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What a Desi girl wants / by Khan, Sabina,1968-author.;
Mehar did not come to India planning to break up her estranged father's wedding, but she is convinced that socialite Naz is only after his money and title; except she soon begins to question many of her assumptions about her parents' relationship, and her own place in his world--especially when she begins to fall in love with Sufiya, her grandmother's assistant.012+.Grades 7-9.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Lesbian fiction.; Queer fiction.; Novels.; Children of divorced parents; East Indian Americans; East Indians; Fathers and daughters; Interpersonal relations; Lesbian teenagers; Lesbians; Children of divorced parents; East Indian Americans; East Indians; Fathers and daughters; Interpersonal relations; Lesbian teenagers; Lesbians;

Vanderbilt : the rise and fall of an American dynasty / by Cooper, Anderson,author.; Howe, Katherine,1977-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Anderson Cooper chronicles the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty--his mother's family--the Vanderbilts. When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on his father's small boat ferrying supplies in New York Harbor at the beginning of the nineteenth century, no one could have imagined that one day he would, through ruthlessness, cunning, and a pathological desire for money, build two empires-one in shipping and another in railroads-that would make him the richest man in America. His staggering fortune was fought over by his heirs after his death in 1877, sowing familial discord that would never fully heal. Though his son Billy doubled the money left by "the Commodore," subsequent generations competed to find new and ever more extraordinary ways of spending it. By 2018, when the last Vanderbilt was forced out of The Breakers-the seventy-room summer estate in Newport, Rhode Island, that Cornelius's grandson and namesake had built-the family would have been unrecognizable to the tycoon who started it all. Now, the Commodore's great-great-great-grandson Anderson Cooper, joins with historian Katherine Howe to explore the story of his legendary family and their outsized influence. Cooper and Howe breathe life into the ancestors who built the family's empire, basked in the Commodore's wealth, hosted lavish galas, and became synonymous with unfettered American capitalism and high society. Moving from the hardscrabble wharves of old Manhattan to the lavish drawing rooms of Gilded Age Fifth Avenue, from the ornate summer palaces of Newport to the courts of Europe, and all the way to modern-day New York, Cooper and Howe wryly recount the triumphs and tragedies of an American dynasty unlike any other. Written with a unique insider's viewpoint, this is a rollicking, quintessentially American history as remarkable as the family it so vividly captures.
Subjects: Biographies.; Vanderbilt family.; Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877.; Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877; Vanderbilt, Gloria, 1924-2019; Businessmen; Millionaires; Railroads; Rich people; Socialites; Steamboats; Upper class families; Upper class; Wealth;

Schitt$ Creek. [videorecording] / by Levy, Eugene,1946-television producer,actor.; Levy, Daniel,television producer,screenwriter,actor.; O'Hara, Catherine,actor.; Murphy, Annie,actor.; Rozon, Tim,actor.; Elliott, Chris,1960-actor.; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,publisher.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),film distributor.;
Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Daniel Levy, Annie Murphy, Jennifer Robertson, Emily Hampshire, Tim Rozon, Sarah Levy, Chris Elliott.The series centers on a formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose (Eugene Levy), his soap star wife Moira (Catherine O'Hara), and their two kids, über-hipster son David (Daniel Levy) and socialite daughter Alexis (Annie Murphy), who suddenly find themselves broke. They are forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small depressing town they once bought as a joke.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Small cities; Families;
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Sharp objects [videorecording] / by Adams, Amy,actor.; Brinson, April,actor.; Brinson, Violet,actor.; Clarkson, Patricia,actor.; Craven, Matt,actor.; Czerny, Henry,actor.; Davenport, Madison,1996-actor.; Lillis, Sophia,2002-actor.; Messina, Chris,actor.; Perkins, Elizabeth,actor.; Sandoval, Miguel,1951-actor.; Scanlen, Eliza,actor.; Smith, Taylor John,1995-actor.; Sullivan, David,1979-actor.; Wilson, Lulu,2005-actor.; Vallée, Jean-Marc,television director.; HBO Home Entertainment (Firm),production company,distributor.;
Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina, Eliza Scanlen, Matt Craven, Henry Czerny, Taylor John Smith, Madison Davenport, Miguel Sandoval, Sophia Lillis, Lulu Wilson, Elizabeth Perkins, David Sullivan, Violet Brinson, April Brinson.Fresh out of therapy for her tendencies towards self-harm, damaged crime reporter Camille Preaker (Amy Adams) draws the duty of returning to her small Missouri home town to cover the slayings of two young girls. Her fitful reunion with her imperious socialite mother (Patricia Clarkson) stokes a fateful confrontation with the demons of her past, in HBO's miniseries take on the Gillian Flynn novel.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Television mini-series.; Television crime shows.; Women journalists; Mothers and daughters; Murder; Dysfunctional families;
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Schitt$ Creek. [videorecording] / by Levy, Eugene,1946-television producer,actor.; Levy, Daniel,television producer,screenwriter,actor.; O'Hara, Catherine,actor.; Murphy, Annie,actor.; Rozon, Tim,actor.; Elliott, Chris,1960-actor.; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,publisher.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),film distributor.;
Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Daniel Levy, Annie Murphy, Jennifer Robertson, Emily Hampshire, Tim Rozon, Sarah Levy, Chris Elliott.The series centers on a formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose (Eugene Levy), his soap star wife Moira (Catherine O'Hara), and their two kids, über-hipster son David (Daniel Levy) and socialite daughter Alexis (Annie Murphy), who suddenly find themselves broke. They are forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small depressing town they once bought as a joke.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Television comedies.; Small cities; Families;
For private home use only.

Precipice / by Harris, Robert,1957-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe. In London, twenty-six-year-old Venetia Stanley--aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless--is part of a fast group of upper-crust bohemians and socialites known as "The Coterie." She's also engaged in a clandestine love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He writes to her obsessively, sharing the most sensitive matters of state. As Asquith reluctantly leads the country into war with Germany, a young intelligence officer with Scotland Yard is assigned to investigate a leak of top-secret documents. Suddenly, what was a sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security that could topple the British government--and will alter the course of political history."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Political fiction.; Novels.; Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928; Montagu, Venetia Stanley, 1887-1948; Adultery; Intelligence officers; Letter writing; Prime ministers; Security classification (Government documents); Socialites; World War, 1914-1918;

Blind [videorecording] / by Baldwin, Alec,1958-actor.; Fisher, Diane,film producer.; Mailer, John Buffalo,screenwriter.; Mailer, Michael,1964-film producer,film director.; McDermott, Dylan,actor.; Moore, Demi,actor.; Tuchman, Martin,film producer.; Mongrel Media,film distributor.; Vertical Entertainment (Firm),production company.;
Alec Baldwin, Demi Moore, Dylan McDermott.Five years after best-selling novelist Bill Oakland loses both his wife and his sight in a terrible car crash, socialite Suzanne Dutchman is forced to read to Bill in an intimate room as a plea bargain for being associated with her husband's insider trading. As their sessions evolve, a passionate affair ensues, forcing them both to question whether it's ever too late to find true love.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language including some sexual references, and brief drug use.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Romance films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Adultery; Blindness; Novelists; Widowers;
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Father Brown. [videorecording] / by Barber, Ian,television director.; Carroll, Nancy,1974-actor.; Carter, Matt,television director.; Chambers, Tom,actor.; Cusack, Sorcha,1949-actor.; Flowerday, Rachel,screenwriter,creator.; Guner, Tahsin,screenwriter,creator.; Kinsman, Rob,screenwriter.; Lambert, Kit,screenwriter.; Meyrick, Ceri,television producer.; Muirden, Dan,screenwriter.; Patrick, Di,television director.; Price, Alex,actor.; Thompson, Paul Matthew,screenwriter.; Tindall, Jude,screenwriter.; Williams, Mark,1959-actor.; Television adaptation of (work):Chesterton, G. K.(Gilbert Keith),1874-1936.Father Brown.; BBC Worldwide Ltd,publisher.; British Broadcasting Corporation,production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.;
Mark Williams, Sorcha Cusack, Nancy Carroll, Tom Chambers, Alex Price.Originally produced as individual episodes of television in 2015.Welcome back to the village of Kembleford, where Father Brown uses his personal blend of intuition, psychology, compassion and justice to solve another series of gripping crimes. Assisted as always by parish secretary Mrs. McCarthy, glamorous socialite Lady Felicia Montague and her accommodating chauffeur Sid Carter Father Brown faces threats to his town, his friends and his faith. An assassination attempt, an art heist, ritual sacrifice and murder keep the twists and turns coming.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Fiction television programs.; Television crime shows.; Television series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Catholic Church; Brown, Father (Fictitious character); Criminal investigation;
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The most famous girl in the world / by Hariri-Kia, Iman,author.;
It's been two years since Rose Advani wrote the investigative article that exposed socialite Poppy Hastings as a scam artist and led to her highly publicized trial. Now, Poppy has been released from prison and as her star rises as a social media influencer and beloved scammer icon, Rose quickly descends into a downward spiral of obsession to prove it was only the tip of the iceberg for Poppy's crimes. Rose is the only one who can expose Poppy for the monster that she is, but can she do it before anyone gets caught in the crosshairs?
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Satirical literature.; Novels.; Fame; Investigative reporting; Swindlers and swindling;

Once Upon a Crime.... by Levy, Eugene,film director.; Shepherd, Cybill,actor.; Belushi, Jim,actor.; Candy, John,actor.; MGM (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Cybill Shepherd, Jim Belushi, John CandyOriginally produced by MGM in 1992.What do you get when you combine four bumbling American tourists, a puppy and a dead body? Inspired lunacy! Sean Young and Richard Lewis are two down-and-out Americans attempting to return a lost dog to its Monte Carlo socialite owner for a {dollar}5000 reward. But when the owner is murdered, they become the prime suspects. But who's the real killer? The roulette loser? The gigolo? Or could it possibly be... the dog? John Candy, James Belushi, Cybill Shepherd and George Hamilton also star.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Crime.; Detective and mystery films.; Comedy.; Motion pictures.;

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