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Planet Canada : how our expats are shaping the future / by Stackhouse, John,1962-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.One of the leading thinkers on Canada's place in the world contends that our country's greatest latent resource is the three million Canadians who don't live here. Educators, entrepreneurs, humanitarians: an entire province's worth of Canadian citizens live outside Canada. Some will return, others won't. But what they all have is the ability, and often the desire, to export Canadian values to a world sorely in need of them. And to act as ambassadors for Canada in industries and societies where diplomatic efforts find little traction. Surely a country with as diverse human resources as Canada ought to plug itself into every corner of the globe. We don't, and sometimes not even when citizens of a country that increasingly finds itself everywhere in the world are asking how they can help. Failing to put this desire to work, contends bestselling author and longtime foreign correspondent John Stackhouse, is a grave error for a small country whose voice is getting lost behind developing nations of rapidly increasing influence. The soft power we once boasted is getting softer, but we have an unparalleled resource, if we choose to use it. To ensure Canada's place in the world, argues Planet Canada, we need to use the world within Canada.
Subjects: Canadians; Cultural diplomacy;
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The China mirage : the hidden history of American disaster in Asia / by Bradley, James,1954-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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The Russia conundrum : how the west fell for Putin's power gambit--and how to fix it / by Khodorkovskiĭ, Mikhail,1963-author.; Sixsmith, Martin,author.;
"An urgent analysis of the battle between Russia and the West and an exposae of Putin's Russia, by a former Kremlin insider. "I'm a fairly calm fellow; I don't usually get wound up about things. But I was, let's say, concerned when I tuned into the MoscowEcho radio station and heard that the Kremlin had put a price on my head. The announcement didn't quite say 'dead or alive'. But it came close ... " -Mikhail Khodorkovsky, March 2021 Mikhail Khodorkovsky has seen behind the mask of Vladimir Putin. Once anoil tycoon and the richest man in Russia, Khodorkovsky spoke out against the corruption of Putin's regime-and was punished by the Kremlin, stripped of his entire wealth and jailed for over ten years. Now freed, working as a pro-democracy campaigner in enforced exile, Khodorkovsky brings us the insider's battle to save his country's soul. Offering an urgent analysis of what has gone wrong with Putin, The Russia Conundrum maps the country's rise and fall against Khodorkovsky's own journey, from Soviet youthto international oil executive, powerful insider to political dissident, and now a high-profile voice seeking to reconcile East and West. With unparalleled insight, written with Sunday Times bestselling author Martin Sixsmith, The Russia Conundrum exposes the desires and damning truths of Putin's "mafia clan," and provides an answer to the West on how it must challenge the Kremlin-in order to pave the way for a better future"--
Subjects: Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-;
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Door. by Takahashi, Banmei,film director.; Tsutsumi, Daijirô,actor.; Takahashi, Keiko,actor.; Shimomoto, Shirô,actor.; Yonezu, Takuto,actor.; Cineverse (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Daijirô Tsutsumi, Keiko Takahashi, Shirô Shimomoto, Takuto YonezuOriginally produced by Cineverse in 1988.After several threatening calls from a local salesman, a homemaker becomes increasingly afraid to answer her apartment door.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Horror films.;
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Bedevilled. by Jang, Cheol-soo,film director.; Seong-won, Ji,actor.; Hwang, Min-ho,actor.; Jeong-hak, Park,actor.; Yeong-hie, Seo,actor.; Foundation Distribution (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Ji Seong-won, Min-ho Hwang, Park Jeong-hak, Seo Yeong-hieOriginally produced by Foundation Distribution in 2010.Hae-won discovers Bok-nam's tragedy on Moodo Island, leading to revenge and a tragic outcome.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Horror films.;
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When Evil Lurks. by Rugna, Demián,film director.; Salomón, Eduardo,actor.; Rodríguez, Ezequiel,actor.; Ziembrowski, Luis,actor.; Michinaux, Marcelo,actor.; Sabater, Silvina,actor.; IFC Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Eduardo Salomón, Ezequiel Rodríguez, Luis Ziembrowski, Marcelo Michinaux, Silvina SabaterOriginally produced by IFC Films in 2023.In a remote village, two brothers find a demon-infected man just about to give birth to evil itself. They decide to get rid of the man but merely succeed in helping him to deliver the inferno.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Horror films.;
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Pachyderme. by Clément, Stéphanie,film director.; Theret, Christa,actor.; Brubach, Michelle,actor.; Miyu Distribution (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Christa Theret, Michelle BrubachOriginally produced by Miyu Distribution in 2022.Every summer, Louise is entrusted to her grandparents for a few days of vacation in the country. The green grass of the garden, the swimming in the lake, the fishing with Grandpa, everything seems as sweet as Grandma’s strawberry pies. Yet this year, the snow will fall in summer and a monster will die.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Short films.;
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27. by Anna, Flóra,film director.; Farkas, Franciska,actor.; Kaszás, Márk,actor.; Stork, Natasa,actor.; Szabó, Simon,actor.; Fekete, Ádám,actor.; Enyedi, Éva,actor.; Miyu Distribution (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Franciska Farkas, Márk Kaszás, Natasa Stork, Simon Szabó, Ádám Fekete, Éva EnyediOriginally produced by Miyu Distribution in 2023.Alice is 27 years old today. Even though she is suffocating a bit, she still lives with her parents and tends to live in her dreams to escape her dreary everyday life. After a psychedelic party on a factory roof, she has a serious drunken bike accident. Will this give her the courage to become an adult?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Short films.;
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House of Trump, House of Putin : the untold story of Donald Trump and the Russian mafia / by Unger, Craig,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Trump, Donald, 1946-; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-; United States. President (2017- : Trump); Political science.;
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Punishing Putin : inside the global economic war to bring down Russia / by Baker, Stephanie,1967-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Undeterred by eight years of timid US sanctions, Vladimir Putin ordered his full-scale assault on Ukraine on February 24, 2022. In the hours that followed across the world, Western leaders weaponized economic tools to counter an unprecedented land grab by a nuclear-armed power. What followed was an undeniably world-changing financial experiment that risked throwing the world into a devastating recession. The end goal was simple: to sap the strength of Putin's war machine and damage the Russian economy -- once the eleventh largest on the planet. Here, Russian expert and veteran journalist Stephanie Baker explains in fascinating detail how this furious shadow-war unfolded: its causes, how it is being executed, and its ability to affect Russia and the course of history. From seizing superyachts to manipulating the global price of oil to trying to block the sale of military technology to Russia, we learn how the White House coordinated with top officials in London and Brussels to freeze a staggering $300 billion in foreign currency reserves accumulated in the West by Russia's central bank. Mobilizing an army of white collar-crime investigators and experts on international law, Baker explores how the West has cracked down on illicit Russian money by targeting oligarchs, one superyacht at a time, and their enablers around the world. Filled with propulsive, fly-on-the-wall details, Punishing Putin takes us into the frantic backroom deliberations that led to a whole new era of carefully calculated "economic statecraft" and shows how these new strategies are already radically rearranging global alliances that will influence the world order today, and for generations to come"--
Subjects: Economic sanctions;
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