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- Cemetery Road : a novel / by Iles, Greg,author.;
"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy returns with an electrifying tale of friendship, betrayal, and shattering secrets that threaten to destroy a small Mississippi town. When Marshall McEwan left his hometown at age eighteen, he vowed never to return. The trauma that drove him away ultimately spurred him to become one of the most successful journalists in Washington D.C. But just as the political chaos in the nation's capital lifts him to new heights, Marshall is forced to return home in spite of his boyhood vow. His father is dying, his mother is struggling to keep the family newspaper from failing, and the town is in the midst of an economic rebirth that might be built upon crimes that reach into the state capitol--and perhaps even to Washington. More disturbing still, Marshall's high school sweetheart, Jet, has married into the family of Max Matheson, patriarch of one of the families that rule Bienville through a shadow organization called the Bienville Poker Club. When archeologist Buck McKibben is murdered at a construction site, Bienville is thrown into chaos. The ensuing homicide investigation is soon derailed by a second crime that rocks the community to its core. Power broker Max Matheson's wife has been shot dead in her own bed, and the only other person in it at the time was her husband, Max. Stranger still, Max demands that his daughter-in-law, Jet, defend him in court. As a journalist, Marshall knows all too well how the corrosive power of money and politics can sabotage investigations. Without telling a soul, he joins forces with Jet, who has lived for fifteen years at the heart of Max Matheson's family, and begins digging into both murders. With Jet walking the dangerous road of an inside informer, they soon uncover a web of criminal schemes that undergird the town's recent success. But these crimes pale in comparison to the secret at the heart of the Matheson family. When those who have remained silent for years dare to speak to Marshall, pressure begins to build like water against a crumbling dam. Marshall loses friends, family members, and finally even Jet, for no one in Bienville seems willing to endure the reckoning that the Poker Club has long deserved. And by the time Marshall grasps the long-buried truth, he would give almost anything not to have to face it"--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Journalists; Homecoming; Murder;
- Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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- Feng Shui. by Hee-kon, Park,film director.; Seung-woo, Cho,actor.; Sung, Ji,actor.; Seong-gyoon, Kim,actor.; Chae-won, Moon,actor.; ODK Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Cho Seung-woo, Ji Sung, Kim Seong-gyoon, Moon Chae-wonOriginally produced by ODK Media in 2018.In Joseon, geomancers help people find lucky sites for houses, stores, and even graves. Park, a royal geomancer, loses his family because he exposed the powerful Kim’s conspiracy. Park plans revenge and learns that Kim is looking for the grave site that would make his son the King. Heung-seon, a faithful friend of the King, joins Park to prevent Kim from usurping the throne by finding it first.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Historical films.; Motion pictures--Asia.;
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- Holy Shit!. by Rinker, Lukas,film director.; Burkhard, Gedeon,actor.; von, Olga,actor.; Niehaus, Thomas,actor.; Cineverse (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Gedeon Burkhard, Olga von Luckwald, Thomas NiehausOriginally produced by Cineverse in 2022.Architect Frank regains consciousness in a locked porta potty on a building site where a demolition is being prepared. As he desperately tries to escape, he realizes the person behind this is going after his family next.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy.; War films.; Horror films.; Motion pictures, German.; Action and adventure films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.).;
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- Evil Does Not Exist. by Hamaguchi, Ryusuke,film director.; Shibutani, Ayaka,actor.; Omika, Hitoshi,actor.; Kosaka, Ryuji,actor.; Nishikawa, Ryô,actor.; The Criterion Collection (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Ayaka Shibutani, Hitoshi Omika, Ryuji Kosaka, Ryô NishikawaOriginally produced by The Criterion Collection in 2023.In a secluded, snowy mountain village, widower and single father Takumi leads a modest life gathering water, wood, and wild wasabi for a friend’s udon shop. Yet this peaceful existence is threatened when a pair of corporate reps arrive to launch a glamping site, sparking resistance from community members who fear the project’s potentially pernicious impact on the environment.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion pictures--Japan.; Motion pictures--Asia.;
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- Lourdes. by Hausner, Jessica,film director.; Todeschini, Bruno,actor.; Löwensohn, Elina,actor.; Seydoux, Léa,actor.; Testud, Sylvie,actor.; Film Movement (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Bruno Todeschini, Elina Löwensohn, Léa Seydoux, Sylvie TestudOriginally produced by Film Movement in 2009.Afflicted with multiple sclerosis, Christine makes a pilgrimage to the holy site of Lourdes in hopes of a miracle. Among thousands of ailed visitors, she proceeds through the well-oiled machinery of the religious tourist destination until the unbelievable happens: she is suddenly able to walk. As Christine becomes the object of wonder and envy, bolstering and testing the faith of her fellow pilgrims, the question remains whether all is as it seems. A personal favorite of Martin Scorsese, Jessica Hausner’s acclaimed third feature distills the central theme of her filmography: the contentious gray area between faith and fact.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion pictures, French.;
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- Children of Memory. by Smith Pyle, Kathryn,film director.; Teresa Rodriguez, Maria,film director.; Women Make Movies (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Women Make Movies in 2012.Hundreds of children disappeared without a trace during the Salvadoran civil war. Many were survivors of massacres carried out by the U.S.-trained Salvadoran army. Taken away from the massacre sites by soldiers, some grew up in orphanages or were "sold" into adoption abroad, not knowing their true history or identity. The film follows Margarita Zamora, an investigator with human rights organization Pro-Búsqueda as she traverses the Salvadoran countryside probing memory, swabbing DNA samples, and searching for disappeared children - including her own four siblings.In the United States, Jamie Harvey, adopted from El Salvador in 1980, dreams of locating her birth family; but with no information, no contacts and no access to the Salvadoran military war archives, she is losing hope. CHILDREN OF MEMORY weaves together separate yet intertwined journeys in the search for family, identity and justice in El Salvador.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Human rights.; Latin America.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.; Children.; Central America.; El Salvador.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.;
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