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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall, About Last Night, and Glory, creator of the show thirtysomething, and executive producer of My So-Called Life, gives a dishy, behind-the-scenes look at working with some of the biggest names in Hollywood."--Amazon.
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Language
English
Description
"Prepare to be enchanted... Nottingham, 1906 Mariette Stelle longs to be a ballerina but, as Christmas draws nearer, her dancing days are numbered as she must marry and take up her place in society in the New Year. But a mysterious new neighbor, toymaker Dr. Drosselmeier, heralds the arrival of magic and wonder in Marietta's life. After Drosselmeier constructs an elaborate theatrical set for her final ballet performance on Christmas Eve, Marietta...
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Publisher
Lonely Planet Global Limited
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Lonely Planet's Atlantic Canada is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Wander the waterfront in Halifax, see the highest tides at Bay of Fundy, follow The Viking Trail; all with your trusted travel companion. Inside Lonely Planet's Atlantic Canada Travel Guide: Lonely Planet's Top Picks - a visually inspiring collection of the destination's...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Sixteen-year-old trans boy Miles Jacobson's New Year resolutions include winning back his ex-boyfriend and winning the Midwest's biggest classical piano competition, but when a new, proudly queer boy moves to town, Miles reconsiders who he was and who he is now.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The next volume in Alexander Larman's biographical chronicle of the Windsor family, as they go to war with Adolf Hitler--and each other. At the beginning of 1937, the British monarchy was in a state of turmoil. The previous king, Edward VIII, had abdicated the throne, leaving his unprepared and terrified brother Bertie to become George VI, surrounded by a gaggle of courtiers and politicians who barely thought him up to the job. Meanwhile, as the...
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Language
English
Description
A revealing history of the formative period when voices of dissent and innovation defied power and created visions of America still resonant today.
The early decades of the nineteenth century saw the expansion of slavery, Native dispossession, and wars with Canada and Mexico. Mass immigration and powerful religious movements sent tremors through American society. Even as the powerful defended the status quo, others defied voices from the margins...
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Series
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Kids can plunge into the science and history of poop (and pee) in this well-researched, hilarious book about their favourite subject. Award-winning author Edward Kay gives a load of fun facts, including how our bodies produce poop, the ways ancient civilizations weaponized it, why some animals eat poop, and how our waste could fuel the future. The engrossing content, which covers a range of curricula, including life science, technology, health and...
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English
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"Already excerpted in the New Yorker, Black Cloud Rising is a compelling and important historical novel that takes us back to an extraordinary moment when enslaved men and women were shedding their bonds and embracing freedom By fall of 1863, Union forces had taken control of Tidewater Virginia, and established a toehold in eastern North Carolina, including along the Outer Banks. Thousands of freed slaves and runaways flooded the Union lines, but...
15) Waves
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English
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Description
Set against the vibrant landscape of South Florida, and featuring an astonishing ensemble of award-winning actors and breakouts alike, this film traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family, led by a well-intentioned but domineering father, as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss. A heartrending story about the universal capacity for compassion and growth even in the darkest of times....
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Seemingly reformed ex-con Zequi is about to marry the love of his life -- the lovably nerdy Lucy -- but wedding-day jitters turn into a full-blown fiasco, and Lucy calls the wedding off. Once they're all seaside, Lucy runs into her high school sweetheart Mario, who is the coach of the opposing squad, and Zequi finds himself a rival in more than one competition.
Publisher
Sony Wonder
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Presents 33 episodes of the third season of the animated television comedy. Missouri mish mash: Bullwinkle discovers a hat that turns anyone who wears it into the smartest person in the world. He decides to take the hat to Washington where they really need it, but Boris and Fearless Leader try to stop him. Lazy Jay Ranch: Rocky and Bullwinkle buy a worm ranch in Squaw's Ankle, Wyoming. So why is Boris snooping around? The Three Moosketeers: When the...
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
An innocent man, Edmond Dantes, is imprisoned for years on a godforsaken island while the friend who betrayed him takes Dantes ravishing fiancé for himself. Dantes eventually escapes, recovers a fortune in buried pirate treasure, transforms himself into the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, and methodically goes about exacting his revenge.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A deeply reported examination of the systemic racism inside the American financial services industry exposes practices designed to maintain the racial wealth gap, and draws on data, history, legal scholarship, and personal stories to provide a look at what it means to bank while Black.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"In 'Black paper,' Teju Cole meditates on what it means to keep our humanity--and witness the humanity of others--in a time of darkness. 'Darkness,' Cole writes, 'is not empty.' Through art, politics, travel, and memoir, he returns us to the wisdom latent in shadows, and sets the darkness echoing. The opening essay sets the mood for the book, as Cole travels to southern Italy and Sicily to view a series of Caravaggio paintings. He ponders the suffering...
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