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Will do magic for small change : a novel of what might have been / by Hairston, Andrea,author.;
"Cinnamon Jones dreams of stepping on stage and acting her heart out like her famous grandparents, Redwood and Wildfire. But she's always been theatrically challenged. That won't necessarily stop her! But her family life is a tangle of mysteries and secrets, and nobody is telling her the whole truth. Before her brother died, he gave Cinnamon The Chronicles of the Great Wanderer-a tale of a Dahomean warrior woman and an alien from another dimension who perform at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. They are a story of magic or alien science, but the connection to Cinnamon's past is unmistakable. When an act of violence wounds her family, Cinnamon and her theatre squad determine to solve the mysteries and bring her worlds crashing together"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Actors; Family secrets;
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I hope we choose love : a trans girl's notes from the end of the world / by Thom, Kai Cheng,author.;
"What can we hope for at the end of the world? What can we trust in when community has broken our hearts? What would it mean to pursue justice without violence? How can we love in the absence of faith? In a heartbreaking yet hopeful collection of personal essays and prose poems, blending the confessional, political, and literary, acclaimed poet and essayist Kai Cheng Thom dives deep into the questions that haunt social movements today. With the author's characteristic eloquence and honesty, I Hope We Choose Love proposes heartfelt solutions on the topics of violence, complicity, family, vengeance, and forgiveness. Taking its cues from contemporary thought leaders in the transformative justice movement such as adrienne maree brown and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, this provocative book is a call for nuance in a time of political polarization, for healing in a time of justice, and for love in an apocalypse."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Essays.; Thom, Kai Cheng.; Canadian essays; Conduct of life.; Forgiveness.; Love;
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Return : why we go back to where we come from / by Al-Solaylee, Kamal,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Kamal Al-Solaylee yearns to return to his homeland of Yemen, now wracked by war, starvation and daily violence, to reconnect with his family. In 'Return', Al-Solaylee interviews dozens of people who have chosen to or long to return to their homelands, from the Basques to the Irish to the Taiwanese. This is a book for anyone who has ever wondered what it would be like to return to their roots. Al-Solaylee lives in Toronto, ON. From the author of 'Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes', which won the 2013 Toronto Book Award.
Subjects: Al-Solaylee, Kamal.; Cross-cultural orientation.; Repatriation.; Return migrants; Return migrants.; Return migration; Return migration.; Reverse culture shock.; Social adjustment.;
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The mystery of right and wrong / by Johnston, Wayne,author.;
In a novel that grapples with sexual abuse, male violence and madness, Wayne Johnston reveals haunting family secrets he's kept for more than 30 years. Johnston was born and raised in Goulds, NL. From the author of First snow, last light and The colony of unrequited dreams, which was nominated for 16 national and international awards including the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, and was a Canada Reads finalist defended by Justin Trudeau.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Sisters; Family secrets;
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Lego Star wars. [electronic resource]. by Microsoft Corporation.;
Game.Building on the success of both LEGO Star Wars videogames LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga enables families to play through the events of all six Star Wars movies in one videogame for the first time ever. From the Trade Federation's "negotiations" with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn in The Phantom Menace to the space battle above Endor in Return of the Jedi The Complete Saga allows players to kick some brick through 36 Story Mode levels including Episode II's newly added high-speed pursuit of bounty hunter Zam Wessell. Traveller's Tales has revamped levels from the original LEGO Star Wars to match the gameplay evolutions found in LEGO Star Wars II and Prequel Trilogy characters can now be mixed and matched with those from the Original Trilogy -- more than 160 in all. Features include new playable characters an upgraded character customizer and new bonus levels.ESRB Content Rating: E10, Everyone, 10+ (cartoon violence).DVD compatible with Xbox 360 console ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p ; 2 player (co-op 2) online multiplayer with voice (paid subscription and broadband Internet connection required).
Subjects: Computer adventure games; Computer games.; LEGO toys; Lego Star wars the complete saga (Game); Star Wars films; Video games.; Xbox 360 (Video game console);
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Wrong side of the court / by Khan, H. N.;
A young teen's world is changed when a friend is killed by gang violence. This novel is a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of high school, communal violence, and budding romance.LSC
Subjects: Basketball stories.; Teenage boys; Pakistani Canadians; Basketball players; Fatherless families; Bullying; Friendship; Dating (Social customs); High schools;
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Our Beautiful Boys : A Novel. by Pandya, Sameer.;
When the star players on a high school football team are accused of violence by another student, their secrets - and the secrets of their parents - threaten to shatter their entire community. Book Club.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Cultural Heritage; FICTION / Family Life / General; FICTION / Sports;
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A man of two faces : a memoir, a history, a memorial / by Nguyen, Viet Thanh,1971-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-380)."With insight, humor, formal invention, and lyricism, Viet Thanh Nguyen rewinds the film of his own life. He expands the genre of personal memoir by acknowledging larger stories of refugeehood, colonization, and ideas about Vietnam and America, writing with his trademark sardonic wit and incisive analysis, as well as a deep emotional openness about his life as a father and a son. At the age of four, Nguyen and his family are forced to flee his hometown of Ban Mê Thuot and come to the USA as refugees. After being removed from his brother and parents and homed with a family on his own, Nguyen is later allowed to resettle into his own family in suburban San José. But there is violence hidden behind the sunny facade of what he calls AMERICA TM.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-; Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-; Authors; Immigrants; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnamese Americans;
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Behind the Rage. by Khan, Deeyah,film director.; Women Make Movies (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Women Make Movies in 2022.In the United States, most female homicide victims are killed by their current or former partner and one in 4 women experience domestic violence or abuse. In BEHIND THE RAGE: INSIDE AMERICA'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Peabody, BAFTA, and Emmy award-winning filmmaker Deeyah Khan asks a simple question: is it possible to reduce these endemic levels of male violence? In search of an answer, she hears heartfelt testimonies from survivors and victims’ families, and gets vital insights from social workers and psychologists who work with violent men. And she speaks to those whose voices are rarely heard in conversations about domestic violence yet who may hold the key to stopping it: the perpetrators themselves.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Criminal law.; Social sciences.; Psychology.; Gender identity.; Mental health.; Health.; Documentary films.; Women's studies.; Current affairs.; Violence.; Social service.; Abuse.;
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City on the edge / by Swinson, David(Author),author.;
In the wake of a baffling tragedy, 13-year-old Graham moves with his family to Beirut, Lebanon, a city on the edge of the sea and cataclysmic violence. Inquisitive and restless by nature, Graham suspects his State Department father is a CIA operative, and that their family's fragile domesticity is merely a front for American efforts along the nearby Israeli border. Over the course of one year, 1972, Graham's life will utterly change. Two men are murdered, his parent's marriage disintegrates, and Graham, along with his two ex-pat friends, run afoul of forces they cannot understand.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Noir fiction.; Historical fiction.; Americans; Espionage, American; Families; Murder;
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