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Red paint : the ancestral autobiography of a Coast Salish punk / by LaPointe, Sasha taqwšeblu,author.;

"Sasha taqwšeblu LaPointe, a Coast Salish indigenous woman, has always longed for a sense of home. As a child her family moved around frequently, often staying in barely habitable church attics and trailers, dangerous places for young Sasha. As an adolescent determined to escape the poverty and abuse of her childhood in order to build a better future for herself and her people, Sasha throws herself headlong into the world, with little more to guide her than a passion for the thriving punk scene of the Pacific Northwest and a desire to live up to the responsibility of being the namesake of her beloved great-grandmother, a linguist who helped preserve her indigineous language of Lushootseed and one in a long line of powerful ancestors. Exploring what it means to be vulnerable in love and in art while offering an unblinking reckoning with personal traumas as well as the collective historical traumas of colonialism and genocide that continue to haunt native peoples, Red Paint is an intersectional autobiography of lineage, resilience and above all the ability to heal that chronicles Sasha's struggles navigating a collapsing marriage while answering the call to greater purpose. Set against a backdrop of tour vans and the breathtaking beauty of Coast Salish ancestral land and imbued with the universal spirit of punk-an ethos that challenges us to reclaim what's rightfully ours: our histories, our power, our traditions, and our truths-Red Paint is ultimately a story of the ways we learn to heal while fighting for our right to a place to call home"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; LaPointe, Sasha taqwšeblu.; Psychic trauma; Punk culture; Resilience (Personality trait); Salishan women; Coast Salish; Coast Salish; Coast Salish;

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Disorientation : being Black in the world / by Williams, Ian,1979-author.;

Includes bibliographical references."Bestselling, Scotiabank Giller Award-winning writer Ian Williams brings fresh eyes and new insights to today's urgent conversation on race and racism in startling, illuminating essays that grow out of his own experience as a Black man moving through the world. With that one eloquent word, "disorientation," Ian Williams captures the impact of racial encounters on racialized people--the whiplash of race that occurs while minding one's own business. Sometimes the consequences are only irritating, but sometimes they are deadly. Spurred by the police killings and street protests of 2020, Williams realized he could offer a perspective distinct from the almost exclusively America-centric books on race topping the bestseller lists, because of one salient fact: he has lived in Trinidad (where he was never the only Black person in the room), in Canada (where he often was), and in the United States (where as a Black man from the Caribbean, he was a different kind of "only"). Inspired by the essays of James Baldwin, in which the personal becomes the gateway to larger ideas, Williams explores such things as the unmistakable moment when a child realizes they are Black; the ten characteristics of institutional whiteness; how friendship forms a bulwark against being a target of racism; the meaning and uses of a Black person's smile; and blame culture--or how do we make meaningful change when no one feels responsible for the systemic structures of the past. With these essays, Williams wants to reach a multi-racial audience of people who believe that civil conversation on even the most charged subjects is possible. Examining the past and the present in order to speak to the future, he offers new thinking, honest feeling, and his astonishing, piercing gift of language."--

Subjects: Essays.; Williams, Ian, 1979-; Blacks; Blacks; Race awareness.; Race discrimination.; Race relations.; Racism.;

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The photograph [videorecording] / by Langerman, Keri,costume designer.; Lopez, James F.,film producer.; Meghie, Stella,film director,screenwriter.; Packer, Will,film producer.; Peretti, Chelsea,1978-actor.; Rae, Issa,actor.; Schwartzbard, Mark,director of photography.; Stanfield, Lakeith,1991-actor.; Weeks, Loren,production designer.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Wan mei shi jie (Beijing) ying shi wen hua you xian gong si,production company.; Will Packer Productions,production company.;

Costume designer, Keri Langerman ; production designer, Loren Weeks ; director of photography, Mark Schwartzbard.Lakeith Stanfield, Issa Rae, Chelsea Peretti, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Rob Morgan, Courtney B. Vance, Teyonah Parris, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lil Rel Howery.When famed photographer Christina Eames unexpectedly dies, she leaves her estranged daughter Mae Morton hurt, angry and full of questions. When a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box is found, Mae finds herself on a journey delving into her mother's early life and ignites a powerful, unexpected romance with a rising-star journalist, Michael Block.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for sexuality and brief strong language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.

Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Romance films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Man-woman relationships; Mothers and daughters; Photographs;

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Avatar. [videorecording] / by Cameron, James,1954-screenwriter,film producer,film director.; Cowell, Brendan,1976-voice actor.; Curtis, Cliff,1968-voice actor.; Falco, Edie,actor.; Lang, Stephen,1949-voice actor.; Moore, Joel David,1977-voice actor.; Pounder, C. C. H.,voice actor.; Saldana, Zoë,1978-voice actor.; Weaver, Sigourney,1949-voice actor.; Winslet, Kate,voice actor.; Worthington, Sam,1976-voice actor.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;

Zoë Saldana, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, Cch Pounder, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell.Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, it begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure. All of this against the breathtaking backdrop of Pandora, where audiences are introduced to new Na'vi cultures and a range of exotic sea creatures that populate the majestic oceans.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.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, Dolby Digital 2.0.

Subjects: Feature films.; Animated films.; Science fiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Culture conflict; Extraterrestrial beings; Families; Human-alien encounters; Indigenous peoples; Life on other planets; Mercenary troops; Marine animals;

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Auntie's rez surprise / by O'Watch, Heather.; Arscott, Ellie,1974-;

Auntie always greets Cree in Nehiyaw when she comes for a visit. When Auntie arrives with a surprise gift hidden in her bag, Cree can't wait to discover what it is. The first clue? It's from the rez. As Cree tries to figure out what it might be, the bag starts to move. Cree is thrilled when the bag opens and out jumps a rez puppy! Cree asks Auntie how to take care of the new puppy. Auntie talks to Cree about the importance of dogs in their culture. They are our relatives, she explains, and need to be well taken care of. Cree decides she will name her new puppy "Atim", the Nehiyaw word for dog.

Subjects: Picture books.; Aunts; Indian reservations; Puppies; Cree Indians; Cree language; Indigenous peoples;

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Beautiful people : my thirteen truths about disability / by Blake, Melissa(Blogger),author.;

Includes bibliographical references."Well-known disability activist and social media influencer, Melissa Blake, offers a frank, illuminating memoir and a call to action for disabled people and allies. In the summer of 2019, journalist Melissa Blake penned an op-ed for CNN Opinion. A conservative pundit caught wind of it, mentioning Blake's work in a YouTube video. What happened next is equal parts a searing view into society, how we collectively view and treat disabled people, and the making of an advocate. After a troll said that Blake should be banned from posting pictures of herself, she took to Twitter and defiantly posted three smiling selfies, all taken during a lovely vacation in the Big Apple: "I wanted desperately to clap back at these vile trolls in a way that would make a statement, not only about how our society views disabilities, but also about the toxicity of our strict and unrealistic beauty standards. Of course I knew that posting those selfies wasn't going to erase the nasty names I'd been called and, the chances were, they would never even see my tweet, but that didn't matter. I wasn't doing it for them; I was doing it for me and every single disabled person who has been bullied before, online and in real life. When people mock how I look, they're not just insulting me. They're insulting all disabled people. We're constantly told that we're repulsive and ugly and not good enough to be seen. This was me pushing back against that toxic, ableist narrative. For the first time, I felt like I was doing something empowering, taking back my power and changing the story." Her tweet went viral, attracting worldwide media attention and interviews with the BBC, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, PEOPLE magazine, Good Morning America and E! News. Now, in her manifesto, Beautiful People, Blake shares her truths about disability, writing about (among other things): the language we use to describe disabled people, ableism, microaggressions, and their pernicious effects, what it's like to live in a society that not only isn't designed for you, but actively operates to render you invisible, her struggles with self image and self acceptance, the absence of disabled people in popular culture, why disabled people aren't tragic heroes. Blake also tells the stories of some of the heroes of the disability rights movement in America, in doing so rescuing their incredible achievements from near total obscurity. Highlighting other disabled activists and influencers, Blake's work is the calling card of a powerful voice -- one that has sparked new, different, better conversations about disability."--

Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Blake, Melissa (Blogger); Civil rights.; Human rights workers; Human rights.; People with disabilities.; People with disabilities;

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Brad's status [videorecording] / by Abrams, Austin,1996-actor.; Bernad, David,film producer.; Clement, Jemaine,actor.; Fischer, Jenna,1974-actor.; Gardner, Dede,film producer.; Kimmel, Sidney,film producer.; Kleiner, Jeremy,film producer.; Lee, Luisa,actor.; Mothersbaugh, Mark,composer (expression); Pérez Grobet, Xavier,1964-director of photography.; Persons, Heather,editor of moving image work.; Raja, Shazi,actor.; Sheen, Michael,actor.; Stiller, Ben,1965-actor.; White, Mike,1970-screenwriter,film director.; Wilson, Luke,1971-actor.; Amazon Studios,presenter.; Plan B Entertainment,production company.; Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (Firm),presenter,production company.; Videoville Showtime,film distributor.;

Director of photography, Xavier Grobet ; editor, Heather Persons ; music, Mark Mothersbaugh.Ben Stiller, Austin Abrams, Jenna Fischer, Luke Wilson, Jemaine Clement, Shazi Raja, Luisa Lee, Michael Sheen.A father takes his son to tour colleges on the East Coast and meets up with an old friend who makes him feel inferior about his life's choices.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fathers and sons; Middle-aged men; Social status;

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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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Silken Gazelles A Novel [electronic resource] : by Alharthi, Jokha.aut; Booth, Marilyn.; cloudLibrary;

An unforgettable story of friendship, love, and the impact of childhood from the first Arabic-language winner of the Man Booker International Prize. Raised as sisters, Ghazaala is devastated when her friend Asiya is forced to leave their small, mountainside village following a tragic circumstance. It’s a separation that haunts her into adulthood, and she never gives up on finding a love that might replace the bond they shared. Ghazaala soon falls for a young violinist, despite her parents’ opposition. His position in the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra brings the young couple to Muscat, where Ghazaala enrolls in university while balancing the duties of a new wife, caring for her husband, their home, and before long, their twin boys. During this time, Ghazaala grows close to Harir, who recounts the story of their deepening friendship over ten years in the pages of her diary. The elusive, ghostly existence of Asiya exerts a force over both of their lives, yet neither Ghazaala nor Harir are aware of the connection. From the brilliant mind of Jokha Alharthi comes a tale of childhood friendship, and how its significance—and loss—can be recalibrated at different stages of life.General adult.

Subjects: Electronic books.; Contemporary Women; Cultural Heritage;

© 2024., House of Anansi Press Inc,

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Edible economics : a hungry economist explains the world / by Chang, Ha-Joon,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Economic thinking-about climate change, immigration, austerity, automation and much more-in its most digestible form. For decades, a single free market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this is bland and unhealthy-like British food in the 1980s, when bestselling author and Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang first arrived in the UK from South Korea. Just as eating a wide range of cuisines contributes to a balanced diet, so too is it essential we listen to a variety of economic perspectives. In Edible Economics, Chang makes challenging economic ideas more palatable by plating them alongside anecdotes about food from around the world. Beginning each chapter with a menu, Chang uses the stories behind key ingredients-where they come from, how they are cooked and consumed, what they mean to different cultures-to explore economic theory. For Chang, strawberries are delicious with cream, but they also prophesise a jobless future; chocolate is a wonderful pudding, but more exciting are the insights it offers into post-industrial knowledge economies. Explaining everything from the hidden cost of care work to the misleading language of the free market as he cooks dishes like anchovy and egg toast, Gambas al Ajillo and Korean dotori mook, Ha-Joon Chang serves up an easy-to-digest feast of bold ideas. Myth-busting, witty and thought-provoking, Edible Economics shows that getting to grips with the economy is like learning a recipe: if we understand it, we can change it-and, with it, the world"--Publisher's description.

Subjects: Anecdotes.; Economics.; Food; Food.;

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