Gabrielle Union
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Root
Chosen by Emma Straub as a Best New Celebrity Memoir
"A book of essays as raw and honest as anyone has ever produced." — Lena Dunham, Lenny Letter
In the spirit of Amy Poehler's Yes Please, Lena
...3) Shady Baby
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"After a long morning of being fabulous, Shady Baby heads to the park for a relaxing play session. But what does she find?! Some not-so-nice kids picking on others. Shady flashes them a look--her famous side eye--and teaches them that it's better to play nice. But when her feelings are hurt, will anyone stand (or crawl) by her side?"--
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Clades are a legendary family of explorers attempting to navigate an uncharted, treacherous land alongside a motley crew that includes a mischievous blob, a three-legged dog and a slew of ravenous creatures.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the emotional true story of two men who defined the rules of their time to launch a medical revolution, set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow south. Working in 1940s Baltimore on an unprecedented technique for performing heart surgery on "blue babies", Dr. Alfred Blalock and lab technician Vivien Thomas form an impressive team. As Blalock and Thomas invent a new field of medicine, saving thousands of lives in the process, social pressures...
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kion and the Guard take on the ultimate challenge when a ruthless enemy returns to the Pride Lands and threatens the Circle of Life. With the arrival of the Dry Season, tensions run high, patience wears thin, and thirsty tempers flare. To make matters worse, Janja's hyenas, aided by Ushari the snake, discover a secret that could bring back the vengeful spirit of the legendary villain, Scar!
7) The public
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a brutal blast of cold hits Cincinnati, the public library transforms from a safe haven for the homeless into a potential war zone. Those who have no place of retreat to evade the cold stage a sit-in in the library where they are tended by members of the library's staff. Soon the police arrive and a stand-off threatens to bring tragedy to the homeless individuals and those who care about their well-being. An eye-opening exploration of the basic...
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After seeing a less-than-conventional psychiatrist for her problems at home who gives her too many prescriptions and bad advice, a mother ends her marriage and sends her young son to live with the doctor and his odd family.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nat Turner is a literate American slave and preacher. His financially strained owner accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. But as Nat witnesses countless atrocities, he orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.
10) Cadillac Records
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chess Records was located on the south side of Chicago. In 1947, it began recording blues music with Muddy Waters and Little Walter. This eventually gave birth to rock and roll in 1955 with Chuck Berry. Record producer, Leonard Chess has an ear for this different type of music and believes he can cash in by signing up new talent such as songwriter, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, and Etta James. Chess makes all of his artists part of his family and takes...
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A successful, wealthy businessman, Wesley Deeds has always done what's expected of him, whether it's assuming the helm of his father's company, tolerating his brother's misbehavior at the office or planning to marry his beautiful but restless fiance, Natalie. But Wesley is jolted out of his predictable routine when he meets Lindsey, a down-on-her-luck single mother who works as a cleaning person in his office building. Outspoken, impulsive and proud,...
12) Miss Dial
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Working from home, a consumer affairs rep in a rocky relationship decides to skip work one day, and spends her day calling random people, looking for new connections. Unexpectedly, she meets someone on the phone that might just change everything, including her heart.
13) Sleepless
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs thrives in the high-stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground of Las Vegas. But when a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs' teenage son. In one sleepless night he will have to rescue his son, evade an internal affairs investigation and bring the kidnappers to justice.
14) Think like a man
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Four women have decided to take the advice in Steve Harvey's book and use the recommendations to get their men on track. When the men discover this, they try to turn the tables on their women.
15) Meet Dave
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Josh lives in New York City. Through his telescope, he watches a baseball-sized metal ball approaching Earth from the sky. It lands in his room. Months later, a massive fireball crash lands in Liberty City. The human looking craft is controlled by 100 one-inch tall aliens. Officer Dooley is a superstitious cop searching for the space ship. The aliens are seeking a way to save their planet and to do that they need salt. Now they need to recover the...
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 106 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the highly anticipated sequel, which was inspired by Steve Harvey's best-selling book "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man", all the couples are back for a wedding in Las Vegas. But plans for a romantic weekend go awry when their various misadventures get them into some compromising situations that threaten to derail the big event.
17) Strange world
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Clades are a legendary family of explorers attempting to navigate an uncharted, treacherous land alongside a motley crew that includes a mischievous blob, a three-legged dog and a slew of ravenous creatures.
18) Almost Christmas
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A beloved patriarch asks his family for one gift this holiday season: to get along. If they can honor that wish and spend five days under the same roof without killing one another, it will be a Christmas miracle.
19) The inspection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Elegance Bratton's deeply moving film inspired by his own story, a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned sense...
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Monty is a blue-collar mechanic who enlists the help of a successful-but-lonely attorney while trying to gain custody of his three daughters from his treacherous ex-wife and her larcenous boyfriend. Along the way, the working relationship between the blue collar dad and his uptown attorney grows into something more. As these two people try to overcome their different backgrounds, they find love. Monty struggles to protect his children from abuse and...
