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Summer on Sag Harbor [text (large print)] : a novel / by Hostin, Sunny,author.; Harris, Sharina,author.;
When real estate developers discover the hidden enclave of SANS--Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest and Nineveh--the home of African American elites, Olivia Jones fights to preserve her new Black utopia, leading her to define the meaning of love, friendship, community and family.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; African American women; African Americans; Fathers; Friendship; Real estate development; Vacation homes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Pursuing play : women's leisure in small-town Ontario, 1870-1914 / by Beausaert, Rebecca,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Life in the Canadian countryside at the turn of the twentieth century is often generalized as insular, backwards, and defined by drudgery. These assumptions are redressed in Rebecca Beausaert's Pursuing Play, which highlights the complexity of small-town culture through a lively examination of women's efforts to negotiate space for themselves and their leisure pursuits. Amply illustrated, Pursuing Play draws on diaries, letters, newspapers, and census records to investigate women's recreational activities in three southern Ontario towns -- Dresden, Tillsonburg, and Elora -- between 1870-1914. Though women's recreational choices were restricted by pervasive ideas about propriety, Beausaert reveals how they increasingly spearheaded both formal and informal clubs, events, and social gatherings, and integrated them into their daily lives. In telling the story of what small-town women did for fun while navigating social hierarchies, nurturing ties of kinship and friendship, and advancing community development, Pursuing Play adds a new dimension to Canadian histories of gender, leisure, and popular culture. Encompassing public and private pastimes, the growth of sports, the phenomenon of "armchair travelling," and how easily recreation can slip from reputable to disreputable, this rich study uncovers how gender, class, and ethnicity shaped the nature and scope of women's leisure in small-town Ontario and beyond."--
Subjects: City and town life; City and town life; Leisure; Leisure; Women; Women; Women; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Battle for Brooklyn : Fighting to save a New York community. by Beilinson, David,film director.; Galinsky, MIchael,film director.; Hawley, Suki,film director.; Ratner, Bruce,contributor.; Goldstein, Daniel,contributor.; Rumur Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Rumur Films in 2011.This New York Times Critics' Pick follows the story of reluctant activist Daniel Goldstein as he struggles to save his home and community from being demolished to make way for a professional basketball arena and the densest real estate development in U.S. history. Along the way, he falls in love, gets married and starts a family while living in a vacated building located at the heart of the project site.Over the course of seven years, Daniel spearheads the movement against the development plan as he and the community fight tenaciously in the courts, the streets, and the media to stop the abuse of eminent domain and reveal the corruption at the heart of the plan.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary.; Land Use; City Planning.;
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The last ice [videorecording] / by Ressler, Scott,television director.; National Geographic Society (U.S.),production company.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),distributor.;
For centuries, Inuit in the Arctic have lived on and around the frozen ocean. Now, as climate change is rapidly melting the sea ice between Canada and Greenland, development here threatens to upset the delicate balance between their communities, land and wildlife.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Nature television programs.; Climatic changes.; Ice sheets; Ice sheets; Inuit; Inuit;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Larry Crowne [videorecording] / by Cedric,the Entertainer,1965-actor.; Cody, Alan,editor of moving image work.; Cranston, Bryan,1956-actor.; Goetzman, Gary,1952-film producer.; Grier, Pam,1949-actor.; Hanks, Tom,film producer,actor,screenwriter,film director.; Henson, Taraji P.,actor.; Howard, James Newton,composer.; Mbatha-Raw, Gugu,1983-actor.; Roberts, Julia,1967-actor.; Rousselot, Philippe,1945-director of photography.; Valderrama, Wilmer,1980-actor.; Vardalos, Nia,1962-screenwriter.; Wilson, Rita,actor.; Playtone (Firm),production company.; Universal Pictures (Firm),production company.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Vendome Pictures (Firm),production company.;
Music, James Newton Howard ; editor, Alan Cody ; director of photography, Philippe Rousselot.Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Bryan Cranston, Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Wilmer Valderrama, Pam Grier, Rita Wilson."When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne (Hanks) enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher (Roberts). Now this simple guy will discover that when you think everything worth having has passed you by, you just might find your reason to live"--Container.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief strong language and some sexual content.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Romantic comedy films.; Adult college students; Teacher-student relationships; Unemployment;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Beans [videorecording] / by Kiawentiio,actor.; Beauvais, Violah,actor.; Deer, Tracey,film director.; Vuchnich, Meredith,actor.; Métropole Films Distribution,film distributor.; Mongrel Media,film distributor.;
Kiawentiio, Violah Beauvais, Meredith Vuchnich.In 1990, two Mohawk communities enter into a 78-day armed standoff with government forces to protect a burial ground from developers.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Indigenous peoples; Mohawk youth; Mohawk; Mohawk;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Africatown : America's last slave ship and the community it created / by Tabor, Nick,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In 1860, a ship called the Clotilda was smuggled through the Alabama Gulf Coast, carrying the last group of enslaved people ever brought to the U.S. from West Africa. Five years later, the shipmates were emancipated, but they had no way of getting back home. Instead they created their own community outside the city of Mobile, where they spoke Yoruba and appointed their own leaders, a story chronicled in Zora Neale Hurston's Barracoon. That community, Africatown, has endured to the present day, and many of the community residents are the shipmates' direct descendants. After many decades of neglect and a Jim Crow legal system that targeted the area for industrialization, the community is struggling to survive. Many community members believe the pollution from the heavy industry surrounding their homes has caused a cancer epidemic among residents, and companies are eyeing even more land for development. At the same time, after the discovery of the remains of the Clotilda in the riverbed nearby, a renewed effort is underway to create a living memorial to the community and the lives of the slaves who founded it. An evocative and epic story, Africatown charts the fraught history of America from those who were brought here as slaves but nevertheless established a home for themselves and their descendants in the face of persistent racism"--
Subjects: Clotilda (Ship); African Americans; Slavery; West Africans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Gender magic : live shamelessly, reclaim your joy, and step into your most authentic self / by McDaniel, Rae,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Based on the author's celebrated Gender Freedom Model, Gender Magic is essential reading for anyone who yearns to step into their fullest self and imagine a life beyond gendered binaries. Whether you're transgender, non-binary, cisgender, or still exploring, this compassionate and practical guide will help you experience your gender in fresh ways by teaching: -How to move from anxiety, self-doubt, and fear to a confident, proactive state of mind. -How to prioritize your own safety and comfort as you develop genuine self-love. -How to design relationships, community, and a sex life that lights you up. -Practical tools to align with your gender identity through play, pleasure, and possibility. Ultimately, Rae offers a new, supportive narrative for gender exploration, expansion, and transition grounded in queer joy"--
Subjects: Gender identity.; Self-acceptance.; Sexual minorities.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dead post society / by Kelly, Diane,author.;
"Carpenter Whitney Whitaker and her cousin Buck are no strangers to murder. After all, they've encountered corpses on their properties before. But this is the first time they'd decided to take a chance on a property where two suspicious deaths have already occurred. Most buildings on the former boarding school property will be repurposed for an upscale retirement community, but the developer has no use for the headmaster's house given its violent history. The headmaster and his wife were killed there decades earlier, their deaths remaining unsolved to this day. Still, it seems a shame to see the beautiful Victorian give way to decay or the wrecking ball, even if many claim the unsettled souls of the victims still wander its halls, seeking retribution and justice. Can Whitney and Buck exorcise the structure's demons, solve the cold case, and give the building new life? Or will ghosts from the past seek to silence them forever?"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Recipes.; Novels.; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Cousins; Dwellings; Murder; Women carpenters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Queen Tut. by Morsi, Reem,film director.; Billings, Alexandra,actor.; Stanton, Kiriana,actor.; Ali, Ryan,actor.; Vyle, Selena,actor.; Allison, Thom,actor.; V71 US Inc. (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Alexandra Billings, Kiriana Stanton, Ryan Ali, Selena Vyle, Thom AllisonOriginally produced by V71 US Inc. in 2023.Following the death of his mother, a young Egyptian newcomer, Nabil, relocates to Toronto to live with his estranged father. On his exploration of Toronto, he meets Malibu, a trans elder and drag queen, fighting alone against the demolition of her queer bar, Mandy's. Malibu and Nabil develop a friendship and Nabil is soon thrust into Malibu’s crusade to save Mandy's, which has a long history in Toronto's 2SLGBTQIA+ community. As Nabil comes into his own queer identity, he finally finds the home in Toronto that he couldn’t find with his father or at their Coptic Egyptian Church.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Queer cinema.; Coming of age.;
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