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New tricks. [videorecording] / by Armstrong, Alun.; Block, Simon.; Bolam, James,1938-; Cronk, Gina.; East, Jon.; Fisher, Nic.; Friend, Martyn.; Hume, Alison.; May, Juliet.; McCrery, Nigel.; McHale, Tony.; Mitchell, Roy.; Phipps, Martin.; Redman, Amanda,1959-; Theakston, Graham.; Waterman, Dennis,1948-; BBC Video (Firm); BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.; British Broadcasting Corporation.; Wall to Wall (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm);
Music, Martin Phipps.Amanda Redman, James Bolam, Alun Armstrong, Dennis Waterman.With old-school detective work and a little state-of-the-art forensics, the veterans unearth a range of baffling crimes, including the murder of a lawyer, a racially motivated attack on an Asian bride, and a mysterious unidentified human torso. Includes the complete 8-episode second season.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, Region 1, widescreen (16x9) presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Criminal behavior; Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery television programs.; Police corruption; Police; Policewomen; Television cop shows.; Television crime shows.;
© c2010., BBC Video ; Distributed by Warner Home Video,
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The Riveter A Novel [electronic resource] : by Wang, Jack.aut; cloudLibrary;
A cross-cultural love story set against the dramatic backdrop of the Allied invasion of Europe in WWII.   Vancouver, 1942. Josiah Chang arrives in the bustling city ready to serve his country in the war against fascism, but Chinese Canadians are barred from joining the army out of fear they might expect citizenship in return. So, Josiah heads to the shipyard to find work as a riveter, fastening together the ribs and steel plates of Victory ships.   One night, Josiah spots Poppy singing at a navy club. Despite their different backgrounds, they fall for each other instantly and begin a starry-eyed romance that lasts until the harsh reality of their situation is made clear. Determined to prove himself, Josiah takes a train to Toronto where he’s finally given the chance to enlist. After volunteering for the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion and jumping into Normandy on D-Day, he must fight through the battlefields of Europe to make it back to the woman he loves.   By turns harrowing and exhilarating, The Riveter explores what one man must sacrifice to belong to the only country he has ever called home.General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Asian American; Multicultural & Interracial;
© 2025., House of Anansi Press Inc,
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The woo woo : how I survived ice hockey, drug raids, demons, and my crazy Chinese family / by Wong, Lindsay,1987-author.;
"In this jaw-dropping, darkly comedic memoir, a young woman comes of age in a dysfunctional Asian family who blame their woes on ghosts and demons when they should really be on anti-psychotic meds. Lindsay Wong grew up with a paranoid schizophrenic grandmother and a mother who was deeply afraid of the "woo-woo" -- Chinese ghosts who come to visit in times of personal turmoil. From a young age, she witnessed the woo-woo's sinister effects; when she was six, Lindsay and her mother avoided the dead people haunting their house by hiding out in a mall food court, and on a camping trip, in an effort to rid her daughter of demons, her mother tried to light Lindsay's foot on fire. The eccentricities take a dark turn, however, and when Lindsay starts to experience symptoms of the woo-woo herself, she wonders whether she will suffer the same fate as her family. At once a witty and touching memoir about the Asian immigrant experience and a harrowing and honest depiction of the vagaries of mental illness, The Woo-Woo is a gut-wrenching and beguiling manual for surviving family, and oneself."--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Wong, Lindsay, 1987-; Wong, Lindsay, 1987-; Wong, Lindsay, 1987-; Wong, Lindsay, 1987-; Chinese Canadians; Psychoses; Psychoses;
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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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Restaurant kid : a memoir of family and belonging / by Phan, Rachel,author.;
"A warm and poignant narrative about finding one's self amidst the grind of restaurant life, the cross-generational immigrant experience, and a daughter's attempts to connect with parents who have always been just out of reach. When she was three years old, Rachel Phan met her replacement. Instead of a new sibling, her mother and father's time and attention were suddenly devoted entirely to their new family restaurant. For her parents--whose own families fled China during Japanese occupation and then survived bombs and starvation during the war in Vietnam--it was a dream come true. For Phan, it was something quite different. Overnight, she became a restaurant kid, living on the periphery of her own family and trying her best to stay out of the way. As Phan grew up, the restaurant was the most stalwart and suffocating member of her family. For decades, it's been both their crowning achievement and the origin of so much of their pain and suffering: screaming matches complete with smashed dishes; bodies worn down by long hours and repetitive strain; and tenuous relationships where the family loved one another deeply without ever really knowing each other. In Restaurant Kid, Phan seeks to examine the way her life has been shaped by the rigid boxes placed around her. She had to be a "good daughter," never asking questions, always being grateful. She had to be a "real Canadian," watching hockey and speaking English so flawlessly that her tongue has since forgotten how to contort around Cantonese tones. As the only Chinese girl at school, she had to alternate between being the sidekick, geek, or Asian fetish, depending on whose gaze was on her. Now, three decades after their restaurant first opened, Phan's parents are cautiously talking about retirement. As an adult, Phan's "good daughter" role demands something new of her--and a chance to get to know her parents away from the restaurant. In Restaurant Kid, Phan deftly combines candour, wit and insight to craft a vibrant and important narrative on the strength and foibles of family, and how we come to understand ourselves."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Phan, Rachel.; Phan, Rachel; Children of immigrants; Restaurateurs; Restaurateurs; Chinese Canadian women;
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Top of the lake. [videorecording] / by Campion, Jane,1954-screenwriter,creator,television director.; Christie, Gwendoline,1978-actor.; Kidman, Nicole,1967-actor.; Dencik, David,1974-actor.; Moss, Elisabeth,1983-actor.; Kleiman, Ariel,film director.; See-Saw Films,production company.; Screen Australia,production company.; British Broadcasting Corporation,production company,broadcaster.; BBC Video (Firm),production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.;
Elisabeth Moss, Gwendoline Christie, Nicole Kidman, David Dencik.Five years after the shocking events that rocked her hometown in New Zealand, Detective Robin Griffin has returned to Sydney and is trying to rebuild her life. When the unidentified body of an Asian girl washes up on Bondi Beach, there appears little hope of finding the killer, until Robin realizes ‘China Girl' didn't die alone. Meanwhile, haunted by disturbing dreams of the baby girl she gave up years ago, Robin reaches out to the family of her now teenage daughter. Like her birth mother, Mary is passionate and stubborn. And she's deep in the throes of a romantic attachment to a dangerously charismatic older man. The case will take her into the city's criminal underbelly, and closer than she could have imagined to the secrets of her own heart.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen (16:9) presentation ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Women detectives; Murder; Mothers and daughters; Criminal investigation;
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All Saints [videorecording] / by Armour, Steve,screenwriter.; Bienstock, Marc,film producer.; Buono, Cara,actor.; Corbett, John,1961-actor.; Corbin, Barry,1940-actor.; Ellisor, Conni,composer.; Ghang, Martha,film producer.; Gomer, Steve,director,film producer.; Halsey, Richard,editor.; Mayen, Eduardo Enrique,director of photography.; Mock, John,composer.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Music by Conni Ellisor and John Mock ; edited by Richard Halsey ; director of photography Eduardo Enrique Mayen.Cara Buono, John Corbett, Barry Corbin, David Keith, Gregory Alan Williams.Based on the inspiring true story of salesman turned pastor Michael Spurlock, the tiny church he was ordered to shut down, and a group of refugees from Southeast Asia. Together, they risked everything to plant seeds for a future that might just save them all.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Christian films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Spurlock, Michael; All Saints Episcopal Church (Smyrna, Rutherford County, Tenn.); Clergy; Karen (Southeast Asian people); Priests; Refugees; Refugees;
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The warrior's way [videorecording] / by Asher, Christina.; Bosworth, Kate,1983-; Brophy, Jed.; Chang, Tong-gon,1972-; Cox, Tony,1958-; Gillanders, Matt.; Huston, Danny,1962-; Lee, Sngmoo.; Osborne, Barrie.; Rudd, Analin.; Rush, Geoffrey,1951-; Alliance Films.; Boram Entertainment, Inc.; Rogue Pictures.; Wellmade StarM (Firm);
Director of photography, Woo-Hyung Kim ; editor, Jonno Woodford-Robinson ; music, Javier Navarrete.Geoffrey Rush, Kate Bosworth, Danny Huston, Jang Dong Gun, Tony Cox, Analin Rudd, Matt Gillanders, Christina Asher, Jed Brophy.Asian samurai Yang (Korean superstar Jang Dong-gun) has a change of heart after slaughtering his enemy's family, and spares a newborn child. On the run from his master, he heads to America, where he finds a beat-down town that is home to freaks, circus performers, an old drunk (Geoffrey Rush), and a knife-thrower (Kate Bosworth). This spunky love interest soon becomes the student, with the wandering warrior passing along his knowledge so that she can enact revenge against scarred scumbag The Colonel (Danny Huston). As the master tracks the sound of the warrior's sword (literally), the samurai makes one final stand with the town to thwart The Colonel and his gang before they burn it all down. Soon enough, cowboys and ninjas meet in a duel to the death -- guns vs. katanas.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen presentation, 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Assassins; Cowboys; Feature films.; Samurai;
© c2011., Rogue Pictures ; Distributed by Alliance Films,
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Joy ride [videorecording] / by Chevapravatdumrong, Cherry,screenwriter.; Denman, David,1973-actor.; Hsiao, Teresa,screenwriter.; Hsu, Stephanie(Actor),actor.; Lim, Adele,film director,screenwriter.; Park, Ashley,actor.; Rogen, Seth,1982-film producer.; Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.),production company,publisher.;
Ashley Park, Stephanie Hsu, David Denman, Desmond Chiam, Sherry Cola, Alexander Hodge, Annie Mumolo.The hilarious and unapologetically explicit story of identity and self-discovery centers on four unlikely friends who embark on a once-in-a-lifetime international adventure. When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye, Lolo's eccentric cousin. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R; for strong and crude sexual content, language throughout, drug content and brief graphic nudity.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: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Asian Americans; Best friends; Business travel; Female friendship; Man-woman relationships; Self-acceptance;
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