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Move : the forces uprooting us / by Khanna, Parag,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In the 60,000 years since people began colonizing the continents, a continuous feature of human civilization has been mobility. History is replete with seismic global events--pandemics and plagues, wars and genocides. Each time, after a great catastrophe, our innate impulse toward physical security compels us to move. The map of humanity isn't settled--not now, not ever. The filled-with-crises 21st century promises to contain the most dangerous and extensive experiment humanity has ever run on itself: As climates change, pandemics arrive, and economies rise and fall, which places will people leave and where will they resettle? Which countries will accept or reject them? How will the billions alive today, and the billions coming, paint the next map of human geography? Until now, the study of human geography and migration has been like a weather forecast. Move delivers an authoritative look at the "climate" of migration, the deep trends that will shape the grand economic and security scenarios of the future. For readers, it will be a chance to identify their location on humanity's next map"--
Subjects: Climatic changes; Emigration and immigration; Human beings; Human geography.; Migration, Internal;
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The wide wide sea : imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook / by Sides, Hampton,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day. On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach on the island of Hawaii, Cook was killed in a conflict with native Hawaiians. How did Cook, who was unique among captains for his respect for Indigenous peoples and cultures, come to that fatal moment? Hampton Sides' bravura account of Cook's last journey both wrestles with Cook's legacy and provides a thrilling narrative of the titanic efforts and continual danger that characterized exploration in the 1700s. Cook was renowned for his peerless seamanship, his humane leadership, and his dedication to science--the famed naturalist Joseph Banks accompanied him on his first voyage, and Cook has been called one of the most important figures of the Age of Enlightenment. He was also deeply interested in the native people he encountered. In fact, his stated mission was to return a Tahitian man, Mai, who had become the toast of London, to his home islands. On previous expeditions, Cook mapped huge swaths of the Pacific, including the east coast of Australia, and initiated first European contact with numerous peoples. He treated his crew well, and endeavored to learn about the societies he encountered with curiosity and without judgment. Yet something was different on this last voyage. Cook became mercurial, resorting to the lash to enforce discipline, and led his two vessels into danger time and again. Uncharacteristically, he ordered violent retaliation for perceived theft on the part of native peoples. This may have had something to do with his secret orders, which were to chart and claim lands before Britain's imperial rivals could, and to discover the fabled Northwest Passage. Whatever Cook's intentions, his scientific efforts were the sharp edge of the colonial sword, and the ultimate effects of first contact were catastrophic for Indigenous people around the world. The tensions between Cook's overt and covert missions came to a head on the shores of Hawaii. His first landing there was harmonious, but when Cook returned after mapping the coast of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, his exploitative treatment of the Hawaiians led to the fatal encounter. At once a ferociously-paced story of adventure on the high seas and a searching examination of the complexities and consequences of the Age of Exploration, THE WIDE WIDE SEA is a major work from one of our finest narrative nonfiction writers"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Cook, James, 1728-1779; Cook, James, 1728-1779; Scientific expeditions; Voyages around the world;
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To end all wars : a story of loyalty and rebellion, 1914-1918 / by Hochschild, Adam.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Conscientious objectors; Loyalty; Militarism; Pacifism; Soldiers; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
© 2011., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
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Moana [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Cravalho, Auli'I; Johnson, Dwayne 'The Rock'; House, Rachel; Morrison, Temuera; Clement, Jemaine; Scherzinger, Nicole; Tudyk, Alan;
Auli'I Cravalho, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Jemaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger, Alan Tudyk.Director, Ron Clements, Don Hall, John Musker, Chris Williams.Blu-ray.CHVRS rating: PG.A mythic adventure set around 2,000 years ago across a series of islands in the South Pacific. The film follows the journey of a spirited teenager named Moana as she meets the once-mighty demi-god Maui, and together they traverse the open ocean, encountering enormous fiery creatures and impossible odds.
Subjects: Children's.; Children's films.; Animated.; Adventure.;
© 2017., Disney,
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High and dry / by Walters, Eric.; Gendron, Sabrina.;
Dylan's Grandpa has come to visit his family on their remote island in the Pacific Northwest and brought Dylan a number of gifts. One of these gifts leads the duo to a dangerous discovery: a young orca has gotten stuck on the rocks during the storm. Racing against the sun and the heat, Dylan and Grandpa need to work together to figure out how to save the calf while his pod circles nearby.LSC
Subjects: Grandfathers; Killer whale;
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Gilligan's Island. [videorecording] / by Schwartz, Sherwood,creator,film producer.; Denver, Bob,actor.; Hale, Alan,1918-1990,actor.; Backus, Jim,actor.; Schafer, Natalie,1900-1991,actor.; Tina Louise,1934-actor.; Johnson, Russell,actor.; Wells, Dawn,1938-actor.; Gladysya Productions,production company.; United Artists Corporation,production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.;
Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Jr. Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Russell Johnson, Dawn Wells.The S.S. Minnow set sail on a three-hour tour. Along for the ride are the ship's captain, his first mate, an actress, a professor, a farm girl, a millionaire and his wife. They all become stranded on an uncharted South Pacific Island. Seven random people thrown together by fate, united in a search for a way off the island and back home again.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; Dolby digital mono ; anamorphic widescreen 1.78:1.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Shipwreck victims; Shipwreck survival; Ship captains; Islands;
For private home use only.
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Fish war [videorecording] / by Atkinson, Charles,film director.; Bennett Bill, Ramona,1938-on-screen participant.; Frank Iii, Willie,on-screen participant.; Grayum, Michael,on-screen participant.; Johnstone, Ed,on-screen participant.; Ostenson, Jeff,film director.; Wagner, Skylar,film director.; Wilson, Althea,1948-on-screen participant.; Kino Lorber, Inc.,publisher.;
Willie Frank Iii, Ramona Bennett, Althea Wilson, Michael Grayum, Ed Johnstone.When the state of Washington banned tribes from fishing in their traditional waters and began arresting Indigenous fishers, it ignited the violent Fish Wars. FISH WAR chronicles their struggle, culminating in a landmark 1974 court ruling affirming treaty rights and making tribes co-managers of salmon. Yet, 50 years later, the fight for salmon in the Pacific Northwest continues.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary films.; Historical films.; Nonfiction films.; Washington (State). Department of Fish and Wildlife; Fishery law and legislation; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Quinault; Quinault; Quinault;
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Hell on wheels. [videorecording] / by Common.; Gayton, Joe.; Gayton, Tony,1959-; McElligott, Dominique.; Meaney, Colm,1953-; Mount, Anson,1973-; American Movie Classics Company.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Nomadic Pictures Ltd.;
Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Common, Dominique McElligott.A former Confederate soldier still haunted by his past, Cullen Bohannon made a home in Hell on Wheels hunting down the men responsible for killing his family. Following the Indian attack that destroyed the railroad settlement, Cullen spends a long winter reshaping his lust for revenge into a burning ambition - to take control of the Union Pacific and drive it across the country.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 sound.
Subjects: Murder; Railroads; Revenge; Western television programs.; Widowers;
© c2014., Entertainment One,
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Great Bear Rainforest. by McAllister, Ian,film director.; Griffith, Marc,film director.; Jorgensen, Rebekah,film director.; Cromwell, James,actor.; Reynolds, Ryan,actor.; Filmhub, Inc. (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
James Cromwell, Ryan ReynoldsOriginally produced by Filmhub, Inc. in 2019.Journey to a land of grizzlies, coastal wolves, sea otters and the all-white spirit bear — the rarest bear on earth — in the film GREAT BEAR RAINFOREST. Hidden from the outside world, the Great Bear Rainforest is one of the wildest places left on earth. Found on Canada’s remote Pacific coast, it is the last intact temperate rainforest in the world—a place protected by the region’s indigenous people for millennia.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Zoology.; Environmental sciences.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; Canada.; Alaska.;
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Neither Confirm Nor Deny. by Carter, Philip,film director.; Greenwich Entertainment (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Greenwich Entertainment in 2020.During the Cold War, the CIA secretly raised a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine from the depths of the Pacific Ocean. The six-year operation included an intricate cover story by billionaire Howard Hughes. Drawing on declassified documents and never-before-seen interviews, NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY tells one of the highest-stakes, yet least known stories of the Cold War.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Military history..; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.; Soviet Union.; Cold War.; United States. Central Intelligence Agency.;
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