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Shelter : [Book Club Set] / by Yun, Jung.;
"Kyung Cho's home is worth less money than he owes. A tenure-track professor, he and his wife, Gillian, have always lived beyond their means. Now their decisions have caught up with them, and Kyung is anxious for his family's future: all he wants is to provide the home that was denied him to their son. Not that he ever wanted for pleasing things -- his father moved the family from Korea, and made good money engineering patents for the university that now employs his son. Kyung was raised in the town's most affluent neighborhood, in the exquisite house where his parents, Jin and Mae, still live, but his childhood was far from comfortable. Jin was always swift to anger, and whenever he took a hand to Mae, she would inflict the wounds she suffered on Kyung. With the support of his parents' pastor, Kyung brought the cycle to a halt, but he cannot bear the thought of asking them for help. Yet when Jin and Mae become victims of a violent home invasion, the dynamic suddenly changes, and Kyung is compelled to take them in. As the carefully established distance between Kyung and his parents collapses, he must reckon with his childhood, even as the life that he has built begins to crumble. As Shelter veers swiftly toward its startling conclusion, Jung Yun's debut novel leads us through dark and violent territory, where, unexpectedly, the Chos discover hope. Taut and masterfully told, it as riveting as it is profound"--
Subjects: Korean Americans; Families; FICTION / Literary.; FICTION / Suspense.;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 10
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Heartland. [videorecording] / by Johnston, Shaun,actor.; Marshall, Amber,1988-actor.; Morgan, Michele,actor.; Power, Keith,actor.; television adaptation of (work):Brooke, Lauren.Heartland.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),production company.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Amber Marshall, Shaun Johnston, Graham Wardle, Chris Potter, Michelle Morgan.While some journeys end, others are just beginning. Season Fourteen of Heartland finds horses healing Amy as much as Amy heals horses. While Amy struggles with a life-changing challenge, the entire town of Hudson will have to deal with an unexpected disaster that threatens to derail Lou's first term as mayor. But, the family will pull through together and be stronger as a result. Family is courage, and times change.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Families; Horse whisperers; Horses; Human-animal communication; Human-animal relationships; Man-woman relationships; Ranches;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The quiet zone : unraveling the mystery of a town suspended in silence / by Kurczy, Stephen,author.;
Deep in the Appalachian Mountains lies the last truly quiet town in America. Green Bank, West Virginia, is a place at once futuristic and old-fashioned: It's home to the Green Bank Observatory, where astronomers search the depths of the universe using the latest technology, while schoolchildren go without WiFi or iPads. With a ban on all devices emanating radio frequencies that might interfere with the observatory's telescopes, Quiet Zone residents live a life free from constant digital connectivity. But a community that on the surface seems idyllic is a place of contradictions, where the provincial meets the seemingly supernatural and quiet can serve as a cover for something darker. Stephen Kurczy embedded in Green Bank, making the residents of this small Appalachian village his neighbors. He shopped at the town's general store, attended church services, went target shooting with a seven-year-old, square-danced with the locals, sampled the local moonshine. In The Quiet Zone, he introduces us to an unforgettable cast of characters. There is a tech buster patrolling the area for illegal radio waves; "electrosensitives" who claim that WiFi is deadly; a sheriff's department with a string of unsolved murder cases dating back decades; a camp of neo-Nazis plotting their resurgence from a nearby mountain hollow. Amongst them all are the ordinary citizens seeking a simpler way of living. Kurczy asks: Is a less connected life desirable? Is it even possible? The Quiet Zone is a remarkable work of investigative journalism--at once a stirring ode to place, a tautly-wound tale of mystery, and a clarion call to reexamine the role technology plays in our lives.
Subjects: Kurczy, Stephen; Technology; Telecommunication; Radio waves.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The dead don't die [videorecording] / by Murray, Bill,1950 September 21-actor.; Driver, Adam,actor.; Balint, Eszter,actor.; Buscemi, Steve,1957-actor.; Butler, Austin,1991-actor.; Glover, Danny,actor.; Gomez, Selena,1992-actor.; Swinton, Tilda,actor.; Waits, Tom,1949-actor.; Perez, Rosie,actor.; Sevigny, Chloë,actor.; Jarmusch, Jim,1953-screenwriter,film director,composer (expression); Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Eszter Balint, Steve Buscemi, Austin Butler, Danny Glover, Selena Gomez, Caleb Landry Jones, Carol Kane, Tilda Swinton, Tom Waits, Rosie Perez, Chloe Sevigny.In the sleepy small town of Centerville, something is not quite right. The moon hangs large and low in the sky, the hours of daylight are becoming unpredictable, and animals are beginning to exhibit unusual behaviors. No one quite knows why, and no one foresees the strangest and most dangerous repercussion that will soon start plaguing the town. The dead rise from their graves and savagely attack and feast on the living, and the citizens of the town must battle for their survival.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Zombie films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Zombies; Dead; Small cities;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The dead don't die [videorecording] / by Murray, Bill,1950 September 21-actor.; Driver, Adam,actor.; Balint, Eszter,actor.; Buscemi, Steve,1957-actor.; Butler, Austin,1991-actor.; Glover, Danny,actor.; Gomez, Selena,1992-actor.; Swinton, Tilda,actor.; Waits, Tom,1949-actor.; Perez, Rosie,actor.; Sevigny, Chloë,actor.; Jarmusch, Jim,1953-screenwriter,film director,composer (expression); Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Eszter Balint, Steve Buscemi, Austin Butler, Danny Glover, Selena Gomez, Caleb Landry Jones, Carol Kane, Tilda Swinton, Tom Waits, Rosie Perez, Chloe Sevigny.In the sleepy small town of Centerville, something is not quite right. The moon hangs large and low in the sky, the hours of daylight are becoming unpredictable, and animals are beginning to exhibit unusual behaviors. No one quite knows why, and no one foresees the strangest and most dangerous repercussion that will soon start plaguing the town. The dead rise from their graves and savagely attack and feast on the living, and the citizens of the town must battle for their survival.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.78:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, 2.0 DVS ; DTS-HD Digital surround 5.1 ; Dolby digital 2.0.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Zombie films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Zombies; Dead; Small cities;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Kids love Christmas [sound recording (CD)] by Davis, Carl,1936; Skidmore, Jeffrey,1951; Prosser, Timothy; Neary, Martin; Hallé (Musical group; Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir; Winchester Cathedral.Choir; Emmanuel College (University of Cambridge).Chapel Choir;
Jingle bells (Halle ; Carl Davis) -- Ding dong merrily on high (the Chapel Choir of Emmanuel College, Cambridge ; Timothy Prosser) -- This little babe (the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford ; Francis Grier) -- We wish you a merry Christmas (Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir ; Jeffrey Skidmore) -- Sleigh ride (Halle ; Carl Davis) -- We three Kings of Orient are (the Chapel Choir of Emmanuel College, Cambridge ; Timothy Prosser) -- The nutcracker, Suite, excerpts (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Enrique Bátiz) -- Nativity carol (Halle ; Carl Davis ; Halle Choir ; James Burton) -- Away in a manger (Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir, Jeffrey Skidmore) -- Walking in the air (Prince of Wales Brass) -- Stille nacht (Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir, Jeffrey Skidmore) -- Santa Claus is coming to town (Prince of Wales Brass) -- Once in Royal David's city (the Chapel Choir of Emmanuel College, Cambridge ; Timothy Prosser) -- Troika from Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60 (Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra ; Loris Tjeknavorian) -- Christmas fanfare (Prince of Wales Brass) -- The first nowell (O little town of Bethlehem) (Winchester Cathedral Choir ; Martin Neary) -- The holly and the ivy (Winchester Cathedral Choir ; Martin Neary) -- O come, all ye faithful (the Chapel Choir of Emmanuel College, Cambridge ; Timothy Prosser). Various performers
Subjects: Christmas musi; Carols, Englis;
© p2006., Sanctuary Classics,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The birds [videorecording] / by Du Maurier, Daphne,Dame,1907-Birds.Videorecording.; Hedren, Tippi.; Hitchcock, Alfred,1899-; Hunter, Evan,1926-; Pleshette, Suzanne,1937-; Tandy, Jessica.; Taylor, Rod,1929-; Universal Studios Home Video (Firm);
Director of photography, Robert Burks; production designer, Robert Boyle; editor, George Tomasini.Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren.When Melanie Daniels rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch Brenner, the small California town is inexplicably attacked by thousands of birds.MPAA Rating: PG-13.DVD ; Dolby Digital sound (2.0 mono.) ; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation.
Subjects: Du Maurier, Daphne, Dame, 1907-; Birds; Feature films.; Horror films.; Human-animal relationships;
© c2000., Universal ; Distributed by Universal Studios Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Midnight in Soap Lake : a novel / by Sullivan, Matthew,1970-author.;
A lake with mysterious properties. A town haunted by urban legend. Two women whose lives intersect in terrifying ways. Welcome to Soap Lake. When Abigail agreed to move to Soap Lake, Washington, for her husband's research, she expected old-growth forests and craft beer, folksy neighbors and the world's largest lava lamp. Instead, after her husband jets off to Poland for a research trip, she finds herself alone, in a town haunted by its own urban legends. When a young boy runs through the desert into Abigail's arms, her life becomes entwined with his and the questions surrounding the death of his mother, Esme. In Abigail's search for answers, she enlists the help of a quirky cast of friends to unearth Esme's tragic past, the town's violent history and the secret magic locked in the lake her husband was sent there to study. But as she gets closer to the truth, her own life may be in danger, too. A sweeping, decade-spanning mystery brimming with quirky characters and puzzle-hunt scenarios, Midnight in Soap Lake is a rich, expansive universe that readers will enter and never forget.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Boys; Lakes; Married people; Murder; Small cities; Urban folklore; Women;
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Monday rent boy / by Doherty, Susan,1957-author.;
"Monday Rent Boy begins in Somerset, England, in the mid-1980s, with the winning and heart-warming story of two 13-year-old friends and fellow altar boys, Arthur Barnes and Ernie Castlefrank. Endearing outcasts, they try not to speak of the secret tie that binds them: both boys are routinely preyed on by The Zipper, their nickname for Father Ziperto, the local Catholic priest. Still, they find adventure and release in the mischief they get up to together, as each also tries to survive in other ways. Arthur, a great reader and denier of reality, finds an ally in town bookseller Marina Phillips, who sets him on a path that eventually takes him to university and away. Ernie, a gifted mathematician and animal lover, is not so lucky. As he and Arthur age out of the abuse, Ernie notices younger and equally vulnerable boys being recruited. When he tries to blow the whistle, nobody believes him. At 16, he disappears, a loss that almost destroys his best friend but also confirms for Arthur that he was smart to stay silent. Arthur eventually also turns his back on the mystery of Ernie's disappearance, but his bookselling mentor and friend Marina Phillips finds a way to follow Ernie where rage and betrayal has led him--into the darkest corners of the dark web--a search that ultimately helps Arthur reckon with what happened to them both. In the novel's stunning, deeply affecting conclusion, Doherty draws a line directly from the covered-up abuse of children by Catholic priests to the current proliferation of child pornography and predators online--miraculously revealing the true heart of darkness while managing to affirm the light."--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Child pornography; Child sexual abuse; Friendship; Male sexual abuse victims; Secrecy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The short, the long and the tall : short stories / by Archer, Jeffrey,1940-author.; Cox, Paul,1957-illustrator.; Archer, Jeffrey,1940-Short stories.Selections.;
"Jeffrey Archer ... joins forces with renowned illustrator Paul Cox to re-imagine twenty of his most popular and fêted short stories alongside ... watercolor illustrations in The Short, The Long and the Tall. Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to solve a murder and ends up falling in love; and the pretentious schoolboy whose discovery of the origins of his father's wealth changes his life forever. Revel in the stories of the woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League university during the 1930s, and another young woman who thumbs a lift and has an encounter she will never forget. Discover the haunting story about four men whose characters are tested to the point of death. Finally, a short parable about how pointless war is, and how decent people are caught up in the crossfire of their leaders' ambitions"--
Subjects: Short stories.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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