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Author
Language
English
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After enduring his father's suicide, his own suicide attempt, broken friendships, and more in the Bronx projects, Aaron Soto, sixteen, is already considering the Leteo Institute's memory-alteration procedure when his new friendship with Thomas turns to unrequited love.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Desus & Mero have turned their Bronx-born friendship into a growing brand. And it's no surprise--tuning in to them is like listening to the funniest, smartest people you know dissect a topic and then light it on fire. Now they've written the most entertaining guide to life you'll ever read, in which all the important questions are asked: How do I talk to my kids about drugs if I do them too? How do I bet on sports? How should I behave in jail? How...
Author
Language
English
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Description
*Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary with a brand new audiobook recording*
*Winner of the 1998 National Book Award for Fiction** Program includes a bonus conversation between Alice McDermott and Matthew Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of the critically-acclaimed novel, We Are Not Ourselves.
Alice McDermott's striking audiobook, Charming Billy, is a study of the lies that bind and the weight of familial love, of the way good intentions...
4) Story ave
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
South Bronx teen Kadir is a gifted visual artist who loses his way following the death of his younger brother. Overcome with grief and struggling with the pressures of school and family, he escapes into the thrilling yet dangerous world of graffiti gangs, seeking an outlet for the creative force threatening to explode out of him. To prove himself and join his neighborhood2s ruling gang, Kadir tries to rob no-nonsense MTA conductor Luis on the Story...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"The Bronx. It's America at its most vibrant and chaotic; it's also where one foster care caseworker-a would-be white savior from New England, a twentysomething kid prematurely jaded by the system--takes it upon himself to reunify a troubled birthmother with her children, against the recommendation of his world-weary but wise Hispanic boss. (Nevermind the fact that the mother in question just might have a crush on him--either that, or she's running...
Author
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Caesar knew the peace he started had an expiration date, but he never thought the end would be so explosive. With the Pact completely dissolved and the Chinese angered beyond measure at the loss of their leader, they want Boogie's head bloody and served on a stick. Caesar is willing to protect him at all costs, even if it puts him at odds with the allies still on his side"--
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A picture book that recognizes the beauty of the bodegas, subways, and playgrounds that characterize everyday life in the Bronx and pays homage to the ways that its residents have shaped pop culture through music, visual art, and dance"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"They refer to themselves as "las Madres," a close-knit group of women who, with their daughters, have created a family based on friendship and blood ties.Their story begins in Puerto Rico in 1975 when fifteen-year-old Luz, the tallest girl in her dance academy and the only Black one in a sea of petite, light-skinned, delicate swans, is seriously injured in a car accident. Tragically, her brilliant, multilingual scientist parents are both killed in...
Series
Becker volume season 6
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Back for the sixth and final season, Dr. John Becker runs a small practice in The Bronx. Becker's head nurse Margaret and ditzy nurse's aide Linda and friends, Chris, Jake, and Hector joins Becker as he continues with his constant rants on his views of the world. This season Jake tells everyone he sold his dreadlocks for money because he is in so much debt.
Series
Becker volume season 4
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
As angry as he is hilarious, Becker returns in the fourth season of the hit series. Starring Emmy award-winning Ted Danson as the lovable curmudgeon Dr. John Becker alongside his support staff of feisty officer manager Margaret and absent-minded nurse's aid Linda. The season starts off with Becker imprisoned for contempt of a court judge, and things don't get any simpler from there, as Becker is forced to see a therapist and try and work out his anger...
Series
Becker volume season 3
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Aided by his frustrated nurse Margaret and zany office worker Linda, the Bronx-dwelling Dr. John Becker selflessly treats his needy patients. He just never stops complaining about it. Becker gets sued for malpractice after taking a heart attack candidate to the gym. Even with the support from his blind friend Jake, diner owner Reggie, and new building super Bob, he will still figure out a way to screw things up.
16) Five Corners
Publisher
Liberation Hall
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The film is set in 1964 in a Bronx neighborhood called Five Corners, where a group of lower-middle-class young people is trying to deal with changing times. The incident that catalyzes the film's action is the return of Heinz, a psychotic bully who's been in prison for his attempted rape of Linda. Heinz carries a scar inflicted by Harry smashing during the rape attempt. Now, he wants to get even.
Author
Language
English
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Description
When an urban legend rumored to trap people inside subway tunnels seems to be behind mysterious disappearances in the Bronx, sixteen-year-old Raquel and her friends team up to save their city--and confront a dark episode in its history in the process.
For over a year the Bronx has been plagued by unexplained disappearances. Raquel does her best to ignore it: after all, the police only look for the white kids. Then her crush Charlize's cousin goes...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2019
Language
Español
Description
Margot Sanchez is paying off her debts by working in her family's South Bronx grocery store, but she must make the right choices about her friends, her family, and Moises, the good looking but outspoken boy from the neighborhood.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"The memoir of Jason Delgado, a US Marine scout sniper and MARSOC's first lead sniper instructor. The fight for Jason Delgado's life and soul began when he was just a boy. He ultimately escaped the death and drugs of a crime-riddled Bronx by way of the United States Marine Corps. However, after earning his way into the esteemed ranks of the service's famed Scout Snipers, Delgado saw that old struggle reignited when he was dumped into the hell of war...
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