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The new internationals : a novel / by Wright Faladé, David,1964-author.;
"A stunning novel of post-war Paris that interweaves a coming-of-age story, a cross-cultural romance, and a portrait of the international youth at a definitive moment in contemporary history. Paris, 1947. The city, recovering from the Nazi occupation, suffers from an economy in shambles and an unraveled social fabric. Alongside the wary and war-weary population, American GIs and young people from France's colonies also pack the city. Cecile Rosenbaum, from a bourgeois Jewish family that has lost everything, meets Minette Traoré, a feisty, French-born girl of Senegalese descent, on the bus to a Communist Youth Conference. There, she also meets Sebastien Danxomè, an aspiring architecture student from West Africa, and romance blooms. Back in Paris, as these young internationals haunt the cafés and jazz clubs of the Latin Quarter, Cecile and Sebastien find their budding love muddied by confused loyalties and unyielding cultural traditions. When Mack Gray, a charming African American GI, sets his sights on Cecile, her complicated relationship with Sebastien, as well as her fierce dedication to her newfound political ideologies, are pushed to the brink. Nuanced, powerful, and sharply realized, The New Internationals chronicles the postwar awakening and the young women and men who rose up-and came together-in the beginnings of a vibrant political moment, trying to imagine a better world"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; African American soldiers; African Americans; Ideology; Imperialism; Interpersonal relations; Interracial dating; Jews; Political participation; Race relations; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);
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Charlie's good tonight : the life, the times, and the Rolling Stones : the authorized biography of Charlie Watts / by Sexton, Paul,author.; Jagger, Mick,writer of foreword.; Oldham, Andrew Loog,writer of preface.; Richards, Keith,1943-writer of foreword.;
"The fully authorized and official biography of legendary Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, one of the world's most revered and celebrated musicians of the last half century. Forewords by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Charlie Watts was one of the most decorated musicians in the world, having joined the Rolling Stones, a few months after their formation, early in 1963. A student of jazz drumming, he was headhunted by the band after bumping into them regularly in London's rhythm and blues clubs. Once installed at the drum seat, he didn't miss a gig, album or tour in his 60 years in the band. He was there throughout the swinging sixties, the early shot at superstardom and the Stones' world conquest; and throughout the debauchery of the 1970s, typified by 1972's Exile on Main St., considered one of the great albums of the century. By the 1980s, Charlie was battling his own demons, but emerged unscathed to enhance his unparalleled reputation even further over the ensuing decades. Watts went through band bust-ups, bereavements and changes in personnel, managers, guitarists and rhythm sections, but remained the rock at the heart of the Rolling Stones for nearly 60 years--the thoughtful, intellectual but no less compelling counterpoint to the raucousness of his bandmates Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood. And this is his story."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Watts, Charlie.; Rolling Stones.; Drummers (Musicians); Rock musicians;
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Cuphead [electronic resource]. by Sony Computer Entertainment.;
Game.Come one, come all, to witness an interactive entertainment spectacle for the ages. Presenting ... the all-cartoon Wondergame Cuphead!! In this classic run and gun action game, play as brothers Cuphead or Mugman (in single player or local co-op) as you traverse strange worlds and take on massive, screen-filling bosses to earn your souls back from The Devil himself! It's no exaggeration to say there really isn't any other experience like this worldwide phenomenon from developer Studio MDHR. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, Cuphead's visuals and audio are meticulously created with the same techniques of the era: traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings. Cuphead truly is a playable cartoon that feels plucked from the golden era of animation. But that's not all! This raucous retail edition includes the incredibly popular DLC expansion "The Delicious Last Course" on-disc/cartridge, offering players a bevy of additional bosses, wondrous weapons & charms, and all-new playable character Ms. Chalice. Add in a set of delightful pack-ins lovingly crafted by the artists at Studio MDHR, and you get quite simply the most complete Cuphead experience ever, perfect for long-time fans and newcomers alike!ESRB Content Rating: E10, Everyone, 10+ (Fantasy violence, mild language, use of alcohol, use of tobacco).Blu-ray disc compatible with Playstation 4 console ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p ; in game surround sound ; 6 GB storage required.
Subjects: Sony video games.; Arcade-style video games.; Adventure video games.; Video games.; 2D video games.; Platform video games.; Playstation 4 (Video game console); Video games.; Computer games.; Cuphead (Game); Brothers; Soul; Good and evil; Computer adventure games;
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The light of Paris / by Brown, Eleanor,1973-author.;
"Madeleine is trapped--by her family's expectations, by her controlling husband, and by her own fears--in an unhappy marriage and a life she never wanted. From the outside, it looks like she has everything, but on the inside, she fears she has nothing that matters. In Madeleine's memories, her grandmother Margie is the kind of woman she should have been--elegant, reserved, perfect. But when Madeleine finds a diary detailing Margie's bold, romantic trip to Jazz Age Paris, she meets the grandmother she never knew: a dreamer who defied her strict, staid family and spent an exhilarating summer writing in cafes, living on her own, and falling for a charismatic artist. Despite her unhappiness, when Madeleine's marriage is threatened, she panics, escaping to her hometown and staying with her critical, disapproving mother. In that unlikely place, shaken by the revelation of a long-hidden family secret and inspired by her grandmother's bravery, Madeleine creates her own Parisian summer--reconnecting to her love of painting, cultivating a vibrant circle of creative friends, and finding a kindred spirit in a down-to-earth chef who reminds her to feed both her body and her heart. Margie and Madeleine's stories intertwine to explore the joys and risks of living life on our own terms, of defying the rules that hold us back from our dreams, and of becoming the people we are meant to be"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Married women; Self-actualization (Psychology) in women; Self-realization in women;
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Cuphead [electronic resource]. by Nintendo of America Inc.;
Game.Come one, come all, to witness an interactive entertainment spectacle for the ages. Presenting ... the all-cartoon Wondergame Cuphead!! In this classic run and gun action game, play as brothers Cuphead or Mugman (in single player or local co-op) as you traverse strange worlds and take on massive, screen-filling bosses to earn your souls back from The Devil himself! It's no exaggeration to say there really isn't any other experience like this worldwide phenomenon from developer Studio MDHR. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, Cuphead's visuals and audio are meticulously created with the same techniques of the era: traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings. Cuphead truly is a playable cartoon that feels plucked from the golden era of animation. But that's not all! This raucous retail edition includes the incredibly popular DLC expansion "The Delicious Last Course" on-disc/cartridge, offering players a bevy of additional bosses, wondrous weapons & charms, and all-new playable character Ms. Chalice. Add in a set of delightful pack-ins lovingly crafted by the artists at Studio MDHR, and you get quite simply the most complete Cuphead experience ever, perfect for long-time fans and newcomers alike!ESRB Content Rating: E10, Everyone, 10+ (Fantasy violence, mild language, use of alcohol, use of tobacco).Cartridge compatible with Nintendo Switch video game system ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p ; in game surround sound ; Nintendo Switch Pro controller compatible.
Subjects: Nintendo video games.; Arcade-style video games.; Adventure video games.; Video games.; 2D video games.; Platform video games.; Nintendo Switch (Video game console); Nintendo Switch video games.; Video games.; Computer games.; Cuphead (Game); Brothers; Soul; Good and evil; Computer adventure games;
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Cuphead [electronic resource]. by Microsoft Corporation.;
Game.Come one, come all, to witness an interactive entertainment spectacle for the ages. Presenting ... the all-cartoon Wondergame Cuphead!! In this classic run and gun action game, play as brothers Cuphead or Mugman (in single player or local co-op) as you traverse strange worlds and take on massive, screen-filling bosses to earn your souls back from The Devil himself! It's no exaggeration to say there really isn't any other experience like this worldwide phenomenon from developer Studio MDHR. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, Cuphead's visuals and audio are meticulously created with the same techniques of the era: traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings. Cuphead truly is a playable cartoon that feels plucked from the golden era of animation. But that's not all! This raucous retail edition includes the incredibly popular DLC expansion "The Delicious Last Course" on-disc/cartridge, offering players a bevy of additional bosses, wondrous weapons & charms, and all-new playable character Ms. Chalice. Add in a set of delightful pack-ins lovingly crafted by the artists at Studio MDHR, and you get quite simply the most complete Cuphead experience ever, perfect for long-time fans and newcomers alike!ESRB Content Rating: E10, Everyone, 10+ (Fantasy violence, mild language, use of alcohol, use of tobacco).Blu-ray disc compatible with Xbox One console ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p/4K Ultra HD ; Dolby Atmos in game surround sound ; 6 GB storage required ; Cross-generation play.
Subjects: Xbox video games.; Arcade-style video games.; Adventure video games.; Video games.; 2D video games.; Platform video games.; Xbox One (Video game console); Video games.; Computer games.; Cuphead (Game); Brothers; Soul; Good and evil; Computer adventure games;
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Last call at the Nightingale / by Schellman, Katharine,author.;
"First in a captivating Jazz age mystery series from author Katharine Schellman, Last Call at the Nightingale beckons readers into a darkly glamorous speakeasy where music, liquor, and secrets flow. New York, 1924. Vivian Kelly's days are filled with drudgery, from the tenement lodging she shares with her sister to the dress shop where she sews for hours every day. But at night, she escapes to The Nightingale, an underground dance hall where illegal liquor flows and the band plays the Charleston with reckless excitement. With a bartender willing to slip her a free glass of champagne and friends who know the owner, Vivian can lose herself in the music. No one asks where she came from or how much money she has. No one bats an eye if she flirts with men or women as long as she can keep up on the dance floor. At The Nightingale, Vivian forgets the dangers of Prohibition-era New York and finds a place that feels like home. But then she discovers a body behind the club, and those dangers come knocking. Caught in a police raid at the Nightingale, Vivian discovers that the dead man wasn't the nameless bootlegger he first appeared. With too many people assuming she knows more about the crime than she does, Vivian finds herself caught between the dangers of the New York's underground and the world of the city's wealthy and careless, where money can hide any sin and the lives of the poor are considered disposable ... including Vivian's own"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Murder; Nightclubs; Nineteen twenties;
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A fever in the heartland : the Ku Klux Klan's plot to take over America, and the woman who stopped them / by Egan, Timothy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the riveting story of the Klan's rise to power in the 1920s, the cunning con man who drove that rise, and the woman who stopped them. The Roaring Twenties -the Jazz Age -has been characterized as a time of Gatsby frivolity. But it was also the height of the uniquely American hate group, the Ku Klux Klan. Their domain was not the old Confederacy, but the Heartland and the West. They hated Blacks, Jews, Catholics and immigrants in equal measure, and took radical steps to keep these people from the American promise. And the man who set in motion their takeover of great swaths of America was a charismatic charlatan named D.C. Stephenson. Stephenson was a magnetic presence whose life story changed with every telling. Within two years of his arrival in Indiana, he'd become the Grand Dragon of the state and and the architect of the strategy that brought the group out of the shadows-their message endorsed from the pulpits of local churches, spread at family picnics and town celebrations. Judges, prosecutors, ministers, governors and senators across the country all proudly proclaimed their membership. But at the peak of his influence, it was a seemingly powerless woman-Madge Oberholtzer-who would reveal his secret cruelties, and whose deathbed testimony finally brought the Klan to their knees"--
Subjects: Oberholtzer, Madge, 1896-1925.; Stephenson, David Curtis, 1891-1966.; Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); White supremacy movements;
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We were the lucky ones / by Hunter, Georgia,1978-author.;
An extraordinary, propulsive novel based on the true story of a family of Polish Jews who scatter at the start of the Second World War, determined to survive, and to reunite. It is the spring of 1939, and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, even as the shadow of war grows ever closer. The talk around the family Seder table is of new babies and budding romance, not of the increasing hardships facing Jews in their hometown of Radom, Poland. But soon the horrors overtaking Europe will become inescapable and the Kurc family will be flung to the far corners of the earth, each desperately trying to chart his or her own path toward safety. As one sibling is forced into exile, another attempts to flee the continent, while others struggle to escape certain death by working endless hours on empty stomachs in the factories of the ghetto or by hiding as gentiles in plain sight. Driven by an extraordinary will to survive and by the fear that they may never see each other again, the Kurcs must rely on hope, ingenuity, and inner strength to persevere. In a novel of breathtaking sweep and scope that spans five continents and six years and transports readers from the jazz clubs of Paris to the beaches of Rio de Janeiro to Krakow's most brutal prison and the farthest reaches of the Siberian gulag, We Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the capacity of the human spirit to endure in the face of the twentieth century's darkest moment"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Jews; Holocaust survivors; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish families; Jews, Polish; World War, 1939-1945;
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How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund? A Novel [electronic resource] : by Montague, Anna.aut; cloudLibrary;
For fans of Less and Remarkably Bright Creatures comes a funny and moving novel about love, loss, and new beginnings found on an unlikely road trip Most days, Magda is fine. She has her routines. She has her anxious therapy patients, who depend on her to cure their bad habits. She has her longtime colleagues, whose playful bickering she mediates. She’s mourning the recent loss of her best friend, Sara, but has brokered a tentative truce with Sara’s prickly widower as she helps him sort through the last of Sara’s possessions. She’s fine. But in going through Sara’s old journal, Magda discovers her friend’s last directive: plans for a road trip they would take together in celebration of Magda’s upcoming seventieth birthday. So, with Sara’s urn in tow, Magda decides to hit the road, crossing the country and encountering a cast of memorable characters—including her sister, from whom she’s been keeping secrets. Along the way she stumbles upon a jazz funeral in New Orleans and a hilarious women’s retreat meant to “unleash one’s divine feminine energy” in Texas, and meets a woman who challenges her conceptions of herself—and the hidden truths about her friendship with Sara. As the trip shakes up her careful routines, Magda finally faces longings she locked away years ago and confronts questions about her sexuality and identity she thought she had long put to rest. And as she soon learns, it’s never too late to start your next journey.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Contemporary Women;
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