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Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
On September 13, 2022, a young Iranian student, Mahsa Amini, was arrested by the morality police in Tehran. Her only crime was that she wasn't properly wearing the headscarf required for women by the Islamic Republic. At the police station, she was beaten so badly she had to be taken to the hospital, where she fell into a deep coma. She died three days later. A wave of protests soon spread through the whole country, and crowds adopted the slogan Woman,...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Whiskey Tender is a memoir of family and survival, coming-of-age on and off the reservation, and the frictions between being raised to strive towards the American dream while also coming into an understanding of how the narratives of the Quechan Nation and Laguna Pueblo heritages have been excluded from the central mythologies and structures of America--
Author
Series
Black Dagger Brotherhood. Main series volume 22
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Nalla, the blooded daughter of Zsadist, has led a sheltered life. Protected by her father and the Brotherhood, kept away from the deadly war with the Lessening Society, she is chafing against the walls of the very safety that has ensured her survival. One night, she gives in to her restlessness…and finds herself face-to-face with a male whose inner darkness rivals even that of her sire’s horrific origins. Nate is a fighter with nothing to lose—and...
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
©2013
Language
English
Description
The development of an athlete from basic performance to elite level of accomplishment is a long and complicated process. Identifying and nurturing talent, developing and fine tuning sport skills, and maintaining high levels of performance over the course of a career requires many thousands of hours of training and, increasingly, the input and support of expert coaches and sport scientists. In this fully revised and updated new edition of the leading...
7) Cezanne
Publisher
The Art Institute of Chicago
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
'Cezanne' presents a new examination of the work of Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) across media and genres, surveying his career from the varied perspectives of art historians, conservation scientists, and a roster of renowned contemporary painters, including Etel Adnan, Phyllida Barlow, Paul Chan, Julia Fish, Ellen Gallagher, Lubaina Himid, Kerry James Marshall, Rodney McMillian, Laura Owens, and Luc Tuymans. Featuring wide-ranging essays and a rich chronology...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When Anastasia Steele, a young literature student, interviews wealthy young entrepreneur Christian Grey for her campus magazine, their initial meeting introduces Anastasia to an exciting new world that will change them both forever.
9) Magic Mike
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Mike, an experienced stripper, takes a younger performer called The Kid under his wing and schools him in the arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In The blue lagoon, a small boy and girl and the ship's cook survive a shipwreck and wash up on a tropical island. When the cook dies, the children are left on their own to survive and grow to adulthood. In Return to the blue lagoon, after being abandoned on an exotic South Pacific island, a young girl finds romance and adventure with an orphan boy.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Miles Morales catapults across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
From Rachel's crush on her new, younger assistant to her pregnancy; from Monica's wedding plans to her wedding ceremony; from Phoebe's secret cookies recipe to her secret kiss with Rachel; from Joey's laugh finding Rachel's dirty book to his movie collaboration with Oldman; from Chandler's strained smile in pictures to his runaway marriage plan; from Ross's nap with Joey to his crush on a cousin ... and that is just for starters.
16) Troy
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Widescreen. In 1193 B.C., Prince Paris, the son of the King of Troy falls in love with Helen, the wife of the king of Sparta, and convinces her to follow him away from her husband, Menelaus. The result is an epic war in which the Greeks sail to Troy and lay siege. Achilles, the greatest warrior in all the world, is called in to fight against Troy and give Greece the upper hand. Hector, the eldest son of Priam, King of Troy, and the greatest Trojan...
17) Selena
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the Grammy Award-winning South Texas singer Selena, whose life tragically ended just as she was taking Tejano music into mainstream America.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[20217].
Language
English
Description
42: History was made in 1947, when Jackie Robinson broke the professional baseball race barrier to become the first African American MLB player of the modern era. 42 tells the life story of Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.
Malcolm X: Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster,...