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Never whistle at night : an Indigenous dark fiction anthology : are you ready to be un-settled? / by Hawk, Shane,editor.; Van Alst, Theodore C.,1965-editor.;
"Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief ranges far and wide and takes many forms; for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai'po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls a Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl and snatch the foolish whistlers in the dark. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear -- and even follow you home. In twenty-five wholly original and shiver-inducing tales, bestselling and award-winning authors including Tommy Orange, Rebecca Roanhorse, Cherie Dimaline, Waubgeshig Rice, and Mona Susan Power introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. Introduced and contextualized by bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones, these stories are a celebration of Indigenous peoples' survival and imagination, and a glorious reveling in all the things an ill-advised whistle might summon."--
Subjects: Paranormal fiction.; Short stories.;
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5-minute under the sea stories / by Disney Storybook Artists.;
Finding Dory: Who needs a hug? -- The Little Mermaid: Ariel and the pearl of wisdom -- Moana: A path to the sea -- Finding Dory: You're it, Dory! -- Moana: Becoming shiny -- The Little Mermaid: Ariel makes waves -- Lilo & Stitch: Lilo and Stitch -- Moana: Pua and Heihei -- Finding Nemo: Night games -- The Little Mermaid: Ariel and the whale song -- Finding Nemo: The ghost-light fish -- Moana: Wave rider.Ages 3 and up.LSC
Subjects: Sea stories.; Disney characters;
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Vera. [videorecording] / by Bazalgette, Ed.; Blethyn, Brenda,1946-; Cleeves, Ann.Vera Stanhope series.Videorecording.; Hoar, Peter.; Holmes, Julian.; Leon, David.; Morrison, Jon.; Ritter, Paul.; Whittington, Paul.; Acorn Media (Firm); ITV Studios.;
Disc 1. The ghost position.Disc 2. Silent voices.Disc 3. Sandancers.Disc 4. A certain Samaritan.Brenda Blethyn, David Leon, Jon Morrison, Paul Ritter.Two-time Oscar nominee Brenda Blethyn is brilliant as DCI Vera Stanhope in this crime drama inspired by Ann Cleeves' bestselling novels. In these four new feature-length dramas, Stanhope delves into a world of shadows and suppressed passions where everyone has something to hide.PG.DVD, widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo sound.
Subjects: Cleeves, Ann.; Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery television programs.; Women detectives;
© c2012., Distributed by Acorn Media,
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Sentinels of fire / by Deutermann, Peter T.,1941-;
"P.T. Deutermann's World War II Navy series began with the award-winning Pacific Glory, followed by the brilliantly reviewed Ghosts of Bungo Suido. His new novel Sentinels of Fire tells the tale of a lone destroyer, the USS Malloy, part of the Allied invasion forces attacking the island of Okinawa and the Japanese home islands. By the spring of 1945, the once mighty Japanese fleet has been virtually destroyed, leaving Japan open to invasion. The Japanese react by dispatching hundreds of suicide bombers against the Allied fleet surrounding Okinawa. By mid-May, the Allied fleet is losing a major ship a day to murderous swarms of kamikazes streaming out of Formosa and southern Japan. The radar picket line is the first defense and early warning against these hellish formations, but the Japanese direct special attention to these lone destroyers stationed north and west of Okinawa. One destroyer, the USS Malloy, faces an even more pressing issue when her Executive Officer Connie Miles begins to realize that the ship's much-admired Captain Pudge Tallmadge is losing his mind under the relentless pressure of the attacks. Set against the blazing gun battles created by the last desperate offensive of the Japanese, Executive Officer Miles and the ship's officers grapple with the consequences of losing their skipper's guidance--and perhaps the ship itself and everyone on board. Vividly authentic, historically accurate, and emotionally compelling, Sentinels of Fire is military adventure at its best, by an author whose career as a Navy captain informs every page"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Sea stories.; War stories.; United States. Navy; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Pirates of the Caribbean. [videorecording (DVD)] / by Beattie, Stuart; Bloom, Orlando,1977; Davenport, Jack,1973; Depp, Johnn; Elliott, Ted,1961; Knightley, Keira,1985; Nighy, Bill,1949; Rossio, Terr; Verbinski, Gor; Wolpert, Jay; Wolski, Dariusz A; Zimmer, Han; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm; Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm;
Director of photography, Dariusz Wolski ; editors, Stephen E. Rivkin, Craig Wood ; music, Hans Zimmer ; costume designers, Liz Dann, Penny Rose ; production designer, Rick Heinrichs.Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Kevin McNally, David Bailie, Stellan Skarsgård.Captain Jack owes a blood debt to the legendary Davy Jones, who captains the ghostly Flying Dutchman. Unless Jack can find a way out, he will be cursed to an afterlife of eternal servitude and damnation.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surroundTeen Choice Awards, 2006: Teen Choice Award - Choice Summer Movie: Drama/Action-Adventure ; Movie - Choice Rumble (Orlando Bloom) ; Movie - Choice Scream (Keira Knightley) ; Movies - Choice Action Adventure ; Movies Choice Actor: Drama/Action Adventure (Johnny Depp) ; Movies - Choice Hissy Fit (Keira Knightley) ; Movies - Choice Sleazebag (Bill Nighy)
Subjects: Adventure film; Comedy film; Debt; Feature film; Man-woman relationships; Pirates; Video recordings for the hearing impaire;
© c2006., Walt Disney Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
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Pirates of the Caribbean. [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Beattie, Stuart; Bloom, Orlando,1977; Davenport, Jack,1973; Depp, Johnn; Elliott, Ted,1961; Knightley, Keira,1985; Nighy, Bill,1949; Rossio, Terr; Verbinski, Gor; Wolpert, Jay; Wolski, Dariusz A; Zimmer, Han; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm; Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm;
Director of photography, Dariusz Wolski ; editors, Stephen E. Rivkin, Craig Wood ; music, Hans Zimmer ; costume designers, Liz Dann, Penny Rose ; production designer, Rick Heinrichs.Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Kevin McNally, David Bailie, Stellan Skarsgård.Captain Jack owes a blood debt to the legendary Davy Jones, who captains the ghostly Flying Dutchman. Unless Jack can find a way out, he will be cursed to an afterlife of eternal servitude and damnation.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surroundTeen Choice Awards, 2006: Teen Choice Award - Choice Summer Movie: Drama/Action-Adventure ; Movie - Choice Rumble (Orlando Bloom) ; Movie - Choice Scream (Keira Knightley) ; Movies - Choice Action Adventure ; Movies Choice Actor: Drama/Action Adventure (Johnny Depp) ; Movies - Choice Hissy Fit (Keira Knightley) ; Movies - Choice Sleazebag (Bill Nighy)
Subjects: Adventure film; Comedy film; Debt; Feature film; Man-woman relationships; Pirates; Video recordings for the hearing impaire;
© c2006., Walt Disney Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
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House of Bone and Rain [electronic resource] : by Iglesias, Gabino.aut; Berne, Jean-Marc.nrt; Mendez, Daya.nrt; cloudLibrary;
In the latest from Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME, a group of five teenage boys in Puerto Rico seek vengeance after one of their mothers is murdered; a Latinx STAND BY ME with a haunted, obsidianly dark heart.  For childhood friends Gabe, Xavier, Tavo, Paul, and Bimbo, death has always been close. Hurricanes. Car accidents. Gang violence. Suicide. Estamos rodeados de fantasmas was Gabe’s grandmother’s refrain. We are surrounded by ghosts. But this time is different. Bimbo's mom has been shot dead. We’re gonna kill the guys who killed her Bimbo swears. And they all agree. Feral with grief, Bimbo has become unrecognizable, taking no prisoners in his search for names. Soon, they learn Maria was gunned down by guys working for the drug kingpin of Puerto Rico. No one has ever gone up against him and survived. As the boys strategize, a storm gathers far from the coast. Hurricanes are known to carry evil spirits in their currents and bring them ashore, spirits which impose their own order. Blurring the boundaries between myth, mysticism, and the grim realities of our world, House of Bone and Rain is a harrowing coming of age story; a doomed tale of devotion, the afterlife of violence, and what rolls in on the tide.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Coming of Age; Supernatural; Horror;
© 2024., Hachette Audio,
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City of Night Birds A Novel [electronic resource] : by Kim, Juhea.aut; cloudLibrary;
REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK "This story left me thinking about the ways we overcome setbacks and redefine what truly matters." - Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club December '24 Pick) A once-famous ballerina faces a final choice—to return to the world of Russian dance that nearly broke her, or to walk away forever—in this incandescent novel of redemption and love On a White Night in 2019, prima ballerina Natalia Leonova returns to St. Petersburg two years after a devastating accident that stalled her career. Once the most celebrated dancer of her generation, she now turns to pills and alcohol to numb the pain of her past. She is unmoored in her old city as the ghosts of her former life begin to resurface: her loving but difficult mother, her absentee father, and the two gifted dancers who led to her downfall. One of those dancers, Alexander, is the love of her life, who transformed both Natalia and her art. The other is Dmitri, a dark and treacherous genius. When the latter offers her a chance to return to the stage in her signature role, Natalia must decide whether she can again face the people responsible for both her soaring highs and darkest hours. Painting a vivid portrait of the Russian ballet world, where cutthroat ambition, ever-shifting politics, and sublime artistry collide, City of Night Birds unveils the making of a dancer with both profound intimacy and breathtaking scope. Mysterious and alluring, passionate and virtuosic, Juhea Kim’s second novel is an affecting meditation on love, forgiveness, and the making of an artist in a turbulent world.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Coming of Age;
© 2024., HarperCollins,
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Mathew's tale / by Jardine, Quintin,author.;
1818, Carluke, Lanarkshire. Mathew Fleming returns home to Scotland following heroic service at the Battle of Waterloo. After seven years away, he is a ghostly presence to those he left behind. But Mathew is ambitious and soon becomes a man of influence in his county and beyond. Yet through all his success, he still hides the loss of his one true love. When a terrible act of murder occurs, Mathew must choose between the rule of blood and the rule of law. And as a man of honour with a warrior's instincts, he embarks on a journey of vengeance that will test every sinew of his faith in mankind.
Subjects: Historical fiction.;
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Held A Novel [electronic resource] : by Michaels, Anne.aut; cloudLibrary;
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE 2024 GILLER PRIZE • Shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize • A Heather's Pick • One of the Globe and Mail’s Best Books of 2023 • Named a Best Book of 2024 by Kirkus Reviews A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling author of Fugitive Pieces and The Winter Vault. 1917. On a battlefield near the River Aisne, John lies in the aftermath of a blast, unable to move or feel his legs. Struggling to focus his thoughts, he is lost to memory—a chance encounter in a pub by a railway, a hot bath with his lover on a winter night, his childhood on a faraway coast—as the snow falls. 1920. John has returned from war to North Yorkshire, near another river—alive, but not whole. Reunited with Helena, an artist, he reopens his photography business and endeavours to keep on living. But the past erupts insistently into the present, as ghosts begin to surface in his pictures: ghosts whose messages he cannot understand. So begins a narrative that spans four generations, moments of connection and consequence igniting and re-igniting as the century unfolds. In luminous moments of desire, comprehension, longing, and transcendence, the sparks fly upward, working their transformations decades later. This resonance through time—not only of actions but also of feelings and perceptions—desire in its many forms—are at the heart of this novel’s profound investigation. Held is a deeply affecting and intensely beautiful novel, full of unforgettable characters and imagery, wisdom and compassion. It explores the deepest mysteries, and the ways in which desire in its many forms—and perhaps the deepest desire, to find meaning—manifests itself. Held moves through history to light upon Darwin, Sir Ernest Rutherford, North Sea ganseys, early photography, Ella Mary Leather, modern field hospitals…while lovers find each other and snow drifts down across the centuries. From the WW1 battlefield where the novel begins, and its opening lines, Held is alive with seeking: "We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?”
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Family Life;
© 2023., McClelland & Stewart,
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