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Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Set in 1953, Katherine Watson is a free-spirited graduate of UCLA who accepts a teaching post at Wellesley College, a women-only school where the students are torn between the repressive mores of the time and their longing for intellectual freedom.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Two determined California college students, Arian and Ernest, follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley, and attempt to do something important with their lives. The two make the bold decision to join the battle in Afghanistan. Dr. Malley is both moved and distraught. Now, as Arian and Ernest fight for survival in the field and the human consequences of war becomes clear for these two students trapped behind enemy lines. They...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As the civil rights struggle heats up in 1967 Texas, two families--one white, one black--find common ground. The white family, from a notoriously racist neighborhood in the suburbs, and the black family, from its poorest ward, cross Houston's color line to win the freedom of five black college students unjustly charged with the murder of a policeman.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007, ©1987
Language
English
Description
After a group of social misfits are rejected by all the fraternities on campus, they decide to start their own.
At Adams College, the jocks rule the school from their house on high, the Alpha Beta fraternity. So when a group of socially-challenged misfits try to go Greek, they are immediately rejected by every house on campus. Deciding to start their own fraternity, the nerds soon find themselves in a battle royale as the Alpha Betas try to crush...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"In her hardcover debut, bestselling author Susan Jane Gilman describes a very different kind of back-packing trip to China in which she and her college friend set out to conquer the world only to be conquered by it"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed writer Walter Dean Myers celebrates the people of Harlem with these powerful and soulful first-person poems in the voices of the residents who make up the legendary neighborhood: basketball players, teachers, mail carriers, jazz artists, maids, veterans, nannies, students, and more. Exhilarating and electric, these poems capture the energy and resilience of a neighborhood and a people.
8) Last Kiss
Author
Publisher
Flux
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Iowa farm boy Billy O'Reilly has been secretly dating Lisa Wells, daughter of the wealthy president of the local college. Her controlling father disapproves of the relationship, her "real" boyfriend is growing suspicious, and her troubled stepbrother is stirring up trouble. But when Lisa breaks up with him and then is found murdered the next morning, Billy and his best friend Windy investigate.
Author
Publisher
Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"After the tragic shootings April 20, 1999 that left thirteen dead, Frank DeAngelis mourned with the Columbine community. He vowed to never forget those who were murdered and dedicated his life and career to helping his students - his kids - recover. He committed to staying on as principal to help the students and the community heal. Columbine was his family. For the first time since the event that rocked the nation and forever changed his life, DeAngelis...
10) Carmilla
Author
Publisher
KCP Loft
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of Shaftesbury's award-winning, groundbreaking queer vampire web series of the same name, Carmilla mixes the camp of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the snark of Veronica Mars, and the mysterious atmosphere of Welcome to Nightvale.Newly escaped from the stifling boredom of a small town, college freshman Laura is ready to make the most of her first year at Silas University. But when her roommate, Betty, vanishes and a sarcastic, nocturnal philosophy...
Author
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Compelling stories that present a new view of ADHDSmart but Stuck offers 15 true and compelling stories about intelligent, capable teens and adults who have gotten "stuck" at school, work, and/or in social relationships because of their ADHD. Dr. Brown highlights the often unrecognized role that emotions play in this complex disorder. He explains why even very bright people with ADHD get stuck because they can focus well on some tasks that interest...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"From the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. In the eyes of 18-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken-with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity-is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for generations, is mainstream; for Hua, a first-generation...
Author
Language
English
Description
Features “The Mist” now a TV series event on SpikeStephen Kings #1 New York Times bestselleran anthology of stories from the outer limits of the imagination!From one of the greatest storytellers in modern times comes this classic collection of twenty-two works of fright and wonderunforgettable tales that will take you to where your darkest fears await. Whether its a mysterious impenetrable mist camouflaging bizarre, otherworldly terrors that could...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history, but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal...
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