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Anxious people / by Backman, Fredrik,1981-author.; Smith, Neil(Neil Andrew),translator.;
"This is a story about a hostage drama. But more than that, it’s a story about idiots. That’s why, from the very outset, I need to say that it is always very easy to declare people idiots, but only if you forget that it is also almost always idiotically difficult to be human. Anxious People is an unreasonably riotous comedy about a hostage drama during an open house that all begins when a failed bank robber locks himself in with six strangers who have come to view the apartment. In captivity we meet Roger and Anna-Lena, a recently retired couple who are on a manic hunt for fixer-uppers because they don’t know how to fix their own marriage. They have the distinction of shopping at every Ikea in Sweden—and those are some of the most romantic moments they ever shared. Then there is Zara, a wealthy director of a bank who has never cared for poor people or their problems (and isn’t shy about saying so). But when tragedy strikes in her life, she becomes addicted to visiting real-estate open houses to see how the middle-classes live – and possibly to find a suitable place to commit suicide. Julia and Danijela are a young lesbian couple with a newborn baby who can’t agree on anything. Their opposite and idiosyncratic home preferences are making them increasingly anxious about their chances of spending a lifetime together. And Estelle, an eighty year-old woman who has lived long enough to be unimpressed by some bank robber waving a gun in her face. Despite the story she tells them all, Estelle hasn’t really come to the apartment to view it for her daughter, and her husband really isn’t outside parking the car. As police surround the premises and television channels are broadcasting live, the pressure of an increasingly tense situation mounts, causing each person to reveal more and more about themselves to each other. Before long, the robber must decide which is the more terrifying prospect: going out to face the police, or staying in the apartment with this group of impossible people. In the end, the hostages are released, but when the police storm the apartment to capture the robber, it is...empty. In a series of interviews afterwards, the witnesses all tell their version of what happened that day, whereupon it becomes clear to the police that one person is lying, and that none of the others are telling the whole truth. This is a story about a crime that never took place, a would-be bank robber who disappears into thin air, and a group of very anxious people who experience the same events in wildly different ways."--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Bank robberies; Thieves; Hostage negotiations; Witnesses; Small cities; Bank robberies.; Hostage negotiations.; Small cities.; Thieves.; Witnesses.;
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At the mountain's edge / by Graham, Genevieve,author.;
"From bestselling author Genevieve Graham comes a sweeping new historical novel of love, tragedy, and redemption set during the height of the Klondike Gold Rush. In 1897, the discovery of gold in the desolate reaches of the Yukon has the world abuzz with excitement, and thousands of prospectors swarm to the north seeking riches the likes of which have never been seen before. For Liza Peterson and her family, the gold rush is a chance for them to make a fortune by moving their general store business from Vancouver to Dawson City, the only established town in the Yukon. For Constable Ben Turner, a recent recruit of the North-West Mounted Police, upholding the law in a place overrun with guns, liquor, prostitutes, and thieves is an opportunity to escape a dark past and become the man of integrity he has always wanted to be. But the long, difficult journey over icy mountain passes and whitewater rapids is much more treacherous than Liza or Ben imagined, and neither is completely prepared for the forbidding north. As Liza's family nears the mountain's peak, a catastrophe strikes with fatal consequences, and not even the NWMP can help. Alone and desperate, Liza finally reaches Dawson City, only to find herself in a different kind of peril. Meanwhile, Ben, wracked with guilt over the accident on the trail, sees the chance to make things right. But just as love begins to grow, new dangers arise, threatening to separate the couple forever. Inspired by history as rich as the Klondike's gold, At the Mountain's Edge is an epic tale of romance and adventure about two people who must let go of the past not only to be together, but also to survive."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; North West Mounted Police (Canada); Gold mines and mining; Man-woman relationships;
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The celestial wife : a novel / by Howard, Leslie,1953-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Keep sweet no matter what, for this is the way to be lifted up Keep sweet with every breath, for it is a matter of life or death 1964. Fifteen-year-old Daisy Shoemaker dreams of life beyond her small, isolated fundamentalist Mormon community of Redemption on the Canada--US border--despite Bishop Thorsen's warning that the outside world is full of sin. According to the Principle, the only way to enter the celestial kingdom is through plural marriage. While the boys are taught to work in the lucrative sawmill that supports their enclave, Daisy and her best friend, Brighten, are instructed to keep sweet and wait for Placement--the day the bishop will choose a husband for them. But Daisy wants to be more than a sister-wife and a mother. So when she is placed with a man forty years her senior, she makes the daring decision to flee Redemption. Years later, Daisy has a job and a group of trustworthy friends. Emboldened by the ideas of the feminist and counterculture movements, she is freer than she has ever been ... until Brighten reaches out with a cry for help and Daisy's past comes hurtling back. But to save the women she left behind, Daisy must risk her newfound independence and return to Redemption, where hellfire surely awaits. For readers of Emma Cline's The Girls and Ami McKay's The Virgin Cure comes an arresting coming-of-age novel about a fearless young girl's fight for freedom at a time of great historic change."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Communal living; Latter Day Saints; Nineteen sixties; Self-actualization (Psychology) in women; Teenage girls;
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The nut job. [videorecording] / by Brunker, Cal,film director,screenwriter.; Barlen, Bob,1980-screenwriter,film producer.; Bindley, Scott,screenwriter.; Arnett, Will,voice actor.; Cheng, Long,1954-voice actor.; Dunham, Jeff,1962-voice actor.; Heigl, Katherine,voice actor.; Moner, Isabela,voice actor.; Rudolph, Maya,voice actor.; Stormare, Peter,voice actor.; Redriver Co. Ltd.,production company.; Toonbox Entertainment Ltd.,production company.; Gulfstream Pictures,production company.; Shanghai Hoongman Technology Co. Ltd.,production company.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),publisher.;
Will Arnett, Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph, Jackie Chan, Isabela Moner, Peter Stormare, Jeff Dunham.Surly Squirrel and the gang are back. They are once again in Oakton where the evil mayor has decided to bulldoze Liberty Park and build a dangerous amusement park in its place. Surly and his ragtag group of animal friends band together to save their home, defeat the mayor, and take back the park.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Animated films.; Children's films.; Feature films.; Squirrels; Mayors; Parks;
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The last five years [videorecording] / by Brown, Jason Robert.Last 5 years.Videorecording.; Jordan, Jeremy,1984-actor.; Kendrick, Anna,actor.; Knepp, Natalie,actor.; LaGravenese, Richard,screenwriter,director,producer.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada);
Anna Kendrick, Jeremy Jordan, Natalie Knepp, Betsy Wolfe, Sherie Rene Scott.The last five years is a musical chronicling a love affair and marriage taking place over a five year period. Jamie Wallerstein (Jordan) is a young, talented up and coming novelist who falls in love with Cathy Hiatt (Kendrick), a struggling actress. Their story is told almost entirely through song. All of Cathy's songs begin at the end of their marriage and move backwards in time to the beginning of their love affair, while Jamie's songs start at the beginning of their affair and move forward to the end of their marriage. They meet in the center when Jamie proposes.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen 2.40:1 ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Brown, Jason Robert.; Actresses; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Marriage; Musical films.; Novelists; Romance films.; Romantic comedy films.;
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The World's End [videorecording] / by Bradley, David.; Considine, Paddy.; Freeman, Martin,1971-; Frost, Nick,1970-; Marsan, Eddie.; Pegg, Simon,1970-; Pike, Rosamund.; Smiley, Michael.; Wright, Edgar,1974-; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Focus Features.; Relativity Media.; Working Title Films.;
Music by Steven Price ; director of photography, Bill Pope ; edited by Paul Machliss.Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Michael Smiley, David Bradley, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan, Rosamund Pike.Five lifelong friends reunite to complete a historic pub crawl from their youth, and find that reaching the fabled World's End tavern will be no simple undertaking while they also fight for the future of all mankind. Twenty years ago, Gary King (Simon Pegg) and his pals embarked on the ultimate drinking marathon. But the beer got the best of them, and they failed to drink their final pint at the World's End pub. Now, as die-hard rebel Gary approaches middle age, he summons his old friends back to their hometown for another round. With each pint down, Gary and the gang take another step toward reconciling with the past. Yet just when it starts to look like their goal is in sight, the pals realize that a much larger struggle is currently taking place, and that the future seems particularly grim -- not only for them, but for the entire human race.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS ; widescreen (16x9, 2.40:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Binge drinking; Comedy films.; End of the world; Feature films.; Male friendship; Robots; Science fiction films.;
© c2013., Focus Features ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
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Trouble island : a novel / by Short, Sharon Gwyn,author.;
"A gripping new novel inspired by a real place and events from the author's family, Trouble Island is the standalone suspense debut from historical mystery writer Sharon Short. Many miles from anywhere in the middle of Lake Erie, Trouble Island serves as a stop-off for gangsters as they run between America and Canada. The remote isle is also the permanent home to two women: Aurelia Escalante, who serves as a maid to Rosita, lady of the mansion and wife to the notorious prohibition gangster, Eddie McGee. In the freezing winter of 1932, the women anticipate the arrival of Eddie and his strange coterie: his right-hand man, a doctor, a cousin, a famous actor, and a rival gangster who Rosita believes murdered their only son. Aurelia wants nothing more than to escape Trouble Island, but she is hiding a secret of her own. She is in fact not a maid, but a gangster's wife in hiding, as she runs from the murder she committed five years ago. Her friend Rosita took her in under this guise, but it has become clear that Rosita wants to keep Aurelia right where she is. Shortly after the group of criminals, celebrities, and scoundrels arrive, Rosita suddenly disappears. Aurelia plans her getaway, going to the shore to retrieve her box of hidden treasures, but instead finds Rosita's body in the water. Someone has made sure Aurelia was the one to find her. An ice storm makes unexpected landfall, cutting Trouble Island off from both mainlands, and with more than one murderer among them. Both a gripping locked room mystery, and a transporting, evocative portrait of a woman in crisis, Trouble Island marks the enthralling standalone suspense debut from Sharon Short, promising to be her breakout novel, inspired by a real island in Lake Erie, and true events from her own rich family history"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Islands; Murder; Nineteen thirties; Organized crime;
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It's okay, just ask / by Carlos, Monique Leonardo.; Perera, Salini,1986-;
"An immigration story that gently conveys that curiosity, open-mindedness, and acceptance have the power to overcome fear, close-mindedness, and rejection. It's Okay, Just Ask is the story of a child who immigrates with her family (older sister and parents) to a new place and faces the uncertainties, fears, and wonder that come with a big change in the middle of childhood. The story is loosely based on the author's own move to Canada from the Philippines with her family seven years ago and the ways her own two children experienced and coped with the transition. The narrative follows the family's move through snapshot glimpses into the child's experiences as she tries to find her place in this new home and community. Each time she faces a new uncertainty-on the plane when she notices that her mother is quieter than usual, or when she has questions about an unfamiliar monument in her new country, or when she wonders about the differences between herself and her new classmates-she listens to (or remembers) her mother's words: It's okay, just ask. This repeated refrain guides her to meet these new hurdles with open-mindedness, curiosity, and courage. And every time she chooses to just ask, she learns something new and her understanding of this transitional phase of her life and her new home, peers, and neighbors grows deeper and more nuanced. This story aims to teach children that it's okay to ask questions when they are unsure of something, especially when it comes to being confident in, open to, and respectful of the differences you notice in others' lives, cultures, and looks compared to your own"--
Subjects: Picture books.; Emigration and immigration; Immigrants; Immigrant families; Life change events; Courage;
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Outcast [videorecording] / by An, Zhijie,1977-; Cage, Nicolas,1965-; Christensen, Hayden,1981-; Liu, Yifei,1987-; Powell, Nicholas.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada);
Director of photography, Joel Ransom ; editors, Nicolas Trembasiewicz, Oliver Gourlay ; music by Guillaume Roussel.Hayden Christensen, Nicolas Cage, Liu Yifei, Andy On, Bill Su Jiahang.When the heir of the Imperial throne becomes the target of an assassination by his despised older brother, the young prince must flee the kingdom and seek protection. His only hope for survival is a reluctant war-weary crusader named Jacob, who must overcome his own personal demons and rally the assistance of a mythical outlaw known as The White Ghost. Together they must fight side by side in an epic battle to return the prince to his rightful place on the throne.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Attempted assassination; Feature films.; Princes; Sibling rivalry;
© c2015., Distributed by Entertainnment One,
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Man down [videorecording] / by Cantillo, Jose Pablo,1979-actor.; Collins Jr., Clifton,actor.; Courtney, Jai,actor.; Labeouf, Shia,1986-actor.; Mara, Kate,1983-actor.; Montiel, Dito,film director.; Oldman, Gary,actor.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),distributor.; Lions Gate Home Entertainment,publisher.;
Kate Mara, Shia Labeouf, Jai Courtney, Gary Oldman, Clifton Collins Jr., Jose Pablo Cantillo.When U.S. Marine Gabriel Drummer returns from his tour in Afghanistan, he finds the place he once called home in no better shape than the battlefields he's left behind. Desperate to find his estranged family, son Johnathan and wife Natalie, Gabriel is aided in his search by his best friend Devin, a hard-nosed Marine. Before long, the two intercept Charles, a man with vital information concerning the whereabouts of Gabriel's family.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Feature films.; United States. Marine Corps; Fathers and sons; Missing persons;
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