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Tai chi fit. [videorecording] / by Ross, David-Dorian,teacher.; Silver, David,film producer,film director.; YMAA Publication Center,publisher.;
Instructor, David-Dorian Ross.Improve Your Health with Gentle Tai Chi. Whether you hope to prevent cancer, are facing a current diagnosis, or are in recovery after treatment, exercise is known to be a crucial factor in your improved health. Higher physical activity is linked to lower cancer risk, and studies show strong evidence that exercise is a vital component for your ongoing wellbeing. The mind/body aspect of tai chi, with its soothing and gentle movements are an ideal form of exercise that also helps raise your spirit, improve your mood and develop a positive mental attitude. Tai chi can be easily adapted for anyone, whether sitting, in bed, or recovering from surgery. Exercising several times a week may help balance the chemistry of the body, reduce inflammation, and improve your metabolism. This short tai chi fit workout has nothing to memorize; just do what you see on screen and enjoy your practice. David-Dorian Ross leads an easy class to help you: Balance the hormones and growth factors associated with some cancer development and progression. Prevent high blood levels of insulin, which has been linked to cancer. Reduce inflammation, which is related to many diseases. Improve immune system function and response time. Improve your metabolism and digestion, reducing your exposure to possible carcinogens. Lose weight and feel great!E.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Instructional films.; Nonfiction films.; Cancer; Tai chi.; Exercise.; Physical fitness.;
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Becoming a Matriarch A Memoir [electronic resource] : by Knott, Helen.aut; cloudLibrary;
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER Co-winner of the 2024 George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature Winner of the Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes (part of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes) Shortlisted for the 2024 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize Finalist for the 2024 Governor General's Literary Award for Nonfiction Shortlisted for the 2025 OLA Evergreen Award Longlisted for Canada Reads 2025 When matriarchs begin to disappear, there is a choice to either step into the places they left behind, or to craft a new space. Helen Knott’s debut memoir, In My Own Moccasins, wowed reviewers, award juries, and readers alike with its profoundly honest and moving account of addiction, intergenerational trauma, resilience, and survival. Now, in her highly anticipated second book, Knott returns with a chronicle of grief, love, and legacy. Having lost both her mom and grandmother in just over six months, forced to navigate the fine lines between matriarchy, martyrdom, and codependency, Knott realizes she must let go, not just of the women who raised her, but of the woman she thought she was. Woven into the pages are themes of mourning, sobriety through loss, and generational dreaming. Becoming a Matriarch is charted with poetic insights, sass, humour, and heart, taking the reader over the rivers and mountains of Dane Zaa territory in Northeastern British Columbia, along the cobbled streets of Antigua, Guatemala, and straight to the heart of what matriarchy truly means. This is a journey through pain, on the way to becoming.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Native Americans; Personal Memoirs; Women;
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Great Lakes untamed. [videorecording] / by McIntyre Media,distributor.;
In winter, Great Lakes animals must deal with extreme temperatures. Divers explore the lakebed where a colossal ice sheet once ground into North America's bedrock, leaving five giant lakes when it melted. Each year the ice returns, challenging life. A powerful jet stream dip creates huge ice storms, the world's largest freshwater waves, and lake effect snow. Life has adapted. Otters frolic beneath Lake Huron's ice surface; giant freshwater cod sing and mate in the frigid waters; ravens outwit bald eagles and wolves, feeding on a deer; snow provides insulation for new-born black bears; the huge paws of a Canadian lynx help it move in deep snow; and the ultra-violet fur of flying squirrels deters predators. But some creatures are suffering due to the shorter, warmer winters. A rare wolverine is threatened by the warming climate and Great Lakes moose are declining in numbers. Ice and snow created North America's Great Lakes and its species have evolved to survive the harsh elements. In this warming world, the future of life in the Great Lakes will be shaped by one species - us.E.DVD.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Television mini-series.; Freshwater ecology; Lakes; Watersheds;
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MLK/FBI [videorecording] / by Comey, James B.,Jr.,1960-on-screen participant.; Gage, Beverly,on-screen participant.; Hedin, Benjamin,film producer,screenwriter.; King, Martin Luther,Jr.,1929-1968,on-screen participant.; Pollard, Sam,film director.; Tomaselli, Laura,screenwriter.; Field of Vision,presenter.; IFC Films,publisher.; Play/Action Pictures,presenter.; RLJ Entertainment,film distributor.; TradesCraft Films,production company.;
Director of photography, Robert Chappell ; editor, Laura Tomaselli ; score composed by Gerald Clayton.James Comey, Beverly Gage, Martin Luther King Jr.From the time that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. emerged as a resonant voice in the American civil rights movement, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover regarded him as a danger to the status quo that needed to be discredited. This stunning documentary lays bare the Bureau's unflagging campaign to surveil and undermine Dr. King through the balance of his life--and the disturbing resonance that the questions raised here have in our contemporary politics.E.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Feature films.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Cointelpro; African American civil rights workers; African Americans; Civil rights movements; Intelligence service; Undercover operations;
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The premonition : a pandemic story / by Lewis, Michael(Michael M.),author.;
"For those who could read between the lines, the censored news out of China was terrifying. But the president insisted there was nothing to worry about. Fortunately, we are still a nation of skeptics. Fortunately, there are those among us who study pandemics and are willing to look unflinchingly at worst-case scenarios. Michael Lewis's taut and brilliant nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against the wall of ignorance that was the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of COVID-19. The characters you will meet in these pages are as fascinating as they are unexpected. A thirteen-year-old girl's science project on transmission of an airborne pathogen develops into a very grown-up model of disease control. A local public-health officer uses her worm's-eye view to see what the CDC misses, and reveals great truths about American society. A secret team of dissenting doctors, nicknamed the Wolverines, has everything necessary to fight the pandemic: brilliant backgrounds, world-class labs, prior experience with the pandemic scares of bird flu and swine flu ... everything, that is, except official permission to implement their work. Michael Lewis is not shy about calling these people heroes for their refusal to follow directives that they know to be based on misinformation and bad science. Even the internet, as crucial as it is to their exchange of ideas, poses a risk to them. They never know for sure who else might be listening in"--
Subjects: COVID-19 (Disease); COVID-19 (Disease); Coronavirus infections;
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Caregiving [videorecording] / by Aduba, Uzo,narrator.; Durrance, Chris,television director.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.;
Uzo Aduba, narrator.This is the story of a group of paid and unpaid caregivers navigating the ups and downs of this deeply challenging and immensely meaningful work. Intertwining intimate personal stories with the untold history of caregiving, the documentary reveals both the state and the stakes of care in America today. Malcoma Brown- Ekeogu devotes herself to her husband's care in the final stages of his illness, even when she feels alone in the journey. As the home health aide to Sherril Johnson, who has multiple sclerosis, Zulma Torres provides care with the same kindness that she would for a family member. Matt Cauli juggles care for his young son with care for his wife, Kanlaya, in the wake of a health crisis keeping the family together against the odds. Kim and Guillaume Olloz raise a disabled daughter in a world not built for people with disabilities in a home filled with love and care. Tracy Eacret experiences the laughter and the tears of a bittersweet season with her father as his end-of-life caregiver. And the Gutierrez family contends with a chronic illness that makes a caregiver out of their tender-hearted 14-year-old son.E.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 2.0 stereophonic.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Care of the sick.; Caregivers; Children with disabilities; Kinship care.; Male caregivers.; Parents of children with disabilities.; Women caregivers.;
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Voces. [videorecording] : the untold history of Latinos / by Bratt, Benjamin,1963-on-screen participant.; Cranston, Bryan,1956-on-screen participant.; Dawson, Rosario,on-screen participant.; Fishburne, Laurence,III,1961-on-screen participant.; Hawke, Ethan,1970-on-screen participant.; Leguizamo, John,on-screen presenter.; Olmos, Edward James,on-screen participant.; Perez, Rosie,on-screen participant.; Schreiber, Liev,on-screen participant.; DeJesus, Ben,television director.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),broadcaster.;
Liev Schreiber, Laurence Fishburne, Edward James Olmos, Rosie Perez, Ethan Hawke, Bryan Cranston, Benjamin Bratt, Rosario Dawson; Host, John Leguizamo.In 2018, acclaimed Broadway and film actor John Leguizamo embarked on an exploration of Latino history with his Tony-nominated play, Latin History for Morons. Inspired by his quest to uncover Latino and Latina heroes and their contributions, the new three-part series VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos brings Leguizamo's passion from the stage to the screen. In this series, Leguizamo takes viewers on a captivating journey, delving into both well-known and lesser-known stories of Latino history and contributions, spanning thousands of years from the Ancient Empires to the early 1970s. Through this exploration, he aims to shine a light on the rich and often overlooked history of Latinos while showcasing how Latino history is American history.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Hispanic Americans; Hispanic Americans; Latin Americans; Hispanic Americans;
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The Hank show : how a house-painting, drug-running DEA informant built the machine that rules our lives / by Funk, McKenzie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The bizarre and captivating story of the most important person you've never heard of. The world we live in today, where everything is tracked by corporations and governments, originates with one manic, elusive, utterly unique man--as prone to bullying as he was to fits of surpassing generosity and surprising genius. His name was Hank Asher, and his life was a strange and spectacular show that changed the course of the future. In The Hank Show, critically acclaimed author and journalist McKenzie Funk relates Asher's stranger-than-fiction story--he careened from drug-running pilot to alleged CIA asset, only to be reborn as the pioneering computer programmer known as the father of data fusion. He was the billionaire whose creations now power a new reality where your every move is tracked by police departments, intelligence agencies, political parties, and financial firms alike. But his success was not without setbacks. He truly lived nine lives, on top of the world one minute, only to be forced out of the companies he founded and blamed for data breaches resulting in major lawsuits and market chaos. In the vein of the blockbuster movie Catch Me if You Can, this spellbinding work of narrative nonfiction propels you forward on a forty year journey of intrigue and innovation, from Colombia to the White House and from Silicon Valley to the 2016 Trump campaign, focusing a lens on the dark side of American business and its impact on the everyday fabric of our modern lives"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Asher, Hank, 1951-2013.; Businesspeople; Criminal investigation; Data mining in law enforcement; Data mining; Data privacy; Multisensor data fusion;
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Planet Earth. [videorecording] / by Attenborough, David,1926-narrator,on-screen presenter.; Bostock, Charlotte,television producer,television director.; Cashell, Kiri,television producer,television director.; Easton, Nick(Television producer),television producer,television director.; Ridgeon, Will,television producer,television director.; Whalley, Sarah,television producer,television director.; BBC America,production company.; BBC Earth (Firm),publisher.; British Broadcasting Corporation.Natural History Unit,production company.; France télévision,production company.; Tencent (Firm),production company.;
Narrated by David Attenborough.Completing the Planet Earth trilogy, Planet Earth III explores the greatest habitats on our planet and the extraordinary animals that live in them. Filled with wonder and insight, Planet Earth III celebrates places and animals beyond our imagination. From the depths of the ocean to the most remote jungle, discover the planet's last great wild places and the astonishing strategies animals have evolved to survive. Each episode focuses on a distinct and dazzling habitat, including grasslands and deserts, forests, freshwater habitats, and coasts. This contemporary chapter of Planet Earth also reveals the new challenges that wildlife faces in our modern and crowded world.E.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction television programs.; Nature television programs.; Wildlife television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Television mini-series.; Animals.; Biotic communities.; Desert ecology.; Ecology.; Habitat (Ecology); Natural history.;
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Languages of truth : essays 2003-2020 / by Rushdie, Salman,author.;
"Salman Rushdie is celebrated as a storyteller of the highest order, illuminating deep truths about our society and culture through his gorgeous, often searing, prose. Now, in his latest collection of nonfiction, he brings together insightful and inspiring essays, criticism, and speeches that focus on his relationship with the written word, and solidify his place as one of the most original thinkers of our time. Gathering pieces written between 2003 and 2019, Languages of Truth chronicles Rushdie's own intellectual engagement with a period of momentous cultural shifts. Immersing the reader in a wide variety of subjects, he delves into the nature of storytelling as a deeply human need, and what emerges is, in myriad ways, a love letter to literature itself. Rushdie explores what the work of authors from Shakespeare and Cervantes to Samuel Beckett, Eudora Welty, and Toni Morrison mean to him, often by telling vivid, sometimes humorous stories of his own personal encounters with them, whether on the page or in person. He delves deeper than ever before into the nature of "truth," revels in the vibrant malleability of language, and the creative lines that can join art and life, and he looks anew at migration, multiculturalism and censorship. The ideas, true stories and arguments presented here are at once revelatory, funny and eye-opening, enlivened on every page by Rushdie's signature wit and dazzling voice, making this volume a genuine pleasure to read"--
Subjects: Essays.;
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