Clarke Peters
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The latest in Spike Lee's Chronicles of Brooklyn series (which also include SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT, DO THE RIGHT THING, CROOKLYN, CLOCKERS, and HE GOT GAME), RED HOOK SUMMER tells the story of Flik Royale, a sullen young boy from middle-class Atlanta who has come to spend the summer with his deeply religious grandfather, Bishop Enoch Rouse, in the housing projects of Red Hook. Having never met before, things quickly get off on the wrong foot as Bishop...
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IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
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As the summer of 2004 draws to a close, Archy Stallings and Nat Jaffe are still hanging in there - longtime friends, bandmates, and co-regents of Brokeland Records, a kingdom of used vinyl located in the borderlands of Berkeley and Oakland. Their wives, Gwen Shanks and Aviva Roth-Jaffe, are the Berkeley Birth Partners, two semi-legendary midwives who have welcomed more than a thousand newly minted citizens into the dented utopia at whose heart - half...
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2023
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An alien crashes deep into the oilfields of New Mexico with a mission: he must find the brilliant scientist Justin Falls, the one woman on earth who can help save his species. An unlikely duo, together they discover that in order to save his world, they must first save ours. An inspired continuation of the novel by Walter Tevis and the iconic 1976 film starring David Bowie. This three-disc collection includes all ten episodes plus featurettes and...
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2014.
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The heat is on in Baltimore. The drug war is being lost, bodies are piling up, and a desperate mayor wants the tide turned before the election. But no matter how hard McNulty and the detail try, the dealers always seem to be one step ahead of the game. Contains twelve episodes.
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Alexander Nemerov is the Carl and Marilynn Thoma Provostial Professor in the Arts and Humanities at Stanford University. His many books include Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York and Soulmaker: The Times of Lewis Hine (Princeton).
This audiobook narrated by Clarke Peters shares a vivid historical imagining of the lives of individuals-from painters, poets, and politicians to enslaved people, artisans, and travelers-in the early...
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La Fortuna volume 5
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Alex travels to Washington to coordinate the return operation of the treasure.
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La Fortuna volume 2
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Alex begins a race against time in an effort to identify the sunken ship.
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La Fortuna volume 4
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Alex and Lucía use all of their wit and resources to surmount Frank Wild's mischievous schemes.
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La Fortuna volume 3
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Alex focuses on the only thing to prove the stolen treasure was the one hidden in La Fortuna.
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La Fortuna volume 6
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Alex is on the verge of recovering the treasure, Wild obstructs the delivery of the coins.
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La Fortuna volume 1
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Captain Frank Wild finds a treasure inside an old sunken frigate, at the bottom of the sea.
Pub. Date
2023
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Includes all three seasons of the HBO show based on the fantasy novels by Philip Pullman consisting of Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. It follows the coming of age of two children, Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry, as they wander through a series of parallel universes.
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2019.
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She was the ultimate patriot. Now, what she knows could bring down the government. Libby is a former top national security advisor who, while working with ruthless political veteran Rachel, signed off on a controversial military action that was supposed to end the war on terror. Except thousands died under false pretenses. Haunted by this, Libby sets out to tell the truth, risking treason and her own life, to expose a cover-up that stretches all the...
18) You: Season 2
Pub. Date
2021
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Bookstore clerk Joe transplants his tongue-in-cheek attitude regarding modern dating, social media and obsessive love from New York to Los Angeles in Season Two of the surprise hit series. In a new city with a new identity and object of desire, the aptly named Love, Joe, now known as Will, attempts to turn over a new leaf in a city that admires the young, the beautiful and the rich. But Will soon discovers that Love’s life is even more complicated...
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[2020]
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when nick, a career-focused investment banker, is fired at Christmastime, he takes a job at a Christmas tree lot. There he meets Julie, an astronomy teacher who's always looked to the stars for hope. As the Christmas spirit washes over him--and he beging falling for Julie--the once self-centered Nick discovers the joy of helping others.
Pub. Date
2021
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Lyra, the young protagonist of the story, lives in Jordan College, Oxford. Placed there at the request of her Uncle, Lord Asriel, she lives a sheltered life amongst the scholars and college staff while under the watchful protection of The Master and Librarian Scholar Charles. When the glamorous and mesmeric Mrs. Coulter enters Lyra's life, she embarks upon a dangerous journey of discovery from Oxford to London. Here she meets Father MacPhail, Lord...