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Green papayas / by Tran-Davies, Nhung N.; Newland, Gillian.;
While Oma (grandmother) lies in her hospital bed, Mama reminds them all of Oma's courage in shepherding her family through war and across the ocean to safety. After Oma passes away, they cherish the memory of this remarkable woman, and the sacrifices she made to ensure that her children, and her grandchildren, would be free to dream.
Subjects: Picture books.; Grandmothers; Dementia; Children of immigrants;
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Plant Attack! The Fascinating Ways Flora Defends Itself [electronic resource] : by Silver, Erin.aut; McLaughlin, Julie.ill; CloudLibrary;
Just like people and animals, plants need to defend themselves. They can't scream or run away from danger, but many have developed surprisingly cool and courageous ways to keep themselves safe from pesky bugs, hungry animals and even large-clawed crabs. Plants can stab, poison, drown and even suffocate their predators. Discover the corpse flower, which smells like a combination of rotting wounds, garlic, cheese and sour sweat. Then there is the touch-me-not balsam that explodes, flinging anything that touches it through the air. Plant Attack! The Fascinating Ways Flora Defend Themselves explores 15 different plants and the unique, and sometimes bizarre, ways they defend themselves from predators, including us. Praise for Erin Silver: ★"Enthralling...Empowers readers to understand their own human coping mechanisms, while colorful, detailed images soaked in softly muted earth tones build a base of strong general knowledge. The challenge for readers young and old will be to see who says 'ew' first! A thoroughly engaging, fact-filled book with audacious and memorable animal responses to predators. A must-have for every library."—School Library Journal, starred review for Mighty ScaredKey Selling Points This is a fact-filled STEM picture book that looks at the unique ways plants defend themselves when they’re threatened. It discusses how they can poke, poison, explode, glow, swallow, sting, drown and even suffocate the species that can harm them. Looks at the science of plant evolution through the lens of what plants do to stay alive. This book introduces readers to plants they've never heard of and plants they won't want to meet, including carnivorous plants, plants that smell like dead bodies and plants that drown predators. Young readers will discover that protecting yourself when you're afraid is natural for plants, animals and humans. Erin Silver is an award-winning nonfiction author. She’s the author of Mighty Scared, a nonfiction picture book that examines the unique and bizarre ways animals protect themselves when they’re scared. Mighty Scared is a companion book to Plant Attack!Children/juvenile.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Flowers & Plants; Environmental Science & Ecosystems; Discoveries;
© 2025., Orca Book Publishers,
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Under the boardwalk [videorecording] / by Cannavale, Bobby,voice actor.; Cantone, Mario,voice actor.; Cera, Michael,voice actor.; Funches, Ron,1983-voice actor.; Magaro, John,1983-voice actor.; Palmer, Keke,voice actor.; Soren, David,1973-screenwriter,film director.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,film distributor.;
Michael Cera, Keke Palmer, Bobby Cannavale, Ron Funches, Mario Cantone, John Magaro.When timid Jersey crab Armen meets bold tourist sea crab, Ramona, it causes shell-shocking tension in the community. But when the duo is swept away by a storm, they embark on an epic journey to find a home. Their courage unites their families paving the way for great summers to come, Under the Boardwalk.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Children's films.; Animated films.; Feature films.; Love; Crabs; Boardwalks; Marine animals;
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The Marriott cell : an epic journey from Cairo's Scorpion Prison to freedom / by Fahmy, Mohamed Fadel,author.; Shaben, Carol,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The revealing, widely anticipated story by the internationally award-winning journalist is as riveting as a political thriller: it opens an astonishing window onto the closed world of geo-political power brokering as he takes us behind his headline-generating seizure and 438-day imprisonment in Cairo's notorious Scorpion Prison with leading terrorists; through the love story that made front-page news; to the profoundly personal drama of one man's fight for freedom, supported by Canadians across the country and media world-wide. With a foreword by international human rights lawyer, Amal Clooney. On the night of December 29, 2013, the Egyptian government's anti-terror forces led a dramatic raid on the Marriott Hotel, seizing Fahmy, Canadian-Egyptian bureau chief for the independent English Al Jazeera, and two fellow journalists in what quickly became an international cause célèbre condemned as a travesty of justice. Inside the maximum-security Scorpion Prison, Fahmy found himself with some of the most hardened Al Qaeda and ISIS extremists and Muslim Brotherhood leaders: always intrepid, he never stopped being a journalist, courageously taking advantage of his unexpected proximity to "interview" them and gain insight into their goals, into the feuds between Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE on the one hand, and Qatar and its allies, including Turkey, on the other, and surfacing shocking details of torture inside military camps. Thrown into the toxic mix is the complex geo-political power brokering of our Western governments also, which left three men, wrongly convicted of conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood and "fabricating news," struggling in a terrifying web he describes as "Global McCarthyism" and a war on journalism. Threaded through it all is an inspiring love story, as Fahmy's fiancée, Marwa, used every means at her disposal to fight for his release and his health, even to risking her own freedom smuggling cell phones and messages in and out of prison."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Fahmy, Mohamed Fadel; Fahmy, Mohamed Fadel.; False arrest; False imprisonment; Journalists; Journalists; Prisons;
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Elizabeth Taylor : the grit & glamour of an icon / by Brower, Kate Andersen,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women, the first ever authorized biography of the most famous movie star of the twentieth century, Elizabeth Taylor. No celebrity rivals Elizabeth Taylor's glamour and guts or her level of fame. She was the last major star to come out of the old Hollywood studio system and she is a legend known for her beauty and her magnetic screen presence in a career that spanned most of the twentieth century and nearly sixty films. But her private life was even more compelling than her Oscar-winning on-screen performances. During her seventy-nine years of rapid-fire love and loss she was married eight times to seven different men. Above all, she was a survivor--by the time she was twenty-six she was twice divorced and once widowed. Her life was a soap opera that ended in a deeply meaningful way when she became the first major celebrity activist to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS. A co-founder of amfAR, she raised more than $100 million for research and patient care. She was also a shrewd businesswoman who made a fortune as the first celebrity perfumer who always demanded to be paid what she was worth. In the first ever authorized biography of the Hollywood icon, Kate Andersen Brower reveals the world through Elizabeth's eyes. Brower uses Elizabeth's unpublished letters, diary entries, and off-the-record interview transcripts as well as interviews with 250 of her closest friends and family to tell the full, unvarnished story of her remarkable career and her explosive private life that made headlines worldwide. Elizabeth Taylor captures this intelligent, empathetic, tenacious, volatile, and complex woman as never before, from her rise to massive fame at age twelve in National Velvet to becoming the first to negotiate a million-dollar salary for a film, from her eight marriages and enduring love affair with Richard Burton to her lifelong battle with addiction and her courageous efforts as an AIDS activist. Here is a fascinating and complete portrait worthy of the legendary star and her legacy."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011.; Motion picture actors and actresses;
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Darling companion [videorecording] / by Bregman, Anthony.; Duplass, Mark.; Jenkins, Richard,1947-; Kasdan, Lawrence,1949-; Keaton, Diane.; Kline, Kevin.; Moss, Elizabeth.; Redleaf, Elizabeth.; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm.; Alliance Films.; Kasdan Pictures.; Likely Story (Firm); Sierra Pictures (Firm); Werc Werk Works (Firm);
Diane Keaton, Mark Duplass, Richard Jenkins, Kevin Kline, Elizabeth Moss.On the side of a busy freeway, a woman finds the love, devotion, commitment and courage she needs - all wrapped up in a stray dog who becomes her darling companion. When the beloved canine goes missing, a shaggy-dog search adventure plays out, drawing together friends and family and rekindling a lifelong love.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.
Subjects: Dogs; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships;
© c2012., Distributed by Allliance Atlantis,
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Elizabeth Taylor [text (large print)] : the grit & glamour of an icon / by Brower, Kate Andersen,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women, the first ever authorized biography of the most famous movie star of the twentieth century, Elizabeth Taylor. No celebrity rivals Elizabeth Taylor's glamour and guts or her level of fame. She was the last major star to come out of the old Hollywood studio system and she is a legend known for her beauty and her magnetic screen presence in a career that spanned most of the twentieth century and nearly sixty films. But her private life was even more compelling than her Oscar-winning on-screen performances. During her seventy-nine years of rapid-fire love and loss she was married eight times to seven different men. Above all, she was a survivor--by the time she was twenty-six she was twice divorced and once widowed. Her life was a soap opera that ended in a deeply meaningful way when she became the first major celebrity activist to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS. A co-founder of amfAR, she raised more than $100 million for research and patient care. She was also a shrewd businesswoman who made a fortune as the first celebrity perfumer who always demanded to be paid what she was worth. In the first ever authorized biography of the Hollywood icon, Kate Andersen Brower reveals the world through Elizabeth's eyes. Brower uses Elizabeth's unpublished letters, diary entries, and off-the-record interview transcripts as well as interviews with 250 of her closest friends and family to tell the full, unvarnished story of her remarkable career and her explosive private life that made headlines worldwide. Elizabeth Taylor captures this intelligent, empathetic, tenacious, volatile, and complex woman as never before, from her rise to massive fame at age twelve in National Velvet to becoming the first to negotiate a million-dollar salary for a film, from her eight marriages and enduring love affair with Richard Burton to her lifelong battle with addiction and her courageous efforts as an AIDS activist. Here is a fascinating and complete portrait worthy of the legendary star and her legacy."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Large type books.; Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011.; Motion picture actors and actresses;
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Vera. [videorecording] / by Bazalgette, Ed.; Blethyn, Brenda,1946-; Cleeves, Ann.Vera Stanhope series.Videorecording.; Hoar, Peter.; Holmes, Julian.; Leon, David,1980-; Morrison, Jon.; Ritter, Paul(Actor); Whittington, Paul.; Acorn Media (Firm); ITV Studios.;
Brenda Blethyn, David Leon, Jon Morrison, Paul Ritter.Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. If she's lonely she doesn't show it and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage. Her trusted and long suffering colleague is Sergeant Joe Ashworth. Together they approach every new case with unparalleled gusto and professionalism.PG.DVD, widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo sound.
Subjects: Cleeves, Ann.; Criminal investigation; Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery television programs.; Stanhope, Vera (Fictitious character); Women detectives; Women detectives;
© c2014., Distributed by Acorn Media,
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Vera. [videorecording] / by Bazalgette, Ed.; Blethyn, Brenda,1946-; Cleeves, Ann.Vera Stanhope series.Videorecording.; Hoar, Peter.; Holmes, Julian.; Leon, David.; Morrison, Jon.; Ritter, Paul.; Whittington, Paul.; Acorn Media (Firm); ITV Studios.;
Castles in the air -- Poster child -- Young gods -- Prodigal son.Brenda Blethyn, David Leon, Jon Morrison, Paul Ritter.Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. If she's lonely she doesn't show it and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage. Her trusted and long suffering colleague is Sergeant Joe Ashworth. Together they approach every new case with unparalleled gusto and professionalism.PG.DVD, widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo sound.
Subjects: Cleeves, Ann.; Criminal investigation; Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery television programs.; Stanhope, Vera (Fictitious character); Women detectives; Women detectives;
© c2013., Distributed by Acorn Media,
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Vera. [videorecording] / by Bazalgette, Ed.; Blethyn, Brenda,1946-; Cleeves, Ann.Vera Stanhope series.Videorecording.; Hoar, Peter.; Holmes, Julian.; Leon, David,1980-; Morrison, Jon.; Ritter, Paul(Actor); Whittington, Paul.; Acorn Media (Firm); ITV Studios.;
Disc 1. Changing tides -- disc 2. Old wounds -- disc 3. Muddy waters -- disc 4. Shadows in the sky.Brenda Blethyn, David Leon, Jon Morrison, Paul Ritter.Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. If she's lonely she doesn't show it and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage. Her trusted and long suffering colleague is Sergeant Joe Ashworth. Together they approach every new case with unparalleled gusto and professionalism.PG.DVD, widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo sound.
Subjects: Cleeves, Ann.; Criminal investigation; Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery television programs.; Stanhope, Vera (Fictitious character); Women detectives; Women detectives;
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