Lakewood Public Library
Lakewood, Ohio
On a New York subway, FBI agents are shadowing Candy (Jean Peters), a femme fatale who is delivering stolen government microfilm to her communist boyfriend. Pickpocket Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) unwittingly filches the film and is out the door before the G-men realize what happened. Both the feds and the reds give chase as McCoy […]
In a small Georgia town in 1906, 14-year-old Will Tweedy narrates the scandalous story of his grandfather Rucker Blakeslee, who remarries just three weeks after his wife’s death to a young milliner, shocking the town’s conservative society. Their unconventional relationship challenges social norms and provides a humorous, poignant coming-of-age tale about love, grief, and small-town […]
Author Jonathan Walter pays homage to the legend and history of Northeast Ohio and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in The Towpath, a time-travel suspense thriller.
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In this crime novel, three unlikely women - a spirited retiree, a vicar’s wife, and a police officer - form an amateur detective group in Marlow. When a series of bizarre murders occurs, they use their unique skills to investigate, challenging local law enforcement and unraveling a complex mystery that threatens their community.
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Duel in the Sun follows a young, orphaned Mestiza woman who experiences prejudice and forbidden love while living with her white relatives on a large Texas ranch. From 1946, this psychological Western film stars Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lillian Gish, Walter Huston and Lionel Barrymore.
Author Jamie Lynne Owens is a fifth-generation staff member of Riverside Cemetery and has committed herself to the historic preservation of this Cleveland landmark.
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J. J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) is a Walter Winchell-like columnist who abuses his power as though he were, well, Walter Winchell. Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) is a sycophantic press agent who is more than willing to do Hunsecker’s bidding, even if it means ruining a reputation or two. The real Winchell was outraged and tried […]
Dana, a modern Black woman, is mysteriously transported through time to a pre-Civil War plantation, where she repeatedly saves her white ancestor Rufus from fatal situations. Each time she travels back, she experiences the brutal realities of slavery. Her time travels force her to confront the complex and traumatic legacy of slavery, challenging her understanding […]