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Jenny Cooper Has a Secret. by Fielding, Joy.;
When Linda Davidson visits a friend at Legacy Place, a Memory Care facility for the elderly, she meets Jenny Cooper, a 92-old dementia patient who makes a shocking confession: she kills people. Linda dismisses the secret, but when a fellow patient at Legacy Place dies, Linda can't help but wonder: is there any chance Jenny's telling the truth? Joy Fielding lives in Toronto, ON. Book Club.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); FICTION / Psychological; FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense; FICTION / Women;
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Strangers in the land : exclusion, belonging, and the epic story of the Chinese in America / by Luo, Michael,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From New Yorker editor and writer Michael Luo, a vivid, urgent history of two centuries of Chinese exclusion and the birth of anti-Asian feeling in America. In 1889, when the Supreme Court upheld the Chinese Exclusion Act-a measure barring Chinese laborers from entering the United States that remained in effect for more than fifty years -- Justice Stephen Johnson Field characterized the Chinese as a people "residing apart by themselves." They were, Field concluded, "strangers in the land." Today, there are more than twenty-two million people of Asian descent in the United States, yet this label still hovers over Asian Americans. In Strangers in the Land, Luo traces anti-Asian feeling in America to the first wave of immigrants from China in the mid-nineteenth-century: laborers who traveled to California in search of gold and railroad work. Their communities almost immediately faced mobs of white vigilantes who drove them from their workplaces and homes. In his rich, character-driven history, Luo tells stories like that of Denis Kearney, the sandlot demagogue who became the face of the anti-Chinese movement, and of activists who fought back, like Massachusetts Senator George Frisbie Hoar and newspaperman Wong Chin Foo. After the halt on immigration in 1889, the Chinese-American community who remained struggled to survive and thrive on the margins of American life. In 1965, when LBJ's Immigration and Nationality Act forbade discrimination by national origin, America opened its doors wide to families like those of Luo's parents, but he finds that the centuries of exclusion of Chinese-Americans left a legacy: many Asians are still treated, and feel, like outsiders today. Strangers in the Land is a sweeping narrative of a forgotten chapter in American history, and a reminder that America's present reflects its exclusionary past"--
Subjects: United States.; Chinese Americans; Chinese;
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Unreliable narrator : me, myself, and impostor syndrome / by Nancherla, Aparna,author.;
"A hilarious and insightful collection of essays exploring imposter syndrome, from the inside and out, by the most successful fraud in comedy. Aparna Nancherla is a superstar comedian on the rise--a darling of Netflix and Comedy Central's comedy special lineups, a headliner at comedy shows and music festivals, a frequenter of late night television and the subject of numerous profiles, all while co-hosting a regularly sold-out comedy show. She's also a successful actor who has written a barrage of thoughtful essays published by the likes of the New York Times. If you ask her, though, she's a total fraud. She'd hate to admit it, but no one does imposter syndrome quite like Aparna Nancherla"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Essays.; Personal narratives.; Nancherla, Aparna.; Actresses; Women comedians;
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The short, the long and the tall : short stories / by Archer, Jeffrey,1940-author.; Cox, Paul,1957-illustrator.; Archer, Jeffrey,1940-Short stories.Selections.;
"Jeffrey Archer ... joins forces with renowned illustrator Paul Cox to re-imagine twenty of his most popular and fêted short stories alongside ... watercolor illustrations in The Short, The Long and the Tall. Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to solve a murder and ends up falling in love; and the pretentious schoolboy whose discovery of the origins of his father's wealth changes his life forever. Revel in the stories of the woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League university during the 1930s, and another young woman who thumbs a lift and has an encounter she will never forget. Discover the haunting story about four men whose characters are tested to the point of death. Finally, a short parable about how pointless war is, and how decent people are caught up in the crossfire of their leaders' ambitions"--
Subjects: Short stories.;
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The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective. by Nichols, Jo.;
Mrs. B, the landlady of The Marigold Cottages, only rents to people she cares about. When a dead body is discovered, Anthony, her ex-con tenant is soon arrested. Convinced that he's innocent, Mrs. B confesses to the crime herself and her tenants band together to form The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective in order to save their beloved landlady. As clues are unearthed, the community of misfits only grows more tight-knit until a second body is found.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General;
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Applesauce [videorecording] / by Casella, Max,actor.; Dunn, Trieste Kelly,1981-actor.; Prediger, Jennifer,actor.; Tukel, Onur,screenwriter,film director,actor.; Dark Sky Films,publisher.;
Cinematographer, Jason Banker ; editors, Onur Tukel, Justin Kavoussi.Onur Tukel, Max Casella, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Jennifer Prediger, Dylan Baker, Karl Jacob, Kevin Scanlon.Every Tuesday night, radio talk show host Stevie Bricks invites his listeners to call in and share "the worst thing they've ever done." Tonight, Ron Welz is ready to share his story. But soon after he confesses on the air, someone starts sending him severed body parts. Ron becomes paranoid, terrified. His life begins to unravel. In a city like New York, there are eight million suspects and each one could have a bone to pick with someone like Ron.PG.DVD ; anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Dark comedy films.; Feature films.; Radio talk show hosts; Stalkers; Truth;
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They wish they were us / by Goodman, Jessica,1990-;
Gold Coast, Long Island. Freshman year Jill's best friend, Shaila Arnold, was killed by her boyfriend. After that dark night on the beach Graham confessed, the case was closed, and Jill tried to move on. Now, it is senior year, and Jill is determined to make it her best year yet. After all, she's a senior and a Player -- a member of Gold Coast Prep's exclusive, not-so-secret secret society. The best parties, highest grades and the admiration of the entire school. Then Jill starts getting texts proclaiming Graham's innocence. If Graham didn't kill Shaila, who did?LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Preparatory schools; Cliques (Sociology); Schools; Murder; Best friends; Jews;
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Fracture [videorecording (DVD)] / by M; Relaxation and stres; Oa; N; c1995. viii, 2; ill. Includes bi; Relaxati; Eshelman, Elizabeth Robbins.1 ; Winemille;
Director of photography, Kramer Morgenthau ; editor, David Rosenbloom ; music, Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna; costume designers, Elisabetta Beraldo, Nava R. Sadan ; production designer, Paul Eads.Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz, Billy Burke, Cliff Curtis.Ted Crawford is a wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous structural engineer who lives in Los Angeles. He shoots his wife and entraps her lover. After the police arrive, he signs a confession. At his arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hotshot D.A. who is getting ready to leave for a civil-law firm. He is told by everyone the case is open and shut. Crawford, however, sees Beachum's weakness - the hairline fracture of his character.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: 1; 613.79 Dav 19951 Davis;
© c2007., New Line Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Alliance Atlantis,
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There should have been eight / by Singh, Nalini,1977-author.;
"Seven friends. One sprawling mansion half in ruins. One last long weekend together. No more lies. Someone is going to confess. Because there should've been eight."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Blizzards; Friendship; Mansions; Secrecy; Winter storms;
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Believe me : a novel / by Delaney, J P,author.;
"In this twisty psychological serial killer thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before, an actress plays both sides of a murder investigation. One out-of-work British actress pays the rent on her New York City apartment the only way she can: as a decoy for a detective agency, hired to entrap straying husbands. When the cops begin investigating one of her targets for murdering his wife--and potentially others--they ask her to lure the suspect into a confession. But with the actress pretending to be someone she isn't, differentiating the decoy from the prey becomes impossible--and deadly."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Actresses; Murder;
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