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Weird rules to follow / by Spencer, Kim.;
"In this novel for middle readers told in vignettes, Mia and her best friend Lara have very different experiences growing up in a northern fishing community in the 1980s."--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Nineteen eighties; Best friends; Social classes; Indigenous peoples; Identity (Psychology);
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Boy swallows universe / by Dalton, Trent,author.;
Brisbane, 1983: A lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious criminal for a babysitter. It's not as if Eli's life isn't complicated enough already. He's just trying to follow his heart, learning what it takes to be a good man, but life just keeps throwing obstacles in the way - not least of which is Tytus Broz, legendary Brisbane drug dealer. But Eli's life is about to get a whole lot more serious. He's about to fall in love. And, oh yeah, he has to break into Boggo Road Gaol on Christmas Day, to save his mum.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Dysfunctional families; Friendship; Suburbs; Nineteen eighties; Criminals; Coming of age;
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A gorgeous excitement : a novel / by Weiner, Cynthia,author.;
"The summer of 1986 in New York City starts off with a model's face getting slashed after rejecting her landlord's advances. It ends with a young woman's half naked body discovered in Central Park, murdered after a night of "rough sex." Nina Jacobs is 18, working a series of boring temp jobs, trying to lose her virginity before she leaves for college at the end of the summer, while also trying to stay out of the way of her mother, who spends her days in bed or criticizing Nina, or often both. And developing a burgeoning cocaine habit. Could the magnetic IT boy from the bar they hang out at that caters to the Upper East Side private school rich kid set, be the one who can help her achieve both her goals this summer?"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Drug addiction; Man-woman relationships; Mothers and daughters; Murder; Nineteen eighties; Young women;
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Armageddon time [videorecording] / by Gray, James,1969-film director.; Hathaway, Anne,1982-actor.; Hopkins, Anthony,1937-actor.; Repeta, Banks,actor.; Strong, Jeremy,1978-actor.; Focus Features,presenter.; Keep Your Head Productions,production company.; MadRiver Pictures,production company.; RT Features (Firm),presenter.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb, Ryan Sell.From acclaimed filmmaker James Gray and featuring an all-star cast including Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong comes Armageddon Time. Set in 1980s Queens, New York, it is a deeply personal story about the strength of family, the complexity of friendship and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language and some drug use involving minors.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, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Coming-of-age films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; American Dream; Families; Friendship; Intergenerational relations; Nineteen eighties;
For private home use only.
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8-bit Christmas [videorecording] / by Dowse, Michael,film director.; Fegley, Winslow,actor.; Harris, Neil Patrick,1973-actor.; Jakubowski, Kevin,1979-screenwriter.; Raphael, June Diane,actor.; White, Tim(Film producer),film producer.; White, Trevor(Producer),film producer.; Zahn, Steve,1968-actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Jakubowski, Kevin,1979-8-Bit Christmas.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Editor, Trevor Ambrose ; director of photography, Samy Inayeh.Neil Patrick Harris, Winslow Fegley, June Diane Raphael, Steve Zahn.In 1980s Chicago, a 10-year-old sets out on a quest to get the Christmas gift of his generation: the latest and greatest video game system.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG.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: Christmas films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Boys; Christmas; Gifts; Nineteen eighties; Nintendo video games; Video games;
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Shopgirls : a novel / by Blau, Jessica Anya,author.;
"Nineteen-year-old Zippy can hardly believe it: she's the newest and youngest salesgirl at I. Magnin, "San Francisco's Finest Department Store." Every week, she rotates her three spruced-up Salvation Army outfits and Vaseline-shined pumps; still, she's thrilled to walk those pumps through the employee entrance five days a week as she saves to buy something new. For a girl who grew up in a one-bedroom apartment above a liquor store with her mother and her mother's madcap boyfriend, Howard; a girl who wanted to go to college but had no help in figuring out how; I. Magnin represents a real chance for a better and more elegant life. Or, at the very least, a more interesting one. Zippy may not be in school, but she's about to get an education that will stick with her for decades. Her fellow salesgirls (lifetime professionals) run the gamut from mean and indifferent to caring and helpful. The cosmetics ladies on the first floor share both samples and advice ("only date a man with a Rolex"); and her new roommate, Raquel, an ambitious lawyer, tells Zippy she can lose ten pounds easy if she joins Raquel in eating only every other day. Just when Zippy thinks she's getting a handle on how to be an adult woman in1985, two surprises threaten both her sense of self and her coveted position at I. Magnin. Set in the Day-Glo colors of 1980s San Francisco, Shopgirls is an intoxicating novel of self-discovery, outrageous fashion, and family both biological and found."--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Department stores; Interpersonal relations; Nineteen eighties; Roommates; Self-realization in women; Women sales personnel;
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1982 [videorecording] : greatest geek year ever! / by Altman, Mark A.,film producer,screenwriter.; Howard, Ron,1954-on-screen participant.; Lay, Roger,film director,film producer.; Shatner, William,on-screen participant.; Winkler, Henry,1945-on-screen participant.; MVD Visual (Firm),publisher.;
Henry Winkler, Ron Howard, William Shatner, Bruce Campbell, Sean Young.An epic documentary spotlighting the pop culture milestones of 1982 including notable motion pictures, TV, music and video games of that seminal year.E.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary films.; Historical films.; Nonfiction films.; Nineteen eighties.; Geeks (Computer enthusiasts); Science fiction fans.; Mass media; Popular culture;
For private home use only.
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Mayflies / by O'Hagan, Andrew,1968-author.;
"Everyone has a Tully Dawson: the friend who defines your life. In the summer of 1986, in a small Scottish town, James and Tully ignite a brilliant friendship based on music, films and the rebel spirit. With school over and the locked world of their fathers before them, they rush towards the climax of their youth: a magical weekend in Manchester, the epicentre of everything that inspires them in working-class Britain. There, against the greatest soundtrack ever recorded, a vow is made: to go at life differently. Thirty years on, half a life away, the phone rings. Tully has news. Mayflies is a memorial to youth's euphorias and to everyday tragedy. A tender goodbye to an old union, it discovers the joy and the costs of love"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Cancer; Male friendship; Middle-aged men; Nineteen eighties; Young men;
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Air [videorecording] / by Affleck, Ben,1972-film director,actor.; Bateman, Jason,actor.; Convery, Alex,screenwriter.; Damon, Matt,actor.; Davis, Viola,actor.; Ellison, David,1983-film producer.; Artists Equity (Firm),production company.; Mandalay Pictures,production company.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.,publisher.; Skydance Sports,presenter.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Viola Davis, Chris Messina, Gustaf Skarsgard, Damian Young, Chris Tucker.From award-winning director Ben Affleck, it reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son's immense talent, and the basketball phenom who would become the greatest of all time.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.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: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Historical films.; Biographical films.; Jordan, Michael, 1963-; Vaccaro, Sonny; Knight, Philip H., 1938-; Nike (Firm); Branding (Marketing); Nineteen eighties; Athletic shoes; Basketball shoes;
For private home use only.
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No rules tonight [graphic novel] / by Kim, Hyun Sook,author.; Estrada, Ryan,1980-author,illustrator.;
Set in dictatorial South Korea in 1984, a group of teens experience a taste of freedom on a winter retreat with no parental supervision.Ages 12 and up.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Political comics.; Social issue comics.; Teenagers; Camps; Freedom; Friendship; Nineteen eighties; School camps; Totalitarianism;
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