Dascha Polanco
1) Joy
Language
English
Formats
Description
A wild story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce.
Author
Series
Key volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Touch is lethal. Love is dangerous. Nobody is safe. For fifty years, the Key Corporation has defended humanity against a deadly plague that spreads through touch. Lovers don't hold hands, or even kiss. Personal boundaries are valued above all. Break the laws, and you'll face execution. Elodie, a talented young nurse, believes in the mission of the Key and has never questioned the laws that control her life. But Elodie is forced to break the rules...
Author
Language
English
Description
Determined to put her life back together, a female ex-con, who had endured a prison sentence for a gun possession charge for her boyfriend, finds herself caught between the passion for the streets, her lover's intentions to bring her back into his game, and her own conscience. By the author of Explicit Content. Original.
4) iGilbert
Author
Language
English
Description
An isolated man looking for connection in a simultaneously classic and strikingly modern portrayal of the messy search for connection
Author
Series
Hollywood on Set volume 11
Language
English
Description
Dive into the creative waters of the films Last Night in Soho (2021), Night Teeth (2021), and Karma's World (2021) as Thomasin McKenzie, Adam Randall, Asia Bryant, and other esteemed actors and filmmakers, share their zeal for each film.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The likeable, magnetic, bodega owner Usnavi saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines, and sings about a better life. Meanwhile, his tight-knit community faces the challenge of gentrification, losing their homes while trying to better themselves and hold on to their cultures.
8) Joy
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A wild story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce.
Series
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Picking up one week after the emergency response team stormed Litchfield Penitentiary, the ladies of Litch have been torn apart, literally and figuratively, as they enter a new facility. Now newbies starting at the bottom, they must navigate new rules and power dynamics while getting hazed by inmates and tortured by guards. Friendships will be tested and new allegiances formed--some by choice, others by circumstance--as the women ace a slew of charges,...
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When the standoff at the prison turns into a full-blown riot, the inmates take advantage of the confusion by conducting s�eances, holding prisoner auctions, and preening for the morning news. But with relationships tested and friendships starting to fray, will life at Litchfield ever return to normal?
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
New faces and old resentments make for a potentially volatile blend, especially now that Litchfield is a for-profit business. This season delves into the racial and economic tensions that run rampant in the halls of Litchfield. Overrun with new inmates and overseen by inexperienced guards, the prison undergoes an unprecedented culture war.
13) In the Heights
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The likeable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines, and sings about a better life. Meanwhile, his tight-knit community faces the challenge of gentrification, losing their homes while trying to better themselves and hold on to their cultures.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Follows Brooklynite Piper Chapman, whose wild past comes back to haunt her and results in her arrest and detention in a federal penitentiary. To pay her debt to society, Piper trades her comfortable New York life for an orange prison jumpsuit and finds unexpected conflict and camaraderie amidst an eccentric group of inmates.
