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1000 years of joys and sorrows : a memoir / by Ai, Weiwei,author.; Barr, Allan Hepburn,translator.;
"In his widely anticipated memoir, Ai Weiwei--one of the world's most famous artists and activists--tells a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own extraordinary life and the legacy of his father, Ai Qing, the nation's most celebrated poet. Hailed as "the most important artist working today" by the Financial Times and as "an eloquent and unsilenceable voice of freedom" by The New York Times, Ai Weiwei has written a sweeping memoir that presents a remarkable history of China over the last 100 years while illuminating his artistic process. Once an intimate of Mao Zedong, Ai Weiwei's father was branded a rightist during the Cultural Revolution, and he and his family were banished to a desolate place known as "Little Siberia," where Ai Qing was sentenced to hard labor cleaning public toilets. Ai Weiwei recounts his childhood in exile, and his difficult decision to leave his family to study art in America, where he befriended Allen Ginsberg and was inspired by Andy Warhol. With candor and wit, he details his return to China and his rise from artistic unknown to art world superstar and international human rights activist-and how his work has been shaped by living under a totalitarian regime. Ai Weiwei's sculptures and installations have been viewed by millions around the globe, and his architectural achievements include helping to design the iconic Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing. His political activism has long made him a target of the Chinese authorities, which culminated in months of secret detention without charge in 2011. Here, for the first time, Ai Weiwei explores the origins of his exceptional creativity and passionate political beliefs through his own life story and that of his father, whose own creativity was stifled. At once ambitious and intimate, 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows offers a deep understanding of the myriad forces that have shaped modern China, and serves as a timely reminder of the urgent need to protect freedom of expression"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Ai, Weiwei.; Ai, Weiwei; Artists; Dissenters, Artistic; Expatriate artists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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New kid / by Craft, Jerry,author,illustrator.; Callahan, Jim,colorist.;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds--and not really fitting into either one. Can Jordan learn to navigate his new school culture while keeping his neighborhood friends and staying true to himself?
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Comic books, strips, etc.; Comics (Graphic works).; Graphic books.; Banned book sanctuary.; Schools; Private schools; Parent and child; Race; Cartoonists; African American artists;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 5
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The lost spells / by Macfarlane, Robert,1976-author.; Morris, Jackie,illustrator.;
"Since its publication in 2017, The Lost Words has enchanted readers with its poetry and illustrations of the natural world. Now, The Lost Spells, a book kindred in spirit and tone, continues to re-wild the lives of children and adults. The Lost Spells evokes the wonder of everyday nature, conjuring up red foxes, birch trees, jackdaws, and more in poems and illustrations that flow between the pages and into readers' minds. Robert Macfarlane's spell-poems and Jackie Morris's watercolour illustrations are musical and magical: these are summoning spells, words of recollection, charms of protection. To read The Lost Spells is to see anew the natural world within our grasp and to be reminded of what happens when we allow it to slip away."--
Subjects: Poetry.; Nature in art.; Nature;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The missing sound / by Martinez, Susana Illera; Disney Storybook Artists.;
"Dolores Madrigal has the amazing ability to hear things that are very far away, from across the whole Encanto she calls home. But one morning when she wakes up, she doesn't hear something she usually does. But what? To find out, join Dolores and her magical Madrigal family as they team up to solve a mystery in this sweet and silly story set in the world of Disney Encanto!"--
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Cousins; Families; Magic; Sound;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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Banned Together. by Way, Kate,film director.; Wiggin, Tom,film director.; Ibram X. Kendi, Dr.,actor.; Raskin, Jamie,actor.; Picoult, Jodi,actor.; Dawson, Juno,actor.; Kanopy Production (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Jamie Raskin, Jodi Picoult, Juno DawsonOriginally produced by Kanopy Production in 2025.A diverse cast of visionary teenagers, stirring public protests, private threats, criminal charges, and drama-filled school board meetings: this is the explosive world of BANNED TOGETHER. The film pulls back the curtain on two of the most controversial issues in America today: book bans and curriculum censorship in public schools. BANNED TOGETHER follows three students as they fight to reinstate 97 books suddenly pulled from their school libraries. As they evolve from local to national activists, they meet with banned authors, politicians, and the major players protecting the First Amendment of our Constitution. Woven throughout the story about the student activists include Congressman Jamie Raskin; bestselling and banned authors like Juno Dawson, Jodi Picoult, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Erika L. Sánchez, and Ellen Hopkins; First Amendment warriors like Jonathan Friedman from PEN America and Deborah Caldwell-Stone from the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom; Prof. Justin Hansford, the Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University School of Law; Olivia Little, a senior investigative researcher from Media Matters for America who's done in-depth reporting about Moms for Liberty since early 2021; organizations fighting on the front lines in Florida; Maurice Cunningham, author of "Dark Money and the Politics of School Privatization"; and IL Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias who wrote the first anti-book-ban legislation in the country… to name just a few!Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Literature.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Education.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Educational films.; Artists.; Students.; Teachers.; Social justice.; United States.; Books.; Art and architecture.;
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The scapegoat : the brilliant brief life of the Duke of Buckingham / by Hughes-Hallett, Lucy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary history of the meteoric rise and fall of George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham. As King James I's favourite, Buckingham was also his confidant, gatekeeper, advisor and lover. When Charles I succeeded his father, he was similarly enthralled and made Buckingham his best friend and mentor. A dazzling figure on horseback and a skilful player of the political game, Buckingham rapidly transformed the influence his beauty gave him into immense wealth and power. He became one of the most flamboyant and enigmatic Englishmen at the heart of seventeenth-century royal and political life. With a novelist's touch, Lucy Hughes-Hallett transports us into a courtly world of masques and dancing, exquisite clothes, the art of Rubens and Van Dyck, gender-fluidity, same-sex desire, and appallingly rudimentary medicine. Witch hunts coexisted with Descartian rationality and public opinion was becoming a political force. Falling from grace spectacularly, Buckingham came to represent everything that was wrong with the country. From kidnappings and murder plots to men weeping in Parliament over civil liberties, The Scapegoat navigates love, war-fever and pacifism in a society on the brink of cataclysmic change. In this immersive and authoritative account, Hughes-Hallett summons an era that still resonates today."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592-1628.; Politicians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The battle of Endor / by Patrick, Ella.; Tomatofarm (Firm); PowerStation (Firm);
"On the Forest Moon of Endor, rebel heroes Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Han Solo meet the Ewoks, furry beings who are as fierce as they are cuddly! The Ewoks help Han and Leia in their mission to blow up the shield bunker that protects the second Death Star, while Luke faces Darth Vader and the Emperor in a final battle"--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Readers (Publications); Skywalker, Luke (Fictitious character); Extraterrestrial beings; Space warfare; Adventure and adventurers; Star Wars fiction.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Masters of Disguise (The Forgotten Five, Book 6) [electronic resource] : by McMann, Lisa.aut; CloudLibrary;
X-Men meets Spy Kids in the sixth installment of The Forgotten Five middle-grade fantasy/adventure series by the New York Times bestselling author of The Unwanteds. Only weeks remain before the election that will decide the fate of supernaturals in Estero, with presidential challenger Magdalia Palacio in the lead. Desperate to maintain his grip on power, corrupt President Fuerte has leaked photos of the forgotten five to the press, making the kids public enemy number one. And now the location of their safe house has been discovered, and the five and their friends are on the run. With their identities revealed to the world, the kids must master the art of disguise to move freely about Estero, including infiltrating an upcoming Fuerte campaign event at the Estero City Zoo. But the other side is willing to play dirty, so the five will have to be ready for anything. Meanwhile, Cabot’s parents, who have been acting as double agents for years, dare to cross the president and are arrested, leaving them unable to share critical information: Fuerte has a new super on his team with the power to change the course of the election—and no one will see it coming until it is too late.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Superheroes; Action & Adventure;
© 2025., Penguin Young Readers Group,
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Masters of Disguise (The Forgotten Five, Book 6) [electronic resource] : by McMann, Lisa.aut; Parker, Jeremy Carlisle.nrt; CloudLibrary;
X-Men meets Spy Kids in the sixth installment of The Forgotten Five middle-grade fantasy/adventure series by the New York Times bestselling author of The Unwanteds. Only weeks remain before the election that will decide the fate of supernaturals in Estero, with presidential challenger Magdalia Palacio in the lead. Desperate to maintain his grip on power, corrupt President Fuerte has leaked photos of the forgotten five to the press, making the kids public enemy number one. And now the location of their safe house has been discovered, and the five and their friends are on the run. With their identities revealed to the world, the kids must master the art of disguise to move freely about Estero, including infiltrating an upcoming Fuerte campaign event at the Estero City Zoo. But the other side is willing to play dirty, so the five will have to be ready for anything. Meanwhile, Cabot’s parents, who have been acting as double agents for years, dare to cross the president and are arrested, leaving them unable to share critical information: Fuerte has a new super on his team with the power to change the course of the election—and no one will see it coming until it is too late.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Superheroes; Action & Adventure;
© 2025., Penguin Random House,
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Vienna blood. [videorecording] / by Auspitz, Oliver,television producer.; Beard, Matthew,1989-actor.; Bevan Jones, Hilary,television producer.; Dornhelm, Robert,television director.; Finckh, Luise von,1994-actor.; Kamm, Andreas(Filmmaker),television producer.; Maurer, Jürgen(Actor),actor.; Swimer, Jez,television producer.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),broadcaster.;
Matthew Beard, Juergen Maurer, Luise Von Finckh, Lucy Griffiths, Amelia Bullmore, Conleth Hill.1900s Vienna is a hotbed of philosophy, science and art, where a clash of cultures and ideas collide in the city's grand cafes and opera houses. Brilliant Dr. Max Liebermann is a student of Sigmund Freud, and together with Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt, they investigate a series of unusual and disturbing murders.14A.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television crime shows.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Detectives; Police; Psychoanalysts; Secret societies; Serial murder investigation; Serial murderers;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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