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15-minute Spanish : learn in just 12 weeks / by Bremón, Ana,author.; DK Publishing, Inc.;

"Teach yourself Spanish in just 12 weeks with this fun-filled language course. DK's 15 Minute Spanish is the perfect course for busy people who want to learn Spanish fast. The 12 themed chapters are broken down into easy-to-follow 15-minute daily lessons spanning a range of practical themes, including: leisure, business, food and drink, travel, and shopping. Each lesson combines vocabulary and grammar essentials with attractive full-color images, making it quick, easy, and fun to learn new Spanish vocabulary. There is no writing or homework--you simply use the cover flaps to hide the answers to exercises and test yourself as you learn. Each chapter ends with a review module, so you can track your progress and identify areas where you need further practice. Fancy becoming a pro at the language? Then get stuck in to discover: Annotated photographic scenes and word lists make it easy to learn and remember new vocabulary; 12 fun chapters, each designed to take a week to master, providing an easy-to-follow structure for new learners; Easy-to-use pronunciation guide for every word, plus a dictionary and menu guide at the back of the book; Regular review modules to help you track progress and assess how well you have learned the vocabulary in each chapter. The course includes a free audio app that lets you to hear Spanish words and phrases spoken by native speakers. Use the app alongside the book's easy-to-use pronunciation guides to perfect your pronunciation and practise Spanish conversation in real-life situations. Whether you're a complete beginner or just in need of a refresher course, there's no easier way to learn Spanish than with 15 Minute Spanish."--

Subjects: Programmed instructional materials.; Spanish language; Spanish language; Spanish language; Spanish language;

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Walking with ghosts : a memoir / by Byrne, Gabriel,1950-author.;

"As a young boy growing up in the outskirts of Dublin, Gabriel Byrne sought refuge in a world of imagination among the fields and hills near his home, at the edge of a rapidly encroaching city. Born to working-class parents and the eldest of six children, he harbored a childhood desire to become a priest. When he was eleven years old, Byrne found himself crossing the Irish Sea to join a seminary in England. Four years later, Byrne had been expelled and he quickly returned to his native city. There he took odd jobs as a messenger boy and a factory laborer to get by. In his spare time, he visited the cinema where he could be alone and yet part of a crowd. It was here that he could begin to imagine a life beyond the grey world of sixties Ireland. He reveled in the theater and poetry of Dublin's streets, populated by characters as eccentric and remarkable as any in fiction, those who spin a yarn with acuity and wit. It was a friend who suggested Byrne join an amateur drama group, a decision that would change his life forever and launch him on an extraordinary forty-year career in film and theater. Moving between sensual recollection of childhood in a now almost vanished Ireland and reflections on stardom in Hollywood and Broadway, Byrne also courageously recounts his battle with addiction and the ambivalence of fame. Walking with Ghosts is by turns hilarious and heartbreaking as well as a lyrical homage to the people and landscapes that ultimately shape our destinies"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Byrne, Gabriel, 1950-; Actors;

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Crazy rich Asians [videorecording] / by Awkwafina,1989-actor.; Chan, Gemma,1982-actor.; Chiarelli, Peter,screenwriter.; Chu, Jon M.(Jon Murray),1979-film director.; Jacobson, Nina,film producer.; Lim, Adele,screenwriter.; Lu, Lisa,actor.; Penotti, John,film producer.; Simpson, Brad,1973-film producer.; Wu, Constance,1982-actor.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ),presenter.;

Constance Wu, Gemma Chan, Lisa Lu, Awkwafina, Ken Jeong, Michelle Yeoh.A native New Yorker Rachel Chu accompanies her longtime boyfriend, Nick Young, to his best friend's wedding in Singapore. Excited about visiting Asia for the first time but nervous about meeting Nick's family, Rachel is unprepared to learn that Nick has neglected to mention a few key details about his life. It turns out that he is not only the scion of one of the country's wealthiest families but also one of its most sought-after bachelors.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some suggestive content and language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.

Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Romantic comedy films.; Americans; Asian Americans; Weddings; Mothers and sons; Man-woman relationships; Rich people; Social conflict;

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Call me Indian : from the trauma of residential school to becoming the NHL's first treaty Indigenous player / by Sasakamoose, Fred,1933-author.; Masters, Meg,author.;

"Trailblazer. Residential school survivor. First Indigenous player in the NHL. All of these descriptions are true--but none of them tell the whole story. Fred Sasakamoose suffered abuse in a residential school for a decade before becoming one of 125 players in the most elite hockey league in the world--and has been heralded as the first Canadian Indigenous player with Treaty status in the NHL. He made his debut with the 1954 Chicago Black Hawks on Hockey Night in Canada and taught Foster Hewitt how to correctly pronounce his name. Sasakamoose played against such legends as Gordie Howe, Jean Beliveau, and Maurice Richard. After twelve games, he returned home. When people tell Sasakamoose's story, this is usually where they end it. They say he left the NHL after only a dozen games to return to the family and culture that the Canadian government had ripped away from him. That returning to his family and home was more important to him than an NHL career. But there was much more to his decision than that. Understanding Sasakamoose's decision to return home means grappling with the dislocation of generations of Indigenous Canadians. Having been uprooted once, Sasakamoose could not endure it again. It was not homesickness; a man who spent his childhood as "property" of the government could not tolerate the uncertainty and powerlessness of being a team's property. Fred's choice to leave the NHL was never as clear-cut as reporters have suggested. And his story was far from over. He continued to play for another decade in leagues around Western Canada. He became a band councillor, served as Chief, and formed athletic programs for kids. He paved a way for youth to find solace and meaning in sports for generations to come. This isn't just a hockey story; Sasakamoose's groundbreaking memoir intersects Canadian history and Indigenous politics, and follows his journey to reclaim pride in an identity that had previously been used against him."-- Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Sasakamoose, Fred, 1933-; Hockey players; Native hockey players; Cree; First Nations;

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The star [videorecording] / by Reckart, Timothy,film director.; Magee-Cook, Jennifer,film producer.; Kotkin, Carlos,screenwriter.; Yeun, Steven,voice actor.; Rodriguez, Gina,1984-voice actor.; Levi, Zachary,1980-voice actor.; Key, Keegan-Michael,1971-voice actor.; Affirm Films,presenter.; Sony Pictures Animation (Firm),presenter,production company.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;

Music, John Paesano.Steven Yeun, Gina Rodriguez, Zachary Levi, Keegan-Michael Key, Kelly Clarkson, Anthony Anderson, Aidy Bryant, Ving Rhames, Gabriel Iglesias, Patricia Heaton, Kristen Chenoweth, Christopher Plummer, Tracy Morgan, Tyler Perry, Oprah Winfrey.A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the first Christmas.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Christmas films.; Children's films.; Religious films.; Feature films.; Donkeys; Animals; Heroes; Holidays; Christmas;

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We don't know ourselves : a personal history of modern Ireland / by O'Toole, Fintan,1958-author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."A celebrated Irish writer's magisterial, brilliantly insightful chronicle of the wrenching transformations that dragged his homeland into the modern world. Fintan O'Toole was born in the year the revolution began. It was 1958, and the Irish government?in despair, because all the young people were leaving?opened the country to foreign investment and popular culture. So began a decades-long, ongoing experiment with Irish national identity. In We Don't Know Ourselves, O'Toole, one of the Anglophone world's most consummate stylists, weaves his own experiences into Irish social, cultural, and economic change, showing how Ireland, in just one lifetime, has gone from a reactionary "backwater" to an almost totally open society-perhaps the most astonishing national transformation in modern history. Born to a working-class family in the Dublin suburbs, O'Toole served as an altar boy and attended a Christian Brothers school, much as his forebears did. He was enthralled by American Westerns suddenly appearing on Irish television, which were not that far from his own experience, given that Ireland's main export was beef and it was still not unknown for herds of cattle to clatter down Dublin's streets. Yet the Westerns were a sign of what was to come. O'Toole narrates the once unthinkable collapse of the all-powerful Catholic Church, brought down by scandal and by the activism of ordinary Irish, women in particular. He relates the horrific violence of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, which led most Irish to reject violent nationalism. In O'Toole's telling, America became a lodestar, from John F. Kennedy's 1963 visit, when the soon-to-be martyred American president was welcomed as a native son, to the emergence of the Irish technology sector in the late 1990s, driven by American corporations, which set Ireland on the path toward particular disaster during the 2008 financial crisis. A remarkably compassionate yet exacting observer, O'Toole in coruscating prose captures the peculiar Irish habit of "deliberate unknowing," which allowed myths of national greatness to persist even as the foundations were crumbling. Forty years in the making, We Don't Know Ourselves is a landmark work, a memoir and a national history that ultimately reveals how the two modes are entwined for all of us"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; O'Toole, Fintan, 1958-;

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Osceola. by Petzold, Konrad,film director.; Mitic, Gojko,actor.; Schulze, Horst,actor.; Darie, Iurie,actor.; Ugowski, Karin,actor.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Gojko Mitic, Horst Schulze, Iurie Darie, Karin UgowskiOriginally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1971.Florida, 1830. Of all eastern Indigenous nations, only the Seminoles have resisted being moved to reservations. Having retreated to Florida, they live a rich horticultural life, while white plantation owners, angry at the increasing numbers of Black slaves fleeing to Seminole protection, want to take their land. Plantation owner Raynes, in particular, has convinced the US military to wipe out the Seminoles. His rival Moore, a sawmill owner from the North who has a Seminole wife, is against slavery on moral grounds and considers it unprofitable. Seminole leader Osceola sees the coming danger and despite his efforts, he cannot prevent the war that breaks out in 1835.Since the 1960s, the East German DEFA Studio for Feature Films adapted the Western film genre for socialism, while also attempting a gesture of solidarity with the Indigenous nations of North America. Films such as this one, include the representation of unacceptable practices, cultural appropriation, as well as racist and stereotypical depictions, characterization, language and imagery. The DEFA Film Library’s English-subtitled version makes efforts to address racist language and honor authorship. In the subtitles, terms for Black, Native American and Indigenous peoples that have always been derogatory in English and German are indicated as [n-word] or [i-word].Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion Pictures.; Western films.; Historical drama.;

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