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Belgravia [sound recording] / by Fellowes, Julian,author.; Stevenson, Juliet,narrator.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Juliet Stevenson.On the eve of the Battle of Waterloo, two families meet at the Duchess of Richmond's ball. From this moment on, their stories will be linked by a secret.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Audiobooks.; Family secrets; Upper class;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Navola : a novel / by Bacigalupi, Paolo,author.;
"In Navola, a bustling city-state dominated by a handful of influential families, business is power, and power is everything. For generations, the di Regulai family-merchant bankers with a vast empire-has nurtured tendrils that stretch to the farthest reaches of the known world. And though they claim not to be political, their staggering wealth has bought cities and toppled kingdoms. Soon, Davico di Regulai will be expected to take the reins of power from his father and demonstrate his mastery of the games of Navolese diplomacy: knowing who to trust and who to doubt, and how to read what lies hidden behind a smile. But in Navola, strange and ancient undercurrents lurk behind the gilt and grandeur-like the fossilized dragon eye in the family's possession, a potent symbol of their raw power and a talisman that seems to be summoning Davico to act. As tensions rise and the events unfold, Davico will be tested to his limits. His fate depends on the eldritch dragon relic and on what lies buried in the heart of his adopted sister, Celia di Balcosi, whose own family was destroyed by Nalova's twisted politics. With echoes of Renaissance Italy, The Godfather, and Game of Thrones, Navola is a stunning feat of world-building and a mesmerizing depiction of drive and will"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; City-states; Imaginary places; Intrigue; Merchant banks; Political corruption; Power (Social sciences); Upper class families; Young men;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Homework : a memoir / by Dyer, Geoff,author.;
"A memoir by the English author Geoff Dyer, focusing on his childhood years"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Dyer, Geoff; Authors, English; Education; Working class families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Parasite [videorecording] / by Ch'oe, U-sik,1990-actor.; Jang, Hye-Jin,actor.; Cho, Young-kag,1969-actor.; Yi, Sŏn-gyun,1975-actor.; Park, So-Dam,actor.; Song, Kang-ho,1967-actor.; Pong, Chun-ho,1969-film director.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Kang-Ho Song, Sun-Kyun Lee, Yeo-Jeong Jo, Woo-Sik Choi, Hye-Jin Jang, So-Dam Park.Kim Ki-teak's family are all unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family's luck changes. One by one they gradually infiltrate the wealthy Parks' home, attempting to take over their affluent lifestyle.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Dark comedy films.; Motion pictures, Korean.; Foreign films.; Feature films.; Unemployed; Families; Rich people; Social classes; Urban poor; Tutors and tutoring;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Parasite [videorecording] / by Ch'oe, U-sik,1990-actor.; Jang, Hye-Jin,actor.; Cho, Young-kag,1969-actor.; Yi, Sŏn-gyun,1975-actor.; Park, So-Dam,actor.; Song, Kang-ho,1967-actor.; Pong, Chun-ho,1969-film director.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Kang-Ho Song, Sun-Kyun Lee, Yeo-Jeong Jo, Woo-Sik Choi, Hye-Jin Jang, So-Dam Park.Kim Ki-teak's family are all unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family's luck changes. One by one they gradually infiltrate the wealthy Parks' home, attempting to take over their affluent lifestyle.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 2.0.
Subjects: Motion pictures, Korean.; Foreign films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Dark comedy films.; Unemployed; Families; Rich people; Social classes; Urban poor; Tutors and tutoring;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Ancient Chinese / by Binns, Tristan Boyer,1968-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31), Internet address and index.Presents an overview of ancient Chinese civilization, including its geography, government, religion, social classes, recreation, art, and architecture.
© 2007, c2005., Compass Point Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The mayor of Maxwell Street / by Cunningham, Avery,author.;
"An epic love story that explores the American Dream between the monolith of Jim Crow, the inflexible world of the original Black upper class, and the violence of 1920s Chicago"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; African Americans; American Dream; Man-woman relationships; Upper class; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The house at Riverton : a novel / by Morton, Kate,1976-;
Grace came to serve in the house of the Ashbury family as a girl. She left as a young woman, after the presumed suicide of a famous young poet at the property's lake. Though she has dutifully kept the family's secrets for decades, memories flood back in the twilight of her life when a young filmmaker comes calling with questions about how the poet really died--and why the Ashbury sisters never again spoke to each other afterward.
Subjects: Women domestics; Reminiscing in old age; Upper class families; Poets; Suspense fiction;
© 2008, c2006., Atria Books,
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 6
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American made : what happens to people when work disappears / by Stockman, Farah,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Shannon, Wally, and John built their lives around their place of work. Shannon, a white single mother, became the first woman to run the factory's dangerous furnaces at the Rexnord manufacturing plant in Indianapolis and was proud of producing one of the world's top brands of steel bearings. Wally, a black man known for his initiative and kindness, was promoted to become chairman of efficiency, one of the most coveted posts on the factory floor, and dreamed of starting his own barbecue business one day. John, a white machine operator, came from a multigenerational union family and clashed with a work environment that was increasingly hostile to organized labor. The Rexnord factory had served as one of the economic engines for the surrounding community. When the factory closed, hundreds of people lost their jobs. What had life been like for Shannon, Wally, and John, before the factory closed? And what became of them after the factory moved to Mexico and Texas? American Made is a story about people and a community struggling to reinvent itself. It is also a story about race, class, and American values, and how jobs serve as a bedrock of people's lives and drive powerful social justice movements. This revealing book is also about this political moment, when joblessness and uncertainty about the future of work have made themselves heard at a national level. Most of all it is a story about people: who we consider to be one of us, and how the dignity of work lies at the heart of who we are"--
Subjects: Plant shutdowns; Unemployed; Working class; Work;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Gin, turpentine, pennyroyal, rue : a novel / by Higdon, Christine,author.;
"Four working-class Vancouver sisters, still reeling from the impact of World War I and the pandemic that stole their only brother, are scraping by but attempting to make the most of the exciting 1920s. Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue is a love story--but like all love stories, it's complicated ... Morag is pregnant; she loves her husband. Georgina can't bear hers and dreams of getting an education. Harriet-Jean, still at home with her opium-addicted mother, is in love with a woman. Isla's pregnant too--and in love with her sister's husband. Only one soul knows about Isla's pregnancy, and it isn't the father. When Isla resorts to a back-street abortion and nearly dies, Llewellyn becomes hellbent on revenge. But can revenge lead to anything but disaster for a man like Llew--a policeman tangled up in running rum to Prohibition America? Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue is immersed in the complex political and social realities of the 1920s and, not-so ironically, of the 2020s: love, sex, desire, police corruption, abortion, addiction, and women wanting more. Beautifully written, with a loveable cast of characters, this novel is a tender account of love that cannot be acknowledged, of loss and regret, risk and defiance, abiding friendship, and the powerful bonds of chosen family."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Abortion; Brothers; Families; Lesbians; Man-woman relationships; Nineteen twenties; Sisters; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Women; Working class;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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