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Different for boys / by Ness, Patrick,1971-author.; Bendix, Tea,illustrator.;
Anthony "Ant" Stevenson isn't sure when he stopped being a virgin. Or even if he has. The rules aren't always very clear when it comes to boys who like boys. In fact, relationships of all kinds feel complicated, even with Ant's oldest friends. There's Charlie, who's both virulently homophobic and in a secret physical relationship with Ant. Then there's drama kid Jack, who may be gay and has become the target of Charlie's rage. And, of course, there's big, beautiful Freddie, who wants Ant to ditch soccer, Charlie's sport, and try out for the rugby team instead. Ant's story of loneliness and intimacy, of unexpected support and heart-ripping betrayal, is told forthrightly with tongue-in-cheek black-bar redactions over the language that teenagers would actually use if, you know, they weren't in a story. Award-winning author Patrick Ness explores teen sexuality, friendship, and romance with a deft hand in this structurally daring, illustrated short novel.014+.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Gay fiction.; Novels.; Dating (Social customs); Friendship; Gay teenagers; Loneliness; Dating (Social customs); Friendship; Gay teenagers; Loneliness;
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The sisterhood of Ravensbrück : how an intrepid band of Frenchwomen resisted the Nazis in Hitler's all-female concentration camp / by Olson, Lynne,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Decades after the end of World War II, the name Ravensbrück still evokes horror in the minds of those who know about this infamous all-women's concentration camp. Particularly shocking was the discovery that sometimes-lethal medical experiments were performed on some of the inmates. Ravensbrück was atypical in other ways as well, not just as the only all-female German concentration camp, but because 80% of them were political prisoners. Among them was a tight-knit group of women who had been active in the French Resistance. Already well-practiced in sabotaging the Nazi occupation of France, these women joined forces to defy their German captors and keep each other alive. Calling themselves the maquis (guerillas) of Ravensbrück, the sisterhood's members, amid unimaginable terror and brutality, subverted Germany's war effort by refusing to do the work they were assigned. Knowing that they risked death for any infraction did not stop them from defying their SS tormentors at every turn -- even staging a satirical musical revue about the horrors of the camp. After the war, when many in France wanted nothing more than to focus on the future and forget about those who'd resisted the enemy, the women from Ravensbrück refused to allow their achievements, needs, and sacrifices to be erased. They banded together once more, first to support one another in healing their bodies and minds, and then to continue their crusade for freedom and justice -- an effort that would have repercussions for their country and the world into the twenty-first century"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Gaulle-Anthonioz, Geneviève de.; Pery d'Alincourt, Jacqueline, 1919-; Postel-Vinay, Anise.; Tillion, Germaine.; Association nationale des anciennes déportées et internées de la résistance; Ravensbrück (Concentration camp); Women Nazi concentration camp inmates; Women Nazi concentration camp inmates; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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The catcher was a spy [videorecording] / by Daniels, Jeff,1955-actor.; Frakes, Kevin Scott,1978-film producer.; Giamatti, Paul,actor.; Giannini, Giancarlo,actor.; Kelly, Tatiana,film producer.; Lewin, Ben,1946-film director.; Miller, Sienna,1981-actor.; Nielsen, Connie,1965-actor.; Patrick, Buddy,1984-film producer.; Pierce, Guy,actor.; Rodat, Robert,screenwriter.; Rudd, Paul,actor.; Sanada, Hiroyuki,1960-actor.; Strong, Mark,1963-actor.; Whigham, Shea,1969-actor.; Wilkinson, Tom,1948-actor.; Young, Jim(James M.),film producer.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Dawidoff, Nicholas.Catcher was a spy.; Animus Films (Firm),production company.; Independent Film Channel,production company.; PalmStar Media Capital,production company.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Serena Films,production company.;
Costume designer, Joan Bergin ; production designer, Luciana Arrighi ; editor, Mark Yoshikawa ; music, Howard Shore ; director of photography, Andrij Parekh.Paul Rudd, Jeff Daniels, Paul Giamatti, Sienna Miller, Guy Pierce, Connie Nielsen, Mark Strong, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shea Whigham, Tom Wilkinson, Giancarlo Giannini.The true story of Moe Berg, professional baseball player, Ivy League graduate, attorney, and a top-secret spy who helped the US win the race against Germany to build the atomic bomb.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for some sexuality, violence and language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Biographical films.; War films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Berg, Moe, 1902-1972; Baseball players; Catchers (Baseball); Spies; World War, 1939-1945;
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The new populism : democracy stares into the abyss / by Revelli, Marco,author.; Broder, David,translator.; translation of:Revelli, Marco.Populismo 2.0.English.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The word 'populism' has come to cover all manner of sins. Yet despite the prevalence of its use, it is often difficult to understand what connects its various supposed expressions. From Syriza to Trump and from Podemos to Brexit, the electoral earthquakes of recent years have often been grouped under this term. But what actually defines 'populism'? Is it an ideology, a form of organisation, or a mentality? Marco Revelli seeks to answer this question by getting to grips with the historical dynamics of so-called 'populist' movements. While in the early days of democracy, populism sought to represent classes and social layers who asserted their political role for the first time, in today's post-democratic climate, it instead expresses the grievances of those who had until recently felt that they were included. Having lost their power, the disinherited embrace not a political alternative to -isms like liberalism or socialism, but a populist mood of discontent. The new populism is the 'formless form' that protest and grievance assume in the era of financialisation, in the era where the atomised masses lack voice or organisation. For Revelli, this new populism the child of an age in which the Left has been hollowed out and lost its capacity to offer an alternative"--
Subjects: Populism.; Populism;
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Hitler's girl : the British aristocracy and the Third Reich on the eve of WWII / by Young, Lauren E.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.This alternative history of 1930s Britain examines how fascist sympathizers in the aristocracy nearly helped authoritarianism take hold in Great Britain as it did in Italy and Germany, through secret organizations like the Right Club.
Subjects: Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945; Mitford, Unity, 1914-1948.; Aristocracy (Social class); Aristocracy (Social class); Fascism; National socialism; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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The Homes We Carry. by Akele, Brenda,film director.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by DEFA Film Library in 2022.A filmic portrait of a family torn apart by the turmoil of world history between Germany, Mozambique and South Africa, at the center of which is the Afro-German mother Sarah. She wants her young daughter to have the relationships she lacked as a child, so she travels with her to Africa, where her own father and the child's father are waiting for them. During this visit, Sarah's father, Eulidio, remembers his time as a Mozambican contract worker in East Germany.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; African studies.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; History.;
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Admiral [videorecording] : command & conquer / by Reiné, Roel,film director.; Galen, Alex van,1965-screenwriter.; Boom, Lars,1946-screenwriter.; Dance, Charles,actor.; Hauer, Rutger,1944-actor.; Atsma, Barry,actor.; Lammers, Frank,actor.; Mongrel Media,publisher.; VOCfilm BV,production company.; Farmhouse Films (Firm),production company.;
Director of photography, Roel Reiné ; music, Trevor Morris ; editor, Radu Ion.Charles Dance, Rutger Hauer, Barry Atsma, Frank Lammers.When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France and Germany and the country itself is on the brink of civil war, only one man can lead the county's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet: Michiel de Ruyter.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Foreign films.; Motion pictures, Dutch.; Action and adventure films.; Historical films.; Biographical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Ruyter, Michiel Adriaanszoon de, 1607-1676; Anglo-Dutch War, 1652-1654; Naval battles; Admirals;
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Fast girls : a novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic team / by Hooper, Elise,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.In 'Fast Girls', Elise Hooper explores the gripping, real life history of the female athletes of the first integrated womens Olympic team, and their journey to the 1936 summer games in Berlin, Nazi Germany. From the author of 'The Other Alcott'.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Fraser, Louise Stokes, 1913-1978; Robinson, Betty, 1911-1999; Stephens, Helen, 1918-1994; Runners (Sports); Women Olympic athletes; Women runners;
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I Will Come Back for You A Family Torn Apart by War and a Son's Search to Save Them [electronic resource] : by Huhn, Daniel.aut; Stanyon, Rachel.; CloudLibrary;
The incredible story of Manfred Gans, who raced across Germany in May 1945 to free his parents from a concentration camp Four days after Germany’s surrender in May 1945, a young British officer hopped in a Jeep and headed east into Germany. But this was no ordinary soldier. Manfred Gans was searching for his family. As a Jewish boy in Nazi Germany, Manfred Gans had fled to England. As soon as he could, he signed up to fight, serving in the legendary British “Three Troop,” an elite unit made up of German-speaking refugees, and joining in the D-Day Normandy landings. Working undercover, Gans obtained vital intelligence, helped liberate occupied France and the Netherlands, and saved countless lives on both sides of the front. All the while, he dreamed of being reunited with his family. As the war came to an end, chaos reigned in Germany: defeated Wehrmacht soldiers faced columns of American and British soldiers, concentration camp survivors crossed paths with SS guards, and Soviet military roadblocks controlled the route to the east. But Gans managed to overcome all these obstacles to finally reach the place where his parents had last been seen: Theresienstadt. There, incredibly, he found his parents still alive. I Will Come Back for You is Manfred Gans’s remarkable story.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Holocaust;
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Somewhere : stories of migration by women from around the world / by Clark, Helen,1950-writer of foreword.; Harvey, Lorna Jane,1977-editor.;
Somewhere is an inspiring collection of stories about migration. Written from twenty women's perspectives, it brings a refreshing and uniting voice to this compelling and trending topic. More people are likely to be migrating now than at any other time in history, and this is set to increase as climate change and political unrest pushes even more people to relocate. The implications of migration, especially for women, are often unknown, unheard, unspoken. From the fleeing refugee to the political and economic migrant, a broad range of migration by people of many cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs is shared in this book. Identity, belonging, assimilation and alienation are some of the key topics in this sometimes sad but also joyful book. Treasures of wisdom and heartfelt honesty are found in the stories. The book will give the reader hope, encouragement, or insight into a globally relevant subject on a personal level rather than through distant, abstract news stories. Somewhere encourages open-mindedness and is filled with stories that will likely have a strong impact on the reader.
Subjects: Women immigrants; Emigration and immigration.;
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