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The Last Secret A Novel [electronic resource] : by Caron, Maia.aut; cloudLibrary;
A sweeping, dazzling dual-timeline novel centering on two unforgettable women—and their inextricable link to each other decades apart. Ukraine, 1944 As the world around her is ripped apart by war and infiltrated by Nazi soldiers, Savka Ivanets works as a medic for the Ukrainian resistance, stitching wounds by day, stealing supplies by night, and dodging firefights between the SS and Soviet partisans. When her husband, Marko, a reluctant member of the Waffen-SS, forces her to deliver a coded message to an underground bunker, she’s terrified. But when her mission doesn’t go as planned, and her son, Taras, is kidnapped by the KGB, Savka fears she’ll never see him again. Salt Spring Island, 1972 For Jeanie Esterhazy, the world, with its whispers and curious eyes, is too much to bear. Ever since the horrific accident that left her badly scarred, Jeanie, unable to remember anything about that awful day, has pulled away from society, utterly isolated. Then a mysterious stranger appears at her house, and Jeanie suddenly begins having flashbacks about the night of her wedding—flashbacks that hold answers to the questions she’s had for years; flashbacks that make her realize the world around her is not as it seems.   Weaving together Savka and Jeanie's stories with artful precision, The Last Secret is at once luminous and transporting, a brilliant and impossible-to-forget story of love, hope, and the breathtaking resilience of women.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Espionage; Contemporary Women;
© 2024., Doubleday Canada,
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Homeland. [videorecording] / by Danes, Claire,1979-actor.; Friend, Rupert,actor.; Patinkin, Mandy,actor.; Marvel, Elizabeth,actor.; Roache, Linus,1964-actor.; Weber, Jake,1964-actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,publisher.;
Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Elizabeth Marvel, Linus Roache, Jake Weber, Robert Knepper.With a paranoid president facing investigation and the country tearing itself apart, Carrie and Saul must determine who they can trust in the gripping seventh season. As President Keane finds herself under threat from forces outside the government and within, Carrie embarks on a mission to unravel the truth and bring down a harrowing conspiracy.Canadian Home Video rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Spy television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Women intelligence officers; Prisoners of war; Terrorists;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mass [videorecording] / by Birney, Reed,1954-actor.; Isaacs, Jason,1963-actor.; Kranz, Fran,1983-film director,screenwriter.; Plimpton, Martha,1970-actor.; Wool, Breeda,actor.; Mile End Films (Firm),film distributor.; MK2 Productions,film distributor.;
Breeda Wool, Martha Plimpton, Jason Isaacs, Reed Birney, Ann Dowd.Years after an unspeakable tragedy tore their lives apart, two sets of parents agree to talk privately in an attempt to move forward. In Fran Kranz's writing and directing debut, he thoughtfully examines their journey of grief, anger, and acceptance by coming face-to-face with the ones who have been left behind.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic content and brief strong language.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Grief; Life change events; Parents of murder victims;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Acceptance : a memoir / by Nietfeld, Emi,author.;
"A brilliant, funny, generation-defining memoir about the double bind of crafting perfect adversity narratives for highly selective institutions, while fumbling through the far murkier reality of actual life in foster care and inpatient mental health treatment As a child, Emi Nietfeld was caught between a hoarder mother who got her put on antipsychotic medication, but was also the only person to believe she was exceptional, and a state system exemplified by a foster mom who tried to ban her art history flash cards because they had naked pictures (of Michelangelo's David). Even after wresting free of grim inpatient mental health institutions and getting into a prestigious boarding school, Emi scrambled for places to sleep during breaks. Realizing that her path to true independence lay in reinventing herself as a talented overcomer deserving of a full ride, she became obsessed with college admissions. While taking on the sad challenge of presenting herself as resilient to gain authorities' approval, Emi lived the untidy version of actual adversity at the same time- literally drafting her Common App statement while living out of her '92 Corolla. She found herself "trading my past for my future" in college admissions essays and scholarship applications, in an extreme example of the immense pressure on teenagers from all backgrounds to build the foundations of their entire lives. Emi's story is a harsh illumination of the near-impossible challenge set by societal expectations of coming from nothing, the brokenness of our child welfare system, and the reality that congratulatory letters from top schools couldn't keep her safe - as she found when she was raped while on a trip following her Harvard admission. Though Emi learns that entering the Ivy League, working in Big Tech, and living in a fancy apartment doesn't mean her life turns into gold, her reflections on her unlikely history, and her journey in confronting trauma and injustice, hold powerful lessons. Candid and frequently harrowing, with a ribbon of dark humor, Acceptance is a stunning human story and an invaluable view of the actual cost of upward mobility"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Nietfeld, Emi.; Child welfare; Foster children; Social mobility;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Harlem shuffle / by Whitehead, Colson,1969-author.;
""Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked ..." To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably-priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home. Few people know he descends from a line of uptown hoods and crooks, and that his façade of normalcy has more than a few cracks in it. Cracks that are getting bigger and bigger all the time. See, cash is tight, especially with all those installment plan sofas, so if his cousin Freddie occasionally drops off the odd ring or necklace at the furniture store, Ray doesn't see the need to ask where it comes from. He knows a discreet jeweler downtown who also doesn't ask questions. Then Freddie falls in with a crew who plan to rob the Hotel Theresa--the "Waldorf of Harlem"--and volunteers Ray's services as the fence. The heist doesn't go as planned; they rarely do, after all. Now Ray has to cater to a new clientele, one made up of shady cops on the take, vicious minions of the local crime lord, and numerous other Harlem lowlifes. Thus begins the internal tussle between Ray the striver and Ray the crook. As Ray navigates this double life, he starts to see the truth about who actually pulls the strings in Harlem. Can Ray avoid getting killed, save his cousin, and grab his share of the big score, all while maintaining his reputation as the go-to source for all your quality home furniture needs? Harlem Shuffle is driven by an ingeniously intricate plot that plays out in a beautifully recreated Harlem of the early 1960s. It's a family saga masquerading as a crime novel, a hilarious morality play, a social novel about race and power, and ultimately a love letter to Harlem. But mostly, it's a joy to read, another dazzling novel from the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning Colson Whitehead"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Sales personnel; Receiving stolen goods; Theft;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Is it a dolphin or a porpoise? / by Amin, Anita Nahta.;
You see a fin poke out of the water. It's a big gray animal with a friendly face. It looks like a dolphin, but is it a porpoise? Dolphins and porpoises are similar, but they have some important differences. Find out how their fins, mouths, teeth, and behaviors can all help you tell these two animal look-alikes apart.
Subjects: Dolphins; Porpoises; Animals;
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Harlem shuffle [sound recording] / by Whitehead, Colson,1969-author.; Graham, Dion,narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Dion Graham."Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked ..." To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably-priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home. Few people know he descends from a line of uptown hoods and crooks, and that his façade of normalcy has more than a few cracks in it. Cracks that are getting bigger and bigger all the time. See, cash is tight, especially with all those installment plan sofas, so if his cousin Freddie occasionally drops off the odd ring or necklace at the furniture store, Ray doesn't see the need to ask where it comes from. He knows a discreet jeweler downtown who also doesn't ask questions. Then Freddie falls in with a crew who plan to rob the Hotel Theresa--the "Waldorf of Harlem"--and volunteers Ray's services as the fence. The heist doesn't go as planned; they rarely do, after all. Now Ray has to cater to a new clientele, one made up of shady cops on the take, vicious minions of the local crime lord, and numerous other Harlem lowlifes. Thus begins the internal tussle between Ray the striver and Ray the crook. As Ray navigates this double life, he starts to see the truth about who actually pulls the strings in Harlem. Can Ray avoid getting killed, save his cousin, and grab his share of the big score, all while maintaining his reputation as the go-to source for all your quality home furniture needs? Harlem Shuffle is driven by an ingeniously intricate plot that plays out in a beautifully recreated Harlem of the early 1960s. It's a family saga masquerading as a crime novel, a hilarious morality play, a social novel about race and power, and ultimately a love letter to Harlem. But mostly, it's a joy to read, another dazzling novel from the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning Colson Whitehead"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Receiving stolen goods; Sales personnel; Theft;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Jayne Mansfield's car [videorecording] / by Bacon, Kevin,1958-; Duvall, Robert.; Hurt, John,1940-; LaNasa, Katherine.; Patrick, Robert.; Smith, Shawnee.; Thornton, Billy Bob.; Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.;
Director of photography, Barry Markowitz ; production design, Clark Hunter ; editor, Lauren Zuckerman ; music, Owen Easterling Hatfield.Robert Duvall, Kevin Bacon, Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Patrick, John Hurt, Shawnee Smith, Katherine LaNasa.It's 1969 in a small Alabama town, and the death of a quirky clan's long-estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families for the funeral. But do the scars of the past hide differences that will tear them apart or expose truths that could lead to the most unexpected collisions of all?MPAA Rating: R.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Families; Fathers and sons; Feature films.; Mothers;
© c2013., Anchor Bay Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Blackout. by Fessenden, Larry,film director.; Timlin, Addison,actor.; Hurt, Alex,actor.; Rae, Ella,actor.; Speredakos, John,actor.; Castillo-Midyett, Joseph,actor.; Buscemi, Michael,actor.; MPI Media Group (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Addison Timlin, Alex Hurt, Ella Rae Peck, John Speredakos, Joseph Castillo-Midyett, Michael BuscemiOriginally produced by MPI Media Group in 2023.Charley’s secret is he thinks he’s a werewolf. He can’t remember the things he’s done, but the papers report random acts of violence taking place at night in his small upstate hamlet. Now the whole town must rally to find out what is tearing it apart: mistrust, fear, or a monster that comes out at night?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Horror films.; Monsters in motion pictures.; Werewolves.;
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Thunderbolts* [videorecording] : *The New Avengers / by Pearson, Eric,1980-screenwriter.; Calo, Joanna,screenwriter.; Harbour, David,1975-actor.; Schreier, Jake,film director.; John-Kamen, Hannah,1989-actor.; Pugh, Florence,1996-actor.; Pullman, Lewis,1993-actor.; Russell, Wyatt,1986-actor.; Stan, Sebastian,1982-actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, Lewis Pullman.After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, these disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. Will this dysfunctional group tear themselves apart, or find redemption and unite as something much more before it's too late?Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.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, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Superhero films.; Barnes, Bucky (Fictitious character); Sentry (Fictitious character); U.S.Agent (Fictitious character); Taskmaster (Fictitious character); United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Antiheroes; Superheroes; Redemption; Supervillains; Mercenary troops; Friendship; Man-woman relationships; Thunderbolts (Fictitious characters);
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