Las Animas - Bent County Library District

Covers basic theater vocabulary, puppetry and pantomime, sound effects, costumes, props, and makeup; includes several play scripts.

Set against the backdrop of World War II, this unforgettable novel, inspired by the true story of the Council of Books in Wartime, follows three women whose fates become intertwined by their belief in the power and goodness in the written word to triumph over the very darkest moments of war. Berlin 1933. Following the success of her debut novel, American writer Althea James receives an invitation from Joseph Goebbels himself to participate in a culture...

The Band's last concert, Thanksgiving Day 1976. They play 12 of their best songs and are joined by many famous rock stars.

"Learning about a wide range of information and perspectives through access to books is generally considered an inherent characteristic of the educational system. However, debates around banning books suggest that there are potential downsides to giving young people access to certain literature, particularly books with violent or sexual content. This volume considers both sides of the debate, with arguments supporting students' right to access literature...

"From the revered, Booker Prize-winning author comes a playful, multi-layered novel of nostalgia, life and death, and quantum theory, which opens with the return of one of his most celebrated characters-Freddie Montgomery from The Book of Evidence-as he is released from prison. A man with a borrowed name steps from a flashy red sportscar-also borrowed-onto the estate of his youth. But all is not as it seems. There is a new family living in the drafty...

"When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world's youngest billionaire and crypto's Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side? In Going Infinite Lewis sets out to answer...

King Triton bans music from being played in the undersea kingdom of Atlantica. His daughter Ariel discovers a secret nightclub where the fish play lively music all night long. The king finds out about the nightclub and throws all of Ariel's new friends in jail. What can Ariel do to help her friends and bring music back to Atlantica?

Text in simplified Chinese and English; Chinese text accompanied with Han yu pin yin. Text in simplified Chinese and English; Chinese text accompanied with 汉语拼音.

Sam Wentworth is not sure about his new friends. On his first day of a new school, Sam is surprised to fall in with the popular crowd--it's all because he plays the same online video game as some of the football players. But the way they bully other gamers bothers him. Then, they get their hands on a pirated copy of the "The 13th Floor", a game banned for violence and gore. Sam and his new friends find the game so hypnotic that they can't stop playing,...