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The republic of imagination : America in three books / by Nafisi, Azar.;
Part I. Huck -- Part II. Babbitt -- Part III. Carson -- Epilogue."A passionate hymn to the power of fiction to change people's lives, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran. Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her million-copy bestseller, Reading Lolita in Tehran, which told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads and executions, she taught The Great Gatsby and other classics to her eager students in Iran. In this exhilarating followup, Nafisi has written the book her fans have been waiting for: an impassioned, beguiling, and utterly original tribute to the vital importance of fiction in a democratic society. What Reading Lolita in Tehran was for Iran, The Republic of Imagination is for America. Taking her cue from a challenge thrown to her in Seattle, where a skeptical reader told her that Americans don't care about books the way they did back in Iran, she energetically responds to those who say fiction has nothing to teach us. Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favorite American novels-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Babbitt, and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, among others-she invites us to join her as citizens of her 'Republic of Imagination, ' a country where the villains are conformity and orthodoxy and the only passport to entry is a free mind and a willingness to dream"--rd
Subjects: Nafisi, Azar.; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.; Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951.; McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967.; English teachers; Iranian American women; American fiction; Books and reading; National characteristics in literature.;
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A complete unknown [videorecording] / by Barbaro, Monica,1989-actor.; Chalamet, Timothée,actor.; Fanning, Elle,1998-actor.; Fogler, Dan,actor.; Holbrook, Boyd,1981-actor.; Mangold, James,screenwriter,film director.; McNairy, Scoot,actor.; Norton, Edward,actor.; Tahan, Charlie,actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Scoot Mcnairy, Dan Fogler, Charlie Tahan.New York, 1961. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota named Bob Dylan arrives with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. He forges intimate relationships with music icons of Greenwich Village on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking and controversial performance that reverberates worldwide.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Dylan, Bob, 1941-; Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014; Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967; Baez, Joan; Folk musicians; Man-woman relationships; Male friendship; Rock musicians; Folk-rock music; Rock music;
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Oppenheimer [videorecording] / by Angarano, Michael,actor.; Arnold, Dylan,actor.; Blunt, Emily,actor.; Branagh, Kenneth,actor.; Damon, Matt,actor.; Downey, Robert,Jr.,1965-actor.; Hartnett, Josh,1978-actor.; Murphy, Cillian,1976-actor.; Nolan, Christopher,1970-screenwriter,film director.; Oldman, Gary,actor.; Peck, Josh,1986-actor.; Pugh, Florence,1996-actor.; Safdie, Benny,actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Bird, Kai.American Prometheus.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Sherwin, Martin J.American Prometheus.; Universal Studios, Inc.,film distributor.;
Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Kenneth Branagh, Florence Pugh, Benny Safdie, Michael Angarano, Gary Oldman, Josh Hartnett, Dylan Arnold, Josh Peck.Oppenheimer thrusts audiences into the mind of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), whose landmark work on the Manhattan Project created the first atomic bomb.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967; Manhattan Project (U.S.); Atomic bomb; Hydrogen bomb; Discoveries in science; Man-woman relationships; Science;
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The visible past : the pictorial history of Simcoe County / by Leitch, Adelaide,1921-;
Bibliography: p. 300.
© 1980., Carswell Print. Co.,
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The Colony Club : a novel / by Noble, Shelley,author.;
"From New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble comes a thrilling historical novel about the inception of the Colony Club, the first women's club of its kind, set against the dazzling backdrop of Gilded Age New York"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; De Wolfe, Elsie, 1865-1950; Harriman, Florence Jaffray, 1870-1967; Colony Club (New York, N.Y.); Architects; Interior decorators; Women architects; Women; Women's rights;
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(untitled) by Barnes, Paul,1951-editor of moving image work.; Botstein, Sarah,1972-television producer.; Burns, Ken,1953-television director,television producer.; Coyote, Peter,narrator.; Ewers, Erik,editor of moving image work.; Mellish, Craig,editor of moving image work.; Novick, Lynn,television director,television producer.; Reidy, Tricia,editor of moving image work.; Reznor, Trent,composer.; Ross, Atticus,1968-composer.; Squires, Buddy,director of photography.; Ward, Geoffrey C,screenwriter.; Florentine Films,production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.; WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.),production company.;
Cinematography, Buddy Squires ; editors, Tricia Reidy, Paul Barnes, Erik Ewers, Craig Mellish ; original music, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross.Narrated by Peter Coyote.In an immersive narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
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The Vietnam War : an intimate history / by Ward, Geoffrey C.,author.; Burns, Ken,1953-writer of introduction.; Novick, Lynn,writer of introduction.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A comprehensive look at the Vietnam War"--
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975.;
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Secret in their eyes [videorecording] / by Ejiofor, Chiwetel,1977-actor.; Kidman, Nicole,1967-actor.; Roberts, Julia,1967-actor.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),publisher.;
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts.A tight knit team of rising investigators, along with their supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Mothers and daughters; Murder; Murder; Thrillers (Motion pictures);
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Graciela in the abyss / by Medina, Meg.; Balbusso, Anna,1967-; Balbusso, Elena,1967-;
"In the deepest recesses of the ocean, Graciela--once an ordinary girl--now makes sea glass and assists her friend, Amina, as she welcomes newly awakened sea ghosts from their death sleep. Though Graciela's spirit is young, she has lived at the bottom of the ocean for more than a hundred years. Meanwhile, in the mortal world on land, twelve-year-old Jorge Leon works in his family's forge. He's heard of the supernatural spirits living beneath the ocean's waves--tales that do nothing to quell his fear of the water. But when Jorge discovers a hand-wrought harpoon with the power to spear a sea ghost, he knows he must destroy it any way he can. When the harpoon is accidentally reunited with its vengeful creator, unlikely allies Graciela and Jorge have no choice but to work together to keep evil spirits from wreaking havoc on both the living and the dead. If only the answer to saving what they care about didn't lie within the depths of the abyss"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Magic; Ghosts; Ocean;
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Piranha / by Cussler, Clive.; Morrison, Boyd,1967-;
Subjects: Adventure stories.; Suspense fiction.; Cabrillo, Juan (Fictitious character);
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