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Code noir : by Lubrin, Canisia,1984-author.;
"Eagerly awaited debut fiction from one of Canada's most exciting and admired young writers. A daring and inventive reimagining of the infamous set of laws, the "Code Noir," that once governed Black lives. Canisia Lubrin's debut fiction is that rare work of art: a brilliant, startlingly original book that combines immense literary and political force. Its structure is deceptively simple and ingenious: it is modeled on the infamous real-life "Code Noir," a set of historical decrees originally passed in 1685 by King Louis XIV of France defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire. In other words, the Code that contained and restricted the activities of Black people in the Caribbean. The original Code had fifty-nine articles; Code Noir has fifty-nine short, linked fictions that present vivid, unforgettable, multi-layered fragments of Black life as it really existed and still exists, winding in and around, over and under the official decrees, refusing to be contained or "ruled." Ranging in style from contemporary realism to dystopia, from fantasy to historical fiction, this loosely linked stream of 59 irrepressible stories comments on, underscores, undermines, mocks, breaks and redefines the Code's intent. An original, timely, culturally daring, virtuoso performance by a rising literary star."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Short stories.; African Americans;
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Shameless. [videorecording] / by Abbott, Paul,creator.; Chatwin, Justin,1982-actor.; Macy, William H.,1950-actor.; Mylod, Mark,television director.; Rossum, Emmy,1986-actor.; Hampton, Shanola.; Howey, Steve.; Kenney, Emma,1999-; Monaghan, Cameron.; Fisher, Noel,1984-; Wells, John,1956-creator,screenwriter.; Showtime Networks.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, Shanola Hampton, Steve Howey, Emma Kenney, Cameron Monaghan, Noel Fisher.Scrappy, stubborn and strong, the Gallaghers are tested by changing times, but Season Six finds them older, wiser, and better at playing the system. Used to their natural state of chaos, the Gallaghers are as surprised as anyone at how life is turning out for them. But as they come into their own and find out who they really are is it really possible that they could grow apart for good?Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, NTSC region 1, dual layer, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Alcoholic fathers; Dysfunctional families;
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Unbroken [videorecording] / by Gleeson, Domhnall,1983-; Hillenbrand, Laura.UnbrokenVideorecording.; Ishihara, Takamasa.; O'Connell, Jack,1989-; Legendary Pictures.; Universal Pictures (Firm); Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm); Universal Studios Home Video (Firm);
Jack O'Connell, Takamasa Ishihara, Domhnall Gleeson.Angelina Jolie directs this true-life tale of Louis Zamperini, the Olympic track star who survived a plane crash in World War II, only to fight for his life against nature and eventually as a prisoner of war. Joel and Ethan Coen provide the script. Louis (Jack O'Connell) grows up a rough-hewn kid on the verge of becoming a full-on delinquent, until his brother starts training him to be a track star. Louis excels at the sport, and eventually represents America at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. During his training, he learns to become resilient and disciplined; his brother's words of advice, "If you can take it, you can make it," push him to overcome any adversity. He must live up to that adage under the most extreme circumstances after his plane is shot down during another bombing raid. He is stranded at sea for more than a month, only to be found by the Japanese and forced to endure constant physical abuse at the hands of sadistic prison-camp guard Mutsuhiro Watanabe (Japanese pop star Miyavi), who wants to break Louis' indomitable spirit.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Zamperini, Louis, 1917-2014; United States. Army Air Forces. Heavy Bombardment Group, 307th; Biographical films.; Feature films.; Historical films.; Long-distance runners; Prisoners of war; War films.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
© 2015., Universal,
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Creation lake : a novel / by Kushner, Rachel,author.;
"Creation Lake is a novel about a freelance agent, a 34-year-old American woman of ruthless tactics and bold opinions and clean beauty, who is sent to do dirty work in France. "Sadie Smith" is how the narrator introduces herself to her lover, to the rural commune of French subversives on whom she is keeping tabs, and to the reader. We never learn her real name. Sadie has met her lover, Lucien, a young and well-born Parisian, by "cold bump"- making him believe the encounter was accidental. And like everyone she chooses to interact with, Lucien is useful to her, used by her. Sadie operates on strategy and dissimulation, based on what her "contacts," shadowy figures in business and government, instruct. First, these contacts want her to incite provocation. Then they want more. In this region of centuries-old farms and ancient caves, Sadie becomes entranced by a mysterious figure named Bruno Lacombe, a mentor to the young activists, who lives in a vast network of underground caves on his daughter's land and communicates only by email. Bruno believes that the path to emancipation from what ails modern life is not revolt, but a return to the ancient past before civilization. Just as Sadie is certain she's the seductress and puppet master of those whom she surveils, Bruno Lacombe is seducing her with his ingenious counter-histories, his artful laments, his own tragic story. Written in short, vaulting sections, Rachel Kushner's rendition of "noir" is taut, propulsive, and dazzling. Creation Lake is Kushner's finest achievement yet as a novelist, a work of high art, high comedy, keen insights, and unforgettable pleasure. From Rachel Kushner on the title: My character Bruno refers to "a deep cistern of voices, the lake of our creation" - meaning all of human history, the whole struggle in which chains of civilizations try to figure out how to live. He believes he can hear these voices underground. To me, "Creation Lake" suggests intrigue. Creation of what? In Sadie's case, a persona, a feint, a manipulation. But also in her case, the creation possibly of her own soul"--
Subjects: Black humor.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Americans; Women intelligence officers;
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Assassination nation [videorecording] / by Abra,actor.; Goyer, David S.,film producer.; Levinson, Sam,1985-screenwriter,film director.; Nef, Hari,actor.; Waterhouse, Suki,1992-actor.; Young, Odessa,1990-actor.; 30West (Firm),production company.; AGBO (Firm),production company.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.; Foxtail Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Neon (Firm),production company.; Phantom Four (Firm),production company.;
Odessa Young, Hari Nef, Suki Waterhouse, Abra, Colman Domingo, Joel McHale, Bella Thorne.After a malicious data hack exposes the secrets of the perpetually American town of Salem, chaos descends and four girls must fight to survive, while coping with the hack themselves.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R; for disturbing bloody violence, strong sexual material including menace, pervasive language, and for drug and alcohol use - all involving teens.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Crime films.; Hacking; Social media; Survival; Young women; Female friendship;
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Ghost recon. [electronic resource]. by Clancy, Tom,1947-; Microsoft Corporation.;
Game.Experience total freedom of choice in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, the ultimate military shooter set in a massive open world setting. The Santa Blanca drug cartel has transformed the beautiful South American country of Bolivia into a perilous narco-state, leading to lawlessness, fear, and rampant violence. With their corrosive influence growing, the cartel plagues the citizens of Bolivia but all hope is not lost. The Ghosts, an elite US Special Forces team, are tasked to combat the cartel and save the country from collapse. You decide how to play, and every decision affects the world around you.ESRB Content Rating: M, Mature, 17+ (Blood and gore, intense violence, partial nudity, sexual themes, strong language, use of drugs).Blu-ray disc compatible with Xbox One console ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p ; in game surround sound ; 2-4 player (2-4 player co-op) online multiplayer with leaderboards and voice (paid subscription and broadband internet connection required) ; 45 GB storage required.
Subjects: Xbox One (Video game console); Video games.; Computer games.; Cartels; Ghost recon Wildlands (Game); Special forces (Military science);
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Free State of Jones [videorecording] / by Berry, Christopher.; Bridgers, Sean.; Lofland, Jacob.; Mbatha-Raw, Gubu,1983-; McConaughey, Matthew,1969-; Russell, Keri,1976-; Ross, Gary,1956-; Elevation Pictures.;
Matthew Mcconaughey, Gubu Mbatha-Raw, Christopher Berry, Keri Russell, Sean Bridgers, Jacob Lofland.In this historical war drama inspired by true events, Matthew McConaughey plays a Mississippi native named Newt Knight, who leads an armed rebellion of struggling farmers and slaves against the Confederacy during the American Civil War.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, DTS-HD Digital surround 5.1.
Subjects: Historical films.; War films.; Feature films.; Knight, Newton, approximately 1829-1922; Military deserters; Racially mixed people; Slavery; Slaves; Unionists (United States Civil War);
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Hell on wheels. [videorecording] / by Common.; Gayton, Joe.; Gayton, Tony,1959-; McElligott, Dominique.; Meaney, Colm,1953-; Mount, Anson,1973-; American Movie Classics Company.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Nomadic Pictures Ltd.;
Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Common, Dominique McElligott.A former Confederate soldier still haunted by his past, Cullen Bohannon made a home in Hell on Wheels hunting down the men responsible for killing his family. Following the Indian attack that destroyed the railroad settlement, Cullen spends a long winter reshaping his lust for revenge into a burning ambition - to take control of the Union Pacific and drive it across the country.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 sound.
Subjects: Murder; Railroads; Revenge; Western television programs.; Widowers;
© c2014., Entertainment One,
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Build your house around my body : a novel / by Kupersmith, Violet,author.;
"In 1986, the teenage daughter of a wealthy family gets lost in an abandoned rubber plantation while fleeing her angry father and is forever changed by the experience. In 2009, pressed into a dangerous scheme by a former lover, a woman captures a rare two-headed cobra. And in 2011, a young, unhappy American living in Saigon with her sort-of boyfriend, disappears without a trace. Over the course of the novel, the fates of these three women will lock together in an exhilarating series of nested narratives. Along the way, we meet a young boy sent to a boarding school in the mountains for the métis children of French expatriates just before Vietnam declares its independence from colonial rule in 1945; two Frenchmen trying to start a business with the Vietnam War on the horizon; and the employees of the Saigon Spirit Eradication Co., called to investigate strange occurrences in a farmhouse on the edge of a forest. Each new character and timeline brings us one step closer to understanding what binds the three women together, and what happened to Winnie. Written with wit, ambition, and playfulness, this book takes us from sweaty nightclubs to ramshackle zoos, colonial mansions to ex-pat flats, sizzling back-alley street carts to the noisy seats of motorbikes. Spanning over fifty years and barreling toward an unforgettable conclusion, this is a fever dream about possessed bodies and possessed lands, a time-traveling, heart-pounding, border-crossing marvel of a novel"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Missing persons; Women;
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Hell on wheels. [videorecording] / by Common.; Gayton, Joe.; Gayton, Tony,1959-; McElligott, Dominique.; Meaney, Colm,1953-; Mount, Anson,1973-; American Movie Classics Company.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Nomadic Pictures Ltd.;
Disc 1.Viva la Mexico -- Durant, Nebraska -- Slaughterhouse -- Scabs.Disc 2. The railroad job -- Purged away with blood -- The white spirit -- The Lord's day.Disc 3. Blood moon -- Blood moon rising.Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Common, Dominique McElligott.Hellbent on vengeance, former Confederate officer Cullen Bohannon travels west in searh of the Union soldiers who murdered his wife. His quest leads him to 'Hell on Wheels,' the dangerous, raucous town that follows the construction of the nation's first transcontinental railroad.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 sound.
Subjects: Murder; Revenge; Western television programs.; Widowers;
© c2013., Entertainment One,
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