Nightly
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Language
English
Description
First Nations women around the world have survived cruel; exploitative and abusive practices at the hands of many post-colonial government and community. This biographical account set during post WII rural Australia, describes the challenges faced by many First Nations women aspiring for self-betterment through employment.
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English
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My name is Autumn Shields.
I thought high school was rough, but nothing prepared me for the heartaches that would come after it.
No matter how hard I try to deny it, I can't keep my feelings hidden any longer.
I am in love with my next-door neighbor, Aaron Tyler.
After finally telling him, and learning that he feels the same way, our relationship soon goes from neighbors to lovers. But there was trouble in paradise. His bitter ex, different life...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Little Black Book; Family Life Under , is an autobiographical account of one First Nations Australian family's journey and the challenges they faced during the period leading up to the 1967 Australian referendum. Linda and Manny Nightly overcome frequent grief and loss, constant government overseeing and intrusion that is brought to an end when they apply for Exemption Certificates. Reflect on their journey towards equal Australian citizenship...
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English
Description
"From executive producer M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense), and based on the rich world created by international best-selling author Blake Crouch, comes the psychological thriller, Wayward Pines. Starring Jason Patric (Rush), Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond) and Hope Davis (TV's The Newsroom), Season Two finds the residents of Wayward Pines battling for the survival of the human race against the iron-fisted rule of the First Generation. As the mysteries...
8) Glass
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After the conclusion of the film Split, David Dunn pursues the Beast, which is Kevin Crumb's superhuman personality. The encounters with the Beast escalate as Elijah Price materializes as an orchestrator who knows critical secrets about both Dunn and Crumb.
9) Old
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly reducing their entire lives into a single day.
10) Thank you notes
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Language
English
Formats
Description
Snarky thank-you notes from the TV talk show host and his staff.
12) The watchers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its tree line. Mina's is no different. Left stranded, she is forced into the dark woodland only to find a woman shouting, urging Mina to run to a concrete bunker. As the door slams behind her, the building is besieged by screams. Mina finds herself in a room with a wall of glass, and an electric light that activates at nightfall, when the Watchers come above ground. These creatures emerge...
13) Split
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
Even though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him, as well as everyone around him, as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.-- adapted from summary on container....
14) The visit
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When Becca and Tyler are sent to their grandparents' secluded Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong stay, they quickly discover something is not right with the elderly couple. Faced with strange rules and increasingly frightening behavior, the children soon realize it will take all their wits to make it home alive.
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Series
Hit chang xiao shuo volume 77
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
中文（繁體）
Description
Traditional Chinese edition of Our Souls at Night
愛狄和路易斯住在同一條街上，兩人各自習慣獨居生活，原本毫無交集。 有天愛狄忽然敲了路易斯的門，問他能不能晚上到自己家來一起睡？ 兩人只需要肩並肩躺著聊聊天，不需要做其他事。 「你不覺得，夜晚是最難熬的嗎？」 路易斯起初很訝異，但他沒想到自己竟答應了， 他更沒預料到每天深夜床畔的對話，竟為彼此都找到生命的重心。...
16) Shou ye
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
中文（繁體）
Description
听我说，朋友。 千万别去耶路撒冷镇，别管镇上教堂的塔尖有多么古雅，街道有多么安静。 也别走进一望无际的玉米地，那里藏着一群孩子，他们崇拜行走在玉米地里的上帝。 也别为了挣一点钱去清理无人光顾的地下室，地下室的下面可能还有地下室。 也别在草莓春天里出去散步，别走近高速公路旁的停车场，别羡慕被爱情点亮双眼的男孩，别爱上了解你所有需要的人，别期待你从梯子上掉下来总有人接着……...
