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The Animal. by Greenfield, Luke,film director.; Haskell, Colleen,actor.; Asner, Edward,actor.; C., John,actor.; Schneider, Rob,actor.; Revolution Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Colleen Haskell, Edward Asner, John C. McGinley, Rob SchneiderOriginally produced by Revolution Studios in 2001.From the producers of the comedy smash Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo comes THE ANIMAL, the tale of lowly file clerk Marvin Mange (Rob Schneider), who doesn’t have the athletic prowess it takes to complete the police training school and fulfill his lifelong dream to be a cop. But his luck changes when he’s critically injured in a car accident and an eccentric doctor secretly uses animal organs to perform a trans-species-ectomy to rebuild him. Energized by his new body parts, Marvin achieves instant fame as a supercop.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy.;
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House of two pharaohs / by Smith, Wilbur A.,author.; Chadbourn, Mark,author.;
Since his appointment as Nomarch of Memphis, by the God-Pharaoh Rameses, Piay has thrown himself into pulling the city back from the brink. The famous white city walls have been rebuilt, the once starving inhabitants fed and every day caravans have arrived from the desert wastes, filled with the many riches looted and hidden by the Hyksos. But when the body of a murdered scribe is found sealed inside the newly constructed city vault - the mark of Anubis, god of death, scrawled next to him in his own blood - panic sweeps the city. Only the wisest man in all Egypt can solve this mystery - Piay's mentor, the great sage Taita. Called from his place at the God-Pharaoh Rameses' side, Taita's arrival in Memphis calms the populace, but it isn't long before the mark of Anubis appears again, and again. Taita and Piay are drawn into a battle of wits against a criminal mastermind turned warlord, his aim - with the demise of the Hyksos - to see the kingdom of the Red Pretender restored and the forces of Rameses crushed. Will everything that Taita has fought for be torn asunder? Or will he and Piay finally reunite the two kingdoms? Only time will tell. And time is running out.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Taita (Fictitious character from Smith); Gods, Egyptian; Pharaohs;
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Dodger boy / by Ellis, Sarah.;
An American draft dodger turns up to stay with thirteen-year-old Charlotte and her family.LSC
Subjects: Draft resisters; Quakers; Interpersonal relations in adolescence;
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The murder of King Tut : the plot to kill the child king : a nonfiction thriller / by Patterson, James,1947-; Dugard, Martin.;
Subjects: Tutankhamen, King of Egypt; Pharaohs;
© 2009., Little, Brown and Co.,
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Pekoe most poison / by Childs, Laura,author.;
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Browning, Theodosia (Fictitious character); Murder; Poisoning; Women detectives;
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The final spire : 'Mystery Mountain' mania in the 1930s / by Hughes, Trevor Marc,1972-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In 1934, four mountaineers from Manitoba piled into their Plymouth and pointed its headlights west to Tatlayoko Lake in British Columbia. Their goal? To conquer B.C.'s tallest mountain. These young adventurers were following in the footsteps of the courageous, sometimes tragic, attempts made by other climbers to summit "Mystery Mountain." But one tantalizing challenge remained: the main tower. This central spire was a nightmarish image for any climber; a sheer column of barren rock encased in ice. But the irresistible allure of "Mystery Mountain" electrified the public and the race was on"--
Subjects: Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountaineers;
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The Lobster [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Farrell, Colin; Weisz, Rachel; Seydoux, Lea; Reilly, John C.;
Director, Yorgos Lanthimos.Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Lea Seydoux, John C. Reilly.In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obligated to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.OFRB rating: 14A.Blu-ray.
Subjects: Comedy.; Drama.; Comedy.;
© 2016., Lionsgate,
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No going back : a novel / by Kamal, Sheena,author.;
Nora Watts has a talent for seeing what lies beneath strangers' surfaces, and for knowing what they're working hard to keep hidden. Somehow, it's the people closest to her she has trouble truly connecting with. In the case of Bonnie, the teenage daughter Nora gave up for adoption, she has to keep trying. For Bonnie has a target on her back--and it's all because of Nora. Two years ago, Bonnie was kidnapped by the wealthy Zhang family. Though Nora rescued her, she made a powerful enemy in Dao, a mysterious triad enforcer and former head of the Zhangs' private security. Now Dao is out for revenge, and she needs to track him down in order to keep herself--and Bonnie--safe. On Dao's trail, Nora forms an unlikely partnership with Bernard Lam, an eccentric playboy billionaire with his own mysterious grudge to bear, and reunites with Jon Brazuca, ex-cop turned private investigator and Nora's occasional ally. From Canada to southeast Asia they pursue Dao, uncovering a shadowy criminal cabal. But soon, the trail will lead full circle to Vancouver, the only home Nora's ever known, and right to the heart of her brutal past.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Women private investigators; Triads (Organized crime); Revenge; Mothers and daughters;
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The winter knight / by Battis, Jes,1979-author.;
"Arthurian legends are reborn in this upbeat queer urban fantasy with a mystery at its heart. The knights of the round table are alive in Vancouver, but when one winds up dead, it's clear the familiar stories have taken a left turn. Hildie, a Valkyrie and the investigator assigned to the case, wants to find the killer -- and maybe figure her life out while she's at it. On her short list of suspects is Wayne, an autistic college student and the reincarnation of Sir Gawain, who these days is just trying to survive in a world that wasn't made for him. After finding himself at the scene of the crime, Wayne is pulled deeper into his medieval family history while trying to navigate a new relationship with the dean's charming assistant, Burt -- who also happens to be a prime murder suspect. To figure out the truth, Wayne and Hildie have to connect with dangerous forces: fallen knights, tricky runesmiths, the Wyrd Sisters of Gastown. And a hungry beast that stalks Wayne's dreams. The Winter Knight is a propulsive urban fairy tale and detective story with queer and trans heroes that asks what it means to be a myth, who gets to star in these tales, and ultimately, how we make our stories our own."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; College students; Knights and knighthood; Murder; Valkyries (Norse mythology);
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Reconciling : a lifelong struggle to belong / by Grant, Larry(Musqueam Elder),author.; Steedman, Scott,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A celebration and in-depth exploration of Canada's West Coast through an Indigenous and immigrant lens. Reconciling weaves together personal tales and tough histories for guiding steps toward true understanding. A personal and historical story of identity, place, and belonging from a Musqueam-Chinese Elder caught between cultures. It's taken most of Larry Grant's long life for his extraordinary heritage to be appreciated. He was born in a hop field outside Vancouver in 1936, the son of a Musqueam cultural leader and an immigrant from a village in Guangdong, China. In 1940, when the Indian agent discovered that their mother had married a non-status man, Larry and his two siblings were stripped of their status, suddenly labeled "bastard children." With one stroke of the pen, they were no longer recognized as Indigenous. In Reconciling, Larry tells the story of his life, including his thoughts on reconciliation and the path forward for First Nations and Canada. His life echoes the barely known story of Vancouver -- and most cities in the Americas, from Cusco to Mexico City, from New York to Toronto. It combines Indigenous traditions with key events of the last two centuries, including Chinese immigration and the Head Tax, the ravages of residential school, and now Indigenous revival and the accompanying change in worldview. Each chapter takes the form of a series of conversations between Larry and writer Scott Steedman and is built around one pivotal geographical place and its themes, including the Musqueam reserve, Chinatown, the site of the Mission Residential School, the Vancouver docks, and the University of British Columbia. When Larry talks about reconciliation, he uses the verb reconciling, an ongoing, unfinished process we're all going through, Indigenous and settler, immigrant and Canadian-born. 'I have been reconciling my whole life, with my inner self,' he explains. 'To not belong was forced upon me by the colonial society that surrounded me. But reconciling with myself is part of all that.'"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Grant, Larry (Musqueam Elder); Chinese Canadians; First Nations; Musqueam;
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