Prince
1) Spare
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It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow--and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling--and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is a landmark publication full...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
249 pages, 16 unnumbered plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Michaela DePrince lived the first few years of her live in war-torn Sierra Leone until she was adopted by an American Family. Now seventeen, she is one of the premiere ballerinas in the United States.
4) Dive in!
Author
Publisher
Abrams Appleseed
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
14 col. ill. ; 18 cm.
Description
Construction mice in their waders and hard hats operate construction vehicles--with parts the reader can move--as they complete a big project.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Description
Traces the life of the first black Major League baseball player of the modern era, detailing his childhood, his career as an MVP-award winning baseball player, and a hero of the civil rights movement.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
79 pages. ; 20 cm.
Description
Why is the Earth's climate changing? And how will this change our lives? HRH The PRince of Wales is worried about climate change. In this book, he explains why it is so important for us to stop climate change now, and he shpws how we can do it.
Pub. Date
2022
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The remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a ferocity unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, it follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and prepares them for battle against an enemy determined to obliterate their way of life.
8) The hit
Series
Criterion collection volume 469
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In London in 1973, Willie Parker informed on his gangster colleagues. Ten years later he is violently snatched from his Spanish tranquil village retreat by hit men who are surprised to find out they have a completely willing victim on their hands.
9) Purple rain
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Prince stars as "The Kid," a Minneapolis club musician, who struggles with both a tumultous homelife and his own smoldering anger while taking refuge in his music and his steamy love for sultry Apollonia Kotero. Semi-autobiographical.
11) The hit
Series
Criterion collection volume 469
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Description
A former gangster henchman turned informant is trying to live in hiding in Spain, but two hit men come after him to bring him to Paris to face his punishment.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1194
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023].
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Description
Freaks: A tale of love, deception, and retribution set among troupe of carnival sideshow performers, shunned by society because of their physical deformities.
The unknown: An unrequited infatuation leads a circus knife-thrower on the run from the law into a troubled state, but when the circus owner discovers the desperate man's secret identity, things become markedly worse.
The mystic: A confederacy of unsavory characters conspire to cheat an heiress...