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Blessing in disguise : a novel / by Steel, Danielle,author.;
Isabelle McAvoy (58), private art consultant in New York City. The first half of the book focuses on her past, having three daughters with three different men and following her through each of those relationships. Her first love was a reclusive American living in France, much older than her, who was always a part of their daughter's life, though they never married. Her second husband went to prison for fraud when Isabelle was pregnant with her second daughter. And her third husband, her true love, drowned tragically a few months after their wedding. When the narrative switches back to present-day, Isabelle learns that she's losing her sight and hires an assistant. She bonds with each of her daughters, one in India, one in New York, and one in Tuscany, and falls in love with her assistant, Jack. She also reconnects with the son she gave up for adoption when she was 15 and her family grows stronger than ever.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Mothers and daughters; Families; Widows; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 5
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Four bad unicorns / by Patterson, Rebecca.;
Frankie and her sister are unicorn crazy! Today, they're playing their favorite unicorn game, but when their bossy friend Ada arrives with her brother to play, she takes over the game-and takes over Frankie's wheelchair-putting them all in unicorn prison. There is only one thing to do-it's time to be bad unicorns! The author deftly handles the subject of childhood play and disability from her own personal experience of growing up with a sister with a disability.
Subjects: Picture books.; Sisters; Children with disabilities; Unicorns;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Stamped from the beginning : the definitive history of racist ideas in America / by Kendi, Ibram X.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Americans like to insist that we are living in a postracial, color-blind society. In fact, racist thought is alive and well; it has simply become more sophisticated and more insidious. And as award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi argues in Stamped from the Beginning, racist ideas in this country have a long and lingering history, one in which nearly every great American thinker is complicit. In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-Black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history. Stamped from the Beginning uses the lives of five major American intellectuals to offer a window into the contentious debates between assimilationists and segregationists and between racists and antiracists. From Puritan minister Cotton Mather to Thomas Jefferson, from fiery abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison to brilliant scholar W. E. B. Du Bois to legendary anti-prison activist Angela Davis, Kendi shows how and why some of our leading proslavery and pro-civil rights thinkers have challenged or helped cement racist ideas in America. As Kendi provocatively illustrates, racist thinking did not arise from ignorance or hatred. Racist ideas were created and popularized in an effort to defend deeply entrenched discriminatory policies and to rationalize the nation's racial inequities in everything from wealth to health. While racist ideas are easily produced and easily consumed, they can also be discredited. In shedding much-needed light on the murky history of racist ideas, Stamped from the Beginning offers us the tools we need to expose them--and in the process, gives us reason to hope." -- Publisher's description.
Subjects: Racism;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Tulsa King. [videorecording] / by Caldovino, Chris,actor.; Casella, Max,actor.; Coster, Ritchie,actor.; Delany, Dana,actor.; Hedlund, Garrett,1985-actor.; Lombardozzi, Domenick,1976-actor.; Peterson, A. C.,actor.; Piazza, Vincent(Vincent Francis),1976-actor.; Savage, Andrea,1973-actor.; Stallone, Sylvester,actor.; Starr, Martin,1982-actor.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,distributor.; Viacom International,production company.;
Sylvester Stallone, Andrea Savage, Martin Starr, Max Casella, Domenick Lombardozzi, Vincent Piazza, A.C. Peterson, Garrett Hedlund, Dana Delany, Chris Caldovino, Ritchie Coster.The series follows New York mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi (Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone), just after he is released from prison after 25 years and unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a "crew" from a group of unlikely characters, to help him establish a new criminal empire in a place that to him might as well be another planet.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television crime shows.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Criminal behavior; Criminals; Gangsters; Mafia; Mafiosi;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Little Dorrit. by Walsh, Dearbhla,film director.; Serkis, Andy,actor.; Foy, Claire,actor.; Marsan, Eddie,actor.; Macfadyen, Matthew,actor.; Tovey, Russell,actor.; Courtenay, Tom,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Andy Serkis, Claire Foy, Eddie Marsan, Matthew Macfadyen, Russell Tovey, Tom CourtenayOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2008.This gripping adaptation by Andrew Davies brings to life Dickens' powerful story of struggle and hardship in 1820s London. When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, his curiosity is piqued by the presence in his mother's house of a young seamstress, Amy Dorrit. The cold and forbidding Mrs Clennam isn't usually given to charity, so why has she made an exception in taking on Amy? Arthur's quest to discover the truth takes him to the Marshalsea Prison for Debt. Here he meets and befriends Amy's father, William Dorrit, who is the prison's longest serving inmate.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Romance.; Historical films.; Detective and mystery films.; Television series--Great Britain.;
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Billion dollar start-up : the true story of how a couple of 29-year-olds turned $35,000 into a $1,000,000,000 cannabis company / by Miron, Adam,author.; Beun, Julie,author.; St-Louis, Sébastien,author.;
"It only took five years for two brothers-in-law to create a billion-dollar, award-winning, take-no-prisoners cannabis company called HEXO. How did they do it? That's the story. From early roadblocks and devastating personal and financial setbacks to explosive growth and some of the biggest cannabis deals in global history, Billion Dollar Start-Up not only recounts the HEXO story but the history of Canada's momentous road to legalization. In this part fast-paced memoir, part high-octane business book, writer and journalist Julie Beun gives us an intimate look at the life of a start-up and the ferocious entrepreneurial drive it takes to succeed--written in real-time, as the story unfolded. Throughout history, there have been fewer than 100 Canadians who have started a company and lived to see it become worth one billion dollars. Adam Miron and Sébastien St-Louis are two of them. This is their story."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: HEXO; Entrepreneurship; Marijuana industry; Marijuana; New business enterprises; Success in business; Success in business.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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1861 census of Canada West, Simcoe County / by Ontario Genealogical SocietySimcoe County Branch;
Volumes 1-19 A transcript of the personal census returns for the Township of Adjala (v. 1) - Township of Barrie Town & Gaol (v. 2) - Bradford Village (v. 3) - Town of Collingwood (v. 4) - Township of Essa (v. 5) - Township of Flos (v. 6) - Township of Innisfil (v. 7) - Township of Medonte (v. 8) - Township of Mono (v. 9) - Township of Mulmur (v. 10) - Township of Nottawasaga (v. 11) - Townships of Orillia & Matchedash, Morrison & Muskoka (v. 12) - Township of Oro (v. 13) - Township of Sunnidale (v. 14) - Township of Tecumseth (v. 15) - United Township of Tiny & Tay and the Reformatory Prison-Canada West at Penetanguishine (v. 16) - Township of Tosorontio (v. 17) - Township of Vespra (v. 18) - Township of West Gwillimbury (v. 19); v. 20 Surname index.
Subjects: Registers of births, etc.;
© [2002]., Simcoe County Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society,
Available copies: 20 / Total copies: 20
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The heart goes last / by Atwood, Margaret,1939-author.;
Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an economic and social collapse. Job loss has forced them to live in their car, leaving them vulnerable to roving gangs. They desperately need to turn their situation around--and fast. The Positron Project in the town of Consilience seems to be the answer to their prayers. No one is unemployed and everyone gets a comfortable, clean house to live in ... for six months out of the year. On alternating months, residents of Consilience must leave their homes and function as inmates in the Positron prison system. Once their month of service in the prison is completed, they can return to their "civilian" homes. At first, this doesn't seem like too much of a sacrifice to make in order to have a roof over one's head and food to eat. But when Charmaine becomes romantically involved with the man who lives in their house during the months when she and Stan are in the prison, a series of troubling events unfolds, putting Stan's life in danger. With each passing day, Positron looks less like a prayer answered and more like a chilling prophecy fulfilled.
Subjects: Dystopias.; Man-women relationships; Married people; Prisons; Regression (Civilization);
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Lilo & Stitch [videorecording (DVD)] / by Carrere, Tia.; Chase, Daveigh.; Deblois, Dean.; McDonald, Kevin,1961-; Rhames, Ving,1961-; Sanders, Chris(Christopher Michael); Spencer, Clark.; Stiers, David Ogden.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm); Walt Disney Feature Animation (Firm); Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm); Walt Disney Pictures.;
Editor, Darren T. Holmes ; music, Alan Silvestri, Mike Tavera.Voices: Daveigh Chase, Christopher Michael Sanders, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Ving Rhames.An evil creator has created a little creature by genetic experimentation. The creator and creature are sent to prison. The creature escapes and heads for Earth where he tries to impersonate a dog. Bent on self preservation, he plans to use a human shield to protect him from the aliens sent to recapture him. Earth girl, Lilo, adopts the 'dog,' gives him the name Stitch, and actually developes an emotional attachment to the little creature. Lilo's dysfunctional family consists only of her sister Nani, but the two are about to be ripped apart by social worker Cobra Bubbles. Stitch, as the new family member, brings quite some action into all their lives, and after a while not even the aliens can recognize their former target.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD, widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Animated films.; Children's films.; Family; Fantasy films.; Feature films.; Girls; Pet adoption; Science; Sisters; Video recordings for children.;
© c2009., Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Rough justice / by Smith, Brad,1957-;
"After ten years' absence and a spell in prison, Carl Burns has returned to his hometown of Rose City to offer support to his estranged daughter Kate, currently one of four witnesses testifying against former Mayor Joseph Sanderson III, who stands accused of multiple counts of underage rape. Carl is determined to get justice for Kate, whatever it takes. But with his former sister-in-law Frances his only ally, he finds himself incurring the wrath of powerful enemies as he attempts to uncover the shocking truth beneath the shocking truth beneath the layers of corruption and lies which engulf the town."--Publisher.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Misconduct in office; Political corruption; Rape victims; Trials (Rape);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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