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2018., Adult, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: Fic Wei Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Esther Ann Hicks--Essie--is the youngest child on Six for Hicks, a reality television phenomenon. She's grown up in the spotlight, both idolized and despised for her family's fire-and-brimstone brand of faith. When Essie's mother, Celia, discovers that Essie is pregnant, she arranges an emergency meeting with the show's producers: Do they sneak Essie out of the country for an abortion? Do they pass the child off as Celia's? Or do they try to arrange a marriage--and a ratings-blockbuster wedding? Meanwhile, Essie is quietly pairing herself up with Roarke Richards, a senior at her school with a secret of his own to protect. As the newly formed couple attempt to sell their fabricated love story to the media--through exclusive interviews with an infamously conservative reporter named Liberty Bell--Essie finds she has questions of her own: What was the real reason for her older sister leaving home? Who can she trust with the truth about her family? And how much is she willing to sacrifice to win her own freedom?"--Publisher.
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2013., General, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Call No: Fic Del Edition: 1st Canadian ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Game trilogy Volume: bk. 3Summary Note: HP is now living off the grid, convinced he is being hunted by both the police and the masterminds behind the Game. With no one to trust and the boundaries between reality and the virtual worlds dangerously blurred, he resolves to complete one final mission in order to expose the Game and uncover the truth behind it. Ousted from the police force, Rebecca is in crisis, self-medicating to cope with stress. When she finds a safe-deposit box that belonged to her father, she is shocked to find that it contains a gun and several passports.
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2013., General, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Call No: Fic Del Edition: 1st Canadian ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Game trilogy Volume: bk. 2Summary Note: The Game has brought HP Pettersson wealth and freedom, but his newly comfortable life is a little - unsatisfying. He misses the danger, and the adrenalin rush. When he meets the rich and beautiful Anna Argos in a luxurious Dubai hotel, life instantly gets more interesting. But there is something mysterious lurking beneath Anna's cool surface - and there's something unsettling about her cellphone. Rebecca Normen is now heading up an elite bodyguard team and thinks she's put her personal demons behind her, but everything changes when she learns of a web forum containing threatening posts that obviously refer to her.
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2022., Biblioasis Click to access digital title. Sample Summary Note: Shortlisted for the 2022 Gordon Burn Prize • Shortlisted for the 2022 Ned Kelly Awards • Longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize • Longlisted for the 2022 HWA Gold Crown Award SELECTED BY NEW YORK TIMES AS ONE OF 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2022 The Booker-shortlisted author of His Bloody Project blurs the lines between patient and therapist, fiction and documentation, and reality and dark imagination. London, 1965. 'I have decided to write down everything that happens, because I feel, I suppose, I may be putting myself in danger,' writes an anonymous patient, a young woman investigating her sister's suicide. In the guise of a dynamic and troubled alter-ego named Rebecca Smyth, she makes an appointment with the notorious and roughly charismatic psychotherapist Collins Braithwaite, whom she believes is responsible for her sister's death. But in this world of beguilement and bamboozlement, neither she nor we can be certain of anything. Case Study is a novel as slippery as it is riveting, as playful as it is sinister, a meditation on truth, sanity, and the instability of identity by one of the most inventive novelists of our time.
![Case study [eBook]](/Library/images/~imageCT102757.JPG "Case study [eBook]")
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2016., Adult, Crown Publishing Call No: Fic Cro Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "'Are you happy with your life?' Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a man Jason<U+2019>s never met smiles down at him and says, 'Welcome back, my friend.' In this world he<U+2019>s woken up to, Jason<U+2019>s life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible. Is it this world or the other that<U+2019>s the dream? And even if the home he remembers is real, how can Jason possibly make it back to the family he loves? The answers lie in a journey more wondrous and horrifying than anything he could<U+2019>ve imagined--one that will force him to confront the darkest parts of himself even as he battles a terrifying, seemingly unbeatable foe. Dark Matter is a brilliantly plotted tale that is at once sweeping and intimate, mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human--a relentlessly surprising science-fiction thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we<U+2019>ll go to claim the lives we dream of."--From publisher.
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c2010., Adult, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Call No: Fic Cla Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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c2010., G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: MYS Fic Rob Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas is having as much trouble figuring out how Bart Minnock, founder of the computer-gaming giant U-Play, was murdered as who did the murdering in this mystery revolving around a fantasy game of ultimate seduction and death.
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2018., Adult, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks Call No: Fic Kno Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "When five hypersuccessful women agree to appear on a reality series set in New York City called Goal Diggers, the producers never expect the season will end in murder... Brett's the fan favorite. Tattooed and only 27, the meteoric success of her spin studio, and her engagement to her girlfriend, has made her the object of jealousy and vitriol from her castmates. Kelly, Brett's older sister and business partner, is the most recent recruit, dismissed as a hanger-on by veteran cast. The golden child growing up, she defers to Brett now, a role that requires her to protect their shocking secret. Stephanie, the first black cast member and the oldest, is a successful best-selling author of erotic novels. There have long been whispers about her hot, nonworking actor-husband and his wandering eye, but this season the focus is on the rift that has opened between her and Brett, former best friends, and resentment soon breeds contempt. Lauren, the start-up world's darling whose drinking has gotten out of control, is Goal Diggers' recovery narrative, everyone loves a comeback story. And Jen, made rich and famous through her cultishly popular vegan food line plays a holistic hippie for the cameras, but is perhaps the most ruthless of them all when the cameras are off."--Amazon.com.
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c2013., General, HarperCollins Publishers Limited Call No: Fic Del Edition: 1st Canadian ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Game trilogy Volume: 1Summary Note: The first novel in the high-concept, high-tech Game Trilogy. Aimless young Henrik "HP" Petterson finds a cellphone on a Stockholm train that invites him to play a game: in no time, he's embarking on daring, high-stakes missions that turn his ordinary life extraordinary. HP loves the thrill, and the rewards, but is there a sinister side to the seemingly innocent contest?.
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2024. Click to access digital title. Sample Summary Note: "It's everything you want from a thriller—and then some. Hugely enjoyable." —Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author They say the camera never lies. But on this show, you can't trust anything you see. Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants have no idea what they've signed up for. Each of these strangers has a secret. If another player can guess the truth, they won't just be eliminated - they'll be exposed live on air. The stakes are higher than they'd ever imagined, and they're trapped. The disappearance of a contestant wasn't supposed to be part of the drama. Detective Ffion Morgan has to put aside what she's watched on screen, and find out who these people really are - knowing she can't trust any of them. And when a murderer strikes, Ffion knows every one of her suspects has an alibi . . . and a secret worth killing for.
![A game of lies [eBook] : A novel](/Library/images/~imageCT103839.JPG "A game of lies [eBook] : A novel")
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2023., Atria Books Call No: MYS Fic Max Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When production for the tenth season of the hit cooking competition Bake Week begins at the gothic estate of the show's host and founder, celebrity chef Betsy Martin, everything seems normal. The six contestants are eager to prove their culinary talents over the course of five days, while Betsy struggles for control of the show with her new co-host, the brash and unpredictable Archie Morris. But as the baking competition gets under way, things begin to go awry. At first it's merely sabotage-sugar replaced with salt, a burner turned to high-but then someone shows up dead and suddenly everyone's a suspect.
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2008., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: Fic Col Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Hunger Games Volume: 1Summary Note: "Twenty four young people must compete against one another in an annual televised survival game. Sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younfer sister's place. Sequel: Catching Fire." -- Youth Services Team, HPL.
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c2012., Adolescent, distributed exclusively in Canada by Alliance Films Call No: DVD Fic Hunger Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her younger sister's place and must rely upon her sharp instincts when she's pitted against highly trained Tributes who have prepared their entire lives. If she's ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love."--Container.
![The Hunger Games [DVD] (2012). Directed by Gary Ross.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "The Hunger Games [DVD] (2012). Directed by Gary Ross.")
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-- Mockingjay.2016., Adult, Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc. Call No: DVD Fic Mockingjay 2 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "One of the most celebrated movie series of all time comes to its thrilling conclusion in the last chapter of The Hunger Games. Jennifer Lawrence stars as Katniss Everdeen, who began her journey fighting to survive the brutal Hunger Games, and rose to lead the rebellion against Panem's tyrannical president (Donald Sutherland). Now, Katniss and a team of rebels from District 13 prepare for the final epic battle that will decide Panem's future."--Container.
![Mockingjay Part 2 [DVD] (2016). Directed by Francis Lawrence : The Hunger Games.](/Library/images/~imageCT82352.JPG "Mockingjay Part 2 [DVD] (2016). Directed by Francis Lawrence : The Hunger Games.")
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2008, c2007., Bantam Books Call No: Fic Arm Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Women of the otherworld Volume: 7Summary Note: Planning to retire from the celebrity spotlight, Jaime Vegas signs up to appear in a final reality TV special called "Raising Marilyn Monroe," but her arrival on the set is marked by the ghostly haunting of children trapped between two worlds.
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-- Ready player 12018., Adult, Warner Bros. Entertainment Canada Inc. Call No: DVD Fic Ready Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune.
![Ready Player One [DVD] (2018). Directed by Steven Spielberg.](/Library/images/~imageCT85120.JPG "Ready Player One [DVD] (2018). Directed by Steven Spielberg.")
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-- Ready player 1.2011., Broadway Books Call No: Fic Cli Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "An exuberantly realized, exciting, and sweet-natured cyber-quest. Cline's imaginative and rollicking coming-of-age geek saga has a smash-hit vibe."--Booklist, starred review.
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By Forman, J.E2013., Dundurn Edition: eBook ed. Series Title: Ria Butler Volume: 1Summary Note: Travel writer Ria Butler has to outsmart a killer on the set of a reality TV show. Ria is supposed to be looking at blue-footed boobies in the Galapagos. Instead, she circumnavigates her unsettled relationship with investigative reporter Glenn Cooper and flies to the set of the TV show that her brother is producing in the British Virgin Islands. On location, she learns a production assistant has gone missing only her tattooed foot has been found. While Ria tries to outwit a killer, Glenn tries to outlast Ria's commitment detour, and a producer tries to outplay the police. When the reality series goes to air, it really does have the most dramatic finale ever and someone is Really Dead.
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c2015., Knopf Call No: Fic McC Edition: First Edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "When we first meet U., the narrator of SATIN ISLAND, he is sitting in the airport at Turin, caught in a delay caused by a rogue airplane. Like everyone else in the waiting area, he is sifting through airport pages on his laptop, and then through news sites, social pages, corridors of trivia...until he happens to stumble on information about an image on a famous shroud in Turin. The image itself isn't even visible on the shroud; it only emerged when some amateur photographer looked at the negative of a shot he'd taken and saw the figure--Christ's body supine after crucifixion. Only in the negative: the negative became a positive. A few decades later when the shroud was radiocarbon dated, it turned out to come from no later than the mid-thirteenth century. But that didn't trouble the believers. Things like that never do. A "corporate ethnographer," U. is tasked with writing the Great Report. Yet at every turn, U. finds himself overwhelmed by the ubiquity of data, lost in a buffer zone and wandering through a crowd of apparitions. Meanwhile, Madison, the woman he is seeing, becomes increasingly elusive, much like the particulars in the case of the recent, highly-publicized parachutist's death, with which U. is obsessed. He also develops a perverse interest in oil spills, spending great amounts of time watching loops of clean up videos. As U. begins to wonder if perhaps the Great Report will remain a shapeless, oozing plasma, his senses are reawakened by an ominous dream of an apocalyptic cityscape. SATIN ISLAND is a novel that captures the way we experience the world today, our efforts to find meaning, to stay awake, and discern the narratives we think of as our lives"--
