Danai Gurira
2) Familiar
Author
Series
Publisher
Samuel French
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It's winter in Minnesota, and a Zimbabwean family is preparing for the wedding of their eldest daughter, a first-generation American. But when the bride insists on observing a traditional African custom, it opens a deep rift in the household. Rowdy and affectionate, Familiar pitches tradition against assimilation, drawing a loving portrait of a family: the customs they keep, and the secrets they bury.
3) The visitor
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Walter Vale is a widower who teaches economics at a Connecticut university. He lives alone and is no longer motivated by his work. In New York to present a paper at a conference, he goes to the apartment that he has not visited in some time, but has kept since his wife was alive, only to discover a young couple living there. Despite their great cultural differences, Walter befriends Tarek, a Syrian citizen and drummer, and gradually builds a friendship...
Series
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
King T'Challa returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from divisions within his own country. When two enemies conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must join forces with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Wakandan Special Forces, to prevent Wakanda from being drawn into a world war....
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M'Baku, Okoye and the mighty Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers after the death of beloved King T'Challa. Banding together with War Dog Nakia and Everett Ros, the heroes strive to forge a new path."--
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The group crosses paths with a mysterious priest and takes shelter in his church. As Daryl and Carol follow a lead to the whereabouts of Beth, the others begin to realize that they're being hunted. As Bob's life hangs in the balance, the group prepares to face off against the cannibalistic hunters of Terminus.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the fourth season, we see Rick and the group of survivors fostering a thriving community in the safe haven of the prison only to have it short-lived as the group loses everything, their home, family, and friends to the threat of the walkers, outside threats and the hidden dangers brewing inside the fences. The group of survivors are broken apart and sent on divergent paths, unsure of everyone else's fate as they are exposed to new dangers, new...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Picking up immediately after the thrilling cliff-hanger, Negan forces Rick and the group to fall under his will, brutally convincing them to live by his rules. To prevent further bloodshed, Rick genuinely believes they can make life under Negan, however terrible, work. But he soon learns that Negan can't be reasoned with, and they must prepare to go to war now. Victory will require more than Alexandria, and Rick will need to convince their new...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Season six starts with Alexandria's safety shattered by multiple threats. To make it, the people of Alexandria will need to catch up with our survivors' hardness while many of Rick's people will need to take a step back from the violence and pragmatism they've needed to embrace. These reversals won't happen easily or without conflict. But now Rick's group is fighting for something more than survival... They're fighting for their home, and they...
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M'Baku, Okoye and the mighty Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers after the death of beloved King T'Challa. Banding together with War Dog Nakia and Everett Ross, the heroes strive to forge a new path." --
Series
Publisher
Marvel Studios
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality." --
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After being brutally forced to fall under Negan's will, Rick now understands Negan can't be reasoned with, and any day could be the survivors' last. The communities join forces in the last stand against the Saviors as all-out war unfolds. --
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"It is now Spring, a few months after the end of Season 9, when our group of survivors dared to cross into Whisperer territory during the harsh winter. The collected communities are still dealing with the after effects of Alpha's horrific display of power, reluctantly respecting the new borderlines being imposed on them, all while organising themselves into a militia-style fighting force, preparing for a battle that may be unavoidable. But the Whisperers...
15) All eyez on me
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and prolific, controversial time at Death Row Records. Against insurmountable odds, Shakur rose to become a cultural icon whose career and persona both continue to grow long after his passing.
Publisher
AMC Network Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"After being brutally forced to fall under Negan's will, Rick now understands Negan can't be reasoned with, and any day could be the survivors' last. The communities join forces in the last stand against the Saviors as all-out war unfolds." --
Author
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Packed with 200 bedtime stories about the lives of extraordinary women from the past and present. Painters, scientists, dancers, chefs, astronauts, jazz singers, pharaohs, boxers, writers, political leaders, from every corner of the globe! Each short biography is written in the style of a fairy tale, filling listeners with wonder and with a burning curiosity to know more about each hero." --
19) Black Panther
Series
Publisher
Marvel Studios
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"King T'Challa returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from divisions within his own country. When two enemies conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must join forces with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Wakandan Special Forces, to prevent Wakanda from being drawn into a world war."...
20) 3 backyards
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The story of three residents of the same suburban town over the course of one seemingly perfect yet curious autumn day.