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Another kind of Eden / by Burke, James Lee,1936-author.;
A "tale of justice, love, brutality, and mysticism set in the turbulent 1960s"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Cults; Murder; Nineteen sixties; Authors; Man-woman relationships; Railroad trains;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Another kind of Eden [sound recording] / by Burke, James Lee,1936-author.; Patton, Will,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Will Patton.A "tale of justice, love, brutality, and mysticism set in the turbulent 1960s"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Authors; Cults; Man-woman relationships; Murder; Nineteen sixties; Railroad trains;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Blow-Up. by Antonioni, Michelangelo,film director.; Hemmings, David,actor.; Birkin, Jane,actor.; Castle, John,actor.; Miles, Sarah,actor.; Redgrave, Vanessa,actor.; Warner Bros. (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
David Hemmings, Jane Birkin, John Castle, Sarah Miles, Vanessa RedgraveOriginally produced by Warner Bros. in 1966.Michelangelo Antonioni directs one of the seminal films of the 1960s.Fashion photographer Thomas (David Hemmings) casually takes a somewhat voyeuristic shot of a man and a young woman in each other's arms on a park bench. The young woman (Vanessa Redgrave) follows Thomas home and makes love to him in exchange for the photograph. But Thomas keeps the negative, and when he enlarges it, what had seemed a carnal moment appears to be murder. Thomas returns to the park, and discovers that the man in the photograph is dead. Yet when Thomas enlarges the photo again, he notices a shadow in the bushes that could be the barrel of a gun. Is the woman with whom Thomas made love a murderer? Reality seems to change with each Blow-Up.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Horror films.; Motion Pictures.; Motion pictures, British.; Detective and mystery films.; Nineteen sixties.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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The beautiful people : a novel / by Gable, Michelle,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."It's 1961, and for Margo Hightower, everything is about to change. True, her engagement is off, her family has fallen in scandal, and she's completely broke. But she's just been hired as an assistant to photographer Slim Aarons--famous for his vibrant pictures of high society, royalty, and Hollywood stars--and she knows this opportunity is her ticket to something better. From the bright beaches of Acapulco to glitzy parties in New York, Margo is thrown headfirst into the glamorous jet-set world she so covets, observing its ways from behind the camera as Slim's sidekick. There's Jackie Kennedy, Truman Capote and his Swans, a host of Vanderbilts. Beautiful people in beautiful places. But when they land in Palm Beach, a scene with few rules and many riches, the lines between work and play begin to blur. As Margo becomes swept up in the city's social circle--and into a friendship with heiress and rising fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer--the golden life seems increasingly in reach. Until she finds herself entangeled in a complicated web of loyalties and secrets that could bring it all crashing down ... "--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Celebrities; Man-woman relationships; Nineteen sixties; Photographers; Photography; Secrecy; Women photographers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Linnentown. by Shaw, Kevin,film director.; M. McDuffie, Tina,actor.; PBS (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Tina M. McDuffieOriginally produced by PBS in 2025.The last living descendants of a once-thriving Black neighborhood in Athens, GA come together to fight to preserve the memory of Linnentown and to seek redress for what was lost. Their family homes were razed in a 1960s urban renewal program and they, along with civic-minded neighbors, unite to try to reclaim their forgotten history and forge a path toward reconciliation.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; African Americans.; Communities.; Housing.; Nineteen sixties.;
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Ms. Fisher's modern murder mysteries. [videorecording] / by Banks, Fiona,television director.; Carlin, Kevin,television director.; Cox, Deb,1958-creator,screenwriter.; Eagger, Fiona,creator.; Frey, Beth,television producer.; Hakewill, Geraldine,actor.; Hegarty, Lynn,television director.; Jackson, Joel,actor.; Martino, Jo,screenwriter.; McClements, Catherine,1965-actor.; Mignone, Louisa,actor.; Parker, Alli,screenwriter.; Robertson, Katie,actor.; Stone, Greg,actor.; Truslove, Toby,actor.; Winston, Samantha,screenwriter.; Acorn Media (Firm),production company.; Every Cloud Productions,production company.; RLJ Entertainment,distributor.;
Geraldine Hakewill, Joel Jackson, Toby Truslove, Louisa Mignone, Greg Stone, Katie Robertson, Catherine McClements.Follow Ms. Peregrine Fisher, niece of Miss Phryne Fisher, as she steps into her aunt's role as a lady detective, this time in 1960s Melbourne, Australia.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital stereophonic.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fisher, Phryne (Fictitious character); Criminal investigation; Nineteen sixties; Women detectives;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Red Elvis. by Latter, Thomas,film director.; Curiosity Stream (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Curiosity Stream in 2021.Dean Reed's story is the story of a wild and changing world. Through the prism of his life, we witness global youth rebellion, revolutions in popular music, and the shifting tectonics of superpower rivalry. His is the forgotten story of a 1960's American teen idol who defected to the Soviet Bloc and became a superstar. And then he disappeared.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Music.; Documentary films.; Artists.; Soviet Union.; Cold War.; Biography.; Musicians.; Country music.; Popular music.; Popular Music.; Nineteen sixties.; Performing arts.;
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The celestial wife : a novel / by Howard, Leslie,1953-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Keep sweet no matter what, for this is the way to be lifted up Keep sweet with every breath, for it is a matter of life or death 1964. Fifteen-year-old Daisy Shoemaker dreams of life beyond her small, isolated fundamentalist Mormon community of Redemption on the Canada--US border--despite Bishop Thorsen's warning that the outside world is full of sin. According to the Principle, the only way to enter the celestial kingdom is through plural marriage. While the boys are taught to work in the lucrative sawmill that supports their enclave, Daisy and her best friend, Brighten, are instructed to keep sweet and wait for Placement--the day the bishop will choose a husband for them. But Daisy wants to be more than a sister-wife and a mother. So when she is placed with a man forty years her senior, she makes the daring decision to flee Redemption. Years later, Daisy has a job and a group of trustworthy friends. Emboldened by the ideas of the feminist and counterculture movements, she is freer than she has ever been ... until Brighten reaches out with a cry for help and Daisy's past comes hurtling back. But to save the women she left behind, Daisy must risk her newfound independence and return to Redemption, where hellfire surely awaits. For readers of Emma Cline's The Girls and Ami McKay's The Virgin Cure comes an arresting coming-of-age novel about a fearless young girl's fight for freedom at a time of great historic change."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Communal living; Latter Day Saints; Nineteen sixties; Self-actualization (Psychology) in women; Teenage girls;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Women's hotel : a novel / by Lavery, Daniel M.,author.;
"From the New York Times bestselling author and advice columnist, a poignant and funny debut novel about the residents of a women's hotel in 1960s New York City"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Breakfasts; Hotels; Interpersonal relations; Neighbors; Nineteen sixties; Theft; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Christmas at the women's hotel : a Biedermeier story / by Lavery, Daniel M.,author.;
"New York Times bestselling author Daniel M. Lavery returns to the world of Women's Hotel in this delightful and heartwarming novella about one especially lively Christmastime at the Biedermeier"--
Subjects: Christmas fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novellas.; Christmas stories; Hotels; Interpersonal relations; Neighbors; Nineteen sixties; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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