by Daniel, Mary-Alice,author.;

Includes bibliographical references."Mary-Alice Daniel's family moved from West Africa to England when she was a very young girl, leaving behind the vivid culture of her native land in the Nigerian savanna. They arrived to a blanched, cold world of prim suburbs and unfamiliar customs. So began her family's series of travels across three continents in search of places of belonging. A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing ventures through the physical and mythical landscapes of Daniel's upbringing. Against the backdrop of a migratory adolescence, she reckons with race, religious conflict, culture clash, and a multiplicity of possible identities. Daniel lays bare the lives and legends of her parents and past generations, unearthing the tribal mythologies that shaped her kin and her own way of being in the world. The impossible question of which tribe to claim as her own is one she has long struggled with: the Nigerian government recognizes her as Longuda, her father's tribe; according to matrilineal tradition, Daniel belongs to her mother's tribe, the nomadic Fulani; and the language she grew up speaking is that of the Hausa tribe. But her strongest emotional connection is to her adopted home: California, the final place she reveals to readers through its spellbinding history. Daniel's approach is deeply personal: in order to reclaim her legacies, she revisits her unsettled childhood and navigates the traditions of her ancestors. Her layered narratives invoke the contrasting spiritualities of her tribes: Islam, Christianity, and magic. A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing is a powerful cultural distillation of mythos and ethos, mapping the far-flung corners of the Black diaspora that Daniel inherits and inhabits. Through lyrical observation and deep introspection, she probes the bonds and boundaries of Blackness, from bygone colonial empires to her present home in America"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Daniel, Mary-Alice.; African American poets; African American women poets; Nigerian Americans; Poets; Women poets;

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The secret lives of church ladies / by Philyaw, Deesha,author.; Philyaw, Deesha.Dear sister.; Philyaw, Deesha.Eula.; Philyaw, Deesha.How to make love to a physicist.; Philyaw, Deesha.Instructions for married Christian husbands.; Philyaw, Deesha.Jael.; Philyaw, Deesha.Not-Daniel.; Philyaw, Deesha.Peach cobbler.; Philyaw, Deesha.Snowfall.; Philyaw, Deesha.When Eddie Levert comes.; Philyaw, Deesha.Short stories.Selections.;

"Explores the raw and tender places where Black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church's double standards and their own needs and passions"--

Subjects: Short stories.; African American girls; African American women; African American women; Interpersonal relations;

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Precious [videorecording (DVD)] : based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire / by Mo'Nique.; Sapphire,1950-Push.Videorecording.; Carey, Mariah.; Daniels, Lee.; Fletcher, Geoffrey.; Grigorov, Mario.; Kravitz, Lenny.; Magness, Gary.; Patton, Paula.; Perry, Tyler.; Shepherd, Sherri,1967-; Sidibe, Gabourey.; Siegel-Magness, Sarah.; Winfrey, Oprah.; Lee Daniels Entertainment (Firm); Lionsgate (Firm); Maple Pictures.; Smokewood Entertainment Group (Firm);

Director of photography, Andrew Dunn ; editor, Joe Klotz ; music, Mario Grigorov.Mo'nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe, Sherri Shepherd.In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain, helps Precious learn to read and she responds to this glimmer of hope. Precious also meets Mrs. Weiss, a social worker, and discovers the abuse and incest that Precious has had to endure. Her father dies of AIDS and Precious learns that she is now HIV-positive.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 EX surround, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo.

Subjects: Sapphire, 1950-; Abused children; African American teenage mothers; Feature films.; Illiterate persons; Incest; Overweight teenagers; Rape victims; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;

© c2010., Lionsgate : Distributed by Maple Pictures,

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The chaos kind / by Eisler, Barry,author.;

Includes bibliographical references."Assistant US Attorney Alondra Diaz hates traffickers. And she's determined to put one of America's most powerful financiers, Andrew Schrader, in prison forever for his crimes against children. But Schrader has videos implicating some of the most powerful members of the US national security state. To eliminate Diaz, the powers that be bring in a contractor: Marvin Manus, an implacable assassin whose skills have been forged in intelligence, the military, and the hardest prisons. Enter former Marine sniper Dox and black-ops veteran Daniel Larison with an unusual assignment: not to kill Diaz, but to keep her alive. A lot of players are determined to acquire the videos and the blackmail power they represent. But with Seattle sex-crimes detective Livia Lone, "natural causes" killer John Rain, and ex-Mossad honey-trap specialist Delilah, the good guys might just have a chance. They're not going to play by anyone else's rules. They're not going to play by any rules at all. They want a different kind of fight. The chaos kind."--Dust jacket flap.

Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Rain, John (Fictitious character); Women detectives; Assassins;

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The killer collective / by Eisler, Barry,author.;

Includes bibliographical references."When a joint FBI - Seattle Police investigation of an international child pornography ring gets too close to certain powerful people, sex-crimes detective Livia Lone becomes the target of a hit that barely goes awry - a hit that had been offered to John Rain, a retired specialist in "natural causes." Suspecting the FBI itself was behind the attack, Livia reaches out to former Marine sniper Dox. Together, they assemble an ad hoc group to identify and neutralize the threat. There's Rain. Rain's estranged lover, Mossad agent and honeytrap specialist Delilah. And black ops soldiers Ben Treven and Daniel Larison, along with their former commander, SpecOps legend Colonel Scot "Hort" Horton. Moving from Japan to Seattle to DC to Paris, the group fights a series of interlocking conspiracies, each edging closer and closer to the highest levels of the US government. With uncertain loyalties, conflicting agendas, and smoldering romantic entanglements, these operators will have a hard time forming a team. But in a match as uneven as this one, a collective of killers might be even better." -- Dust jacket flap.

Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Rain, John (Fictitious character); Women detectives; Assassins; Sex crimes;

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Hemingway [videorecording] / by Burns, Ken,1953-television director,television producer.; Novick, Lynn,television director,television producer.; Ward, Geoffrey C.,screenwriter.; Botstein, Sarah,1972-television producer.; Coyote, Peter,narrator.; Daniels, Jeff,1955-voice actor.; Russell, Keri,1976-voice actor.; Clarkson, Patricia,voice actor.; Quay, Dave,voice actor.; Gilliatt, Olivia,voice actor.; Parker, Mary-Louise,voice actor.; Streep, Meryl,voice actor.; Morton, Joe,1947-voice actor.; Lucas, Josh,voice actor.; Hill, Arlo,voice actor.; Florentine Films,production company.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),broadcaster,publisher.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.;

Cinematographers, Christopher Loren Ewers, Buddy Squires ; editors, Erik Ewers, Ryan Gifford, Margaret Shepardson-Legere, Cat Harris ; music, Johnny Gandelsman, David Cieri.Narrator, Peter Coyote; voice of Ernest Hemingway, Jeff Daniels; other voices, Keri Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Dave Quay, Olivia Gilliatt, Mary-Louise Parker, Meryl Streep, Joe Morton, Josh Lucas, Arlo Hill.Examine the visionary work and turbulent life of one of the greatest and most influential American writers: Ernest Hemingway. Intimate and insightful, the series weaves together Hemingway's biography with excerpts from his work. The film penetrates the myth of Hemingway to reveal a deeply troubled and ultimately tragic figure.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereophonic.

Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Biographical television programs.; Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.; Authors, American;

For private home use only.

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