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The lost jewels : a novel / by Manning, Kirsty,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Present day. When respected American jewelry historian, Kate Kirby, receives a call about the Cheapside jewels, she knows she's on the brink of the experience of a lifetime. Back in Boston, Kate has uncovered a series of sketches in the papers of her great-grandmother and suffragist, Essie, linking her to the Cheapside collection. Could these sketches hold the key to Essie's secret life in Edwardian London? In the summer of 1912, impoverished Irish immigrant Essie Murphy happens to be visiting her brother when a worker's pickaxe strikes through the floor of an old tenement house in Cheapside. The workers uncover a stash of treasure, from Ottoman pendants to Elizabethan and Jacobean gems, and then the finds disappear again! Could these jewels change the fortunes of Essie and her sisters? Together with photographer Marcus Holt, Kate Kirby chases the history of the Cheapside gems and jewels. Soon, everything Kate believes about her family, gemology, and herself will be threatened.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Jewelry; Family secrets; Treasure troves;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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One dark night : a novel / by Richell, Hannah,author.;
One night in the woods. A party gone wrong. A body discovered at sunrise. He murdered her at the folly on their wedding day, left her body for the crows. They say she haunts the woods now, a girl in a white dress ... Everyone in the small town of Thorncombe knows the tales of the haunted woods where the birds don't sing and a girl in a white dress roams, luring people to their deaths. But when a girl in white is found dead the morning after Halloween, her body carefully arranged at the bottom of an old stone folly, the community is thrown into turmoil. Local police detective Ben Chase is assigned to the murder investigation, but when the victim is identified as a student from his daughter's school, tensions rise. Was she the victim of a party prank gone wrong, or does the girl's death represent something more sinister and ritualistic? As the investigation unfolds and the noose tightens around Chase's own family, the only thing anyone can be sure of is that no one is safe until this violent killer is caught.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Murder; Small cities; Urban folklore; Young women;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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You don't know us negroes and other essays / by Hurston, Zora Neale,author.; Gates, Henry Louis,Jr.,writer of introduction.; West, Margaret Genevieve,editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."One of the most acclaimed artists of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston was a gifted novelist, playwright, and essayist. Drawn from three decades of her work, this anthology showcases her development as a writer, from her early pieces expounding on the beauty and precision of African American art to some of her final published works, covering the sensational trial of Ruby McCollum, a wealthy Black woman convicted in 1952 for killing a white doctor. Among the selections are Hurston's well-known works such as "How It Feels to be Colored Me" and "My Most Humiliating Jim Crow Experience." The essays in this essential collection are grouped thematically and cover a panoply of topics, including politics, race and gender, and folkloric study from the height of the Harlem Renaissance to the early years of the Civil Rights movement. Demonstrating the breadth of this revered and influential writer's work, You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays is an invaluable chronicle of a writer's development and a window into her world and time"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Essays.; African Americans.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bad Cree : a novel by Johns, Jessica,author.;
"A haunting debut novel where dreams, family and spirits collide. Mackenzie, a Cree millennial, wakes up in her small, one-bedroom Vancouver apartment clutching a pine bough she had been holding in her dream just moments earlier. When she blinks, it disappears. But she can still smell the sharp pine scent in the air, the nearest pine tree a thousand kilometres away in the deep prairies of Treaty 8. Mackenzie continues to accidentally bring back items from her dreams. Dreams that are eerily similar to real memories of her older sister and Kokum before their untimely deaths. As Mackenzie's life spirals into the living nightmare of crows following her around and her dead sister texting her from the other side, it becomes clear that the dreams have terrifying, real-life consequences. Desperate for help, Mackenzie returns to her mother, sister, cousin, and aunties in her small hometown in Alberta. And together, they work to uncover what is haunting Mackenzie before something irrevocable happens to anyone else around her. Haunting, fierce, an ode to female relations and the strength found in kinship, Bad Cree is a gripping, arresting debut by an unforgettable voice."--
Subjects: Paranormal fiction.; Novels.; Cree women; Dreams; Families; Spirits; Cree;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Amazing world of birdwatching [videorecording] / by Dial, Kenneth Paul,host.; Questar, Inc,film distributor.;
Ken Dial, host.Join ornithologist and nature enthusiast Ken Dial as he travels to several birding hot spots filled with the most spectacular species of birds imaginable! - Florida Wading Birds: You will visit Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel, Florida, known for its glamorous wading birds such as Roseate Spoonbills, Great Blue Herons, Double-Crested Cormorants, and Red-shouldered Hawks. - Massachusetts Songbirds: Tour the Mount Auburn Cemetery to catch a glimpse of the songbirds as they flit about the trees in morning song. - Washington Predators: Get a close-up look at predators ranging from Hawks and Eagles to Gulls and the American Crow at the Northwest Raptor Rehab Center. - Arizona Hummingbirds: Hike through the Nature Conservancys Ramsey Canyon Preserve and witness the Broad-billed, Allens and Violet-crowned hummingbirds. - Rare Birds of Costa Rica: A birdwatchers paradise, Costa Rica is the land bridge for some of the rarest and elusive birds, such as the Bare-necked Umbrella bird. - Prime Tropical Real Estate: Visit some of the avian residents of Costa Rica to see how they are faring in their beautiful and rapidly developing habitat.E.DVD.
Subjects: Animal films.; Wildlife films.; Documentary films.; Birds; Bird watching.;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The witch's orchard : a novel / by Sullivan, Archer,author.;
"Former Air Force Special Investigator Annie Gore joined the military right after high school to escape the fraught homelife of her childhood. Now, she's getting by as a private investigator and her latest case takes her to an Appalachian holler not unlike the one where she grew up. Ten years ago, three little girls went missing from their tiny mountain town. While one was returned, the others were never seen again. After all this time without answers, the brother of one of the girls wants to hire an outsider, and he wants Annie. While she may not be from his town, she gets mountain towns. Mountain people. Driving back into the hills for a case this old -- it might be a fool's errand. But Annie needs to put money in the bank and she can't turn down a case. Not even one that dredges up her own painful past. In the shadow of the Blue Ridge, Annie begins to track the truth, navigating a decade's worth of secrets, folklore of witches and crows, and a whole town that prefers to forget. But while the case may have been buried, echoes of the past linger. And Annie's arrival stirs someone into action"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Kidnapping; Missing children; Private investigators; Secrecy; Women private investigators;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Justice for animals : our collective responsibility / by Nussbaum, Martha C.(Martha Craven),1947-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A revolutionary new theory and call to action on animal rights, ethics, and law from the renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum.Animals are in trouble all over the world. Whether through the cruelties of the factory meat industry, poaching and game hunting, habitat destruction, or neglect of the companion animals that people purport to love, animals suffer injustice and horrors at our hands every day. The world needs an ethical awakening, a consciousness-raising movement of international proportions. In Justice for Animals, one of the world's most influential philosophers and humanists Martha C. Nussbaum provides a revolutionary approach to animal rights, ethics, and law. From dolphins to crows, elephants to octopuses, Nussbaum examines the entire animal kingdom, showcasing the lives of animals with wonder, awe, and compassion to understand how we can create a world in which human beings are truly friends of animals, not exploiters or users. All animals should have a shot at flourishing in their own way. Humans have a collective duty to face and solve animal harm. An urgent call to action and a manual for change, Nussbaum's groundbreaking theory directs politics and law to help us meet our ethical responsibilities as no book has done before"--
Subjects: Animal rights.; Animal welfare; Animal welfare;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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How women made music : a revolutionary history from NPR Music / by Fensterstock, Alison,editor.; Powers, Ann,1964-writer of introduction.; National Public Radio (U.S.);
"Drawn from NPR Music's acclaimed, groundbreaking series Turning the Tables, the definitive book on the vital role of Women in Music-from Beyoncé to Odetta, Taylor Swift to Joan Baez, Joan Jett to Dolly Parton-featuring archival interviews, essays, photographs, and illustrations. Turning the Tables, launched in 2017, has revolutionized recognition of female artists, whether it be in best album lists or in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music brings this impressive reshaping to the page and includes material from more than fifty years of NPR's coverage plus newly commissioned work. A must-have for music fans, songwriters, feminist historians, and those interested in how artists think and work, including: Joan Baez talking about nonviolence as a musical principle in 1971 ; Dolly Parton's favorite song and the story behind it ; Patti Smith describing art as her 'jealous mistress' in 1974 ; Nina Simone, in 2001, explaining how she developed the edge in her voice as a tool against racism ; Taylor Swift talking about when she had no idea if her musical career might work ; Odetta on how shifting from classical music to folk allowed her to express her fury over Jim Crow."--
Subjects: Essays.; Women in music.; Women musicians.; Women musicians; Musical criticism.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Africatown : America's last slave ship and the community it created / by Tabor, Nick,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In 1860, a ship called the Clotilda was smuggled through the Alabama Gulf Coast, carrying the last group of enslaved people ever brought to the U.S. from West Africa. Five years later, the shipmates were emancipated, but they had no way of getting back home. Instead they created their own community outside the city of Mobile, where they spoke Yoruba and appointed their own leaders, a story chronicled in Zora Neale Hurston's Barracoon. That community, Africatown, has endured to the present day, and many of the community residents are the shipmates' direct descendants. After many decades of neglect and a Jim Crow legal system that targeted the area for industrialization, the community is struggling to survive. Many community members believe the pollution from the heavy industry surrounding their homes has caused a cancer epidemic among residents, and companies are eyeing even more land for development. At the same time, after the discovery of the remains of the Clotilda in the riverbed nearby, a renewed effort is underway to create a living memorial to the community and the lives of the slaves who founded it. An evocative and epic story, Africatown charts the fraught history of America from those who were brought here as slaves but nevertheless established a home for themselves and their descendants in the face of persistent racism"--
Subjects: Clotilda (Ship); African Americans; Slavery; West Africans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Redwood court / by Dameron, DéLana R. A.,author.;
""Mika, you sit at our feet all these hours and days, hearing us tell our tales. You have all these stories inside you: all the stories everyone in our family knows and all the stories everyone in our family tells. You write 'em in your books and show everyone who we are." So begins DéLana R.A. Dameron's stunning novel-in-stories, Redwood Court. The baby of the family, Mika Mosby spends much of her time in the care of loved ones, listening to their stories and secrets, witnessing their struggles. Growing up on Redwood Court, the cul-de-sac in the working-class suburb of Columbia, South Carolina where her grandparents live, Mika learns important, sometimes difficult lessons from the people who raise her: Her exhausted parents, who work long hours at multiple jobs while still making sure their kids experience the adventure of family vacations; her older sister, who, in a house filled with Motown would rather listen to Alanis Morrisette, and can't wait to taste real independence; her retired grandparents, children of Jim Crow, who realized their own vision of success when they bought their house on Redwood Court in the 1960s, imagining it filled with future generations; and the many neighbors on the Court who hold tight to the community they've built, committed to fostering joy and love in an America so insistent on seeing Black people stumble and fall"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Families; Nineteen sixties; Women, Black;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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