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Copperhead Road : a novel / by Smith, B. J.(Brad J.),author.;

"Summer 1936, Wilkes County, North Carolina during the great depression. The Flagg family resides in the middle of the Appalachia--one of the hardest hit areas in the country. As the depression drags on the Flagg family watch their molasses business decimated. Jedediah, the family patriarch and his sons Morgan and Ezra struggle to produce a few meager gallons a week. That is until their sister Ava arrives home and takes control of the family business and starts running moonshine. Ava bails out ex-con Bobby Barlow and tells him he is working for the Flagg family now. With threats mounting from rival clans and the local cops breathing down Bobby's neck, he and Ava devise a plan to play them all, one against the other. They don't necessarily do it by legal means but that doesn't bother them. To live outside the law, you must be honest."--

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Depressions; Distilling, Illicit; Ex-convicts; Families;

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Orwell's roses / by Solnit, Rebecca,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."A fresh take on George Orwell as a far more nature-loving figure than is often portrayed, and a dazzlingly rich meditation on roses, gardens, and the value and use of beauty and pleasure in the face of brutality and horror. "In the spring of 1936 a man planted roses." That man was George Orwell, shortly before he went off to fight against fascism in Spain. Today, those rosebushes are still thriving. This is the starting point for Rebecca Solnit's new book, which presents another side of Orwell, a neglected arcadian Orwell who took enormous pleasure in the natural world and found great meaning and value in it. Orwell's planting of the roses is an axle from which Solnit's chapters radiate out like spokes as she brilliantly explores its various contexts, perspectives, and meanings, following the contours of Orwell's life and tracking how deeply enmeshed the love of nature is in all his writing. Journeying to the cottage in Wallingford where Orwell lived in 1936, she examines his desire to be agrarian and settled, how gardening restored him, and how planting something can be an act of fidelity and faith. Probing at the beauty and meaning of roses, she draws in the revolutionary photography and politics of Tina Modotti and makes a clandestine visit to a Columbian rose factory, where 80% of America's roses for sale are grown. She tracks the history of gardening, showing how the desire to garden is culturally determined and often rooted in class, recounts the immense battles over breeding and genetics in Russia during Stalin's time, and probes into the colonialist roots of Orwell's forebears, who worked in opium production in India and profiteered from sugar and slavery in Jamaica. Solnit shows how these points of intersection illuminate Orwell's work, and how that illumination shines forth on larger questions about beauty, pleasure, meaning, relationship, and hope. Her book establishes that "Orwellian" could stand for something more than ominous, corrupt, and sinister"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Orwell, George, 1903-1950; Orwell, George, 1903-1950.; Authors, English; Gardening.; Nature.; Roses.;

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Robin Hood [videorecording] / by Miller, Roger,1936-1992.; Reitherman, Wolfgang.; Thomas, Terry,1932-1998.; Ustinov, Peter.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm); Walt Disney Company.; Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm);

Voices of Roger Miller, Peter Ustinov, Terry Thomas, Brian Bedford, Monica Evans, and others.Disney's animated version of the classic tale told with animals playing the parts: Robin, of course is a fox.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; Dolby Digital sound ; widescreen presentation (1.75:1).

Subjects: Animated films.; Children's films.; Feature films.; Foxes; Maid Marian (Legendary character); Outlaws; Robin Hood (Legendary character); Video recordings for children.;

© c2013., Walt Disney Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,

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Rocky [videorecording] / by Avildsen, John G.,1936-; Meredith, Burgess,1907-1997.; Shire, Talia.; Stallone, Sylvester.; Young, Burt.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.; United Artists Corporation.;

Music by Bill Conti.Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith.Stallone stars as an unknown boxer from the slums of Philadelphia who is given a once-in-a-lifetime shot at the world heavyweight title.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.Winner of 3 Academy Awards including Best Picture, 1976

Subjects: Balboa, Rocky (Fictitious character); Boxers (Sports); Boxing films.; Boxing; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;

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Poirot. [videorecording] / by Bowles, Peter,1936-; Christie, Agatha,1890-1976.; Curry, Tim,actor.; Hannah, John,actor.; Kent, James,film director.; McGovern, Elizabeth,1961-; Pearce, Ashley,film director.; Phillips, Siń,1934-; Reed, Dan,film director.; Suchet, David,actor.; Walter, Harriet.; Wilby, James,actor.; Acorn Media (Firm);

Mrs. McGinty's dead -- Cat among the pigeons -- Third girl -- Appointment with death.John Hannah, Tim Curry, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Bowles, James Wilby, David Suchet, Sian Phillips, Harriet Walter.Putting his brilliant intellect and fastidious nature to the test, Agatha Christie2s famous Belgian detective solves the most mystifying crimes of the Art Deco era in these newly remastered adaptations.PG.DVD, widescreen.

Subjects: Belgians; Detective and mystery television programs.; Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character); Private investigators;

© c2014., Acorn Media,

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Our last days in Barcelona / by Cleeton, Chanel,author.;

"Barcelona, 1964. Exiled from Cuba after the revolution, Isabel Perez has learned to guard her heart and protect her family at all costs. After Isabel's sister Beatriz disappears in Barcelona, Isabel goes to Spain in search of her. Joining forces with an unlikely ally thrusts Isabel into her sister's dangerous world of espionage, but it is an unearthed piece of family history that transforms Isabel's life. Barcelona, 1936. Alicia Perez arrives in Barcelona after a difficult voyage from Cuba, her marriage in jeopardy and her young daughter Isabel in tow. Violence brews in Spain, the country on the brink of civil war, the rise of fascism threatening the world. When Cubans journey to Spain to join the International Brigades, Alicia's past comes back to haunt her as she is unexpectedly reunited with the man who once held her heart. Alicia's and Isabel's lives intertwine, and the past and present collide, as a mother and daughter are forced to choose between their family's expectations and following their hearts"--

Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Cubans; Family secrets; Man-woman relationships; Missing persons; Mothers and daughters; Sisters;

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Brideshead revisited [videorecording (DVD)] / by Atwell, Hayley,1982-; Bernstein, Robert.; Davies, Andrew,1936-; Gambon, Michael.; Goode, Matthew,1978-; Jarrold, Julian.; Scacchi, Greta.; Thompson, Emma.; Waugh, Evelyn,1903-1966.Brideshead revisited.Videorecording.; Whishaw, Ben,1980-; 2 Entertain (Firm); BBC Films.; Ecosse Films (Firm); HanWay (Firm); Maple Pictures.; Miramax Films.; Screen Yorkshire (Firm); UK Film Council.;

Michael Gambon, Greta Scacchi, Hayley Atwell, Ben Whishaw, Emma Thompson, Matthew Goode.A Londoner of lower class befriends and begins a romantic relationship with an aristocrat that becomes complicated when the aristocrat introduces his new friend to his sister.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; Dolby digital ; widescreen presentation.

Subjects: Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966.; Catholics; Family; Feature films.; Upper class;

© c2008., Miramax Films ; Distributed in Canada by Maple Pictures,

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Watchmen [videorecording] / by Abdul-Mateen, Yahya,II,1986-actor.; Fisher, Frances,1952-actor.; Gossett, Louis,Jr.,1936-actor.; Howard, Andrew,1969-actor.; Irons, Jeremy,1948-actor.; Johnson, Don,1950-actor.; King, Regina,actor.; Mison, Tom,1982-actor.; Moore, Alan,actor.; Nelson, Tim Blake,actor.; Smart, Jean,actor.; Vickers, Sara(Actor),actor.; Wolk, James,actor.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,distributor.;

Regina King, Yahya Abdul-Mateen Ii, Tom Mison, Sara Vickers, Jeremy Irons, Andrew Howard, Louis Gossett Jr., Jean Smart, Tim Blake Nelson, James Wolk, Frances Fisher, Don Johnson.Set in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws, this series embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel of the same name, while attempting to break new ground of its own.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Television programs.; Television mini-series.; Superhero television programs.; Superheroes; Vigilantes;

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IF (Imaginary Friends) [videorecording] / by Blunt, Emily,voice actor.; Carell, Steve,1962-voice actor.; Damon, Matt,voice actor.; Fleming, Cailey,actor.; Gossett, Louis,Jr.,1936-2024,voice actor.; Krasinski, John,1979-actor,screenwriter,film director.; Reynolds, Ryan,actor.; Clooney, George,voice actor.; Cooper, Bradley,voice actor.; Shaw, Fiona,1958-actor.; Waller-Bridge, Phoebe,1985-voice actor.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,film distributor.;

Emily Blunt, Ryan Reynolds, Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Steve Carell, Fiona Shaw, Louis Gossett Jr., Cailey Fleming, George Clooney, Bradley Cooper.A young girl who goes through a difficult experience begins to see everyone's imaginary friends who have been left behind as their real-life friends have grown up.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Children's films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Friendship; Fathers and daughters; Mothers; Imaginary companions; Life change events; Grandparent and child;

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Miss Aldridge regrets / by Hare, Louise,author.;

"Nightclub singer Lena Aldridge had planned to jump ship before her past caught up with her-only to find a killer has followed her onboard the Queen Mary in this thrilling locked-room mystery. London 1936. Lena Aldridge is wondering if life has passed her by. The dazzling theatre career she hoped for hasn't worked out. Instead, she's stuck singing in a sticky-floored basement club in Soho and her married lover has just dumped her. But Lena has always had a complicated life, one shrouded in mystery as a mixed-race girl passing for white, in a city unforgiving of her true racial heritage. She has nothing to look forward to-until a stranger offers her the chance of a lifetime: a starring role on Broadway and a first-class ticket on the Queen Mary bound for New York. After a murder at the club, the timing couldn't be better and Lena jumps at the chance to escape England. Until death follows her onto the ship and she realizes that her greatest performance has already begun. But who is writing the script?"--

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Aristocracy (Social class); Families; Murder; Ocean liners; Racially mixed people; Secrecy; Singers;

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