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- Copperhead Road : a novel / by Smith, B. J.(Brad J.),author.;
- "Summer 1936, Wilkes County, North Carolina during the great depression. The Flagg family resides in the middle of the Appalachia--one of the hardest hit areas in the country. As the depression drags on the Flagg family watch their molasses business decimated. Jedediah, the family patriarch and his sons Morgan and Ezra struggle to produce a few meager gallons a week. That is until their sister Ava arrives home and takes control of the family business and starts running moonshine. Ava bails out ex-con Bobby Barlow and tells him he is working for the Flagg family now. With threats mounting from rival clans and the local cops breathing down Bobby's neck, he and Ava devise a plan to play them all, one against the other. They don't necessarily do it by legal means but that doesn't bother them. To live outside the law, you must be honest."--
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Depressions; Distilling, Illicit; Ex-convicts; Families;
- Victorian psycho : a novel / by Feito, Virginia,author.;
- "In Grim Wolds, England, Winifred Notty takes on the role of governess at Ensor House, where she must navigate the twisted dynamics of the dysfunctional Pounds family while suppressing her own violent past; as Christmas approaches, she plans sinister gifts for her charges, revealing her true nature"--
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Black humor.; Gothic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Dysfunctional families; Gifts; Governesses; Upper class;
- Here We Go: S1. by Sinclair, Will,film director.; Steadman, Alison,actor.; Howick, Jim,actor.; Collie, Jude,actor.; Parkinson, Katherine,actor.; Ricketts, Mica,actor.; Basden, Tom,actor.; Allen-Martin, Tori,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Alison Steadman, Jim Howick, Jude Collie, Katherine Parkinson, Mica Ricketts, Tom Basden, Tori Allen-MartinOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2022.Nothing ever goes according to plan for the Jessops – and son Sam has caught it all intimately on his camera. A new comedy from the writer of Plebs.The Jessop family can’t help getting things just a little bit wrong – a lot of the time. The family face everyday challenges alongside brilliantly bonkers situations, such as kidnapping a dog, destroying a swimming pool and interrupting a wedding. With a home-movie feel, this is an intimate comedy about a family whose indomitable spirit allows them to laugh in the face of disaster(s).Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.;
- Here We Go. by Sinclair, Will,film director.; Steadman, Alison,actor.; Howick, Jim,actor.; Collie, Jude,actor.; Parkinson, Katherine,actor.; Ricketts, Mica,actor.; Basden, Tom,actor.; Allen-Martin, Tori,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Alison Steadman, Jim Howick, Jude Collie, Katherine Parkinson, Mica Ricketts, Tom Basden, Tori Allen-MartinOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2022.Nothing ever goes according to plan for the Jessops – and son Sam has caught it all intimately on his camera. A new comedy from the writer of Plebs.The Jessop family can’t help getting things just a little bit wrong – a lot of the time. The family face everyday challenges alongside brilliantly bonkers situations, such as kidnapping a dog, destroying a swimming pool and interrupting a wedding. With a home-movie feel, this is an intimate comedy about a family whose indomitable spirit allows them to laugh in the face of disaster(s).Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Families.; Television comedies.; Television series--Great Britain.;
- Fog of War. by Day, Michael,film director.; Hildebrand, Brianna,actor.; Abel, Jake,actor.; Cusack, John,actor.; Sorvino, Mira,actor.; V71 US Inc. (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Brianna Hildebrand, Jake Abel, John Cusack, Mira SorvinoOriginally produced by V71 US Inc. in 2025.Injured American pilot Gene and his OSS agent fiancée Penny retreat to a remote estate in Massachusetts to visit her extended family. Unbeknownst to her, the OSS has recruited Gene to spy on the family and the surrounding community as top-secret documents related to the D-Day invasion have been stolen and an enemy mole is somewhere nearby, preparing to turn these plans over to the Axis Powers.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Horror films.; Historical films.; World War, 1939-1945.; War.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).;
- Daughters of the bamboo grove : from China to America, a true story of abduction, adoption, and separated twins / by Demick, Barbara,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."On a warm day in September 2000, a twenty-eight-year-old woman named Zanhua gave birth to twin girls in a small hut nestled in bamboo behind her brother's rural home in China's Hunan province. The twins, Fangfang and Shuangjie, were welcome additions to her young family but also not her first children. Hidden in the hut, they were born under the shadow of China's notorious one-child policy. Fearing the ire of family planning officials, Zanhua and her husband decided to leave one twin in the care of relatives, hoping each toddler on their own might stay under the radar. But, in late 2002, Fangfang was violently snatched away from her aunt's care. The family worried they would never see her again, but they didn't imagine she could be sent to the United States. She might as well have been sent to another world. Following her stories written as the Beijing bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, Barbara Demick, author of National Book Award finalist Nothing to Envy, embarks on a journey that encompasses the origins, shocking cruelty, and long term impact of China's one-child rule; the rise of international adoption and the religious currents that buoyed it; and the exceedingly rare phenomenon of twin separation. Today, Esther -- formerly Fangfang -- is a photographer in Texas, and Demick brings to vivid life the Christian family that felt called to adopt her, having no idea that she was kidnapped. Through Demick's indefatigable reporting and the activist work to find these lost children, will these two long-lost sisters finally find each other, and if they do, will they feel whole again? A remarkable window into the volatile, constantly changing China of the last half century and the long-reaching legacy of the country's most infamous law, Daughters of the Bamboo Grove is also the moving story of two sisters torn apart by the forces of history and brought together again by their families' determination and one reporter's dogged work"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Zeng family.; Adopted children; Family reunification; Intercountry adoption; Intercountry adoption; Twins;
- The goodbye cat : seven cat stories / by Arikawa, Hiro,1972-author.; Gabriel, Philip,1953-translator.; translation of:Arikawa, Hiro,1972-Mitorineko.English.;
- Against the backdrop of Japan's changing seasons, we meet Spin, a kitten rescued from the recycling bin, whose playful nature and simple needs teach an anxious father how to parent his own human baby; a colony of wild cats on a holiday island who show a young boy not to stand in nature's way; a cat whose undying devotion to their charismatic but uncaring father enriches a family; and an elderly cat who hatches a plan to pass into the next world as a spirit so that he and his owner may be in each other's lives for ever.
- Subjects: Short stories.; Cats; Families;
- Parents weekend : a novel / by Finlay, Alex,author.;
- "In the glow of their children's exciting first year of college at a small private school in Northern California, five families plan on a night of dinner and cocktails for the opening festivities of Parents Weekend. As the parents stay out way past their bedtimes, their kids -- five residents of Campisi Hall -- never show up at dinner. At first, everyone thinks that they're just being college students, irresponsibly forgetting about the gathering or skipping out to go to a party. But as the hours click by and another night falls with not so much as a text from the students, panic ensues. Soon, the campus police call in reinforcements. Search parties are formed. Reporters swarm the small enclave. Rumors swirl and questions arise. Libby, Blane, Mark, Felix, and Stella --The Five, as the podcasters, bloggers, and TikTok sleuths call them -- come from five very different families. What led them out on that fateful night? Could it be the sins of their mothers and fathers come to cause them peril or a threat to the friend group from within? Told through multiple points of view in past and present -- and marking the return of FBI Special Agent Sarah Keller from Every Last Fear and The Night Shift -- Parents Weekend explores the weight of expectation, family dysfunction, and those exhilarating first days we all remember in the dorms when our friends become our family"--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; College students; Families; Missing persons;
- The Loch Ness papers / by Shelton, Paige.;
- "Bookseller Delaney Nichols befriends a Loch Ness monster enthusiast; when he stands accused of murder she'll do whatever it takes to learn who the killer is--and whether Nessie herself is really lurking in the Scottish waters. Delaney Nichols is delighted with her life in Edinburgh, working at The Cracked Spine--a shop that specializes in hard-to-find books and artifacts. With a job she loves, and her fast approaching marriage to devastatingly handsome Scottish pub-owner Tom Shannon, Delaney's life could be straight out of a fairy tale--at least it would be, if the pastor meant to perform the wedding ceremony hadn't recently passed away. Outside the church where Delaney is searching for another reverend, she stumbles across Norval Fraser: an elderly man obsessed with the Loch Ness monster. Always attracted to the interesting and unusual, Delaney befriends Norval. But when his nephew is found dead, the police decide Norval's obsession has moved from monsters to murder. With a wedding to plan, her family arriving soon from Kansas, and the arrival of an over-the-top Texan with a wildly valuable book, Delaney's plate is full to bursting, but she can't abandon her new friend. Determined to help Norval, she sets out to learn the truth. The Loch Ness buries its secrets deeply, but Delaney is determined to dig them up--whether Nessie likes it or not."--
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Americans; Booksellers and bookselling; Detective and mystery stories;
- Sons of Anarchy. [videorecording] / by Sutter, Kurt.; Coulter, Alan.; Perlman, Ron,1950-; Sagal, Katey.; Hunnam, Charlie,1980-; Coates, Kim.; Callie, Dayton.; Siff, Maggie,1978-; Boone, Mark,Jr.; Hurst, Ryan,1976-; Rossi, Theo.; Lucking, William.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.; FX Productions.;
- Ron Perlman, Katey Sagal, Charlie Hunnam, Kim Coates, Dayton Callie, Maggie Siff, Mark Boone Junior, Ryan Hurst, Theo Rossi, William Lucking.Out of prison and back in business, SAMCRO faces a powerful new nemesis as they forge an unlikely alliance and head in a dangerous new direction. As a deadly internal power struggle rocks the club to its very core, Jax struggles with the legacy of his father and makes plans for the future of his family amid chaos, corruption, betrayal and murder.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD ; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Television programs.; Motorcycle clubs; Firearms industry and trade; Illegal arms transfers;
- For private home use only.
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