Vanessa Williams
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The highly anticipated first book by a widely respected entertainer whose career highlights include The Right Stuff, Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives, and former Miss America
When Vanessa Williams was growing up, she had a plan: She’d go to college and major in musical theater; afterward she’d get her MFA from the Yale School of Drama, and then she would embark on a successful career on Broadway. And to make sure she stayed
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Do you know what an ally is? Joy loves her big brother, Noah. So, when Noah is teased for being gay, Joy wants to help. But how? Discover how Joy learns to be an ally and has some yummy fun along the way! Features a reading guide for adults and questions for discussion.
3) Delhi safari
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The story of a journey undertaken by a cub leopard, his mother, a monkey, a bear and a parrot when the forest they live in is on the verge of destruction. Builders have encroached upon their forest and the animals decide to go to Delhi and protest in front of the humans and ask some very pertinent questions- like, why has man become the most dangerous animal? Doesn't man understand that if the forests and the animals don't co-exist with humans, the...
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Zora Neale Hurston has long been considered a literary giant of the Harlem Renaissance, but her anthropological and ethnographic endeavors were equally important and impactful. This is an in-depth biography of the influential author whose groundbreaking anthropological work would challenge assumptions about race, gender and cultural superiority that had long defined the field in the 19th century.
5) Soul food
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Sunday dinner at Mother Joe's is a mouth-watering, 40-year tradition. As seen through the eyes of her grandson Ahmad, love and laughs are always on the menu, despite the usual rivalries simmering between his mom Maxine and her sisters Teri and Bird. But when serious bickering starts to tear the family apart, the good times suddenly stop. Now it's up to Ahmad to get everyone back together and teach them the true meaning of soul food.
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Carrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie, and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. No longer able to drive and forbidden to travel alone, she wishes for freedom from the confines of the house and begs her son to take her on a visit to her hometown of Bountiful. When he refuses, Mrs. Watts is undeterred and makes an escape to the local bus station, where she befriends Thelma, a young woman traveling home.
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Rafael, a young Cuban whose mother has just died, comes to the U.S. to meet his father, who runs a dance studio and is unaware of his paternal status. While dancers prepare for the World Open Dance championship in Las Vegas, it becomes clear that Rafael is a very good dancer, and Ruby is the studio's best hope for the championship.
10) Bye Bye Birdie
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A musical about a rock 'n roll singer about to be drafted, and his songwriter manager whose romantic complications are compounded by a small-town girl.
11) Tripped Up
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Aspiring chef Lizzy sets off with her friends to compete in a prestigious food festival. What begins as a calculated career move quickly turns into a hilariously heartwarming misadventure.
12) Shaft
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Who delivers ten times out of ten? Samuel L. Jackson is SHAFT, the man and the movie. John Singleton ("Boys 'n' the Hood") directs this gritty action-packed thriller. With his uncle John Shaft (Richard Roundtree, reprising his original role) as his mentor, it's no surprise that today's Shaft is the coolest dude and the hottest action around. To stop a racist killer (Christian Bale), Shaft's got to track down the only eyewitness (Toni Collette) that...
15) Eraser
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John Kruger is a U.S. Marshall who 'erases' the lives and identities of people entering into the Witness Protection Program. His newest charge is an executive who has stumbled upon a deal to put a new superweapon into the wrong hands. It's a do-or-die assignment. Kruger plungs from an airplane after his parachute; turns ravenous alligators into instant luggage; outbrains ultratech security; and knocks out killers with hyper-velocity weapons.
16) Into the woods
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Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical comes to the big screen accompanied by a soundtrack that features performances from Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Chris Pine, and Johnny Depp.
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An intimate portrait of the famed songwriter in his own words, and music. An all-star cast headed by Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams and Tom Wopat takes on new arrangements of over two dozen Sondheim tunes, ranging from the beloved to the obscure, interspersed with audio commentary by the composer himself, who reveals fascinating details about his life and his art.