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A room called earth / by Ryan, Madeleine,author.;
This debut novel from autistic writer and advocate for neurodiversity, Madeleine Ryan, is a story of a fiercely original young woman whose radical self-acceptance illuminates a new way of being in the world and opens up a whole new realm of understanding and connection. As a full moon rises over Melbourne, Australia, a young autistic woman gets ready for a party. As the events of the night unfold, she moves from person to person, weaving a web around the magical, the mundane, and the tragic.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Autistic people; Interpersonal relations; Parties;
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Trust / by Diaz, Hernán,1973-author.;
"An award-winning writer of absorbing, sophisticated fiction delivers a stylish and propulsive novel rooted in early 20th century New York, about wealth and talent, trust and intimacy, truth and perception. In glamorous 1920s New York City, two charactersof sophisticated taste come together. One is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; the other, the brilliant daughter of penniless aristocrats. Steeped in affluence and grandeur, their marriage excites gossip and allows a continued ascent -- all at a moment when the country is undergoing a great transformation. This is the story at the center of Harold Vanner's novel Bonds, which everyone in 1938 New York seems to have read. But it isn't the only version. Provocative, propulsive, and repeatedly surprising, Hernan Diaz's TRUST puts the story of these characters into conversation with the "the truth" -- and in tension with the life and perspective of an outsider immersed in the mystery of a competing account. The result is an overarching novel that becomes more exhilarating and profound with each new layer and revelation, engaging the reader in a treasure hunt for the truth that confronts the reality-warping gravitational pull of money, and how power often manipulates facts"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Financial services industry; Rich people; Truthfulness and falsehood;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Last tango in Halifax. [videorecording] / by Jacobi, Derek.; Lancashire, Sarah,1964-; Lewis, Karen.; Lyn, Euros.; Wainwright, Sally.; Walker, Nicola.; BBC Worldwide Ltd.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Derek Jaobi, Anne Reid, Sarah Lancashire, Nicola Walker, Tony Gardner.Childhood sweethearts Alan and Celia, both widowed and in their 70s, fall for each other all over again when they are reunited on the internet after nearly 60 years. Their relationship is a celebratory tale of the power of love at any age. But this is also a story about family, and with family comes baggage. Celia's respectable, head teacher daughter Caroline is juggling bringing up two boys and dealing with her husband's infidelity.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, 16:9 anamorphic widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo.
Subjects: Families; Man-woman relationships; Older people; Television programs.;
© c2013., BBC Worldwide Ltd. ; Distributed by Warner Home Video,
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Cats of Malta. by Jayne, Sarah,film director.; Jayne, Sarah,actor.; Entertainment Squad (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Sarah Jayne PortelliOriginally produced by Entertainment Squad in 2023.Experience the colorful cats of Malta as you journey through cat colonies, meeting locals and artists who embrace and look after the huge population of stray cats in this Mediterranean Island.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; Zoology.; Documentary films.;
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We survived the night : an Indigenous reckoning / by NoiseCat, Julian Brave,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A stunning debut work of narrative nonfiction from one of the most powerful Indigenous story-tellers at work in Canada today, We Survived the Night combines investigative journalism, colonial history, Salish Coyote stories and a deeply personal father-son journey in a searing yet uplifting portrait of contemporary Indigenous life. Born to a charismatic Sécwepemc artist from a tiny reserve in the interior of B.C. and a Jewish-Irish woman from Westchester County, N.Y., Julian Brave NoiseCat grew up in a swirl of contradictions. He was the spitting image of his dad, but was raised mostly by his white mother in the urban Native community of Oakland, CA. He became a competitive powwow dancer, travelling the North American circuit, but despite being embraced by his family, he felt like an outsider when he spent time on his home reserve -- drawn to his father's world, his Indigenous heritage and identity, but struggling to make sense of his place in it. Struggling also to make sense of the swirling damage his alcoholic father -- who could turn into "a brawling Indian super vigilante in the mould of Billy Jack" out to kick colonialism in the ass -- had caused to those he loved. So in his twenties, NoiseCat set out to uncover and tell the story of his father, of his Coyote People -- the Interior Salish nations almost extirpated by the apocalyptic horsemen of colonialism -- which soon rippled out, in five years of on-the-ground reporting, into the stories of other First Peoples in the United States and Canada, as NoiseCat attempted to counter the erasure, invisibility and misconceptions surrounding them. We Survived the Night paints a profound, inspiring and unforgettable portrait of Indigenous life, entwined with a deeply powerful reckoning between a father and a son seeking a path to a future full of possibilities -- for himself and all the children of Turtle Island"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; NoiseCat, Julian Brave.; Fathers and sons; Indigenous peoples; Secwepemc;
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This place : 150 years retold / by Akiwenzie-Damm, Kateri,1965-; Audibert, Tara,1975-; Ford, Scott A.,1991-; Yaciuk, Donovan,1975-;
Includes bibliographical references.Explore the last 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through magic realism, serial killings, psychic battles, and time travel. See how Indigenous peoples have survived a post-apocalyptic world since Contact.LSC
Subjects: Native peoples;
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A steady brightness of being : truths, wisdom, and love from celebrated Indigenous voices / by Sinclair, Sara,editor.; Sinclair, Stephanie(Stephanie L.),editor.;
Includes bibliographical references."Bringing together voices from across Turtle Island, a groundbreaking collection of letters from Indigenous writers, activists, and thinkers -- to their ancestors, to future generations, and to themselves. Drawing on the wisdom and personal experience of its esteemed contributors, this first-of-its-kind anthology tackles complex questions of our times to provide a rich tapestry of Indigenous life, past, present, and future. The letters explore the histories that have brought us to this moment, the challenges and crises faced by present-day communities, and the visions that will lead us to a new architecture for thinking about Indigeneity. Including contributions from film actress and television writer Tamara Podemski, Governor General's Award-winning author David A. Robertson, and arts journalist Jesse Wente, and taking its structure from the medicine bundle -- tobacco, sage, cedar, and sweetgrass -- this beautiful collection will stir and empower readers, as well as enrich an essential and ongoing conversation about what reconciliation looks like and what it means to be Indigenous today"--
Subjects: Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous letters (English);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Ancestor approved : intertribal stories for kids / by Smith, Cynthia Leitich.;
In a high school gym full of color and song, people dance, sell beadwork and books, and celebrate friendship and heritage. Young protagonists will meet relatives from faraway, shadowy spirits, and sometimes one another (plus one scrappy rez dog).Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Friendship; High schools; Schools; Short stories.; Indigenous peoples;
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A stranger in the house / by Lapeña, Shari,1960-author.;
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Married people; Traffic accidents; Amnesia; Secrecy; Murder;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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A stranger in the house [sound recording] / by Lapeña, Shari,1960-author.; Gilbert, Tavia,narrator.; Penguin Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Tavia Gilbert.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Married people; Traffic accidents; Amnesia; Secrecy; Murder;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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