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Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Fearless documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras's career-long pursuit of truth and justice finds powerful expression in an epic story of art, activism, and survival. Made in collaboration with renowned artist Nan Goldin, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed entwines the mission of PAIN an advocacy group she founded to raise awareness about the billionaire Sackler family's integral role in the ongoing crisis of opioid overdoses with an intimate journey through...
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Evie LOVES bugs, but no one around her seems to understand. While Evie would rather spend all her time outside studying insects, her moms hurry her indoors to prepare the house for company. Everything needs to be PERFECT for her Great-Gran and the rest of their extended family. But Evie doesn’t want the fun to be over, and she has a great idea... to bring her bugs inside! Despite her best efforts to keep her little friends hidden, before she knows...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Melvin Kusin (1926 - 2018), called "Poppy" by me and his other grandchildren, was a World War II veteran, Senior Olympics track star, and Texas chili mix entrepreneur. Poppy's life was bold and full of unexpected turns. But of his many adventures, Poppy was most proud of leading our family's Passover Seder for seventy-two years in a row. He taught us that traditions have the power to bring and keep families together. It's through these special moments...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"James Herriot's timeless, heartwarming, and perceptive stories about animals and people have charmed millions of readers around the world, and millions more have watched the popular PBS series All Creatures Great and Small, which is based on his four books. The Wonderful World of James Herriot excerpts the best of his stories to shape the larger tale of his life, his family, and his world, illustrated with evocative drawings and family photographs,...
Author
Series
Purls and prayers volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fair Meadows Retirement Community might as well be a country club for most of the retirees enjoying the pool, golf course, and book clubs. But for the caregivers whose family members reside upstairs in the special Memory Care Unit, vacation is over. Comforting these caregivers is exactly why the Woolgatherers group has formed. They make prayer shawls to support those affected by the heartbreaking reality of not being recognized by a loved one-people...
Publisher
Sesame Workshop
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Elmo, Abby, and their new friend Karli, who's living with foster parents until her mom can take good care of her again, draw pictures of their families and create treasure boxes to hold all the special things that remind them of home.
Author
Series
Dark Olympus novels volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Eurydice and Orpheus and Charon. Eurydice Dimitriou has always been the innocent sister, but she's finally ready to step out of the long shadow cast by her powerful family...and the ex who shattered her heart. Perhaps rough hands on soft skin are exactly what she needs to forget her heartbreak once and for all? Charon Ariti has been Hades's right-hand man for years. He's given everything to the lower city, but...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A thief who can travel through mirrors, a video game that threatens to spill out of the virtual world, a doomsday cult on a collision course with destiny, and a missing teenager at the center of it all. With the world on the brink of every kind of apocalypse, humanity needs a hero. What it gets is Sid Catchpenny. Sidney Catchpenny has had a bad run. Laid low by a years-long bout of debilitating depression, he's all but squandered his reputation as...
10) Migration
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Mallard family is in a bit of a rut. While dad Mack is content to keep his family safe paddling around their New England Pond forever, mom Pam is eager to shake things up and show their kids teen son Dax and duckling daughter Gwen the whole wide world. After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, Pam persuades Mack to embark on a family trip, via New York City, to tropical Jamaica.
11) My dog named Hope: a special girl, her amazing dog and one family's journey through childhood cancer
Author
Publisher
[Joe Dean]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lindsay, a young girl with cancer and her dog Hope form a strong bond as she goes through cancer treatment.
12) Box of dreams
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Helping her mama pack up a special balikbayan box for their relatives in the Philippines, a little girl sends along a secret wish to one day meet her family and to see and experience all the places where her mother grew up.
Publisher
MTV
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
It follows the journey of Reeves and his rise from enslavement to law enforcement as one of the first Black U.S. Deputy Marshals west of the Mississippi. Despite arresting over 3,000 outlaws during his career, the weight of the badge was heavy, and he wrestled with its moral and spiritual cost to his beloved family. This release features over two hours of special features, including an exclusive interview with Production Designer, Wynn Thomas (Malcolm...
14) Awe-samosas!
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
It's Noor's first time making her Dadijaan's Special Samosa recipe. When she can't get in touch with her Dadijaan because it's nighttime in Pakistan, Noor must improvise to make her family's recipe without all of the correct ingredients.
Author
Publisher
Brown Books Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From Bill Martin Jr and Michael Sampson comes the newest story about not only recognizing differences amongst one another but learning to embrace them. All Kinds of Kids teaches kindness, inclusivity, and acceptance to children around the world. Whether people practice different religions or come from different types of families, this book will be sure to help children realize that perhaps it is these differences that make the world the special place...
Author
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Ashley Schoenith's The Heirloomed Kitchen is a carefully curated cookbook with nostalgic-style photography that beautifully presents the food while also showcasing heirloom cookware, serving vessels and utensils, and the gracious gentility of Southern hospitality. The recipes are slow-paced and packed with family memories taken from those splattered, handwritten recipe cards passed down from mother to child to grandchild. The 100 plus recipes, along...
Author
Publisher
Page Street Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Discover the best and most popular Asian foods transformed into healthful vegan meals. Jeeca Uy, creator of the popular blog The Foodie Takes Flight, specializes in simple vegan cooking that's accessible for anyone, anywhere. Because Jeeca lives in the Philippines without easy access to specialty ingredients, you won't need to make special trips to an Asian market or Whole Foods to prepare these family-friendly meals. You might even have all you...
18) Charlie Brown's Christmas miracle: the inspiring, untold story of the making of a holiday classic
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Discover the inspiring, unknown, against-all-odds story of how the classic animated holiday special A Charlie Brown Christmas almost never made it onto television. Professor and cultural historian Michael Keane reveals much in this nostalgia-inducing book packed with original research and interviews. Keane compellingly shows that the ultimate broadcast of the Christmas special-given its incredibly tight five-month production schedule and the decidedly...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Before Sam and Dean Winchester, there were their parents, John and Mary. Told from the perspective of narrator Dean Winchester, THE WINCHESTERS is the epic, untold love story of how John Winchester met Mary Campbell and put it all on the line to save their love and the entire world. When John returns home from fighting in Vietnam, a mysterious encounter sparks a new mission to trace his father's past. In his journey, he crosses paths with 19-year-old...