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Family meal / by Washington, Bryan,1993-author.;
"Cam is living in Los Angeles and falling apart after the love of his life has died. Kai's ghost won't leave Cam alone; his spectral visits wild, tender, unexpected, and explosive. When Cam returns to his hometown of Houston, he crashes back into the orbit of his former best friend, TJ, and TJ's family bakery. TJ's not sure how to navigate this changed Cam, impenetrably cool and self-destructing, or their charged estrangement. Can they find a way past all that has been said - and left unsaid - to save each other?"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Gay fiction.; Novels.; Bakeries; Bakers; Family-owned business enterprises; Gay men; Grief;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Apollo murders : a novel / by Hadfield, Chris,1959-author.;
"From internationally bestselling astronaut Chris Hadfield comes an exceptional Cold War thriller from the dark heart of the Space Race. As Russian and American crews sprint for a secret bounty hidden away on the Moon's surface, old rivalries blossom and the political stakes are stretched to breaking point back on Earth. Houston flight controller Kazimieras 'Kaz' Zemeckis must do all he can to keep the NASA crew together, while staying one step ahead of his Soviet rivals. But not everyone on board Apollo 18 is quite who they appear to be"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Project Apollo (U.S.); Space flight to the moon; Space ships; Space stations;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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The hero [videorecording] / by Basch, Marc,screenwriter.; Bisbee, Sam,film producer.; Elliott, Sam,1944-actor.; Haley, Brett,1983-film director,screenwriter.; King, Houston,film producer.; Offerman, Nick,1970-actor.; Prepon, Laura,1980-actor.; Ritter, Krysten,1981-actor.; Rommesmo, Erik,film producer.; Ross, Katharine,1940-actor.; Lions Gate Home Entertainment,film distributor.; Orchard (Firm),production company.;
Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Nick Offerman, Krysten Ritter, Katharine Ross.A wonderfully nuanced performance by Sam Elliott fuels this moving mix of drama and comedy about Lee Hayden, a once-great western movie star faced with a terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosis. Keeping his illness a secret, Lee spends the time he has left romancing a much younger stand-up comic (Laura Prepon) and trying to repair his relationship with his estranged daughter (Krysten Ritter).Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for drug use, language and some sexual content.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Motion picture actors and actresses; Older men; Man-woman relationships; Terminally ill; Cancer;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hearts beat loud [videorecording] / by Basch, Marc,screenwriter.; Clemons, Kiersey,1993-actor.; Collette, Toni,actor.; Danson, Ted,1947-actor.; Haley, Brett,1983-screenwriter,film director.; King, Houston,film producer.; Offerman, Nick,1970-actor.; Gunpowder & Sky (Firm),publisher.;
Music, Keegan DeWitt ; director of photography, Eric Lin ; editor, Patrick Colman.Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Ted Danson, Toni Collette, Blythe Danner, Sasha Lane.Widower and aging Brooklyn hipster Frank (Nick Offerman) starts a band with his teenage daughter Sam (Kiersey Clemons) just before she leaves home to attend college in California. When a song of theirs finds success online, it complicates Frank's attempts to let go of his dreams of stardom and allow his daughter to find her own path in life.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some drug references and brief language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fathers and daughters; Popular music; Widowers;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Eyes of eagles / by Johnstone, William W.,author.;
Orphaned at the age of seven and adopted by the Indians, Jamie Ian MacCallister grew into a man more at ease in the wilderness than among men. But when the westward strike drove him across the Arkansas Territory into Texas, he finally found himself a home -- in the middle of a bloody war. Texans like Jim Bowie and Sam Houston were waging a fierce struggle against Santa Anna's Mexican army, and Jamie MacCallister made the perfect scout for the fledgling volunteer force. What lay ahead of them was a place called the Alamo, thirteen days of blood, dust and courage, and a battle that would become an undying legend of the American West ...
Subjects: Western fiction.; Novels.; Gunfighters; Frontier and pioneer life;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The jealous kind : a novel / by Burke, James Lee,1936-author.;
On its surface, life in Houston is as you would expect: drive-in restaurants, souped-up cars, jukeboxes, teenagers discovering their sexuality. But beneath the glitz and superficial normalcy, a class war has begun, and it is nothing like the conventional portrayal of the decade. Against this backdrop Aaron Holland Broussard discovers the poignancy of first love and a world of violence he did not know existed. When Aaron spots the beautiful and gifted Valerie Epstein fighting with her boyfriend, Grady Harrelson, at a Galveston drive-in, he inadvertently challenges the power of the Mob and one of the richest families in Texas. He also discovers he must find the courage his father had found as an American soldier in the Great War.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; First loves; Social classes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The jealous kind [sound recording] : a novel / by Burke, James Lee,1936-author.; Patton, Will,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Will Patton.On its surface, life in Houston is as you would expect: drive-in restaurants, souped-up cars, jukeboxes, teenagers discovering their sexuality. But beneath the glitz and superficial normalcy, a class war has begun, and it is nothing like the conventional portrayal of the decade. Against this backdrop Aaron Holland Broussard discovers the poignancy of first love and a world of violence he did not know existed. When Aaron spots the beautiful and gifted Valerie Epstein fighting with her boyfriend, Grady Harrelson, at a Galveston drive-in, he inadvertently challenges the power of the Mob and one of the richest families in Texas. He also discovers he must find the courage his father had found as an American soldier in the Great War.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; First loves; Social classes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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World's greatest natural icons. [videorecording] / by Bluett, Mike,television director.; Houston, Toni,screenwriter.; McAllum, Peter,1946-narrator.; Nine Network,production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Wildbear Entertainment,production company.;
Narrator, Peter McAllum.Our planet has been shaped by powerful elemental forces, of earth, fire, ice, water, and wind. Over millions of years, they have given rise to natural icons of immense grandeur and variety. Mount Everest, Jordan's Dead Sea, Rotorua's boiling mud pools, Indonesia's archipelago, Sossusvlei's dunes, the Northern Lights, the Rockies, the Amazon, Antarctica, and more. Throughout six episodes, we travel worldwide, exploring. The icons are as different as the forces that created them, from exploding volcanoes to phosphorescent reefs, from snaking rivers to infinite ice sheets, from burning deserts to abyssal fjords. In turn, these natural wonders shape the evolution of all life.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Travelogues (Television programs); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Auroras.; Earth sciences.; Geology.; Landforms.;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Possess the air : love, heroism, and the battle for the soul of Mussolini's Rome / by Grescoe, Taras,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The inspiring true story of political resistance in Mussolini's Italy Plunging readers into Fascist Rome at the height of Mussolini's power, Possess the Air tells the story of three people who defied Italy's authoritarian despot by opposing the rising tide of populism and xenophobia. Two Canadian archeologists, Gilbert Bagnani and his wife Mary Stewart Houston, maddened the self-styled Caesar, determined to dispel his claims that Rome was-- and always would be-- rightful master of the Mediterranean, while poet and aviator Lauro de Bosis, firstborn of an Italian aristocrat and a New Englander, transformed himself into a modern Icarus, amazing the world as he risked his life in the skies bring the dictator down. An inspiring story of resistance, risk, and sacrifice, Taras Grescoe's portrait of heroes past is an essential biography for our time."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Bagnani, Gilbert, 1900-1985.; Bagnani, Stewart, 1903-1996.; De Bosis, Lauro, 1901-1931.; Anti-fascist movements; Political activists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A cowboy like you / by Grant, Donna.;
Danny Oldman, the handsome Lone Star sheriff, is still single. He tells himself, and anyone who asks, that he is married to his job--and what matters most is keeping the people of his beloved Texas hometown safe. The truth? Danny still hasn't gotten over his high school crush. She moved away after graduation and took Danny's heart with her. Skylar Long never thought she would have to flee Houston and return home--where it all began for her. But that's what happened after the man of her dreams turned out to be an actual nightmare. Now, Skylar is desperate to escape her obsessive boyfriend. Nothing shocks her more than seeing Danny again and realizing that their long-ago attraction is more powerful than ever. But can she and Danny find a way to fight against Skylar's wealthy, powerful ex who is dead set on tearing them apart?
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Sheriffs; Abusive men; Man-woman relationships; Love stories;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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