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I become a delight to my enemies / by Peters, Sara,1982-author.;
"Dark, cutting, and coursed through with bright flashes of humour, crystalline imagery, and razor-sharp detail, I Become a Delight to My Enemies is a gut-wrenchingly powerful, breathtakingly beautiful mediation of the violence and shame inflicted on the female body and psyche. An experimental fiction, I Become a Delight to My Enemies uses many different voices and forms to tell the stories of the women who live in an uncanny Town, uncovering their experiences of shame, fear, cruelty, and transcendence. Sara Peters combines poetry and short prose vignettes to create a singular, unflinching portrait of a Town in which the lives of girls and women are shaped by the brutality meted upon them and by their acts of defiance and yearning towards places of safety and belonging. Through lucid detail, sparkling imagery and illumination, Peters' individual characters and the collective of The Town leap vividly, fully formed off the page. A hybrid in form, I Become a Delight to My Enemies is an awe-inspiring example of the exquisite force of words to shock and to move, from a writer of exceptional talent and potential."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Experimental fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels in verse.; Women; Women; Shame;
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Captain Marvel [videorecording] / by Bening, Annette,actor.; Boden, Anna,film director,screenwriter.; Chan, Gemma,1982-actor.; Fleck, Ryan,1976-film director,screenwriter.; Grace, Mckenna,2006-actor.; Gregg, Clark,1962-actor.; Hounsou, Djimon,1964-actor.; Jackson, Samuel L.,actor.; Larson, Brie,1989-actor.; Law, Jude,1972-actor.; Mendelsohn, Ben,actor.; Pace, Lee,1979-actor.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Marvel Studios,production company.; Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),production company.;
Brie Larson, Gemma Chan, Ben Mendelsohn, Samuel L. Jackson, Lee Pace, Jude Law, Mckenna Grace, Annette Bening, Djimon Hounsou, Clark Gregg.Across the galaxy, Kree soldier Vers (Brie Larson)--troubled by gaps in her memory, and abilities she didn't fully comprehend--began a pursuit of enemy Skrulls that left all crashed and stranded in 1995 Los Angeles. As their presence sparked pursuit from S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Vers found the backwater planet to hold the uncanny truth concerning her past, powers, and destiny.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Superhero films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Captain Marvel (Fictitious character from Marvel Comics Group); Danvers, Carol (Fictitious character); Fury, Nick (Fictitious character); Human-alien encounters; Imaginary wars and battles; Extraterrestrial beings; Superheroes; Women superheroes;
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Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Black star / by Alexander, Kwame.;
12-year old Charley Cuffey is many things: a granddaughter, a best friend, and probably the best pitcher in all of Lee's Mill. Set on becoming the first female pitcher to play professional ball, Charley doesn't need reminders from her best friend Cool Willie Green to know that she has lofty dreams for a Black girl in the American South. Even so, Nana Kofi's thrilling stories about courageous ancestors and epic journeys make it impossible not to dream big. She knows he has so many more to tell, but according to her parents, she isn't old enough to know about certain things like what happened to Booker Preston that one night in Great Bridge and why she can never play on the brand-new real deal baseball field on the other side of town. When Charley challenges a neighborhood bully to a game at the church picnic, she knows she can win, even with her ragtag team. But when the picnic spills over onto their ball field, she makes a fateful decision. A child cannot protect herself if she does not know her history, and Charley's choice brings consequences she never could have imagined.
Subjects: Novels in verse.; Historical fiction.; Baseball; African Americans; Race relations;
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Captain Marvel [videorecording] / by Bening, Annette,actor.; Boden, Anna,film director,screenwriter.; Chan, Gemma,1982-actor.; Fleck, Ryan,1976-film director,screenwriter.; Grace, Mckenna,2006-actor.; Gregg, Clark,1962-actor.; Hounsou, Djimon,1964-actor.; Jackson, Samuel L.,actor.; Larson, Brie,1989-actor.; Law, Jude,1972-actor.; Mendelsohn, Ben,actor.; Pace, Lee,1979-actor.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Marvel Studios,production company.; Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),production company.;
Brie Larson, Gemma Chan, Ben Mendelsohn, Samuel L. Jackson, Lee Pace, Jude Law, Mckenna Grace, Annette Bening, Djimon Hounsou, Clark Gregg.Across the galaxy, Kree soldier Vers (Brie Larson)--troubled by gaps in her memory, and abilities she didn't fully comprehend--began a pursuit of enemy Skrulls that left all crashed and stranded in 1995 Los Angeles. As their presence sparked pursuit from S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Vers found the backwater planet to hold the uncanny truth concerning her past, powers, and destiny.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, 2.0 DVS ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Superhero films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Captain Marvel (Fictitious character from Marvel Comics Group); Danvers, Carol (Fictitious character); Fury, Nick (Fictitious character); Human-alien encounters; Imaginary wars and battles; Extraterrestrial beings; Superheroes; Women superheroes;
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The Aosawa murders / by Onda, Riku,1964-author.; Watts, Alison,translator.; translation of:Onda, Riku,1964-Yūjinia.English.;
On a stormy summer day the Aosawas, owners of a prominent local hospital, host a large birthday party. The occasion turns into tragedy when 17 people die from cyanide in their drinks. The only surviving links to what might have happened are a cryptic verse that could be the killer's, and the physician's bewitching blind daughter, Hisako, the only person spared injury. But the youth who emerges as the prime suspect commits suicide that October, effectively sealing his guilt while consigning his motives to mystery. The police are convinced that Hisako had a role in the crime, as are many in the town, including the author of a bestselling book about the murders written a decade after the incident, who was herself a childhood friend of Hisako' and witness to the discovery of the murders. The truth is revealed through a skilful juggling of testimony by different voices: family members, witnesses and neighbours, police investigators and of course the mesmerizing Hisako herself.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Blindness; Murder; Nineteen sixties; Poisoning; Teenage girls;
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Today I am : 10 stories of belonging / by Perera, Salini,1986-illustrator.; Richardson, Jael Ealey,1980-editor.;
"In this collection of short fiction, ten outstanding authors explore the theme of home - home as a place, a concept, as a way of thinking about the body - through prose, verse and graphic storytelling. In "In a Flash" by Marty Chan, three kids come across a camera that traps the people it photographs. But can they figure out how to get out? When a lady from church comes to visit bringing "gifts," Hunter sees his home on the rez in a new light in "Home Fires" by Michael Hutchinson. In "The Secret Cousin" by Chad Lucas, Lonnie is spending Thanksgiving with his mother's family, who he hardly knows. Lonnie navigates the tension and discomfort of being one of two Black people in the house. But he finds new friendship in his cousin Ethan. These stories and more, compiled and edited by Jael Richardson, acclaimed author and Artistic Director of the Festival of Literary Diversity, bring together perspectives on belonging from BIPOC authors from across the country."--
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Short stories.; Belonging (Social psychology); Belonging (Social psychology);
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Snow Road Station : a novel / by Hay, Elizabeth,1951-author.;
In the winter of 2008, as snow falls without interruption, an actor in a Beckett play blanks on her lines. Fleeing the theatre, she beats a retreat into her past and arrives at Snow Road Station, a barely discernible dot on the map of Ontario. The actor is Lulu Blake, in her sixties now, a sexy, seemingly unfooled woman well-versed in taking risks. Out of work, humiliated, she enters the last act of her life wondering what she can make of her diminished self. In Snow Road Station she decides she is through with drama, but drama, it turns out, isn't through with her. She thinks she wants peace. It turns out she wants more. Looming in the background is that autumn's global financial meltdown, while in the foreground family and friends animate a round of weddings, sap harvests, love affairs, and personal turmoil. At the centre of it all is the lifelong friendship between Lulu and Nan. As the two women contemplate growing old, they surrender certain hard-held dreams and confront the limits of the choices they've made and the messy feelings that kept them apart for decades.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Actresses; Female friendship; Older women;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The poet X / by Acevedo, Elizabeth,author.;
Harlem. Ever since her body grew into curves, Xiomara Batista has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. She pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers-- especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. Mami is determined to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, and Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. When she is invited to join her school's slam poetry club, she can't stop thinking about performing her poems.National Book Award winnerPura Belpré AwardAmerican Library Associations's Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult LiteratureBoston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award, 2018
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Novels in verse.; Adolescence; Dominican Americans; High school students; Interpersonal relations; Poetry slams; Poets; Schools; Self-esteem; Teenage girls; Adolescence; Dominican Americans; High school students; Interpersonal relations; Poetry slams; Poets; Schools; Self-esteem; Teenage girls;
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Pac-Man museum + [electronic resource]. by Nintendo of America Inc.;
Game.PAC-MAN MUSEUM + features 14 of the series' legendary games! Players can enjoy the iconic original arcade classic alongside a variety of other play styles from over 40 years of PAC-MAN history! In addition to the original PAC-MAN, this collection also features: SUPER PAC-MAN, PAC & PAL, PAC-LAND, PAC-MANIA, PAC-ATTACK, PAC-IN-TIME, PAC-MAN ARRANGEMENT Arcade ver., PAC-MAN ARRANGEMENT CS ver., PAC-MAN CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION, PAC Motos, PAC'N ROLL REMIX, PAC-MAN BATTLE ROYALE, and PAC-MAN 256. 14 LEGENDARY GAMES - Play 14 classic and nostalgic games from the legendary PAC-MAN series! UNLOCK MISSIONS & ITEMS - Play games to unlock missions, complete missions to earn items for your virtual arcade including wallpapers, arcade machines, and background music! EARN COINS & MORE - Play games to earn coins for use in the vending and Gashapon machines! The vending machine offers arcade decorations and the Gashapon machine offers a variety of figures! CUSTOMIZE YOUR ARCADE - Make your unique layout with the items you collect! Select wallpapers, place arcade machines, choose background music, add decorations, and display figures in your very own customized virtual arcade! MEASURE UP - Connect to the online leaderboards to see how you rank with other players for high score, coins collected, dots-eaten, and more!ESRB Content Rating: E, Everyone (Mild cartoon violence, comic mischief).Cartridge compatible with Nintendo Switch video game system ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p ; in game surround sound ; Nintendo Switch Online membership, Nintendo account and internet connection required for online play/features ; Nintendo Switch Pro controller compatible.
Subjects: Arcade-style video games.; Video games.; Nintendo video games.; Nintendo Switch (Video game console); Nintendo Switch video games.; Video games.; Computer games.; Pac 'n Roll Remix (Game); Pac & Pal (Game); Pac Attack (Game); Pac in time (Game); Pac Motos (Game); Pac-Land (Game); Pac-Man (Game); Pac-Man 256 (Game); Pac-Man Battle Royale (Game); Pac-Man Championship edition (Game); Pac-Man museum + (Game); Pac-Man Arrangement (Game); PacMania (Game); Super Pac-Man (Game);
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The door of no return / by Alexander, Kwame.;
11-year-old Kofi Offin dreams of water. Its mysterious, immersive quality. The rich, earthy scent of the current. The clearness, its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets... Kofi has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, in the village where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of his father's father, a girl named Ama, and, of course, swimming. Some say he moves like a minnow, not just an ordinary boy so he's hoping to finally prove himself in front of Ama and his friends in a swimming contest against his older, stronger cousin. But before this can take place, a festival comes to the villages of Upper and Lower Kwanta and Kofi's brother is chosen to represent Upper Kwanta in the wrestling contest. Encircled by cheering spectators and sounding drums, the two wrestlers from different villages kneel, ready to fight. You are only fine, until you are not. The match is over before it has barely begun, when the unthinkable-a sudden death-occurs. The river does not care how grown you are. As his world turns upside down, Kofi soon ends up in a fight for his life. What happens next will send him on a harrowing journey across land and sea, and away from everything he loves.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels in verse.; Black people; Slave trade; Slave traders; African Americans; Slavery;
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