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661) BLOOD IN THE CUT
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
""Blood in The Cut brims with dangerous energy in the face of existential entropy. A fantastic story." -S. A. Cosby, New York Times bestselling author of All the Sinners Bleed Iggy Guerra is out of prison, but his homecoming is anything but smooth. His beloved mother is gone, his grief-stricken father Armando is deep in debt, and they are about to lose the butcher shop that has been in their family for generations. Iggy must earn his father's lost...
Publisher
Cleis Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A rarity--romantic erotica focused on male couples in committed relationships--Take This Man comes from one of the top-flight gay fiction writers, Neil Plakcy. Many erotic stories focus on the thrill of first contact, but Take This Man is thrillingly different, taking a close look at how much sexier an encounter can be when the two men involved have been together for long enough to make a commitment to each other. Formalized or not, the fact remains...
Author
Publisher
Catapult/Black Balloon
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Flying couch tells the stories of three unforgettable women. Amy Kurzwil weaves her own coming-of-age as a young Jewish artist into the narrative of her mother, a psychologist, and Bubbe, her grandmother, a World War II survivor who escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto by disguising herself as a gentile. The voices and histories of these wise, hilarious, and very different women create a protrait not only of what it means to be part of a family, but also...
Author
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Darrel Alejandro Holnes meditates on migration, and the American dream. He reminds us that Blackness is everywhere, persevering against erasure and violence. This collection is a satisfying and essential second book that leaves us excited for all that is to come from this poet. --Yesenia Montilla author of "The Pink Box"
Author
Publisher
Copper Canyon Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
An elaboration and response to his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Shadow of Sirius, W.S. Merwin examines everything from minute flowers to oceanic destruction, and weaves our complex relationship with the natural world with his own youth, memory, and intense engagement with the passing of days. With considered reverence, subtle might, and generous poetic imagination, Merwin presents a masterful and gorgeous collection.
Author
Publisher
Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
This gripping account of the highest-ranked woman in the Third Reich who, as Head Overseer of the women's camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, was personally responsible for the murder, torture and suffering of countless prisoners, explores how she became to embody the very worst of humanity.
672) The Chanur saga
Author
Series
DAW book collectors volume no. 1151
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
674) Archmage
Author
Series
Publisher
Wizards of the Coast
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Victory reigns at Mithral Hall but Drizzt knows that the dark elves of Menzoberranzan, including the powerful Archmage Gromph, aren't done with him yet. Consumed by their own power struggles, feeling backed into a corner, the drow may just be desperate enough to call on demonic forces from the deepest reaches of the Abyss, and unleash a disaster even the Underdark could never have prepared for.
Publisher
Universe Publishing, a Division of Rizzoli International Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
From the film critics of The New York Times come these uncut, original reviews of the most popular and influential movies ever made -- from the Talkies to blockbusters like Chicago and The Wizard of Oz from timeless classics like Casablanca and Notorious, to beloved foreign films by Truffaut and Kurosawa, Fellini and Almodovar. The reviews reflect Hollywood history at its best. In addition, this volume includes: Full cast and production credits for...
Publisher
Black Balloon Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
" This collection of intimate, illustrated essays by some of America's most well-regarded literary writers explores how comfort food can help us cope with dark times--be it the loss of a parent, the loneliness of a move, or the pain of heartache"--Amazon.
Publisher
Dark Sky Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A family's outing descends into terror when teacher Alan Hoaganraad, his wife Jill, and stepsons Maika and Jordon explore an isolated coastline. An unexpected meeting with a pair of drifters, the enigmatic psychopath Mandrake and his accomplice Tubs, thrusts the family into a nightmare after the duo kidnaps them and embarks on a road trip to hell.
680) The father
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind, and even the fabric of his reality.
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