Love, Romance and Sometimes Murder Books & DVDs
| Popular Series | Popular Authors | Popular DVDs |
 |
Popular Series
Open country by Kaki Warner. Molly McFarlane, forced to flee with her late sister's children, is pursued to the frontier by her stepfather's trackers and in desperation marries the badly injured Hank Wilkins, figuring on his insurance supplement to provide after he dies, but when he recovers instead, with no memory of his wedding, Molly finds herself with a boisterous new family, a husband who is hard to get to know, and the shadow of danger hanging over her head.Blood rose trilogy #1. Call #: PS3623.A8633 O64 2010 |
 |
Pieces of sky by Kaki Warner. On a stagecoach traveling through New Mexico Territory, Jessica Thornton is a long way from the cool mists and lush gardens of the native England. An authorless and milliner, she carries the weight of scandalous secret-a horrible shame that has brought her to the West in a desperate search for the only person she can trust: her brother. Blood rose trilogy #2. Call #: PS3623.A8633 P54 2010 |
 |
Chasing the sun by Kaki Warner. Daisy Etheridge is forced to turn to the family of the man who abandoned her and their child and finds herself drawn to Jack Wilkins, who is torn between an old flame and Daisy and must make an important decision in order to save the family ranch. Blood rose trilogy #3. Call #: PS3623.A8633 C47 2011 |
 |
Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn. "In 1761, on a sunny day in September, a King and Queen met for the very first time. They were married within hours. Born a German Princess, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was beautiful, headstrong, and fiercely intelligent... not precisely the attributes the British Court had been seeking in a spouse for the young King George III. But her fire and independence were exactly what she needed, because George had secrets... secrets with the potential to shake the very foundations of the monarchy. Thrust into her new role as a royal, Charlotte must learn to navigate the intricate politics of the court... all the while guarding her heart, because she is falling in love with the King, even as he pushes her away. Above all she must learn to rule, and to understand that she has been given the power to remake society. She must fight - for herself, for her husband, and for all her new subjects who look to her for guidance and grace. For she will never be just Charlotte again. She must instead fulfill her destiny... as Queen."--Publisher. Bridgertons Prequel. Call #: PS3617.Q56 Q44 2023 |
 |
Bridgerton: The Duke & I by Julia Quinn. Bridgerton series #1. The rakish Duke of Hastings will stop at nothing to hold the marriage-mongers and matchmakers of his town at bay, even if it means pretending to be engaged to the lovely Daphne Bridgerton, but strong feelings soon intervene on both sides of this convenient arrangement. Call #: PS3617.Q56 B75 2020 |
 |
Bridgerton: the viscount who loved me by Julia Quinn. When notorious rake Anthony Bridgerton announces that he has chosen a prospective bride, he faces unexpected opposition when his intended's meddlesome sister Kate decides to protect her innocent sister from the wicked aristocrat. Bridgerton series #2. Call #: PS3617.Q56 B75 2021 |
 |
Bridgerton: an offer from a gentleman by Julia Quinn. Sophie Beckett never dreamed she'd be able to sneak into Lady Bridgerton's famed masquerade ball -- or that "Prince Charming" would be waiting there for her! Though the daughter of an earl, Sophie has been relegated to the role of servant by her disdainful stepmother. But now, spinning in the strong arms of the debonair and devastatingly handsome Benedict Bridgerton, she feels like royalty. Alas, she knows all enchantments must end when the clock strikes midnight. Ever since that magical night, a radiant vision in silver has blinded Benedict to the attractions of any other -- except, perhaps, this alluring and oddly familiar beauty dressed in housemaid's garb whom he feels compelled to rescue from a most disagreeable situation. He has sworn to find and wed his mystery miss, but this breathtaking maid makes him weak with wanting her. Yet, if he offers her his heart, will Benedict sacrifice his only chance for a fairy-tale love. Bridgerton series #3. Call #: PS3617.Q56 B75 2021 |
 |
Bridgerton: Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn. Penelope Featherington has long adored her best friend's brother, but when she discovers Colin Bridgerton's deep dark secret, she realizes she doesn't know him at all. Bridgerton series #4. Call #: PS3617.Q56 B75 2021 |
 |
Bridgerton: to Sir Phillip, with love by Julia Quinn. "She wrote him a letter...and he stole her heart. Sir Phillip knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he'd proposed, figuring that she'd be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except . . . she wasn't. The beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet, and when she stopped talking long enough to close her mouth, all he wanted to do was kiss her . . . and more. Did he think she was mad? Eloise Bridgerton couldn't marry a man she had never met! But then she started thinking . . . and wondering . . . and before she knew it, she was in a hired carriage in the middle of the night, on her way to meet the man she hoped might be her perfect match. Except . . . he wasn't. Her perfect husband wouldn't be so moody and ill-mannered, and while Phillip was certainly handsome, he was a large brute of a man, rough and rugged, and totally unlike the London gentlemen vying for her hand. But when he smiled . . . and when he kissed her . . . the rest of the world simply fell away, and she couldn't help but wonder . . . could this imperfect man be perfect for her" -- Page 4 of cover. Bridgerton series #5. Call #: PS3617.Q56 B75 2021 |
 |
Bridgerton: when he was wicked by Julia Quinn. In every life there is a turning point. A moment so tremendous, so breathtaking, that one knows one's life will never tbe the same. For Michael Stirling, London's most infamous rake, that moment came the first time he laid eyes on Francesca Bridgerton. Bridgerton series #6. Call #: PS3617.Q56 B75 2021 |
 |
Bridgerton: it's in his kiss by Julia Quinn. "Meet Our Hero. Gareth St. Clair is in a bind. His father, who detests him, is determined to beggar the St. Clair estates and ruin his inheritance. Gareth's sole bequest is an old family diary, which may or may not contain the secrets of his past and the key to his future. The problem is--it's written in Italian, of which Gareth speaks not a word. Meet Our Heroine. All the to[wn] agreed: there was no one quite like Hyacinth Bridgerton. She's fiendishly smart, devilishly outspoken, and according to Gareth, probably best in small doses. But there's something about her--something charming and vexing--that grabs him and won't quite let go. Meet Poor Mr. Mozart. Or don't. But rest assured, he's spinning in his grave when Gareth and Hyacinth cross paths at the annual--and annually discordant--Smythe-Smith musicale. To Hyacinth, Gareth's every word seems a dare, and she offers to translate his diary, even though her Italian is slightly less than perfect. But as they delve into the mysterious text, they discover that the answers they seek lie not in the diary, but in each other, and that there is nothing as simple--or as complicated--as a single, perfect kiss."-- Bridgerton series #7. Call #: PS3617.Q56 B75 2021 |
 |
Bridgerton: on the way to the wedding by Julia Quinn. Gregory Bridgerton believes in true love and thinks the ravishing Miss Hermione Watson may be the woman of his dreams; however, she's in love with another. Meanwhile, her best friend, the ever-practical Lady Lucinda Abernathy, wants to save Hermione from a disastrous alliance, so she offers to help Gregory win her over. And then Lucy, who's engaged, falls in love with Gregory. At some point, Gregory comes to his senses and realizes it's Lucy who makes his heart sing. Bridgerton series #8. Call #: PS3617.Q56 B75 2021 |
 |
The Bridgertons: happily ever after by Julia Quinn. The Bridgertons are less a family than a force of nature. Through eight bestselling novels, readers laughed, cried, and fell in love. But they wanted more. And so the readers asked the author: what happens next? Does Simon ever read his father's letters? Do Francesca and Michael become parents? Who would win in a Pall Mall grudge match? Here, Quinn delivers eight sexy, funny, and heartwarming "2nd Epilogues" plus a bonus story about none other than the wise and witty matriarch Violet Bridgerton herself. Because sometimes endings are only the beginning.... Bridgerton series #9. Call #: PS3617.Q56 B75 2021 |
 |
The Bronze Horseman: a novel by Paullina Simons. The love between Tatiana, a young Russian woman, and Alexander, an officer in the Red Army, seems headed for heartbreak and tragedy in 1941 when Tatiana learns her beloved sister is also enthralled with Alexander, and a rival for Tatiana's affections is threatening to expose Alexander's past. The Bronze Horseman Trilogy #1 Call #: PS3569.I48763 B7 2001 |
 |
Tatiana and Alexander by Paullina Simons. Paullina Simons’s internationally bestselling blockbuster The Bronze Horseman told the heart-soaring tale of a young Russian woman’s transcendent love affair with a Red Army soldier during the siege of Leningrad in the dark days of World War Two. The epic story continues in Tatiana and Alexander—a novel of the enduring power of love and commitment against the devastating forces of war and the equally dangerous forces of keeping the peace. A sweeping, intensely compelling romantic historical saga, Tatiana and Alexander is a Russian Thorn Birds and a truly unforgettable reading experience. The Bronze Horseman Trilogy #2. Call #: PS3569.I48763 T37 2005 |
 |
The Summer Garden by Paullina Simons. Tatiana, having left her lover Alexander to escape war-torn Leningrad, and Alexander, having avoided execution and led a battalion of expendable soldiers, reunite in the United States and struggle to live together in postwar America as the Cold War rises and their past threatens to destroy their relationship and firstborn son. The Bronze Horseman Trilogy #3. Call #: PS3569.I48763 S86 2011 |
 |
Dark prince by Christine Feehan. New York Times bestseller Feehan revisits her classic tale of paranormal romance—the breathtaking story of a beautiful hunter with extraordinary telepathic abilities captivated by the powerful allure of a tormented prince of the mysterious Carpathians—expanding the beloved story by 100 never before seen pages! Here is your golden opportunity to experience the first book in Christine Feehan’s remarkable Dark saga as you never have before, whether it’s a glorious re-entrance into this writer’s mystical, unforgettable world…or your very first visit! Dark Series #1. Call #: PS3606.E36 D37 1999 |
 |
Dark desire by Christine Feehan. New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan has enchanted legions of paranormal romance fans with her sensation series featuring sexy immortal Carpathian heroes—a remarkable breed of vampire. In this stunning new edition of Dark Desire, a beautiful doctor is perilously drawn to the far Carpathian Mountains by a mysterious stranger who needs her medical expertise. Despite the danger, she cannot deny her deep connection to this mystery man—or he, his raging need for her. Discover the breathtaking power of supernatural love in this darkly sensuous classic from Christine Feehan. The Queen of paranormal romance. USA Today Dark Series #2. Call #: PS3606.E36 D37 1999 |
 |
Dark gold by Christine Feehan. New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan delivers another deliciously dark paranormal romance in the DARK Series. They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light . . . was he a man . . . or a miracle? Alexandria Houton will sacrifice anything—even her life—to protect her orphaned little brother. But when both encounter unspeakable evil in the swirling San Francisco mists, Alex can only cry to heaven for their deliverance . . .Dark Series #3. Call #: PS3606.E36 D37 2000 |
 |
Dark magic by Christine Feehan. Young Savannah Dubrinsky was a mistress of illusion, a world-famous magician capable of mesmerizing millions. But there was one—Gregori, the Dark One—who held her in terrifying thrall. Whose cold silver eyes and heated sensuality sent shivers of danger, of desire, down her spine. With a dark magic all his own, Gregori—the implacable hunter, the legendary healer, the most powerful of Carpathian males—whispered in Savannah’s mind that he was her destiny. That she had been born to save his immortal soul. And now, here in New Orleans, the hour had finally come to claim her. To make her completely his. In a ritual as old as time . . . and as inescapable as eternity. Dark Series #5. Call #: PS3606.E36 D37 2000 |
 |
Dark challenge by Christine Feehan. Julian Savage was golden. Powerful. But tormented. For the brooding hunter walked alone. Always alone, far from his Carpathian kind, alien to even his twin. Like his name, his existence was savage. Until he met the woman he was sworn to protect…. When Julian heard Desari sing, rainbows swamped his starving senses. Emotions bombarded his hardened heart. And a dark hunger to possess her flooded his loins, blinding him to the danger stalking him. And even as Desari enflamed him, she dared to defy him - with mysterious, unparalleled feminine powers. Was Desari more than his perfect mate? Julian had met his match in this woman, but would she drive him to madness…or save his soul? Dark Series #5. Call #: PS3606.E36 D37 2000 |
 |
Dark fire by Christine Feehan. Darius warned her when she accepted a position with his traveling
troupe. And gazing mesmerized at the merciless slash of his mouth, the implacable
resolve on his face, the soulless emptiness of his black eyes, Tempest was afraid
to ask what it was. She had always been different, apart from others. From the moment
his arms closed around her, enveloping her in a sorcerer's spell, Darius seemed to
understand her unique gifts. But did his kiss offer the love and belonging she sought,
or a danger more potent than his own panthers? Somewhere deep inside herself, Tempest realized she knew the answer. She had no choice but to accept the velvet stroke of his tongue, submit to the white-hot heat piercing her skin, welcome an erotic pleasure like no other…. Dark Series #6. Call #: PS3606.E36 D37 2001 |
 |
The awakening by Nora Roberts. "When Breen Kelly was a girl, her father would tell her stories of magical places. Now she's mired in student debt and working a job she hates. She discover her mother has been hiding an investment account in her name, funded by her long-lost father--and it's worth nearly four million dollars. She uses some of the money to journey to Ireland, and begins to understand why she kept seeing that silver-haired, elusive man, why she imagined his voice in her head saying Come home, Breen Siobhan. Why she dreamed of dragons. Breen's true destiny leads through a portal in Galway that takes her to a land of faeries and mermaids, to a man named Keegan--and to the courage in her own heart that will guide her through a powerful, dangerous destiny"--OCLC. The dragon heart legacy #1. Call #: PS3568.O243 A95 2020 |
 |
The becoming by Nora Roberts. "A new epic of love and war among gods and humans, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Awakening. The world of magick and the world of man have long been estranged from one another. But some can walk between the two-including Breen Siobhan Kelly. She has just returned to Talamh, with her friend, Marco, who's dazzled and disoriented by this realm-a place filled with dragons and faeries and mermaids (but no WiFi, to his chagrin). In Talamh, Breen is not the ordinary young schoolteacher he knew her as. Here she is learning to embrace the powers of her true identity. Marco is welcomed kindly by her people-and by Keegan, leader of the Fey. Keegan has trained Breen as a warrior, and his yearning for her has grown along with his admiration of her strength and skills. But one member of Breen's bloodline is not there to embrace her. Her grandfather, the outcast god Odran, plots to destroy Talamh-and now all must unite to defeat his dark forces. There will be losses and sorrows, betrayal and bloodshed. But through it, Breen Siobhan Kelly will take the next step on the journey to becoming all that she was born to be"--Provided by publisher.The dragon heart legacy #2. Call #: PS3568.O243 B45 2021 |
 |
Gone with the wind by Margaret Mitchell. Since its original publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of the bestselling novels of all time—has been heralded by readers everywhere as The Great American Novel.. This is the tale of Scarlett O’Hara, the spoiled, manipulative daughter of a wealthy plantation owner, who arrives at young womanhood just in time to see the Civil War forever change her way of life. A sweeping story of tangled passion and courage, in the pages of Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell brings to life the unforgettable characters that have captivated readers for decades. Widely considered an American classic, and often remembered for its epic film version, Gone With the Wind explores the depth of human passions with an intensity as bold as its setting in the red hills of Georgia. A superb piece of storytelling, it vividly depicts the drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Call #: PS3525.I972 G6 1936 |
 |
Scarlett: the sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind by Alexandra Ripley. The most popular and beloved American historical novel ever written, Gone With the
Wind is unparalleled in its portrayal of men and women at once larger than life but
as real as ourselves. Now Alexandra Ripley brings us back to Tara and reintroduces
us to the characters we remember so well: Rhett, Ashley, Mammy, Suellen, Aunt Pittypat,
and, of course, Scarlett. As the classic story, first told over half a century ago, moves forward, the greatest love affair in all fiction is reignited; amidst heartbreak and joy, the endless, consuming passion between Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler reaches its startling culmination. Rich with surprises at every turn and new emotional, breathtaking adventures, Scarlett satisfies our longing to reenter the world of Gone With the Wind. Like its predecessor, Scarlett will find an eternal place in our hearts. Call #: PS3568.I597 S27 1991 |
 |
Rhett Butler's people by Donald McCaig. Fully authorized by the Margaret Mitchell estate, Rhett Butler's People is the astonishing and long-awaited novel that parallels the Great American Novel, Gone With The Wind. Through the storytelling mastery of award-winning writer Donald McCaig, the life and times of the dashing Rhett Butler unfolds. Through Rhett's eyes we meet the people who shaped his larger than life personality as it sprang from Margaret Mitchell's unforgettable pages: Langston Butler, Rhett's unyielding father; Rosemary his steadfast sister; Tunis Bonneau, Rhett's best friend and a onetime slave; Belle Watling, the woman for whom Rhett cared long before he met Scarlett O'Hara at Twelve Oaks Plantation, on the fateful eve of the Civil War. Of course there is Scarlett. Katie Scarlett O'Hara, the headstrong, passionate woman whose life is inextricably entwined with Rhett's: more like him than she cares to admit; more in love with him than she'll ever know. Brought to vivid and authentic life by the hand of a master, Rhett Butler's People fulfills the dreams of those whose imaginations have been indelibly marked by Gone With The Wind. Call #: PS3563.A2555 R48 2007 |
 |
It ends with us by Colleen Hoover. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Starts with Us and All Your Perfects, a “brave and heartbreaking novel that digs its claws into you and doesn’t let go, long
after you’ve finished it” (Anna Todd, New York Times bestselling author) about a workaholic with a too-good-to-be-true romance can’t stop
thinking about her first love—soon to be a major motion picture starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. |
 |
It starts with us: a novel by Colleen Hoover. Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story
and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching”
(USA TODAY) #1 New York Times bestseller It Ends with Us. Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date. But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life—and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter’s life. It Ends With Us Series #2. Call #: PS3608.O623 I85 2022 |
 |
The witching hour by Anne Rice. Rowan Mayfair, a beautiful woman, a brilliant practitioner of neurosurgery—aware that
she has special powers but unaware that she comes from an ancient line of witches—finds
the drowned body of a man off the coast of California and brings him to life. He is
Michael Curry, who was born in New Orleans and orphaned in childhood by fire on Christmas
Eve, who pulled himself up from poverty, and who now, in his brief interval of death,
has acquired a sensory power that mystifies and frightens him. As these two, fiercely
drawn to each other, fall in love and—in passionate alliance—set out to solve the
mystery of her past and his unwelcome gift, an intricate tale of evil unfolds. |
 |
Lasher: a novel by Anne Rice. In seventeenth-century Scotland, the first “witch,” Suzanne of the Mayfair, conjured
up the spirit she named Lasher—a creation that spelled her own destruction and torments
each of her descendants. Now, the beautiful Rowan Mayfair, queen of the coven, must
flee from this darkly brutal yet irresistible demon.
“[Anne] Rice’s descriptive writing is so opulent it almost begs to be read by candlelight.”—The Washington Post Book World Lives of the Mayfair Witches Series #2. Call #: PS3568.I265 L36 1993 |
 |
Taltos: lives of the Mayfair witches by Anne Rice. “[Taltos] is a curious amalgam of gothic, glamour fiction, alternate history, and high soap
opera.”—The Washington Post Book World When Ashlar learns that another Taltos has been seen, he is suddenly propelled into the haunting world of the Mayfair family, the New Orleans dynasty of witches forever besieged by ghosts, spirits, and their own dizzying powers. For Ashlar knows this powerful clan is intimately linked to the heritage of the Taltos. In a swirling universe filled with death and life, corruption and innocence, this mesmerizing novel takes us on a wondrous journey back through the centuries to a civilization half-human, of wholly mysterious origin, at odds with mortality and immortality, justice and guilt. It is an enchanted, hypnotic world that could only come from the imagination of Anne Rice. . . . Lives of the Mayfair Witches Series #3. Call #: PS3568.I265 T35 1994 |
 |
Mistress of the art of death by Ariana Franklin. The national bestselling hit hailed by the New York Timesas a "vibrant medieval mystery...[it] outdoes the competition." In medieval Cambridge, England, Adelia, a female forensics expert, is summoned by King Henry II to investigate a series of gruesome murders that has wrongly implicated the Jewish population, yielding even more tragic results. As Adelia's investigation takes her behind the closed doors of the country's churches, the killer prepares to strike again. Mistress of the Art of Death Series, #1. Call #: PR6064.O73 M57 2007 |
 |
The Death Maze aka The Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin. When King Henry II's mistress is found poisoned, suspicion falls on his estranged queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. The king orders Adelia Aguilar, expert in the science of death, to investigate-and hopefully stave off civil war. A reluctant Adelia finds herself once again in the company of Rowley Picot, the new Bishop of St. Albans...and her baby's father. Their discoveries into the crime are shocking- and omens of greater danger to come. Mistress of the Art of Death Series, #2. Call #: PR6064.O73 D43 2009 |
 |
Grave Goods aka Relics of the Dead by Ariana Franklin. The "richly detailed, almost indecently thrilling" (New York Times) follow up to The Death Maze (aka The Serpent's Tale). When a fire at Glastonbury Abbey reveals two skeletons, rumor has it they may belong to King Arthur and Queen Guinevere. King Henry II hopes so, for it would help him put down a rebellion in Wales, where the legend of Celtic savior Arthur is strong. To make certain, he sends Adelia Aguilar, his Mistress of the Art of Death, to Glastonbury to examine the skeletons. At the same time, the investigation into the abbey fire will be overseen by the Bishop of St. Albans, father of Adelia's daughter. Trouble is, someone at Glastonbury doesn't want either mystery solved, and is prepared to kill to prevent it... Mistress of the Art of Death Series, #3. Call #: PR6064.O73 G73 2009 |
 |
A Murderous Procession aka The Assassin's Prayer by Ariana Franklin. In 1176, King Henry II sends his daughter Joanna to Palermo to marry his cousin, the king of Sicily. Henry chooses Adelia Aguilar to travel with the princess and safeguard her health. But when people in the wedding procession are murdered, Adelia and Rowley must discover the killer's identity, and whether he is stalking the princess or Adelia herself. Mistress of the Art of Death Series, #4. Call #: PR6064.O73 M87 2010 |
 |
Death and the maiden by Samantha Norman and Ariana Franklin. Superb...an appropriate homage”—Marilyn Stasio, New York Times The much-anticipated final installment in Ariana Franklin’s popular Mistress of the Art of Death historical mystery series, finished by the author’s daughter after her death. England. 1191. After the death of her friend and patron, King Henry II, Adelia Aguilar, England’s vaunted Mistress of the Art of Death, is living comfortably in retirement and training her daughter, Allie, to carry on her craft—sharing the practical knowledge of anatomy, forensics, and sleuthing that catches murderers. Allie is already a skilled healer, with a particular gift for treating animals. But the young woman is nearly twenty, and her father, Rowley, Bishop of Saint Albans, and his patron, the formidable Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, have plans to marry Allie to an influential husband . . . if they can find a man who will appreciate a woman with such unusual gifts. When a friend in Cambridgeshire falls ill, Allie is sent to Ely, where her path will cross with Lord Peverill, a young aristocrat who would be a most suitable match for the young healer. But when Allie arrives, all is chaos. A village girl has disappeared—and she’s not the first. Over the past few months, several girls from the villages surrounding Ely have vanished. When the body of one of the missing is discovered, Allie manages to examine the remains before burial. The results lead her to suspect that a monstrous predator is on the loose. Will her training and her stubborn pursuit of the truth help her find the killer...or make her the next victim? A richly detailed, twisty thriller, Death and the Maiden is historical mystery at its finest—and a superb final episode in Ariana Franklin’s much-loved, much-acclaimed series. Mistress of the Art of Death Series, #5. Call #: PR6064.O73 D427 2020 |
 |
City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin. Berlin, 1922. Scarred by the Great War, the German capital struggles to regain a glimmer of its former glory. Among the troubled city’s influx of refugees, Esther Solomonova survives by working for the charming, unscrupulous cabaret owner “Prince” Nick. But now she finds herself roped into his latest shady endeavor: passing off a young asylum patient as Grand Duchess Anastasia, the last surviving heir to the murdered czar of Russia. Pulling off such a hoax could lead to a fortune. But their found “princess,” Anna Anderson, fears that she’s being hunted. And this may turn out to be more than paranoia when innocent people all around her begin to die. Standalone book and not a part of the Mistress of the Art of Death Series. Call #: PR6064.O73 H685 2006 |
 |
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. One of the top ten best-loved novels in America, as seen on PBS’s The Great American Read! |
 |
Dragonfly in amber by Diana Gabaldon. With her classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon introduced two unforgettable characters—Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser—delighting
readers with a story of adventure and love that spanned two centuries. Now Gabaldon
returns to that extraordinary time and place in this vivid, powerful sequel to Outlander. For twenty years, Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to the mysteries of Scotland’s mist-shrouded Highlands. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as shocking as the events that gave it birth: the secret of an ancient circle of standing stones, the secret of a love that transcends centuries, and the truth of a man named Jamie Fraser—a Highland warrior whose gallantry once drew the young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his. Claire’s spellbinding journey continues through the intrigue-ridden French court and the menace of Jacobite plots, to the Highlands of Scotland, through war and death in a desperate fight to save both the child and the man she loves. Outlander Series #2. Call #: PS3557.A22 D7 1992 |
 |
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon. “Triumphant . . . Her use of historical detail and a truly adult love story confirm
Gabaldon as a superior writer.”—Publishers Weekly In this rich, vibrant tale, Diana Gabaldon continues the story of Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser that began with the now-classic novel Outlander and continued in Dragonfly in Amber. Sweeping us from the battlefields of eighteenth-century Scotland to the West Indies, Diana Gabaldon weaves magic once again in an exhilarating and utterly unforgettable novel. He was dead. However, his nose throbbed painfully, which he thought odd in the circumstances. Jamie Fraser is, alas, not dead—but he is in hell. Waking among the fallen on Culloden Field, he is concerned neither for his men nor his wounds but for his wife and their unborn child. Lord, he prayed passionately, that she may be safe. She and the child. It’s a prayer he’ll utter many times over the next twenty years, never knowing but always hoping that Claire made it through the standing stones, back to the safety of her own time. Safe she is, but believing Jamie gone forever, she’s obliged to live without a heart, her only comfort their daughter, Brianna. But now, their daughter grown, she discovers that Jamie survived, and a fateful decision lies before her: Stay with her beloved daughter, or go back to search Scotland’s dangerous past for the man who was her heart and soul, sustained only by the hope that they will still know each other if she finds him. Outlander Series #3. Call #: PS3557.A22 V69 1994 |
 |
Drums of autumn by Diana Gabaldon. “Unforgettable characters . . . richly embroidered with historical detail.”—The Cincinnati Post What if you knew someone you loved was going to die? What if you thought you could save them? How much would you risk to try? Claire Randall has gone to find Jamie Fraser, the man she loved more than life, and has left half her heart behind with their daughter, Brianna. Claire gave up Jamie to save Brianna, and now Bree has sent her mother back to the mysterious Scottish warrior who was willing to give his life to save them both. But a chilling discovery in the pages of history suggests that Jamie and Claire’s story doesn’t have a happy ending. Brianna dares a terrifying leap into the unknown in search of her mother and the father she has never met, risking her own future to try to change history . . . and to save their lives. But as Brianna plunges into an uncharted wilderness, a heartbreaking encounter may strand her forever in the past . . . or root her in the place she should be, where her heart and soul belong. Outlander Series #3. Call #: PS3557.A22 D78 1997 |
 |
The fiery cross by Diana Gabaldon. “A grand adventure written on a canvas that probes the heart, weighs the soul and
measures the human spirit across [centuries].”—CNN The year is 1771, and war is coming. Jamie Fraser’s wife tells him so. Little as he wishes to, he must believe it, for hers is a gift of dreadful prophecy—a time-traveler’s certain knowledge. Born in the year of Our Lord 1918, Claire Randall served England as a nurse on the battlefields of World War II, and in the aftermath of peace found fresh conflicts when she walked through a cleftstone on the Scottish Highlands and found herself an outlander, an English lady in a place where no lady should be, in a time—1743—when the only English in Scotland were the officers and men of King George’s army. Now wife, mother, and surgeon, Claire is still an outlander, out of place, and out of time, but now, by choice, linked by love to her only anchor—Jamie Fraser. Her unique view of the future has brought him both danger and deliverance in the past; her knowledge of the oncoming revolution is a flickering torch that may light his way through the perilous years ahead—or ignite a conflagration that will leave their lives in ashes. Outlander Series #4. Call #: PS3557.A22 D78 1997 Outlander Series #5. Call #: PS3557.A22 F54 2001 |
 |
A breath of snow and ashes by Diana Gabaldon. The year is 1772, and on the eve of the American Revolution, the long fuse of rebellion
has already been lit. Men lie dead in the streets of Boston, and in the backwoods
of North Carolina, isolated cabins burn in the forest. With chaos brewing, the governor calls upon Jamie Fraser to unite the backcountry and safeguard the colony for King and Crown. But from his wife Jamie knows that three years hence the shot heard round the world will be fired, and the result will be independence—with those loyal to the King either dead or in exile. And there is also the matter of a tiny clipping from The Wilmington Gazette, dated 1776, which reports Jamie’s death, along with his kin. For once, he hopes, his time-traveling family may be wrong about the future. Outlander Series #6. Call #: PS3557.A22 B74 2005 |
 |
An echo in the bone: a novel by Diana Gabaldon. “All you’ve come to expect from Gabaldon . . . adventure, history, romance, fantasy.”—The Arizona Republic Jamie Fraser, former Jacobite and reluctant rebel, is already certain of three things about the American rebellion: The Americans will win, fighting on the side of victory is no guarantee of survival, and he’d rather die than have to face his illegitimate son—a young lieutenant in the British army—across the barrel of a gun. Claire Randall knows that the Americans will win, too, but not what the ultimate price may be. That price won’t include Jamie’s life or his happiness, though—not if she has anything to say about it. Meanwhile, in the relative safety of the twentieth century, Jamie and Claire’s daughter, Brianna, and her husband, Roger MacKenzie, have resettled in a historic Scottish home where, across a chasm of two centuries, the unfolding drama of Brianna’s parents’ story comes to life through Claire’s letters. The fragile pages reveal Claire’s love for battle-scarred Jamie Fraser and their flight from North Carolina to the high seas, where they encounter privateers and ocean battles—as Brianna and Roger search for clues not only to Claire’s fate but to their own. Because the future of the MacKenzie family in the Highlands is mysteriously, irrevocably, and intimately entwined with life and death in war-torn colonial America. Outlander Series #7. Call #: PS3557.A22 E26 2009 |
 |
Written in my own heart's blood: a novel by Diana Gabaldon. “Features all the passion and swashbuckling that fans of this historical fantasy series
have come to expect.”—People 1778: France declares war on Great Britain, the British army leaves Philadelphia, and George Washington’s troops leave Valley Forge in pursuit. At this moment, Jamie Fraser returns from a presumed watery grave to discover that his best friend has married his wife, his illegitimate son has discovered (to his horror) who his father really is, and his beloved nephew, Ian, wants to marry a Quaker. Meanwhile, Jamie’s wife, Claire Randall, and his sister, Jenny, are busy picking up the pieces. Outlander Series #8. Call #: PS3557.A22 W85 2014 |
 |
Go tell the bees that I am gone: a novel by Diana Gabaldon. War leaves nobody alone. Neither the past, the present, nor the future offers true
safety, and the only refuge is what you can protect: your family, your friends, your
home. Jamie Fraser and Claire Randall were torn apart by the Jacobite Rising in 1746, and it took them twenty years of loss and heartbreak to find each other again. Now it’s 1779, and Claire and Jamie are finally reunited with their daughter, Brianna, her husband, Roger, and their children, and are rebuilding their home on Fraser’s Ridge—a fortress that may shelter them against the winds of war as well as weather.Outlander Series #9. Call #: PS3557.A22 G6 2021 |
 |
The Selection by Kiera Cass. "Sixteen-year-old America Singer is living in the caste-divided nation of Illea, which formed after the war that destroyed the United States. America is chosen to compete in the Selection--a contest to see which girl can win the heart of Illea's prince--but all she really wants is a chance for a future with her secret love, Aspen, who is a caste below her"--Provided by publisher. Selection Series #1. Call #: PZ7.C2685133 Sel 2013 |
 |
The Elite by Kiera Cass. Selection Series #2. "Sixteen-year-old America Singer is one of only six girls still competing in the Selection--but before she can fight to win Prince Maxon and the Illean crown, she must decide where her own heart truly lies"--Provided by publisher. Call #: PZ7.C2685133 Sel 2014 |
 |
The one by Kiera Cass. "As her Selection approaches its finish, America must decide where her heart truly lies--and Prince Maxon must pick one winner to wear the crown"--Provided by publisher. Selection Series #3. Call #: PZ7.C2685133 Sel 2015 |
 |
The heir by Kiera Cass. Selection Series #4. America and Maxon’s fairy-tale romance enchanted readers from the very first page of The Selection. Now find out what happens after happily ever after in this fourth captivating novel, perfect for fans of Veronica Roth’s Divergent, Lauren Oliver’s Delirium, or Renée Ahdieh’s The Wrath & the Dawn. Call #: PZ7.C2685133 Sel 2016 |
 |
The crown by Kiera Cass. "Twenty years have passed since America Singer and Prince Maxon fell in love, and their daughter is the first princess to hold a Selection of her own"--Provided by publisher. Selection Series #5. Call #: PZ7.C2685133 Sel 2017 |
 |
The claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A. N. Roquelaure. In the traditional folktale of "Sleeping Beauty," the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. It is an ancient story, one that originally emerged from and still deeply disturbs the mind's unconscious. In the first book of the trilogy, Anne Rice (author of Beauty's Kingdom), writing as A.N. Roquelaure, retells the Beauty story and probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire. Here the Prince awakens Beauty, not with a kiss, but with sexual initiation. His reward for ending the hundred years of enchantment is Beauty's complete and total enslavement to him . . . as Anne Rice explores the world of erotic yearning and fantasy in a classic that becomes, with her skillful pen, a compelling experience. Readers of Fifty Shades of Grey will indulge in Rice’s deft storytelling and imaginative eroticism, a sure-to-be classic for years to come. Beauty Series #1. Call #: PS3568.I265 C5 1999 |
 |
Beauty's punishment by A. N. Roquelaure. This sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, the first of Anne Rice's (writing as A.N. Roquelaure) elegantly written volumes of erotica, continues her explicit, teasing exploration of the psychology of human desire. Now Beauty, having indulged in a secret and forbidden infatuation with the rebellious slave Prince Tristan, is sent away from the Satyricon-like world of the Castle. Sold at auction, she will soon experience the tantalizing punishments of "the village," as her education in love, cruelty, dominance, submission, and tenderness is turned over to the brazenly handsome Captain of the Guard. And once again Rice's fabulous tale of pleasure and pain dares to explore the most primal and well-hidden desires of the human heart. Preceding the visceral eroticism of E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey and Sylvia Day's Bared to You, and even more haunting than her own novel Belinda, this second installment is not to be missed. Beauty Series #2. Call #: PS3568.I265 B43 1999 |
 |
Beauty's release by A. N. Roquelaure. Before E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey and Sylvia Day's Bared to You,, there was Anne Rice’s provocative take on the timeless fairy tale “Sleeping Beauty. “ In the third volume of Anne Rice's deliciously tantalizing erotic trilogy, Beauty's adventures on the dark side of sexuality make her the bound captive of an Eastern Sultan and a prisoner in the exotic confines of the harem. As this voluptuous adult fairy tale moves toward conclusion, all Beauty's encounters with the myriad variations of sexual fantasy are presented in a sensuous, rich prose that intensifies this exquisite rendition of Love's secret world, and makes the Beauty series and incomparable study of erotica. In it, Anne Rice, writing as A.N. Roquelaure, makes the forbidden side of passion a doorway into the hidden regions of the psyche and the heart. Beauty Series #3. Call #: PS3568.I265 B44 1999 |
 |
Beauty's kingdom by A. N. Roquelaure. Mega-bestselling author Anne Rice, writing as A. N. Roquelaure, returns to the mysterious kingdom of Queen Eleanor in this new chapter of her Sleeping Beauty series. When the great queen is reported dead, Beauty and Laurent return to the kingdom they left twenty years before. Beauty agrees to take the throne, but she insists that all erotic servitude be voluntary. Countless eager princes, princesses, lords, ladies, and commoners journey to Beauty’s realm, where she and her husband usher in a new era of desire, longing, and ecstasy. Provocative and stirring, Rice’s imaginative retelling of the Sleeping Beauty myth will be adored by her longtime fans and new readers of erotica just discovering the novels. Beauty Series #4. Call #: PS3568.I265 B42 2016 |
 |
Dark angels: a novel by Karleen Koen. The long-awaited prequel to Koen’s beloved Through a Glass Darkly, Dark Angels is a feast of a novel that sparkles with all the passion, extravagance, danger, and
scandal of seventeenth-century England. |
 |
Through a glass darkly by Karleen Koen. One of the most beloved historical fiction novels of all time, Through a Glass Darkly presents a breathtaking, lush story of a young noblewoman as she explores the intriguing
world of the noble class while building her life with the man she loves.
Karleen Koen's sweeping saga introduces unforgettable characters consumed with passion: the extraordinarily beautiful fifteen-year-old noblewoman, Barbara Alderley; the man she adores, the wickedly handsome Roger MontGeoffry; her grandmother, the duchess, who rules the family with cunning and wit; and her mother, the ineffably cruel, self-centered and licentious Diana. Although her own romantic fairy tale seems to be coming true, Barbara has a lot to learn about the machinations of the royal courts, financial chaos, and surviving with her reputation intact. Like no other work, Through a Glass Darkly is infused with intrigue, sweetened by romance and awash in the black ink of betrayal. Tamworth Saga, #2. Call #: PS3561.O334 T47 1986b |
 |
Now face to face by Karleen Koen. A bride at fifteen, widowed at the tender age of twenty, Barbara, Countess Devane,
embarks for colonial Virginia financially ruined by the death of her husband in scandalous
circumstances. Dressed in mourning as is proper for a woman, she is patronizingly
described as a “fragile black butterfly,” but the fragility is deceiving. She makes
a place for herself in the new world, takes lovers and friends across political divides,
and questions the established traditions of slavery. Facing enemies she never suspected,
she must return to England and deal face to face with the problems created by her
husband, who haunts her even in death. Back in London, she quickly finds herself pulled
into Jacobite plotting, and the treachery of powerful men suddenly threatens her family,
her friends—and a new love. Now Face to Face sweeps readers from eighteenth-century America to London and brings both worlds to vivid life. It is a magnificent evocation of an era, from the plantations of Virginia to Hanoverian England. Tamworth Saga, #3. Call #: PS3561.O334 N69 1995 |
 |
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Isabella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Twilight Series, #1. Call #: PZ7.M57188 Tw 2006 |
 |
New moon by Stephenie Meyer. For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous than Bella could ever have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of one evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may be just beginning. Twilight Series, #2. Call #: PZ7.M57188 New 2009 |
 |
Popular Authors
Daughter of fortune: a novel by Isabel Allende. Eliza Sommers, left alone and pregnant in Chile when her lover Joaquin runs off to California during the Gold Rush, decides to follow him only to become entranced with her new life of freedom and independence. Call #: PQ8098.1.L54 H5513 1999 |
 |
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende. The history of a woman born poor, orphaned early, and who eventually rose to a position of unique influence. Call #: PQ8098.1.L54 E813 1989 |
 |
Portrait in sepia: a novel by Isabel Allende. Aurora del Valle, raised in the privileged class of Chile by her grandmother, is tormented by nightmares and half-memories of events set in San Francisco's Chinatown. Disillusioned in her marriage, Aurora sets out to rediscover the missing years of her early childhood. Call #: PQ8098.1.L54 R4813 2001 |
 |
The stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende. Told in the voice of Isabel Allende’s beloved character Eva Luna, a “distinctive, powerful, and haunting” (<i>Los Angeles Times</i>) collection of short fiction by one of the most iconic and acclaimed writers of our time. Call #: PQ8098.1.L54 C8413 1991 |
 |
Jane Austen by editor, Jack Lynch. Collects fifteen critical essays on the life, influences, and works of Jane Austen, including selections by Radhika Jones, Sarah R. Morrison, Sarah Emsley, and others. Call #: REF PR4037.J287 2010 |
 |
The Jane Austen book club by Karen Joy Fowler. A book club discuss the works of Jane Austen and experience their own affairs of the heart in this charming “tribute to Austen that manages to capture her spirit” (The Boston Globe). Call #: PS3556.O844 J36 2005 |
 |
Jane's fame: how Jane Austen conquered the world by Claire Harman. A biography of English novelist Jane Austen, discussing her struggle to break into print, and following the slow growth of her fame which continues into the twenty-first century.Call #: PR4036.H37 2010 |
 |
Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen. In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the courtship of a snobbish gentleman as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters. Call #: PR4034.P7 1996 |
 |
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. First published posthumously in 1817, “Northanger Abbey” was actually the first finished novel that Jane Austen wrote. It is the story of seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland, one of ten children of a country clergyman, who imagines life as living in one of the Gothic novels with which she is excessively fond of reading. When she is invited by her wealthy neighbors, the Fullertons, to accompany them to the spa town of Bath she experiences her first taste of the fashionable upper class society of England. While there she meets the clever young gentleman, Henry Tilney, his sister Eleanor, and their father, the imposing General Tilney. The Tilneys invite Catherine to come stay with them at their estate, the titular Northanger Abbey. Catherine’s naïve over-active imagination quickly leads to embarrassment when she infers some sinister circumstances regarding the lack of emotion that General Tilney shows for the loss of his deceased wife. Eventually she realizes that real life is not at all like that of a Gothic novel. Noted for the insight it gives to Austen’s one opinions of the literature of her day, “Northanger Abbey” is both a satirical parody of the gothic romance novel and the story of a young girl’s maturation into womanhood. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper and is illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Call #: PR4034.N7 |
 |
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. Love story set in the foreboding, heather-covered, wind- swept Yorkshire moors in the early 19th century. Call #: PR4172.W7 1961 |
 |
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. When a penniless governess falls in love with the brooding master of Thornfield, she is unaware of the tragic events that will follow. Call #: PR4167.J3 1991 |
 |
The Oxford companion to the Brontës [edited by] Christine Alexander and Margaret Smith. Call #: REF PR4167.A3 O94 2003 |
 |
Shirley by Charlotte Brontë. With an Introduction and Notes by Sally Minogue. The <i>Shirley</i> of the title is a woman of independent means; her friend Caroline is not. Both struggle with what a woman's role is and can be. Their male counterparts - Louis, the powerless tutor, and Robert, his cloth-manufacturing brother - also stand at odds to society's expectations. The novel is set in a period of social and political ferment, featuring class disenfranchisement, the drama of Luddite machine-breaking, and the divisive effects of the Napoleonic Wars. But Charlotte Brontë's particular strength lies in exploring the hidden psychological drama of love, loss and the quest for identity. Personal and public agitation are brought together against the dramatic backdrop of her native Yorkshire. As always, Brontë challenges convention, exploring the limitations of social justice whilst telling not one but two love stories. Call #: PR4167.S47 1981x |
 |
Hemingway: a life in pictures by Boris Vejdovsky. In this first-ever tribute to her grandfather, Mariel opens the family album to reveal all aspects of the man. More than 350 carefully selected photographs show a childhood filled with harbingers of the future -- the five-year-old fishing, the 16-year-old writing, the wounded soldier, the young groom -- and an adult life of success and failure -- journalist, serial husband, prize-winning author, big-game hunter, "Papa" Hemingway, foul-mouthed drinker, self-idealized hero. A compelling 40,000-word narrative gives chronological details and adds fascinating context to the photos. What influenced Hemingway's writing? Who were the important figures in his life? Why was he compelled to write? Was he as confident as he presented himself to be? Hemingway: A Life in Pictures surveys the touchstones of a celebrated life to reveal the character, dreams and disappointments of one of America's greatest writers. Call #: PS3515.E37 Z9123 2011 |
 |
Papa Hemingway: a personal memoir by A. E. Hotchner. Between 1948 and 1961, Earnest Hemingway and A. E. Hotchner traveled together from New York to Paris to Spain, fished the waters off Cuba, hunted in Idaho, and ran with the bulls in Pamplona. And everywhere they talked. For 14 years, Hotchner and Hemingway shared a conversation. Hemingway reminisced about his childhood, recalled the Paris literary scene in the twenties, remembered his early years as a writer, and recounted the real events that lay behind his fiction. And Hotchner took it all down. His notes on the many occasions he spent with his friend Papa - in Venice and Rome, in Key West, on the Riviera, in Ketchum, Idaho, where Hemingway died by his own hand in 1961 - provide the material for this utterly truthful, profoundly compassionate bestselling memoir of the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. What emerges is an extraordinary portrait of a great writer who had, and determined, the time of his life. Call #: PS3515.E37 Z635 1966 |
 |
Green hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway. When it was first published in 1935, The New York Times called Green Hills of Africa, “The best-written story of big-game hunting anywhere,” Hemingway’s evocative account of his safari through East Africa with his wife, Pauline Pfeiffer, captures his fascination with big-game hunting. In examining the grace of the chase and the ferocity of the kill, Hemingway looks inward, seeking to explain the lure of the hunt and the primal undercurrent that comes alive on the plains of Africa. Green Hills of Africa is also an impassioned portrait of the glory of the African landscape and the beauty of a wilderness that was, even then, being threatened by the incursions of man. Call #: PS3515.E37 G7 1990 |
 |
The dangerous summer by Ernest Hemingway. Chronicles a series of bullfights and a developing rivalry between two Spanish bullfighters, Antonio Ordonez and his brother-in-law, Luis Miguel Dominguin in 1959. Call #: PS3515.E37 Z464 1990 |
 |
A moveable feast by Ernest Hemingway. Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway’s most enduring works. Since Hemingway’s personal
papers were released in 1979, scholars have examined the changes made to the text
before publication. Now, this special restored edition presents the original manuscript
as the author prepared it to be published. Call #: PS3515.E37 Z475 1990 |
 |
A farewell to arms by Ernest Hemingway. Written when Ernest Hemingway was thirty years old and lauded as the best American
novel to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and
his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Set against the looming horrors of the
battlefield—weary, demoralized men marching in the rain during the German attack on
Caporetto; the profound struggle between loyalty and desertion—this gripping, semiautobiographical
work captures the harsh realities of war and the pain of lovers caught in its inexorable
sweep. Call #: PS3515.E37 F3 1990 |
 |
For whom the bell tolls by Ernest Hemingway. In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North
American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to
emerge from “the good fight,” and one of the foremost classics of war literature in
history. Published in 1940, For Whom the Bell Tolls tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain. In his portrayal of Jordan’s love for the beautiful Maria and his superb account of El Sordo’s last stand, in his brilliant travesty of La Pasionaria and his unwillingness to believe in blind faith, Hemingway surpasses his achievement in The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms to create a work at once rare and beautiful, strong and brutal, compassionate, moving, and wise. Call #: PS3515.E37 F6 1942 |
 |
The Garden of Eden by Ernest Hemingway. A sensational bestseller when it appeared in 1986, The Garden of Eden is the last uncompleted novel of Ernest Hemingway, which he worked on intermittently from 1946 until his death in 1961. Set on the Côte d'Azur in the 1920s, it is the story of a young American writer, David Bourne, his glamorous wife, Catherine, and the dangerous, erotic game they play when they fall in love with the same woman. "A lean, sensuous narrative...taut, chic, and strangely contemporary," The Garden of Eden represents vintage Hemingway, the master "doing what nobody did better" (R. Z. Sheppard, Time). Call #: PS3515.E37 G37 1990 |
 |
In our time: stories by Ernest Hemingway. When In Our Time was first published in 1925, it was widely praised for its simple and precise use
of language to convey a wide range of complex emotions, and earned Hemingway a place
among the most promising American writers of that period. In Our Time contains several early Hemingway classics, including the famous Nick Adams stories
“Indian Camp” and “The Three Day Blow,” and introduces readers to the hallmarks of
the Hemingway style: a lean, tough prose, enlivened by an ear for the colloquial and
an eye for the realistic. His writing suggests, through the simplest of statements,
a sense of moral value and a clarity of vision. Now recognized as one of the most important short story collections of twentieth-century literature, In Our Time provides key insights into Hemingway’s later works. Call #: PS3515.E37 I5 1990 |
 |
Islands in the stream by Ernest Hemingway. First published in 1970, nine years after Hemingway's death, this is the story of an artist and adventurer—a man much like Hemingway himself. Beginning in the 1930s, Islands in the Stream follows the fortunes of Thomas Hudson, from his experiences as a painter on the Gulf Stream island of Bimini through his antisubmarine activities off the coast of Cuba during World War II. Hemingway is at his mature best in this beguiling tale. Call #: PS3515.E37 I54 1990 |
 |
The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway. It is the story of an epic struggle between an old, seasoned fisherman Santiago and his life's greatest catch of fish. Santiago is an aged Cuban fisherman. For eighty-four days, he has set out to sea but every time returned empty-handed. So his fisherman society treats himas unlucky.Call #: PS3515.E37 O4 1990 |
 |
The snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway. The ideal introduction to the genius of Ernest Hemingway, The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories contains ten of Hemingway's most acclaimed and popular works of short fiction. Call #: PS3515.E37 S5 1990 |
 |
The sun also rises by Ernest Hemingway. A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway’s most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. It is an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love, and vanishing illusions. First published in 1926, The Sun Also Rises is “an absorbing, beautifully and tenderly absurd, heartbreaking narrative...a truly gripping story, told in lean, hard, athletic prose” (The New York Times). Call #: PS3515.E37 S8 1990 |
 |
To have and have not by Ernest Hemingway. In this harshly realistic, yet oddly tender and wise novel, Hemingway perceptively delineates the personal struggles of both the "haves" and the "have nots" and creates one of the most subtle and moving portraits of a love affair in his oeuvre. By turns funny and tragic, lively and poetic, remarkable in its emotional impact, To Have and Have Not is literary high adventure at its finest. Call #: PS3515.E37 T6 1990 |
 |
Winner take nothing by Ernest Hemingway. Written when Hemingway was at the height of his creative powers, the stories in Winner Take Nothing glow with the mark of his unique talent. Hunters, wives, old men of wisdom, waiters, fighters, women loved, women lost: they are all here, living on the raw edge, making love, facing the inevitable reality of death. The characters, the dialogue, the settings, the remarkable insight could have come only from Hemingway's imagination. As an introduction to his work, or as an overview of the themes he developed at greater length in his novels, it is a stunningly successful collection. From one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. Call #: PS3515.E37 W5 1990 |
 |
Short stories by Ernest Hemingway. Originally published in 1938 in The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories. This is the original version as written by Hemingway. Call #: PS3515.E37 A6 |
 |
Ugly Love: A Novel by Colleen Hoover. When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she doesn't think it's love at
first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only
thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their
desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up. He doesn’t
want love, she doesn’t have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement
could be surprisingly seamless, as long as Tate can stick to the only two rules Miles
has for her. Never ask about the past. Don’t expect a future. They think they can handle it, but realize almost immediately they can’t handle it at all. Hearts get infiltrated. Promises get broken. Rules get shattered. Love gets ugly. Call #: PS3608.O623 U34 2014b |
 |
Regretting you by Colleen Hoover.
Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike. Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn’t have a spontaneous bone in her body. With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan and Clara find it increasingly difficult to coexist. The only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris―Morgan’s husband, Clara’s father, and the family anchor. But that peace is shattered when Chris is involved in a tragic and questionable accident. The heartbreaking and long-lasting consequences will reach far beyond just Morgan and Clara. While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to, and Clara turns to the one boy she’s been forbidden to see. With each passing day, new secrets, resentment, and misunderstandings make mother and daughter fall further apart. So far apart, it might be impossible for them to ever fall back together. Call #: PS3608.O623 R44 2019 |
 |
Reminders of him: a novel by Colleen Hoover. After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the
town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter. But
the bridges Kenna burned are proving impossible to rebuild. Everyone in her daughter’s
life is determined to shut Kenna out, no matter how hard she works to prove herself.
The only person who hasn’t closed the door on her completely is Ledger Ward, a local bar owner and one of the few remaining links to Kenna’s daughter. But if anyone were to discover how Ledger is slowly becoming an important part of Kenna’s life, both would risk losing the trust of everyone important to them. The two form a connection despite the pressure surrounding them, but as their romance grows, so does the risk. Kenna must find a way to absolve the mistakes of her past in order to build a future out of hope and healing. Call #: PS3608.O623 R46 2022 |
 |
The Inquisitor's wife: a novel of Renaissance Spain by Jeanne Kalogridis. 1481 Seville: The Inquisition makes its first appearance in Spain. Its target: conversos, Christians of Jewish descent―specifically those who practice Judaism secretly in
their homes. The penalty for "crypto-Judaism": Burning at the stake. Marisol Garcia, a young conversa, is hurriedly wed to Gabriel, a civil lawyer working for the Inquisition, in hopes that he will protect her. But she still yearns for the childhood love who abandoned her four years earlier, and she's shocked when he reappears suddenly at her wedding. When her father is arrested and tortured, Marisol finds herself caught between her love for him and her desire to save the lives of her people. After becoming a favorite of the ruthless Queen Isabella, Marisol discovers a dangerous secret about her former lover, Antonio, and finds herself trapped in a life-threatening web of intrigue. As the Inquisition's snares tighten around her, Marisol's love for Antonio and loyalty to her Jewish family is tested as never before… The Inquisitor's Wife reveals the real motivation behind the Inquisition, a frank glance at a "saintly" queen, and the struggles of a maligned people against crushing forces. Call #: PS3561.A41675 I57 2013 |
 |
The burning times by Jeanne Kalogridis. A romantic drama is played out in medieval France. It is a time of the Great Plague, horror of witchcraft, religious fervor and the Inquisition. A scribe's ordered world is ripped apart when he chooses between Christian purity and desire for the Abbess. Call #: PS3651.A41675 B87 2001 |
 |
The historian: a novel by Elizabeth Kostova. A young woman discovers an ancient book and a cache of old letters in her father's library, and thus begins her adventurous quest for the truth about Vlad the Impaler, a search that will span continents and generations, and a confrontation with the darkest powers of evil. Call #: PS3611.O74927 H57 2005 |
 |
The shadow land: a novel by Elizabeth Kostova. A young American woman, Alexandra Boyd, has traveled to Sofia, Bulgaria, hoping that life abroad will salve the wounds left by the loss of her beloved brother. Soon after arriving in this elegant East European city, however, she helps an elderly couple into a taxi--and realizes too late that she has accidentally kept one of their bags. Inside she finds an ornately carved wooden box engraved with a name: Stoyan Lazarov. Raising the hinged lid, she discovers that she is holding an urn filled with human ashes. As Alexandra sets out to locate the family and return this precious item, she will first have to uncover the secrets of a talented musician who was shattered by oppression--and she will find out all too quickly that this knowledge is fraught with its own danger "--Provided by publisher. Call #: PS3611.O74927 S53 2017 |
 |
Nightwork by Nora Roberts. "Harry Booth started stealing at nine to keep a roof over his ailing mother's head, slipping into luxurious, empty homes at night to find items he could trade for precious cash. When his mother finally succumbed to cancer, he left Chicago--but kept up his nightwork. Wandering from the Outer Banks to Savannah to New Orleans, he dons new identities and stays careful, observant, distant. He can't afford to attract attention--or get attached"--Provided by publisher. Call #: PS3568.O243 N568 2022 |
 |
Bloodline by Sidney Sheldon. A pampered heiress inherits her father's pharmaceutical empire when he dies in a suspicious accident, and soon finds herself surrounded by ruthless board members and grasping family members who will seemingly stop at nothing to profit. Call #: PS3569.H3927 B75 1977 |
 |
The doomsday conspiracy by Sidney Sheldon. Navy Commander Bellany is assigned to investigate the crash of a weather balloon in the Swiss Alps. However, for him it is also the beginning of a journey of terror into the incomprehensible. Call #: PS3569.H3927 D66 1991 |
 |
Memories of midnight by Sidney Sheldon. Demiris, a man obsessed with revenge, plots his final act of vengence for those who betrayed him. Call #: PS3569.H3927 M4 1990 |
 |
Rage of angels by Sidney Sheldon. The novel revolves around young attorney Jennifer Parker; as she rises as a successful lawyer, she gets into a series of ongoings that lead to intrigue with the mob and a rival attorney that promises to break her life's dreams. Call #: PS3569.H3927 R34 |
 |
The sky is falling by Sidney Sheldon. When the members of one of America's most famous families are killed in a series of bizarre accidents, anchorwoman Dana Evans believes there is something more sinister behind their deaths. Call #: PS3569.H3927 S58 2000 |
 |
A stranger in the mirror by Sidney Sheldon. A fast, fun read for domestic thriller fans. An amnesia victim has built a near-perfect new life when she runs into someone from her past. A disheveled, bleeding woman who doesn't know even her own name is picked up hitchhiking on a highway in New Jersey by a kindly trucker. Call #: PS3569.H3927 S54 1976 |
 |
The notebook by Nicholas Sparks. Noah Calhoun, recently returned from World War II in 1946, buys an old plantation home in rural North Carolina, where he contents himself with memories of his first love, a girl he met fourteen years earlier, but then she unexpectedly arrives at his door. Call #: PS3569.P363 N68 1998 |
 |
The choice by Nicholas Sparks. Veterinarian Travis Parker is very content with his good job, loyal friends, and waterfront home in North Carolina, so he is not looking for love, especially not with his testy new neighbor Gabby Holland, but he cannot seem to keep from trying to ingratiate himself with her, even though he knows she has a longtime boyfriend, and it is not long before they find themselves facing an important choice. Call #: PS3569.P363 C47 2007 |
 |
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks. John Tyree, home on leave from the Army, meets Savannah Curtis, an upper class, straight-laced college student working with Habitat for Humanity in North Carolina, and although their values conflict, the attraction remains strong until the 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S. prompt John to re-enlist. Call #: PS3569.P363 D43 2009 |
 |
The last song by Nicholas Sparks.Seventeen-year-old Ronnie Miller is resentful when her mother insists she and her ten-year-old brother spend the summer with their estranged father in North Carolina, and while things get off to a rocky start, Ronnie eventually makes friends and begins to better understand her dad and why he wanted her to visit. Includes a reading group guide. Call #: PS3569.P363 L37 2010 |
 |
The lucky one by Nicholas Sparks. When U.S. Marine Logan Thibault finds a half-buried photograph of a smiling young woman in the desert in Iraq, he carries it with him and soon discovers that it brings him luck in games and during combat; after returning to Colorado, his obsession with the picture leads him in a fateful search for what may be the love of his life. Call #: PS3569.P363 L83 2008 |
 |
Message in a bottle by Nicholas Sparks. Divorced and disillusioned about relationships, Theresa Osborne is jogging when she finds a bottle on the beach. Inside is a letter of love and longing to "Catherine," signed simply "Garrett." Challenged by the mystery and pulled by emotions she doesn't fully understand, Theresa begins a search for this man that will change her life. What happens to her is unexpected, perhaps miraculous-an encounter that embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting.... Nicholas Sparks exquisitely chronicles the human heart. In his first bestselling novel, The Notebook, he created a testament to romantic love that touched readers around the world. Now in this New York Times bestseller, he renews our faith in destiny, in the ability of lovers to find each other no matter where, no matter when... Call #: PS3569.P363 M47 1999 |
 |
Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks. Two people on the mend from broken marriages go to Rodanthe, North Carolina to figure out a way to start over again. When a storm starts moving in, they turn to each for safety and comfort and find feelings strong enough to last a lifetime. Call #: PS3569.P363 N54 2002 |
 |
Safe haven by Nicholas Sparks. "When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self- effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family. But even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her-- a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. With Jo's empathic and stubborn support, Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards-- and that in the darkest hour, love is the only true safe haven"--Author's web site. Call #: PS3569.P363 S24 2012 |
 |
Danielle Steele
Accident by Danielle Steele. When Paige Clarke's daughter Allyson is injured in a head-on car crash, Paige finds herself alone to confront the tragedy. Where is her husband and why can't she locate him? Call #: PS3569.T33828 A23 1995x |
 |
Answered prayers by Danielle Steele. Wife and mother Faith Madison stirs up trouble in her marriage when she decides to follow her long-held dream of going to law school, but at her stepfather's funeral she is reunited with Brad, an unhappily married childhood friend, and slowly comes to realize he is the one man with whom she can share her secrets and her hopes for a happy future. Call #: PS3569.T33828 A84 2002 |
 |
The cottage by Danielle Steele. Coop Winslow, one of the last debonair bachelor actors, is forced to take in tenants when he finds himself broke with no prospects on the horizon, but in the midst of the chaos that arrives with Mark Friedman and Jimmy O'Connor, Coop finds friendship and a new chance at happiness. Call #: PS3569.T33828 C68 2003 |
 |
Granny Dan by Danielle Steele. When Danina Petroskova dies, her granddaughter discovers a box that hold a pair of satin toe shoes, a gold locket, and a stack of letters that reveal Danina's hidden past.Call #: PS3569.T33828 G73 1999 |
 |
Journey by Danielle Steele. Seemingly perfect Washington, D.C., media couple Maddy and Jack Hunter have a not-so-perfect marriage behind the scenes, and Maddy finally admits to herself that Jack is emotionally abusive when the First Lady invites her to join the Commission on Violence Against Women, and when she meets fellow commission member Bill Alexander. Call #: PS3569.T33828 J68 2001 |
 |
The kiss by Danielle Steele. Isabelle, the beautiful wife of a Parisian banker, and Bill, a Washington power broker, take refuge from their loveless marriages by indulging in a telephone friendship, but when they finally decide to meet in London for a few days, they experience a tragedy that has a tremendous impact on their rest of their lives. Call #: PS3569.T33828 K5 2001 |
 |
Lone eagle by Danielle Steele. When Kate Jamison and Joe Allbright meet for the first time shortly before Christmas in 1940 they recognize each other as soulmates, but the next three decades are filled with pain and happiness as they try to stay together. Call #: PS3569.T33828 L55 2001b |
 |
Ransom by Danielle Steele. Peter Morgan, newly released from jail, accepts a deal from a shady acquaintance to put together a team to kidnap the son of recently deceased dot.com millionaire Allan Barnes, not realizing Barnes' wife Fernanda has merely been keeping up appearances to save the reputation of her late husband who had lost all his money in bad investments. Call #: PS3569.T33828 R37 2004 |
 |
Second chance by Danielle Steele. Fiona Monaghan, editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine was happy with her high-society life until she met advertising executive, John Anderson who swept her off her feet. They marry, but John cannot handle Fiona's lifestyle and they divorce leading Fiona to quit her job, move to Paris, and start a new life. Call #: PS3569.T33828 E53 2004 |
 |
Vanished by Danielle Steele. Story of a man and woman faced with the mysterious abduction of their son during the late 1930s on New York's Upper East Side. Call #: PS3569.T33828 V36 1994x |
 |
Like water for chocolate: a novel in monthly installments, with recipes, romances, and home remedies by Laura Esquivel. A romantic and poignant tale of love and family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico. Call #: PQ7298.15.S638 C6613 1992 |
 |
To capture what we cannot keep: a novel by Beatrice Colin. Set against the construction of the Eiffel Tower, this novel charts the relationship between a young widow and an engineer who, despite constraints of class and wealth, fall in love. In February 1887, Caitriona Wallace and Emile Nouguier meet in a hot air balloon, floating high above Paris a moment of pure possibility. But back on firm ground, their vastly different social strata become clear. Cait is a widow who because of her precarious financial situation is forced to chaperone two wealthy Scottish charges. Emile is expected to take on the bourgeois stability of his family's business and choose a suitable wife. As the Eiffel Tower rises, a marvel of steel and air and light, the subject of extreme controversy and a symbol of the future, Cait and Emile must decide what their love is worth. Seamlessly weaving historical detail and vivid invention, Beatrice Colin evokes the revolutionary time in which Cait and Emile live--one of corsets and secret trysts, duels and Bohemian independence, strict tradition and Impressionist experimentation. To Capture What We Cannot Keep, stylish, provocative, and shimmering, raises probing questions about a woman's place in that world, the overarching reach of class distinctions, and the sacrifices love requires of us all. Call #: PR6103.O443 T6 2017 |
 |
The letter by Kathryn Hughes. Every so often a love story comes along to remind us that sometimes, in our darkest hour, hope shines a candle to light our way. Discover THE LETTER by Kathryn Hughes, the Number One bestseller that has captured thousands of hearts worldwide. Perfect for fans of The Notebooki> by Nicholas Sparks. 'A wonderful, uplifting story' Lesley Pearse THE LETTER tells the story of two women, born decades apart, whose paths are destined to cross and how one woman's devastation leads to the other's salvation. Call #: PR6108 2015 Published 2015 |
 |
Maybe you should talk to someone: a therapist, her therapist, and our lives revealed by Lori Gottlieb. The author shares her life of listening to patients as a therapist to actually going to a therapist for herself. Shares the journey she took to discovering her heart, mind, and what it mean to be human. Call #: RC480.8.G68 2019 |
 |
The five love languages of children by Gary Chapman & Ross Campbell. Contains a guide to five ways a child understands love and how to communicate with each style, including physical touch, words of affirmation, quality time, gifts, and acts of service. Call #: BF723.C57 C47 1997 |
 |
The five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom. A bitter eighty-three-year-old war veteran who believes his life is meaningless dies while trying to save a little girl's life and finds himself in heaven, where five people from his past--some loved ones, some strangers--explain what his years on Earth really meant, and whether or not he succeeded in saving the child. Call #: PS3601.L335 F59 2003 |
 |
Follow your true colors to the work you love: the popular method for matching your personality to your career by Carolyn Kalil. Explains the True Colors Personality System which classifies personalities into four main types. Call #: BJ1581.2.C66 1994 |
 |
Franklin and Eleanor: an extraordinary marriage by Hazel Rowley. In this groundbreaking account of the marriage, critically acclaimed biographer Hazel Rowley describes the remarkable courage and lack of convention---private and public---that kept FDR and Eleanor together. She reveals a partnership that was both supportive and daring. Most of all, she depicts an extraordinary evolution---from conventional Victorian marriage to the bold and radical partnership that has made Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt go down in history as one of the most inspiring and fascinating couples of all time. Call #: E807.R763 2010 |
 |
How to be an adult in relationships: the five keys to mindful loving by David Richo. Psychotherapist David Richo offers advice on becoming more loving and realistic in a relationship, describing five keys to mindful loving and providing exercises for couples and singles. Call #: BF575.L8 R53 2002 |
 |
If your child is bipolar: the parent-to parent guide to living with and loving a bipolar child by Cindy Singer. This extremely practical and supportive guide empowers parents as they struggle with a child who may be bipolar. The authors' own family experiences, stories from hundreds of other parents of bipolar children, and input from a wide range of mental health professionals provide parents with specific information to deal with the everyday but incredibly challenging issues confronting the entire family. Among the helpful topics included are how to explore the possibility that a child's problem behaviors are a sign of mental illness; finding a mental healthcare professional who can make a diagnosis; understanding what a diagnosis is and isn't; learning parenting strategies to control a child's behavior at home, at school, and in social situations; and balancing the needs of a bipolar child with the needs of everyone else in the family. Call #: RJ506.D4 S565 2004 |
 |
Immortal diamond: the search for our true self by Richard Rohr. In his bestselling book Falling Upward, Richard Rohr talked about ego (or the False Self) and how it gets in the way of spiritual maturity. But if there's a False Self, is there also a True Self? What is it? How is it found? Why does it matter? And what does it have to do with the spiritual journey? This book likens True Self to a diamond, buried deep within us, formed under the intense pressure of our lives, that must be searched for, uncovered, separated from all the debris of ego that surrounds it. In a sense True Self must, like Jesus, be resurrected, and that process is not resuscitation but transformation. Call #: BT713.R64 2013 |
 |
Isaiah's daughter: a novel of prophets & kings by Mesu Andrews. "Isaiah adopts Ishma, giving her a new name--Zibah, delight of the Lord--thereby ensuring her royal pedigree. Ishma came to the prophet's home, devastated after watching her family destroyed and living as a captive. But as the years pass, Zibah's lively spirit wins Prince Hezekiah's favor, a boy determined to rebuild the kingdom his father has nearly destroyed. But loving this man will awake in her all the fears and pain of her past and she must turn to the only One who can give life, calm her fears, and deliver a nation"--Provided by publisher. Call #: PS3601.N55274 I83 2018 |
 |
A labor of love: how to write a eulogy by Garry Schaeffer. If you want to write and deliver a tribute for a funeral service, look no further. Avoid the many online resources that are overpriced and poorly-written. When it comes to quality and value, A Labor of Love is the best book. Call #: PE1408.S289 1998 |
 |
Life and fate by Vasilii Semenovich Grossman. On its completion in 1960, Life and Fate was suppressed by the KGB. Twenty years later, the novel was smuggled out of the Soviet Union on microfilm. At the center of this epic novel looms the battle of Stalingrad. Within a world torn apart by ideological tyranny and war, Grossman’s characters must work out their destinies. Chief among these are the members of the Shaposhnikov family – Lyudmila, a mother destroyed by grief for her dead son; Viktor, her scientist-husband who falls victim to antisemitism; and Yevgenia, forced to choose between her love for the courageous tank-commander Novikov and her duty to her former husband. Life and Fate is one of the great Russian novels of the 20th century, and the richest and most vivid account there is of what the Second World War meant to the Soviet Union. Call #: PG3476.G7 Z3513 2011 |
 |
Mythology: timeless tales of gods and heroes by Edith Hamilton. Since its original publication by Little, Brown and Company, in 1942, Edith Hamilton's Mythology has sold millions of copies throughout the world and established itself as a perennial best-seller in its various available formats. Mythology succeeds like no other audiobook in bringing to life for the modern listener the Greek, Roman, and Norse myths and legends that are the keystone of Western culture - the stories of gods and heroes that have inspired human creativity from antiquity to the present. Call #: BL310.H3 2017 |
 |
Promises I can keep: why poor women put motherhood before marriage by Kathryn Edin. Millie Acevedo bore her first child before the age of 16 and dropped out of high school to care for her newborn. Now 27, she is the unmarried mother of three and is raising her kids in one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods. Would she and her children be better off if she had waited to have them and had married their father first? Why do so many poor American youth like Millie continue to have children before they can afford to take care of them? Over a span of five years, sociologists Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas talked in-depth with 162 low-income single moms like Millie to learn how they think about marriage and family. Promises I Can Keep offers an intimate look at what marriage and motherhood mean to these women and provides the most extensive on-the-ground study to date of why they put children before marriage despite the daunting challenges they know lie ahead. Call #: HQ759.45.E35 2011 |
 |
DVDs
Anne of Green Gables. Follows the provocative life drama of orphan Anne Shirley, from her struggles as an adolescent to her triumphs as a young woman. Call #: DVD PN1997.A1 A564 2002 |
 |
Anne of Green Gables: the sequel. Anne leaves Green Gables and Gilbert Blythe's proposal of marriage for a teaching position. When she returns, she finds Gilbert ill with a scarlet fever and is forced to re -evaluate her true feelings for him. Call #: DVD PN1997.A1 A564 2002 |
 |
Anne of Green Gables the continuing story. Now in her twenties, Anne returns to Avonlea for the first time since Marilla's death. Gilbert is offered a position in New York and he convinces Anne to go with him. Big city life isn't what they expected. After her script is stolen, they travel from New York to the war effort in Europe and they eventually return to Prince Edward Island. Call #: DVD PN1997.A1 A564 2002 |
 |
The Jane Austen collection
Sense and sensibility: The story of two sisters attempting to find happiness in the tightly structured society of 18th cnetury England. Emma: Emma Woodhouse is a young woman who finds that it is sometimes all too easy to confuse good intensions with self-gratification. Mansfield Park: In 18th century England, young, impoverished Fanny Price arrives at the elegant estate of her uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram. Snubbed by everyone except her cousin Edmund, she begins her long struggle for acceptance by her shallow relatives who believe wealth automaticaly means quality. Persuasion: Eight years after Anne Elliot turned down Captain Wentworth's proposal of marriage, they meet again. Anne now recognizes the false values that persuaded her to reject Captain Wentworth, but his heart seems set upon the youth and beauty of the impetuous Louisa Musgrove. Pride and prejudice: The story of lively and rebellious Elizabeth, one of five unmarried daughters living in the countryside of 19th century England, in a world where an advantageous marriage is a woman's sole occupation. Northanger Abbey: In 19th century Bath, a girl bursting with freshness and passion for macabre Gothic novels experiences intrigue, adventure, and romance, especially when the romantic Henry Tilney invites her to his ancestral home. Call #: DVD PR4031.B32 2004 |
 |
Becoming Jane The young Jane Austen wishes to be a writer. Her mother thinks otherwise. Although she is offered many marriage proposals she accepts none until the mischevious Thomas Lefroy shows up and turns her world around. At first she finds him ignorant and self centered but as she gets to know him, they start to flirt and eventually fall in love. Thomas' relatives disagree with the match and threaten to disinherit him if he marries her. Jane's mother also disagrees with the match. As a result of this, Thomas tries to convince Jane to runaway with him. Instead, Jane stays with her family and ends her affair with Lefroy. She begins to write some of her greatest works of all time. Lefroy becomes the inspiration for Mr. Darcy in the novel, Pride and Prejudice. Call #: DVD PN1995.9.B55 B4366564 2008 |
 |
Great authors of the western literary traditionThis course is "a survey of Western literature from the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Bible through Samuel Beckett. The course provides a sampling of some of the greatest writers of fiction, poetry, and drama in our cultural heritage. In selecting authors for this anthology, we have sought to be representative of a range of national traditions and a variety of genres" --p.1 (guidebook). Series: The great courses, literature & English tradition Call #: DVD PN86.G74 2004 |
 |
Casino royale After receiving a license to kill, British Secret Service agent James Bond (Daniel Craig) heads to Madagascar, where he uncovers a link to Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), a man who finances terrorist organizations. Learning that Le Chiffre plans to raise money in a high-stakes poker game, MI6 sends Bond to play against him, gambling that their newest "00" operative will topple the man's organization. Call #: DVD PN1997.J3 C379 2007 |
 |
Diamonds are forever James Bond, equipped with an armoury of hi-tech gadgets, infiltrates a Las Vegas diamond-smuggling ring in a bid to foil a plot to target Washington with a laser in space. However, as 007 prepares to tackle the evil Blofeld, the mastermind who threatens to destabilise the world, he is captivated by the delicious Tiffany Case - but is she really a double agent? Call #: DVD PN1997.J3 D558 2006 |
 |
Die another day James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) is captured by North Korean agents and must serve a grueling prison sentence. He's finally released, and is convinced that someone in his own agency betrayed him. He escapes from custody and travels to Cuba, hot on the heels of Zao (Rick Yune), the agent who put Bond behind bars. Meanwhile, Bond begins romancing NSA agent Jinx (Halle Berry) as he uncovers a scheme concocted by Zao and British millionaire Graves (Toby Stephens), involving a highly destructive laser. Call #: DVD PN1997.J3 D54 2003 |
 |
Dr. No James Bond is sent to Jamaica on an investigation into the death of a fellow British agent. The murder trail leads him to the underground base of Dr. Julius No, who is plotting to disrupt an early American manned space launch with a radio beam weapon. Call #: DVD PN1997.J3 D633 200 |
 |
For your eyes only British agent James Bond is dispatched to recover a strategic communications device before it finds its way into the hands of the Russians. When the secret device that controls Britain's Polaris submarines goes missing after the spy ship carrying it sinks, 007 joins forces with a vengeful woman and a wealthy hero of the Greek resistance movement to find the equipment. Call #: DVD PN1997.J3 F67 2006 |
 |
GoldenEye When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of Alec Trevelyan, AKA Agent 006 (Sean Bean), a former ally-turned-enemy, only James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) can save the world from an awesome space weapon that -- in one short pulse -- could destroy the earth! As Bond squares off against his former compatriot, he also battles Trevelyan's stunning ally, Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen), an assassin who uses pleasure as her ultimate weapon. Call #: DVD PN1997.J3 G653 2012 |
 |
Goldfinger From it's shocking prologue to an exhilarating mid-air climax, this lightning-paced 007 thriller features Sean Connery battling cunning international smugglers intent on infiltrating Fort Knox. Call #: DVD PN1997.J3 G643 |
 |
The James Bond story the essential collector's companion The documentary looks at the different characterizations each actor has bought to the role of James Bond. It also traces the character back to its origin, the Bond novels by Ian Fleming. Features interviews and film clips. Call #: DVD PR6056.L46 J36 2000 |
 |
Live and let die When Bond (Roger Moore) investigates the murders of three fellow agents, he finds himself a target, evading vicious assassins as he closes in on powerful Kananga (Yaphet Kotto). Known on the streets as Mr. Big, Kananga is coordinating a global threat, using tons of self-produced heroin. As Bond tries to unravel the mastermind's plan, he meets Solitaire (Jane Seymour), a beautiful tarot-card reader, whose magic is crucial to the crime lord. Call #: DVD PN1997.J3 L58 2006 |
 |
The living daylights This thrilling, lightning-paced adventure has the indestructible James Bond (Timothy Dalton), armed with his razor-sharp instincts and license to kill, battling diabolical arms merchants and chasing the gorgeous Maryam d'Abo. Call #: DVD PN1997.J3 L58 2000 |
 |
The man with the golden gun Call #: DVD PN1997.J3 M36 2000 |
 |
Moonraker Agent 007 (Roger Moore) blasts into orbit in this action-packed adventure that takes him to Venice, Rio De Janeiro and outer space. When Bond investigates the hijacking of an American space shuttle, he and beautiful CIA agent Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles) are soon locked in a life-or-death struggle against Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale), a power-mad industrialist whose horrific scheme may destroy all human life on earth!Call #: DVD PN1997.J3 M66 2007 |
 |
Octopussy Roger Moore as James Bond is lured to the Indian palace of Octopussy (Maud Adams) where he learns of a plot by a diabolical villain (Louis Jourdan) that could destroy the world. Call #: DVD PN1997.J3 O28 2006 |
 |
Quantum of solace Following the death of Vesper Lynd, James Bond (Daniel Craig) makes his next mission personal. The hunt for those who blackmailed his lover leads him to ruthless businessman Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a key player in the organization which coerced Vesper. Bond learns that Greene is plotting to gain total control of a vital natural resource, and he must navigate a minefield of danger and treachery to foil the plan.Call #: DVD PN1997.J3 Q36 2009 |
 |
Skyfall When James Bond's (Daniel Craig) latest assignment goes terribly wrong, it leads to a calamitous turn of events: Undercover agents around the world are exposed, and MI6 is attacked, forcing M (Judi Dench) to relocate the agency. With MI6 now compromised inside and out, M turns to the one man she can trust: Bond. Aided only by a field agent (Naomie Harris), Bond takes to the shadows and follows a trail to Silva (Javier Bardem), a man from M's past who wants to settle an old score. Call #: DVD PN1997.J3 S59 2013 |
 |
The spy who loved me In a globe-trotting assignment that has him skiing off the edges of cliffs and driving a car deep underwater, British super-spy James Bond (Roger Moore) unites with sexy Russian agent Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach) to defeat megalomaniac shipping magnate Karl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens), who is threatening to destroy New York City with nuclear weapons. Bond's most deadly adversary on the case is Stromberg's henchman, Jaws (Richard Kiel), a seven-foot giant with terrifying steel teeth. Call #: DVD PN1997.J3 S69 2006 |
 |
Thunderball Led by one-eyed evil mastermind Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi), the terrorist group SPECTRE hijacks two warheads from a NATO plane and threatens widespread nuclear destruction to extort 100 million pounds. The dashing Agent 007, James Bond (Sean Connery), is sent to recover the warheads from the heart of Largo's lair in the Bahamas, facing underwater attacks from sharks and men alike. He must also convince the enchanting Domino (Claudine Auger), Largo's mistress, to become a key ally. Call #: DVD PN1997.J3 T586 2006 |
 |
A view to a kill Roger Moore is the enigmatic 007 in this stunt-laden adventure that pits Bond against a twisted German industrialist (Christopher Walken) and his sexy partner-in-crime (Grace Jones). Call #: DVD PN1997.J3 V54 2000 |
 |
You only live twice During the Cold War, American and Russian spacecrafts go missing, leaving each superpower believing the other is to blame. As the world teeters on the brink of nuclear war, British intelligence learns that one of the crafts has landed in the Sea of Japan. After faking his own death, secret agent James Bond (Sean Connery) is sent to investigate. In Japan, he's aided by Tiger Tanaka (Tetsuro Tamba) and the beautiful Aki (Akiko Wakabayashi), who help him uncover a sinister global conspiracy.Call #: DVD PN1997.J3 Y635 2006 |
 |
Bridget Jones's diary. In her mid-thirties, still single and still being set up with dates by her mom, Bridget decides she needs to make a change in her life. She falls for her boss who uses her and then dumps her. In the meantime, Bridget keeps running into the divorced guy her mom tried to set her up with, and he happens to be ex-friends with her boss. She uses her diary as a confessional and she begins to wonder if she will ever find true love Call #: DVD PN1995.9.C55 B74714 2004 |
 |
Bridget Jones the edge of reason. Not that Bridget is counting, but it's been six wonderful weeks, four fabulous days, and seven precious hours with one flawless boyfriend, Mark. But when mischievous and devilishly charming Daniel arrives on the scene claiming to be a reformed man, can Bridget find a way to make true love last forever? Call #: DVD PN1995.9.C55 B75 2005 |
 |
Masterpiece Theatre: The Brontës Collection (Jane Eyre / Wuthering Heights) Jane Eyre: After a wretched childhood, orphaned Jane Eyre yearns for new experiences. She accepts a governess position at Thornfield Hall, where she soon finds herself falling in love with the brooding master of the houseñthe passionate Mr. Rochester. Jane gradually wins his heart, but they must overcome the dark secrets of the past before they can find happiness.This lavish and sensual new version of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel is modern and moody, timeless and romantic. Starring Toby Stephens as Mr. Rochester, Ruth Wilson as Jane, and Francesca Annis as Lady Ingram.Special DVD features on the Jane Eyre Special Edition include: ï Interviews with the cast and crewï Deleted scenesï Audio commentaries for hours 1 and 4ï Trailers for the original British broadcast on BBC ONEWuthering HeightsThis brilliant adaptation of Emily BrontÎ's timeless tale breaks new ground by covering the story of a love so powerful that it reaches beyond the grave. Orla Brady (The Rector's Wife) stars as literature's most controversial heroine, the spirited, but tragic Cathy. Robert Cavanah (Cracker) plays Heathcliff, the dark stranger whose love for Cathy leads him to take terrible revenge on anyone who comes between them. They are divided by birth, class, and Cathy's jealous brother, but nothing can break the bond between them. Call #: DVD PR4165.A2 B76 2007 |
 |
Downton Abbey Season 1 written and created by Julian Fellows. Downton Abbey--a sprawling Edwardian mansion and park nestled in the lush North Yorkshire countryside--needs an heir. A tragedy at sea has claimed the life of the presumed heir, and Lord Grantham is faced with the possibility that the house he's loved his whole life might one day belong to a distant cousin he's never met. Before he can worry about that, he must deal with his scandalous daughter, Lady Mary, who many believe to be the rightful heir to Downton. Even the staff have opinions: while many are devoted to the family, there are others whose selfishness and scheming do more than disrupt the well- oiled workings of the estate. As hundreds of years of British aristocratic privilege are battered by the tides of social upheaval and technical progress, as World War I looms, what does fate have in store for Downton? How will the troubles of its family--above and below stairs--be resolved? Or will life be altered so dramatically that its master no longer matters? Call #: DVD PN1992.77.D69 2011 |
 |
Downton Abbey Season 2 written and created by Julian Fellows. The Great War rages across Europe, and not even the serene Yorkshire countryside is free from its effects. The men and women of Downton are doing their part: heir Matthew Crawley and footman Thomas Barrow are off fighting, while Lady Grantham and Isobel Crawley are squabbling over whether Downton should be used as a hospital. Lady Mary is seeing a wealthy newspaper magnate while Lady Edith becomes much warmer and Lady Sybil seeks to ingratiate herself with the staff. Below stairs, as his former wife bedevils John and Anna, Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes struggle to keep the house running smoothly. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.D69 2012 |
 |
Downton Abbey Season 3 written and created by Julian Fellows. The War is over and a long-awaited engagement is on, but all is not tranquil at Downton Abbey as wrenching social changes, romantic intrigues, and personal crises grip the majestic English country estate for a third thrilling season. In the wake of World War I, Robert, Earl of Grantham, sticks to his duty to maintain Downton more firmly than ever. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.D69 2013 |
 |
Downton Abbey Season 4 written and created by Julian Fellows. 1922. Six months after Matthew's tragic death, his loss is still felt throughout Downton Abbey. Mary struggles to face a new future with her fatherless child, and is encouraged by the family to pick up the pieces. Accepting a new role on the estate, the now-eligible Mary also finds herself the reluctant object of attention from a number of eager suitors. With the twenties in full swing and the tides of change sweeping through Downton, Rose's continued attraction to the bright lights of London spells trouble for the Crawleys, and Edith's budding relationship with Michael Gregson is threatened by events beyond her control. Meanwhile, below stairs, passions run high and young hearts look set to be broken. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.D69 2014 |
 |
Downton Abbey Season 5 written and created by Julian Fellows. As Season Five begins in 1924, the radio is the latest miracle, a new Labour government heralds changes through the land, and Downton's traditional ways are besieged on all fronts. Robert, Mary, and Branson must navigate these shifting sands together to ensure the future of the estate for generations to come. As Branson finds himself playing a more crucial role at Downton than ever before, he can't help but question his place in the world. Mary is finally coming to accept that she would like to marry again, but will she ever be able to find the same happiness that she had with Matthew? And with no news of her beloved Gregson, Edith suffers under the burden of her terrible secret. Downstairs, all of the servants must consider what effect social changes may have on their working lives. No one, Mr. Carson to Daisy, will be left unaffected. The Crawley family and the servants who work for them remain inseparably intertwined as they rise to meet the new challenges of the day. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.D69 2015 |
 |
Downton Abby Season 6 written and created by Julian Fellows. The year is 1925. Momentous changes threaten the great house, its owners, and its servants, while past scandals continue to loom. Return to the sumptuous setting of Downton Abbey for the sixth and final season to discover what will finally become of the Crawley family, and servants who work for them, as they face new challenges and begin forging different paths in a rapidly changing world. Secrets and rifts threaten the unity of the family, while those below stairs continue to navigate social changes which put their futures in jeopardy. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.D69 2016 |
 |
Downton Abbey movie written and created by Julian Fellows. The beloved characters of Downton Abbey take to the big screen, and it turns out that they've got a major event to prepare for. After all, it's not every day that royalty makes an appearance. Of course, it's not long before tensions are running high. The property isn't even close to ready when it becomes clear that Carson the butler will need to come out of retirement to help run this sinking ship before it's too late. Call #: DVD PN1997.2.D69 2019 |
 |
Downton Abbey a new era written and created by Julian Fellows. The Dowager Countess reveals she has a villa in the south of France, and many of the family follow her there for a rest while some of the family stay behind to keep an eye on the cast and crew of a film which is shooting at the grand estate. Call #: DVD PN1997.2.D68 2022 |
 |
Game of thrones The complete first season. Based on the bestselling book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin, this sprawling drama is set in a world where summers span decades and winters can last a lifetime. From the scheming south and the savage eastern lands, to the frozen north and ancient Wall that protects the realm from the mysterious darkness beyond, the powerful families of the Seven Kingdoms are locked in a battle for the Iron Throne. This is a story of duplicity and treachery, nobility and honor, conquest and triumph. In the Game of Thrones, you either win or you die. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.G35 2013 |
 |
Game of thrones The complete second season. The cold winds of winter are rising in Westeros...war is coming...and five kings continue their savage quest for control of the all-powerful Iron Throne. With winter fast approaching, the coveted Iron Throne is occupied by the cruel Joffrey, counseled by his conniving mother Cersei and uncle Tyrion. But the Lannister hold on the Throne is under assault on many fronts. Meanwhile, a new leader is rising among the wildings outside the Great Wall, adding new perils for Jon Snow and the order of the Night's Watch. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.G35 2013 |
 |
Game of thrones The complete third season. In the third season of Game of Thrones, the Lannisters are barely holding onto power after a savage naval onslaught from Stannis Baratheon, while stirrings in the North threaten to alter the overall balance of power in Westeros. Robb Stark, King in the North, is facing major calamity in his efforts to build on his victories over the Lannisters while beyond the Wall, Mance Rayder and his huge army of wildlings continue their inexorable march south. Across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys Targaryen - reunited with her three fast-maturing dragons - attempts to raise an army to sail with her from Essos, in hopes of eventually claiming the Iron Throne. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.G35 2014 |
 |
Game of thrones The complete fourth season. As Season 4 begins, the Lannisters' hold on the Iron Throne remains intact in the
wake of the Red Wedding slaughter that wiped out many of their Stark nemeses. But
can they survive their own egos as well as new and ongoing threats? Meanwhile, an unbowed Stannis Baratheon continues to rebuild his army; the Lannister-loathing ‘Red Viper of Dorne,’ Oberyn Martell, arrives at King's Landing for Joffrey's wedding to Margaery Tyrell; Daenerys Targaryen and her dragons and unsullied force aim to liberate the largest Slavery City in the east...with long-range plans to take back the Iron Throne; and a depleted Night's Watch faces the advance of Mance Rayder's wildling army, who are in turn running from the undead White Walkers. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.G35 2015 |
 |
Game of thrones The complete fifth season. A plethora of compelling storylines play out to their inevitable, often bloody conclusions in Season 5 of HBO's blockbuster, Emmy(R)-winning drama series. In the wake of the numerous shocking deaths of Season 4, the season opens with a power vacuum that the various players all across Westeros and Essos scramble to fill. At Castle Black, Jon Snow must balance the demands of the Night's Watch with those of the newly arrived Stannis Baratheon. Meanwhile, Cersei struggles to hold on to power in King's Landing; Jaime embarks on a secret mission; Arya seeks out an old friend; Tyrion--now a fugitive--finds a new cause; and Daenerys finds that her tenuous hold on the city of Meereen requires hard sacrifices. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.G35 2016 |
 |
Game of thrones The complete sixth season Familiar faces forge new alliances to bolster their strategic chances at survival...while new characters emerge to challenge the balance of power in Season 6 of the blockbuster HBO series. In the wake of the shocking developments from Season 5--Jon Snow's bloody fate at the hands of the Castle Black mutineers; Stannis' defeat at the hands of the Bolton army...and death courtesy of Brienne of Tarth; Daenerys' near-demise at the fighting pits of Meereen; and Cersei's public humiliation in King's Landing--survivors regroup and press forward towards their uncertain fates. The all-star ensemble cast includes: Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Aidan Gillen. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.G35 2016 |
 |
Game of thrones The complete seventh season. The long winter is here. Throughout seven thrilling episodes, the penultimate Season 7 of this blockbuster hit series focuses on a convergence of armies and attitudes that have been brewing for years. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.G35 2017 |
 |
Game of thrones The complete eighth season. The final season depicts the culmination of the series' two primary conflicts: the Great War against the Army of the Dead, and the Last War for control of the Iron Throne. In the first half of the season, Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen and many of the main characters converge at Winterfell to face the Dead. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.G35 2019 |
 |
Game of thrones an animated history of the Seven Kingdoms / Conquest & rebellion. An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms - story of the turbulent events that shaped Westeros for thousands of years before the series starts. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.G35 2017 |
 |
Ernest Hemingway Rivers to the sea "More than 40 years after his death, Hemingway is one of the most widely read, and widely written about American authors. His distinct style and profound influence are indisputable; his larger-than-life persona is still the stuff of heated debate. As well known in his lifetime as any movie star, Hemingway was a dashing international figure who challenged the notion that writers exist in an ivory tower. There were the battles, the bull fights, the big game, the booze-and he channeled these experiences into stark prose, creating a new form of expression, describing action and emotion in simple, authentic terms. An enormous critical success, his major works-The Old Man and the Sea, A Farewell to Arms, The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls-are still in print, some in as many as 20 languages. The recent excitement over Cuba's release of their Hemingway collection is unmatched in modern literature. It is the literature, it is the written word and the art of Hemingway's storytelling that forms the heart and the freshness of this film, the point of departure from which Hemingway's life and work are uniquely explored.". Call #: DVD PS3515.E37 Z58415 2005 |
 |
Discovering Havana in the footsteps of Hemingway Ernest Hemingway was a thrill-seeker eager for exoticism. He would womanize, hunted lions in Africa, supported the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War, and reported on the D-Day invasion in Normandy. But he would always return to his sole home port in Cuba, the Finca Vigia, nowadays a museum dedicated to this Literature Nobel Prize author, where the rudder of his boat, Pilar, is displayed. We also visit his favorite places in Havana. Call #: DVD PS3515.E37 Z853 2011 |
 |
A farewell to arms Romance of an American ambulance driver wounded in World War I who falls in love with his nurse. Adventures of a young man A coming of age story that chronicles a young man's experiences growing up in the North Woods in the early 20th century, leaving home, and serving in the Red Cross during World War I. Snows of KilimanjaroA famous writer, recovering from injuries on east Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro, reflects on whether any meaning can be found in his life. The sun also rises A group of Americans that have become friends because of the war, spend their time in Europe in 1922, still living as if every day was their last. Under my skin Dan Butler is running out of places to run. After throwing too many U.S. and Italian horse races, he's now on the lam from a gangster whom he purposely double-crossed by winning a big race. Escaping to France, Dan finds more complications and conflict, including a Left Bank cafe singer who blames him for her boyfriend's death, his ten-year-old son whose idolotry of Butler is being slowly stripped away, and the newly arrived gangster, who wants Dan to throw a high-stakes steeplechase race, or else! Call #: DVD PN1995.9.A3 E76478 2007 |
 |
Garden of Eden Set in the 1920s, a young American writer and his wife on an extended honeymoon across Europe become players in a game of seduction that threatens to destroy their relationship and change their lives forever. Call #: DVD PS3515.E37 G374 2011 |
 |
Mad Men, #1-7 Mad men Season one. Mad Men begins in 1960 on Manhattan's Madison Avenue at the fictional ad agency of Sterling Cooper. Creative director Don Draper (Jon Hamm) rules the halls of his company and the hearts of every woman he meets, while his wife, Betty (January Jones), struggles to be the perfect mate and mother back in Connecticut. Star Jon Hamm, Elizabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, John Slattery, Christina Hendricks, January Jones, Bryan Batt, Robert Morse. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.M336 2008 |
 |
Mad men Season two. Season two takes place from February 14 to October 24, 1962, culminating with the Cuban Missile Crisis. It expands on Peggy's rise in the workplace and the marital strife betweenDonand Betty Draper as Don's infidelities further intrude on his family life. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.M336 2009 |
 |
Mad men Season three. Don's personal and professional lives are on the brink of falling apart in the third season, which takes place in 1963. Advertising firm Sterling Cooper has been sold to a British company, but nobody is particularly happy with their baffling business decisions, not to mention the numerous layoffs and a restructuring. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.M336 2010 |
 |
Mad men Season four. The main narrative of the fourth season is driven by Don Draper's identity crisis. As Don falls deeper into existential despair, he begins regularly meeting with prostitutes and faces debilitating alcoholism. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.M336 2010 |
 |
Mad men Season five. The season explores Don Draper's new marriage to Megan, which leads him to ignore his work at the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce advertising agency. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.M336 2012 |
 |
Mad men Season 6. Don strikes up a friendship with the surgeon in his building, Peggy tries to save her campaign, Roger makes a scene at his mother's funeral, and Betty goes to Manhattan to find Sally's friend. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.M336 2013 |
 |
Mad men The final season, part 1. MAD MEN: THE FINAL SEASON, PART 1, is the beginning of the end for television's most celebrated show - four-time Primetime Emmy winner for Outstanding Drama Series and winner of three consecutive Golden Globes. Set in the captivating world of 1960s New York, MAD MEN continues to follow iconic ad man Don Draper (Golden Globe winner Jon Hamm), his colleagues and his family. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.M336 2014 |
 |
Mad men The final season, part 2. In despair and on the verge of a breakdown, Don confesses many of his wrongdoings to Peggy: stealing another man's name, breaking all of his vows and scandalizing Sally, believing that he's done nothing truly substantial in his life, and confiding that the main reason he called was he never bade her goodbye. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.M336 2015 |
 |
Outlander Season one volume one British combat nurse Claire Randall is reunited with her husband after returning from the battlefields of World War II. While on their second honeymoon, she walks through one of the ancient stone circles that dot the British Isles and is suddenly transported to 1743 Scotland, torn by war and rogue Highland clans. Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire is catapulted into intrigue and danger when she is accused of being a spy. Forced by circumstance to marry an outlawed Highlander, she finds herself falling in love and torn by her loyalties to two men in vastly different times, all of which may threaten her life and shatter her heart. Diana Gabaldon's best-selling book series is stunningly realized by Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore in Season One's first eight episodes. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.O98 2015 |
 |
Outlander Season one volume two As Outlander continues, Claire and Jamie’s relationship is tested by ruthless Redcoats, volatile clan politics, and a brutal witch trial, which force Jamie and Claire to escape to a new home. Just when their life as a married couple begins to take shape, Jamie is once again drawn into Captain Randall’s darkness. Ultimately, Claire discovers there is a fate worse than death as she struggles to save Jamie’s heart, as well as his soul. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.O98 2015 |
 |
Outlander Season two Claire and Jamie arrive in France, hell-bent on infiltrating the Jacobite rebellion led by Prince Charles Stuart and stopping the battle of Culloden. With the help of Jamie’s cousin, they are thrown into the lavish world of French society, where intrigue and parties are abundant but political gain proves far less fruitful. Altering the course of history presents challenges that begin to weigh on the very fabric of their relationship – but, armed with the knowledge of what lies ahead, Claire and Jamie must race to prevent a doomed Highland uprising and the extinction of Scottish life as they know it. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.O98 2016 |
 |
Outlander Season three. The third season of Outlander picks up right after Claire travels through the stones to return to her life in 1948. Now pregnant, she struggles with the fallout of her sudden reappearance and its effect on her marriage to her first husband, Frank. Meanwhile, in the 18th century, Jamie suffers from the aftermath of his doomed last stand at the historic battle of Culloden, as well as the loss of Claire. As the years pass, Jamie and Claire attempt to make lives apart from one another, each haunted by the memory of their lost love. Separated by continents and centuries, Claire and Jamie must find their way back to each other. As always, adversity, mystery and adventure await them, and the question remains: When they find each other, will they be the same people who parted at the standing stones all those years ago? Call #: DVD PN1992.77.O98 2018 |
 |
Outlander Season four. Season Four of Outlandercontinues the story of Claire and Jamie Fraser as they try to make a home for themselves in colonial America. We find the Frasers in North Carolina at yet another turning point in history – the cusp of the American Revolution – where they must negotiate a tenuous loyalty to the current British ruling class, despite Claire’s knowledge of the bloody rebellion to come. Along the way, the Frasers cross paths with notorious pirate and smuggler Stephen Bonnet in a fateful meeting that will come back to haunt the Fraser family. Meanwhile, Brianna Randall and Roger Wakefield grow closer in the 20th century but make a shocking discovery that makes them consider following in Claire’s footsteps. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.O98 2019 |
 |
Outlander Season five.The fifth season of Outlander sees a continuation of Claire and Jamie’s fight to protect those they love, as they navigate the trials and tribulations of life in colonial America. The Frasers strive to flourish within a society which is unwittingly marching towards Revolution, and Jamie must now defend the home they have built together at Fraser’s Ridge while Claire seeks to put her own skills and medical expertise to use in keeping her family together and safe from harm. Meanwhile, Brianna and Roger MacKenzie struggle to find their respective places in this world and chase away the shadow cast over their lives by Stephen Bonnet as they raise their son in this brave new world. For the Frasers and their family, “home” is more than simply a site in which they live, it is the place in which they are laying the foundations for the rest of their lives...Call #: DVD PN1992.77.O98 2020 |
 |
Outlander Season six. The fifth season of Outlander sees a continuation of Claire and Jamie’s fight to protect those they love, as they navigate the trials and tribulations of life in colonial America. Establishing a home in the New World is by no means an easy task, particularly in the wild backcountry of North Carolina – and perhaps most significantly – during a period of dramatic political upheaval. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.O98 2022 |
 |
Road to Avonlea The complete first season. Sara Stanley is forced to move in with her deceased mother's relatives in the charming town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.R633 2009 |
 |
Road to Avonlea The complete second season. Sarah and her cousins continue to wreak havoc and land in trouble, much to the adults' dismay. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.R633 2009 |
 |
Road to Avonlea The complete third season. In this season, Avonlea gets an effervescent new schoolteacher and endures a villain plucked from a mystery novel, while Olivia's wedding plans get widely out of hand and Sara trades places with a street-smart waif who passes as her double. It ends with the death of Marilla Cuthbert, filling in the story between Anne of Green Gables: the sequel and Anne of Green Gables: the continuing story. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.R633 2010 Sullivan Entertainment ; created by Kevin Sullivan ; executive producer, Trudy Grant. |
 |
Road to Avonlea The complete fourth season. Sara and her cousins continue to wreak havoc and land in trouble, much to the adults dismay and disapproval. In addition to the light-hearted and fun-filled stories, each of these episodes is a textured and compelling exploration of life in the mythical farming village of Avonlea. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.R633 2011 |
 |
Road to Avonlea The complete fifth season. Sara has blossomed into an independent and self-assured young lady, but one that still has a penchant for trouble. Now a fully-integrated member of Avonlea society, she begins to think that the day she must leave the security of her new home. Once again, the stories in this volume range from uproariously funny to poignantly emotional. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.R633 2011 |
 |
Road to Avonlea The complete sixth season. This 4-disc set, which includes all 13 episodes of the sixth season of this award winning series, is now available for the very first time on DVD in a Remastered format. In this season, the community continues to develop: dealing with the characters moving on in their lives and new romances beginning. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.R633 2012 |
 |
Road to Avonlea The complete seventh season. In this dramatic season, the King family copes with difficult personal and community changes that threaten to change their lives forever. Road to Avonlea's final season is the dramatic culmination of over seven years of excellence in dramatic programming. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.R633 2012 |
 |
Twilight Saga DVDs
Twilight saga Breaking dawn / 2 film collection. In part 1, Bella and Edward's marriage, honeymoon, and birth of their child bring unforeseen and shocking developments for Bella, Edward and those they love, including new complications for young werewolf Jacob Black. In part 2, after the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi. Call #: DVD PN1997.T95 B74 2014 |
 |
Twilight New moon. Eclipse. Twilight: Bella Swan moves to the small town of Forks, Washington and meets Edward Cullen, a mysterious and handsome boy with a secret - he's a vampire. Edward must then battle the bloodlust raging inside him as well as a clan of undead that would make Bella their prey. New moon: In the second chapter of Stephenie Meyer's best-selling Twilight series, the romance between mortal Bella Swan and vampire Edward Cullen grows more intense as ancient secrets threaten to destroy them. When Edward leaves in an effort to keep Bella safe, she tests fate in increasingly reckless ways in order to glimpse her love once more. But when she's saved from the brink by her friend, Jacob Black, Bella will uncover mysteries of the supernatural world that will put her in more peril than ever before. Eclipse: In the third chapter of Stephenie Meyer's phenomenal Twilight series, Bella Swan is surrounded by danger as Seattle is hit by a string of murders and an evil vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, Bella is forced to choose between her love, Edward Cullen, and her friend, Jacob Black, knowing that her decision may ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. Call #: DVD PN1997.T95 2014 |
 |
The Vampire Diaries DVDs Series, #1-6
The vampire diaries The complete first season. It's Elena's first day back at Mystic Falls High School since the tragic death of her parents. Along with her aunt Jenna, Elena tries her best to look after her troubled younger brother, Jeremy, and salvage what family they have left. The first day is already shaping up to be a struggle for Elena until she meets the mysterious new kid at school, Stefan. Elena is touched that he can relate to what she's going through. What Elena doesn't know is that Stefan is a vampire. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.V36 2010 |
 |
The vampire diaries The complete second season.They're back, and they're not alone. The seductive characters of The Vampire Diaries return for a stunning Season Two. This time Elena, Stefan, Damon, and the other residents of Mystic Falls are joined by sinister new blood. Released from the tomb, Katherine unleashes her personal brand of evil in a diabolical plot. The Originals, the world's oldest and most dangerous vampires, hunt for Elena, who discovers she has a terrifying connection to their world. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.V36 2011 |
 |
The vampire diaries The complete third season.The sexy, sinister beings of The Vampire Diaries are back in a thrilling Season 3. As Stefan succumbs to Klaus, Damon and Elena join forces to try to save him, rekindling their long-repressed emotions. Meanwhile the door to the other side opens wide, allowing spirits to invade and come between Jeremy and Bonnie. Caroline and Tyler grow closer, pushing their families farther apart. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.V36 2012 |
 |
The vampire diaries The complete fourth season. Senior year is finally here, but instead of having the time of her life, Elena faces her worst nightmare, struggling with her transformation from human to vampire. As Damon mentors Elena into a supernatural life, their repressed passions explode, causing Stefan to undertake a quest to restore humanity to the girl he adores. As Elena quenches her newfound thirst for blood, and her friends race to find a vampire curse and a cure, the world around them falls prey to a host of sinister forces. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.V36 2013 |
 |
The vampire diaries The complete fifth season. After a sizzling summer with Damon, Elena leaves Mystic Falls and moves into a dorm with her roomie Caroline, ready for new adventures and new friends. But dark thoughts gnaw at Elena, and soon familiar faces are back in the girls' lives. There's Stefan with his shadow self Silas, plus Katherine, with a diabolical agenda and a jaw-dropping transformation. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.V36 2014 |
 |
The vampire diaries The complete sixth season. The show continues for a sixth season with delicious drama to sink your teeth into. Last season, after a passionate summer with Damon, Elena headed to Whitmore College with Caroline, not knowing Bonnie sacrificed her life for Jeremy's Meanwhile, Stefan and Caroline's friendship deepened as they stood up to the Travelers, a nomadic witch tribe driven to strip Mystic Falls of magic and cast out its supernatural residents. Call #: DVD PN1992.77.V36 2015 |
 |
The Walking Dead, #1-11 The walking dead The complete first season. After waking from a coma in an abandoned hospital, police officer Rick Grimes finds the world he knew gone - ravaged by a zombie epidemic of apocalyptic proportions. Nearby, on the outskirts of Atlanta, a small encampment struggles to survive as 'the dead' stalk them at every turn. Can Rick and the others hold onto their humanity as they fight to live in this terrifying new world? And, amidst dire conditions and personal rivalries, will they ultimately survive one another? AMC’s The Walking Dead is an epic, survival adventure series from the director of The Shawshank Redemption and the producer of The Terminator and Aliens. Call #: DVD PN1997.2.W356 2010 |
 |
The walking dead The complete second season. The end of civilization was just the beginning for Rick Grimes and the other survivors. As the fight to stay alive intensifies and personal rivalries continue to fuel, the group struggles to hold on to their humanity in a time where slim chances are all that is left. Call #: DVD PN1997.2.W356 2012 |
 |
The walking dead The complete third season. The sexy, sinister beings of The Vampire Diaries are back in a thrilling Season 3. As Stefan succumbs to Klaus, Damon and Elena join forces to try to save him, rekindling their long-repressed emotions. Meanwhile the door to the other side opens wide, allowing spirits to invade and come between Jeremy and Bonnie. Caroline and Tyler grow closer, pushing their families farther apart. Call #: DVD PN1997.2.W356 2013 |
 |
The walking dead The complete fourth season. In this highly anticipated new season, we see Rick and the group of survivors fostering a thriving community in the safe haven of the prison. Sadly, in this brutal world, happiness is short-lived and walkers and outside threats are no match for danger brewing inside the fences. The group’s home and new way of life will be thoroughly tested, and their struggle to survive has never been so perilous. Season 4 also introduces several new characters including Bob Stookey.Call #: DVD PN1997.2.W356 2014 |
 |
The walking dead The complete fifth season. The previous season of The Walking Dead ended with Rick and the group outgunned, outnumbered, and trapped in a train car awaiting a grim fate. What follows is a story that weaves the true motives of the people of Terminus with the hopeful prospect of a cure in Washington, D.C., the fate of the group's lost comrades, as well as new locales, new conflicts, and new obstacles in keeping the group together and staying alive. Stories will break apart and intersect. The characters will find love and hate. Peace and conflict. Contentment and terror. And, in the quest to find a permanent, safe place to call home, one question will haunt them. After all they've seen, all they've done, all they've sacrificed, lost, and held on to no matter what the cost. Who do they become? Call #: DVD PN1997.2.W356 2015 |
 |
The walking dead The complete sixth season. This season opened with the survivors hunkered down in the Safe Zone, where many of the new episodes are expected to take place. And with it, we can expect producers to delve into the backstory of many of the most elusive characters from last season. Call #: DVD PN1997.2.W356 2016 |
 |
The walking dead The complete seventh season. After an angry group of parents tried — and failed — to kill Madison, Madison regretted what she'd done and agreed to help Morgan retrieve Mo. Season 7 closed as Madison and Morgan were taken at last to the elusive PADRE. How will Madison and Morgan's journey unfold? What will become of Baby Mo? Call #: DVD PN1997.2.W356 2017 |
 |
The walking dead The complete eighth season. Rick, along with Maggie (Lauren Cohan), leading The Hilltop, and King Ezekiel (Khary Payton), leader of The Kingdom, unite forces to start a rebellion against the tyrant leader of the Saviors, initiating a war for the freedom of the communities. Call #: DVD PN1997.2.W356 2018 |
 |
The walking dead The complete ninth season.We see our survivors a year and a half after the end of the war, rebuilding civilization under Rick's steadfast leadership. It is a time of relative peace among the communities as they work together, looking to the past to forge the future, but the world they knew is rabidly chanaina as man-made structures continue to degrade, and nature takes over, changing the landscape and creating new challenges for our survivors. As time passes, the communities confront unexpected obstacles, danger, and of course, walkers, but nothing quite prepares them for the formidable force they are about to encounter, which threatens the very idea of civilization that our survivors have worked so hard to build. Call #: DVD PN1997.2.W356 2019 |
 |
The walking dead The complete tenth season. The communities are still dealing with the after effects of Alpha's horrific display of power. Call #: DVD PN1997.2.W356 2021 |
 |
The walking dead The complete eleventh season. The final season of “The Walking Dead” finds Daryl, Maggie, and our heroes on a fraught mission with Negan to confront the mysterious Reapers. Meanwhile, Eugene's group must assimilate to the Commonwealth, in order to get aid for Alexandria. Call #: DVD PN1997.2.W356 2023 |