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God's country [videorecording] / by Bailey, Miranda,1977-film producer.; Beatty, Tanaya,actor.; Bernard, Halee,film producer.; Bobb, Jeremy,actor.; Higgins, Julian,1985-film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Jarsky, Joris,1974-actor.; Lennox, Kai,actor.; Marshall, Amanda,1978-film producer.; Newton, Thandiwe,1972-actor.; Ogbonna, Shaye,screenwriter.; White, Jefferson(Actor),actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Burke, James Lee,1936-Winter's light.; Cold Iron Pictures,presenter,production company.; Film Arcade (Firm),presenter.; IFC Films,publisher.; RLJ Entertainment,film distributor.;
Cinematography, Andrew Wheeler ; editor, Justin LaForge ; music, DeAndre James Allen-Toole.Thandiwe Newton, Jeremy Bobb, Joris Jarsky, Kai Lennox, Jefferson White, Tanaya Beatty.When a college professor in the remote mountains of the American West confronts two hunters she catches trespassing on her property, she's drawn into an escalating battle of wills with catastrophic consequences.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R for 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.
Subjects: Feature films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; College teachers; Hunters; Trespass;
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Believing : our thirty-year journey to end gender violence / by Hill, Anita,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the woman who gave the landmark testimony against Clarence Thomas as a sexual menace, a new manifesto about the origins and course of gender violence in our society; a combination of memoir, personal accounts, law, and social analysis, and a powerful call to arms from one of our most prominent and poised survivors. In 1991, Anita Hill began something that's still unfinished work. The issues of gender violence, touching on sex, race, age, and power, are as urgent today as they were when she first testified. Believing is a story of America's three decades long reckoning with gender violence, one that offers insights into its roots, and paths to creating dialogue and substantive change. It is a call to action that offers guidance based on what this brave, committed fighter has learned from a lifetime of advocacy and her search for solutions to a problem that is still tearing America apart. We once thought gender-based violence--from casual harassment to rape and murder--was an individual problem that affected a few; we now know it's cultural and endemic, and happens to our acquaintances, colleagues, friends and family members, and it can be physical, emotional and verbal. Women of color experience sexual harassment at higher rates than White women. Street harassment is ubiquitous and can escalate to violence. Transgender and nonbinary people are particularly vulnerable. Anita Hill draws on her years as a teacher, legal scholar, and advocate, and on the experiences of the thousands of individuals who have told her their stories, to trace the pipeline of behavior that follows individuals from place to place: from home to school to work and back home. In measured, clear, blunt terms, she demonstrates the impact it has on every aspect of our lives, including our physical and mental wellbeing, housing stability, political participation, economy and community safety, and how our descriptive language undermines progress toward solutions. And she is uncompromising in her demands that our laws and our leaders must address the issue concretely and immediately"--
Subjects: Abused women; Sexual abuse victims; Sexual harassment of women; Violence; Women; Women;
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Parenting dyslexia : a comprehensive guide to helping kids combat shame, build confidence, and achieve their true potential / by Rappaport, Lisa,author.; Lyons, Jody,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Licensed psychologist and authority on dyslexia (who is also dyslexic herself) Lisa Rappaport offers a practical guide to help parents and others support dyslexic learners--15 million kids in the US--throughout their school years. Fifteen million children in the United States have been diagnosed with dyslexia. This learning disability is a major challenge not only for the kids, but also for their parents, families, teachers, tutors, and therapists. And yet, dyslexia doesn't have to be a disadvantage for kids--if the right tools are available. Parenting Dyslexia fills this critical need, providing prescriptive advice and concrete tips to drive educational and personal growth without any associated stigma. An easy-to-use, comprehensive reference book for anyone caring for a dyslexic child to use at all stages of development, Parenting Dyslexia effectively anticipates and addresses the psychosocial and academic issues that dyslexic learners are likely to face at different stages, including: Cultivating varied skills to balance out classic deficits. Developing effective self-esteem and academic habits to help overcome age-specific hurdles. Establishing individual and family practices to prevent a child's feelings of isolation, anxiety, and depression. Survival tools to navigate the predictable challenges a dyslexic learner will likely encounter. Nurturing independence as well as a child's ability to ask for help and become a strong self-advocate. The book provides an accessible roadmap of how to: Move through the major hurdles of dyslexia. Reassure children that not only can they survive dyslexia, but they can thrive using sound psychosocial and academic practices. Avoid typical pitfalls of a well-intentioned campaign to push a child to succeed that can lead to frustration and resistance. Unite family members to be part of the family "team" to supply special support for their dyslexic learner. Create an atmosphere of fun and humor to help everybody maintain perspective during stressful moments. Dr. Rappaport is not only an authority on the subject, but she also happens to be dyslexic herself. From her unique vantage point, she provides a relatable, sympathetic, and optimistic voice of personal experience to this sensitive topic. Grounded in science but written in non-technical language, Parenting Dyslexia offers a wealth of tried-and-true methods for supporting dyslexic learners of all ages"--
Subjects: Dyslexia.; Dyslexic children; Dyslexic children.; Parenting.;
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The message / by Coates, Ta-Nehisi,author.;
"Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell's classic Politics and the English Language, but found himself grappling with deeper questions about how our stories - our reporting and imaginative narratives and mythmaking - expose and distort our realities. The first of the book's three intertwining essays is set in Dakar, Senegal. Despite being raised as a strict Afrocentrist - and named for Nubian pharaoh - Coates had never set foot on the African continent until now. He roams the "steampunk" city of "old traditions and new machinery," meeting with strangers and dining with local writers who quiz him in French about African American politics. But everywhere he goes he feels as if he's in two places at once: a modern city in Senegal and a mythic kingdom in his mind, the pan-African homeland he was raised to believe was the origin and destiny for all black people. Finally he travels to the slave castles off the coast and touches the ocean that carried his ancestors away in chains - and has his own reckoning with the legacy of the Afrocentric dream. Back in the USA he takes readers along with him to Columbia, South Carolina, where he explores a different mythology, this one enforced on its subjects by the state. He enters the world of the teacher whose job is threatened for teaching one of Coates's own books and discovers a community of mostly white supporters who were transformed and even radicalized by the stories they discovered in the "racial reckoning" of 2020. But he also explores the backlash to this reckoning and the deeper myths and stories of the community - a capital of the confederacy with statues of segregationists looming over the its public squares. In Palestine, the longest of the essays, he discovers the devastating gap between the narratives we've accepted and the clashing reality of life on the ground. He meets with activists and dissidents, Israelis and Palestinians - the old, who remember their dispossessions on two continents, and the young who have only known struggle and disillusionment. He travels into Jerusalem, the heart of Zionist mythology, and to the occupied territories, where he sees the reality the myth is meant to hide. It is this hidden story that draws him in and profoundly changes him - and makes the war that would soon come all the more devastating"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Coates, Ta-Nehisi; African American journalists; Journalists;
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La maestra de vuelo / by Díaz Reguera, Raquel,1974-; Cuesta, Andrea.;
Raquel Díaz Reguera presenta una tierna historia que celebra el papel de todos aquellos que dedican su vida a la enseñanza. Trudi ha comenzado a ir al colegio. Cada día va emocionada por ver a las otras aves, y, en especial, por escuchar lo que su profe les va a explicar, y cada día regresa a casa contenta y llena de cosas para contar. Hasta que un día, Trudi regresa totalmente alicaída y con una pregunta para sus padres: «¿Por qué no me dijisteis que los avestruces como nosotros no pueden volar?» Por supuesto, ser un ave y no poder volar parece la más terrible de las tragedias. Lo que Trudi no sabe es que su maestra, la gallina Cococorina, tampoco puede volar igual que el resto. Raquel Díaz Reguera, autora de Cuando las niñas vuelan alto, pone en valor la labor de los docentes en este álbum ilustrado a todo color, ideal para que los niños y niñas a partir de 4 años entiendan lo importantes que puede ser la figura del profesor en sus vidas.From Raquel Díaz Reguera, a tenderhearted story that celebrates the role of all those who dedicate their lives to teaching. Trudi has started school. Every day, she is excited to watch the other birds and, especially, to learn new lessons from her teacher. When she gets home, she is bursting with stories to tell. Until one day, when she comes home downcast and with an urgent question for her parents: "Why didn't you tell me that ostriches like us can't fly?" To her, being a bird but unable to fly seems like the worst injustice imaginable. What Trudi doesn't realize is that her teacher, Cococorina the hen, can't fly, either! Raquel Díaz Reguera, author of Cuando las niñas vuelan alto, pays homage to educators in this colorfully illustrated volume, ideal for helping kids aged 4 and up understand the important role played by teachers in their lives.
Subjects: Picture books.; Animal fiction.; Ostriches; Birds; Teachers; Flight; Spanish language materials.;
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Eva Delgado, maestra de segundo grado / by Beaty, Andrea.; Roberts, David,1970-; Canetti, Yanitzia,1967-;
"Eva Delgado está llena de preocupaciones. Hasta las situaciones más pequeñas la inundan de temores: ¿Y si hace una tonte̕ra? ¿Y si todo sale mal? Después de que su familia decidió hacer un gran cambio y mudarse a una nueva ciudad, sus preguntas se han multiplicado: ¿Y si no le cae bien a los niños de la escuela? En su nuevo hogar, todo parece extraño y se siente sola e invisible. Pero una persona la entiende: su maestra de segundo grado. Con infinita bondad, la señorita Escudo logra que Eva se sienta bienvenida y aprenda que sus preocupaciones pueden ser oportunidades. ¿Y si encuentra más amigos? ¿Y si algo bueno aprende?"--Amazon.
Subjects: Picture books.; Worry; Anxiety; Teachers; Kindness; Schools; Spanish language materials.;
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Narvalicorne et Gelato / by Clanton, Ben,1988-; Fortin, Isabelle.;
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Narwhal; Narval; Jellyfishes; Marine animals; Faune marine; Ocean; Mer; Teachers; Enseignants; Unicorns; Licornes; Cartoons and comics.; French language materials.; Romans graphiques.; Bandes dessinées.;
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