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The ashes of London / by Taylor, Andrew,1951 October 14-author.;
From the No.1 best-selling author of The American Boy and The Silent Boy comes a brand new historical thriller set during the time of the Great Fire of London. The first of an exciting new series of novels. London, September 1666. The Great Fire rages through the city, consuming everything in its path. Even the impregnable cathedral of St. Paul's is engulfed in flames and reduced to ruins. Among the crowds watching its destruction is Richard Marwood, son of a disgraced printer, and reluctant government informer. In the aftermath of the fire, a semi-mummified body is discovered in the ashes of St. Paul's, in a tomb that should have been empty. The man's body has been mutilated and his thumbs have been tied behind his back - the sign of a Regicide, one of those who signed Charles I's death warrant. Under orders from the government, Marwood is tasked with hunting down the killer across the devastated city. But at a time of dangerous internal dissent and the threat of foreign invasion, Marwood finds his investigation leads him into treacherous waters - and across the path of a determined, beautiful and vengeful young woman.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Great Fire, London, England, 1666; Murder;
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Uncle : race, nostalgia, and the politics of loyalty / by Thompson, Cheryl,1977-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Jackie Robinson, President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, O. J. Simpson, and Christopher Darden have all been accused of being an Uncle Tom during their careers. How, why, and with what consequences for our society did Uncle Tom morph first into a servile old man and then into a racial epithet hurled at African American men deemed, by other Black people, to have betrayed their race? Uncle Tom, the eponymous figure in Harriet Beecher Stowe's sentimental anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, was a loyal Christian who died a martyr's death. But soon after the best-selling novel appeared, theatre troupes across North America and Europe transformed Stowe's story into minstrel shows featuring white men in blackface. In Uncle, Cheryl Thompson traces Tom's journey from literary character to racial trope. She exposes the relentless reworking of Uncle Tom into a nostalgic, racial metaphor with the power to shape how we see Black men, a distortion visible in everything from Uncle Ben and Rastus the Cream of Wheat chef to the first interracial dance partners in Hollywood, Shirley Temple and Bill ‘Bojangles' Robinson. In a post-truth North America, where nostalgia is used as a political tool to rewrite history, Uncle makes the case for why understanding the production of racial stereotypes matters more than ever before."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.; Uncle Tom (Fictitious character); African Americans in mass media.; African Americans in popular culture.; African Americans; Stereotypes (Social psychology);
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After death / by Koontz, Dean R.(Dean Ray),1945-author.;
"Michael Mace, head of security at a top-secret research facility, opens his eyes in a makeshift morgue twenty-four hours following an event in which everyone perished--including him and his best friend, Shelby Shrewsberry. Having awakened with an extraordinary ability unlike anything he--or anyone else--has ever imagined, Michael is capable of being as elusive as a ghost. He sets out to honor his late friend by helping Nina Dozier and her son, John, whom Shelby greatly admired. Although what Michael does for Nina is life changing, his actions also evoke the wrath of John's father, a member of one of the most violent street gangs in Los Angeles. But an even greater threat is descending: the Internal Security Agency's most vicious assassin, Durand Calaphas. Calaphas will stop at nothing to get his man. If Michael dies twice, he will not live a third time. From the tarnished glamour of Beverly Hills to the streets of South Central to a walled estate in Rancho Santa Fe, only Michael can protect Nina and John--and ensure that light survives in a rapidly darkening world"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Ability; Assassins; Biological weapons; Death; Gangs; Good and evil; Laboratories; Threats;
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Hope on the range / by Madsen, Cindi.;
Brady Dawson grew up in the Colorado heartland running the Turn Around Ranch with his parents and his brothers. The Turn Around offers safety and rehabilitation for troubled teens, and doesn't leave a lot of downtime, so it's lucky his best friend is the girl next door, Tanya Greer. Everyone tries to label them as more than friends, but they've never crossed that line. Well, except that one time... Tanya's family's dude ranch isn't attracting a crowd any more. Tanya would love to turn the ranch into a summer riding camp for city kids, but her parents refuse to consider her idea. They still seem to think of Tanya as a kid herself. So when they get an offer from a slick businessman, it looks like they're going to sell. And when Tanya is offered a well-paying job in the city, she knows it's time to forget her dreams for the ranch, and her hopes of being more than friends with Brady. Brady doesn't want Tanya to go, but he doesn't want to hold her back either. The thought of losing Tanya has Brady's cowboy heart in knots. He realizes he'd better take his own advice, cowboy up, and confess his feelings. He only hopes it isn't already too late.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Cowboys;
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A good Indian girl / by Shah, Mansi(Novelist),author.;
Jyoti has always been the ideal second-generation Indian daughter. She stayed out of trouble, looked after her younger sisters and married a man her parents approved of. So when her husband, Ashok, forces her to quit her dream job as head chef of his family's restaurant to focus on starting a family, she obliges. But despite Jyoti's tireless efforts to provide children, when it becomes clear that she cannot carry a baby to term, Ashok leaves her for a younger woman. Jyoti's new status as an unemployed divorcee is a disgrace to her traditional Gujarati family, and she flees New York to visit her best friend in Tuscany. Sumptuous meals, warm Italian sunshine and la bella vita reawaken the passion that Jyoti has lost, leading to a serendipitous opportunity that could help her buy Ashok's restaurant. But when Jyoti's Indian-Italian culinary fusion unexpectedly goes viral, her aunties immediately find out and gossip ensues, estranging her even further from her family back home. Then a shocking revelation comes to light, leading Jyoti to reconsider her relationship with Ashok. Now she must decide what she truly desires--family approval, career growth, even motherhood--before the summer ends.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Recipes.; Novels.; Divorced women; East Indian Americans; Families; Female friendship; Identity (Psychology); Self-actualization (Psychology); Voyages and travels; Women cooks;
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True grit [videorecording] / by Campbell, Glen,1936-; Darby, Kim,1947-; Duvall, Robert.; Hathaway, Henry,b. 1898.; Martin, Strother,1919-1980.; Portis, Charles.True grit.Videorecording.; Slate, Jeremy.; Wayne, John,1907-1979.; Paramount Home Video (Firm);
Photography, Lucien Ballard ; music by Elmer Bernstein ; title song sung by Glen Campbell.John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Jeremy Slate, Robert Duvall and Strother Martin.Darby hires the drunken, one-eyed, overweight marshal Rooster Cogburn, played by Wayne, to find and kill the man who murdered her father and stole all the family's money. She accompanies him on his journey to find the killer, as does Campbell, a Texas Ranger who wants a reward.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.Academy Awards: Best Actor, John Wayne
Subjects: Portis, Charles.; Fathers and daughters; Fathers; Feature films.; Murder for hire; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Western films.;
© c2011., Paramount,
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Cool hand Luke [videorecording] / by Kennedy, George,1926-; Martin, Strother,d. 1980.; Newman, Paul,1925-; Pearce, Donn.Cool hand Luke.Videorecording.; Rosenburg, Stuart.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Photography, Conrad Hall ; music by Lalo Schifrin.Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Robert Drivas, Lou Antonio, Strother Martin and Jo Van Fleet.Newman stars as Luke, a man sentenced to serve in a Southern chain gang for a minor offense. He comes up against the sadistic Captain, played by Martin, and is supported in his efforts to escape by fellow prisoners Kennedy and Cannon.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation.Academy Award: Best Supporting Actor, George Kennedy
Subjects: Pearce, Donn.; Escapes; Feature films.; Friendship; Prison films.; Prisoners; Resistance (Philosophy); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2008., Warner Home Video,
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Trust her [text (large print)] / by Berry, Flynn,1986-author.;
"Three years after they narrowly escaped the IRA's worst punishment for informing, Northern Irish sisters Tessa and Marian Daly have built a new life in Dublin with their young children. Though Tessa is haunted by the abrupt and violent end to her old life, she does her best to immerse herself in the joys of Finn's childhood and the rhythms of her new job at the Irish Times. It's a small island, though, and just as quickly as they disappeared, figures from the sisters' past surface to reentrench them in the conflict. Tessa is told she must track down her old handler from MI5, Eamonn, and attempt to turn him into an IRA informant, or lose everything. Tessa's reunion with Eamonn revives a host of feelings she has long attempted to bury. As their relationship intensifies and pressure from the local authorities and the IRA mounts, long-held secrets bubble to the surface, and Tessa must navigate a treacherous landscape of shifting loyalties, all while trying to protect the child she holds most dear."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Great Britain. MI5; Irish Republican Army; Informers; Man-woman relationships; Mother and child; Sisters;
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Tiny beautiful things : advice from Dear Sugar / by Strayed, Cheryl,1968-author.; Almond, Steve,writer of introduction.;
"An anniversary edition of the bestselling collection of "Dear Sugar" advice columns written by the author of #1 New York Times bestseller Wild--featuring a new preface and six additional columns. Soon to be a Hulu Original series. For more than a decade, thousands of people have sought advice from Dear Sugar--the pseudonym of bestselling author Cheryl Strayed--first through her online column at The Rumpus, later through her hit podcast, Dear Sugars, and now through her popular Substack newsletter. Tiny Beautiful Things collects the best of Dear Sugar in one volume, bringing her wisdom to many more readers. This tenth-anniversary edition features six new columns and a new preface by Strayed. Rich with humor, insight, compassion--and absolute honesty--this book is a balm for everything life throws our way."--
Subjects: Advice columnists; Advice columns.; Conduct of life.; Interpersonal relations.; Journalists; Life skills.; Love.; Man-woman relationships.;
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Little Italy [videorecording] / by Aiello, Danny,1933-actor.; Basaraba, Gary,actor.; Christensen, Hayden,1981-actor.; Dhillon, Pauline,film producer.; Ferrara, Adam,1966-actor.; Galluccio, Steve,1960-screenwriter.; Kash, Linda,1967-actor.; Martin, Andrea,1947-actor.; Milano, Alyssa,actor.; Petrie, Donald,film director.; Phung, Andrew,actor.; Roberts, Emma,1991-actor.; Rosato, Cristina,actor.; Seymour, Jane,1951-actor.; Virmani, Ajay,film producer.; Virmani, Vinay,1985-film producer,screenwriter.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),film distributor.; Grindstone Entertainment Group,production company.; Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm),production company.;
Music, Mateo Messina ; costume designer, Joanna Syrokomla ; editor, Michele Conroy ; production designer, Dan Yarhi ; director of photography, Thom Best.Hayden Christensen, Emma Roberts, Alyssa Milano, Danny Aiello, Andrea Martin, Jane Seymour, Adam Ferrara, Gary Basaraba, Linda Kash, Andrew Phung, Cristina Rosato.Modern-day "Romeo and Juliet" tale follows Nikki (Emma Roberts) and Leo (Hayden Christensen), childhood friends who reconnect as adults. It doesn't take long before the sparks are flying between them, but Nikki and Leo soon find that their burgeoning relationship faces a major stumbling block--the long-running feud between their families' rival Toronto pizzerias.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Romantic comedy films.; Families; Family-owned business enterprises; Friendship; Man-woman relationships; Pizzerias;
For private home use only.
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