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So long been dreaming : postcolonial science fiction & fantasy

Description based on print version record. Anthology of stories by leading African, South Asian, and Aboriginal authors, as well as North American and British writers of color.

Date Published:2004

The Personal History of David Copperfield (DVD)

12/29/2020. A re-imagining of Charles Dickens’ classic ode to grit and perseverance through the comedic lens of its award-winning filmmakers, giving the Dickensian tale new life for a cosmopolitan age with a diverse ensemble cast of stage and screen actors from across the world. Armando Iannucci and Simon Blackwell lend their wry, yet heart-filled storytelling style to revisiting Dickens’ iconic hero on his quirky journey from impoverished orphan to burgeoning writer in Victorian England. "A fast-moving yarn, sometimes hilarious and always entertaining."--Hollywood Reporter. "Like some kind of long-lost Monty Python sketch, Iannucci's revisionist "David Copperfield" alternates between intellect and absurdity, blending high- and lowbrow elements."--Variety. "The meta-fiction may be overdone, but that and the director's feeling for tone create the expansive atmosphere in which a talented multiracial cast lead by Dev Patel can master everything from pure melodrama to high comedy."--Globe and Mail (UK).

Date Published:2020

Life in the mountains

Stratton, Connor,

Includes index. "Describes animals that live in the mountains. Includes easy-to-read text for beginning readers"--

Date Published:2020

Life

Richards, Keith.

Keith Richards, one of the Rolling Stones' founding members, opens up about his childhood, rise to superstardom, and personal life. From his turbulent relationships, including his well-publicized estrangement from and reconciliation with Stones frontman Mick Jagger, to the drug shenanigans that made him even more of a legend among his fans, Richards tells all in this poignant biography. "...Johnny Depp is perfect...Musician Joe Hurley...seems to be equally adept at channeling Richards."--AudioFile. "Starred Review."--Kirkus Reviews. "...a wise, charming, and textured narration of the famed guitarist's memoir."--Publishers Weekly. "Starred Review: ...one of the most entertaining rock autobiographies in recent years."--Library Journal.

Date Published:2010

Counting Miracles : a novel

Sparks, Nicholas,

"From the acclaimed author of The Longest Ride and The Notebook comes an emotional, powerful novel about wondering if we can change--or even make our peace with--the path we've taken. Tanner Hughes was raised by his grandparents, following in his grandfather's military footsteps to become an Army Ranger. His whole life has been spent abroad, and he is the proverbial rolling stone: happiest when off on his next adventure, zero desire to settle down. But when his grandmother passes away, her last words to him are find where you belong. She also drops a bombshell, telling him the name of the father he never knew--and where to find him. Tanner is due at his next posting soon, but his curiosity is piqued, and he sets out for Asheboro, North Carolina, to ask around. He's been in town less than twenty-four hours when he meets Kaitlyn Cooper, a doctor and single mom. They both feel an immediate connection; Tanner knows Kaitlyn has a story to tell, and he wants to hear it. To Kaitlyn, Tanner is mysterious, exciting--and possibly leaving in just a few weeks. Meanwhile, nearby, eighty-three-year-old Jasper lives alone in a cabin bordering a national forest. With only his old dog, Arlo, for company, he lives quietly, haunted by a tragic accident that took place decades before. When he hears rumors that a white deer has been spotted in the forest--a creature of legend that inspired his father and grandfather--he becomes obsessed with protecting the deer from poachers. As these characters' fates orbit closer together, none of them is expecting a miracle . . . but that may be exactly what is about to alter their futures forever"--

Date Published:2024

First Frost

Johnson, Craig, 1961-,

Sequel to: The Longmire defense. "The past and future collide in this gripping new addition to the beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series. It's the summer of 1964, and recent college graduates Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear read the writing on the wall and enlist to serve in the Vietnam War. As they catch a few final waves in California before reporting for duty, a sudden storm assaults the shores and capsizes a nearby cargo boat. Walt and Henry jump to action, but it's soon revealed by the police who greet them ashore that the sunken boat carried valuable contraband from underground sources. The boys, in their early twenties and in the peak of their physical prowess from playing college football for the last four years, head out on Route 66. The question, of course, is how far they will get before the consequences of their actions catch up to them--the answer being, not very. Back in the present day, Walt is forced to speak before a judge following the fatal events of The Longmire Defense. With powerful enemies lurking behind the scenes, the sheriff of Absaroka County must consider his options if he wishes to finish the fight he started. Going back and forth between 1964 and the present day, Craig Johnson brings us a propulsive dual timeline as Walt Longmire stands between the crossfire of good and evil, law and anarchy, and compassion and cruelty at two pivotal stages in his life"--

Date Published:2024

Iron Lake : a novel

Krueger, William Kent,

A hated judge is found dead in suspicious circumstances in a town in Minnesota with an Indian casino and a young Ojibwa Indian leaves home in a hurry. Former sheriff Cork O'Connor investigates if there is a connection.

Date Published:2009

The Wedding People : a novel

Espach, Alison, 1984-

"It's a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she's actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn't here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she's dreamed of coming for years--she hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she's here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself. Meanwhile, the bride has accounted for every detail and every possible disaster the weekend might yield except for, well, Phoebe and Phoebe's plan--which makes it that much more surprising when the two women can't stop confiding in each other. In turns absurdly funny and devastatingly tender, Alison Espach's The Wedding People is ultimately an incredibly nuanced and resonant look at the winding paths we can take to places we never imagined--and the chance encounters it sometimes takes to reroute us."--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2024

Of mule and man

Farrell, Mike.

Date Published:2009

We are Anonymous : inside the hacker world of Lulzsec, Anonymous, and the global cyber insurgency

Olson, Parmy.

We are Anonymous. The raid ; William and the roots of Anonymous ; Everybody get in here ; Kayla and the rise of Anonymous ; Chanology ; Civil war ; Fire Fire Fire Fire 101 ; Weapons that backfired ; The Revolutionary ; Meeting the Ninja ; The aftermath -- Fame. Finding a voice ; Conspiracy (drives us together) ; Back trace strikes ; Breaking away ; Talking about a revolution ; Lutz security ; The resurrection of topiary and Topic ; Hacker war ; More Sony, more hackers ; Stress and betrayal ; The return of Ryan, the end of reason ; Out with a bang ; The fate of Lulz -- Unmasked. The real topiary ; The real Sabu ; The real Kayla, the real Anonymous. A thrilling, exclusive exposé of the hacker collectives Anonymous and LulzSec.

Date Published:2012

My Brilliant Friend : Childhood, Adolescence. book one :

Ferrante, Elena.

Prologue : eliminating all the traces -- Childhood : the story of Don Achille -- Adolescence : the story of the shoes. The story begins in the 1950s, in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples. Growing up on these tough streets the two girls learn to rely on each other ahead of anyone or anything else. As they grow, as their paths repeatedly diverge and converge, Elena and Lila remain best friends whose respective destinies are reflected and refracted in the other. They are likewise the embodiments of a nation undergoing momentous change. Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between her protagonists, the unforgettable Elena and Lila.

Date Published:2012

The Lion Women of Tehran

Kamali, Marjan.

Date Published:2025

Far from the tree : parents, children and the search for identity

Solomon, Andrew, 1963-.

Son -- Deaf -- Dwarfs -- Down syndrome -- Autism -- Schizophrenia -- Disability -- Prodigies -- Rape -- Crime -- Transgender -- Father. Solomon tells the stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children but also find profound meaning in doing so.

Date Published:2012

God bless you, Dr. Kevorkian

Vonnegut, Kurt.

Date Published:2000

The Personal Librarian/ Book Club Set

Benedict, Marie,

Includes readers guide. "In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J.P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps create a world-class collection. But Belle has a secret, one she must protect at all costs. She was born not Belle da Costa Greene but Belle Marion Greener. She is the daughter of Richard Greener, the first Black graduate of Harvard and a well-known advocate for equality. Belle's complexion isn't dark because of her alleged Portuguese heritage that lets her pass as white--her complexion is dark because she is Black. The Personal Librarian tells the story of an extraordinary woman, famous for her intellect, style, and wit, and shares the lengths she must go to--for the protection of her family and her legacy--to preserve her carefully crafted white identity in the racist world in which she lives" --

Date Published:2022

The woman upstairs : a novel

Messud, Claire, 1966-

Description based upon print version of record. "This Is A Borzoi book." Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Chapter 1: 1932: Yorkshire; Chapter 2: 1933-1940: Spain, Portugal; Chapter 3: Flight; Chapter 4: 1940: America; Chapter 5: 1941: Savannah; Chapter 6: 1944: Savannah, Hendersonville; Chapter 7: 1945: The Crossing; Chapter 8: Portugal Redux; Chapter 9: Mont'Alegre; Chapter 10: The Confidant; Chapter 11: School; Chapter 12: 1917: England; Chapter 13: Bill and Doris; Chapter 14: Sylvia and Jack; Chapter 15: Fraulein; Chapter 16: Goodbye, Portugal; Chapter 17: 1946: England; Chapter 18: Leyland House: Part One; Chapter 19: Leyland House: Part Two. Chapter 20: BennettChapter 21: Goodbye, England; Chapter 22: 1947: America Redux; Chapter 23: 1947: Winchester; Chapter 24: 1950: High School; Chapter 25: 1951: Richmond; Chapter 26: The World; Afterword; Appendix; References; Acknowledgements; Copyright A Memoir Across the Atlantic I was born in 1932 in Yorkshire to parents who had survived World War I and had seen England change from an agricultural to an industrial country. A visiting American engineer changed our lives when he asked my mother to leave my father and accompany him to Spain, which she did, taking me with her. When World War II changed Europe forever, my English mother, my sister, and I fled to America, leaving my stepfather behind to work for the OSS and to begin an affair with a Spanish spy whom he later married. The war over, my mother, sister, and I returned. Relegated to the status of schoolteacher and friendly neighbor after abandoning her dreams of becoming an artist, Nora advocates on behalf of a charismatic Lebanese student and is drawn into the child's family until his artist mother's careless ambition leads to a shattering betrayal.

Date Published:2013

Lost Roses

Kelly, Martha Hall.

Compact disc media. It is 1914 and the world has been on the brink of war so many times, many New Yorkers treat the subject with only passing interest. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanovs. The two met years ago one summer in Paris and became close confidantes. Now Eliza embarks on the trip of a lifetime, home with Sofya to see the splendors of Russia: the church with the interior covered in jeweled mosaics, the Rembrandts at the Tsar's Winter Palace, the famous ballet. But when Austria declares war on Serbia and Russia's Imperial dynasty begins to fall, Eliza escapes back to America, while Sofya and her family flee to their estate outside the city. In need of domestic help, they hire the local fortuneteller's daughter, Varinka, unknowingly bringing intense danger into their home. On the other side of the Atlantic, Eliza is doing her part to help the White Russian families find safety as they escape the revolution. But when Sofya's letters suddenly stop coming she fears the worst for her best friend. <p/>From the turbulent streets of St. Petersburg and aristocratic estates of the countryside to the avenues of Paris and the society of fallen Russian migr s there to the mansions of Long Island, the lives of Eliza, Sofya, and Varinka will intersect in profound ways, taking readers on a breathtaking ride through a momentous time in history.

Date Published:2020

Lady Tan's Circle of Women : a novel

See, Lisa,

Sent into an arranged marriage, Tan Yunxian, forbidden to continue her work as a midwife-in-training as well as see her forever friend Meiling, is ordered to act like proper wife and seeks a way to continue treating women and girls from every level of society in fifteenth-century China. "According to Confucius, "an educated woman is a worthless woman," but Tan Yunxian--born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness--is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine, the Four Examinations--looking, listening, touching, and asking--something a man can never do with a female patient. From a young age, Yunxian learns about women's illnesses, many of which relate to childbearing, alongside a young midwife-in-training, Meiling. The two girls find fast friendship and a mutual purpose--despite the prohibition that a doctor should never touch blood while a midwife comes in frequent contact with it--and they vow to be forever friends, sharing in each other's joys and struggles. No mud, no lotus, they tell themselves: from adversity beauty can bloom. But when Yunxian is sent into an arranged marriage, her mother-in-law forbids her from seeing Meiling and from helping the women and girls in the household. Yunxian is to act like a proper wife--embroider bound-foot slippers, pluck instruments, recite poetry, give birth to sons, and stay forever within the walls of the family compound, the Garden of Fragrant Delights. How might a woman like Yunxian break free of these traditions, go on to treat women and girls from every level of society, and lead a life of such importance that many of her remedies are still used five centuries later? How might the power of friendship support or complicate these efforts?" --

Date Published:2023

Broiler

Cranor, Eli, 1988-,

"Gabriela Menchaca and Edwin Saucedo are hardworking, undocumented employees at the Detmer Foods chicken plant in Springdale, Arkansas, just a stone's throw away from the trailer park where they've lived together for seven years. While dealing with personal tragedies of their own, the young couple endures the brutal, dehumanizing conditions at the plant in exchange for barebones pay. When the plant manager, Luke Jackson, fires Edwin to set an example for the rest of the workers-and to show the higher-ups that he's ready for a major promotion-Edwin is determined to get revenge on Luke and his wife, Mimi, a new mother who stays at home with her six-month-old son. Edwin's impulsive action sets in motion a devastating chain of events that illuminates the deeply entrenched power dynamics between those who revel at the top and those who toil at the bottom. From the nationally bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author of Don't Know Tough and Ozark Dogs comes another edge-of-your-seat noir thriller that exposes the dark, bloody heart of life on the margins in the American South and the bleak underside of a bygone American Dream"--

Date Published:2024

Zoey And Sassafras : Monsters And Mold

Citro, Asia,

"When a forest monster shows up looking for help with an embarrassing problem, Zoey is sure it will be a simple fix. But her first two tries at helping him fail and she has a sobbing monster on her hands! Will Zoey and Sassafras solve the problem in time for Gorp to go to the annual Monster Ball?" --

Date Published:2017