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1) Bibliolepsy
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Gina Apostol's debut novel, available for the first time in the US, tells of a young woman caught between a lifelong desire to escape into books and a real-world revolution. It is the mid-eighties, two decades into the kleptocratic, brutal rule of Ferdinand Marcos. The Philippine economy is in deep recession, and civil unrest is growing by the day. But Primi Peregrino has her own priorities: tracking down books and pursuing romantic connections with...
Author
Language
English
Description
"1980, New York City. Burned by her traumatic past, Angel is new to the drag world, new to ball culture, and has a yearning inside of her to help create family for those without. When she falls in love with Hector, a beautiful young man who dreams of becoming a professional dancer, the two decide to form the House of Xtravaganza, the first-ever all-Latino house in the Harlem ball circuit. But when Hector dies of AIDS-related complications, Angel must...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
275 p. ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Somewhere in North Dakota, there is a town called Owl that isn't there. Disco is over, but punk never happened. They don't have cable. They don't really have pop culture, unless you count grain prices and alcoholism. People work hard and then they die. They hate the government and impregnate teenage girls. But that's not nearly as awful as it sounds; in fact, sometimes it's perfect. Mitch Hrlicka lives in Owl. He plays high school football and worries...
Author
Series
Stranger things volume 2
Publisher
Dark Horse Books, a division of Dark Horse Comics LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
92 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Francine, a teenage girl with precognition, has struggled through a lifetime of exploitation: first by her parents, then by Dr. Brenner of Hawkins Laboratory. Dr. Brenner wants to harness her powers as well as those of the other gifted children that they hold captive at the lab. Wracked by increasingly disturbing visions, she sees an opportunity for her and all the children to escape. But at what cost?"--
6) Wyoming
Author
Publisher
Tin House Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
236 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
It's 1988 and Shelley Cooper is in trouble. He's broke, he's been fired from his construction job, and his ex-wife has left him for their next-door neighbor and a new life in Kansas City. The only opportunity on his horizon is 50 pounds of his brother's high-grade marijuana, which needs to be driven from Colorado to Houston and exchanged for a lockbox full of cash.
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"[Set] in an alternative 1980s London. Britain has lost the Falklands War, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power, and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money,...
Author
Series
Stranger things graphic novels volume 1
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
92 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Will Byers finds himself in the Upside Down, an impossible dark parody of his own world, he's understandably frightened. But that's nothing compared with the fear that takes hold when he realizes what's in that world with him."--|cProvided by publisher.
Series
Stranger things volume second season
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
3 Blu-ray videodiscs (approximately 458 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's been nearly a year since Will's strange disappearance, but life is hardly back to normal in Hawkins.
10) Air
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From award-winning director Ben Affleck, it reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son's immense...
Author
Series
Stranger things volume 3
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
106 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Nine was left behind in Hawkins Lab, comatose and alone. Now she lives in a fractured reality of her own creation under the watchful eyes of doctors who have no idea about the psychic volcano building insider her that erupt at any moment, obliterating their entire hospital. Three and Nine's twin sister both escaped Hawkins lab several years ago and have been on the run ever since. They had just settled down into a new life when, all of the sudden,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
297 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A thrilling Choose Your Own Adventure(R) book based on Netflix's Stranger Things! Are YOU ready to journey to the dark side of Hawkins, Indiana? Join Eleven, Dustin, Max, Lucas, and their friends as they explore Pennhurst Asylum, the creepy old Creel house, and possibly even the Upside Down. The decisions YOU make will decide the fates of the characters and lead to unexpected, thrilling, and even deadly outcomes. Fans of Netflix's hit show Stranger...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's 1986, the heart of the Cold War, and Marie Mitchell is an intelligence officer with the FBI. She's brilliant but she's also a young black woman working in an old boys' club, and her career has stalled out; she's overlooked for every high profile squad, and her days are filled with monotonous paperwork. So when she's given the opportunity to join a shadowy task force aimed at undermining Thomas Sankara, the charismatic, revolutionary president...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsEspañol
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
506 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Brisbane, 1983: A lost father, a mute brother, a mother in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepdad and a notorious criminal (who holds a national record for prison escapes) for a babysitter. It's not as if twelve-year-old Eli Bell's life isn't complicated enough already. He's just trying to follow his heart, learn what it takes to be a good man, and train for a glamorous career in journalism--but life just keeps throwing obstacles in the way--not least...
Publisher
Appian Way
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (179 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sex. Money. Power. Drugs. Brace yourself for an outrageous true story from legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese. Jordan Belfort, a young stockbroker, is hungry for fame and glory in New York City, where corruption is king and more is never enough.
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