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- Village weavers : a novel / by Chancy, Myriam J. A.,1970-author.;
- "From award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy comes an extraordinary and enduring story of two families forever joined by country-and by long-held secrets-and two girls with a bond that refuses to be broken. In 1940s' Port-au-Prince, Gertie and Sisi become fast childhood friends, despite being on opposite ends of the social and economic ladder. As young girls, they build their unlikely friendship-until a deathbed revelation ripples through their families and tears them apart. After Francois Duvalier's rule turns deadly in the 1950s, Sisi moves to Paris, while Gertie marries into a wealthy Dominican family. Across decades and continents, through personal successes and failures, they are parted and reunited, slowly learning the truth of their singular relationship. Finally, six decades later, with both women in the United States, a sudden phone call brings them back together once more to reckon with and forgive the past. Told with power and frankness, Village Weavers confronts the silences around class, race, and nationality; charts the moments when lives are irrevocably forced apart; and envisions two girls-connected their entire lives-who try to break inherited cycles of mistrust and find ways back into each other's hearts."--
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Female friendship; Haitians; Social classes;
- Artificial wisdom : a novel. by Weaver, Thomas R.;
- "In a climate-ravaged landscape where AI and humans vie for political power, a journalist must unravel a murderous plot that will either upend the world or save it"-- Provided by publisher.Library Bound Incorporated
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); FICTION / Science Fiction / Crime & Mystery; FICTION / Thrillers / Political; FICTION / Thrillers / Technological;
- Weirdo / by Weaver, Tony,Jr.; Wibowo, Jess.; Wibowo, Jacinta.;
- From rising star Tony Weaver, Jr. comes a middle-grade graphic novel memoir about an awkward preteen who loves all things geeky but struggles with mental health issues and self-doubt. Eleven-year-old Tony Weaver, Jr. loves comic books, anime, and video games, and idolizes the heroic, larger-than-life characters he finds there. But his new classmates all think he's a weirdo. Bullied by his peers, Tony struggles with the hurt of not being accepted and tries to conform to other people's expectations. After a traumatic event shakes him to his core, he embarks on a journey of self love that will require him to become the hero of his own story.
- Subjects: Autobiographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Weaver, Tony, Jr; Bullies; Identity (Psychology); Belonging (Social psychology); Self-acceptance; Superheroes; Cartoons and comics.;
- The weaver and the witch queen / by Gornichec, Genevieve,author.;
- "Oddny and Gunnhild meet as children in tenth century Norway, and they could not be more different: Oddny hopes for a quiet life, while Gunnhild burns for power and longs to escape her cruel mother. But after a visiting wisewoman makes an ominous prophecy that involves Oddny, her sister Signy, and Gunnhild, the three girls take a blood oath to help one another always. When Oddny's farm is destroyed and Signy is kidnapped by Viking raiders, Oddny is set adrift from the life she imagined but determined to save her sister, no matter the cost. Gunnhild, who fled her home years ago to learn the ways of a witch in the far north, is on her way to her exalted destiny. But the bonds --both enchanted and emotional--that hold them together are strong, and when they find their way back to each other, these bonds will be tested in ways they could never have foreseen in this rich, searching novel of magic, history, and sworn sisterhood"--
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; Magic; Oaths; Prophecies; Sisters; Witches;
- Bibi / by Weaver, Jo(Children's author);
- Bibi is an elderly flamingo who looks out for the flock, and especially the babies--but when it looks like she will not be able to migrate the rest of the flock tell her it is their turn to look out for her.
- Subjects: Animal fiction.; Picture books.; Flamingos; Communities; Responsibility; Friendship;
- Southcliffe. by Durkin, Sean,film director.; Weaver, Al,actor.; Kinnear, Rory,actor.; Harris, Sean,actor.; Henderson, Shirley,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Al Weaver, Rory Kinnear, Sean Harris, Shirley HendersonOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2013.Set in a fictional English town devastated by a spate of shootings which take place over a single day. When journalist David Whitehead returns to his childhood home to report on the shootings, he finds a town ripped apart by violence and sudden bereavement. The residents' resilience, both as a community and as individuals, has been cruelly tested. As David searches for answers, his story interweaves with those closest to the victims of the tragedy, revealing their lives before, during and after the killings.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Horror films.; Crime.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).; Television series--Great Britain.;
- Gathering blue / by Lowry, Lois.;
- Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she uses her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.LSC
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Orphans; Weavers; Gifted children; Children with disabilities;
- © c2000., Houghton Mifflin Books for Children,
- Holes [videorecording (DVD)] by Sachar, Louis,1954-; Davis, Andrew,1946-; Weaver, Sigourney,1949-; Voight, Jon,1938-; Arquette, Patricia,1968-;
- Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Patricia Arquette, Tim Blake Nelson.As evidence of his family's bad fortune, which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.CHV rating: PG.
- Subjects: Juvenile delinquency; Homeless persons; Friendship; Treasure-trove; Feature films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired;
- © 2003., Disney DVD : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
- A tale of two thieves [videorecording] / by Donovan, Erin,screenwriter.; Goody, Gordon,interviewee.; Howley, Simon,film producer.; Long, Chris,film director.; McQueen, Harry,interviewee.; Virgil Films,publisher.;
- Director of photography, Michael Timney ; editor, Gavin Weaver.Gordon Goody, Harry McQueen.In 1963 in the countryside in England, fifteen men pulled off 'The Great Train Robbery' netting today's equivalent of $85 million. This incredible film features Gordon Goody, one of the instigators of the crime, for the first time ever, revealing the identity of the missing mastermind behind Britain's most famous heist - the elusive and mysterious 'Ulsterman'.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Robbery investigation; Train robberies; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
- For private home use only.
- Call Jane [videorecording] / by Banks, Elizabeth,1974-actor.; Mara, Kate,1983-actor.; Messina, Chris,actor.; Mosaku, Wunmi,actor.; Nagy, Phyllis,film director.; Schore, Hayley,screenwriter.; Sethi, Roshan,screenwriter.; Weaver, Sigourney,1949-actor.; Sphere Films,distributor.;
- Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Kate Mara, Wunmi Mosaku.Chicago, 1968. As the city and the nation are on the brink of political upheaval, suburban housewife Joy and her husband and daughter are living the all-American dream. But Joy's tranquil world is shattered when her life-threatening pregnancy forces her to navigate a medical establishment unwilling to help. This impossible situation leads Joy to the 'Janes,' an underground network providing the only available alternative, helmed by fierce advocates Virginia and Gwen, not only saving Joy's life but changing it forever.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 5.1 surround.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Abortion; Female friendship; Pregnancy; Pregnant women; Reproductive rights;
- For private home use only.
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