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All over the map : rambles and ruminations from the Canadian road / by James, Ron,1958-author.;
In 'All Over the Map', Canada's most verbally virtuosic comic reminsences about growing up in Nova Scotia and his early struggles as an aspiring comic. His reveries on such topics as family, country, celebrity, and lessons learned from myriad chance encounters, will deepen our appreciation of this great comic and win him many new fans in his new role as author. Ron James was born in Glace Bay, NS. Please Note: The following title was included in a previous Bestseller list; libraries may need to re-order.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; James, Ron, 1958-; Comedians;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Disorientation : being Black in the world / by Williams, Ian,1979-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Bestselling, Scotiabank Giller Award-winning writer Ian Williams brings fresh eyes and new insights to today's urgent conversation on race and racism in startling, illuminating essays that grow out of his own experience as a Black man moving through the world. With that one eloquent word, "disorientation," Ian Williams captures the impact of racial encounters on racialized people--the whiplash of race that occurs while minding one's own business. Sometimes the consequences are only irritating, but sometimes they are deadly. Spurred by the police killings and street protests of 2020, Williams realized he could offer a perspective distinct from the almost exclusively America-centric books on race topping the bestseller lists, because of one salient fact: he has lived in Trinidad (where he was never the only Black person in the room), in Canada (where he often was), and in the United States (where as a Black man from the Caribbean, he was a different kind of "only"). Inspired by the essays of James Baldwin, in which the personal becomes the gateway to larger ideas, Williams explores such things as the unmistakable moment when a child realizes they are Black; the ten characteristics of institutional whiteness; how friendship forms a bulwark against being a target of racism; the meaning and uses of a Black person's smile; and blame culture--or how do we make meaningful change when no one feels responsible for the systemic structures of the past. With these essays, Williams wants to reach a multi-racial audience of people who believe that civil conversation on even the most charged subjects is possible. Examining the past and the present in order to speak to the future, he offers new thinking, honest feeling, and his astonishing, piercing gift of language."--
Subjects: Essays.; Williams, Ian, 1979-; Blacks; Blacks; Race awareness.; Race discrimination.; Race relations.; Racism.;
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Bug / by Bonnell, Yolanda,1982-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."bug is a solo performance and artistic ceremony that highlights the ongoing effects of colonialism and intergenerational trauma experienced by Indigenous women. It is also a testimony to the women's resilience and strength. The Girl traces her life from surviving the foster care system to her struggles with addictions. She fights, hoping to break the cycle in order to give her daughter a different life than the one she had. The Mother sits in Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, recounting memories of the daughter that was taken from her, and the struggles of living on the streets in Northern Ontario. They are both followed by Manidoons, a physical manifestation of the trauma and addictions that crawl across generations. bug reveals the hard truths that many Indigenous women face as they carve out a space to survive in contemporary Canada, while holding on to so much hope."--
Subjects: Drama.; Indigenous women;
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One perfect couple [text (large print)] / by Ware, Ruth,author.;
"Lyla is in a bit of a rut. Her post-doctoral research has fizzled out, she's pretty sure they won't extend her contract, and things with her boyfriend, Nico, an aspiring actor, aren't going great. When the opportunity arises for Nico to join the cast of a new reality TV show, One Perfect Couple, she decides to try out with him. A whirlwind audition process later, Lyla find herself whisked off to a tropical paradise with Nico, boating through the Indian Ocean towards Ever After Island, where the two of them will compete against four other couples -- Bayer and Angel, Dan and Santana, Joel and Romi, and Conor and Zana -- in order to win a cash prize. But not long after they arrive on the deserted island, things start to go wrong. After the first challenge leaves everyone rattled and angry, an overnight storm takes matters from bad to worse. Cut off from the mainland by miles of ocean, deprived of their phones, and unable to contact the crew that brought them there, the group must band together for survival. As tensions run high and fresh water runs low, Lyla finds that this game show is all too real -- and the stakes are life or death."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Islands; Man-woman relationships; Reality television programs; Survival;
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Invisible prisons : Jack Whalen's tireless fight for justice / by Moore, Lisa,1964-author.; Whalen, Jack(Jack William),author.;
"Riveting nonfiction from multi-award-winning author Lisa Moore, based on the shocking true story of a teenaged boy who endured abuse and solitary confinement at a reform school in Newfoundland, but survived through grit and redemptive love. An exposé in the vein of Unholy Orders, written in the style of Linden MacIntyre's In the Wake. Invisible Prisons is an extraordinary, empathetic collaboration between the magnificent writer Lisa Moore, best-known for her award-winning fiction, and a man named Jack Whalen, who as a child was held for four years at a reform school for boys in St John's, where he suffered jaw-dropping abuses and deprivations. Despite the odds stacked against him, he found love on the other side, and managed to turn his life around as a husband and father. His daughter, Brittany, vowed at a young age to become a lawyer so that she could seek justice for him. Today, that is exactly what she is doing -- and Jack's case forms part of a class action lawsuit currently before the courts. The story has obvious parallels with Unholy Orders by Michael Harris about the Mount Cashel orphanage, and the series "The Boys of St Vincent," as well as the film Spotlight, and the many horrific stories coming out about residential schools -- all of which expose a paternalistic state causing harm and looking away. Yet two powerful qualities set this story apart. As much as it is about an abusive system preying on children, it is also a tender tale of love between Jack and his wife Glennis, who saw the good man inside a damaged person and believed in him. And it is written in a novelistic way by the great Lisa Moore, who makes starkly and magically real every moment and character in these pages."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Whalen, Jack (Jack William); Whalen, Jack (Jack William); Whalen, Jack (Jack William); Adult child abuse victims; Students;
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Buffalo is the new Buffalo : stories / by Vowel, Chelsea,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Powerful stories of "Metis futurism" that envision a world without violence, capitalism, or colonization. "Education is the new buffalo" is a metaphor widely used among Indigenous peoples in Canada to signify the importance of education to their survival and ability to support themselves, as once Plains nations supported themselves as buffalo peoples. The assumption is that many of the pre-Contact ways of living are forever gone, so adaptation is necessary. But Chelsea Vowel asks, "Instead of accepting that the buffalo, and our ancestral ways, will never come back, what if we simply ensure that they do?" Inspired by classic and contemporary speculative fiction, Buffalo Is the New Buffalo explores science fiction tropes through a Metis lens: a Two-Spirit rougarou (shapeshifter) in the nineteenth century tries to solve a murder in her community and joins the nehiyaw-pwat (Iron Confederacy) in order to successfully stop Canadian colonial expansion into the West. A Metis man is gored by a radioactive bison, gaining super strength, but losing the ability to be remembered by anyone not related to him by blood. Nanites babble to babies in Cree, virtual reality teaches transformation, foxes take human form and wreak havoc on hearts, buffalo roam free, and beings grapple with the thorny problem of healing from colonialism. Indigenous futurisms seek to discover the impact of colonization, remove its psychological baggage, and recover ancestral traditions. These eight short stories of "Metis futurism" explore Indigenous existence and resistance through the specific lens of being Metis. Expansive and eye-opening, Buffalo Is the New Buffalo rewrites our shared history in provocative and exciting ways."--
Subjects: Short stories.; Métis;
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Pompeii [videorecording] / by Anderson, Paul,1965-; Batchler, Janet Scott,screenwriter.; Batchler, Lee,screenwriter.; Browning, Emily,1988-; Harington, Kit,1986-; Johnson, Michael Robert,screenwriter.; Sutherland, Kiefer,1966-; Constantin Film International.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Impact Pictures.;
Director of photography, Glen MacPherson ; music, Clinton Shorter ; editor, Michele Conroy.Kit Harrington, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland, Jared Harris, Currie Graham, Adewale Akinnuoye-agbaje, Sasha Roiz, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jessica Lucas.Set in 79 A.D., Pompeii tells the epic story of Milo, a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1), Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Gladiators; Historical films.; Man-woman relationships; Volcanic eruptions;
© c2014., Constantin Film International ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
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Canada is not back : how Justin Trudeau is in over his head on foreign policy / by Coulon, Jocelyn,author.; Tombs, George,translator.; translation of:Coulon, Jocelyn.Selfie avec Justin Trudeau.English.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In October 2015, Canadians elected a prime minister who promised to rehabilitate Canada's reputation globally. Justin Trudeau, "the free world's best hope" according to Rolling Stone Magazine, cultivated his image as a staunch advocate for a generous, liberal international order: maintaining peace, helping migrants and refugees, seeking dialogue and enhancing relations with other countries, and reengagement with the U.N. Foreign affairs expert Jocelyn Coulon had a front row seat as a key Liberal party advisor during the election and early days of the Trudeau government. Coulon describes the ambitious policy proposals of candidate Trudeau. He analyses some key actions of Trudeau the prime minister. What he sees is more of the same approach that came from the ten years of Harper government. Coulon focuses on the Trudeau campaign to win a UN Security Council seat in 2020 -- a campaign he sees as doomed to failure. He describes how an election commitment to re-engage Canadian forces in peacekeeping yielded a carefully-developed plan to send troops to Africa -- which Trudeau and his closest advisors killed at the last minute. In other areas, like relations with China, the United States and Russia, looking good in the media triumphs over careful policy making to advance Canadian interests. Readers interested in Justin Trudeau's approach to international affairs will find this a timely, engaging, and revealing book."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Trudeau, Justin.;
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Allegiant [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Schwentke, Robert,1968-film director.; Woodley, Shailene,actor.; James, Theo,1984-actor.; Daniels, Jeff,1955-actor.; Teller, Miles,actor.; Elgort, Ansel,1994-actor.; Oppenheim, Noah D,screenwriter.; Cooper, Adam(Screenwriter),screenwriter.; Collage, Bill,screenwriter.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Roth, Veronica.Allegiant.Videorecording.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),publisher.; Summit Entertainment,production company.; Red Wagon Entertainment (Firm),production company.;
Cinematography, Florian Ballhaus ; production designer, Alec Hammond ; editor, Stuart Levy ; music, Joseph Trapanese.Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jeff Daniels, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Zoe Kravitz, Maggie Q, Ray Stevenson.Tris must escape with Four and go beyond the wall enclosing Chicago. For the first time ever, they will leave the only city and family they have ever known. Once outside, old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless with the revelation of shocking new truths. Tris and Four must quickly decide who they can trust as a ruthless battle ignites beyond the walls of Chicago which threatens all of humanity. In order to survive, Tris will be forced to make impossible choices.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format ( aspect ratio) ; Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Dystopian films.; Feature films.; Roth, Veronica.; Identity; Families; Courage; Social classes; Battles;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Silver linings playbook [videorecording] / by Cooper, Bradley.; De Niro, Robert.; Lawrence, Jennifer,1990-; Quick, Matthew,1973-Silver linings playbook.Videorecording.; Russell, David O.,1958-; Tucker, Chris.; Weaver, Jacki,1947-; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Weinstein Company.;
Music by Danny Elfman ; director of photography, Masanobu Takayanagi ; edited by Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers.Robert De Niro, Chris Tucker, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jacki Weaver.Bradley Cooper is Pat, a bipolar man from Philadelphia who has spent the last eight months in a mental hospital. He was ordered there after a violent incident involving his wife and another man. Pat moves in with his father (Robert De Niro), a lifelong Eagles fan who has low-level OCD issues. Pat wants to get back together with his wife, even though there is a restraining order keeping him from contacting her. He soon befriends Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a depressed young woman who's mourning the death of her husband by engaging in compulsive sex with almost everyone she meets; she also knows his wife and offers to deliver a letter of his to her if he acts as her partner in a local dance competition.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen presentation, Dolby digital 5.1.Winner of Academy Award for Best Actress (Jennifer Lawrence)
Subjects: Comedy films.; Dance Competitions; Denial (Psychology); Depression, Mental; Divorced men; Fathers and sons; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Romantic comedy films.; Widows;
© c2013., Weinstein Company ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
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