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Guest house for young widows : among the women of ISIS / by Moaveni, Azadeh,1976-author.;

"In early 2014, the Islamic State clinched its control of Raqqa in Syria. Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, urged Muslims around the world to come join the caliphate. Witnessing the brutal oppression of the Assad regime in Syria, and moved to fight for justice, thousands of men and women heeded his call. At the heart of this story is a cast of unforgettable young women who responded. Emma, from Germany; Sharmeena from Bethnal Green, London; Nour from Tunis: these were women--some still in high school--from urban families, some with university degrees and bookshelves filled with novels by Jane Austen and Dan Brown; many with cosmopolitan dreams of travel and adventure. But instead of finding a land of justice and piety, they found themselves trapped within the most brutal terrorist regime of the twenty-first century, a world of chaos and upheaval and violence. What is the line between victim and collaborator? How do we judge these women who both suffered and inflicted intense pain? What role is there for Muslim women in the West? In what is bound to be a modern classic of narrative nonfiction, Moaveni takes us into the school hallways of London, kitchen tables in Germany, the coffee shops in Tunis, the caliphate's OB/GYN and its "Guest House for Young Widows"--where wives of the fallen waited to be remarried--to demonstrate that the problem called terrorism is a far more complex, political, and deeply relatable one than we generally admit"--

Subjects: Islamic fundamentalism; Widows;

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Anticipation : a novel / by Winawer, Melodie,author.;

After the death of her beloved husband and becoming a single parent to her nine-year-old son Alexander, overworked scientist Helen desperately needs an escape. So when Alexander proposes a trip to Greece--somewhere he's always dreamed of visiting--Helen quickly agrees. After spending several days exploring the tourist-filled streets, they stumble upon the ancient city of Mystras and are instantly drawn to it. Its only resident is Elias, a mysterious tour guide living on the city's edges ... both physically and temporally. In 1237, Elias's mother promised his eternal service to the Profitis Ilias in Mystras in exchange for surviving a terrible illness. But during his 800 years of labor, he's had one common enemy: the noble Lusignan family. The Lusignan line is cursed by a deadly disease that worsens with each generation, and a prophecy hints that Elias's blood is their only hope for a cure. He has managed to survive throughout the centuries, but the line has dwindled down to the last Lusignan and he is desperate to avert his family's destiny. When Elias runs into Helen, he meets his match for the first time--but he unwittingly puts both her and her young son in danger as a result. With time running out and an enemy after them, Elias and Helen are forced to choose between the city they love, and each other. Blending the historical romance of Diana Gabaldon, the rich detail of Philippa Gregory's novels, and Dan Brown's fast-paced suspense, Anticipation is a thrilling and satisfying read like no other.

Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Blessing and cursing; Man-woman relationships; Mothers and sons; Single mothers; Widows;

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Stalking Shakespeare : a memoir of murder, madness, and my search for the poet beneath the paint / by Durkee, Lee,author.;

Includes bibliographical references."Following his divorce, down-and-out writer and Mississippi exile Lee Durkee holed himself up in a Vermont fishing shack and fell prey to a decades-long obsession with Shakespearian portraiture. It began with a simple premise: despite the prevalence of popular portraits, no one really knows what Shakespeare looked like. That the Bard of Avon has gotten progressively handsomer in modern depictions seems only to reinforce this point. Stalking Shakespeare is Durkee's fascinating memoir about an obsession gone awry, the 400-year-old myriad portraits attached to the famous playwright, and Durkee's own unrelenting search-via X-ray and infrared technologies--for a lost picture of the Bard painted from real life. As Durkee becomes better at beguiling curators into testing their paintings with spectral technologies, we get a front-row seat to the captivating mysteries plaguing the various portraits rumored to depict Shakespeare. Whisking us backward in time through layers of paint and into the pages of obscure books on the Elizabethans, Durkee takes us from Vermont to Tokyo to Mississippi to DC and ultimately to London to confront the stuffy curators forever protecting the image of the Bard. For his part, Durkee is the adversary they didn't know they had--a writer from Mississippi with nothing to lose--the "Dan Brown of English portraiture." A lively, bizarre, and surprisingly moving blend of biography, art history, and madness, Stalking Shakespeare is as entertaining as it is rigorous and sheds new light on one of history's greatest cultural and literary icons"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Dramatists, English;

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Father Brown. [videorecording] / by Barber, Ian,television director.; Carroll, Nancy,1974-actor.; Carter, Matt,television director.; Chambers, Tom,actor.; Cusack, Sorcha,1949-actor.; Flowerday, Rachel,screenwriter,creator.; Guner, Tahsin,screenwriter,creator.; Kinsman, Rob,screenwriter.; Lambert, Kit,screenwriter.; Meyrick, Ceri,television producer.; Muirden, Dan,screenwriter.; Patrick, Di,television director.; Price, Alex,actor.; Thompson, Paul Matthew,screenwriter.; Tindall, Jude,screenwriter.; Williams, Mark,1959-actor.; Television adaptation of (work):Chesterton, G. K.(Gilbert Keith),1874-1936.Father Brown.; BBC Worldwide Ltd,publisher.; British Broadcasting Corporation,production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.;

Mark Williams, Sorcha Cusack, Nancy Carroll, Tom Chambers, Alex Price.Originally produced as individual episodes of television in 2015.Welcome back to the village of Kembleford, where Father Brown uses his personal blend of intuition, psychology, compassion and justice to solve another series of gripping crimes. Assisted as always by parish secretary Mrs. McCarthy, glamorous socialite Lady Felicia Montague and her accommodating chauffeur Sid Carter Father Brown faces threats to his town, his friends and his faith. An assassination attempt, an art heist, ritual sacrifice and murder keep the twists and turns coming.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Fiction television programs.; Television crime shows.; Television series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Catholic Church; Brown, Father (Fictitious character); Criminal investigation;

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Monsterville. [videorecording] / by Angel, Dan,film producer,screenwriter.; Brown, Billy,film producer,screenwriter.; Cameron, Dove,actor.; DeLuise, Peter,1966-film director.; Deluise, Peter,film director.; MacNeil, Laine,actor.; McCartan, Ryan,actor.; McNamara, Katherine,actor.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;

Music, Ryan Shore ; editor, Lisa Jane Robison ; director of photography, James Menard.Katherine McNamara, Dove Cameron, Ryan McCartan, Laine MacNeil, Briana Buckmaster, Tiffany Espensen.Dare to enter a mysterious realm, where the cost of admission just might be your soul. From the dark imagination of renowned author R.L. Stine. When a traveling Hall of Horrors show arrives in the town of Danvile, the high school friends can't wait to get spooked. The monsters, zombies, and ghouls are completely lifelike, and the villainous showman, Dr. Hysteria, and his enchanting assistant, Lilith, really know how to turn up the scares.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround (English); Region 1, NTSC.

Subjects: Children's television programs.; High school students; Made-for-TV movies.; Monsters; Small cities; Video recordings for children.;

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Breaking the grid : how to buy nothing, make everything, and live sustainably / by Martin, Dan,author.;

When a crisis hits, we all wish we could be a little more self-sufficient. Readers will learn to live completely off the grid or just be a little more environmentally conscious. In this comprehensive guide, readers will find step-by-step photographed instructions for everything from making your own paper products to microgardening, from building furniture to harnessing solar power, and from making your own brown sugar to sewing sutures in an emergency situation.

Subjects: Human ecology.; Self-reliant living.; Sustainability.; Sustainable living.;

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Pickin' & grinnin' [sound recording] : great folk songs for kids. -- by Seeger, Pete,1919-; Muldaur, Maria.; Raffi.; McCutcheon, John,1952-; Tillery, Linda.;

I had a rooster (Pete Seeger) -- Garden song (Maria Muldaur) -- All I really need (Raffi) -- Skip to my Lou (John McCutcheon) -- Shortnin' bread (Linda Tillery & the CHC) -- Fishin' blues (Taj Mahal) -- Riding in my car (Woody Guthrie) -- Little red caboose (Sweet Honey in the Rock) -- Grandfather's clock (Doc Watson) -- Crawfish song (Buckwheat Zydeco) -- Pick a bale o' cotton (MFLP Players) -- Catch that train (Dan Zanes & friends) -- I've been working on the railroad (MFLP Players) -- Corn, beans, & squash (Joanne Shenandoah) -- Little brown dog (Taj Mahal) -- Home (Bonnie Raitt, David Grisman Quintet).Various performers.LSC

Subjects: Folk music; Folk songs, English; Children's songs.;

© p2010., Music for Little People ; Distributed by Rhino Records,

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Get on up [videorecording]. by Aykroyd, Dan; Davis, Viola; Boseman, Chadwick; Spencer, Octavia; Ellis, Nelsan; James, Lennie; Sumpter, Tika;

Director, Tate Taylor.Chadwick Boseman, Octavia Spencer, Lennie James, Viola Davis, Tika Sumpter, Dan Aykroyd, Nelsan Ellis.Based on the incredible life story of the Godfather of Soul, the film will give a fearless look inside the music, moves and moods of Brown, taking audiences on the journey from his impoverished childhood to his evolution into one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.OFRB rating: 14A.DVD.

Subjects: Drama.; Drama.;

© 2015., Universal Studios Canada Inc.,

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Life of a king [videorecording] / by Goldberger, Jake,1977-; Gooding, Cuba,Jr.,1968-; Hamilton, Lisa Gay,1964-; Jones, Richard T.,1972-; Parker, Paula Jai,1969-; Scott, David.; Wetzel, Dan.; Animus Films (Firm); Level Film.; Millennium Entertainment, LLC.; Serena Films.; Up Entertainment.;

Cuba Gooding, Jr., Richard T. Jones, Paula Jai Parker, Lisagay Hamilton, Dennis Haysbert.Life of King is the true story of one man's inspiring mission to better the future of inner-city youth in Washington, D.C. After being incarcerated for 18 years, Eugene Brown established the Big Chair Chess Club to help pull kids off the streets. Using the simple chess-inspired motto "think before you move," Brown helped give troubled students something that he never had: a future.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Brown, Eugene; Chess clubs; Feature films.; Teengers;

© c2014., Millennium Entertainment : Distributed by levelFILM,

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Jamaica Inn [videorecording] / by Lowthorpe, Philippa,television director.; Findlay, Jessica Brown,1989-actor.; McNulty, Matthew,1982-actor.; Harris, Sean,1966-actor.; Whalley, Joanne,1964-actor.; Television adaptation of (work):Du Maurier, Daphne,1907-1989.Jamaica Inn.Videorecording.; Acorn Media (Firm),publisher.; RLJ Entertainment,film distributor.;

Jessica Brown Findlay, Matthew McNulty, Sean Harris, Joanna Whalley.Originally broadcast on television in 2014.Orphaned by her mother's death, Mary Yellan (Jessica Brown Findlay, Downton Abbey) travels to Cornwall to join her aunt, Patience (Joanne Whalley, Wolf Hall). Arriving at the isolated Jamaica Inn, Mary is met by a brutish, menacing man - her uncle, Joss (Sean Harris, The Borgias). She soon learns that no guests stay at the inn, and Joss is part of a savage gang of smugglers. Meanwhile, she's drawn to the handsome, mysterious Jem Merlyn (Matthew McNulty, The Paradise), Joss's younger brother.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo.

Subjects: Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989.; Families; Smugglers; Television mini-series.;

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