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The knowledge / by Grimes, Martha,author.;
"In the latest series outing, The Knowledge, the Scotland Yard detective nearly meets his match in a Baker Street Irregulars-like gang of kids and a homicide case that reaches into east Africa. Robbie Parsons is one of London's finest, a black cab driver who knows every street, every theater, every landmark in the city by heart. In his backseat is a man with a gun in his hand--a man who brazenly committed a crime in front of the Artemis Club, a rarefied art gallery-cum-casino, then jumped in and ordered Parsons to drive. As the criminal eventually escapes to Nairobi, Detective Superintendent Richard Jury comes across the case in the Saturday paper. Two days previously, Jury had met and instantly connected with one of the victims of the crime, a professor of astrophysics at Columbia and an expert gambler. Feeling personally affronted, Jury soon enlists Melrose Plant, Marshall Trueblood, and his whole gang of merry characters to contend with a case that takes unexpected turns into Tanzanian gem mines, a closed casino in Reno, Nevada, and a pub that only London's black cabbies, those who have "the knowledge," can find"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Jury, Richard (Fictitious character); Police; Murder;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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What color is your parachute? guide to rethinking interviews : ace the interview and land your dream job / by Bolles, Richard Nelson.;
"The first interview book from the What Color Is Your Parachute? career guru Richard Bolles. Interviews instill fear in many a job-hunter, but this empowering guide from the father of career development, Richard Bolles, reveals that interviews are really just conversations to determine if the work--and workplace--is a great fit for both parties. In the very first Parachute-branded book to focus on interviewing, Bolles merges decades of experience with the latest studies and job-market statistics to create an all-in-one guide for the whole process, from pre-interview research to elevator pitches to salary negotiation. This slim volume contains a huge amount of information distilled down to its very essence, revealing the three most important things about interviews, the only five questions you need to know the answers to, and other succinct gems that will send job-hunters confidently into interviews armed with everything they'll need to impress--and land their dream job"--Provided by publisher."What Color Is Your Parachute? author Richard N. Bolles presents a succinct guide to the entire job interview process, from pre-interview research to interview questions to salary negotiation."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Employment interviewing.; Vocational guidance.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick : stories from the Harlem Renaissance / by Hurston, Zora Neale,author.; West, Genevieve,editor,writer of introduction.; Jones, Tayari,writer of foreword.; Hurston, Zora Neale.John Redding goes to sea.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Conversion of Sam.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Bit of our Harlem.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Drenched in light.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Spunk.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Magnolia flower.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Black death.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Bone of contention.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Muttsy.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Sweat.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Short stories.Selections.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250).In 1925, Barnard student Zora Neale Hurston-- the sole black student at the college-- was living in New York, "desperately striving for a toe-hold on the world." During this period, she began writing short works that captured the zeitgeist of African American life and transformed her into one of the central figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Nearly a century later, this singular talent is recognized as one of the most influential and revered American artists of the modern period. Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick is an outstanding collection of stories about love and migration, gender and class, racism and sexism that proudly reflect African American folk culture. Brought together for the first time in one volume, they include eight of Hurston's "lost" Harlem stories, which were found in forgotten periodicals and archives. These stories challenge conceptions of Hurston as an author of rural fiction and include gems that flash with her biting, satiric humor, as well as more serious tales reflective of the cultural currents of Hurston's world. All are timeless classics that enrich our understanding and appreciation of this exceptional writer's voice and her contributions to America's literary traditions.
Subjects: Short stories.; African Americans;
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Brightburn [videorecording] / by Yarovesky, David,film director.; Alan-Williams, Gregory,actor.; Hagner, Meredith,1987-actor.; Banks, Elizabeth,1974-actor.; Denman, David,1973-actor.; Dunn, Jackson A.,actor.; Jones, Matt,1981-actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones, Meredith Hagner, Gregory Alan Williams.Troubled adolescent Brandon Breyer (Jackson A. Dunn) was finally tipped to the truth that his farmer parents (Elizabeth Banks, David Denman) withheld from him--that he possessed strange and superhuman abilities because he was a foundling from another world. Unfortunately, this young sociopath is less about truth, justice, and the American way than violently bending mankind to his will.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R; for horror violence/bloody images, and language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Adopted children; Antiheroes; Human-alien encounters; Extraterrestrial beings; Good and evil;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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All by myself, alone : a novel / by Clark, Mary Higgins,author.;
"Fleeing a disastrous and humiliating arrest of her husband-to-be on the eve of their wedding, Celia Kilbride, a gems and jewelry expert, hopes to escape from public attention by lecturing on a brand-new cruise ship--the Queen Charlotte. On board she meets eighty-six-year-old Lady Emily Haywood, "Lady Em," as she is known throughout the world. Immensely wealthy, Lady Em is the owner of a priceless emerald necklace that she intends to leave to the Smithsonian after the cruise. Three days out to sea Lady Em is found dead--and the necklace is missing. Is it the work of her apparently devoted assistant, Brenda Martin, or her lawyer-executor, Roger Pearson, and his wife, Yvonne, both of whom she had invited to join them on the cruise? Or is it Professor Henry Longworth, an acclaimed Shakespeare scholar who is lecturing on board? Or Alan Davidson, a guest on the ship who is planning to spread his wife's ashes at sea? The list of suspects is large and growing. Celia, with the help of her new friends Willy and Alvirah Meehan, who are celebrating their forty-fifth wedding anniversary, sets out to find the killer, not realizing that she has put herself in mortal danger before the ship reaches its final destination."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Cruise ships; Ocean travel;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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Heart of the Nile / by Thomas, Will,1958-author.;
"London, 1893 - deadly doings are afoot in the British Museum and private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn must unravel a mystery involving a mummy, a giant ruby and a murder, in Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile. Cyrus Barker, along with his former assistant and now partner Thomas Llewelyn, is the premier enquiry agent in all of 19th century London, and beyond. They've thwarted the designs of villains and crooks off all sorts, helped Scotland Yard crack their most challenging cases, and worked for the Her Majesty's Government at the very highest levels. But nothing has been quite as challenging and dangerous as the latest case that comes to find them. In 1893, a volunteer at the British Museum makes a startling discovery. When examining a mummy in the museum's collection, he discovers there is a giant ruby in the shape of a heart buried in the chest of the mummy. Even more startling, the mummy might well be Cleopatra. The following morning, the volunteer is found floating in the Thames and the ruby has gone missing. Hired by the victim's wife to learn the truth behind his death, Barker and Llewelyn find themselves in the crosshairs - now they must avoid a violent street gang, a ruthless collector, and the British Museum itself in order to find the killer and safeguard the gem"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Barker, Cyrus (Fictitious character); Llewelyn, Thomas (Fictitious character); British Museum; Murder; Precious stones; Private investigators; Private security services;
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All by myself, alone [sound recording] : a novel / by Clark, Mary Higgins,author.; Maxwell, Jan,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Jan Maxwell."Fleeing a disastrous and humiliating arrest of her husband-to-be on the eve of their wedding, Celia Kilbride, a gems and jewelry expert, hopes to escape from public attention by lecturing on a brand-new cruise ship--the Queen Charlotte. On board she meets eighty-six-year-old Lady Emily Haywood, "Lady Em," as she is known throughout the world. Immensely wealthy, Lady Em is the owner of a priceless emerald necklace that she intends to leave to the Smithsonian after the cruise. Three days out to sea Lady Em is found dead--and the necklace is missing. Is it the work of her apparently devoted assistant, Brenda Martin, or her lawyer-executor, Roger Pearson, and his wife, Yvonne, both of whom she had invited to join them on the cruise? Or is it Professor Henry Longworth, an acclaimed Shakespeare scholar who is lecturing on board? Or Alan Davidson, a guest on the ship who is planning to spread his wife's ashes at sea? The list of suspects is large and growing. Celia, with the help of her new friends Willy and Alvirah Meehan, who are celebrating their forty-fifth wedding anniversary, sets out to find the killer, not realizing that she has put herself in mortal danger before the ship reaches its final destination."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Cruise ships; Ocean travel;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The possession of Hannah Grace [videorecording] / by Rooijen, Diederik van,1975-film director.; Mitchell, Shay,1987-actor.; Damon, Grey,actor.; Thune, Nick,actor.; Herthum, Louis,1956-actor.; Johnson, Kirby(Actor),actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Shay Mitchell, Grey Damon, Kirby Johnson, Nick Thune, Louis Herthum.Rehabbing ex-cop Megan Reed (Shay Mitchell) was just trying to get back on the rails when she took a night shift job at the morgue. She'd find a workplace challenge she never expected in trying to process the disfigured corpse of Hannah Grace (Kirby Johnson) ... since the cause of death was a botched exorcism, and the now-ambulatory, demon-driven Hannah is letting her displeasure be known.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Supernatural; Demoniac possession; Morgues; Ex-police officers; Good and evil;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The grudge: the untold chapter [videorecording] / by Bailey, Junko,actor.; Cho, John,1972-actor.; Pesce, Nicolas,1990-screenwriter,film director.; Fish, Zoe,actor.; Gilpin, Betty,actor.; Riseborough, Andrea,1981-actor.; Sadler, William,1950-actor.; Shaye, Lin,1944-actor.; Weaver, Jacki,1947-actor.; Westwood, Tara,actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Betty Gilpin, Andrea Riseborough, William Sadler, Lin Shaye, John Cho, Jacki Weaver, Tara Westwood, Zoe Fish, Junko Bailey.After a young mother murders her family in her own house, a single mother and young detective try to investigate and solve the case. Later, she discovers the house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death. Now, she runs to save herself and her son from demonic spirits from the cursed house in her neighborhood.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Single mothers; Haunted houses; Supernatural; Blessing and cursing; Ghosts;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The grudge: the untold chapter [videorecording] / by Bailey, Junko,actor.; Cho, John,1972-actor.; Pesce, Nicolas,1990-screenwriter,film director.; Fish, Zoe,actor.; Gilpin, Betty,actor.; Riseborough, Andrea,1981-actor.; Sadler, William,1950-actor.; Shaye, Lin,1944-actor.; Weaver, Jacki,1947-actor.; Westwood, Tara,actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Betty Gilpin, Andrea Riseborough, William Sadler, Lin Shaye, John Cho, Jacki Weaver, Tara Westwood, Zoe Fish, Junko Bailey.After a young mother murders her family in her own house, a single mother and young detective try to investigate and solve the case. Later, she discovers the house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death. Now, she runs to save herself and her son from demonic spirits from the cursed house in her neighborhood.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 ; Dolby digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Horror films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Single mothers; Haunted houses; Supernatural; Blessing and cursing; Ghosts;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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