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Looking for Alaska / by Green, John.;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.
Subjects: Banned book sanctuary.; Interpersonal relations; Boarding schools; Schools; Death;
© 2007, c2005., Penguin Group,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifesto / by Johnson, George M.(George Matthew),1985-author.;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985-; Banned book sanctuary.; African American gay men; Gays; YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / LGBT.; YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists.; YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Boys & Men.; African American gay men;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Small town crime [videorecording] / by Anderson, Anthony,1970-actor.; Caviani, Parisa,film producer.; Collins, Clifton,Jr,actor.; Dickey, Dale,actor.; Forster, Robert,1942-actor.; Harvey, Don,II(Donald Patrick),actor.; Hawkes, John,1959-actor.; Johnson, Brad(Bradford B.),1976-film producer.; Kelly, John J.,1967-film producer.; Lafferty, James,1985-actor.; Lotz, Caity,1986-actor.; Nelms, Eshom,film director,screenwriter.; Nelms, Ian,film director,screenwriter.; Ratchford, Jeremy,actor.; Scott, Stefanie,1996-actor.; Spencer, Octavia,actor.; Sunjata, Daniel,1971-actor.; Vartan, Michael,actor.; 6 Foot Films,production company.; Avva Pictures,presenter.; John J. Kelly Entertainment,production company.; Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Saban Films,production company.;
Director of photography, Johnny Derango ; editor, Traton Lee ; music, Christ Westlake.John Hawkes, Anthony Anderson, Clifton Collins, Jr., Michael Vartan, Daniel Sunjata, Don Harvey, Jeremy Ratchford, James Lafferty, Dale Dickey, Caity Lotz, Stefanie Scott, Robert Forster, Octavia Spencer.Gritty, darkly comic crime thriller focuses on Mike Kendall (John Hawkes), an alcoholic ex-cop who happens upon a badly beaten prostitute on the side of the road. After the girl dies from her injuries, Kendall becomes determined to find the killer, throwing himself headlong into the case. But his investigation leads him down a dangerous path that could put those closest to him in jeopardy.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for strong violence, language and some sexual references.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Crime films.; Feature films.; Ex-police officers; Justice; Murder;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Life of the party [sound recording] : the remarkable story of how Brownie Wise built, and lost, a Tupperware party empire / by Kealing, Bob,author.; Farr, Kimberly,narrator.; Kealing, Bob.Tupperware, unsealed.;
Read by Kimberly Farr.Before Mary Kay, Martha Stewart, and Peggy Olson, there was Brownie Wise, the charismatic Tupperware executive who converted postwar optimism into a record breaking sales engine powered by American housewives. Here Bob Kealing offers the definitive portrait of Wise, a plucky businesswoman who divorced her alcoholic husband, started her own successful business, and eventually caught the eye of Tupperware inventor, Earl Tupper, whose plastic containers were collecting dust on store shelves.
Subjects: Biographies.; Audiobooks.; Wise, Brownie.; Tupper, Earl Silas.; Tupperware Corporation; Tupperware Home Parties; Businesswomen; Home parties (Marketing); Plastic container industry; Plastic tableware;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The long accomplishment : a memoir of hope and struggle in matrimony. by Moody, Rick.;
Rick Moody, author of the novel 'The Ice Storm', is a recovering alcoholic and sexual compulsive with a history of depression. In 'The Long Accomplishment', Moody shares the harrowing true story of the first year of his second marriage. To Moodys astonishment, matrimony turns out to be the site of strength in hard times, a vessel infinitely tougher and more durable than any boat these two participants would have traveled by alone. Love buoys the couple, lifting them above their hardships, and the reader is buoyed along with them.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Cry macho [videorecording] / by Eastwood, Clint,1930-film director,actor.; Meier, Jessica,film producer.; Moore, Tim(Producer),film producer.; Nash, N. Richard,screenwriter.; Ratledge, Brytnee,actor.; Ruddy, Albert S.,1934-film producer.; Schenk, Nick,screenwriter.; Urrejola, Fernanda,1981-actor.; Yoakam, Dwight,actor.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ),presenter.;
Clint Eastwood, Dwight Yoakam, Fernanda Urrejola, Brytnee Ratledge, Eduardo Minett, Natalia Traven, Horacio Garcia Rojas, Amber Lynn Ashley, Paul Lincoln Alayo, Alexandra Ruddy, Ivan Hernandez.In 1978, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. Crossing rural Mexico on their way back to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman may find his own sense of redemption through teaching the boy what it means to be a good man.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for language and thematic elements.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Road films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Conduct of life; Male friendship; Rodeo performers; Teenage boys;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Leaving Las Vegas. by Figgis, Mike,film director.; Shue, Elisabeth,actor.; Sands, Julian,actor.; Cage, Nicolas,actor.; MGM (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Nicolas CageOriginally produced by MGM in 1995.1995 <b>Best Actor Oscar®</b> winner Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue set the screen ablaze in this profoundly moving love story of a career alcoholic who has hit rock bottom. Trashing all personal and professional ties to L.A., he sets off for Las Vegas on a mission: to drink himself to death. There, he meets Sera (Shue), a beautiful, seen-it-all hooker, and the moment they connect, they form a unique bond based upon unconditional acceptance and mutual respect that will change each of them forever.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Drama.; Motion pictures.; Romance.;
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My Beautiful Laundrette. by Frears, Stephen,film director.; Day-Lewis, Daniel,actor.; Seth, Roshan,actor.; Jaffrey, Saeed,actor.; MGM (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Daniel Day-Lewis, Roshan Seth, Saeed JaffreyOriginally produced by MGM in 1986.Living with his alcoholic father in a shabby flat, Omar (Gordon Warnecke) is a teenager who wants to make something of himself. Omar is offered an opportunity by his uncle: manage a seedy laundrette. Omar hires old friend Johnny (Day-Lewis), an ex-member of a neo-fascist group, with dreams of turning the establishment into a veritable palace! But as Johnny's old friends take issue with their relationship, they must face racism, homophobia, violence and the politics of Thatcher's London head-on.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Drama.; Comedy.; Motion pictures.; Romance.;
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Thirteen reasons why : a novel / by Asher, Jay,1975-;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.LSC
Subjects: Banned book sanctuary.; Suicide; High schools; Schools; Interpersonal relations;
© c2007., Penguin Group,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Silent witness. [videorecording] / by Armstrong, William,1954-; Burton, Amanda,1956-; Dennis, Tony.; Gemmell, Ruth.; Higgins, Clare,1955-; Hook, Harry.; McCabe, Ruth.; McCrery, Nigel,1953-; BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.; British Broadcasting Corporation.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Amanda Burton, William Armstrong, Sam Parks, Ruth McCabe, Ruth Gemmell, Clare Higgins.If the living told the truth, forensic pathologist Dr. Samantha Ryan wouldn't have to spend so much time examining the dead. The living want us to believe that an Asian boxer died of a fatal blow in an exhibition fight, an AIDS sufferer died of AIDS, a young woman was stabbed by her jealous husband, and an old woman was beaten to death by a violent alcoholic. But the dead tell different stories with their grim clues. Welcome back to the Cambridge Police Department, where a former lover distracts Sam from her already full agenda.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; full screen presentation ; Dolby digital stereo.
Subjects: Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery television programs.; Forensic pathologists; Forensic pathology; Pathologists;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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