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I felt the end before it came : memoirs of a queer ex-Jehovah's Witness / by Cox, Daniel Allen,author.;

Includes bibliographical references.""I spent eighteen years in a group that taught me to hate myself. You cannot be queer and a Jehovah's Witness--it's one or the other." Daniel Allen Cox grew up with firm lines around what his religion considered unacceptable: celebrating birthdays and holidays; voting in elections, pursuing higher education, and other forays into independent thought. Their opposition to blood transfusions would have consequences for his mother, just as their stance on homosexuality would for him. But even years after whispers of his sexual orientation reached his congregation's presiding elder, catalyzing his disassociation, the distinction between "in" and "out" isn't always clear. Still in the midst of a lifelong disentanglement, Cox grapples with the group's cultish tactics--from gaslighting to shunning--and their resulting harms--from simmering anger to substance abuse--all while redefining its concepts through a queer lens. Can Paradise be a bathhouse, a concert hall, or a room full of books? With great candour and disarming self-awareness, Cox takes readers on a journey from his early days as a solicitous door-to-door preacher in Montreal to a stint in New York City, where he's swept up in a scene of photographers and hustlers blurring the line between art and pornography. The culmination of years spent both processing and avoiding a complicated past, I Felt the End Before It Came reckons with memory and language just as it provides a blueprint to surviving a litany of Armageddons."--

Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Creative nonfiction.; Cox, Daniel Allen; Cox, Daniel Allen.; Ex-church members; Ex-church members; Gay men; Authors, Canadian (English);

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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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Dream machine [graphic novel] : a portrait of artificial intelligence / by Appupen,author,illustrator.; Daudet, Laurent,author.; translation of:Appupen.Dream machine, ou comment j'ai failli vendre mon âme à l'intelligence artificielle.English.;

Hugo, a Parisian entrepreneur, has launched his startup on Large Language Model technology at the heart of the revolution embodied by ChatGPT. On the verge of securing the deal of the century with the digital giant REAL, he wonders about the latter's real motivations: is this the making of a dream or a nightmare? Could Hugo's developments be used for social and political control? REAL's plans for the international launch of their "immortality game" seem to be increasingly opaque, and as useful and efficient AI promises to be, he begins to realize it may also be a potential source of catastrophic outcomes and indecent concentrations of wealth.

Subjects: Science fiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Artificial intelligence; Artificial intelligence;

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Shang-chi and the legend of the ten rings [videorecording] / by Awkwafina,1989-actor.; Tsai Chin,1936-actor.; Cretton, Destin Daniel,film director.; Hsu, Stephanie(Actor),actor.; Leung, Tony Chiu Wai,1962-actor.; Liu, Simu,1989-actor.; Long, Jodi,actor.; Munteanu, Florian,actor.; Yeoh, Michelle,1963-actor.; Yuan, Hua,1950-actor.; Zhang, Meng'er,actor.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Marvel Studios,production company.;

Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Meng'er Zhang, Michelle Yeoh, Wah Yuen, Florian Munteanu, Stephanie Hsu, Tsai Chin, Jodi Long.Martial-arts master Shang-Chi must face the past he thought he left behind and confront his father, the leader of the dangerous Ten Rings organization.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for sequences of violence and action, and language.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: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Superhero films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Shang-Chi (Fictitious character); Fathers and sons; Martial artists; Martial arts; Organized crime; Superheroes;

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The Goldfinch [videorecording] / by Crowley, John,1969-film director.; Jacobson, Nina,film producer.; Kidman, Nicole,1967-actor.; Paulson, Sarah,1974-actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Tartt, Donna.Goldfinch.; Straughan, Peter,screenwriter.; Wolfhard, Finn,2002-actor.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.;

Editor, Kelley Dixon ; director of photography, Roger Deakins ; music, Trevor Gureckis.Nicole Kidman, Finn Wolfhard, Sarah Paulson, Ansel Elgort, Ashleigh Cummings, Aneurin Barnard, Luke Wilson, Jeffrey Wright, Denis O'hare, Oakes Fegley.Theodore 'Theo' Decker was thirteen years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day, a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for drug use and language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.

Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fabritius, Carel, 1622-1654.; Loss (Psychology); Bombings; Mothers; Self-realization; Art thefts; Young men; Life change events;

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From Bear Rock Mountain : the life and times of a Dene residential school survivor / by Mountain, Antoine,1949-author.;

Includes bibliographical references."In this poetic, poignant memoir, Dene artist and social activist Antoine Mountain paints an unforgettable picture of his journey from residential school to art school-and his path to healing. In 1949, Antoine Mountain was born on the land near Radelie Koe, Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories. At the tender age of seven, he was stolen away from his home and sent to a residential school-run by the Roman Catholic Church in collusion with the Government of Canada-three hundred kilometres away. Over the next twelve years, the three residential schools Mountain was forced to attend systematically worked to erase his language and culture, the very roots of his identity. While reconnecting to that which had been taken from him, he had a disturbing and painful revelation of the bitter depths of colonialism and its legacy of cultural genocide. Canada has its own holocaust, Mountain argues. As a celebrated artist and social activist today, Mountain shares this moving, personal story of healing and the reclamation of his Dene identity."--

Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Mountain, Antoine, 1949-; Indigenous peoples; First Nations; First Nations; Denesuline; Denesuline;

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To kill a troubadour / by Walker, Martin,1947 January 23-author.;

"Les Troubadours, a folk music group that Bruno has long supported, go viral with their new number, 'Song for Catalonia,' when the Spanish government suddenly bans the song. The songwriter, Joel Martin, is a local enthusiast for the old Occitan language of Périgord and the medieval troubadours, and he sympathizes with the Catalan bid for independence. The success of his song provokes outrage among extreme Spanish nationalists. Then, in a stolen car found on a Périgord back road, police discover a distinctive bullet for a state-of-the-art sniper's rifle that can kill at three kilometers, and they fear that Joel might be the intended target. The French and Spanish governments agree to mount a joint operation to stop the assailants, and Bruno is the local man on the spot who mobilizes his resources to track them down. While Bruno tries to keep the peace, his friend Florence reaches out for help. Her abusive ex-husband is about to be paroled from prison and she fears he will return to reclaim their children. Will Bruno and Florence be able to prevent this unwanted visit? Despite the pressures, there is always time for Bruno to savor les plaisirs of the Dordogne around the table with friends."--

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Courrèges, Bruno (Fictitious character); Abusive men; Attempted assassination; Composers; Criminal investigation; Folk music groups; Nationalism; Police chiefs; Police; Political ballads and songs;

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Julia [videorecording] / by Child, Julia,on-screen participant.; Cohen, Julie(Filmmaker),film director.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;

Julia Child.The film brings to life the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think about food, television, and even about women. Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child's twelve year struggle to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) which has sold more than 2.5 million copies to date, and her rapid ascent to become the country's most unlikely television star. It's the empowering story of a woman who found her purpose, and her fame, at 50, and took America along on the whole delicious journey.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief strong language/sexual reference, and some thematic elements.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Child, Julia.; Cooks; Women cooks;

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The room next door [videorecording] / by Almodóvar, Agustin,film producer.; Almodóvar, Pedro,film director,screenwriter.; Font, Teresa,editor of moving image work.; García, Esther,1956-film producer.; Grau, Eduard,1981-director of photography.; Iglesias, Alberto,composer (expression); Moore, Julianne,actor.; Swinton, Tilda,actor.; Turturro, John,1957-actor.; Weinberg, Inbal,production designer.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Nunez, Sigrid.What are you going through.; Deseo, S.A.,production company.; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm),publisher.;

Music by Alberto Iglesias; director of photography, Edu Grau; editor, Teresa Font ; production designer, Inbal Weinberg.Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola.Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become a novelist while Martha became a war reporter. Separated by the circumstances of life and after years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPA Rating: PG-13; for thematic content, strong language, and some sexual references.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; anamorphic wide screen presentation (2.20:1) ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Critically ill; Death; Empathy; Female friendship; Interpersonal relations;

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Life [videorecording] / by Bakare, Ariyon,1971-actor.; Dihovichnaya, Olga,actor.; Espinosa, Daniel,1977-film director.; Ferguson, Rebecca,1983-actor.; Gyllenhaal, Jake,1980-actor.; Reynolds, Ryan,actor.; Sanada, Hiroyuki,1960-actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;

Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Olga Dihovichnaya, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ariyon Bakare.The six-member crew of the International Space Station is on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoveries in human history: the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As the crew begins to conduct research, their methods end up having unintended consequences and the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language throughout, some sci-fi violence and terror.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Feature films.; Science fiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; International Space Station; Extraterrestrial beings; Human-alien encounters; Life on other planets;

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