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- The Bonfire of the Vanities. by De Palma, Brian,film director.; Willis, Bruce,actor.; Cattrall, Kim,actor.; Griffith, Melanie,actor.; Freeman, Morgan,actor.; Rubinek, Saul,actor.; Hanks, Tom,actor.; Warner Bros. (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Bruce Willis, Kim Cattrall, Melanie Griffith, Morgan Freeman, Saul Rubinek, Tom HanksOriginally produced by Warner Bros. in 1990.An outrageous story of greed, lust and vanity in America. Tom Hanks stars with Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith and Morgan Freeman in the film adaptation of Tom Wolfe's best-selling novel that revels in the excesses of the New York of the '80s, "The Bonfire of the Vanities."Take one Wall Street tycoon, his Fifth Avenue mistress, a reporter hungry for fame and a wrong turn in the Bronx… Wall Street tycoon Sherman McCoy (Hanks) takes that wrong turn in his Mercedes, gets lost in the Bronx—and runs down a poor Black teenager. Rather than stop in a dangerous neighborhood, he leaves the boy to die. But this act of callow brutality begins a chain of events that will rock the global center of Capitalism and shatter the self-indulgent, greedy life that Sherman McCoy had believed was untouchable.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Comedy films.; Satire.;
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- Tales for late night bonfires : stories / by Grisenthwaite, G. A.,1959-author.;
Tales for Late Night Bonfires contains curious, uncanny tales that blend Indigenous oral storytelling and meticulous style. These are stories that are a little bit larger than life, or maybe they really happened. Tales about a car that drives herself, ever loyal to her owner. Tales about an impossible moose hunt. Tales about the Real Santa mashed up with the book of Genesis, alongside SPAM stew and bedroom sets from IKEA.
- Subjects: Short stories.;
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- Three fires / by Mina, Denise,author.;
Reimaging the "Bonfire of the Vanities" through a series of fires lit throughout Florence at the end of the fifteenth century, this modern take on a fascinating historical story follows Girolamo Savonarola, a Dominican friar who, railing against the viceand avarice of the ruling Medici family, was instrumental in their removal from power.
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498; Bonfires; Clergy;
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- Cooking with the Sneetches / by Holm, Astrid.; Doescher, Erik.;
In simple, rhyming text, the Sneetches roast hot dogs and marshmallows over a beach bonfire.
- Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Readers (Publications); Cooking; Fires; Families;
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- Ballykissangel: S5. by Farrell, Colin,actor.; McCafferty, Frankie,actor.; Cranitch, Lorcan,actor.; Toibin, Niall,actor.; Kellegher, Tina,actor.; Doyle, Tony,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Colin Farrell, Frankie McCafferty, Lorcan Cranitch, Niall Toibin, Tina Kellegher, Tony DoyleOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 1999.It's the night of the village bonfire - life for the villagers of Ballykissangel takes a few unexpected twists. Among them, Sean Dillon's love for Niamh suffers a setback: the death of her husband.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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- The Cave Dwellers : a novel / by McDowell, Christina,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A compulsively readable novel in the vein of The Bonfire of the Vanities-by way of The Nest-about what Washington, DC's high society members do away from the Capitol building and behind the closed doors of their suburban mansions"--
- Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Privilege (Social psychology); Rich people; Racism; Murder;
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- Dear Alyne : my years as a married virgin / by Tamir, Alyne,author.;
"From world traveler, entrepreneur, and content creator @DearAlyne, a vulnerable and hilarious memoir of how she escaped the restrictive expectations of her family and faith and found herself in the process"--
- Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Tamir, Alyne.; Children of interfaith marriage; Internet personalities; Man-woman relationships.; Self-actualization (Psychology) in women.; Social media; Travelers;
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- Holi / by Ramkumar, Ranjeeta.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Holi is about celebrating the triumph over good and evil. It is also a celebration of love. It is a Hindu holiday. People have a bonfire to represent the story of Prahlad and Holika. They also gather in the streets to throw colored paint on one another and have a big feast. Readers will discover how a shared holiday can have multiple traditions and be celebrated in all sorts of ways"--
- Subjects: Holī (Hindu festival);
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- Heroes of the frontier : a novel / by Eggers, Dave,author.;
Josie and her husband have split up, she's been sued by a former patient and lost her dental practice, and she's grieving the death of a young man senselessly killed. When her ex asks to take the children to meet his new fiancée's family, Josie makes a run for it, figuring Alaska is about as far as she can get without a passport. Josie and her kids, Paul and Ana, rent a rattling old RV named the Chateau, and at first their trip feels like a vacation: They see bears and bison, they eat hot dogs cooked on a bonfire, and they spend nights parked along icy cold rivers in dark forests. But as they drive, pushed north by the ubiquitous wildfires, Josie is chased by enemies both real and imagined, past mistakes pursuing her tiny family, even to the very edge of civilization.
- Subjects: Single parents; Recreational vehicle living;
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- The killing place / by Ellis, Kate,1953-author.;
November. With the tourist season well and truly over in South Devon, Detective Inspector Wesley Peterson is looking forward to a quieter month in the CID. But when a man is shot dead on Bonfire Night, he finds he has a disturbing murder case on his hands. The body of Patrick North was found in woodland connected to Nesbaraton Hall, a grand estate dating back to the eighteenth century. North worked for the Smithson family who now own the estate. The family are away on holiday, however when an anonymous letter threatening to abduct the Smithson son is uncovered, Wesley fears North's death might have been collateral damage in a kidnap plot. Meanwhile, archaeologist Dr Neil Watson discovers a hidden grotto on land that was once part of the Nesbaraton estate. Evidence of past rituals and the shocking discovery of a skeleton raise questions about strange occurrences, past and present, on the land. Then, just when Wesley's team seem to be making progress in their investigation, a resident of the nearby village is killed in a near-identical shooting to North's. A race is on to find the ruthless killer, before they strike again.
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Peterson, Wesley (Fictitious character); Murder; Police; Serial murderers;
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