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The farmer's lawyer : the North Dakota Nine and the fight to save the family farm / by Vogel, Sarah,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In the early 1980s, farmers were suffering through the worst economic crisis to hit rural America since the Great Depression. Land prices were down, operating costs and interest rates were up, and severe weather devastated crops. Instead of receiving assistance from the government as they had in the 1930s, these hardworking family farmers were threatened with foreclosure by the very agency that Franklin Delano Roosevelt created to help them. Desperate, they called Sarah Vogel in North Dakota. Sarah, a young lawyer and single mother, listened to farmers who were on the verge of losing everything and, inspired by the politicians who had helped farmers in the '30s, she naively built a solo practice of clients who couldn't afford to pay her. Sarah began drowning in debt and soon her own home was fac0ing foreclosure. In a David and Goliath legal battle reminiscent of A Civil Action or Erin Brockovich, Sarah brought a national class action lawsuit, which pitted her against the Reagan administration's Department of Justice, in her fight for family farmers' Constitutional rights. It was her first case. A courageous American story about justice and holding the powerful to account, The Farmer's Lawyer shows how the farm economy we all depend on for our daily bread almost fell apart due to the willful neglect of those charged to protect it, and what we can learn from Sarah's battle as a similar calamity looms large on our horizon once again.
Subjects: Vogel, Sarah.; North Dakota. Department of Agriculture.; United States. Department of Agriculture.; United States. Farmers Home Administration.; North Dakota Farmers Union.; Agricultural credit; Agricultural laws and legislation; Agriculture; Bankruptcy; Debtor and creditor; Farm foreclosures; Farm ownership; Farmers; Farmers; Farms; Land use, Rural; Lawyers; Legal assistance to farmers; Liens;
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The wicked and the dead : the hair-raising tale of Hack Long and his outlaw gang / by Johnstone, William W.,author.; Johnstone, J. A.,author.;
As hardworking families and ambitious dreamers set down roots across the American West, others swooped down to prey upon them. And after the smoke cleared, those who lived by the gun found themselves facing justice--and vengeance. It was supposed to be a simple robbery. A fortune in gold for the taking. What Hack Long and his outlaws hadn't figured on was the Texas Rangers pouncing on them like a pack of rabid wolves. Desperate to escape, Long led his men south of the Rio Grande where they ran afoul of Mexican Rurales and were imprisoned. Unwilling to die behind the bars of the hellish prison where life is worth less than a peso, Long's band of desperadoes break out of jail and split up to escape. Now, Two-Horses, Luke Fischer, Gabriel Santana, Billy Lightning, and Long are scrabbling along a desolate landscape, heading for Texas to reclaim their ill-gotten gains, hunted by dogged lawmen, merciless Comaches, and a violent gang of bandits who also want the stolen gold.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Novels.; Brigands and robbers; Escaped prisoners; Outlaws;
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The kingdom / by Nesbø, Jo,1960-author.; Ferguson, Robert,1948-translator.; translation of:Nesbø, Jo,1960-Kongeriket.English.;
A mechanic from a rural mountain village finds the limits of his family loyalties tested when his entrepreneur brother announces plans to revitalize the community through a hotel project that becomes increasingly overshadowed by greed and dangerous secrets.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Brothers; Family secrets; Cities and towns;
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Armstrong [videorecording] / by Armstrong, Janet,1934-2018,interviewee.; Armstrong, Neil,1930-2012,interviewee.; Collins, Michael,1930-interviewee.; Cragg, Tim,director of photography.; Dodds, Gareth,film producer.; Fairhead, David,film director.; Ford, Harrison,1942-narrator.; Haviland, Keith,film producer.; Holland, Paul(Film editor),editor of moving image work.; Roe, Chris,1988-composer (expression); Gravitas Ventures (Firm),publisher.; Haviland Digital,presenter.; Hays Films,presenter.; Mark Stewart Productions,presenter.; Tin Goose Films,production company.;
Original score, Chris Roe ; director of photography, Tim Cragg ; film editor, Paul Holland.Words of Neil Armstrong ; narrated by Harrison Ford.Dramatic, moving and insightful, this documentary tells the definitive life story of Neil Armstrong: from his childhood in rural Ohio, through aerial combat in Korea, to his first steps on the Moon, and the unwanted celebrity status that ensued.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Feature films.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012.; Astronauts;
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The heart guy. [videorecording] / by Bisley, Steve,1951-actor.; Bursill, Tina,1951-actor.; Corser, Rodger,1973-actor.; McElhinney, Hayley,1974-actor.; Acorn Media (Firm),production company.; RLJ Entertainment,distributor.; Easy Tiger (Firm),production company.; National Nine Network (Australia),production company.;
Rodger Corser, Nicole Da Silva, Hayley Mcelhinney, Ryan Johnson.After serving out his probation in his rural Australian hometown and saving the family farm, hotshot surgeon Hugh Knight is flying high. Will Whyhope's naughtiest doctor have the right stuff, or will he self-destruct and lose everything?14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital stereophonic.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Heart surgeons; Physicians; Small cities; Interpersonal relations;
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All I want : a novel / by Bell, Darcey,author.;
"A young couple with a baby on the way moves to an old Victorian house in rural, upstate New York. Strange happenings contribute to their disintegrating marriage-and to their terrifying descent into the darker side of human nature"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Married people; Pregnant women; Small cities;
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Asleep in My Palm. by Nelson, Henry,film director.; Kerwin, Chloë,actor.; Aaron, David,actor.; Birney, Gus,actor.; Blake, Tim,actor.; Dark Star Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Chloë Kerwin, David Aaron Baker, Gus Birney, Tim Blake NelsonOriginally produced by Dark Star Pictures in 2023.The nature of parenthood and class are explored in ASLEEP IN MY PALM as a father and daughter live off the grid in rural Ohio, where they must confront the challenges of her sexual awakening, as he escapes a violent and conflicted past.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Families.;
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Never rarely sometimes always [videorecording] / by Flanigan, Sidney,actor.; Ryder, Talia,actor.; Hittman, Eliza,screenwriter,film director.; Eggold, Ryan,1984-actor.; Van Etten, Sharon,actor.; Pellerin, Théodore,1997-actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Ryan Eggold, Théodore Pellerin, Sharon Van Etten.An intimate portrayal of two teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania. Faced with an unintended pregnancy and a lack of local support, Autumn and her cousin Skylar embark across state lines to New York City on a fraught journey of friendship, bravery, and compassion.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Teenage girls; Teenage pregnancy; Cousins; Female friendship;
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Justified. [videorecording] / by Carter, Joelle.; Olyphant, Timothy.; Pitts, Jacob.; Searcy, Nick.; Tazel, Erica.; Yost, Graham.; Zea, Natalie,1975-; FX Productions.; NEMO Films.; Rooney McP Productions.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm); Sony Pictures Television.; Timberman/Beverly Productions.;
Disc 1. Fire in the hole -- Riverbrook -- Fixer -- Long in the tooth -- The lord of war and thunder.Disc 2. The collection -- Blind spot -- Blowback -- Hatless.Disc 3. Hammer -- Veterans -- Fathers and sons -- Bulletville.Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea.Due to his old-school style, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens is reassigned from Miami to his childhood home in the poor, rural coal-mining towns in Eastern Kentucky. Lawman Givens is a tough, soft-spoken gentleman who never gives an inch.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround (English and Portuguese soundtracks), Dolby digital surround (Spanish soundtrack) ; region 1.
Subjects: Crime; Criminal behavior; Television programs.; United States marshals;
© c2011., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
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The great reclamation / by Heng, Rachel,author.;
"A sweeping novel set in Singapore during the years leading up to its independence from British colonial powers, about one young boy from a rural fishing family and the love story that will shape his life and complicate the fate of his larger community"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Gifted persons; Man-woman relationships; World War, 1939-1945;
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