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Before the swallows come back / by Curnow, Fiona,author.;
Before the Swallows Come Back is a story of love, found family, and redemption that will break your heart and have it soaring time and time again as you sit on the edge of your seat desperately hoping. Tommy struggles with people, with communicating, preferring solitude, drifting off with nature. He is protected by his Tinker family who keep to the old ways. A life of quiet seclusion under canvas is all he knows. Charlotte cares for her sickly father. She meets Tommy by the riverside and an unexpected friendship develops. Over the years it becomes something more, something crucial to both of them. But when tragedy strikes each family they are torn apart. Charlotte is sent far away. Tommy might have done something very bad.
Subjects: Novels.; Families; Friendship; Hermits; Malicious accusation; Man-woman relationships; Murder; Solitude;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The little old lady strikes back / by Ingelman-Sundberg, C.,author.; Bradbury, Rod,translator.;
In this fourth entry of the 'League of Pensioners' series, Martha and her gang flee to the small village of Hemmavid to lie low after stealing some priceless Russian jewels. But what they find is a village in crisis, so they decide they want to help revive the place. Will they be able to help the villagers get the attention of the politicians to save the village without being caught?
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Crime; Older people; Small cities;
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From my mother's back : a journey from Kenya to Canada / by Wane, Njoki Nathani,author.;
"In this warm and honest memoir, celebrated academic Njoki Wane shares her journey from her parents' small coffee farm in Kenya, where she helped her mother in the fields as a child, to her current work as a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Moving smoothly between time and place, Wane uses her past to illuminate her present. The childhood confusion caused by nuns at her boarding school dismissing her proper name and demanding she give them a Christian first name she did not possess, which resulted in many unexpected consequences, leads deftly to her requirement as a professor that her students, and all her colleagues, learn to use and correctly pronounce her first name of Njoki. In similar ways, Wane uses other memories, painful and tender, to show how her early lessons and the support given by her family allowed her to succeed as a woman of colour in the academy and to later lift up her students facing their own difficult journeys. Yet Wane does not gloss over her own growing pains as a young woman, and as an established professor she still questions whether or not her attachment to Western conveniences is wise. For, in the end, Wane never forgets that her story started with the feeling of safety and the clear field of view she received as a child carried on her mother's back."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Wane, Njoki Nathani.; College teachers; Kenyans; Women immigrants;
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The wind at my back : resilience, grace, and other gifts from my mentor, Raven Wilkinson / by Copeland, Misty,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Misty Copeland made history as the first African-American principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre. Her talent, passion, and perseverance enabled her to make strides no one had accomplished before. But as she will tell you, achievement never happens in a void. Behind her, supporting her rise was her mentor, Raven Wilkinson, who had been virtually alone in her quest to breach the all-white ballet world when she fought to be taken seriously as a black ballerina in the 1950s and 60s. A trailblazer in the world of ballet decades before Misty's time, Raven faced overt and casual racism, hostile crowds, and death threats for having the audacity to dance ballet. The Wind at My Back tells the story of two unapologetically Black ballerinas, their friendship, and how they changed each other--and the dance world--forever. Misty Copeland shares her own struggles with racism and exclusion in her pursuit of this dream career and honors the women like Raven who paved the way for her but whose contributions have gone unheralded. She celebrates the connection she made with Raven, the only teacher who could truly understand the obstacles she faced, beyond the technical or artistic demands. A beautiful and wise memoir of intergenerational friendship and the impressive journeys of two remarkable women, The Wind at My Back captures the importance of mentorship, of shared history, and of respecting the past to ensure a stronger future"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Copeland, Misty.; Wilkinson, Raven.; African American ballerinas; African American ballerinas; Ballerinas; Ballet dancers; Ballet; Mentoring in the arts; Racism;
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To the moon and back for you / by Bechrakis Serhant, Emilia.; Keller, E. G.(Illustrator);
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Subjects: Motherhood; Love, Maternal; Mother and child;
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Don't come back from the moon [videorecording] / by Arthur, Zackary,2007-actor.; Cheung, Bruce Thierry,film director.; Franco, James,1978-actor.; Jones, Rashida,actor.; Wahlberg, Jeffrey,actor.; Passion River Films,film distributor.;
James Franco, Rashida Jones, Jeffrey Wahlberg, Zackary Arthur.All the men in a remote California desert town walk away from their families. They leave their angry, frustrated sons and daughters behind; kids who act out, engage in acts of petty burglary and vandalism, and look for love and family connection in the aftermath of their abandonment, all the while trying to understand why their fathers have 'gone to the moon,' leaving them to traverse the difficult path to adulthood alone.14A.DVD.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Children; Parent and child; Parental rejection;
For private home use only.
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I will come back for you : a family torn apart by war and a son's search to save them / by Huhn, Daniel,author.; Stanyon, Rachel,translator.; translation of:Huhn, Daniel.Rückeroberung.English.;
Includes bibliographical references.A gripping account of hidden identity, military courage, and an against-all-odds reunion. Four days after Germany's surrender in May 1945, a young British officer took a jeep and headed east into Germany. But this was no ordinary soldier. Manfred Gans was searching for his family. As a Jewish boy in Nazi Germany, Gans had fled to England. As soon as he could, he signed up to fight, serving in the legendary British 'Three Troop', an elite unit made up of German-speaking refugees, and joining in the D-Day Normandy landings. Working undercover, he obtained vital intelligence, helped liberate occupied France and the Netherlands, and saved countless lives on both sides of the front. All the while, he dreamed of being reunited with his family, still trapped behind enemy lines, and with his childhood sweetheart, Anita. As the war ended, chaos reigned in Germany: defeated Wehrmacht soldiers faced columns of American and British soldiers, concentration camp survivors crossed paths with SS guards, and Soviet military roadblocks controlled the route to the east. Manfred overcame all of these, finally reaching the place where his parents had last been seen: Theresienstadt.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Gans, Manfred.; Great Britain. Combined Operations Command. Commando, 10th. No. 3 Troop.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish refugees; Jewish soldiers; Jews, German; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Crooked : outwitting the back pain industry and getting on the road to recovery / by Ramin, Cathryn Jakobson.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Backache; Back;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The younger next year back book : the whole-body plan to conquer back pain forever / by Crowley, Chris,author.; James, Jeremy,author.;
'The Younger Next Year Back Book' is a revolutionary behavioural/whole-body approach to back pain and fitness, from the co-author of the perennially bestselling 'Younger Next Year' series and back expert Dr. Jeremy James. Identifying behaviours that trigger pain, this book teaches new movements that are proven to reduce pain so dramatically that back pain sufferers can get on with their lives.
Subjects: Back exercises.; Back; Backache; Backache; Backache;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Coast's Back to School Guide
Mode of access: Internet.
Subjects: Local Living;
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