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1081) A wicked conceit
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Expectant parents Kiera and Sebastian Gage have been hoping for a respite from their inquiries, but murder and mayhem have a startling way of dropping into their laps in the all-new historical mystery in this national bestselling series. March 1832. Edinburgh, Scotland. Kiera and Gage have been eagerly awaiting their bundle of joy but trouble has been brewing in the form of roguish criminal Bonnie Brock Kincaid. A new book and subsequent play features...
Publisher
Kino
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
A variety of Romany musical groups and dancers perform traditional music and dances in settings created to show traditional Romany life and culture. Set in India, Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, France and Spain
1083) The woman king
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a ferocity unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, it follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and prepares them for battle against an enemy determined to obliterate their way of life. Some things are worth fighting for.
1084) The chaperone
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Society matron Norma Carlisle volunteers to accompany future Jazz Age star and free spirit Louise Brooks for a summer in New York. But why does she want to go? It's a story full of surprises, about who these women really are, and who they eventually become.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"For every visibly Autistic person you meet, there are countless 'masked' Autistic people who pass as neurotypical. Masking is a common coping mechanism in which Autistic people hide their identifiably Autistic traits in order to fit in with societal norms, adopting a superficial personality at the expense of their mental health. This can include suppressing harmless stims, papering over communication challenges by presenting as unassuming and mild-mannered,...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2006, ©2005
Edition
1st Harper Perennial ed.
Physical Desc
xix, 394, 16 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
1599 was an epochal year for Shakespeare and England. Shakespeare wrote four of his most famous plays: Henry the Fifth, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and, most remarkably, Hamlet; Elizabethans sent off an army to crush an Irish rebellion, weathered an Armada threat from Spain, gambled on a fledgling East India Company, and waited to see who would succeed their aging and childless queen. James Shapiro illuminates both Shakespeare's staggering achievement...
1089) Sense and sensibility
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pbk. (348 p. ; 19 cm.)
Language
English
Description
Tells of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune.
1091) The Oregon Trail
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
1092) Egypt
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Simon Spotlight edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ahlan! My name is Amira, and I'm a kid just like you living in Egypt. Egypt is a country filled with big cities, beautiful deserts, and some of the coolest ancient monuments in the world! Have you ever wondered what Egypt is like? Come along with me to find out! --Publisher
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
A memoir and portrait of three generations of Tibetan women whose lives are forever changed when Chairman Mao's Red Army crushes Tibetan independence, sending a young mother and her six-year-old daughter on a treacherous journey across the snowy Himalayas toward freedom. Kunsang thought she would never leave Tibet. One of the country's youngest Buddhist nuns, she grew up in a remote mountain village where, as a teenager, she entered the local nunnery....
Author
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1540, twelve-year-old Jahan arrives in Istanbul. As an animal tamer in the sultan's menagerie, he looks after the exceptionally smart elephant Chota and befriends (and falls for) the sultan's beautiful daughter, Princess Mihrimah. A palace education leads Jahan to Mimar Sinan, the empire's chief architect, who takes Jahan under his wing as they construct (with Chota's help) some of the most magnificent buildings in history. Yet even as they build...
1095) Anne of Green Gables
Author
Series
Publisher
Manga Classics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
307 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Siblings Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were planning to adopt an orphaned boy to help out around their farm, Green Gables - instead, they got Anne Shirley. A plucky redheaded girl with a vibrant imagination, Anne turns first Green Gables and then the rest of Prince Edward Island on its ear."--
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary, part music film, part historical record, created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park). The footage was largely forgotten,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 40 min.)
Language
English
Description
This video explores the forces influencing young people's decisions about sex: media, friends, family, religion, love, AIDS, alcohol, and homophobia. Teen Sexuality in a Culture of Confusion is a unique, accessible tool for facilitating an informed, balanced discussion about these and other influences on young people. In the age of AIDS, such talk can save lives. When young people tell their own stories, their peers listen. In this program, award-winning...
1098) What was the Gold Rush?
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
105 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn't. Hear the stories about the gold-seeking "forty-niners!" With black-and white illustrations and sixteen pages of photos, a nugget from history is brought to life!
1099) The ice storm
Series
Criterion collection volume 426
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([15] p. ; 18 cm.)
Language
English
Description
Thanksgiving 1973. The climate is changing, both politically and physically. As the Watergate scandal unfolds in the background, the inhabitants of a small Conneticut town begin to slip into an existentialist void. Social taboos are shattered on whims and the line between adult authority and juvenile irresponsibility is practically nonexistant. Focuses on the Hood and Carver families. Chronicles a brief period of rapid moral deterioration. Their actions...
1100) Deli Man
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
Looks at the world of the delicatessan, the creation of Jewish immigrants as a way of preserving ethnic culinary traditions in the New World. Profiles Ziggy Gruber, co-owner of Kenny & Ziggy's New York Delicatessan Restaurant in Houston and third-generation deli man, as well as other deli owners and aficionados in the U.S. and Canada.
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