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The unsettled / by Mathis, Ayana,author.;
"From the best-selling author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, a searing multi-generational novel -- set in the 1980s in racially and politically turbulent Philadelphia and in the tiny town of Bonaparte, Alabama -- about a mother fighting for her sanity and survival. From the moment Ida Carson and her eleven-year-old son, Toussaint, arrive at Philadelphia's Glenn Avenue Family shelter in 1985, Ida is already plotting a way out. She detests their roach infested bedroom and the shifty night security guard who is on constant watch, and she is determined to give her son the safe, stable childhood that she never had. Estranged from her own mother, Dutchess, whose intractability and implacable depression brought Ida to the outer reaches of neglect and hunger, she resolves to make a better life for her son. But when Toussaint's father reappears, Ida is swept off course by his charisma and by the intoxicating power of his vision for a radical new group devoted to redressing the imbalance of racial injustice. Meanwhile, in Bonaparte, Dutchess struggles to keep the tiny Alabama town in the hands of its remaining black residents -- families whose lives have been entangled and powerfully rooted in this untouched stretch of land for generations -- and away from steadily encroaching white developers. Sensing the danger simmering all around him-his well-intentioned but erratic mother; his intense but volatile father who has newly appeared in his life and is building a community that looks increasingly radicalized and violent -- Toussaint begins to dream of his grandmother, Dutchess, and of home. A brilliant, explosive, vitally important new work from one of our most fiercely talented storytellers."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Mother and child; Race relations; Racism;
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LEGO DC Shazam! [videorecording] / by Adams, Jeremy(Screenwriter); Morales, Rick,film producer.; Peters, Matthew C.(Animator),film director.; Warner Bros. Animation,presenter.; Warner Bros. Entertainment Canada Inc.,publisher.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
"Meet the newest ... and the youngest ... and the nicest hero in town: Shazam! By shouting one word, 10-year-old Billy Batson transforms into an adult super hero. It doesn't take long for Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and the rest of the Justice League to take notice and invite the earnest do-gooder to join the team. But to become a member, he must reveal his true identity. While fighting off the evil Mister Mind and Black Adam, Billy learns that he must trust others - and that nothing creates trust like helping those in need."PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Children's films.; Animated films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Batman (Fictitious character); Superman (Fictitious character); Wonder Woman (Fictitious character); Captain Marvel (Fictitious character); Black Adam (Fictitious character); Justice League of America (Fictitious characters); Superheroes; Supervillains; Boys; Good and evil; LEGO toys;
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Only the brave [videorecording] / by Nolan, Ken,screenwriter.; Singer, Eric Warren,screenwriter.; Kosinski, Joseph,1974-film director.; Bridges, Jeff,1949-actor.; Brolin, Josh,actor.; Connelly, Jennifer,actor.; Dale, James Badge,1978-actor.; Teller, Miles,actor.; Columbia Pictures,presenter.; Black Label Media (Firm),production company.; Di Monaventura Pictures,production company.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Music, Joseph Trapanese ; editor, Billy Fox ; director of photography, Claudio Miranda.Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Connelly, James Badge Dale.Based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Disaster films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Feature films.; Fire fighters; Rescues;
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Butcher & Blackbird The Ruinous Love Trilogy [electronic resource] : by Weaver, Brynne.aut; cloudLibrary;
A New York Times and USA TODAY Bestseller “I want to ruin her so that she’s mine, my beautiful disaster. My wild creature. My goddess of chaos.” The viral TikTok friends-to-lovers dark romantic comedy full of murder, chaos, and sizzling chemistry—unlike anything you’ve read before—now available in all bookstores When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, they find something elusive—the friendship of two like-minded, pitch-black souls who just happen to enjoy killing other serial killers. From small-town West Virginia to upscale California, and from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country. But as their friendship develops into something more, the restless ghosts left in their wake are only a few steps behind, ready to claim more than just their newfound love. Can Rowan and Sloane dig themselves out of a game of graves? Or have they finally met their match? Tropes: Golden retriever x black cat He falls first Touch him/her and die Friends to lovers Forced proximity One bedGeneral adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; New Adult; Romantic Comedy; Suspense;
© 2023., Zando,
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No Way Home : A Novel. by Boyle, T. C.;
No Way Home tells the haunting story of Terrence Tully, an LA medical resident who is abruptly informed that his mother has died. Arriving at her home in a forlorn Nevada desert town, the naive doctor finds himself "like a swimmer caught in a riptide," drawn into a love triangle involving the manipulative, margarita-swilling receptionist Bethany and her ex-boyfriend Jesse, a vengeful middle-school teacher cocksure about his sexual prowess. There is indeed no way home for Tully, who cannot extricate himself from this aimless, post-twenty-something world where motorcycle races and violent brawls puncture the daily grind of nowhere jobs, aimless sex, and recreational highs. Is retribution, Boyle asks, a natural human instinct? Can sexual jealousy bring on a level of vengeance that is downright pathological? With its depiction of a desiccated town struggling in the dark shadows of a luminous, mountainous horizon, No Way Home is a tour de force by an American master at his finest.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Humorous / Black Humor; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Satire;
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Black Woods, Blue Sky A Novel [electronic resource] : by Ivey, Eowyn.aut; Hulbert, Ruth.ill; cloudLibrary;
Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Snow Child Eowyn Ivey returns to the mythical landscapes of Alaska with an unforgettable dark fairy tale that asks the question: Can love save us from ourselves? “No one writes like Eowyn Ivey.”—Geraldine Brooks “You will find yourself in places you have never been.”—Louise Erdrich “A stunning tale told by a master of her craft.”—Jason Mott Birdie’s keeping it together; of course she is. So she’s a little hungover, sometimes, and she has to bring her daughter, Emaleen, to her job waiting tables at an Alaskan roadside lodge, but she’s getting by as a single mother in a tough town. Still, Birdie can remember happier times from her youth, when she was free in the wilds of nature. Arthur Neilsen, a soft-spoken and scarred recluse who appears in town only at the change of seasons, brings Emaleen back to safety when she gets lost in the woods. Most people avoid him, but to Birdie, he represents everything she’s ever longed for. She finds herself falling for Arthur and the land he knows so well.  Against the warnings of those who care about them, Birdie and Emaleen move to his isolated cabin in the mountains, on the far side of the Wolverine River. It’s just the three of them in the vast black woods, far from roads, telephones, electricity, and outside contact, but Birdie believes she has come prepared. At first, it’s idyllic and she can picture a happily ever after: Together they catch salmon, pick berries, and climb mountains so tall it’s as if they could touch the bright blue sky. But soon Birdie discovers that Arthur is something much more mysterious and dangerous than she could have ever imagined, and that like the Alaska wilderness, a fairy tale can be as dark as it is beautiful. Black Woods, Blue Sky is a novel with life-and-death stakes, about the love between a mother and daughter, and the allure of a wild life—about what we gain and what it might cost us.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Magical Realism; Family Life;
© 2025., Random House Publishing Group,
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The gangs of Zion : a Black cop's crusade in Mormon country / by Stallworth, Ron,author.; Quintero, Sofia,author.;
"New York Times bestselling author of Black Klansman, Ron Stallworth, returns with another firsthand account of trailblazing police work in the most unlikely place for a Black cop in the '90s. Determined to pursue his passion for undercover work wherever it leads, Ron Stallworth finally lands in Salt Lake City, Utah. Once again, he's an outsider -- not only as a Black man on a mostly white police force but also as an unapologetic nonbeliever in a state dominated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. But soon after his first drug bust in the Beehive, Stallworth makes a startling discovery -- Bloods and Crips are infiltrating Mormon Country, threatening to turn the deeply conservative community into a hotbed of crime. Kids are bombing homes while carrying pocket versions of the Book of Mormon, yet his fellow cops are in denial that gangs are wreaking havoc in their Christian town. Now Stallworth has a new mission. Whether facing off with skinheads at a downtown bar or schooling white Crips blasting "F*ck tha Police," he is intent on stemming the tide of gangs into the state. But those he expected to be his allies either have their heads in the sand or their own agendas -- from the racist Mormon legislator to the community activist exploiting a fatal gang incident to spread paranoia over an imaginary race war. As he butts heads with these so-called leaders, Stallworth also realizes that gangsta rap has the key to the g-code. He becomes obsessed with -- even defensive of -- the music he once loathed and puts himself on the front lines of America's culture war. Now he's spitting uncensored lyrics before Congress and taking the stand in the 1993 murder case that puts hip-hop on trial. But the more Stallworth speaks truth to power, the more determined the gatekeepers in Utah are to silence him, and not even twenty-three years of police work could prepare him for how low they would stoop"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; True crime stories.; Stallworth, Ron.; African American police; Gangs; Police; Racism;
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The fields [sound recording] / by Young, Erin,1975-author.; Nankani, Soneela,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Soneela Nankani."A breakneck procedural that is beautifully written and masterfully crafted, Erin Young's The Fields is a dynamite debut--crime fiction at its very finest. Some things don't stay buried. It starts with a body--a young woman found dead in an Iowa cornfield, on one of the few family farms still managing to compete with the giants of Big Agriculture. When Sergeant Riley Fisher, newly promoted to head of investigations for the Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office, arrives on the scene, an already horrific crime becomes personal when she discovers the victim was a childhood friend, connected to a dark past she thought she'd left behind. The investigation grows complicated as more victims are found. Drawn deeper in, Riley soon discovers implications far beyond her Midwest town"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Agricultural industries; Conspiracies; Farmers; Murder; Policewomen;
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Mud [videorecording] / by Baker, Joe Don.; Falcone, Lisa Maria.; Green, Sarah,1957-; Lofland, Jacob.; McConaughey, Matthew,1969-; McKinnon, Ray.; Nichols, Jeff,1978-; Paulson, Sarah,1974-; Ryder, Aaron.; Shannon, Michael,1974-; Shepard, Sam,1943-; Sheridan, Tye,1996-; Witherspoon, Reese,1976-; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Lions Gate Home Entertainment.;
Music by David Wingo ; cinematography, Adam Stone ; edited by Julie Monroe.Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Paulson, Sam Shepard, Michael Shannon, Joe Don Baker, Ray McKinnon.Two boys, Ellis and his best friend Neckbone, find a mysterious man named Mud hiding out on a deserted island in the Mississippi. Mud tells the boys fantastic stories about his life, including how he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper. The boys agree to help him, but it isn't long until their small town is besieged by bounty hunters out for blood.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital.
Subjects: Bounty hunters; Feature films.; Fugitives from justice; Islands; Male friendship; Man-woman relationships; Murder;
© c2013., Lionsgate ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
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The dead come to stay / by Schillace, Brandy,author.;
Jo Jones can't seem to catch a break. Trading in city life for the cozy, peaceful hills of North Yorkshire to take over her family estate should have been a chance for a "fresh start." Instead, she's been driven further into the past than she thought possible -- and not just her own. The estate property is littered with traces of ancestors that Jo never knew existed, including the mysterious woman in a half-destroyed painting - and hints about Jo's late uncle, who may hold the key to her cryptic family history. Then there's the gossipy town politics Jo must constantly navigate as a neurodivergent transplanted American... And of course, the whole murder business. When prickly town detective James MacAdams discovers a body in the moors with coincidental ties to Jo Jones, they're forced to team up on the case. The clues will lead them into the wealthiest locales of Yorkshire, from sparkling glass hotels to luxury property sites to elite country clubs. But below the glittering surfaces, Jo and MacAdams discover darker schemes brewing. Local teens, many of them international refugees, are disappearing left and right, and each case is somehow linked to a shady architectural firm -- which also happened to employ the dead man from the moor-side ditch. What begins as bizarre murder case quickly plunges them both into the blackmarket world of rare artifacts and antique trading ... and a murderer who will do anything to cover it up.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Antiquities; Autistic women; Americans; Autism; Black market; Book editors; Detectives; Man-woman relationships; Missing persons; Murder; Manors;
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