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Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books A Novel [electronic resource] : by Miller, Kirsten.aut; cloudLibrary;

“Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books is shaping up to be this summer’s Big Read. Kirsten Miller has that rare ability to take a serious subject and make it very, very funny. I enjoyed this novel and you will too.”--James Patterson The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking! Kirsten Miller, author of The Change, brings us a bracing, wildly entertaining satire about a small Southern town, a pitched battle over banned books, and a little lending library that changes everything. Beverly Underwood and her arch enemy, Lula Dean, live in the tiny town of Troy, Georgia, where they were born and raised. Now Beverly is on the school board, and Lula has become a local celebrity by embarking on mission to rid the public libraries of all inappropriate books—none of which she’s actually read. To replace the “pornographic” books she’s challenged at the local public library, Lula starts her own lending library in front of her home: a cute wooden hutch with glass doors and neat rows of the worthy literature that she’s sure the town’s readers need. What Lula doesn’t know is that a local troublemaker has stolen her wholesome books, removed their dust jackets, and restocked Lula’s library with banned books: literary classics, gay romances, Black history, witchy spell books, Judy Blume novels, and more. One by one, neighbors who borrow books from Lula Dean’s library find their lives changed in unexpected ways. Finally, one of Lula Dean’s enemies discovers the library and decides to turn the tables on her, just as Lula and Beverly are running against each other to replace the town’s disgraced mayor. That’s when all the townspeople who’ve been borrowing from Lula’s library begin to reveal themselves. That's when the showdown that’s been brewing between Beverly and Lula will roil the whole town...and change it forever.

Subjects: Electronic books.; Small Town & Rural; Contemporary Women; Satire;

© 2024., HarperCollins,

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A golden grave [sound recording] : a Rose Gallagher mystery / by Lindsey, Erin,author,narrator.; Kreinik, Barrie,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;

Read by Barrie Kreinik ; author's note ready by Erin Lindsey."The follow-up to Murder on Millionaires' Row, Erin Lindsey's second historical mystery follows Rose Gallagher as she tracks a killer with shocking abilities through Gilded Age Manhattan. Rose Gallagher always dreamed of finding adventure, so her new life as a freshly-minted Pinkerton agent ought to be everything she ever wanted. Only a few months ago, she was just another poor Irish housemaid from Five Points; now, she's learning to shoot a gun and dance the waltz and throw a grown man over her shoulder. Better still, she's been recruited to the special branch, an elite unit dedicated to cases of a paranormal nature, and that means spending her days alongside the dashing Thomas Wiltshire. But being a Pinkerton isn't quite what Rose imagined, and not everyone welcomes her into the fold. Meanwhile, her old friends aren't sure what to make of the new Rose, and even Thomas seems to be having second thoughts about his junior partner. So when a chilling new case arrives on Rose's doorstep, she jumps at the chance to prove herself - only to realize that the stakes are higher than she could have imagined. Six delegates have been murdered at a local political convention, and the police have no idea who-or what-is responsible. One thing seems clear: The killer's next target is a candidate for New York City mayor, one Theodore Roosevelt. Convinced that something supernatural is afoot, Rose and Thomas must track down the murderer before Roosevelt is taken out of the race-permanently. But this killer is unlike any they've faced before, and hunting him down will take them from brownstones to ballrooms to Bowery saloons. Not quite comfortable anywhere, Rose must come to terms with her own changed place in society-and the fact that some would do anything to see her gone from it entirely"--

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Women detectives;

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Lytton Climate Change, Colonialism and Life Before the Fire [electronic resource] : by Edwards, Peter.aut; Loring, Kevin.aut; cloudLibrary;

From bestselling true-crime author Peter Edwards and Governor General's Award-winning playwright Kevin Loring, two sons of Lytton, BC, the town that burned to the ground in 2021, comes a meditation on hometown―when hometown is gone. “It’s dire,” Greta Thunberg retweeted Mayor JanPolderman. “The whole town is on fire. It took a whole 15 minutes from the first sign of smoke to, all of a sudden, there being fire everywhere.” Before it made global headlines as the small town that burned down during a record-breaking heatwave in June 2021, while briefly the hottest placeon Earth, Lytton, British Columbia, had a curious past. Named for the author of the infamous line, “It was a dark and stormy night,” Lytton was also where Peter Edwards, organized-crime journalist and author of seventeen non-fiction books, spent his childhood. Although only about 500 people lived in Lytton, Peter liked to joke that he was only the second-best writer to come from his tiny hometown. His grade-school classmate’s nephew Kevin Loring, Nlaka’pamux from Lytton First Nation, had grown up to be a Governor General’s Award–winning playwright.         The Nlaka’pamux called Lytton “The Centre of the World,” a view Buddhists would share in the late twentieth century, as they set up a temple just outside town. A gold rush in 1858 saw conflict with a wave of Californians come to a head with the Canyon War at the junction of the mighty Fraser and Thompson rivers. The Nlaka’pamux lost over thirty lives in that conflict, as did the American gold seekers. In modern times, many outsiders would seek shelter there, often people who just didn’t fit anywhere else and were hoping for a little anonymity in the mountains.         Told from the shared perspective of an Indigenous playwright and the journalist son of a settler doctor who pushed back against the divisions that existed between populations, Lytton portrays all the warmth, humour and sincerity of small-town life. A colourful little town that burned to the ground could be every town’s warning if we don’t take seriously what this unique place has to teach us.

Subjects: Electronic books.; Canada; Rural; Native Americans;

© 2024., Random House of Canada,

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Sideways : the city Google couldn't buy / by O'Kane, Josh,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."From the Globe and Mail tech reporter who revealed countless controversies while following the Sidewalk Labs fiasco in Toronto, an uncompromising investigation into the bigger story and what the Google sister company's failure there reveals about Big Tech, data privacy and the monetization of everything. When former New York deputy mayor Dan Doctoroff landed in Toronto, promising a revolution in better living through technology, the locals were starstruck. In 2017 a small parcel of land on the city's woefully underdeveloped lakeshore was available for development, and with Google co-founder Larry Page and his trusted chairman Eric Schmidt leaning into Sidewalk Labs' pitch for the long-forsaken property--with Doctoroff as the urban-planning company's CEO--Sidewalk's bid crushed the competition. But as soon as the bid was won, cracks appeared in the partnership between Doctoroff's team and Waterfront Toronto, the government-sponsored organization behind the contest. There were hundreds more acres of undeveloped former port lands nearby that kept creeping into conversation with Sidewalk, and more questions were emerging than answers about how much the public would actually benefit from the Alphabet-owned company's vision for the high-tech neighbourhood--and the data it could harvest from the people living there. Alarm bells began ringing in the city's corridors of power and activism. To Torontonians accustomed to big promises with little follow-through, the fiasco that unfolded seemed at first like just another city-building sideshow. But the pained battle to reel in the power of Sidewalk Labs became a crucible moment in the worldwide battle for privacy rights and against the extension of Big Tech's digital might into the physical world around us. With extensive contacts on all sides of the debacle, O'Kane tells a story of global consequence fought over a small, forgotten parcel of mud and pavement, taking readers from California to New York to Toronto to Berlin and back again. In the tradition of extraordinary boardroom dramas like Bad Blood and Super Pumped, Sideways vividly recreates the corporate drama and epic personalities in this David-and-Goliath battle that signalled to the world that all may not be lost in the effort to contain the rapidly growing power of Big Tech"--

Subjects: Google (Firm); City planning; Data privacy; Privacy, Right of; Technology; Waterfronts; Technology;

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Mississippi blood / by Iles, Greg,author.;

"#1 New York Times Bestselling Author The endgame is at hand for Penn Cage, his family, and the enemies bent on destroying them in this revelatory volume in the epic trilogy set in modern-day Natchez, Mississippi--Greg Iles's epic tale of love and honor, hatred and revenge that explores how the sins of the past continue to haunt the present. Shattered by grief and dreaming of vengeance, Penn Cage sees his family and his world collapsing around him. The woman he loves is gone, his principles have been irrevocably compromised, and his father, once a paragon of the community that Penn leads as mayor, is about to be tried for the murder of a former lover. Most terrifying of all, Dr. Cage seems bent on self-destruction. Despite Penn's experience as a prosecutor in major murder trials, his father has frozen him out of the trial preparations--preferring to risk dying in prison to revealing the truth of the crime to his son. During forty years practicing medicine, Tom Cage made himself the most respected and beloved physician in Natchez, Mississippi. But this revered Southern figure has secrets known only to himself and a handful of others. Among them, Tom has a second son, the product of an 1960s affair with his devoted African American nurse, Viola Turner. It is Viola who has been murdered, and her bitter son--Penn's half-brother--who sets in motion the murder case against his father. The resulting investigation exhumes dangerous ghosts from Mississippi's violent past. In some way that Penn cannot fathom, Viola Turner was a nexus point between his father and the Double Eagles, a savage splinter cell of the KKK. More troubling still, the long-buried secrets shared by Dr. Cage and the former Klansmen may hold the key to the most devastating assassinations of the 1960s. The surviving Double Eagles will stop at nothing to keep their past crimes buried, and with the help of some of the most influential men in the state, they seek to ensure that Dr. Cage either takes the fall for them, or takes his secrets to an early grave. Tom Cage's murder trial sets a terrible clock in motion, and unless Penn can pierce the veil of the past and exonerate his father, his family will be destroyed. Unable to trust anyone around him--not even his own mother--Penn joins forces with Serenity Butler, a famous young black author who has come to Natchez to write about his father's case. Together, Penn and Serenity--a former soldier--battle to crack the Double Eagles and discover the secret history of the Cage family and the South itself, a desperate move that risks the only thing they have left to gamble: their lives. Mississippi Blood is the enthralling conclusion to a breathtaking trilogy seven years in the making--one that has kept readers on the edge of their seats. With piercing insight, narrative prowess, and a masterful ability to blend history and imagination, New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles illuminates the brutal history of the American South in a highly atmospheric and suspenseful novel that delivers the shocking resolution his fans have eagerly awaited"--

Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Cage, Penn (Fictitious character);

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Leviathan [videorecording] / by Serebryakov, Aleksey.; Madyanov, Roman.; Lyadova, Elena.; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm); Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);

Aleksey Serebryakov, Roman Madyanov, Elena Lyadova.Nikolay is in danger of losing his home. His pleas to the corrupt mayor of this small Russian village fall on deaf ears. The police and the church are all on the mayor's side. Even his wife ends up betraying him. Desperate, he turns to an old friend he served with in the army. But this friend brings even more trouble into Nikolay's life. Will he be able to overcome all these obstacles and save his home?Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Political corruption; Fishing villages; Mayors; Foreign films; Motion pictures, Russian.; Feature films.;

For private home use only.

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Petra / by Coppo, Marianna.; Mayor, Carlos.;

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Subjects: Rocks; Imagination;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Leo tiene una rabieta : un cuento para afrontar el enfado con empatía / by Estapé, Anna.; Perpiñán, Arancha.; Aguilà, Helena.;

Una colección de tu pediatra de referencia en crianza respetuosa, Anna Estapé. Dentro de esta barriga hay una tormenta! Se oyen truenos y llueve con fuerza. Sin duda, es un caso de rabia! Las rabietas forman parte del proceso de desarrollo de los niños y las niñas, son su manera de comunicarnos que nos necesitan. En este cuento, la pediatra de referencia en crianza respetuosa, Anna Estapé, nos enseña a afrontar el enfado de los más pequeños desde la empatía y el cariño, y a compartir con ellos habilidades emocionales que les serán útiles en el futuro. Gracias a la historia de Leo, pequeños y mayores aprenderán a gestionar las rabietas con consciencia y respeto, y a experimentarlas como una oportunidad para el crecimiento y el aprendizaje emocional. - Un libro perfecto para leer en familia. - Con consejos prácticos para que padres y madres entiendan cuál es su función ante una rabieta y cómo deben actuar. - Una tierna historia para familias que apuestan por una crianza basada en el respeto, el amor y los límites positivos. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION: A collection by your reference pediatrician in mindful parenting, Anna Estapé. There's a storm brewing inside this belly! Thunders are heard rumbling and it rains heavily. It is definitely a case of the temper tantrum! Tantrums are part of boys' and girls' development process; they are the children's way of communicating that they need us. In this story, your reference pediatrician in mindful parenting, Anna Estapé, teaches us to acknowledge the little ones' feelings of anger with empathy and affection; and to share with them emotional habits that will be useful in the future. Thanks to Leo's story, young and old will learn to manage tantrums with mindfulness and respect, and to treat them as opportunities for growth and emotional learning. -A perfect book to read together as a family. - Practical advice for parents to understand what their role is in the event of a tantrum and how they should act when they come about. - A kindhearted story for families who are committed to parenting based on respect, love, and setting positive limits.

Subjects: Picture books.; Emotions in children; Temper tantrums; Anger; Anger in children; Mindfulness (Psychology); Empathy;

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Men of Deeds. by Negoescu, Paul,film director.; Damian, Anghel,actor.; Semciuc, Crina,actor.; Busuioc, Daniel,actor.; Postelnicu, Iulian,actor.; Tudor, Oana,actor.; Muraru, Vasile,actor.; Dekanalog (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Anghel Damian, Crina Semciuc, Daniel Busuioc, Iulian Postelnicu, Oana Tudor, Vasile MuraruOriginally produced by Dekanalog in 2022.In this Coen Bros meets Twin Peaks tale, a middle-aged police chief spends his days dreaming of owning an orchard, while managing drunken bar fights and largely ignoring the mayor’s questionable deeds and the dubious things that happen in his village. But when a man is murdered, he jumps into action, trying to be what he's never been before - the bringer of justice who brings in the bad guys.Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Crime.;

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