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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 quiet zone : unraveling the mystery of a town suspended in silence / by Kurczy, Stephen,author.;
Deep in the Appalachian Mountains lies the last truly quiet town in America. Green Bank, West Virginia, is a place at once futuristic and old-fashioned: It's home to the Green Bank Observatory, where astronomers search the depths of the universe using the latest technology, while schoolchildren go without WiFi or iPads. With a ban on all devices emanating radio frequencies that might interfere with the observatory's telescopes, Quiet Zone residents live a life free from constant digital connectivity. But a community that on the surface seems idyllic is a place of contradictions, where the provincial meets the seemingly supernatural and quiet can serve as a cover for something darker. Stephen Kurczy embedded in Green Bank, making the residents of this small Appalachian village his neighbors. He shopped at the town's general store, attended church services, went target shooting with a seven-year-old, square-danced with the locals, sampled the local moonshine. In The Quiet Zone, he introduces us to an unforgettable cast of characters. There is a tech buster patrolling the area for illegal radio waves; "electrosensitives" who claim that WiFi is deadly; a sheriff's department with a string of unsolved murder cases dating back decades; a camp of neo-Nazis plotting their resurgence from a nearby mountain hollow. Amongst them all are the ordinary citizens seeking a simpler way of living. Kurczy asks: Is a less connected life desirable? Is it even possible? The Quiet Zone is a remarkable work of investigative journalism--at once a stirring ode to place, a tautly-wound tale of mystery, and a clarion call to reexamine the role technology plays in our lives.
Subjects: Kurczy, Stephen; Technology; Telecommunication; Radio waves.;
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Finding Larkspur : a return to village life / by Needles, Dan,author.;
"Bestselling chronicler of village life Dan Needles (author of the Wingfield Farm stage plays) leads an insightful and laugh-out-loud tour through the quirks and customs of today's Canadian small town. Modern literature has not been kind to village life. For almost two centuries, small towns have been portrayed as backward, insular places needing to be escaped. But anthropologists tell us that the human species has spent more than 100,000 years living in villages of 100 to 150 people. This is where the oldest part of our brain, the limbic system, grew and adapted to become a very sophisticated instrument for reading other people's emotions and figuring out how we might cooperate to find food, shelter and protection. By comparison, the frontal cortex, which helps us do our taxes, drive a car and download cat videos, is a very recent aftermarket addition, like a sunroof. And it is the village where almost half the world's population still chooses to live. Finding Larkspur takes a walk through the Canadian village of the twenty-first century, observing customs and traditions that endure despite the best efforts of Twitter, Facebook and Amazon. The author looks at the buildings and organizations left over from the old rural community, why they were built in the first place and how they have adapted to the modern day. The post office, the general store, the church, the school and the service club all remain standing, but they operate quite differently than they did for our ancestors. Drawing from his experience working in rural communities across Canada and in other countries, Needles reveals how a national conversation may be driven by urban voices but the national character is often very much a product of its small towns and back roads."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Sociology, Rural; Villages; Villages;
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Locked down [videorecording] / by Boynton, Lucy,actor.; Ejiofor, Chiwetel,actor.; Gatiss, Mark,actor.; Hathaway, Anne,1982-actor.; Hill, Dulé,actor.; Kaling, Mindy,actor.; Kingsley, Ben,1943-actor.; Knight, Steven,1959-screenwriter.; Lesslie, Michael,film producer.; Liman, Doug,film director.; Merchant, Stephen,actor.; Sandwijk, P. J. van,film producer.; Simon, Jazmyn,1980-actor.; Winter, Alison(Producer),film producer.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,film distributor.;
Anne Hathaway, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ben Kingsley, Lucy Boynton, Jazmyn Simon, Mindy Kaling, Stephen Merchant, Mark Gatiss, Dule Hill.A couple living in London on the brink of a COVID-accelerated breakup bypass therapy to attempt a high-risk, high-stakes jewelry heist at a department store.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Caper films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Romantic comedy films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Couples; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; Jewel thieves; Jewelry theft; Man-woman relationships;
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The Vinyl Cafe [sound recording] : the unreleased stories / by McLean, Stuart,1948-2017,author,narrator.;
Read by Stuart McLean.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Humorous fiction.; Family; Live sound recordings.;
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Christmas at Cartwright's [videorecording] / by Campbell, Graeme,1954-; Hogan, Gabriel,1973-; Shawn, Wallace.; Witt, Alicia,1975-; Cinedigm (Firm); Hallmark Channel (Television network);
Alicia Witt, Gabriel Hogan, Wallace Shawn.A single mom gets a holiday job as a department store Santa to help boost her finances, and then an angel enters her life and brings about some positive changes, including the spark of a new romance.PG.DVD ; widescreen presenatation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Angels; Christmas television programs.; Christmas; Department store Santas; Made-for-TV movies.; Romance television programs.; Single mothers; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
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Clerks. [videorecording] / by O'Halloran, Brian,actor.; Anderson, Jeff,actor.; Mewes, Jason,1974-actor.; Affleck, Ben,1972-actor.; Dawson, Rosario,actor.; Gellar, Sarah Michelle,1977-actor.; Smith, Kevin,1970-film director,actor,screenwriter.; Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.),publisher.;
Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck, Rosario Dawson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Justin Long, Jeff Anderson, Brian O'halloran, Marilyn Ghigliotti.Dante, Elias, and Jay and Silent Bob are enlisted by Randal after his heart attack to make a movie about the convenience store that started it all.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA Rating: R; for pervasive language, crude sexual material, and drug content.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Convenience stores; Male friendship; Motion pictures; Myocardial infarction;
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The syndicate. [videorecording] / by Bruce, Lorraine.; Lewis, Matthew,1989-; McNulty, Matthew,1982-; Page, Joanna,1978-; Spall, Timothy,1957-; Acorn Media (Firm);
Joanna Page, Timothy Spall, Matthew McNulty, Lorraine Bruce, Matthew Lewis.In this riveting British series, five cash-strapped supermarket employees are bracing for their store's imminent shutdown when their lottery pool wins big. It seems like a godsend - but the syndicate soon learns that good fortune can come at a high price.PG.DVD ; widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby digital stereo.
Subjects: Friendship; Lottery winners; Television programs.;
© c2013., Acorn Media,
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The brave one [videorecording (DVD)] / by Andrews, Naveen,1971; Foster, Jodie,1962; Howard, Terrenc; Jordan, Neil,1951; Katt, Nicky; Levin, Susan,1974; Mort, Cynthia; Silver, Joe; Steenburgen, Mar; Taylor, Bruce A; Taylor, Roderick(Roderick L.; Silver Picture; Village Roadshow Picture; Warner Home Video (Firm;
Director of photography, Philippe Rousselot ; editor, Tony Lawson ; music, Dario Marianelli ; costume designer, Catherine Marie Thomas ; production designer, Kristi Zea.Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Nicky Katt, Naveen Andrews, Mary Steenburgen.New York City radio host Erica Bain is working and living a wonderful life. One night she and her fiancé, David, are brutally attacked. David is killed and Erica is almost beaten to death. Erica is traumatized and in order to cope and work past the tragic event, Erica becomes someone else. She buys a gun and begins to roam the streets at night looking to take her revenge on the men who were responsible for the attack. Late one night, Erica is in the back of a convenience store when a man comes in and kills his store clerk wife. The man comes after her and she protects herself, finding that is is very easy to shoot a gun. Days later, Erica is on the subway when she is about to be raped by two men, and again she protects herself. The city becomes fascinated with the exploits of this vigilante killer, but NYPD Detective Mercer is trying to catch this person, before the killer strikes againCanadian Home Video Rating: 14A
Subjects: Adventure film; Detectives; Feature film; Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.; Victims of violent crimes; Vigilantes;
© c2008., Warner Home Video,
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Mega time squad [videorecording] / by Albrecht, Morgan,actor.; Brugh, Jonathan,actor.; Gaskell, Hetty Hahn,actor.; Tennet, Anton,actor.; Van Dammen, Tim,film director.; Dark Sky Films,publisher.;
Music, Mike Newport ; editor, Luke Haigh ; director of photography, Tim Flower.Anton Tennet, Jonny Brugh, Hetty Gaskell-Hahn, Morgan Albrecht, Yoson An, Jaya Beach-robertson.Low-level criminal John dreams of getting together enough money to move out of his dead-end town of Thames, New Zealand, and start his own gang. So when his boss, Shelton has him rip off a triad cash drop at a local Chinese antique store, John decides to double-cross his boss and take the loot for himself, along with a mysterious Chinese amulet.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Amulets; Gangsters; Time travel;
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