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- Graveyard of the Pacific : shipwreck and survival on America's deadliest waterway / by Sullivan, Randall,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A vivid portrait of the Columbia River Bar that combines maritime history, adventure journalism, and memoir, bringing alive the history--and present--of one of the most notorious stretches of water in the world. Off the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean and forms the Columbia River Bar: a watery collision so turbulent and deadly that it's nicknamed the Graveyard of the Pacific. Two thousand ships have been wrecked on the bar since the first European ship dared to try to cross it in the late eighteenth century. For decades ships continued to make the bar crossing with great peril, first with native guides and later with opportunistic newcomers, as Europeans settled in Washington and Oregon, displacing the natives and transforming the river into the hub of a booming region. Since then, the commercial importance of the Columbia River has only grown, and despite the construction of jetties on either side, the bar remains treacherous, even today a site of shipwrecks and dramatic rescues as well as power struggles between small fishermen, powerful shipowners, local communities in Washington and Oregon, the Coast Guard, and the Columbia River Bar Pilots--a small group of highly skilled navigators who help guide ships through the mouth of the Columbia. When Randall Sullivan and a friend set out to cross the bar in a two-man kayak, they're met with skepticism and concern. But on a clear day in July when the tides and weather seem right, they embark. As they plunge through the waves, Sullivan ponders the generations of sailors that made the crossing before him-including his own abusive father, a sailor himself who also once dared to cross the bar--and reflects on toxic masculinity, fatherhood, and what drives men to extremes. Rich with exhaustive research and propulsive narrative, Graveyard of the Pacific follows historical shipwrecks through the moment-by-moment details that often determined whether sailors would live or die, exposing the ways in which boats, sailors, and navigation have changed over the decades. As he makes his way across the bar, floating above the wrecks and across the same currents that have taken so many lives, Randall Sullivan faces the past, both in his own life and on the Columbia River Bar"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Sullivan, Randall.; Shipwrecks;
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- Opération parents très spéciaux / by Dubois, Andréanne,1980-;
LSC- Subjects: Roman d'espionnage.; Spy stories.; Parents et enfants; Secrets de famille; Enquêtes; Amitié masculine; Parent and child; Family secrets; Investigations; Male friendship;
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- Rodeo. by Quivoron, Lola,film director.; Buresi, Antonia,actor.; Ledru, Julie,actor.; Music Box Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Antonia Buresi, Julie LedruOriginally produced by Music Box Films in 2022.After a chance meeting at an illicit ‘Rodeo’ where riders show off their bikes and stunts, Julia strives to prove herself to a volatile, ultra-masculine clique, performing cons and surviving by her wits.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Crime.; Motion pictures--France.; Sports.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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- Murderesses: S1. by Rus, Kristoffer,film director.; Rycembel, Eliza,actor.; Kuna, Izabela,actor.; Pankiewicz, Maja,actor.; Gulaczyk, Robert,actor.; Schuchardt, Tomasz,actor.; Juno Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Eliza Rycembel, Izabela Kuna, Maja Pankiewicz, Robert Gulaczyk, Tomasz SchuchardtOriginally produced by Juno Films in 2023.Rising police talent Karolina delves deep to uncover her missing ex-cop father's fate, stumbling upon treacherous family shadows and a corrupt police scheme. As she battles against toxic masculinity, shocking revelations about her father emerge.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.;
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- Estación Catorce. by Cardozo, Diana,film director.; Vázquez, Gael,actor.; Antonio, José,actor.; Belén, Karla,actor.; Elizarrás, Lourdes,actor.; Herández, Margarita,actor.; Escárrega, Yoshira,actor.; Pragda (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Gael Vázquez, José Antonio Becerril, Karla Belén Banda, Lourdes Elizarrás, Margarita Herández, Yoshira EscárregaOriginally produced by Pragda in 2022.Luis discovers the world at age seven. Violence touches his surroundings and triggers the first encounter with death, the discovery of the fragility of his father, and the learning of masculinity in his vulnerable world. Everything happens between games and perplexities. It is life in a violent Mexico, where only growing implies danger.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.;
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