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As the Earth Dreams Black Canadian Speculative Stories [electronic resource] : by Mason Pierre, Terese.; CloudLibrary;

A ground-breaking anthology of haunting speculative stories by contemporary Black Canadian writers that explore growth, futurity, and joy. Edited by esteemed poet Terese Mason Pierre, this bold and innovative anthology of speculative short fiction reveals and uplifts the spectacular imaginings, reveries, reflections, experiments, and hopes of Black writers in Canada. A masseuse attends her mother’s fourth funeral, only to encounter family she’s never met. A postdoc instructor navigates an almost-life in an Elsewhere realm of safety and comfort. After societal collapse, an immigrant leaves her precarious station, and her memories, behind. A woman isolating from a new virus starts hallucinating. A young nanny accepts a job with a peculiar employer in search of immortality. A medium is tasked with summoning a spirit that hits too close to home. And two teenagers test a friendship over magic carpet flying practice. These ten breathtaking stories explore natural and urban landscapes, living and dead relationships, economic catastrophe, love, and desire—all while celebrating the persistent and ever-changing self, and envisioning beautiful Black futures. Featuring stories by: Trynne Delaney francesca ekwuyasi Whitney French Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga Chimedum Ohaegbu Suyi Davies Okungbowa Chinelo Onwualu Lue Palmer Terese Mason Pierre Zalika Reid-BentaGeneral adult.

Subjects: Electronic books.; African American; Collections & Anthologies;

© 2025., House of Anansi Press Inc,

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America, América : a new history of the New World / by Grandin, Greg,1962-author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."The story of how the United States' identity was formed is almost invariably told by looking east to Europe. But as Greg Grandin vividly demonstrates, the nation's unique sense of itself was in fact forged facing south-no less than Latin America's was indelibly stamped by the looming colossus to the north. In this stunningly original reinterpretation of the New World Grandin reveals how North and South emerged from a constant, turbulent engagement with each other. America, América traverses half a millennium, from the Spanish Conquest-the greatest mortality event in human history-through the eighteenth-century wars for independence, the Monroe Doctrine, the coups and revolutions of the twentieth century, and beyond. Grandin shows, among other things, how royalist Spanish America, by sending troops and supplies, helped save the republican American Revolution; how in response to U.S. interventions, Latin Americans remade the rules, leading directly to the founding of the United Nations; and how the Good Neighbor Policy allowed FDR to assume the moral authority to lead the fight against world fascism. Grandin's book sheds new light on well-known historical figures like Bartolomé de las Casas, Simón Bolívar, and Woodrow Wilson, as well as lesser-known actors such as the Venezuelan Francisco de Miranda, who almost lost his head in the French Revolution and conspired with Alexander Hamilton to free America from Spain; the Colombian Jorge Gaitán, whose unsolved murder inaugurated the rise of Cold War political terror, death squads, and disappearances; and the radical journalist Ernest Gruening, who in championing non-interventionism in Latin America, helped broker the most spectacularly successful policy reversal in United State history. This is a monumental work of scholarship that will fundamentally change the way we think of slavery and racism, the rise of universal humanism, and the role of social democracy in staving off extremism. At once comprehensive and accessible, America, América shows that centuries of bloodshed and diplomacy not only helped shape the political identities of the United States and Latin America but also the laws, institutions, and ideals that govern the modern world. A culmination of a decades-long engagement with hemispheric history, drawing on a vast array of sources, and told with authority and flair, this is a genuinely new history of the New World"--

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Shaft [videorecording] / by Method Man,actor.; Hall, Regina,actor.; Jackson, Samuel L.,actor.; Jogia, Avan,1992-actor.; Lauria, Matt,actor.; Roundtree, Richard,1942-actor.; Shipp, Alexandra,actor.; Story, Tim,film director.; Usher, Jessie,1992-actor.; Velez, Luna Lauren,actor.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.;

Samuel L. Jackson, Alexandra Shipp, Avan Jogia, Regina Hall, Luna Lauren Velez, Richard Roundtree, Jessie Usher, Matt Lauria, Method Man.JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ's youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem's heroin-infested underbelly. And while JJ's own FBI analyst's badge may clash with his dad's trademark leather duster, there's no denying family.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for pervasive language, violence, sexual content, some drug material and brief nudity.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.

Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Shaft, John (Fictitious character); Murder; African American families; Fathers and sons;

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Personal shopper [videorecording] / by Assayas, Olivier,film director,screenwriter.; Bouaziz, Sigrid,actor.; Eidinger, Lars,1976-actor.; Stewart, Kristen,1990-actor.; Métropole Films Distribution,film distributor.; Mongrel Media,film distributor.;

Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz.This evocative character study tells the story of a young American fashion assistant and spiritual medium who is living in Paris and searching for signs of an afterlife following the sudden death of her twin brother. A chilling meditation on modern modes of communication and the way one mourn those they love.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Future life; Grief; Women mediums; Twin brothers;

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A grave in the woods / by Walker, Martin,1947 January 23-author.;

"Another entertaining and enlightening entry in the Bruno, Chief of Police series, featuring an archaeological dig in the French countryside that unearths World War II-era mysteries-all while Bruno dishes up more culinary magic When Abby, an American archaeologist, arrives in St. Denis on the heels of her divorce, she hopes to make a new life for herself as a specialist guide for visiting tourists. So when a local British couple discover a grave from World War II on their property, Abby is able to put her training to good use. As it turns out, in the grave are the remains of two German women and an Italian submarine officer who had a big secret to hide. The women are suspected of having had links to the German garrison in Bordeaux during the war. It's up to Bruno, just recovered from a gunshot wound earlier in the year, to unravel the mystery-and its contemporary relevance. His task is made more difficult by the horrible heat-dome summer, which is raising the temperature for miles around, as unprecedented amounts of rain drench the Massif Central and threaten increasingly dramatic floods. As Bruno drills to the heart of the case, matters get even more complicated when both Abby's financially distressed ex-husband and a mysterious dashing Italian naval officer arrive, with very different ideas in mind. Once again, Bruno is left to serve the guilty their just rewards, and his friends, some sumptuous Perigordian cuisine"--

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Courrèges, Bruno (Fictitious character); Burial; Criminal investigation; Police; Secrecy; Women archaeologists; World War, 1939-1945;

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Outlander v. 4 (DVD) [videorecording]. by Balfe, Caitriona; Heughan, Sam; Lacroix, Duncan; Kennedy, Maria Doyle; Skelton, Sophie; Rankin, Richard; Bell, John; Speelers, Ed; Domboy, Cesar; Lyle, Lauren; Berry, David;

Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Duncan Lacroix, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin, John Bell, Ed Speelers, Cesar Domboy, Lauren Lyle, David Berry.DVD.TV rating: TV-MA.Season Four continues the story of Claire and Jamie Fraser as they try to make a home for themselves in colonial America. The Frasers in North Carolina are at another turning point in history, the edge of the American Revolution. Along the way, the Frasers cross paths with notorious pirate Stephen Bonnet in a fateful meeting that will haunt the family. Meanwhile, Brianna and Roger grow closer in the twentieth century but make a shocking discovery that has them following in Claire's footsteps.

Subjects: Drama.; Television Series.;

© 2019., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,

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Planet 51 [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Johnson, Dwayne 'The Rock'; Biel, Jessica; Long, Justin; Oldman, Gary; Scott, Seann William; Cleese, John;

Seann William Scott, John Cleese, Jessica Biel, Gary Oldman, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Justin Long.American astronaut Captain Charles T. Baker thinks he is the first person to set foot on Planet 51. Little does he know the planet is inhabited by little green people who live in a cheerful, innocent world. The only fear they have is that their planet will be overtaken by alien invaders from planet Earth. Now, before he becomes part of the Planet 51 Alien Invaders Space Museum, Captain Baker, with the help of his new friend, Lem, must figure out a way to escape and return back to Earth.CHVRS rating: G.Blu-ray.

Subjects: Children's.; Children's films.; Animated.; Adventure.; Family Films.;

© 2010., Tri Star,

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A concise history of Canada / by Conrad, Margaret,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Margaret Conrad's history of Canada begins with a challenge to its readers. What is Canada? What makes up this diverse, complex, and often contested nation-state? What was its founding moment? And who are its people? Drawing on her many years of experience as a scholar, writer, and teacher of Canadian history, Conrad offers astute answers to these difficult questions. Beginning in Canada's deep past with the arrival of its Indigenous peoples, she traces its history through the conquest by Europeans, the American Revolutionary War, and the industrialization of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, to its prosperous present. As a social historian, Conrad emphasizes the peoples' history: the relationships between Indigenous peoples and settlers, French and English, Catholic and Protestant, rich and poor. She writes of the impact of disease, how women fared in the early colonies, and the social transformations that took place after the Second World War as Canada began to assert itself as an independent nation. It is this grounded approach that drives the narrative and makes for compelling reading. In its final chapters, the author explains the social, economic, and political upheavals that have bedeviled the nation in recent years. Despite its successes and its popularity as a destination for immigrants from across the world, Canada remains a cautious and contested country. This intelligent, concise, and lucid book explains just why that is"--

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Devotion [videorecording] / by Crane, Jake,screenwriter.; Cross, Joseph,1986-actor.; Denton, Dean,actor.; Dillard, J. D.,film director.; Hargrove, Nick,actor.; Jackson, Christina(Actress),actor.; Jonas, Joe,1989-actor.; Kagasoff, Daren,1987-actor.; Majors, Jonathan,1989-actor.; Neville, Spencer,actor.; Powell, Glen,1988-actor.; Riedy, Matt,actor.; Sadoski, Thomas,1976-actor.; Stewart, Jonathan,screenwriter.; Swan, Serinda,1984-actor.; Toonder, Darin,actor.; Trujillo, Kenneth,actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Makos, Adam.Devotion (Young adult adaptation); Paramount Pictures Corporation,film distributor.;

Jonathan Majors, Serinda Swan, Glen Powell, Thomas Sadoski, Joseph Cross, Spencer Neville, Daren Kagasoff, Joe Jonas, Christina Jackson, Matt Riedy, Dean Denton, Nick Hargrove, Kenneth Trujillo, Darin Toonder.Jonathan Majors (Creed III) and Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick) star in the epic and inspirational true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots who helped turn the tide in the most brutal battle in the Korean War: Jesse Brown, the first Black aviator in Navy history and his fellow fighter pilot and friend, Tom Hudner. Their heroic sacrifices and enduring friendship would ultimately make them the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; War films.; Brown, Jesse Leroy; Hudner, Tom, 1924-2017; United States. Naval Aviation Corps; Leyte (Aircraft carrier); African American fighter pilots; Corsair (Fighter plane); Interracial friendship; Korean War, 1950-1953; Male friendship;

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The room on Rue Amélie / by Harmel, Kristin,author.;

Includes bibliographical references."For fans of Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale and Martha Hall Kelly's Lilac Girls, this powerful novel of fate, resistance, and family--by the international bestselling author of The Sweetness of Forgetting and When We Meet Again--tells the tale of an American woman, a British RAF pilot, and a young Jewish teenager whose lives intersect in occupied Paris during the tumultuous days of World War II. When newlywed Ruby Henderson Benoit arrives in Paris in 1939 with her French husband Marcel, she imagines strolling arm in arm along the grand boulevards, awash in the golden afternoon light. But war is looming on the horizon, and as France falls to the Nazis, her marriage begins to splinter, too. Charlotte Dacher is eleven when the Germans roll into the French capital, their sinister swastika flags snapping in the breeze. After the Jewish restrictions take effect and Jews are ordered to wear the yellow star, Charlotte can't imagine things getting much worse. But then the mass deportations begin, and her life is ripped forever apart. Thomas Clarke joins the British Royal Air Force to protect his country, but when his beloved mother dies in a German bombing during the waning days of the Blitz, he wonders if he's really making a difference. Then he finds himself in Paris, in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, and he discovers a new reason to keep fighting--and an unexpected road home. When fate brings them together, Ruby, Charlotte, and Thomas must summon the courage to defy the Nazis--and to open their own broken hearts--as they fight to survive. Rich with historical drama and emotional depth, this is an unforgettable story that will stay with you long after the final page is turned"--

Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; World War, 1939-1945;

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