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- Gingerbread / by Oyeyemi, Helen,author.;
"The prize-winning, bestselling author of Boy, snow, bird and What is not yours is not yours returns with a bewitching and inventive novel. Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories -- equal parts wholesome and uncanny; from the tantalizing witch's house in Hansel and Gretel to the man-shaped confection who one day decides to run as fast as he can -- beloved novelist Helen Oyeyemi invites readers into a delightful tale of a surprising family legacy, in which the inheritance is a recipe. Perdita Lee may appear your average British schoolgirl; Harriet Lee may seem just a working mother trying to penetrate the school social hierarchy; but there are signs that they might not be as normal as they think they are. For one thing, they share a gold-painted, seventh-floor walk-up apartment with some surprisingly verbal vegetation. And then there's the gingerbread they make. Londoners may find themselves able to take or leave it, but it's very popular in Druhástrana, the far away (or, according to many sources, non-existent) land of Harriet Lee's early youth. The world's truest lover of the Lee family gingerbread, however, is Harriet's charismatic childhood friend Gretel -- a figure who seems to have had a hand in everything (good or bad) that has happened to Harriet since they met. Decades later, when teenaged Perdita sets out to find her mother's long lost friend, it prompts a new telling of Harriet's story. As the book follows the Lees through encounters with jealousy, ambition, family grudges, work, wealth, and real estate, gingerbread seems to be the one thing that reliably holds a constant value. Endlessly surprising and satisfying, written with Helen Oyeyemi's inimitable style and imagination, it is a true feast for the reader"--- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Fairy tales.; Hansel and Gretel (Tale); Gingerbread; Families;
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- Ducktails, drive-ins, and broken hearts : an unsweetened look at '50s music / by Davis, Hank,1941-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.They all tried, but few singers and musicians from the 1950s became stars. Yet many of them had stories to tell that were far more interesting than the ones you already know. Author Hank Davis was bitten by the music bug as a teenager. By the time he entered college in 1959, he was no stranger to New York's recording studios and had a few 45s of his own on the market. Spanning a 45 year career in music journalism, Davis has spent time backstage, in motel rooms, and on tour buses to uncover stories that rarely made the official annals of pop music history. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews and new research, 'Ducktails, Drive-Ins, and Broken Hearts' offers a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at the winners and losers during rock 'n' roll's formative era. How did a decade as uptight and puritanical as the '50s produce so much cringe-worthy, politically incorrect music? What was it like to see a pale cover version of your latest record climb the charts while yours sat unplayed by mainstream radio stations? How did precious Elvis tapes end up in a Memphis landfill? And who was that thirteen-year-old girl who made a five-dollar vanity record at Sun just two years after Elvis had-and ended up singing backup on "Suspicious Minds" and "In the Ghetto?" This book is a must-read for all fans of '50s music.- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Musicians; Singers; Sound recording industry; Popular music;
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- Alice a disparu / by Frigiel.; Gay, Olivier,1979-; Frick, Thomas(Illustrator);
LSC- Subjects: Roman fantastique.; Roman d'aventures.; Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Frigiel; Fluffy (Personnage fictif de Frigiel); Frigiel; Fluffy (Fictitious character from Frigiel); Garçons adolescents; Chiens; Magie; Teenage boys; Dogs; Magic;
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- Le mystère des pastèques perdues / by Frigiel.; MINTE (Firm);
LSC- Subjects: Romans graphiques.; Graphic novels.; Garçons adolescents; Chiens; Magie; Pastèques; Voleurs; Teenage boys; Dogs; Magic; Watermelons; Thieves;
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- Alam. by Khoury, Firas,film director.; Bakri, Mahmoud,actor.; Karaki, Mohammad,actor.; Bakri, Saleh,actor.; Khass, Sereen,actor.; Film Movement (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Mahmoud Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Saleh Bakri, Sereen KhassOriginally produced by Film Movement in 2022.Despite being part of a young generation of Palestinian Arabs whose families chose to stay and challenge the Israeli state after Al-Nakba, 17-year-old Tamer and his friends are just like any other group of teenage boys. They clumsily search for drugs, flirt with girls, play video games, and slack off at school. However, when a beautiful new student named Maysaá joins their class, Tamer immediately falls for her and, by association, is drawn into her political activism. Unsure of his own political convictions, Tamer must quickly determine what matters to him and what price he is willing to pay for freedom.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Coming of age.;
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- Adoration. by du, Fabrice,film director.; Poelvoorde, Benoît,actor.; Harduin, Fantine,actor.; Lucas, Laurent,actor.; Gioria, Thomas,actor.; Memento International (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Benoît Poelvoorde, Fantine Harduin, Laurent Lucas, Thomas GioriaOriginally produced by Memento International in 2019.Paul, a 12-year-old lonely boy, lives with his mother at the mental institution where she works since his father abandoned them years ago. When Gloria, a troubled and fascinating teenage girl, arrives at the institution, Paul immediately falls in love with her. So madly in love that, despite her dangerousness, he will run away with her to help her reach a place she calls the "haven of peace." Teenagers on the run, escaping from the hostile adult world to an unreachable destination…Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Romance.; Horror films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).;
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