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- On a night of a thousand stars / by Clark, Andrea Yaryura,author.;
"New York, 1998. Santiago Larrea, a wealthy Argentine diplomat, is holding court alongside his wife, Lila, and their daughter, Paloma, a college student and budding jewelry designer, at their annual summer polo match and soiree. All seems perfect in the Larreas' world--until an unexpected party guest from Santiago's university days shakes his usually unflappable demeanor. The woman's cryptic comments spark Paloma's curiosity about her father's past, of which she knows little. When the family travels to Buenos Aires for Santiago's UN ambassadorial appointment, Paloma is determined to learn more about his life in the years leading up to the military dictatorship of 1976. With the help of a local university student, Franco Bonetti, an activist member of H.I.J.O.S.--a group whose members are the children of the Desaparecidos, or the "Disappeared," men and women who were forcibly disappeared by the state during Argentina's "Dirty War"--Paloma unleashes a chain of events that not only leads her to question her family and her identity, but also puts her life in danger. In compelling fashion, On a Night of a Thousand Stars speaks to relationships, morality, and identity during a brutal period in Argentinian history, and the understanding--and redemption--people crave in the face of unspeakable tragedy"--
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Dictatorship; Diplomats; Disappeared persons; Family secrets;
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- The sisters Sputnik : a novel / by Favro, Terri,author.;
An odyssey wrapped in a love story, set in a near-future of artificial people. The Sisters Sputnik are a time-traveling trio of storytellers-for-hire who are much in demand throughout the multiverse of 2,052 alternate worlds. Each world was created by the detonation of a nuclear bomb in Earth Standard Time, home of the Sisters' leader, aging comic book creator Debbie Reynolds Biondi, her 20-something apprentice Unicorn Girl, and their pop culture--loving AI, Cassandra. Tales of Earth Standard Time-That-Was, from World Wars to the space race to Hollywood celebrities, have turned the Sisters into storytelling rock stars. In a distant reality where books and music have disappeared, Debbie finds herself in bed with an old Earth Standard Time lover who begs her to tell him a story. Over one long, eventful night, she spins the epic of the Sisters' adventures in alternate realities, starting with the theft of a book of evil comic strips in a post-pandemic Toronto full of ghost kitchens and robot-worshipping lost children known as junksters, to a disco-era purgatory where synthetic people are sending humans into the past through a reverse-engineered Statue of Liberty, to a version of the 1950s where the Sisters meet a rising star named Frank Sinatra and his girlfriend, the once-and-future Queen of England.
- Subjects: Science fiction.; Novels.; Multiverse; Storytellers; Time travel;
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- Trolls, the beat goes on!. [videorecording] / by Astin, Skylar,1987-voice actor.; Carter, Declan Churchill,voice actor.; Funches, Ron,1983-voice actor.; Krishnan, Sean T.,voice actor.; Leighton, Amanda,voice actor.; Richardson, Kevin Michael,1964-voice actor.; Wolff, Fryda,voice actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),distributor.;
Sean T. Krishnan, Declan Churchill Carter, Amanda Leighton, Skylar Astin, Kevin Michael Richardson, Ron Funches, Fryda Wolff.Picking up where the blockbuster film left off, Troll Village is settling into a new era with Poppy as Queen. Bursting with their signature positivity, irreverence, and a whole lotta original music, this whole new chapter opens up the colorful world of Poppy, Branch, and friends for new adventures and a dance party around every corner.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Children's television programs.; Animated television programs.; Friendship; Heroes; Trolls; Villages;
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- Red team blues / by Doctorow, Cory,author.;
"New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's Red Team Blues is a grabby next-Tuesday thriller about cryptocurrency shenanigans that will awaken you to how the world really works. Martin Hench is 67 years old, single, and successful in a career stretching back to the beginnings of Silicon Valley. He lives and roams California in a very comfortable fully-furnished touring bus, The Unsalted Hash, that he bought years ago from a fading rock star. He knows his way around good food and fine drink. He likes intelligent women, and they like him back often enough. Martin is a-contain your excitement-self-employed forensic accountant, a veteran of the long guerilla war between people who want to hide money, and people who want to find it. He knows computer hardware and software alike, including the ins and outs of high-end databases and the kinds of spreadsheets that are designed to conceal rather than reveal. He's as comfortable with social media as people a quarter his age, and he's a world-level expert on the kind of international money-laundering and shell-company chicanery used by Fortune 500 companies, mid-divorce billionaires, and international drug gangs alike. He also knows the Valley like the back of his hand, all the secret histories of charismatic company founders and Sand Hill Road VCs. Because he was there at all the beginnings. He's not famous, except to the people who matter. He's made some pretty powerful people happy in his time, and he's been paid pretty well. It's been a good life. Now he's been roped into a job that's more dangerous than anything he's ever agreed to before-and it will take every ounce of his skill to get out alive"--
- Subjects: Science fiction.; Novels.; Criminals; Cryptocurrencies; Hackers; Older men;
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- The making of another major motion picture masterpiece / by Hanks, Tom,author.; Sikoryak, R.,illustrator.;
"From the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author: his debut novel. The story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film ... and the humble comic book that inspired it. PART ONE of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for 23 years. Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing underground comic books in Oakland, California, reconnects with his uncle and, remembering the comic book he saw when he was five, draws a new version with his uncle as a World War II fighting hero. Cut to the present day: A commercially successful director discovers the 1970 comic book and decides to turn it into a contemporary superhero movie. Cue the cast: We meet the film's extremely difficult male star, his wonderful leading lady, the eccentric writer/director, the producer, the go-fer production assistant, and everyone else on both sides of the camera. Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking, this is a novel not only about the making of a movie, but also about the changes in America and American culture since World War II. Bonus material: Interspersed throughout are the three comic books that are featured in the story - all created by Hanks himself - including the comic book that becomes the official tie-in to this novel's 'major motion picture masterpiece.'"--
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Comic books, strips, etc.; Motion pictures; Superhero films;
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- Scorpion. [videorecording] / by Gabel, Elyes,1983-actor.; McPhee, Katharine,1984-actor.; Patrick, Robert,1958-actor.; Thomas, Eddie Kaye,1980-actor.; CBS Studios Inc.,production company.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,publisher.;
Elyes Gabel, Katharine McPhee, Robert Patrick, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Ari Stidham, Jadyn Wong.In the explosive final season, Team Scorpion returns to tackle the globe's greatest threats! Elyes Gabel stars as Walter, leader of a group of misfit masterminds as eccentric as they are intelligent. In this explosive final season, new allies as well as old enemies join the team as their genius brains face the toughest challenges yet.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Television programs.; Gifted persons; National security; Civil defense; Terrorism; Terrorists;
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- Z for Zachariah [videorecording] / by Ejiofor, Chiwetel,1977-actor.; McIntosh, Heather.; O'Brien, Robert C.Z for Zachariah.Videorecording.; Pine, Chris,1980-actor.; Robbie, Margot,1990-actor.; Zobel, Craig,director.; Grindstone Pictures (Firm),publisher.; Videoville Showtime.;
Camera, Tim Orr ; editor, Jane Rizzo ; music, Heather McIntosh ; production designer, Matt Munn.Margot Robbie, Chris Pine, Chiwetel Ejiofor.The post-apocalyptic tale of one girl's efforts to survive alone in a devastated town-and what happens when a mysterious stranger appears-from Newbery Award-winning author, Robert C. O'Brien, is now a major motion picture starring Margot Robbie, Chris Pine, and Chiwetel Ejiofor! Ann Burden is completely alone. The world as she once knew it is gone, ravaged by a nuclear war that has taken everyone from her. For the past year, she has lived in a remote valley with no evidence of any other survivors. But the smoke from a distant campfire shatters Ann's solitude. Someone else is still alive and making his way toward the valley. Who is this man? What does he want? Can he be trusted? Both excited and terrified, Ann soon realizes there may be worse things than being the last person on Earth.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
- Subjects: O'Brien, Robert C.; End of the world; Feature films.; Nuclear warfare; Nuclear warfare; Survival; Teenage girls; Teenagers; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);
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- Queen of storms / by Feist, Raymond E.,author.;
"Dark and powerful forces threaten the world of Garn once more in this second novel in legendary New York Times bestselling author Raymond E. Feist's epic fantasy series, the Firemane Saga. Hatushaly and his young wife Hava have arrived in the prosperous trading town of Beran's Hill to restore and reopen the fire-damaged Inn of the Three Stars. They are also preparing for the popular midsummer festival, where their friends Declan and Gwen will be wed. But Hatu and Hava are not the ordinary loving couple they appear to be. They are assassins from the mysterious island of Coaltachin, home to the powerful and lethal Nocusara, the fearsome "Hidden Warriors." Posing as innkeepers, they are awaiting instructions from their masters in the Kingdom of Night. Hatu conceals an even more dangerous secret. He is the last remaining member of the legendary Firemanes, the ruling family of Ithrace. Known as the Kingdom of Flames, Ithrace was one of the five greatest realms of Tembria, ruled by Hatu's father, Stervern Langene, until he and his people were betrayed. His heir, Hatu-then a baby-was hidden among the Nocusara, who raised him to become a deadly spy. Hatu works hard to hide his true identity from all who would seek to use or to destroy him, as fate has other plans for the noble warrior. Unexpected calamity forces him to make choices he could not have dreamed awaited him. A series of horrific events shatters the peace of Beran's Hill, bringing death and devastation and unleashing monstrous forces. Once more, the Greater Realms of Tembria are threatened-and nothing will ever be the same again"--
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Assassins; Imaginary wars and battles; Kings and rulers;
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- Meteor. by Neame, Ronald,film director.; Fonda, Henry,actor.; Malden, Karl,actor.; Landau, Martin,actor.; Wood, Natalie,actor.; Connery, Sean,actor.; Howard, Trevor,actor.; MGM (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Henry Fonda, Karl Malden, Martin Landau, Natalie Wood, Sean Connery, Trevor HowardOriginally produced by MGM in 1979.Outer space can hardly contain all the stars that round out the extraordinary cast in this thriller: Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Martin Landau, Trevor Howard and Henry Fonda. Dr. Paul Bradley (Connery) is summoned to Washington by NASA chief Harold Sherwood (Malden) who informs him that a huge meteor will smash into earth in six days. The only chance to destroy the meteor is to work with the Soviets, revealing to them top nuclear secrets. But the clock is ticking…Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; War films.; Science fiction.; Motion Pictures.; Action and adventure films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.).;
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- The good fight. [videorecording] / by Baranski, Christine,television producer,actor.; Brady, Wayne,1972-actor.; Kennedy, Brooke,television director.; McDonald, Audra,actor.; Nyambi, Nyambi,actor.; Patinkin, Mandy,actor.; Steele, Sarah,1988-actor.; Sykes, Wanda,1964-actor.; Trim, Michael(Television director),television director.; CBS Television Network,broadcaster.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Christine Baranski, Sarah Steele, Nyambi Nyambi, Mandy Patinkin, Audra Mcdonald, Wanda Sykes, Wayne Brady.Originally broadcast on television in 2021.In the sixth and final season of The Good Fight, Diane (Emmy Award winner Christine Baranski) feels like she's going crazy, struggling with an uneasy sense of déjà vu, with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, to voting rights, to Cold War aggressions returning. Meanwhile, the lawyers of Reddick and Associates wonder if the violence that they see all around them points to an impending civil war. Also starring John Slattery, Andre Braugher, Sarah Steele, Michael Boatman, Nyambi Nyambi and Charmaine Bingwa and featuring guest appearances from Alan Cumming, Carrie Preston, Gary Cole and Phylicia Rashad.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Legal television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Law firms; Lawyers; Women lawyers;
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