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Not everybody lives the same way / by Dubois, Jean-Paul,1950-author.; Homel, David,translator.; translation of:Dubois, Jean-Paul,1950-Tous les hommes n'habitent pas le monde de la même façon.English.;
"Narrated by a man held for an unknown crime in a Montreal prison, this "affecting and nostalgic novel of lost happiness" (Agence-France Presse) was the winner of the Prix Goncourt. When the novel starts, Paul Hansen is incarcerated in a large and insalubrious prison on the outskirts of Montreal. He shares his cell with a much-feared Hells Angel called Patrick Horton, who is serving time for murder. Although it is unclear why Paul is in prison, his position as Patrick Horton's cell mate is precarious; he has a knife that could kill him at any moment. An evaluator regularly assesses Paul's behavior, but he shows no remorse for what he has done, and he will not be released until he does. So patiently, he must serve his time. Paul's story is told in alternating chapters, moving between his present incarceration and his life leading to this point. We meet his parents--free-spirited Anna, who is disgraced when her art house cinema shows the scandalous Deep Throat, and Johannes, the pastor of the local church who runs away for a new life in Quebec. We meet his lover, a seaplane pilot called Winona, who takes him up into the cloudless sky away from his penny-pinching, arrogant boss Edouard Sedgwick and the ageing residents of the luxury apartment building he was so diligently the caretaker to for 20 years. Not Everybody Lives the Same Way is a powerfully original and unusual book, whose troubled protagonist leads us to question what it takes to lead a dignified life"--Prix Goncourt for Fiction
Subjects: Novels.; Fathers and sons; Loss (Psychology); Prisoners;
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Reading with Patrick : a teacher, a student, and a life-changing friendship / by Kuo, Michelle.;
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Subjects: Kuo, Michelle.; Teacher-student relationships; Prisoners; Alternative schools; Prisoners; Race discrimination;
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Seeker of the crown : a Prisoner of ice and snow novel / by Lauren, Ruth.;
When Princess Anastasia goes missing the queen asks Valor to find and bring her home, and unless she succeeds, Valor and her new friends will be sent back to Tyur'ma prison.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Missing persons; Kings and rulers; Princesses;
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Stillwater [videorecording] / by McCarthy, Tom,1966-film director,film producer,screenwriter.; Chasin, Liza,film producer.; Golin, Steve,film producer.; King, Jonathan(Film producer),film producer.; Bidegain, Thomas,screenwriter.; Hinchey, Marcus,screenwriter.; Breslin, Abigail,1996-actor.; Cottin, Camille,actor.; Damon, Matt,actor.; Anonymous Content (Firm),production company.; DreamWorks Pictures (2008- ),presenter.; Focus Features,publisher.; Participant Media,presenter.; Slow Pony (Firm),production company.;
Matt Damon, Abigail Breslin, Camille Cottin, Deanna Dunagan, Ginifer Ree, Lisandro Boccacci.A father travels from Oklahoma to France to help his estranged daughter, who is in prison for a murder she claims she didn't commit.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Americans; Fathers and daughters; Judicial error; Murder; Women prisoners;
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Milo imagines the world / by de la Peña, Matt.; Robinson, Christian.;
While Milo and his sister travel to a detention center to visit their incarcerated mother, he observes strangers on the subway and draws what he imagines their lives to be.LSC
Subjects: Drawing; Imagination; Prisoners' families; Brothers and sisters; Subways;
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Enemy territory [videorecording] / by Aghdashloo, Shohreh,1952-actor.; Blair, Wayne,1971-film director.; Brody, Adrien,actor.; Hayek, Salma,1968-actor.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Sofer, Dalia,1972-Septembers of Shiraz.; Videoville Showtime.;
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Salma Hayek, Adrien Brody.Based on true events, it follows a secular Jewish family whose lives are turned upside down in the wake of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. When Isaac is suddenly arrested and taken to a secret prison, his wife is left to make sense of what has happened and must somehow secure Isaac's release and her family's safety.MPAA Rating: PG-13; for thematic content involving interrogation, brutality and disturbing images, and for some partial nudity and brief strong language.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Sofer, Dalia, 1972-; Children of prisoners; Husband and wife; Jewish families; Jews; Prisoners' spouses; Prisons;
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Indestructible : one man's rescue mission that changed the course of WWII / by Bruning, John R.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."This little-known WWII story introduces a renegade pilot whose personal mission to rescue his family from a POW camp changed modern air warfare forever. December 1941: Manila is invaded, and US citizen and Philippine Airlines manager, Pappy Gunn, is ordered to fly key military command out of the country, leaving his family at home. So Gunn was miles away when the Japanese captured his wife and children, placing them in an internment camp where they faced disease, abuse, and starvation. Gunn spent three years trying to rescue them. His exploits became legend as he revolutionized the art of air warfare, devising his own weaponry, missions, and combat strategies. By the end of the war, Pappy's ingenuity and flair for innovation helped transform MacArthur's air force into the scourge of the Pacific"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Gunn, Paul Irvin, 1899-1957.; Gunn, Paul Irvin, 1899-1957; Philippine Airlines; Air pilots; Americans; Prisoners of war; World War, 1939-1945; Aeronautics, Military; Rescues; World War, 1939-1945;
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The indomitable Florence Finch : the untold story of a war widow turned resistance fighter and savior of American POWs / by Mrazek, Robert J.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."When Florence Finch died at the age of 101, few of her Ithaca, NY neighbors knew that this unassuming Filipina native was a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, whose courage and sacrifice were unsurpassed in the Pacific War against Japan. Long accustomed to keeping her secrets close in service of the Allies, she waited fifty years to reveal the story of those dramatic and harrowing days to her own children.Florence was an unlikely warrior. She relied on her own intelligence and fortitude to survive on her own from the age of seven, facing bigotry as a mixed-race mestiza with the dual heritage of her American serviceman father and Filipina mother. As the war drew ever closer to the Philippines, Florence fell in love with a dashing American naval intelligence agent, Charles "Bing" Smith. In the wake of Bing's sudden death in battle, Florence transformed from a mild-mannered young wife into a fervent resistance fighter. She conceived a bold plan to divert tons of precious fuel from the Japanese army, which was then sold on the black market to provide desperately needed medicine and food for hundreds of American POWs. In constant peril of arrest and execution, Florence fought to save others, even as the Japanese police closed in. With a wealth of original sources including taped interviews, personal journals, and unpublished memoirs, The Indomitable Florence Finch unfolds against the Bataan Death March, the fall of Corregidor, and the daily struggle to survive a brutal occupying force. Award-winning military historian and former Congressman Robert J. Mrazek brings to light this long-hidden American patriot. The Indomitable Florence Finch is the story of the transcendent bravery of a woman who belongs in America's pantheon of war heroes."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Finch, Florence Ebersole Smith, 1915-2017.; United States. Army. Forces, Far East; United States. Coast Guard. Women's Reserve; Prisoners of war; Prisoners of war; War widows; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Dear sister : a memoir of secrets, survival, and unbreakable bonds / by Horton, Michelle,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In September 2017, a knock on the door upends Michelle Horton's life forever: her sister had just shot her partner and was now in jail. During the investigation that follows, Michelle learns that Nikki had been hiding horrific abuse for years. Stunned to find herself in a situation she'd only ever encountered on television and true crime podcasts, Michelle rearranges her life to care for Nikki's children and simultaneously launches a fight to bring Nikki home, squaring off against a criminal justice system seemingly designed to punish the entire family. In this exquisite memoir, Michelle retraces the sisters' childhood and explores how so many people, including herself, could have been blind to the abuse. An intimate look at a family surviving trauma, Dear Sister is a deeply personal story about what it takes to be believed and the danger of keeping truths hidden. Ultimately, Horton turns her family's suffering into hard won wisdom: a profound story of resilience and the unbreakable bond between sisters"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Addimando, Nikki.; Abused women; Justifiable homicide; Women prisoners;
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The railway man [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Firth, Colin,1960-; Irvine, Jeremy,1990-; Kidman, Nicole,1967-; Lomax, Eric.Railway man.Videorecording.; Sanada, Hiroyuki,1960-; Skarsgård, Stellan.; Teplitzky, Jonathan.; Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.; Weinstein Company Home Entertainment (Firm);
Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgård, Hiroyuki Sanada.Based on an autobiography, this film tells the true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering the psychological trauma of his wartime experiences, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Accompanied by his best friend, Lomax returns to the scene of his torture and manages to track down his captor, Japanese officer Takashi Nagase, from the prison camp, in an attempt to let go of a lifetime of bitterness and hate.14A.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 5.1 DTS-HD Digital surround.
Subjects: Lomax, Eric; Lomax, Eric.; Burma-Siam Railroad; Biographical films.; Feature films.; Prisoners of war; Prisoners of war; War films.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2014., Weinstein Company Home Entertainment : Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.,
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