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Toni Morrison [videorecording] : the pieces I am / by Morrison, Toni,on-screen participant.; Als, Hilton,interviewee.; Davis, Angela Y.(Angela Yvonne),1944-interviewee.; Lebowitz, Fran,interviewee.; Mosley, Walter,interviewee.; Winfrey, Oprah,interviewee.; Sanchez, Sonia,1934-interviewee.; Magnolia Pictures (Firm),presenter.; Perfect Day Films,production company.; Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Music by Kathryn Bostic ; director of photography, Graham Willoughby.Featuring: Hilton Als, Angela Davis, Fran Lebowitz, Walter Mosley, Sonia Sanchez, Oprah Winfrey.An artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the acclaimed novelist. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to '70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics, and colleagues on an exploration of race, America, history and the human condition as seen through the prism of her own literature.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some disturbing images/thematic material.DVD; widescreen (1.78:1).
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Morrison, Toni.; Nobel Prize winners; African American women novelists; African American women poets;
For private home use only.
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The last trial / by Turow, Scott,author.;
"At 85 years old, Alejandro "Sandy" Stern, a brilliant defense lawyer with his health failing but spirit intact, is on the brink of retirement. But when his old friend Dr. Kiril Pafko, a former Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, is faced with charges of insider trading, fraud, and murder, his entire life's work is put in jeopardy, and Stern decides to take on one last trial. In a case that will provide the defining coda to both men's accomplished lives, Stern probes beneath the surface of his friend's dazzling veneer as a distinguished cancer researcher. As the trial progresses, Stern will question everything he thought he knew about his friend. Despite Pafko's many failings, is he innocent of the terrible charges laid against him? How far will Stern go to save his friend, and--no matter the trial's outcome--will he ever know the truth? Stern's duty to defend his client and his belief in the power of the judicial system both face a final, terrible test in the courtroom, where the evidence and reality are sometimes worlds apart"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Legal fiction (Literature); Criminal defense lawyers; Nobel Prize winners; Insider trading in securities; Murder;
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The last trial [sound recording] / by Turow, Scott,author.; Lloyd, John Bedford,narrator.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by John Bedford Lloyd."At 85 years old, Alejandro "Sandy" Stern, a brilliant defense lawyer with his health failing but spirit intact, is on the brink of retirement. But when his old friend Dr. Kiril Pafko, a former Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, is faced with charges of insider trading, fraud, and murder, his entire life's work is put in jeopardy, and Stern decides to take on one last trial. In a case that will provide the defining coda to both men's accomplished lives, Stern probes beneath the surface of his friend's dazzling veneer as a distinguished cancer researcher. As the trial progresses, Stern will question everything he thought he knew about his friend. Despite Pafko's many failings, is he innocent of the terrible charges laid against him? How far will Stern go to save his friend, and--no matter the trial's outcome--will he ever know the truth? Stern's duty to defend his client and his belief in the power of the judicial system both face a final, terrible test in the courtroom, where the evidence and reality are sometimes worlds apart"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Thrillers (Fiction); Legal fiction (Literature); Criminal defense lawyers; Insider trading in securities; Murder; Nobel Prize winners;
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How to stand up to a dictator : the fight for our future / by Ressa, Maria,author.; Clooney, Amal,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references.A Philippine journalist who received the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize traces her career spent challenging corruption in her country and presents strategies for speaking truth to power and standing up against authoritarians to battle information and lies.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Ressa, Maria.; Authoritarianism.; Democracy; Freedom of the press; Journalists; Nobel Prize winners; Women journalists;
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Al Gore : a wake-up call to global warming / by Anderson, Dale,1953-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Gore, Albert, 1948-; United States. Congress. Senate; Environmentalists; Global warming; Nobel Prize winners; Vice-Presidents;
© c2009., Crabtree Pub.,
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The grapes of wrath / by Steinbeck, John,1902-1968.;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.Depicts the hardships and suffering endured by the Joad family as they journey from Oklahoma to California during the Depression.Includes bibliographical references (p. xli-xlvii).Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.Pulitzer prize for fiction winner, 1940.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Fiction.; Domestic fiction.; General fiction.; Banned book sanctuary.; Classics; Literary; Migrant agricultural laborers; Rural families; Depressions; Labor camps;
© 2000., Penguin,
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The little book of joy / by Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho,Dalai Lama XIV,1935-; Tutu, Desmond.; Abrams, Douglas.; Neumann, Rachel.; López, Rafael,1961-; Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho,Dalai Lama XIV,1935-Book of joy.;
Two Nobel Peace Prize winners -- His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu -- use their own childhood stories to show young readers how to embrace the transformative power of joy and share it with the world.LSC
Subjects: Happiness; Joy;
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Everyday ubuntu : living better together, the African way / by Ngomane, Mungi,author.;
"The definitive guide to the Southern African philosophy of ubuntu, or the idea 'I am only because you are,' with lessons on how to live harmoniously with all people from Mungi Ngomane, granddaughter of Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu"--
Subjects: Ubuntu (Philosophy);
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One hundred years of solitude / by García Márquez, Gabriel,1928-author.; Rabassa, Gregory.; García Márquez, Gabriel,1928-Cien años de soledad.English.;
Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Macondo (Imaginary place);
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Klara and the sun / by Ishiguro, Kazuo,1954-author.;
"From her place in the store that sells artificial friends, Klara--an artificial friend with outstanding observational qualities--watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change forever, Klara she is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans. In this luminous tale, Klara and the Sun, Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly changing modern world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: what does it mean to love?"--
Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Artificial intelligence; Friendship; Love; Paid companions (Household employees); Robots;
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