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Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 T9714sW
Bordeaux - Adult Movie 2 available
DVD 791.43 T9714sW
Donelson - Adult Movie 2 available
DVD 791.43 T9714sW
Publication Date | Edition | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2014 | [English/Spanish/French dialogue version] | 1 videodisc (approximately 134 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 T9714sW Bordeaux - Adult Movie 2 available DVD 791.43 T9714sW Donelson - Adult Movie 2 available DVD 791.43 T9714sW |
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Based on the true story of Solomon Northup. It is 1841, and Northup, an accomplished, free citizen of New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Stripped of his identity and deprived of all dignity, Northup is ultimately purchased by ruthless plantation owner Edwin Epps and must find the strength within to survive. Filled with powerful performances by an astonishing cast including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbener, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad...
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Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 F7454jW
Bordeaux - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 F7454jW
Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 F7454jW
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2013 | Rental ed. | Warner Home Video | 1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 F7454jW Bordeaux - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 F7454jW Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 F7454jW |
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History was made in 1947, when Jackie Robinson broke the professional baseball race barrier to become the first African American MLB player of the modern era. 42 tells the life story of Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.
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Special Collections - Civil Rights Room 1 available
SpecColl 323.1196 M1484a NCR
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2010 | 1st ed. | Alfred A. Knopf | xxii, 324 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. | English | Library Use Only
Special Collections - Civil Rights Room 1 available SpecColl 323.1196 M1484a NCR |
Publication Date | Source | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2010 | OverDrive | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | English | Checked Out
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2010 | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | English | Checked Out
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A history of America's civil rights movement traces the pivotal influence of sexual violence that victimized African American women for centuries, revealing Rosa Parks's contributions as an anti-rape activist years before her heroic bus protest.
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The library does not own any copies of this title.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. describes his life experiences focusing on the people and events that hindered and helped his efforts to improve the civil rights of African Americans during the 1960s.
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The library does not own any copies of this title.
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Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio. Her past continues to haunt her eighteen years later and the arrival of a girl exposes Sethe's terrible secret.
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The library does not own any copies of this title.
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Pecola Breedlove is a young black girl who longs for the blond hair and blue eyes that define beauty and acceptance for her. As she yearns to fit in, her life begins to fall apart.
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The library does not own any copies of this title.
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Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
8) Cane River
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Tademy family chronicles volume 1
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Edmondson Pike - Adult Fiction 1 available
Fiction Tademy
Goodlettsville - Adult Fiction 1 available
Fiction Tademy
Madison - Adult Fiction 1 available
Fiction Tademy
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2001 | Warner Books | xii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Adult Fiction 1 available Fiction Tademy Goodlettsville - Adult Fiction 1 available Fiction Tademy Madison - Adult Fiction 1 available Fiction Tademy |
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Richland Park - Adult Audiobook 1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Tademy
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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p2002 | Recorded Books | 12 sound discs (14 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Richland Park - Adult Audiobook 1 available CD AUDIO Fiction Tademy |
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1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Publication Date | Source | Edition | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2005 | OverDrive | Abridged | Hachette Audio | English | Checked Out
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
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2001 | OverDrive | Grand Central Publishing | English | Checked Out
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2001 | Grand Central Publishing | English | Checked Out
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Follows four generations of African American women, from slavery to the early twentieth century, as they struggle for economic security and the future of their families along the Cane River in rural Louisiana.
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Coldest winter ever volume 1
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Edgehill - Adult Fiction 1 available
Fiction Souljah
Edmondson Pike - Adult Fiction 1 available
Fiction Souljah
Southeast - Adult Fiction 1 available
Fiction Souljah
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2006, c1999 | Pocket Star Books pbk. ed. | Pocket Star Books | 534 p. ; 18 cm. | English | On Shelf
Edgehill - Adult Fiction 1 available Fiction Souljah Edmondson Pike - Adult Fiction 1 available Fiction Souljah Southeast - Adult Fiction 1 available Fiction Souljah |
Publication Date | Source | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2010 | OverDrive | Washington Square Press | English | Available Online
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After a black drug dealer goes to jail in Brooklyn, his ruthless 17-year-old daughter takes over his empire. A look at the mores and manners of the black underclass, this one with money. First novel by a hip-hop artist, author of No Disrespect.
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Bordeaux - Adult Fiction 1 available
Fiction Phillip
Richland Park - Adult Fiction 1 available
Fiction Phillip
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2018] | New edition. | Soho Press | 387, 25 pages ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Adult Fiction 1 available Fiction Phillip Richland Park - Adult Fiction 1 available Fiction Phillip |
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Southeast - Adult Audiobook 1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Phillip
Thompson Lane - Adult Audiobook 1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Phillip
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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p2008 | Recorded Books | 12 sound discs (14 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Southeast - Adult Audiobook 1 available CD AUDIO Fiction Phillip Thompson Lane - Adult Audiobook 1 available CD AUDIO Fiction Phillip |
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2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Publication Date | Source | Edition | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2018 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Recorded Books, Inc | English | Checked Out
2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
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2005 | OverDrive | Soho Press | English | Checked Out
2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
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2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
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2005 | Soho Press | English | Checked Out
2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
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"A new edition of this award-winning modern classic, with new introduction, excerpt, and discussion guide Pakersfield, Georgia, 1958: Thirteen-year-old Tangy Mae Quinn is the sixth of ten fatherless siblings. She is the darkest-skinned among them and therefore the ugliest in her mother, Rozelle's, estimation, but she's also the brightest. Rozelle--beautiful, charismatic, and light-skinned--exercises a violent hold over her children. Fearing abandonment,...
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The library does not own any copies of this title.
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When a group of boys insult Desmond by calling him a very vulgar name, he seeks out the advice of Father Trevor and learns an important lesson in forgiveness.
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Bellevue - Kids Biography 1 available
jB A432m
Edgehill - Kids Biography 1 available
jB A432m
Goodlettsville - Kids Biography 1 available
jB A432m
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2013] | First edition. | Readers To Eaters | 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Biography 1 available jB A432m Edgehill - Kids Biography 1 available jB A432m Goodlettsville - Kids Biography 1 available jB A432m |
Publication Date | Source | Edition | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2014 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Live Oak Media | English | Available Online
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2014 | OverDrive | Live Oak Media | English | Available Online
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The story of former basketball star and current urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, whose vision of gardening from abandoned urban sites led to a grassroots feeding craze.
13) Getting to happy
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Bellevue - Adult Fiction 1 available
Fiction McMilla
Hadley Park - Adult Fiction 1 available
Fiction McMilla
Hermitage - Adult Fiction 1 available
Fiction McMilla
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2010 | Viking | 375 p. ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Fiction 1 available Fiction McMilla Hadley Park - Adult Fiction 1 available Fiction McMilla Hermitage - Adult Fiction 1 available Fiction McMilla |
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Thompson Lane - Adult Audiobook 1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction McMilla
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2010 | Unabridged. | Penguin Group USA | 10 sound discs (11 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Thompson Lane - Adult Audiobook 1 available CD AUDIO Fiction McMilla |
Publication Date | Source | Edition | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2010 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Books on Tape | English | Available Online
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2010 | OverDrive | Penguin Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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2010 | Penguin Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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Goodlettsville - Adult Large Print 1 available
Fiction McMilla Large Type
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2010 | Thorndike Press | 621 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. | English | On Shelf
Goodlettsville - Adult Large Print 1 available Fiction McMilla Large Type |
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Bordeaux - Adult Audiobook 1 available
PLAYAWAY Fiction McMilla
Edmondson Pike - Adult Audiobook 1 available
PLAYAWAY Fiction McMilla
North - Adult Audiobook 1 available
PLAYAWAY Fiction McMilla
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2010], p2010 | Unabridged. | [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC | 1 sound media player (ca. 11 hr., 30 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Adult Audiobook 1 available PLAYAWAY Fiction McMilla Edmondson Pike - Adult Audiobook 1 available PLAYAWAY Fiction McMilla North - Adult Audiobook 1 available PLAYAWAY Fiction McMilla |
Description
A sequel to "Waiting to Exhale" picks up fifteen years later to find Savannah contemplating divorce, Bernadine succumbing to painkiller addiction after a second husband's swindle, Robin falling into shopaholism, and Gloria confronting profound change after a fateful event.
14) Good hair
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2010] | Lionsgate | 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Madison - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 646.724 G6462hW |
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Comedian Chris Rock tackles the very personal issue of hair, and how attaining good hair can impact African American's activities, relationships, wallets, and a self-esteem. Engages in frank, funny conversations with haircare professionals, beautyshop and barbershop patrons, as well as featuring interviews with Dr. Maya Angelou, Nia Long, Ice-T, Raven Symone, and more.
15) How to be Black
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East - Adult Non-Fiction 1 available
305.896 T544h
Edgehill - Adult Non-Fiction 1 available
305.896 T544h
Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction 1 available
305.896 T544h
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c2012 | 1st ed. | Harper | viii, 254 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
East - Adult Non-Fiction 1 available 305.896 T544h Edgehill - Adult Non-Fiction 1 available 305.896 T544h Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction 1 available 305.896 T544h |
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2012 | OverDrive | Unabridged | HarperAudio | English | Available Online
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2012 | OverDrive | HarperCollins | English | Available Online
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2012 | HarperCollins | English | Available Online
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Have you ever been called "too black" or "not black enough"? Have you ever befriended or worked with a black person? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this book is for you. Raised by a pro-black, Pan-Afrikan single mother during the crack years of 1980s Washington, DC, and educated at Sidwell Friends School and Harvard University, Baratunde Thurston has over thirty years' experience being black. Now, through stories of his politically...
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Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j811.52 H8939i
Edgehill - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j811.52 H8939i
Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j811.52 H8939i
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2012 | 1st ed. | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j811.52 H8939i Edgehill - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j811.52 H8939i Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j811.52 H8939i |
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Presents the popular poem by one of the central figures in the Harlem Renaissance, highlighting the courage and dignity of the African American Pullman porters in the early twentieth century.
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The library does not own any copies of this title.
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Depicts the story of Henrietta Lacks, a poor Southern black woman, whose cells were taken from her body without her permission during the 1950s for medical research and continue to be alive and used more than sixty years after her death. Discusses the issues of owning our own bodies and why Henrietta's family was never informed about her "immortality" for more than twenty years after she died. Includes chapter notes, photographs, and an index.
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Edmondson Pike - Adult Fiction 1 available
Fiction Harris
Main Library - Adult Fiction 1 available
Fiction Harris
North - Adult Fiction 1 available
Fiction Harris
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2010 | 1st ed. | St. Martin's Press | 297 p. ; 25 cm. | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Adult Fiction 1 available Fiction Harris Main Library - Adult Fiction 1 available Fiction Harris North - Adult Fiction 1 available Fiction Harris |
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Edmondson Pike - Adult Audiobook 1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Harris
Southeast - Adult Audiobook 1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Harris
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2016] | Unabridged. | Blackstone Audio | 7 audio discs (540 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Adult Audiobook 1 available CD AUDIO Fiction Harris Southeast - Adult Audiobook 1 available CD AUDIO Fiction Harris |
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2016 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Blackstone Publishing | English | Available Online
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2010 | OverDrive | St. Martin's Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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2010 | St. Martin's Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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For his final new series, New York Times mega-bestselling author E. Lynn Harris introduces Bentley L. Dean, owner of the hottest modeling agency in Miami's sexy South Beach.
Only the world's most beautiful models make the roster of Picture Perfect Modeling agency and they only do shoots for the most elite photographers and magazines. They are fashionista royalty—and the owners, Bentley
19) Invisible man
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The library does not own any copies of this title.
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In the course of his wanderings from a Southern Negro college to New York's Harlem, an African-American man becomes involved in a series of adventures.
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Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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1994, c1993. | Alfred A. Knopf | 256 pages ; 21 cm. | English |
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Hadley Park - Adult Audiobook 1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Gaines
Looby - Adult Audiobook 1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Gaines
Main Library - Adult Audiobook 1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Gaines
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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p1997 | Random House Audiobooks | 7 sound discs (ca. 8 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Hadley Park - Adult Audiobook 1 available CD AUDIO Fiction Gaines Looby - Adult Audiobook 1 available CD AUDIO Fiction Gaines Main Library - Adult Audiobook 1 available CD AUDIO Fiction Gaines |
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2 copies, 5 people are on the wait list.
Publication Date | Source | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2004 | OverDrive | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | English | Checked Out
2 copies, 5 people are on the wait list.
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2 copies, 5 people are on the wait list.
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2004 | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | English | Checked Out
2 copies, 5 people are on the wait list.
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In his first novel in ten years, Ernest Gaines, the highly acclaimed author of the best-selling The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, brings us a wrenching story of death and identity in a small Cajun Louisiana community in the late 1940s. A young black named Jefferson is a reluctant party in a shoot-out in a liquor store in which the three other men involved are all killed, including the white store owner. Jefferson, the only survivor, is accused...