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Special ops, Lioness. [videorecording] / by Freeman, Morgan,actor.; Kelly, Michael,1969-actor.; Oliveira, Laysla de,1992-actor.; Saldana, Zoë,1978-actor.; MTV Networks,publisher.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Zoë Saldana, Laysla De Oliveira, Michael Kelly, Morgan Freeman, Nicole Kidman.Inspired by an actual US Military program, follows the life of Joe while she attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the CIA's spear in the war on terror. The Lioness Program, overseen by Kaitlyn Meade and Donald Westfield, enlists an aggressive Marine Raider named Cruz to operate undercover alongside Joe among the power brokers of State terrorism in the CIA's efforts to thwart the next 9/11.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.; Action and adventure television programs.; Television programs.; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Terrorism; Undercover operations; Women soldiers; Man-woman relationships;
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The Mill. [videorecording] / by Griffiths, Ciaran.; Hawes, James.; Hayes, Kerrie.; Lucas, Holly.; BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Limited.;
Ciaran Griffiths, Kerrie Hayes, Holly Lucas.Based on a powerful true story, The Mill is a drama set in England in 1833, a time when industry is sweeping children as young as nine into the factories and mills to work 12-hour days. Injustice and suppression are the norm, but the world is changing and one feisty young girl takes a stand against the mill owners and their lackeys who rule the children's tired and hungry lives. Inside, Robert Greg (Jamie Draven), the mill owner's son, is taking over the business and modernising ruthlessly, while outside, civil disobedience is on the rise. Times are changing for better or worse and the balance of power is about to fall into the hands of a young girl called Esther Price (Kerrie Hayes).PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Greg, Robert; Greg, Samuel, 1758-1834; Quarry Bank Mill; Historical television programs.; Television programs.; Textile factories; Textile industry; Textile workers;
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Oriana : a novel of Oriana Fallaci / by Rubis, Anastasia,author.;
'Oriana' is a debut novel about the glamorous and fearless Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, whom Christiane Amanpour has called her role model, and who holds a place beside Mike Wallace and Barbara Walters when naming world-class interviewers. This novel tells the story of one of the first women to break through the glass ceiling of male-dominated journalism, a woman who wasnt afraid to speak truth to power and who revolutionized her field, all while trying to balance her career with love and happiness.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Fallaci, Oriana; Man-woman relationships; Poets, Greek (Modern); Women journalists;
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The longbow, the schooner & the violin : wood and human achievement / by De Villiers, Marq,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.The English longbow, made of rare yew wood, unmatched for accuracy, speed of fire, and deadliness, shifted Europe's balance of power in the Middle Ages. Schooners, those "able handsome ladies" of the sea, inaugurated a new era of global trade, carrying high-value cargoes of tea and spice to Europe and America with unmatched speed and reliability. The violin, individual examples of which have personalities and histories as brilliant as the performers who play them, brought Western music to the pinnacle of expressiveness. These three iconic artifacts exemplify the inventive ways human ingenuity has employed wood - one of our most extraordinary natural substances - to change its culture and history. In this sweeping and beautifully-written history, award-winning author Marq de Villiers explores our relationship with wood, from ancient times to the present, from the forest to the workshop. Wood, he writes, has always been an essential companion to human development, and its most remarkable applications may still be ahead.
Subjects: Material culture.; Technology and civilization.; Technology; Wood; Woodwork;
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The affairs of Ashmore Castle / by Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia,author.;
England, 1903. Giles, the new Earl of Stainton, is struggling to bring his family's estate back to order after the death of his father, and he has little time to spare for his young pregnant wife, Kitty. She lives in fear of her mother-in-law, who won't give up the reins of the household. Will she ever truly be mistress of Ashmore Castle? Perhaps if her coming child is a boy, that will change the balance of power ... Meanwhile, the Earl's younger sisters are having their first taste of romance, but not necessarily with the right people. Richard is pursuing his forbidden relationship with Molly, while Nina makes a lively new friend who leads her straight into trouble and pushes her relationship with her husband to the limit. And below stairs, ambition, jealousy and revenge stalk the corridors, while a tragic suicide, a tender romance, and finally a mysterious disappearance challenge the castle's residents, both high and low.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Families; Friendship; Man-woman relationships; Married people; Pregnant women; Secrecy;
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The Warsaw protocol / by Berry, Steve,1955-author.;
"One by one the seven precious relics of the Arma Christi, the weapons of Christ, are disappearing from sanctuaries across the world. After former Justice Department agent, Cotton Malone, witnesses the theft of one of them, he learns from his old boss, Stephanie Nelle, that a private auction is about to be held where incriminating information on the president of Poland will be offered to the highest bidder--blackmail that both the United States and Russia want, but for vastly different reasons. The price of admission to that auction is one of the relics, so Malone is first sent to a castle in Poland to steal the Holy Lance, a thousand-year-old spear sacred to not only Christians but to the Polish people, and then on to the auction itself. But nothing goes as planned and Malone is thrust into a bloody battle between three nations over information that, if exposed, could change the balance of power in Europe. From the tranquil canals of Bruges, to the elegant rooms of Wawel Castle, to deep beneath the earth into an ancient Polish salt mine, Malone is caught in the middle of a deadly war--the outcome of which turns on a secret known as the Warsaw Protocol"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Political fiction.; Malone, Cotton (Fictitious character);
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You got anything stronger? : stories / by Union, Gabrielle,author.;
""We're Going to Need More Wine ... plus a few shots." Acclaimed activist, actress, and New York Times bestselling author Gabrielle Union is back with an even more intimate, revealing, and powerful collection of essays"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Essays.; Anecdotes.; Union, Gabrielle.; African American actresses; Motion picture actors and actresses; Television actors and actresses; Infertility, Female; Motion picture industry;
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Consent : a memoir / by Ciment, Jill,1953-author.;
"From acclaimed novelist and short story writer, a deft, somewhat shocking, memoir -- a 21st-century Lolita turned upside down, told from the point of view of the girl, the author, seen in the context of the current discourse on sexual harassment and abuse in the era of #MeToo. A close-up look at the ardent, willed love affair between the author and her art teacher that began when she was 17 and he, 47, married with two children, and the contortions and erotic wild ride their illicit, urgent passion took them on as it turned into an improbable but blissful marriage that lasted for 45 years until his death at 93. A stunning, riveting book about morality and about a decades-long marriage that begins with a kiss and consensual sex (into criminality?), that asks -- and explores -- many questions along the way: does a story's ending excuse its beginning? Does a kiss in one moment mean something else entirely five decades later? Can a love that starts with such an asymmetrical balance of power ever right itself ... ?"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Ciment, Jill, 1953-; Ciment, Jill, 1953-; Authors, Canadian; Sexual consent.; Teacher-student relationships.;
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The last song of Penelope / by North, Claire,author.;
"Many years ago, Odysseus sailed to war and never returned. For twenty years his wife Penelope and the women of Ithaca have guarded the isle against suitors and rival kings. But peace cannot be kept forever, and the balance of power is about to break ... A beggar has arrived at the Palace. Salt-crusted and ocean-battered, he is scorned by the suitors - but Penelope recognises in him something terrible: her husband, Odysseus, returned at last. Yet this Odysseus is no hero. By returning to the island in disguise, he is not merely plotting his revenge against the suitors - vengeance that will spark a civil war - but he's testing the loyalty of his queen. Has she been faithful to him all these years? And how much blood is Odysseus willing to shed to be sure? The song of Penelope is ending, and the song of Odysseus must ring through Ithaca's halls. But first, Penelope must use all her cunning to win a war for the fate of the island and keep her family alive, whatever the cost ... "--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Mythological fiction.; Novels.; Electra (Greek mythological figure); Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character); Orestes, King of Argos (Mythological character); Penelope (Greek mythological character); Goddesses; Gods; Kings and rulers; Queens; Revenge; Women;
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All the seas of the world / by Kay, Guy Gavriel,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."On a dark night along a lonely stretch of coast, a small ship sends two people ashore. Their purpose is assassination. They have been hired by two of the most dangerous men alive to alter the balance of power in the world. If they succeed, the consequences will affect the destinies of empires, and lives both great and small. One of those arriving at that beach is a woman abducted by corsairs as a child and sold into years of servitude. Having escaped, she is trying to chart her own course-and is bent upon revenge. Another is a seafaring merchant who still remembers being exiled as a child with his family from their home, for their faith, a moment that never leaves him. In what follows, through a story both intimate and epic, unforgettable characters are immersed in the fierce and deadly struggles that define their time. All the Seas of the World is a drama that also offers moving reflections on memory, fate, and the random events that can shape our lives-in the past, and today"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Assassins; Fate and fatalism; Kidnapping victims; Memory; Merchants; Politics, Practical; Revenge;
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