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- The Night Before The Fourth Of July. by Lesnick, Charlotte,film director.; Bankston, Mia,actor.; Penguin Random House (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Mia BankstonOriginally produced by Penguin Random House in 2019.It’s the night before the Fourth of July and all across the United States people are getting ready for hot dogs and fireworks. Decked in red, white, and blue, a family heads to a parade, hosts a backyard BBQ with friends and family, dodges an afternoon thundershower, and of course, watches a fireworks show. Written by Natasha Wing, illustrated by Amy Wummer.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Education films.; Children's stories.;
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- The Night Before Summer Camp. by Lesnick, Charlotte,film director.; Bankston, Mia,actor.; Penguin Random House (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Mia BankstonOriginally produced by Penguin Random House in 2019.The first day of summer camp is almost here, and one little camper doesn’t know what to expect. For a while everything is hunkydory . . . until rest time rolls around and he gets a bad case of nervous butterflies. But an unlikely friend appears out of the crowd and reassures him that the best cure for the summertime blues is tons of summertime fun! A sweetly reassuring story. Written by Natasha Wing, illustrated by Mindy Pierce.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Education films.; Children's stories.;
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- The umbrella lady / by Andrews, V. C.(Virginia C.),author.;
"Left on the train platform of some strange village, eight-year-old Saffron Faith Anders is certain her father will return shortly, just like he promised. She holds out hope as the hour grows late and the station sets to close. She clings to her suitcase like a life raft. When a peculiar old woman carrying a large umbrella approaches and inquires about her situation, Saffron doesn't immediately trust the imposing do-gooder, but eventually does agree to rest at her house while they wait for her father together. Saffron's stay was supposed to be for a few minutes, hours at most. But confined to a house not unlike one Hansel and Gretel might have encountered, Saffron will undergo months-and then years-of transformation at the hands of the Umbrella Lady. One minute grandmotherly and the next a scolding schoolmarm, the woman cuts Saffron's hair to the nub, burns the clothes in her suitcase, and pretends that the photo of a young girl hanging on her bedroom wall is just a stock image that came with the frame. When mysterious letters arrive from Saffron's father, saying he has started a new family and will send for her shortly, hope returns to her heart. Still, as is the fate of all young protagonists in the world of V.C. Andrews, Saffron will learn that those who most claim to care for you will often hurt you the worst ..."--- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Fathers and daughters; Child abuse; Abused children;
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- Midnight snacks are murder / by Klein, Libby(Mystery author);
Between trying to get her gluten-free baking business off the ground and helping her aunt remodel her old Victorian into the Butterfly House Bed and Breakfast in Cape May, New Jersey, Poppy is ready to call, "Mayday!" And now Aunt Ginny--who's a handful wide-awake--is sleepwalking on her new sleeping pill prescription and helping herself to neighbors' snacks and knickknacks. Even more alarming, a local humanitarian who worked with troubled teens is found murdered, and the police suspect the "Snack Bandit." Other than a bad case of midnight munchies and some mild knickknack kleptomania, Aunt Ginny is harmless. Someone's trying to frame her. Poppy will need to work tirelessly to uncover the killer and put the case to rest--before Aunt Ginny has to trade in her B & B for a bunk bed behind bars...- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Murder;
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- The guardians [sound recording] / by Grisham, John,author.; Beck, Michael,narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Michael Beck."The newest legal thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham. This masterfully plotted, perfectly paced novel confirms that Grisham remains America's favorite storyteller. In the small north Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues behind. There were no witnesses, no real suspects, no one with a motive. The police soon settled on Quincy Miller, a young black man who was once a client of Russo's. Quincy was framed, convicted, and sent to prison for life. For twenty-two years he languished in prison with no lawyer, no advocate on the outside. Then he wrote a letter to Guardian Ministries, a small innocence group founded by a lawyer/minister named Cullen Post. Guardian handles only a few innocence cases at a time, and Post is its only investigator. He travels the South fighting wrongful convictions and taking cases no one else will touch. With Quincy Miller, though, he gets far more than he bargained for. Powerful, ruthless people murdered Keith Russo, and they do not want Quincy exonerated. They killed one lawyer twenty-two years ago, and they will kill another one without a second thought"--- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Legal fiction (Literature); Lawyers; Criminal justice, Administration of; Judicial error; False imprisonment; Murder;
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- An elegant woman : a novel / by McPhee, Martha,author.;
"For fans of Mary Beth Keane and Jennifer Egan, this powerful, moving multigenerational saga from National Book Award finalist Martha McPhee--ten years in the making--explores one family's story against the sweep of 20th century American history. Drawn from the author's own family history, An Elegant Woman is a story of discovery and reinvention, following four generations of women in one American family. As Isadora, a novelist, and two of her sisters sift through the artifacts of their forebears' lives, trying to decide what to salvage and what to toss, the narrative shifts to a winter day in 1910 at a train station in Ohio. Two girls wait in the winter cold with their mother--the mercurial Glenna Stewart--to depart for a new life in the West. As Glenna campaigns in Montana for women's suffrage and teaches in one-room schoolhouses, Tommy takes care of her little sister, Katherine: trapping animals, begging, keeping house, cooking, while Katherine goes to school. When Katherine graduates, Tommy makes a decision that will change the course of both of their lives. A profound meditation on memory, history, and legacy, An Elegant Woman follows one woman over the course of the 20th century, taking the reader from a drought-stricken farm in Montana to a yellow Victorian in Maine; from the halls of a psychiatric hospital in London to a wedding gown fitting at Bergdorf Goodman; from a house in small town Ohio to a family reunion at a sweltering New Jersey pig roast. Framed by Isadora's efforts to retell her grandmother's journey--and understand her own--the novel is an evocative exploration of the stories we tell ourselves, and what we leave out."--- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Social problem fiction.; Families; Sisters; Mothers and daughters; Women;
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- The stand [videorecording] / by Adepo, Jovan,actor.; Goldberg, Whoopi,1955-actor.; Graham, Heather,1970-actor.; Heard, Amber,1986-actor.; Kinnear, Greg,1963-actor.; Marsden, James,1973-actor.; Simmons, J. K.,actor.; Skarsgård, Alexander,actor.; Teague, Owen,1998-actor.; Young, Odessa,1990-actor.; television adaptation of (work):King, Stephen,1947-Stand.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Whoopi Goldberg, Alexander Skarsgård, James Marsden, Odessa Young, Amber Heard, Jovan Adepo, Owen Teague, Greg Kinnear, Heather Graham, J.K. Simmons.When a killer plague wipes out 99% of the world's population, the embattled survivors struggle to make their way in a post-apocalyptic reality. This 2020 adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand frames the eternal battle between good and evil, as embodied by the peaceful prophet Mother Abagail and the menacing presence Randall Flagg, and closes with a new coda written by Stephen King himself.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.- Subjects: Apocalyptic television programs.; Horror television programs.; Television mini-series.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Armageddon; End of the world; Epidemics; Good and evil; Virus diseases;
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- Stepping Out. by Noonan, Chris,film director.; Ronin Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Ronin Films in 1981.From Chris Noonan (director of Babe), one of the most honoured and distinguished documentaries in Australian film history. This superior 4K digital version, restored from original film negatives was supervised by Chris Noonan. In November 1979, forty extraordinary people took to the stage. Labelled by society as mentally handicapped, isolated and hidden away in institutions since early childhood, they came to the Sydney Opera House and gave a performance that held audiences spellbound. STEPPING OUT tells the joyous story of that event, focusing especially on two members of the group: 31 year old Chris Dobbin, a dancer of extraordinary talent, and his girlfriend Romayne Grace, 21, who provides the film's commentary. Chosen by UNESCO for screening at the official closing ceremony for International Year of Disabled Persons, Paris 1981.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Documentary films.; Performing arts.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Australians.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Artists.; Current affairs.; Health.;
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- Lola on fire : a novel / by Youers, Rio,author.;
"Brody Ellis is down on his luck. His mom walked out when he was a kid, his father recently committed suicide, he's behind on his rent, and now he needs medication for his sister, Molly, who has cerebral palsy. In a desperate bid for some fast cash, Brody robs a convenience store, but he bumps into a young woman as he makes his escape, and realizes too late that he dropped his wallet at the scene of the crime. Just when he expects the police to break down his door, the phone rings. It's the woman he bumped into at the convenience store. Her name is Blair Mayo, and she has his wallet. Blair says she won't hand Brody's wallet over to the police, but he'll need to do her a favor first. She wants him to steal her late mother's diamonds, which are now in the possession of her wicked stepmom. Brody reluctantly agrees, but when he gets to the house, he finds himself in the middle of a gruesome crime scene. He also notices the security camera in the hallway, and knows he's been framed. Soon after, Blair calls Brody and tells him that her father has not submitted the security camera's footage to the police, planning instead to exact his own form of justice on the killer, which he is very capable of doing. He is, after all, the notorious mobster, Jimmy Latzo. As Brody and his sister Molly take off in search of safe harbor, they begin to suspect that they're pawns in an even greater game-one that involves a notorious enforcer named Lola Bear who brutally crossed paths with Jimmy Latzo twenty-six years before ... and also happens to be Brody's mother"--- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Brothers and sisters; Robbery; Extortion; Revenge;
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- Jerk: S3. by McKay, Tom,film director.; Theobald, Karl,actor.; Ridley, Lee,actor.; Rooney, Sharon,actor.; Pye, Shaun,actor.; Renkow, Tim,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Karl Theobald, Lee Ridley, Sharon Rooney, Shaun Pye, Tim RenkowOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2023.Tim finally grows up. A bit. He still creates a path of destruction everywhere he goes, including at the Houses of Parliament and on a film set. But along the way Tim comes across the one thing that might rein in his chaotic tendencies. Love. Meanwhile, best friend Ruthie is forced to seek companionship elsewhere and his Mum gets new boobs!Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Comedy.;
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