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881) Finding Papa
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Follows young Mai and her mother's perilous journey from Vietnam to America to find Papa--who left ahead of them to start a better life for their family"--
882) Grace is Gone
Publisher
The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Stanley Phillips is a sad, disconnected man unable to tell his young daughters that their mother, a soldier, has died in Iraq. Instead, he takes the girls on a road trip, where their innocent charm helps him rediscover a healing joy he thought he'd lost forever.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
373 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was seized by the Nazis. Along with his teenage son Fritz, he was sent to Buchenwald in Germany. There began an unimaginable ordeal that saw the pair beaten, starved, and forced to build the very concentration camp they were held in. When Gustav was set to be transferred to Auschwitz--a certain death sentence--Fritz refused to leave his side. Throughout the horrors they witnessed and the suffering...
884) Screaming at the ump
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Casey lives with his father and grandfather at their family-run umpire school, and as he deals with middle school and his mother's unwelcome return, he stumbles on a sensational story that has him questioning his dream of becoming a journalist.
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
191 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sunrise Valley is without a dam keeper, and time is running out. In less than twenty-four hours, the poisonous tidal wave of black fog will descend on Pig's home. While Fox, Hippo, and Van hurry east to warn the townspeople, Pig ventures on his own path. Pig is following a trail of clues that are inexplicably linked to his father, and now that trail is leading upward. What he finds on a floating island above the clouds will shake him to his core,...
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
271 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
CNN correspondent Tom Foreman's remarkable journey from half-hearted couch potato to ultra-marathon runner, with four half-marathons, three marathons, and 2,000 miles of training in between; a poignant and warm-hearted tale of parenting, overcoming the challenges of age, and quiet triumph.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 652 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Architect Mike Brady marries the beautiful Carol Martin, who has three girls to care for. Widower Mike has his three boys that he has been raising all alone. The marriage joins these eight into one large, average, ideal American middle class family. Of course, raising such a large family isn't easy, so live-in housekeeper Alice is always there to lend a helpful hand.
888) Past imperfect
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
410 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Wishing to track down a past girlfriend who claims he had fathered her child, the rich and dying Damian Baxter contacts an old friend from his days at Cambridge. The search takes the narrator back to 1960s London, where everything is changing--just not always quite as expected.
889) Hold back the tide
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Since there wasn't enough proof to convict Alva's father for the murder of her mother, she's been forced to live in his house in Ormscaula, Scotland, being raised by the man she holds responsible for her motherlessness. His family has been called guardians of the loch for generations, and now it falls to her to monitor the water levels, despite not knowing what she's watching for -- or what may be watching her back.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (652 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Scrappy, stubborn and strong, the Gallaghers are tested by changing times, but Season Six finds them older, wiser, and better at playing the system. Used to their natural state of chaos, the Gallaghers are as surprised as anyone at how life is turning out for them. But as they come into their own and find out who they really are is it really possible that they could grow apart for good?
Author
Series
Library of America volume 159
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
818 pages, 61 unnumbered page of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Three key works by the early twentieth-century author include the 'prophetic journalism' experiment of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Death in the Family, and the novella The Morning Watch
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
℗♭2013
Edition
Two disc special ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The continuing misadventures of the Wolfpack. After the death of his father, Alan turns to the Wolfpack in his time of grief. This time, there's no wedding, no bachelor party, just one simple road trip. What could possibly go wrong?
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Paris, 1993. Jacques is a semi-renowned writer and single father in his thirties trying to maintain his sense of romance and humor in spite of the turmoil in his life and the world. While on a work trip to Brittany, he meets Arthur, an aspiring filmmaker in his early twenties, who is experiencing a sexual awakening and eager to get out of his parochial life. Arthur becomes instantly smitten with the older man.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (600 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Architect Mike Brady marries the beautiful Carol Martin, who has three girls to care for. Widower Mike has his three boys that he has been raising all alone. The marriage joins these eight into one large, average, ideal American middle class family. Of course, raising such a large family isn't easy, so live-in housekeeper Alice is always there to lend a helpful hand.
Includes all 24 funny and memorable episodes including fan favorites.
895) Field of dreams
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Two-disc anniversary ed., widescreen [ed.].
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Language
English
Description
Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) hears a voice, followed by a brief vision of a baseball field. He believes that if he builds a baseball diamond in his cornfield, Shoeless Joe Jackson from the infamous 1919 Chicago "Black" Sox will return to play baseball. By being willing to take a chance, Ray gets a second time up at bat in life.
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
A memoir discussing the author's upbringing as a young sportsman and tragic experience in a plane crash with his father, father's girlfriend, and pilot at the age of eleven, covering his lone survival of the crash and harsh conditions.
897) Vesper
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a thirteen-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed father, meets a woman with a secret who will force her to use her wits, strengths, and biohacking abilities to fight for the possibility of having a future.
Author
Publisher
Harper Horizon
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"Look for me there," news legend Tim Russert would tell his son, Luke, when confirming a pickup spot at an airport, sporting event, or rock concert. After Tim died unexpectedly, Luke kept looking for his father, following in Tim's footsteps and carving out a highly successful career at NBC News. After eight years covering politics on television, Luke realized he had no good answer as to why he was chasing his father's legacy. As the son of two accomplished...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 81 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s. The patriarch of an eccentric Brooklyn family claims to once have been a great novelist, but ultimately decided to settled into a teaching job. When his wife discovers a writing talent of her own, jealousy divides the family. The two teenage sons are forced to forge new relationships...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
338 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Recounts the author's Irish-Catholic upbringing in a 1960s Philadelphia housing project, discussing his alcoholic father's volatile temper and his struggles to forge a more promising future through his love for books and music.
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