OBD Staff Picks August | Indian Prairie Public Library District

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One of the most compelling and conflicted characters--the enigmatic antihero Michael Morbius--comes to the big screen! Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. While at first it seems to be a radical success, a darkness inside him is unleashed. Will good override evil -- or will Morbius succumb to his mysterious new urges?

2) Spider-Man: No way home

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4K Blu-ray, Blu-ray, Blu-ray / DVD Combo, DVD

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"For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero's identity is revealed, bringing his Super Hero responsibilities into conflict with his normal life and putting those he cares about most at risk. When he enlists Doctor Strange's help to restore his secret, the spell tears a hole in their world, releasing the most powerful villains who have ever fought a Spider-Man in any universe. Now, Peter will have to overcome...

3) Fly girl: a memoir

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Hood, Ann

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Book, eBook, Kindle, Pre-loaded Audio

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"An entertaining and fascinating memoir of "gifted storyteller" (People) Ann Hood's adventurous years as a TWA flight attendant. In 1978, in the tailwind of the Golden Age of air travel, flight attendants were the epitome of glamor and sophistication. Fresh out of college and hungry to experience the world, Ann Hood joined their ranks. She carved chateaubriand in the first-class cabin, found romance on layovers in London and Lisbon, and walked more...

4) Last summer at the Golden Hotel

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Friedland, Elyssa

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Thorndike Press large print basic

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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"A family reunion in the Catskills brings hilarity and nostalgia when two clans convene for the summer at their beloved getaway. In its heyday, the Golden Hotel was the crown jewel of the hotter-than-hot Catskills vacation scene. For more than sixty years, the Goldman and Weingold families-best friends and business partners-have presided over this glamorous resort, which served as a second home for well-heeled guests and celebrities. But the Catskills...

5) I'll go and come back

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LaRocca, Rajani

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Book, Vox Book

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Jyoti is overwhelmed when she visits her grandmother in India for the first time, but she and Sita Pati quickly form a bond. When Pati visits Jyoti in America, it is Jyoti's turn to help her grandmother feel welcome.

6) Love in the library

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Tokuda-Hall, Maggie

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Wonderbook

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Based on a true story of love and resilience at the Minidoka incarceration camp.

7) Book lovers

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Henry, Emily

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Pre-loaded Audio

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"A by-the-book literary agent must decide if happily ever after is worth changing her whole life for in this insightful, delightful new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation. Nora Stephens life is books-she's read them all-and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are...

8) Little sister: a novel

Author

Lodge, Gytha

Series

DCI Jonah Sheens volume 4

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"Detective Jonah Sheens is enjoying a moment of peace in a pub garden on his day off when a teenage girl wanders out of the woods. She's striking, with flame-red hair and a pale complexion. She's also covered in blood. When Jonah races to help, the girl insists she's fine. Then she smiles. It's her sister he needs to worry about. Keely and her sister, Nina, disappeared from a children's home a week ago. Now, Keely is here-but Nina's still missing....

9) Have you seen Luis Velez?: a novel

Author

Hyde, Catherine Ryan

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Book, Audiobook CD, Large Print

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"Raymond Jaffe feels like he doesn't belong. Not with his mother's new family. Not as a weekend guest with his father and his father's wife. Not at school, where he's an outcast. After his best friend moves away, Raymond has only two real connections: to the feral cat he's tamed and to a blind ninety-two-year-old woman in his building who's introduced herself with a curious question: Have you seen Luis Velez? Mildred Gutermann, a German Jew who narrowly...

10) Hable con ella =: Talk to her

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Viva Pedro the Almodóvar collection

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In a private clinic Barco and Benigno strike up a friendship while caring for comatose women.

11) Supreme revenge: inside the battle for control of America's highest court

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Frontline

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From Brett Kavanaugh to Robert Bork, this film tells the essential political history of how a 30-year-old grievance transformed the Court and turned confirmations into vehemently partisan conflicts. Offering both critical context on the state of America's judicial system and a gripping political narrative, Supreme Revenge is a must-watch look at the battle for control of America's highest court.