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We carry their bones : the search for justice at the Dozier School for Boys / by Kimmerle, Erin H.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Recounts the story of the Dozier School, a Florida reform school shut down in 2011 due to reports of cruelty, abuse, and mysterious deaths, and the efforts of the author, a leading forensic anthropologist, to locate and exhume the graves of the boys buried there in order to reunite them with their families.
Subjects: Biographies.; Case studies.; Personal narratives.; Kimmerle, Erin H.; Florida School for Boys; Forensic anthropology; Imprisonment; Inmates of institutions; Reformatories;
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What's new pussycat? [videorecording]. by Sellers, Peter; Allen, Woody; O'Toole, Peter; Andress, Ursula;
Director, Clive Donner, Richard Talmadge.Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, Peter O'Toole, Ursula Andress.Michael is a mademoiselle magnet. His demented psychiatrist and sex-starved friend would kill for this problem, but his would-be fiance might just kill him. Undergoing therapy, Michael tries to reform, but it won't be easy with sex kittens like Ursula Andress, Paula Prentiss, and Capucine on his tail.OFRB rating: AA.DVD.
Subjects: Comedy.; Comedy.;
© 2014., Kino Lorber,
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Wayward Girls : A Novel. by Wiggs, Susan.;
'Wayward Girls' is a wrenching but life-affirming novel based on a true story of survival, friendship, and redemption. Set in the turbulent Vietnam era in the All-American city of Buffalo, New York, six girls are condemned to forced labour in the laundry of a Catholic reform school. A RADD Pick.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Family Life / General; FICTION / Friendship; FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / Post-World War II; FICTION / LGBTQ+ / Lesbian; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Psychological; FICTION / Women;
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The class : trauma and transformation in an American prison / by Hedges, Chris,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Chris Hedges's powerful memoir of his year of teaching inmates in a maximum-security New Jersey prison takes readers into the lives of men who were all but destined to become incarcerated because of their impoverished and dangerous childhoods and shows why criminal justice reform is so essential"--
Subjects: East Jersey State Prison.; Criminal justice, Administration of; Criminals; Prisoners; Prisoners;
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The Romanov empress : a novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna / by Gortner, C. W.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."For readers of Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir comes a dramatic novel of the beloved Empress Maria, the Danish girl who became the mother of the last Russian tsar. Even from behind the throne, a woman can rule. Narrated by the mother of Russia's last tsar, this vivid, historically authentic novel brings to life the courageous story of Maria Feodorovna, one of Imperial Russia's most compelling women, who witnessed the splendor and tragic downfall of the Romanovs as she fought to save her dynasty in its final years. Barely nineteen, Minnie knows that her station in life as a Danish princess is to leave her family and enter into a royal marriage--as her older sister Alix has done, moving to England to wed Queen Victoria's eldest son. The winds of fortune bring Minnie to Russia, where she marries the Romanov heir, Alexander, and once he ascends the throne, becomes empress. When resistance to his reign strikes at the heart of her family and the tsar sets out to crush all who oppose him, Minnie--now called Maria--must tread a perilous path of compromise in a country she has come to love. Her husband's death leaves their son Nicholas as the inexperienced ruler of a deeply divided and crumbling empire. Determined to guide him to reforms that will bring Russia into the modern age, Maria faces implacable opposition from Nicholas's strong-willed wife, Alexandra, whose fervor has led her into a disturbing relationship with a mystic named Rasputin. As the unstoppable wave of revolution rises anew to engulf Russia, Maria will face her most dangerous challenge and her greatest heartache. From the opulent palaces of St. Petersburg and the intrigue-laced salons of the aristocracy to the World War I battlefields and the bloodied countryside occupied by the Bolsheviks, C. W. Gortner sweeps us into the anarchic fall of an empire and the complex, bold heart of the woman who tried to save it"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Marīi͡a︡ Ḟeodorovna, Empress, consort of Alexander III, Emperor of Russia, 1847-1928; Romanov, House of; Empresses;
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No human is illegal / by Mulligan Sepúlveda, J. J.,author.;
"For author Mulligan Sepúlveda, the son and husband of Spanish-speaking immigrants, the battle for immigration reform is personal. Mulligan Sepúlveda writes of visiting border detention centers, defending undocumented immigrants in court, and taking his services to JFK to represent people being turned away at the gates during Trump's infamous travel ban"--
Subjects: Mulligan Sepúlveda, J. J.,; Emigration and immigration; Emigration and immigration law; Immigrants; Alien detention centers; Immigration enforcement;
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Lucky turtle / by Roorbach, Bill,author.;
"When privileged white sixteen-year-old Cindra is sent to a reform camp in Montana, she becomes transfixed by Lucky, a mysterious camp employee. As the connection between them grows, Lucky and Cindra become lovers and escape into the Rocky Mountains to create an idyllic life, living off Lucky's vast knowledge of the wilderness."--
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Camps; Interpersonal relations; Reformatories; Teenage girls; Wilderness survival; Camps; Interpersonal relations; Reformatories; Teenage girls; Wilderness survival;
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The Right to Read. by Mackenzie, Jenny,film director.; Tribeca Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Tribeca Films in 2023.In this documentary, NAACP activist Kareem Weaver sets out to reform the low reading scores in his home of Oakland, California. Featuring stories from Weaver's own life, a teacher and two American families, THE RIGHT TO READ dives into the fight to provide our youngest generation with the most foundational skill for life-long success: the ability to read.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Education.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Educational films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; Teachers.; Social action.;
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The sleep revolution : transforming your life, one night at a time / by Huffington, Arianna Stassinopoulos,1950-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In her new book, Arianna Huffington, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, and the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Thrive delves into the sleep revolution that is happening all across the world - a revolution that can transform our lives. Sleep, she writes, is one of humanity's great unifiers, binding us to each other, to our ancestors, to our past, and to the future. Yet we find ourselves in the middle of a crisis of sleep deprivation, with devastating effects on our health, our happiness, our job performance, and our relationships. Only by renewing our relationship with sleep, she writes, can we take control of our lives, live more fully, be more engaged with ourselves and with the world, and more able to meet the inevitable challenges we all face. In Thrive, Arianna Huffington introduced her readers to the importance of sleep as a part of redefining success through well-being, wisdom, wonder, and giving. The topic struck such a powerful chord, resonating so intensely with her readers and her audiences around the world that she realized the power of sleep needed a full exploration. The result is a sweeping, scientifically rigorous, and deeply personal look at sleep, from its history though the ages and the current crisis of sleep deprivation, to the mysteries of dreams and the golden age of sleep science that is revealing all the ways sleep plays a vital role in our health, happiness, well-being, and productivity. In The Sleep Revolution, Arianna identifies the many ways our cultural dismissal of sleep as time wasted undermines our health and our decision-making, and ravages our relationships, our work lives, and even our sex lives. She takes on sleep from every angle, exploring the latest science on sleep, the manipulative and dangerous sleeping pill industry, and all the ways our addiction to technology disrupts our sleep. She also presents scientific recommendations and expert tips on how we can all achieve better and more restorative sleep, and learn how to make the power of sleep work for us. Most important, by highlighting the many areas where sleep's benefits are being rediscovered - from the world of sports and technology to college campuses, the hotel industry, and even workplaces around the world - she points the way forward to amazing innovations, reforms, and inventions rooted in our new love affair with sleep. In today's 24/7 fast-paced, always-connected, perpetually harried, and sleep-deprived world, the hunger for sleep is only getting stronger. The Sleep Revolution both sounds the alarm on the worldwide sleep crisis, and offers a road map for how we can take back our sleep and transform our lives and our world"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Sleep deprivation.; Sleep;
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The last tsar : the abdication of Nicholas II and the fall of the Romanovs / by Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi,1941-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."When Tsar Nicholas II fell from power in 1917, Imperial Russia faced a series of overlapping crises, from war to social unrest. Though Nicholas's life is often described as tragic, it was not fate that doomed the Romanovs-it was poor leadership and a blinkered faith in autocracy. Based on a trove of new archival discoveries, The Last Tsar narrates how Nicholas's resistance to reform doomed the monarchy. Encompassing the captivating personalities of the era-the bumbling Nicholas, his spiteful wife Alexandra, the family's faith healer Rasputin-it untangles the dramatic struggle by Russia's aristocratic, military, and legislative elite to reform the monarchy. By rejecting compromise, Nicholas undermined his supporters at crucial moments. His blunders cleared the way for all-out civil war and the eventual rise of the Soviet Union. Definitive and engrossing, The Last Tsar uncovers how Nicholas II stumbled into revolution, taking his family, the Romanov dynasty, and the whole Russian Empire down with him"--
Subjects: Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918.; Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918;
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