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Garrow's law. [videorecording] / by Armstrong, Alun.; Barlow, Dominic.; Graves, Rupert,1963-; Lydon, Peter.; Marchant, Tony,1959-; Marshal, Lyndsey.; Russell, Stephen.; Wayling, Damian.; Acorn Media (Firm); British Broadcasting Corporation.;
Andrew Buchan, Alun Armstrong, Lyndsey Marshal, Rupert Graves.The true tale of William Garrow, who acted as counsel for the accused, introducing the 'innocent until proven guilty' theory to London's Old Bailey.PG.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo sound.
Subjects: Garrow, William, Sir, 1760-1840; Criminals; Historical television programs.; Lawyers; Legal television programs.; Television programs.;
© c2010., Acorn Media,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A woman's fortune / by Cox, Josephine,author.;
Finding a new beginning means taking the hardest road ... but the journey is where you find your true courage. Torn away from their beloved home, the journey for the Carter family has just begun ... In the middle of the night, Evie is torn away from her beloved home and close-knit community, as her family run away to the south. Her father's luck has finally run out but, what should mark a hopeful new beginning, is just the start of young Evie's troubles. With the weight of her family's future on her shoulders, Evie has no-one to turn to. Her mother, worn down by life, runs off with a new man, and with her grandmother's sight failing, it's left to Evie to earn their keep and run the house. Holding her family together is only made harder when tragedy strikes at its heart. A lost letter from home means that Evie's only hope of a happy ending has been dashed, but she's determined to make a new future for herself and find her own fortune in life.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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A guest at the feast : essays / by Tóibín, Colm,1955-author.;
From the melancholy and amusement within the work of the writer John McGahern to an extraordinary essay on his own cancer diagnosis, Tóibín delineates the bleakness and strangeness of life and also its richness and its complexity. As he reveals the shades of light and dark in a Venice without tourists and the streets of Buenos Aires riddled with disappearances, we find ourselves considering law and religion in Ireland as well as the intricacies of Marilynne Robinson's fiction. The imprint of the written word on the private self, as Tóibín himself remarks, is extraordinarily powerful. In this collection, that power is gloriously alive, illuminating history and literature, politics and power, family and the self.
Subjects: Biographies.; Essays.; Personal narratives.; Tóibín, Colm, 1955-; Families.; Identity (Psychology); Religion.;
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The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo : a novel / by Reid, Taylor Jenkins,author.;
Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband, David, has left her, and her career has stagnated. Regardless of why Evelyn has chosen her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career. Summoned to Evelyn's Upper East Side apartment, Monique listens as Evelyn unfurls her story: from making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the late 80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way. As Evelyn's life unfolds--revealing a ruthless ambition, an unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love--Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the actress. But as Evelyn's story catches up with the present, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique's own in tragic and irreversible ways.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Actors; Women journalists; Reminiscing in old age;
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Advika and the Hollywood wives / by Ramisetti, Kirthana,author.;
"At age 26, Advika Srinivasan considers herself a failed screenwriter. To pay the bills and keep her mind off of the recent death of her twin sister, she's taken to bartending A-list events, including the 2015 Governors Ball, the official afterparty of the Oscars. There, in a cinematic dream come true, she meets the legendary Julian Zelding--a film producer as handsome as Paul Newman and ten times as powerful--fresh off his fifth best picture win. Despite their 41-year age difference, Advika falls helplessly under his spell, and their evening flirtation ignites into a whirlwind courtship and elopement. Advika is enthralled by Julian's charm and luxurious lifestyle, but while Julian loves to talk about his famous friends and achievements, he smoothly changes the subject whenever his previous relationships come up. Then, a month into their marriage, Julian's first wife--the famous actress Evie Lockhart--dies, and a tabloid reports a shocking stipulation in her will. A single film reel and $1,000,000 will be bequeathed to "Julian's latest child bride" on one condition: Advika must divorce him first. Shaken out of her love fog and still-simmering grief over the loss of her sister--and uneasy about Julian's sudden, inexplicable urge to start a family--Advika decides to investigate him through the eyes and experiences of his exes. From reading his first wife's biography, to listening to his second wife's confessional albums, to watching his third wife's Real Housewives-esque reality show, Advika starts to realize how little she knows about her husband. Realizing she rushed into the marriage for all the wrong reasons, Advika uses the info gleaned from the lives of her husband's exes to concoct a plan to extricate herself from Julian once and for all"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Divorced women; Marriage; May-December romances; Motion picture producers and directors;
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Crooked teeth : a queer Syrian refugee memoir / by Ramadan, Ahmad Danny,author.;
"'Writing this memoir is a betrayal.' So begins this electrifying personal account from Danny Ramadan, a celebrated novelist who has long enjoyed the shield his fiction provides. Now, to tell the story of his life, he must revisit dark corners of his past he'd rather forget and unearth memories of a city he can no longer return to. Starting with his family's humble beginnings in Damascus, he takes readers on an epic, border-crossing journey: to the city's underground network of queer safe homes; to a clandestine party at a secluded villa in Cairo; through Arab Spring uprisings across the Middle East, a reckless hoax that threatens the safety of Syria's LGBTQ+ community, and a traumatic six-week imprisonment; to beaches and sunsets with friends in Beirut; to an arrival in Vancouver that's not as smooth as it promised to be; and ultimately to a life of hard-won comfort and love. What emerges is a powerful refutation of the oversimplified refugee narrative -- a book that holds space for joy alongside sorrow, for nuance and complicated ambivalences. Written with fearless intimacy, Crooked Teeth is a singular achievement in which a master storyteller learns that his greatest story is his own"--Back cover.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Ramadan, Ahmad Danny.; Novelists, Canadian; Refugees; Refugees; Sexual minorities; Authors, Canadian (English);
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Gladiator [videorecording (DVD)] by Scott, Ridley; Crowe, Russell,1964-; Phoenix, Joaquin.; Nielsen, Connie.;
Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, Richard Harris.A general in the Roman army is stripped of his rank, sold into slavery and forced to become a gladiator.MPAA rating: R.Adult.NTSC 1, Dolby surround, Dolby digital & DTS digital surround sound. This disc will not work in a CD-ROM drive. The DVD-ROM features on this disc will not work on a Macintosh.
Subjects: Gladiators; Slaves; Adventure films; Feature films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired;
© c2000., Dreamworks Home Entertainment,
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Seabiscuit [videorecording] / by Banks, Elizabeth,1975-; Bridges, Jeff,1949-; Cooper, Chris,1951-; DuCoeur, Kingston.; Goldenberg, William.; Hillenbrand, Laura.Seabiscuit.Videorecording.; Jones, Eddie.; Kennedy, Kathleen,1954-; Macy, William H.,1950-; Maguire, Tobey,1975-; Makovsky, Judianna.; Marshall, Frank.; McCullough, David G.; Newman, Randy.; Oppewall, Jeannine,1947-; Ross, Gary,1956-; Schwartzman, John.; Sindell, Jane.; Stevens, Gary,1963-; Dreamworks Pictures.; Larger Than Life (Firm); Spyglass Entertainment (Firm); Universal Pictures (Firm); Universal Studios Home Video (Firm);
Director of photography, John Schwartzman ; narrator, David McCullogh ; editor, William Goldenberg ; music, Randy Newman ; costume designer, Judianna Makovsky ; production designer, Jeannine Oppewall.Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, Gary Stevens, William H. Macy, Kingston DuCoeur, Eddie Jones.Based on a true story. A half-blind ex-prizefighter and mustang breaker team up with a millionaire and his rough-hewn, undersized horse, Seabiscuit. The men bring Seabiscuit to incredible heights, helping to turn a long shot into a legend. Eventually, Seabiscuit earns Horse of the Year honors in 1938.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 5.1 DTS Digital surround.
Subjects: Hillenbrand, Laura.; Feature films.; Horse racing; Horse trainers; Human-animal relationships; Seabiscuit (Race horse);
© c2009., Universal ; Distributed by Universal Studios Canada,
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The Poilievre project : a radical blueprint for corporate rule / by Lukacs, Martin,1984-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.""The Poilievre Project" is a work of literary non-fiction and investigative journalism by an award-wining writer, author, and the managing editor of the independent media outlet The Breach. It traces the intellectual and ideological roots of Pierre Poilievre, from his early influences through to his experiences in the Reform Party. It documents his role with Stephen Harper's government and his rise to the leadership of the Conservative Party. It analyzes his carefully-crafted personna as a worker-friendly anti-establishment politician and examines the creation of a broader right-wing digital organizing infrastructure. It documents the corporate figures and wealthy individuals donating to his party and invested in his success. And it explores the outlines of his political and economic agenda and what Canada could expect if he becomes Prime Minister"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Poilievre, Pierre, 1979-; Conservative Party of Canada (2003- ); Conservatism; Political leadership; Politicians;
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Making love with the land : essays / by Whitehead, Joshua(Writer),author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Much-anticipated non-fiction from the author of the Giller-longlisted, GG-shortlisted and Canada Reads-winning novel Jonny Appleseed. In the last few years, following the publication of his debut novel Jonny Appleseed, Joshua Whitehead has emerged as one of the most exciting and important new voices on Turtle Island. Now, in this first non-fiction work, Whitehead brilliantly explores Indigeneity, queerness, and the relationships between body, language and land through a variety of genres (essay, memoir, notes, confession). Making Love With the Land is a startling, heartwrenching look at what it means to live as a queer Indigenous person "in the rupture" between identities. In sharp, surprising, unique pieces--a number of which have already won awards--Whitehead illuminates this particular moment, in which both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples are navigating new (and old) ideas about "the land." He asks: What is our relationship and responsibility towards it? And how has the land shaped our ideas, our histories, our very bodies? Here is an intellectually thrilling, emotionally captivating love song--a powerful revelation about the library of stories land and body hold together, waiting to be unearthed and summoned into word."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Whitehead, Joshua (Writer); Human ecology.; Identity (Psychology); Indigenous authors; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Sexual minorities; Sexual minorities;
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