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Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Wave Hill, a world-renowned public garden in the Bronx, boasts a classic horticultural craftsmanship unrivaled among other public gardens in the United States. But it also embraces a design spirit that is daring and innovative. Every year brings changes to Wave Hill: new combinations of colors, textures, and forms, along with creative themes and constant experimentation. Nature into Art celebrates the unsurpassed beauty of Wave Hill. It deeply explores...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A seemingly perfect marriage is threatened by the deadly secrets husband and wife keep from each other. Susannah, a young widow and single mother, has remarried well: to Max, a charismatic artist and popular speaker whose career took her and her fifteen-year-old son out of New York City to a quiet Vermont university town. Strong-willed and attractive, Susannah expects that her life is perfectly in place again. Then one quiet morning she finds a note...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Found wandering naked and mentally traumatized in Central Park, the headmaster of an elite boarding school imparts a story that is shaped by complicated memories, the evolution of a loving relationship, and a tragedy he cannot comprehend.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"For readers of Jon Krakauer and The Lost City of Z, a remarkable tale of survival and solitude--the true story of a man who lived alone in a tent in the Maine woods, never talking to another person and surviving by stealing supplies from nearby cabins for twenty-seven years. In 1986, twenty-year-old Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the woods. He would not have a conversation with another human...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Beautifying your home landscape has never been easier! As with cooking, the success of your garden depends on the quality of the ingredients you use. Clausen and Christopher have created "recipes" for success-- and then include suggestions for improvisation so that you can develop them to your own needs and style preferences. -- adapted from introduction
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In this New York Times bestseller, twenty-six renowned thriller authors team up to create a first-rate serial novel—a collaboration that combines the skills of America's greatest storytellers to produce a single gripping, spellbinding mystery.
"The lineup of writers who have contributed to this mystery is akin to the Murderers' Row of the 1927 New York Yankees. There is not a weak spot in the bunch." —David...
"The lineup of writers who have contributed to this mystery is akin to the Murderers' Row of the 1927 New York Yankees. There is not a weak spot in the bunch." —David...
8) Dunkirk
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A World War II thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from the French city of Dunkirk before Nazi forces can take hold.
9) Inception
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Dom Cobb is the best there is at extraction; stealing valuable secrets inside the subconscious during the mind's vulnerable dream state. His skill has made him a coveted player in industrial espionage, but also has made him a fugitive and cost him dearly. Now he may get a second chance if he can do the impossible; inception, planting an idea rather than stealing one. If they succeed, Cobb and his team could pull off the perfect crime.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Français
Description
Set in occupied WWII France, War of the Buttons tells the tale of pre-teen rebel Lebrac and the "war" he leads between two rival kid gangs from neighboring villages. Once Lebrac falls for Violette, a young Jewish girl who is new in town and in danger of being exposed by the Nazis, the children are faced with putting their own conflicts aside to protect her and confront the very real war happening around them.
11) Tenet
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Armed with only one word and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real-time.
Series
Publisher
Lonely Planet Global Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Lace up your hiking boots for the next in Lonely Planet's highly successful Epic Hikes series, this time exploring 50 of the Americas' most rewarding treks and trails. From Canada's longest hut-to-hut hike, the Sunshine Coast Trail, to a descent through Havasu Canyon in the USA, and the Santa Cruz Trail of northern Peru, we cover a huge variety of themes and experiences across routes that range from one-day walks to multi-day treks. Each of the featured...
13) From tree to sea
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text reveal lessons that nature teaches, such as how, like the sun, one can bring warmth to others by smiling and shining even when things look dim.
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act.
16) Following
Series
Criterion collection volume 638
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Is the fragmented tale of an unemployed young writer who trails strangers through London, hoping that they will provide inspiration for his first novel. He gets more than he bargained for with one of his unwitting subjects, who leads him down a dark, criminal path. Special features included.
17) The Dark Knight
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman raises the stakes on his war on crime and sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker. The Joker, whose eerie grin, laughter, and inhuman...
18) The Prestige
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In turn-of-the-century Victorian London, charismatic showman Robert Angier and gifted illusionist Alfred Borden are two young magicians whose friendship is destroyed when the love of Angier's life dies in a trick gone wrong. Their rivalry escalates into an obsession full of deceit and sabotage. When Borden's "transported man" trick becomes famous, Angier will go to any length to top it, even pursuing a fantastic and frightening machine developed by...
19) Oppenheimer
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Publisher
CineTel Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Spoiled pop star, Chance Love, is forced to confront who she is, who she once was and the dismal fate that awaits her after trading love for fame and fortune long ago. These fateful glimpses into her life are guided by modem twists on the spirits of Christmas past, present, and future. Brian, Chance Love's faithful assistant may just be his boss's saving grace.
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