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Dune. [videorecording] / by Boussnina, Sarah-Sofie,1990-actor.; Fimmel, Travis,1979-actor.; Heuston, Josh,actor.; May, Jodhi,1975-actor.; Watson, Emily,1967-actor.; Williams, Olivia,1968-actor.; television adaptation of (work):Herbert, Brian.Great Schools of Dune.; Home Box Office (Firm),publisher.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,distributor.;
Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, Travis Fimmel, Jodhi May, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Josh Heuston.From the expansive universe of Dune, created by acclaimed author Frank Herbert, and 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, Dune: Prophecy follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit. Dune: Prophecy is inspired by the novel Sisterhood Of Dune, written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Science fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Dune (Imaginary place); Life on other planets; Secrecy; Sisterhoods; Royal houses; Siblings; Sects; Monasticism and religious orders for women;
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An emergency in Ottawa : the story of the Convoy Commission / by Wells, Paul A.(Paul Allen),author.;
Includes bibliographical references."On Feb 14, 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made what might be the most controversial decision of his tenure, invoking the Emergencies Act to end a three-week occupation of downtown Ottawa by truckers protesting mandatory COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Proclaimed in 1988, the Emergencies Act is designed to give federal officials extraordinary powers in the event of threats to Canada's national security that can't be managed under existing laws. Trudeau used it to make the protest illegal, freeze the accounts and cancel the vehicle insurance of participants, requisition tow trucks to clear protestors from the streets, among other measures. The government defended the first-ever invocation of the act as just and necessary; several premiers and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association called it an assault on democratic rights and civil liberties. As required by the act, Trudeau appointed a commission of inquiry into its use. Last November, justice Paul Rouleau held three weeks of riveting hearings that included testimony by so-called Freedom Convoy organizers, police officials, cabinet ministers, and Trudeau himself. Award-winning author Paul Wells was a regular visitor to the inquiry. Witnesses described layer on layer of dysfunction and acrimony in every organization that converged on Parliament Hill--three levels of government, three police forces, and the protesters themselves. How does a society make crucial decisions when everyone is exhausted, nothing works, and the noise from the truck horns and the shouting is deafening? And how do the protagonists regroup to make their case in the sterile, weird environment of a public inquiry? That's the story inside-a-story of the Emergency in Ottawa."--
Subjects: Canada.; Public Order Emergency Commission (Canada); Freedom Convoy (2022 : Ottawa, Ont.); Emergencies; Emergency management;
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White bird [videorecording] : a Wonder story / by Bomback, Mark,screenwriter.; Forster, Marc,1969-film director.; Gheisar, Bryce,actor.; Glaser, Ariella,actor.; Golan, Ishai,actor.; Hoberman, David,1953-film producer.; Lieberman, Todd,film producer.; Mirren, Helen,actor.; Palacio, R. J.,author,film producer.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Palacio, R. J.White bird.; Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.),publisher.;
Bryce Gheisar, Helen Mirren, Ishai Golan, Ariella Glaser, Orlando Schwerdt, Gillian Anderson.Struggling to fit in at his new school after being expelled for his treatment of Auggie Pullman, Julian is visited by his grandmother and is transformed by the compassionate and heroic story of her attempts to escape Nazi-occupied France during WWII.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some strong violence, thematic material and language.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 the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; War films.; Grandmothers; Grandparent and child; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust; World War, 1939-1945; Jews; Survival;
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The case of the murderous Dr. Cream : the hunt for a Victorian era serial killer / by Jobb, Dean,1958-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The chilling true crime story of the Victorian era's deadliest doctor "When a doctor does go wrong, he is the first of criminals," Sherlock Holmes observed during one of his most puzzling murder investigations. Incredibly, at the time the words of the world's most famous fictional detective appeared in print in the Strand Magazine, a real-life Canadian doctor was stalking and murdering women in London's downtrodden Lambeth neighbourhood. Dr. Thomas Neill Cream had been a suspect in the deaths of two women in Canada, and had killed as many as four people in Chicago before he arrived in London in 1891 and began using pills laced with strychnine to kill prostitutes. The Lambeth Poisoner, as he was dubbed in the press, became one of the most prolific serial killers in history. In this fascinating book, Dean Jobb reveals how bungled investigations, corrupt officials and failed prosecutions allowed Cream to evade detection or freed him to kill, again and again. The first complete account of Dr. Cream's crimes and his many victims explores how the stifling morality and hypocrisy of the Victorian era allowed this monster to poison vulnerable and desperate women, many of whom had turned to him for medical help. It offers an inside account of Scotland Yard's desperate search for a killer as brazen and efficient as Jack the Ripper."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: True crime stories.; Biographies.; Case studies.; Cream, Thomas Neill, 1850-1892.; Physicians; Serial murderers; Serial murders; Serial murders; Serial murders;
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Someday I'll find you : a novel / by Humphreys, C. C.(Chris C.),author.;
Includes bibliographical references."For readers of The Nightingale and Lilac Girls, a dazzling novel about Ilse, a spy, and Billy, a pilot, who fall in love but are wrenched apart during World War II, and must find their way back to each other--from bestselling author C.C. Humphreys. When Billy Coke steps onto the streets of London one December evening in 1940, he has no idea he is stepping to his fate. As Hitler's bombers come close to burning the city down, Billy meets the woman who will change the course of his life: Ilse Magnusson, a musician from Norway, but also something more--a spy in training. Escaping the Blitz for three days, she and Billy drive, quarrel, conceal, reveal ... and fall finally, fully, in love. Now they must part, each to fight the war their own way. Billy, a Canadian Spitfire pilot, to duel with the Luftwaffe over North Africa and the Med. Ilse to return to her conquered country, ingratiate herself with the Nazi elite--which includes her beloved father--and send vital intelligence back to Britain. They know that the odds of both of them surviving are poor. All they can hope is that the other does survive--and that someday they find each other again. From decadent pre-war Berlin to the atrocity at Guernica, from dogfights over Sicily to an Oslo ground under the German jackboot, through small victories and bitter losses, this is the story of a man and a woman at war. A tale of causes and compromises, heroism and betrayal. Of choices made, with consequences unforeseen. And finally, how sometimes ... love can give you a second chance."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Women spies; Fighter pilots; Man-woman relationships; World War, 1939-1945;
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The expendables : how the middle class got screwed by globalization / by Rubin, Jeff,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Union membership has collapsed. Full-time employment is beginning to look like a quaint idea from the distant past. If it seems that the middle class is in retreat around the developed world, it is. Former CIBC World Markets Chief Economist Jeff Rubin argues that all this was foreseeable back when Canada, the United States and Mexico first started talking free trade. Labour argued then that manufacturing jobs would move to Mexico. Free-trade advocates disagreed. Today, Canadian and American factories sit idle. More steel is used to make bottlecaps than cars. Meanwhile, Mexico has become one of the world's biggest automotive exporters. And it's not just NAFTA. Cheap oil, low interest rates, global deregulation and tax policies that benefit the rich all have the same effect: the erosion of the middle class. Growing global inequality is a problem of our own making, Rubin argues. And solving it won't be easy if we draw on the same ideas about capital and labour, right and left, that led us to this cliff. Articulating a vision that dovetails with the ideas of both Naomi Klein and Donald Trump, The Expendables is an exhilaratingly fresh perspective that is at once humane and irascible, fearless and rigorous, and most importantly, timely. GDP is growing, the stock market is up and unemployment is down, but the surprise of the book is that even the good news is good for only one percent of us."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Equality.; Globalization.; Middle class;
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They desire a better country : the Order of Canada in 50 stories = Ils désirent une patrie meilleure : l'Ordre du Canada en 50 histoires / by Scanlan, Lawrence,author.; Poliquin, Daniel,translator.; Scanlan, Lawrence.They desire a better country.; Scanlan, Lawrence.They desire a better country.French.;
"Twice a year, in summer and in winter, appointments to the Order of Canada are posted in newspapers across the country. The range of professions represented are often dizzying, but there are common themes in the choices: excellence, service to the nation, passion, innovation, commitment, dedication, brilliance. The order's motto effectively captures the generous and selfless spirit of these people: Desiderantes meliorem patriam-they desire a better country. The Order of Canada-our nation's highest honour-was launched fifty years ago in 1967 by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Since then, almost seven thousand Canadians have received the award for service to their communities, the nation, and, in some cases, the world. To celebrate the Order of Canada's fiftieth anniversary in 2017, the Rideau Hall Foundation commissioned this exceptional book with the aim of encouraging Canadians to learn about some of the remarkable individuals who have garnered this prestigious award. And though this book captures only a handful of their stories, it is a reflection of the inspiration all Order of Canada members bestow upon us."--
Subjects: Order of Canada.; Decorations of honor;
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Mafia mamma [videorecording] / by Bellucci, Monica,1968-actor.; Collette, Toni,film producer,actor.; Corso, Giulio,actor.; Feldman, Michael J.,screenwriter.; Hardwicke, Catherine,film director.; Jhoon, Debbie,screenwriter.; Mastroianni, Francesco,actor.; Nomvete, Sophia,actor.; Perugini, Alfonso,actor.; Romano, Dora,actor.; Scarpetta, Eduardo,1993-actor.; Simon, Christopher,1963-film producer.; Sthers, Amanda,1978-author,film producer.; Bleecker Street (Firm),presenter.; CornerStone Films,presenter.; Decal (Firm),publisher.; Idea(L) (Firm),production company.; Ingenious Media,presenter.; LipSync Productions,presenter.; New Sparta Films,production company.; Vocab Films,production company.;
Music by Alex Heffes ; editor, Waldemar Centeno ; director of photography, Patrick Murguia.Toni Collette, Monica Bellucci, Sophia Nomvete, Eduardo Scarpetta, Alfonso Perugini, Francesco Mastroianni, Giulio Corso, Dora Romano.An American mom inherits her grandfather's mafia empire in Italy. Guided by the firm's consigliere, she hilariously defies everyone's expectations as the new head of the family business.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for bloody violence, sexual content and language.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Gangster films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Americans; Mafia; Mafiosi; Families; Man-woman relationships;
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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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Bodies bodies bodies [videorecording] / by Bakalova, Maria,1996-actor.; Davidson, Pete,1993-actor.; DeLappe, Sarah,screenwriter.; Herrold, Myha'la,actor.; Herting, Ali,film producer.; Hinojosa, David,1976-film producer.; O'Malley, Connor,1986-actor.; Pace, Lee,1979-actor.; Reijn, Halina,1975-film director.; Roupenian, Kristen,author.; Sennott, Rachel,actor.; Stenberg, Amandla,actor.; Wonders, Chase Sui,actor.; 2AM (United States),production company.; A24 (Firm),presenter.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Director of photography, Jasper Wolf ; editors, Taylor Levy, Julia Bloch ; music, Disasterpeace.Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Myha'la Herrold, Chase Sui Wonders, Rachel Sennott, Connor O'Malley, Lee Pace, Pete Davidson.When a group of rich twenty-somethings plan a hurricane party at an isolated family mansion, a party game turns deadly in this fresh and funny look at backstabbing, fake friends, and one party gone very, very wrong.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for violence, bloody images, drug use, sexual references and pervasive language.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Dark comedy films.; Feature films.; Horror films.; Slasher films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Games; Mansions; Murder; Parties; Young adults;
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