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Realm of ice and sky : triumph, tragedy, and history's greatest Arctic rescue / by Levy, Buddy,1960-author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."National Outdoor Book Award-winning author Buddy Levy's thrilling narrative of polar exploration via airship -- and the men who sacrificed everything to make history. Arctic explorer and American visionary Walter Wellman pioneered both polar and trans-Atlantic airship aviation, making history's first attempts at each. Wellman has been cast as a self-promoting egomaniac known mostly for his catastrophic failures. Instead he was a courageous innovator who pushed the boundaries of polar exploration and paved the way for the ultimate conquest of the North Pole -- which would be achieved not by dogsled or airplane, but by airship. American explorer Dr. Frederick Cook was the first to claim he made it to the North Pole in 1908. A year later, so did American Robert Peary, but both Cook's and Peary's claims had been seriously questioned. There was enough doubt that Norwegian explorer extraordinaire Roald Amundsen -- who'd made history and a name for himself by being first to sail through the Northwest Passage and first man to the South Pole -- picked up where Walter Wellman left off, attempting to fly to the North Pole by airship. He would go in the Norge, designed by Italian aeronautical engineer Umberto Nobile. The 350-foot Norge flew over the North Pole on May 12, 1926, and Amundsen was able to accurately record and verify their exact location. However, the engineer Nobile felt slighted by Amundsen. Two years later, Nobile returned, this time in the Italia, backed by Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. This was an Italian enterprise, and Nobile intended to win back the global accolades and reputation he believed Amundsen had stripped from him. The journey ended in disaster, death, and accusations of cannibalism, launching one of the great rescue operations the world had ever seen. Realm of Ice and Sky is the thrilling narrative of polar exploration via airship-and the men who sacrificed everything to make history"--

Subjects: Nobile, Umberto, 1885-1978.; Italia (Airship); Airships; Search and rescue operations;

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Tripping on utopia : Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the troubled birth of psychedelic science / by Breen, Benjamin,1985-author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.""It was not the Baby Boomers who ushered in the first era of widespread drug experimentation. It was their parents." Far from the repressed traditionalists they are often painted as, the generation that survived the second World War emerged with a profoundly ambitious sense of social experimentation. In the '40s and '50s, transformative drugs rapidly entered mainstream culture, where they were not only legal, but openly celebrated. American physician John C. Lilly infamously dosed dolphins (and himself) with LSD in a NASA-funded effort to teach dolphins to talk. A tripping Cary Grant mumbled into a Dictaphone about Hegel as astronaut John Glenn returned to Earth. At the center of this revolution were the pioneering anthropologists-and star-crossed lovers-Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson. Convinced the world was headed toward certain disaster, Mead and Bateson made it their life's mission to reshape humanity through a new science of consciousness expansion, but soon found themselves at odds with the government bodies who funded their work, whose intentions were less than pure. Mead and Bateson's partnership unlocks an untold chapter in the history of the twentieth century, linking drug researchers with CIA agents, outsider sexologists, and the founders of the Information Age. As we follow Mead and Bateson's fractured love affair from the malarial jungles of New Guinea to the temples of Bali, from the espionage of WWII to the scientific revolutions of the Cold War, a new origin story for psychedelic science emerges"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Bateson, Gregory, 1904-1980.; Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978.; Anthropology; Cold War.; Hallucinogenic drugs;

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Fast girls : a novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic team / by Hooper, Elise,author.;

Includes bibliographical references.In 'Fast Girls', Elise Hooper explores the gripping, real life history of the female athletes of the first integrated womens Olympic team, and their journey to the 1936 summer games in Berlin, Nazi Germany. From the author of 'The Other Alcott'.

Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Fraser, Louise Stokes, 1913-1978; Robinson, Betty, 1911-1999; Stephens, Helen, 1918-1994; Runners (Sports); Women Olympic athletes; Women runners;

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The showman : inside the invasion that shook the world and made a leader of Volodymyr Zelensky / by Shuster, Simon,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Acclaimed journalist Simon Shuster gives us the first inside account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the perspective of President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team, who granted him unprecedented access"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Zelensky, Volodymyr, 1978-; Presidents; Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022.;

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Alexa! : changing the face of Canadian politics / by Kimber, Stephen,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."A biography of Alexa McDonough, former leader of the Nova Scotia and federal NDP. Alexa McDonough's impact on Canadian politics cannot be measured solely by election victories or seat tallies. As the first female leader of a mainstream Canadian political party, she helped transform Nova Scotia and Canadian politics. In the process, she transcended party affiliation and gender to become simply "Alexa" to Canadians across the country. In this authorized biography, veteran author Stephen Kimber chronicles Alexa's life and political career and with it, weaves a narrative of the changing attitudes towards women in politics, from her early battles as the lone female MLA in a hostile Nova Scotian legislature to her leadership of the federal NDP to her role as senior stateswoman in Jack Layton's shadow cabinet. Along the way, Kimber delves into McDonough's personal life to uncover the origins of her political career: her upbringing in a wealthy family committed to progressive politics, her tightknit circles of female friends, her personal metamorphosis from "wife-of" to "leaderof," and her emergence as a political leader whose importance goes beyond partisan politics. The result is an engrossing story of one of Canada's most beloved politicians, whose common touch and life-long advocacy of progressive causes made her a significant player in Canadian public life."-- Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Biographies.; McDonough, Alexa.; Politicians; Politicians; Women politicians; Women politicians;

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Time trackers-- history. [videorecording (DVD)] / by TVOntario; Visual Education Centre.;

Banting and Best -- Emily Carr -- Harriet Tubman.G.DVD.

Subjects: Banting, Frederick Grant, Sir, 1891-1941; Best, Charles Herbert, 1899-1978; Carr, Emily, 1871-1945; Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913; Television programs for children; Video recordings for children;

© c2005., Visual Education Centre,

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The winding stream [videorecording] : the Carters, the Cashes and the course of country music / by Crow, Sheryl.; Harrington, Beth.; Jones, George,1931-2013.; Virgil Films (Firm),publisher.;

Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Rosanne Cash, George Jones, Sheryl Crow.The Winding Stream is a 90-minute High Definition music history documentary-in-progress that tells the story of the American roots music dynasty, the Carters and the Cashes. Starting with the Original Carter Family (A.P., Sara, Maybelle), the film traces the ebb and flow of their influence, the transformation of that act into the Carter Sisters, the marital alliance with legend Johnny Cash and the efforts of present-day family to keep this legacy alive. No one has yet pulled together all the elements of this family saga in one documentary. The goal of The Winding Stream is to honor this multi-generational family where it stands -- at the headwaters of American roots music.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; stereophonic.

Subjects: Biographies.; Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Carter, A. P. (Alvin Pleasant), 1891-1960.; Carter, Maybelle, 1909-1978.; Carter, Sara, 1898-1979.; Cash, Johnny.; Cash, June Carter, 1929-2003.; Carter Family (Musical group); Carter Sisters.; Country music; Country musicians;

For private home use only.

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This is the end [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Baruchel, Jay,1982-; Franco, James,1978-; Goldberg, Evan.; Hill, Jonah,1983-; Jackman, Henry(Henry Pryce); Rogen, Seth,1982-; Stone, Jason,1981-Jay and Seth vs. the apocalypse.Videorecording.; Columbia Pictures.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);

Cinematographer, Brandon Trost ; editor, Zene Baker ; music, Henry Jackman.James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride.A group of celebrities are faced with the apocalypse while attending a party at James Franco's house.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 or DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1.

Subjects: Baruchel, Jay, 1982-; Franco, James, 1978-; Hill, Jonah, 1983-; Rogen, Seth, 1982-; Stone, Jason, 1981-; Apocalyptic films.; Celebrities; Comedy films.; End of the world; Fantasy films.; Feature films.; Parties;

© c2013., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,

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War / by Woodward, Bob,1943-author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."War is an intimate and sweeping account of one of the most tumultuous periods in presidential politics and American history. We see President Joe Biden and his top advisers in tense conversations with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. We also see Donald Trump, conducting a shadow presidency and seeking to regain political power. With unrivaled, inside-the-room reporting, Woodward shows President Biden's approach to managing the war in Ukraine, the most significant land war in Europe since World War II, and his tortured path to contain the bloody Middle East conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas. Woodward reveals the extraordinary complexity and consequence of wartime back-channel diplomacy and decision-making to deter the use of nuclear weapons and a rapid slide into World War III. The raw cage-fight of politics accelerates as Americans prepare to vote in 2024, starting between President Biden and Trump, and ending with the unexpected elevation of Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for president. War provides an unvarnished examination of the vice president as she tries to embrace the Biden legacy and policies while beginning to chart a path of her own as a presidential candidate."--

Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Harris, Kamala, 1964-; Netanyahu, Binyamin.; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-; Trump, Donald, 1946-; Zelensky, Volodymyr, 1978-; Israel-Hamas War, 2023-; Presidential candidates; Presidents; Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014-;

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The snowman storybook / by Briggs, Raymond.;

When his snowman comes to life, a little boy invites him into his home and in return is taken on a flight high above the countryside. Unlike the original edition, this version has words.

Subjects: Snowmen; Winter;

© c1990., Random House,

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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