Pierce, Wendell

The wire. The complete first season ( Visual )
3 editions published between 2004 and 2008 in English and held by 858 libraries worldwide
Follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, where easy distinctions between good and evil are challenged at every turn.

The wire. Season four ( Visual )
12 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 858 libraries worldwide
With the fall of the Barksdale empire, and the ascent of a new young drug king in Baltimore, McNulty, Bunk and the rest of the detail continue to "follow the money" up the political ladder amidst a hotly contested mayoral campaign. Prez witnesses first-hand the role of inner-city education in the formation of youth as four students, Michael, Namond, Randy and Dukie, face dangerous decisions and adolescent angst in a city rife with the temptations of crime and easy money. This season continues to blur the lines between good and evil and incite the fires of urban unrest.

The wire. The complete third season ( Visual )
3 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 817 libraries worldwide
Follows a single sprawling drug investigation in Baltimore, against the backdrop of the mayor's reelection campaign. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, where easy distinctions between good and evil are challenged at every turn.

The wire. The complete fifth season ( Visual )
6 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 779 libraries worldwide
Follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, where easy distinctions between good and evil are challenged at every turn.

The Fighting Temptations ( Visual )
4 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in English and held by 753 libraries worldwide
Darren is a New York ad executive who travels to a small town in the deep south after receiving word that his aunt has left him a sizable inheritance. Darren is informed that he will only receive the money if he successfully leads a local gospel choir to victory at an upcoming competition. Darren takes on the task of finding the best singers in town and forming the group. There, he meets Lilly, a single mother who not only possesses an incredible voice but also the ability to warm Darren's cold heart.

Ray ( Visual )
3 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 676 libraries worldwide
Flashing back intermittently to dream-like scenes from his hardscrabble rural childhood, "Ray" chronicles Ray Charles' remarkable rise from sideman and Chitlin Circuit fixture to innovator, icon, and international superstar. Yet even as Charles ascends to the heights of the musical and cultural elite, he remains hobbled by heroin addiction and compulsive womanizing, a prisoner to his own insatiable needs. Through it all, Ray Charles possessed a rock-solid confidence in his music, a statement of faith in the inclusiveness of American culture. Ray Charles made a place for himself in the America of the '40s and '50s, and promptly transcended the barriers that defined what that place was. He incorporated and encompassed R&B, soul, rock and roll, blues, jazz, country, pop, gospel--all American music--giving us the lush sounds he had always heard in his head, unifying America's disparate musical bits into a cohesive whole.

Life support ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 484 libraries worldwide
Ana is an HIV-positive woman and recovering junkie, taking care of a 9-year-old daughter and a husband who is also HIV-positive. While making the most of a local social services program in order to regain stability in her life, she also attempts to reunite with her estranged teenage daughter, living with Ana's mother.

Treme. The complete first season ( Visual )
5 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 462 libraries worldwide
Amid the ruins of New Orleans, ordinary people--musicians, chefs, residents--find themselves clinging to a unique culture and wondering if the city that gave birth to that culture still has a future.

Night catches us ( Visual )
3 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 358 libraries worldwide
In 1976, complex political and emotional forces are set in motion when a young man returns to the race-torn Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age during the Black Power movement.

Miracle at St. Anna by James McBride ( Recording )
3 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 328 libraries worldwide
"Inspired by a historical incident in Tuscany ... and by the famed Buffalo Soldiers in Italy during World War II ... it is the story of four American soldiers, the villagers among whom they took refuge, a band of partisans, and an Italian boy, all of whom encounter a miracle ..." - back cover.