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The city inside / by Basu, Samit,author.;
"The City Inside, a near-future epic by the internationally celebrated Samit Basu, pulls no punches as it comes for your anxieties about society, government, the environment, and our world at large-yet never loses sight of the hopeful potential of the future. "They'd known the end times were coming but hadn't known they'd be multiple choice." Joey is a Reality Controller in near future Delhi. Her job is to supervise the multimedia multi-reality livestreams of Indi, one of South Asia's fastest rising online celebrities-who also happens to be her college ex. Joey's job gives her considerable culture-power, but she's too caught up in day-to-day crisis-handling to see this, or to figure out what she wants from her life. Rudra is a recluse estranged from his wealthy and powerful family who fled to an impoverished immigrant neighborhood where he loses himself in video games and his neighbors' lives. When his father's death pulls him back into his family's orbit, an impulsive job offer from Joey becomes his only escape from the life he never wanted. But no good deed goes unpunished. As Joey and Rudra become enmeshed in multiple conspiracies, their lives start to spin out of control, complicated by dysfunctional relationships, corporate loyalty, and the never-ending pressures of surveillance capitalism. When a bigger picture begins to unfold around them, they must each decide how to do the right thing in a shadowy world where simply maintaining the status quo feels like an accomplishment. Ultimately, resistance will not-cannot-take the same shape for these two very different people"--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Conspiracies; Future, The; Internet personalities; Reality in mass media; Virtual reality;
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The drum story [videorecording] / by Migwans, Falcon.; Visual Education Centre.;
Narrated by Falcon Migwans."The Drum Story" is an ancient story of a young girl given the gift of a drum and how she used that gift to help her people find peace.G.DVD.
Subjects: Children's films.; Drum; Indians of North America; Ojibwa Indians; Video recordings for children.; Video recordings for children.;
© c2011., Visual Education Centre,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The dream catcher [videorecording] / by Reality Media.; Visual Education Centre.;
The Anishinaabe people of Manitoulin Island, known by others as the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi have a rich culture of storytelling. The Anishinaabe history and tradition has been passed down from generation to generation by respected and cherished elders who shared the stories they learned from their elders. The Anishinaabe people are master storytellers and believe in sharing these ancient and beautiful stories about their culture and history. We are honoured to share this long-established tradition with you and invite you to watch, listen and read along with James Panamick as he shares an Anishinaabe story about how his people were given the gift and teaching of the Dream Catcher. This beautiful story about living with Mother Nature and respect for all is as relevant today as it has ever been. Most people have seen a dream catcher. Few, however, know the traditional story and origin.G.DVD.
Subjects: Children's films.; Dreamcatchers.; Indian mythology.; Indians of North America; Ojibwa Indians; Video recordings for children.;
© c2011., Visual Education Centre,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dropped! / by Kuipers, Alice,1979-author.;
"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Dex is dropped onto a deserted tropical island to compete in a high-stakes internet reality show. He takes it to the extreme to gain the most likes and social media followers needed to win"--
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Wilderness survival; Contests; Social media; Wilderness survival; Contests; Social media;
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Darkon. by Neel, Andrew,film director.; Meyer, Luke,film director.; SeeThink Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by SeeThink Films in 2006.The 2006 cult-hit documentary DARKON covers an epic war raging through the realm of Darkon (an American LARP). Skip Lipman, a suburban stay-at-home dad leads his rebel army in a monumental quest to topple a mighty empire and lead the Realm to new era of liberty and glory. A beloved adventure in the quirky imaginations of suburban Americans, DARKON investigates the LARPers lives in the game and out of the game offering insight into our complex relationship with escapism, war, fantasy and reality.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Mass media.; Digital communications.; Documentary films.; Mass media and culture.;
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Coal house at war. [videorecording] / by Gingell, Christable,television director.; Hunter, John(Television director),television director.; Williams, Mei,television producer.; Dreamscape Media,publisher.;
In this reality role-playing series, three families discover what living in war-time rural Wales was really like. Can they overcome hardships and help the war effort?E.DVD ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Nonfiction television programs.; Reality television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Coal mines and mining; Families.; Role playing.; Historical reenactments; World War, 1939-1945;
For private home use only.
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Ready to Retire? : The New Reality of Retirement and What You and Your Spouse Need to Know / by Green, Lyndsay.;
Includes bibliographical references.This book will explore issues that have been given short shrift by the mass media and in retirement literature. The interviewees will include the newly retired, those working part-time, and the fully retired, and represent a range of income and education levels and professional and personal circumstances. The author will also be interviewing their partners. By helping couples think about retirement the way they do, the author hopes to separate fiction from fact and free people's minds to reimagine retirement.
Subjects: Aging; Aging; Older people; Retirement; Retirement; Retirement; Role models;
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Expecting to die / by Jackson, Lisa,author.;
Some places earn their bad reputation through tall tales or chance. Grizzly Falls is different. Here, killers aren't just the stuff of legends and campfire lore. Someone is in the nighttime shadows, watching the local teens play around in the moonlit woods. Waiting for the right moment, the right victim. Waiting to take away a life. Detective Regan Pescoli is counting the days until her maternity leave. Exhausted and emotional, the last thing she needs is another suspected serial killer. Especially when her daughter, Bianca, is swept up in the media storm. When a reality show arrives in town, the chaos only makes it harder for Pescoli and her partner, Selena Alvarez, to distinguish rumor from truth. Another body is found ... and another. And as the nightmare strikes closer to home, Pescoli races to find the terror lingering in the darkness, where there are too many places to hide ... and countless places to die.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Alvarez, Selena (Fictitious character); Pescoli, Regan (Fictitious character); Serial murder investigation; Women detectives;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Expecting to die [sound recording] / by Jackson, Lisa,author.; Ross, Natalie,narrator.; Brilliance Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Natalie Ross.Some places earn their bad reputation through tall tales or chance. Grizzly Falls is different. Here, killers aren't just the stuff of legends and campfire lore. Someone is in the nighttime shadows, watching the local teens play around in the moonlit woods. Waiting for the right moment, the right victim. Waiting to take away a life. Detective Regan Pescoli is counting the days until her maternity leave. Exhausted and emotional, the last thing she needs is another suspected serial killer. Especially when her daughter, Bianca, is swept up in the media storm. When a reality show arrives in town, the chaos only makes it harder for Pescoli and her partner, Selena Alvarez, to distinguish rumor from truth. Another body is found ... and another. And as the nightmare strikes closer to home, Pescoli races to find the terror lingering in the darkness, where there are too many places to hide ... and countless places to die.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Thrillers (Fiction); Alvarez, Selena (Fictitious character); Pescoli, Regan (Fictitious character); Serial murder investigation; Women detectives;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Phoenix incident [videorecording] / by Adamthwaite, Michael.; Baker, Troy,1976-; Brewster, James L.; Arem, Keith.; Mongrel Media.;
Michael Adamthwaite, Troy Baker, James L. Brewster.Blurring the line between fiction and reality, the fact-based, sci-fi thriller revolves around a military conspiracy and the controversial missing persons case surrounding the infamous Phoenix Lights.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Science fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Unidentified flying objects; Human-alien encounters; Alien abduction; Extraterrestrials;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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