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The holdovers [videorecording] / by Block, Bill,film producer.; Giamatti, Paul,actor.; Hemingson, David,screenwriter,film producer.; Johnson, Mark,film producer.; Payne, Alexander,1961-film director.; Preston, Carrie,actor.; Randolph, Da'vine Joy,1986-actor.; Sessa, Dominic,actor.; Focus Features,presenter.; Gran Via Productions,production company.; Miramax Films,production company.; Universal Studios, Inc.,publisher.;
Music, Mark Orton ; editor, Kevin Tent ; director of photography, Eigil Bryld.Paul Giamatti, Da'vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Carrie Preston, Andrew Garman, Brady Hepner, Ian Dolley, Jim Kaplan, Michael Provost, Gillian Vigman.It follows a curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them a damaged, brainy troublemaker, and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for some drug use, language and brief sexual material.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 3.0 LCR, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Christmas films.; At-risk youth; Holidays; Christmas; Preparatory schools; Nineteen seventies; Teacher-student relationships; Teachers; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
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Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Walking together / by Marshall, Albert(Albert D.); Zimanyi, Louise.; Kewageshig, Emily.;
"This innovative picture book introduces readers to the concept of Etuaptmumk--or Two-Eyed Seeing in the Mi'kmaq language--as we follow a group of young children connecting to nature as their teacher. A poetic, joyful celebration of the Lands and Waters as spring unfolds: we watch for Robin's return, listen for Frog's croaking, and wonder at Maple Tree's gift of sap. Grounded in Etuaptmumk, also known as Two-Eyed Seeing, the gift of multiple perspectives, and the Mi'kmaw concept of Netukulimk, meaning to protect Mother Earth for the ancestors, present, and future generations, Walking Together nurtures respectful, reciprocal, responsible relationships with the Land and Water, plant-life, animals and other-than-human beings for the benefit of all."--
Subjects: Picture books.; Human ecology; Traditional ecological knowledge; Micmac Indians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Children of the state : stories of survival and hope in the juvenile justice system / by Hobbs, Jeff,1980-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Very little has been written about juvenile justice. In the greater consciousness, the word "justice" in this context has been leeched of meaning; it just signifies prison for kids. But to those living and working in various capacities within that system, the word "justice" holds a sepulchral gravity. In Children of the State, bestselling author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace Jeff Hobbs presents three different true stories that show the day-to-day life and the existential challenges faced by those living and working in juvenile programs: educators, counselors, administrators, and--most importantly--children. While serving a year-long detention in Wilmington, DE--perennially one of the violent crime capitols of America--a bright but stunted young man considers the benefits and also the immense costs of striving for college acceptance while imprisoned. A career juvenile hall English Language Arts teacher struggles to align the small moments of wonder in her work alongside its overall statistical futility, all while the city government presumes to design a new juvenile system without cinderblocks--and possibly without those teaching in the current system. A territorial fistfight in Paterson, NJ is characterized by the media as a hate crime, and the boy held accountable for that crime seeks redemption and friendship in a rigorous Life & Professional Skills class in lower Manhattan. These stories are followed to their knotty conclusions in triptych form. In chronicling the work of this constellation of people trying to accomplish good work in abjectly horrible systems and circumstances, Children of the State asks: What should society do with young people who have made terrible decisions? For many kids, a woeful mistake made at age thirteen or fourteen--often as a result of external factors bearing upon a biologically immature brain--will resonate through the rest of their lives, making high school difficult, college nearly impossible, and a middle class life a foolish fantasy. To observe these missteps and raw challenges and small triumphs from shoulder height, through the experiences of thinking, feeling, poignant young people, is to be moved to consider altering the fixed narrative currently laid out of them. As Hobbs demonstrates in piercing, vivid prose: No one so young should ever be considered irredeemable"--
Subjects: Juvenile delinquents; Juvenile delinquents; Juvenile justice, Administration of;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Spinning man [videorecording] / by Aldrich, Matthew(Screenwriter),screenwriter.; Arnold, Keith(Film producer),film producer.; Brosnan, Pierce,actor.; Driver, Minnie,actor.; Gregg, Clark,1962-actor.; Kaijser, Simon,film director.; Kennedy, Jamie,1970-actor.; Morgan, Polly,director of photography.; Pearce, Guy,1967-actor.; Rush, Odeya,1997-actor.; Shipp, Alexandra,actor.; Wall, Jean-Paul,composer.; Wander, Ellen,film producer.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Harrar, George,1949-Spinning man.; Film Bridge International,production company.; Grindstone Entertainment Group,production company.; Videoville Showtime,film distributor.; VX119 (Firm),production company.;
Music by Jean-Paul Wall; director of photography, Polly Morgan.Guy Pearce, Pierce Brosnan, Minnie Driver, Alexandra Shipp, Odeya Rush, Jamie Kennedy, Clark Gregg.When a female college student goes missing, a popular professor is the prime suspect. Suddenly, the questions he faces aren't merely academic, they're a matter of life and death.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for some language including sexual references.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Detective and mystery films.; Feature films.; College teachers; Criminal investigation; Missing persons; Teacher-student relationships;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hotline / by Nasrallah, Dimitri,1978-author.;
"A vivid love letter to the 1980s and one woman's struggle to overcome the challenges of immigration. It'ss 1986, and Muna Heddad is in a bind. She and her son have moved to Montreal, leaving behind a civil war filled with bad memories in Lebanon. She had plans to find work as a French teacher, but no one in Quebec trusts her to teach the language. She needs to start making money, and fast. The only work Muna can find is at a weight-loss center as a hotline operator. All day, she takes calls from people responding to ads seen in magazines or on TV. On the phone, she's Mona, and she's quite good at listening. These strangers all have so much to say once someone shows interest in their lives--marriages gone bad, parents dying, isolation, personal inadequacies. Even as her daily life in Canada is filled with invisible barriers at every turn, at the office Muna is privy to her clients' deepest secrets."--
Subjects: Novels.; Call center agents; Immigrants; Lebanese; Marginality, Social; Nineteen eighties;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The savvy ally : a guide for becoming a skilled LGBTQ+ advocate / by Gainsburg, Jeannie,1963-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Bursting with passion and humour, The Savvy Ally: A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate is a treasure trove for allies to the LGBTQ+ communities. This fully revised second edition includes: the most current information on identities and LGBTQ+ language --tips for respectfully sharing, gathering, and using pronouns -- LGBTQ+ etiquette, including common language bloopers to avoid --tools for navigating difficult conversations -- best practices for creating LGBTQ+ inclusive spaces -- appropriate actions to take after messing up -- techniques for self-care and sustainable allyship. The Savvy Ally is a vital resource for teachers, mental health professionals, healthcare providers, college professors, faith leaders, family members, and friends who want to support and advocate for the LGBTQ+ people in their lives and help make the world a safer, more inclusive place. This informative, encouraging, and easy-to-understand guidebook will jump-start even the most tentative ally.
Subjects: Bisexual people; Gay people; Lesbians; Sexual minorities; Sexual minorities; Sexual minority community; Transgender people;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Turn autism around : an action guide for parents of young children with early signs of autism / by Barbera, Mary Lynch,1965-author.; Grandin, Temple,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Developmental delays and signs of autism usually show up before 18 months of age. This book is for parents of young children aged one-to-five years who are passionate about helping their child as well as learning how they can return their lives to as much normalcy as possible. Turn Autism Around delivers a new message: autism and other developmental delays can be remediated, and in some cases, delays can be caught up altogether, if parents intervene while the child is young. This book introduces a novel approach to teaching kids with developmental delays that uses the science of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) but marries it with a positive, child-friendly methodology that any parent can use-whether or not their child has delays-to learn communication skills, socialization strategies, as well as tackle sleep, eating, toileting, and behavior challenges in a positive, effective, and lasting way. This book will educate parents that they can't afford to wait and worry about autism as well as empower them to regain hope and take back control with simple practices they can implement themselves-even 15 minutes a day-to dramatically improve outcomes for their children"--
Subjects: Autistic children; Behavior therapy for children.; Behavioral assessment of children.; Parents of autistic children.; Verbal behavior.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Beautiful country : a memoir / by Wang, Qian Julie,1987-author.;
"An incandescent and heartrending memoir about Qian Julie Wang's five years living undocumented after immigrating with her parents from China to New York City in 1994. In Chinese the word for the United States, Mei Guo, translates directly to "beautiful country," but when seven-year-old Qian is plucked from her warm and happy childhood surrounded by extended family in China, she finds a world of crushing fear and poverty instead. Unable to speak English at first, Qian is isolated and disregarded, put into special education classes because she doesn't speak the language and humiliated by teachers and classmates when she struggles to pay attention because of hunger or exhaustion. She encounters racism, and people of other races, for the first time, shocked at where her family fits in comparison to their status as educated elites in China. After school she works shifts alongside her mother in Chinatown sweatshops. There is so much about Qian's new home that doesn't make sense, but the rules of survival are drilled into her head: If you see a policeman, you must run in the other direction. If anyone asks--or even if they don't--you tell them you were born here. Do as you're told or we could be separated forever. Understanding impliclity the toll this has taken on her parents, Qian tries desperately to cheer them up and mediate their increasingly heated arguments, certain that if she is good enough, she can hold the family together. In remarkable, unsentimental prose Wang channels her childhood perspective, illuminating the cruelty and indignity of America's immigration system, while also crafting a narrative of resilience from her family's small moments of joy: their first slice of pizza, "shopping days" when the family would unearth unlikely treasures in Brooklyn's trash, and the necessary escape she found in books at the local library. Searing and unforgettable, Beautiful Country is an essential book about the cost of making a home in a hostile land from an astonishing new talent"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Wang, Qian Julie, 1987-; Wang, Qian Julie, 1987-; Chinese Americans; Illegal aliens; Immigrants;
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The sea of lost girls : a novel / by Goodman, Carol,author.;
'The Sea of Lost Girls', the new thriller from the author of 'The Lake of Dead Languages', is a twisty, harrowing story set at a prestigious prep school in which one womans carefully hidden past might destroy her future.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Private schools; Murder; Secrecy; Mothers and sons; Teachers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Arctic predator : the crimes of Edward Horne against children in Canada's North / by Lippa, Kathleen,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The shocking crimes of teacher Ed Horne wrought lasting damage on Inuit communities in Canada's Arctic. In the 1970s, a young schoolteacher from British Columbia was becoming the darling of the Northwest Territories education department with his dynamic teaching style. He was learning to speak the local language, Inuktitut, something few outsiders did. He also claimed to be Indigenous -- a claim that would later prove to be false. In truth, Edward Horne was a pedophile who sexually abused his male students. From 1971 to 1985 Horne's predations on Inuit boys would shatter life in the communities where he worked -- towns of close-knit families that would suffer the intergenerational trauma created by his abuse. After years of research, journalist Kathleen Lippa examines the devastating impact Horne's crimes had on individuals, families, and entire communities. Her compelling work lifts the veil of silence surrounding the Horne story once and for all"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; True crime stories.; Horne, Edward (Teacher); Child molesters; Child sexual abuse by teachers; Generational trauma; Inuit children;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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