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Author
Publisher
The Unnamed Press
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Food critic Dorothy Daniels loves what she does. Discerning, meticulous, and very, very smart, Dorothy's clear mastery of the culinary arts make it likely that she could, on any given night, whip up a more inspired dish than any one of the chefs she writes about. Dorothy loves sex as much as she loves food, and while she has struggled to find a long-term partner that can keep up with her, she makes the best of her single life, frequently traveling...
1062) In Their Shoes
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (72 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Meet four men in a prison reentry and recovery program and witness the critical first year of freedom and survival.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Writer Amy Tan’s hit debut novel, The Joy Luck Club (1989), catapulted her to commercial and critical success. Born to Chinese immigrant parents into 1950’s America, Amy Tan’s painful family legacy inspired her stories of women without the power to choose their lives. Journey through the groundbreaking author’s life and career with archival imagery, artful animation and original interviews.
Publisher
Cargo Film & Releasing
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (76 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Follows the remarkable Gabi over the course of five formative years as she wrestles with society’s stereotypes about boys and girls. When her family moves from Stockholm to a small rural town, and as puberty kicks in, Gabi must decide whether she wants to fit in with the crowd or chart her own path. A landmark portrait of early adolescence, GABI: BETWEEN AGES 8 AND 13 is ultimately about the journey to be true to yourself.
1065) When We Speak
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (78 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A trio of whistleblowers share their motivations, experiences, and fallout of their own cases when speaking out against wrongdoing. British intelligence employee Katharine Gun, Oxfam aid worker Helen Evans and Hollywood actress Rose McGowan open the lid on what happens to women in WHEN WE SPEAK.
1066) Man Without Pigs
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
John Waiko is the first Papua New Guinean to reach the status of professor. After receiving his doctorate from the Australian National University he traveled back to his home village of Tabara to celebrate the achievement with his own people of the Binandere clan.
1067) All About My Sisters
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (175 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
In her debut film, director Qiong Wang builds a riveting portrait of her family reckoning with the lasting impact of China's one-child policy. After giving birth to two daughters, Qiong's parents were desperate for a boy. When they learned that they were pregnant with a third daughter, the couple embarked on a path that would affect their family for generations to come. Filming for more than seven years, Ms. Wang courageously investigates her family's...
1068) Another Child
Publisher
1091 Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (61 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In a tale of twisted sex, religion and family, a mother and daughter finally stop fighting and team up - first to overcome their bitter differences; then to try to end a sexual curse that has plagued their family for generations.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 33 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
For thousands of years Ju/'hoansi have lived in the Nyae Nyae region in northeastern Namibia. In the 1950s, most Ju/'hoansi had been exterminated or were dispossessed by white colonists and black farmers, but in Nyae Nyae Ju/'hoansi were still the only permanent inhabitants.
1070) Plaster Caster
Publisher
Stadium Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
PLASTER CASTER is a potrait of Cynthia Plaster Caster, famous for making moulds of the genitalia of rock stars such as Jimi Hendrix, Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks, Jello Biafra and others. Artist-turned-groupie or groupie-turned-artist? Decide for yourself as Cynthia Plaster Caster tells her amazing story with the help of some the famous rockers whose "members" she immortalized.
1071) Contagion
Author
Series
Dark matter trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Charlesbridge Teen
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition
Physical Desc
409 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A scientific experiment goes wrong, and a deadly epidemic sweeps through Scotland. Callie might have survives the disease, but she didn't survive the treatment. She was kidnapped and experimented upon at a secret lab, one that works with antimatter. When she broke free of her prison, she unleashed a wave of destruction. Callie's brother Kai is looking for her, along with his friend Shay, who has been infected and is beginning to change. Now they're...
1072) A place to belong
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
405 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Hanako and her family, reeling from their confinement in an internment camp, renounce their American citizenship to move to Hiroshima, a city devastated by the atomic bomb dropped by Americans.
1073) Téo's tutu
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Téo loves to dance, whether it's the cumbia with Pap̕, the bhangra with Amma, or ballet class with Miss Lila. He also loves the way his tutu makes him feel, inside and out. But when it comes time to decide which outfit to wear in the big dance recital-a sparkly tutu or shimmering silver pants-Ťo wonders if being his most authentic self on stage will put him too much in the spotlight.
1074) Imogen, obviously
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but shes got the Worlds Greatest Ally title locked down. She's never missed a Pride Alliance meeting. She knows more about queer media discourse than her very queer little sister. She even has two queer best friends. There's Gretchen, a fellow high school senior, who helps keep Imogen's biases in check. And then there's Lili--newly out and newly thriving with a cool new squad of queer college friends....
1075) Africaville: a novel
Author
Language
English
Description
"A ferociously talented writer makes his stunning debut with this richly woven tapestry, set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, that depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood, faith, time, and fate. Structured as a triptych, Africaville chronicles the lives of three generations of the Sebolt family--Kath Ella, her son Omar/Etienne, and her grandson Warner--whose lives unfold against the tumultuous...
Author
Series
Felicity Bathburn volume Book 1
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
During World War II, eleven-year-old Felicity is sent from London to Bottlebay, Maine, to live with her grandmother, aunt, uncle, and a reclusive boy who helps her decode mysterious letters that contain the truth about her missing parents.
1077) The runaway duchess
Author
Series
Duke undone volume 2
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A runaway bride dumps a duke and rewrites her own love story in this enchanting Victorian historical romance. Pretty and pampered, Lavinia Yardley always dreamed of becoming a duchess. But family disgrace forces her into marriage with the most vile duke in England, and she finds herself desperate for a way out. When a rustic stranger mistakes her for globe-trotting botanist Muriel Pendrake at a train station, Lavinia has a split second to decide...
1078) Lucky number Slevin
Publisher
The Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A case of mistaken identity lands down-on-his-luck Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses: The Rabbi and The Boss. Slevin begins to be under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat. He finds himself having to hatch his own ingenious plot to get to them before they get him.
1080) Some kind of animal
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
377 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Suspected of attacking a boy from town and determined to protect her secrets and her twin sister, Jo flees into the woods, where she discovers the truth behind her mother's disappearance fifteen years ago.
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