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City on the edge / by Swinson, David(Author),author.;: In the wake of a baffling tragedy, 13-year-old Graham moves with his family to Beirut, Lebanon, a city on the edge of the sea and cataclysmic violence. Inquisitive and restless by nature, Graham suspects his State Department father is a CIA operative, and that their family's fragile domesticity is merely a front for American efforts along the nearby Israeli border. Over the course of one year, 1972, Graham's life will utterly change. Two men are murdered, his parent's marriage disintegrates, and Graham, along with his two ex-pat friends, run afoul of forces they cannot understand.; Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Noir fiction.; Historical fiction.; Americans; Espionage, American; Families; Murder;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
The city we became / by Jemisin, N. K.,author.;: "Five New Yorkers must come together in order to save their city from destruction in the first book of a stunning new series by Hugo award-winning and NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin. Every great city has a soul. Some are ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York? She's got six. When a young man crosses the bridge into New York City, something changes. He doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. But he can feel the pulse of the city, can see its history, can access its magic. And he's not the only one. All across the boroughs, strange things are happening. Something is threatening to destroy the city and her six newborn avatars unless they can come together and stop it once and for all"--; Subjects: Fantasy fiction.;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Girls of flight city / by Heath, Lorraine,author.;: 1941. A talented flier, Jessie Lovelace yearns for a career in aviation. When the civilian flight school in her small Texas town begins to clandestinely train British pilots for the RAF, she fights to become an instructor. But the task isn't without its perils of near-misses and death. Faced with the weight of her responsibilities, she finds solace with a British officer who knows firsthand the heavy price paid in war ... until he returns to the battles he never truly left behind. Rhonda Monroe might not be skilled in the air but can give a trainee a wild ride in a flight simulator. Fearing little, she dares to jeopardize everything for a forbidden relationship with a charismatic airman. Innocent and fun-loving Kitty Lovelace, Jessie's younger sister, adores dancing with these charming newcomers, realizing too late the risks they pose to her heart. As the war intensifies and America becomes involved, the Girls of Flight City do their part to bring a victorious end to the conflict, pouring all their energy into preparing the young cadets to take to the skies and defeat the dangers that await. And lives from both sides of the Atlantic will be forever changed by love and loss.; Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Great Britain. Royal Air Force; Aeronautics; Air pilots, Military; Flight training; Man-woman relationships; Women air pilots; World War, 1939-1945;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Death in the City. by Ghosh, Balaka,film director.; Ronin Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;: Originally produced by Ronin Films in 2022.The sacred city of Varanasi, situated on the holy Ganges, ‘the river of life’, is the revered destination for death for Hindus since time immemorial. With legendary funeral pyres burning non-stop for over three millennia on the river bank, the city’s status is founded on the belief that dying in Varanasi breaks the repeated cycle of rebirth. Filmed across four years, 2018 - 2021, DEATH IN THE CITY is an intimate portrayal of ‘The City of Life and Death’, the myriad communities who live and work in its ancient streets; including those waiting to die or those working with the dead, along with rare access to the death-worshipping Aghori Saints. This is a film in three movements: the spiritual, the metaphysical and the experiential. The most pressured crematorium in the world, Varanasi’s relationship with death is at the same time auspicious, spiritual, and industrial.Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Philosophy and religion.; Anthropology.; Asians.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.;; unAPI
From Indian mission to city church / by Barker, Kenneth,1932-;: Bibliography: 4th prelim. page.; Subjects: St. Paul's United Church (Orillia, Ontario); Churches, United;; © 1980?], s.n.,; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
A winter walk in the city / by Fishman, Cathy Goldberg.; Hall, Melanie W.;: LSC; Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Holidays; Winter; Counting books.;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Summer in the city : a novel / by Aster, Alex,author.;: "Twenty-seven-year-old screenwriter Elle has the chance of a lifetime: to write a big-budget movie set in New York City. The only problem? She's had writer's block for months, and her screenplay is due at the end of the summer. In a desperate attempt at inspiration, Elle ends up back in the city she swore she would never return to, in an apartment she could never afford ... It's the perfect place to write her screenplay--until she realizes her new neighbor is tech 'Billionaire Bachelor' Parker Warren, her stairwell hookup from two years ago. It's been a lovers-to-enemies situation ever since. When seeing him again turns into a full night of hate-fueled writing, Elle realizes her enemy/ twisted muse might just be the key to finishing her screenplay--if she can stand being around her polar opposite"--; Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Billionaires; Man-woman relationships; Women screenwriters; Writer's block;; Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2; unAPI

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