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- The Silver Bone A Novel [electronic resource] : by Kurkov, Andrey.aut; cloudLibrary;
"A fascinating series launch ... that stands apart" –Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A winning offbeat crime novel that begs for a sequel" –Library Journal From Ukraine’s most celebrated novelist, a perplexing mystery that introduces rookie detective Samson Kolechko in Kyiv as he is tackling his first case, set against real life details of the tumultuous early twentieth century. Kyiv, 1919. World War I has ended in Western Europe, but to the East, six factions continue to vie for control of Ukraine. Amidst the political turmoil, young Samson Kolechko is forced to place his engineering career on hold. But in the city of Kyiv everything remains up for grabs and new opportunity lurks just around the corner . . . When two Red Army soldiers commandeer his home, Samson’s life is completely upended. But as Samson juggles his personal life –including a budding romance with the ingenious Nadezhda, a statistician helping run the city’s census– with the soldiers’ intrusion, he winds up overhearing their secret plans. Deciding to report them, Samson instead finds himself unwittingly recruited as an investigator for the city’s new police force. His first case involves two murders, a long bone made of pure silver, and a suit of decidedly unusual proportions tailored from fine English cloth. The odds stacked against him, Samson turns to Nadezhda, who proves to be more than his match. Inflected with Kurkov’s signature humor and off kilter universe, The Silver Bone takes its inspiration from the archives of Kyiv's secret police, crafting a propulsive narrative bursting to life with rich historical detail. Translated from the Russian by Boris Dralyuk- Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Magical Realism; Historical;
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- Glow. by Baur, Gabriel,film director.; Staub, Irene,actor.; First Run Features (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Irene StaubOriginally produced by First Run Features in 2017."Someone who glows so brightly is not going to grow old," Fellini prophesied about Irene Staub, aka Lady Shiva, one of the all-time greatest Swiss divas. Though Irene had a vibrant career as a model and singer in an underground Zürich band between 1968 and the late 80s, she died far too young. Through archival footage and interviews with prominent figures, director Gabriel Baur tells her story.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Music.; Documentary films.; Mass media and culture.; Women's studies.; Artists.;
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- Lyd. by Younis, Rami,film director.; Ema Friedland, Sarah,film director.; Icarus Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Icarus Films in 2024.LYD (the Arabic name of Lod, a city now in Israel) is about a 5,000-year-old bustling Palestinian town that was taken over when Israel was established in 1948. An exploration of what it once was, and what it is now, in the context of the continuing conflicts and the war in Gaza, LYD’s excavation of one community’s complex history offers us not only lessons, but possible futures.As the film unfolds, a chorus of characters creates a tapestry of the Palestinian experience of this city and the trauma left by the massacre and expulsion, while vivid animations envision an alternate reality where the same characters live free from the trauma of the past and the violence of the present. Using never-before-seen archival footage of the Israeli soldiers who carried out the massacre and expulsion, the personified city explains that these events were so devastating that they fractured reality, and now there are two Lyds — one occupied and one free. As the film cuts between fantastical and documentary realities, it ultimately leaves the viewer questioning what future should prevail.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Human rights.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Middle East.; Current affairs.; History.; War.; Israel.; Palestine.; Psychic trauma.;
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- Children of Memory. by Smith Pyle, Kathryn,film director.; Teresa Rodriguez, Maria,film director.; Women Make Movies (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Women Make Movies in 2012.Hundreds of children disappeared without a trace during the Salvadoran civil war. Many were survivors of massacres carried out by the U.S.-trained Salvadoran army. Taken away from the massacre sites by soldiers, some grew up in orphanages or were "sold" into adoption abroad, not knowing their true history or identity. The film follows Margarita Zamora, an investigator with human rights organization Pro-Búsqueda as she traverses the Salvadoran countryside probing memory, swabbing DNA samples, and searching for disappeared children - including her own four siblings.In the United States, Jamie Harvey, adopted from El Salvador in 1980, dreams of locating her birth family; but with no information, no contacts and no access to the Salvadoran military war archives, she is losing hope. CHILDREN OF MEMORY weaves together separate yet intertwined journeys in the search for family, identity and justice in El Salvador.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Human rights.; Latin America.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.; Children.; Central America.; El Salvador.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.;
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