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Every little letter / by Underwood, Deborah.; Ruiz, Joy Hwang.;
In a world where all the letters of the alphabet live in separate cities surrounded by walls, little h and small i's newfound friendship inspires all the divided communities to connect and form such words as courage, cooperate, and kindness.LSC
Subjects: Friendship; Alphabet books.;
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Dreaming Walls. by Van Elmbt, Amélie,film director.; Duverdier, Maya,film director.; Mongrel Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Mongrel Media in 2022.This documentary delves into the storied halls of New York City's Chelsea Hotel during its extensive renovations, capturing the lives of its remaining long-term residents. Once a haven for artists and intellectuals like Patti Smith, Janis Joplin, and the superstars of Warhol's Factory, the hotel is undergoing a transformation into a luxury establishment. The film offers a poignant exploration of the hotel's bohemian past and its uncertain future, providing viewers with a unique perspective on the intersection of art, history, and urban development.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Artists.; History.; Housing.; Gentrification.; Popular culture.; New York (State).;
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1911 [videorecording] : revolution / by Chao, Winston.; Chen, Baoguang,1952-; Chen, Joan,1961-; Cheng, Long,1954-; Du, Yuhang.; Fang, Zuming,1982-; Hu, Ge.; Huang, Zhizhong,1969-; Jiang, Wu,1967-; Li, Bingbing,1976-; Mei, Ting,1975-; Ning, Jing,1972-; Ren, Zhonglun,1955-; Sun, Chun,1956-; Wang, Xingdong.; Yu, Shaoqun,1983-; Zhang, Li,1957 Apr.-; Well Go USA, Inc.;
Cinematography, Wai Huang.Jackie Chan, Zhao Wenxuan, Li Bingbing, Sun Chun, Chen Chong, Jiang Wu, Fang Zuming, Hu Ge, Ning Jing, Yu Shaoqun, Du Yuhang, Huang Zhizhong, Mei Ting.A historical action war drama based on the founding of the Republic of China, when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the last ruling Qing Dynasty, which held unquestioned power and rule for 250 years. From the walls of the Forbidden City to the battlefields of China, no expense was spared in the production and no detail ignored in its quest for historical accuracy. 1911 is a true epic to be enjoyed for generations.MPAA Rating: R.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Huang, Xing, 1874-1916; Sun, Yat-sen, 1866-1925; Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Foreign films; Historical films.; Motion pictures, Chinese.;
© c2012., Well Go USA,
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True raiders : the untold story of the 1909 expedition to find the legendary Ark of the Covenant / by Ricca, Brad,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."True Raiders is The Lost City of Z meets The Da Vinci Code, from critically acclaimed author Brad Ricca. This book tells the untold true story of Monty Parker, a British rogue nobleman who, after being dared to do so by Ava Astor, the so-called "most beautiful woman in the world," headed a secret 1909 expedition to find the fabled Ark of the Covenant. This amazing tale not only inspired the blockbuster film Raiders of the Lost Ark but stands on its own as an incredible story of adventure and mystery, though it has been almost completely forgotten today. In 1908, Monty is approached by a strange Finnish scholar named Valter Juvelius who claims to have discovered a secret code in the Bible that reveals the location of the Ark. Monty assembles a ragtag group of blueblood adventurers, a renowned psychic, and a Franciscan father, to engage in a secret excavation just outside the city walls of Jerusalem. Using recently uncovered records from the original expedition and several newly translated sources, True Raider is the first retelling of this group's adventures- in the space between fact and faith, science and romance"--
Subjects: Morley, Montagu Parker, Earl of, 1878-1962.; Parker Expedition (1909-1911); Ark of the Covenant.; Excavations (Archaeology);
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The girl behind the wall / by Robotham, Mandy,author.;
aWhen the Berlin Wall goes up, Karin is on the wrong side of the city. Overnight, she's trapped under Soviet rule in unforgiving East Berlin and separated from her twin sister, Jutta. Karin and Jutta lead parallel lives for years, cut off by the Wall. But Karin finds one reason to keep going: Otto, the man who gives her hope, even amidst the brutal East German regime. When Jutta finds a hidden way through the wall, the twins are reunited. But the Stasi have eyes everywhere, and soon Karin is faced with a terrible decision: to flee to the West and be with her sister, or sacrifice it all to follow her heart?
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Germany (East). Ministerium für Staatssicherheit; Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989; Man-woman relationships; Twin sisters;
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The return of Faraz Ali / by Ahmad, Aamina,author.;
"Not since childhood has Faraz returned to the Mohalla, Lahore's infamous walled inner city, where women still pass down the profession of courtesan to their daughters. But he still remembers the day he was abducted from the home he shared with his mother and sister there, at the direction of his powerful father, who wanted to give him a chance at a respectable life. Now Wajid, once more dictating his fate from afar, has sent Faraz back to Lahore, installing him as head of the Mohalla police station and charging him with a mission: to cover up the violent death of a young kanjari. It should be a simple assignment to carry out in a marginalized community, but for the first time in his career, Faraz finds himself unable to follow orders. As the city assails him with a jumble of memories, he cannot stop asking questions or chasing down the walled city's labyrinthine alleyways for the secrets--his family's and his own--that risk shattering his precariously constructed existence. Profoundly intimate and propulsive, The Return of Faraz Ali is a spellbindingly assured first novel that poses a timeless question: Whom do we choose to protect, and at what price?"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Fathers and sons; Homecoming; Police;
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Vikings. [videorecording] / by Hirst, Michael,1952-; Renck, Johan,1966-; Donnelly, Ciarán.; Girotti, Ken.; Fimmel, Travis,1979-; Winnick, Katheryn.; Standen, Clive.; Take 5 Productions.; Phase 4 Films (Firm);
Katheryn Winnick, Jessalyn Gilsig, Clive Standen, Gustaf Skarsgard, Alexander Ludwig, Travis Fimmel.This season, the ever-ambitious Ragnar searches for something more, and finds it in the mythical city of Paris. Rumoured to be impenetrable to outside forces, Ragnar and his band of Norsemen must come together to break down its walls and cement the Vikings legend in history.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Ragnar Loðro͡k, Danish chief, active 9th century; Vikings; Vikings; Women, Viking;
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Mayor of Kingstown. [videorecording] / by Chandler, Kyle,actor.; Dillon, Hugh,1963-creator,actor.; Gillen, Aidan,1968-actor.; Handley, Taylor,1984-actor.; Laird, Emma,actor.; Renner, Jeremy,actor.; Sheridan, Taylor,creator.; Webster, Derek,1981-actor.; Wiest, Dianne,actor.; Bamtefa, Tobi,actor.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Jeremy Renner, High Dillon, Tobi Bamtefa, Taylor Handley, Emma Laird.A series of explosions rock Kingstown and its citizens, as a new face of the Russian mob sets up shop in the city, and a drug war rages inside and outside prison walls. The pressure is on Mike McLusky to end the war but things get complicated when a familiar face from his incarcerated past threatens to undermine the Mayor's attempts to keep the peace among all factions.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Television crime shows.; Brokers; Corruption; Family-owned business enterprises; Imprisonment; Racism;
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The Berlin apartment / by Turnbull, Bryn,author.;
Berlin 1961: When Uli Neumann proposes to Lise Bauer, she has every reason to accept. He offers her love, respect, and a life beyond the strict bounds of the East German society in which she was raised -- which she longs to leave more than anything. But only two short days after their engagement, Lise and Uli are torn violently apart when barbed wire is rolled across Berlin, splitting the city into two hostile halves: capitalist West Berlin, an island of western influence isolated far beyond the Iron Curtain; and the socialist East, a country determined to control its citizens by any means necessary. Soon, Uli and his friends in West Berlin hatch a plan to get Lise and her unborn child out of East Germany, but as distance and suspicion bleed into their lives and as weeks turn to months, how long can true love survive in the divided city?
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989; Cold War; Man-woman relationships; Separation (Psychology);
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We lived on the horizon : a novel / by Swyler, Erika,author.;
"The acclaimed author of the "dazzling" (Sara Gruen, #1 New York Times bestselling author) The Book of Speculation returns with an engrossing new novel about a bio-prosthetic surgeon and her personal AI as they are drawn into a catastrophic war. The city of Bulwark is aptly named: a walled city built to protect and preserve the people who managed to survive a series of great cataclysms, Bulwark was founded on a system where sacrifice is rewarded by the AI that runs the city. Over generations, an elite class has evolved from the descendants of those who gave up the most to found mankind's last stronghold, called the Sainted. Saint Enita Malovis, long accustomed to luxury, feels the end of her life and decades of work as a bio-prosthetist approaching. The lone practitioner of her art, Enita is determined to preserve her legacy and decides to create a physical being, called Nix, filled with her knowledge and experience. In the midst of her project, a fellow Sainted is brutally murdered and the city AI inexplicably erases the event from its data. Soon, Enita and Nix are drawn into the growing war that could change everything between Bulwark's hidden underclass and the programs that impose and maintain order. A complex, imaginative, and unforgettable novel, We Lived on the Horizon grapples with concepts as varied as the human desire for utopia, body horror, and what the future holds for humanity and machine alike"--
Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Artificial intelligence; Revolutions; Women surgeons;
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