Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
Kayla Murray is trapped in a prison from which there is no escape. Ever since she was little, she's been plagued by the shadow monsters that live under her bed… Moving house doesn't help. Sleeping on the couch doesn't help. The monsters are attracted to her and will lurk in the shadows no matter where she is; until the lights go out and she falls into the eternal realms between wakefulness and slumber. But Kayla is not a little girl anymore, and...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The Age of Enlightenment Forget about the witching hour or monsters under your bed. Move beyond the fear of exploring the spiritual realm. The earth's elements have played a part in the fundamentals of humankind's spirituality for decades. Now is your chance to unearth all the hidden secrets the universe has been hiding. It's time to empower yourself and tap into the energy of the cosmos to realign your body, mind, and soul. Deepen your connection...
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A nun in Uganda is consumed by fear and doubt about her decision to take the solemn vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Her anguish intensifies night after night as she lies on a hard bed in her small room at the convent and listens to the rhythmic, beckoning drums of her village. Adapted from a short story by Alice Walker, the film was a deliberate first move by director Julie Dash toward narrative filmmaking, The work precedes and anticipates...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Korean
Description
**WARNING**: This film contains nudity and sexual acts that may be upsetting and/or offensive to some viewers. An innocent young woman is hired as an upper class family housemaid. The master of the house takes advantage of his social position by slipping into the new housemaid's bed. When the woman becomes pregnant and wants to keep the baby, she is forced to have an abortion which turns her already fragile mental condition for the worse. She decides...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When a murder unleashes a widespread investigation through Crosbyville, children's book author Pris and her trusty bloodhound, Bailey, must sniff out the truth before the whole town goes to the dogs. After deciding that life as a teacher wasn't right for her, Priscilla found inspiration for her first children's book in her three-year-old bloodhound's nose for truth, and so The Adventures of Bailey the Bloodhound was born. After the book's massively...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Delbert, Bill, Lyman, and Roscoe Ward are illiterate bachelor brothers who never ventured beyond their 99-acre dairy farm in Central New York State. Known by their neighbors as “The Ward Boys”, the brothers shared a two-room shack with no running water or indoor toilet for as long as anyone could remember. But their quiet life was shattered June 6, 1990, when Bill was found dead in the bed he shared with Delbert. By day’s end, Delbert had confessed...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Her husband's cheating on her. She hates Boca. Sylvia is mad and she isn't going to take it anymore. She's moving back north, to the city of her dreams-with her best friend, Evie, in tow. Think a screwball comedy featuring a sophisticated Thelma and Louise with martinis in hand . . . When sixty-three-year-old Sylvia finds her husband in bed with the floozy of their Boca retirement community, she's shocked and furious . . . at first. By the time her...
Publisher
Hallmark Channel
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Love in the Great Smoky Mountains: Former sweethearts reunite at an archeological dig in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, working together but competing for the same research grant.
3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Ghost: A 1920's ghost refuses to leave estate agent Anna's newly listed home. Worse, the spirit is convinced she cannot 'pass over' until she gets Anna back together with her ex.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Following several of his internationally acclaimed, beloved novels, A Year of Last Things is Michael Ondaatje's long-awaited return to poetry. In pieces that are sometimes wittily funny, moving, and always wise, we journey back through time by way of alchemical leaps, unearthing writings by revered masters, moments of shared tenderness, and abandoned landscapes we hold onto to rediscover the influence of every border crossed. Moving from a Sri Lankan...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"At this very moment, we are moving through space at 130 miles per second, and yet we don't notice at all. Nothing slips and falls off the kitchen table as the Earth spins, and our bodies aren't catapulted against random buildings and trees by the planet orbiting the Sun. We, and everything around us, move at the same rate, so we simply don't notice the force that propels us through space. Nor do we notice the strangest fact of all, that we and everything...
Author
Series
Hot winter escapes volume 8
Publisher
Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Visiting an Austrian ski resort is the first step in Hope Harcourt's plan to take back her family's luxury empire. Having the infuriatingly gorgeous security magnate Luca Calvino following her every move, protecting her from her unscrupulous rivals, isn't! Especially when their totally forbidden relationship begins to cross a line...
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Journey back to the wild Western frontier of 19th century America, where the country's safety lies in the hands of the very first Secret Service agents. Ladies' man James West and his clever sidekick Artemus Gordon serve President Ulysses S. Grant, tracking criminal masterminds across the rugged countryside -- always read to jump into action at a moment's notice. Long before the days of high-speed car chases and complex computer hacking, these two...