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261) Nitro Mountain
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
207 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Set in a bitterly benighted, mine-polluted corner of Virginia, Nitro Mountain follows a group of people bound together by alcohol, small-time crime and music. There's Leon, a hapless bass player who can embroil himself in trouble just by getting out of bed in the morning. And his would-be girlfriend, Jennifer, who's living with Arnett, the town's most dangerous thug-- and hoping Leon will help her poison him. And there's Arnett himself, a psychopath...
262) Camp spirit
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
202 pages : chiefly illustrations (color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Summer camp is supposed to be about finding nirvana in a rock garden but Elodie prefers Nirvana and Soundgarden. Can she confront rambunctious kids, confusing feelings, and supernatural horrors all at once?
Summer, 1994. With just two months left before college, Elodie is forced by her mother to take a job as a camp counselor. She doesnt know the first thing about nature, or sports, or kids for that matter, and isnt especially interested in learning&...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
398 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Maximilian Ophuls, America's counterterrorism chief, one of the makers of the modern world; his Kashmiri Muslim driver and subsequent killer, a mysterious figure who calls himself Shalimar the clown; Max's illegitimate daughter India; and a woman who links them, whose revelation finally explains them all. It is an epic narrative that moves from California to Kashmir, France, and England, and back to California again. Along the...
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
This is the author's debut novel about a young woman, haunted by loss, who rediscovers passion and possibility when she is drawn into the tangled lives of her neighbors. Five years after her young husband's death, Celia Cassill has moved from one Brooklyn neighborhood to another, but she has not moved on. The owner of a small apartment building, she has chosen her tenants for their ability to respect one another's privacy. Celia believes in boundaries,...
Author
Publisher
Push
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
269 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Victor finds himself getting tested for HIV for the first time, he can't help but question his entire relationship with Henrique, the guy he has-had-been dating. See, Henrique didn't disclose his positive HIV status to Victor until after they had sex, and even though Henrique insisted on using every possible precaution, Victor is livid. That's when Victor meets Ian, a guy who's also getting tested for HIV. But Ian's test comes back positive,...
267) War collection
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (958 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The eagle and the hawk : World War I drama about rival pilots with opposing codes of honor and a reluctant hero struggling to deal with the horrors of war.
The last outpost : World War I drama about a British prisoner of war who is rescued from a firing squad by his mysterious cellmate John Stevenson.
Wake Island : Based on the true story of a handful of U.S. Marines holding out against an overwhelming Japanese air, land and sea assault.
Bengal...
268) The Understudy
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
8 audio discs (approximately 9 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Steve C. McQueen's only screen credits are playing dead bodies on cop and doctor shows, and now he's paying the rent by understudying movie sex symbol Josh Harper, who's trying to gain dramatic credibility in a West End play. If only Josh would miss a performance, Stephen could get his big break, prove his talent, and redeem himself in the eyes of his disapproving ex-wife and their precocious seven-year-old daughter. Stephen gets his chance when he...
Author
Series
Publisher
Archie Comic Publications
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
143 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Four interconnected stories trap each of our main characters in a unique high-stakes conflict over the course of a few pressure-cooker hours! Jughead's locked in and left behind with Moose at Stonewall Prep, Veronica is trapped with Cheryl at a nearby suburban shopping mall, Betty and Polly are stalked by a possible madman when a girls' night goes horribly awry, and Archie and Reggie are held hostage by a 'long lost relative' of Archie's father Fred...