Summary: Over the course of a summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelenos intersect. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Contents: Crazy Afrobeat (Tony Allen) (4:56) -- Government magic (Antibalas) (10:01) -- Think Africa (Seun Kuti & Egypt 80) (6:54) -- Jekajo (Chicago Afrobeat Project) (7:44) -- Ibajekbe (what if) (Femm Nameless) (3:57) -- Trouble come, trouble go (Kokolo) (5:19) -- Òjóró (Dele Sosimi) (9:31) -- Di bombs (Mr. Something Something and Ikwunga the Afrobeat Poet) (6:22) -- Fela day (Akoya Afrobea Ensemble)...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: World Music Network 2009

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Summary: Featuring contributions from an award-winning, bestselling group of Black voices, past and present, this powerful poetry anthology elicits vital conversations about race, belonging, history and faith to highlight Black joy and pain.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024

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Elliott, David

Summary: With clever and cheerful verse, this ode to our canine companions introduces big dogs and small dogs, scruffy dogs and elegant dogs and dogs from around the world, offering a pawsome read-aloud for dog lovers and aspiring pet owners.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024

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Summary: In the spring of 2007, leading atheist and political journalist Christopher Hitchens and evangelical theologian and pastor Douglas Wilson began corresponding. The two authors' discussion centered around the question "Is Christianity good for the world?". In the fall of 2008, the two finally met in person when they embarked on a debate tour arguing the topic. This film follows the two as they...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Level4 2009

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Bug

Contents: The fourth day (ft. Roger Robinson) -- Pressure (ft. Flowdan) -- Demon (ft. Irah) -- Vexed (ft. Moor Mother) -- Clash (ft. Logan) -- War (ft. Nazamba) -- How bout dat (ft. FFSYTHO) -- Bang (ft. Manga Saint Hilare) -- Hammer (ft. Flowdan) -- Ganja baby (ft. Daddy Freddy) -- Fuck off (ft. Logan) -- Bomb (ft. Flowdan) -- High rise (ft. Manga Saint Hilare) -- The missing (ft. Roger Robinson).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Katz, Ariana

Summary: With a chapter for each month of the Hebrew calendar, For Time Such as These offers spiritual practices and holiday rituals rooted in movements for racial justice, decolonization, feminism, and queer and trans liberation. Rabbi Ariana Katz and Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg offer ways to approach Jewish time, Torah, and traditional Jewish practice that draws on embodied ritual, mystical tradition,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2024

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Summary: DI Annika Strandhed, the speedboat-driving head of Glasgow's newly-formed Marine Homicide Unit, juggles baffling cases and a rebellious teenage daughter. Joined by DS Michael McAndrews, Annika's old colleague; DC Blair Ferguson, the forensic brains behind the unit; and DS Tyrone Clarke, the new cop at the station.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Summary: Detective Inspector Annika Strandhed and the Marine Homicide Unit return to solve more brutal and unexplained murders that wash up in Scotland's waters. The team is challenged as their dynamics shift, pushing them to rapidly adapt as they encounter murders more complex than ever before.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Contents: 13th St. #2 / SBT -- Cross Bay / Meg Baird -- Maria / Sam Burton -- What will become of England / Jim Ghedi -- Unknown African bo (d.1830) / Angeline Morrison -- If I was a painter / Lisa O'Neill -- The Greater wings / Julie Byrne -- We are starzz / Angel Bat Dawid -- Protection, prayers and vigilance / Angelica Rockne -- Dickhead blues / Kara Jackson -- Netta Perseus / Lankum -- The Dream /...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Thomas, Rebecca

Summary: "What does it mean to be Mi'kmaq? And if Swift Fox can't find the answer, will she ever feel like part of her family? When Swift Fox's father picks her up to go visit her aunties, uncles, and cousins, her belly is already full of butterflies. And when he tells her that today is the day that she'll learn how to be Mi'kmaq, the butterflies grow even bigger. Though her father reassures her that...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2020

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Poets

Contents: Now we're thru' -- There are some -- That's the way it's got to be -- I'll cry with the moon -- I am so blue -- I love her still -- Call again -- Some things I can't forget -- Baby don't you do it -- I'll come home -- Wooden spoon -- In your tower

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Grapefruit Records

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Lott, Bret.

Summary: The life of Jewel Hilburn, a mother living with her husband and children in the backwoods of Mississippi in 1943, undergoes a drastic change when her sixth child, Brenda Kay, is born without the gift of common sense.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 1991

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Lott, Bret.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1987

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Lott, Bret.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1988

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Lott, Bret.

Summary: A 15-year-old teenager divides his time between caring for his blind uncle and spending weekends at the Hunt Club, but when a body is found at the club, he must struggle to stay alive and protect his beliefs.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 1999

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Lott, Bret.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 1993

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Lott, Bret.

Summary: While most of the residents in the wealthy, historic Charleston enclave of Landgrave Hall are asleep at two-thirty in the morning, Huger Dillard and his father, "Unc," are heading, via jonboat, to the adjoining golf course. Blinded by a terrible accident that killed his wife, Unc prefers to practice his golf game when no one is watching. But before anyone can even tee off, Huger makes a grisly...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2012

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Kort

Contents: Incredibly lonely -- Eyes look away -- A special day -- Pickin' wild mountain berries -- Yours forever -- He's only a memory away -- She came around last night -- Penetration -- April's fool -- I can't sleep with you -- Let's think about where we're going -- Who's gonna love me now

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: City Slang 0000

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Port, Michael

Summary: "Book Yourself Solid provides a true understanding of why self-promotion is a critical factor to success. It is this different and unique perspective that makes Book Yourself Solid so much more than an ordinary "how to" manual for getting more clients and raising a business profile. Michael helps the reader adopt this perspective and then provides the strategies, techniques, and skills...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2018

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Polt, Gabe

Summary: "Wanda is hosting this year's school harvest feast, but she is so busy promoting it, she forgets to get the food! Luckily, Ralphie happens to know of a farm that grows the finest produce around, but there's a problem: he thinks it's haunted! There are tractors driven by ghosts, plants that climb walls, and so many robots! Could the spooky discoveries actually be helping the farm?"--Back cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2018

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Oudolf, Piet

Summary: "When it was first published, Planting the Natural Garden--the first book by Piet Oufolf--was the start of the now immensely popular New Perennial Movement. Since then, Piet Oudolf has become one of the most iconic and groundbreaking designers of our time, responsible for some of the world's most important gardens, including the High Line, the Lourie Garden, the Battery, and Pottersfield. Fans...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2019

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