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- The last good year : seven games that ended an era / by Cox, Damien,1961-author.;
"Twenty-five years later, it's still the most talked-about NHL playoff series ever played. We may never again see a series like it. Before Gary Bettman, the lockouts, and the explosion of salaries. Before all the NHL's old barns were torn down to make way for bigger, glitzier rinks. Before expansion and parity across the league, just about anything could happen on the ice, and often did. It was an era when huge personalities dominated the sport, and willpower was often enough to win games. And in the spring of 1993, some of the biggest talents and biggest personalities were on a collision course. The Cinderella Maple Leafs had somehow beaten the mighty Red Wings and then, just as improbably, the St. Louis Blues. Wayne Gretzky's Kings had just torn through the Oilers and the Flames. When they faced each other in the conference final, the result would be the series Gretzky called the best he ever played--a series that fans still talk about passionately 25 years later. Told through the stories of seven central characters, The Last Good Year gives an intimate account not just of an era-defining seven games, but of what the series meant to the men who were changed by it: Marty McSorley, the tough guy who took his whole team on his shoulders; Doug Gilmour, the emerging superstar; celebrity owner Bruce McNall; Bill Berg, best-known checking winger in the world; Kelly Hrudy, the Kings' goalie who would go on to become a Hockey Night in Canada broadcaster; Kerry Fraser, who would become the game's most infamous referee; and two very different captains, Toronto's bull in a china shop, Wendel Clark, and the immortal Wayne Gretzky. Taking us back to that feverish spring, Damien Cox also takes us behind the scenes and into the lives of those who shone brightest during those two weeks: players who made Herculean efforts to spur on the team, from dropping the gloves to spectacular goals and saves when they were most needed, and the referee whose view of one play changed history for a generation of fans. Fast-paced, authoritative, and galvanized by the same love of the game that made the series so unforgettable, The Last Good Year is a glorious testament to a moment hockey fans will never forget."--- Subjects: National Hockey League; Toronto Maple Leafs (Hockey team); Los Angeles Kings (Hockey team);
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- Crash landing : the inside story of how the world's biggest companies survived an economy on the brink / by Hoffman, Liz(Wall Street Journal reporter),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A kaleidoscopic account of the financial carnage of the pandemic, revealing the fear, grit, and gambles that drove the economy's winners and losers--from a leading Wall Street Journal reporter. The world's most powerful CEOs never saw it coming. In 2018, after a decade-long bull market, the CEO of American Airlines declared, "I don't think we're ever going to lose money again." The U.S. entered March 2020 riding an eleven-year economic high, with unemployment at record lows, the Dow Jones flirting with 30,000, and the good times certain to continue. By the end of the month, ten million people were out of work, iconic firms were begging for bailouts, and countless small businesses were in freefall. Slick consulting teams and country-club connections were suddenly of little use: CEOs were fumbling in the dark, tossing out long-term strategy and making decisions on the fly that, they hoped, might just save them. In Crash Landing, Liz Hoffman shows how the pandemic set the economy on fire--but if you look closely, the tinder was already there. After 2008, corporate leaders had embraced cheap debt and growth at all costs. Wages went stagnant. Millions were pushed into the gig economy. Companies crammed workers into offices, and airlines did the same with planes. Wall Street cheered on this relentless march toward efficiency, overlooking its collateral damage. Based on access to an astonishing array of business titans, Crash Landing is Liz Hoffman's account of the most remarkable year in modern economic history. She takes readers into the beating heart of the twenty-first-century economy, revealing how the pandemic exposed its pressure points. Bankruptcies decimate retail. Banking and pharma rivals team up. Bleeding cash, airlines like Delta weigh safety against survival. An untested White House fumbles for the 2008 playbook. There's Goldman Sachs's David Solomon blindsided by a virus in the middle of a high-stakes reinvention; American Airlines's Doug Parker, shuttling between K Street and the White House, determined to secure a multi-billion-dollar bailout; and Ford's Jim Hackett, gambling on the switch from cars to ventilators. In Crash Landing, Hoffman probes the pandemic's implications for the future of work, corporate leadership, and capitalism itself, asking: Will this remarkable time give rise to newfound resilience, or become just another costly mistake to be forgotten?"--- Subjects: COVID-19 (Disease);
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- The Color of Lies. by Chabrol, Claude,film director.; de Caunes, Antoine,actor.; Verley, Bernard,actor.; Ogier, Bulle,actor.; Gamblin, Jacques,actor.; Bonnaire, Sandrine,actor.; Bruni Tedeschi, Valeria,actor.; Arrow Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Antoine de Caunes, Bernard Verley, Bulle Ogier, Jacques Gamblin, Sandrine Bonnaire, Valeria Bruni TedeschiOriginally produced by Arrow Films in 1999.After a little girl is found murdered, an inspector immediately questions her art teacher who was the last person to see her. His reputation is immediately ruined as people in town become unsettled.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Horror films.; Independent films.; Motion pictures--France.; Murder.; Detective and mystery films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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- Joyeux anniversaire, Henry! / by Larochelle, Alexandra,1993-; Vachon, Jean-François,1966-; A., Alex.;
LSC- Subjects: Récits humoristiques.; Humorous fiction.; Mini-Jean (Personnage fictif); Mini-Bulle (Personnage fictif); Mini-Jon (Fictitious character); Mini-Maple (Fictitious character); Anniversaires de naissance; Cadeaux; Robots; Birthdays; Gifts; Robots;
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- Le trésor de la momie / by Patalano, Louis.; Vachon, Jean-François,1966-; A., Alex.;
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- Subjects: Mini-Jean (Personnage fictif : Alex A.); Mini-Bulle (Personnage fictif : Alex A.); Momies; Mummies; Monstres; Monsters; Trésors; Treasure troves; French language materials.;
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- Drago : une histoire / by Bell, Chris(Children's author); Jurevicius, Luke.;
LSC- Subjects: Vie à la ferme; Taureaux; Relations homme-animal; Farm life; Bulls; Human-animal relationships;
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- Des campeurs inattendus / by Larochelle, Alexandra,1993-; Vachon, Jean-François,1966-; A., Alex.;
LSC- Subjects: Récits humoristiques.; Humorous fiction.; Scientifiques; Camping; Scientists; Camping;
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- Les chevaliers de la prehistoire / by Patalano, Louis,auteur.; Vachon, Jean-François,1966-; A., Alex.;
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- Subjects: Lectures et morceaux choisis (Enseignement primaire); French language materials.; Chevaliers; Knights and knighthood;
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- Chuuut! Fais dodo! / by Jolin, Dominique,1964-; Mika,1981 July 9-;
LSC- Subjects: Romans graphiques.; Graphic novels.; Heure du coucher; Imagination; Bedtime; Imagination;
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