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International Adoptions. by Tournadre, Christine,film director.; Gonzalez, Sonia,film director.; Java Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Java Films in 2024.Over the past sixty years, over a million ‘orphans’ were adopted by Western families from around the world. Now many are discovering their past was a lie. From the children who were stolen from their mothers during the Pinochet dictatorship, to Africa’s fake orphans, international adoption is at the heart of an unprecedented scandal. We join investigative journalists, activists and researchers in South Korea, Sweden, France, Chile, Germany, Holland and Switzerland. How did this colossal, lucrative market manage to prosper? And why does it live on today?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Human rights.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; Organized crime.; Adoption.; Human trafficking.;
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How to Break Up with Your Phone, Revised Edition The 30-Day Digital Detox Plan [electronic resource] : by Price, Catherine.aut; Price, Catherine.nrt; CloudLibrary;
Now fully revised and updated, this evidence-based, user-friendly guide presents a 30-day digital detox plan that will help you set boundaries with your phone and live a more joyful and fulfilling life. “If you are a human being and you own a smartphone, you need this book.”—Jonathan Haidt, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation Do you feel addicted to your phone? Do you frequently pick it up “just to check,” only to look up forty-five minutes later wondering where the time has gone? Does social media make you anxious? Have you tried to spend less time mindlessly scrolling—and failed? If so, this book is your solution. In How to Break Up with Your Phone, award-winning health and science journalist and TED speaker Catherine Price presents a hands-on 30-day digital detox guide to breaking up—and then making up—with your phone. The goal: better mental health, improved screen-life balance, and a long-term relationship with technology that feels good. Now fully revised to reflect advances in the technological landscape, this groundbreaking book features new expert advice and research on the science of addiction, with expanded chapters explaining how social media and algorithms are designed to addict us, impairing our abilities to focus, think deeply, and form new memories; and an updated section on the unique dangers social media poses to children, with brand-new tips on how to protect them. Also newly expanded is How to Break Up with Your Phone’s life-changing, evidence-based 30-day plan that will guide you—and your friends and family—through the process of creating new, healthy relationships with your smartphone, tablet, or other digital devices. Whether you’re seeking refuge from an exhausting news cycle or you’re concerned about the negative effects of social media, How to Break Up with Your Phone offers practical solutions. It’s guaranteed to help you put down your phone—and come back to life.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Time Management; Success; Popular Culture;
© 2025., Penguin Random House,
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The shape of water [videorecording] / by Hawkins, Sally,1976-actor.; Shannon, Michael,1974-actor.; Spencer, Octavia,actor.; Toro, Guillermo del,1964-actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc,film distributor.;
Special features: A fairy tale for troubled times; theatrical trailers.Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon.An otherworldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda discover a secret classified experiment.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS, 2.0.
Subjects: Feature films.; Action and adventure films.; Romance films.; Fantasy films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Laboratories; Science; Captive marine animals; Security classification (Government documents); Human-animal relationships;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Star trek, Picard. [videorecording] / by Beyer, Kirsten,creator.; Burton, LeVar,actor.; Chabon, Michael,creator.; Dorn, Michael,1952-actor.; Frakes, Jonathan,actor.; Goldsman, Akiva,creator.; Hurd, Michelle,actor.; Kurtzman, Alex,creator.; Ryan, Jeri,actor.; Sirtis, Marina,1955-actor.; Speleers, Ed,1988-actor.; Spiner, Brent,actor.; Stewart, Patrick,1940-actor.; Wheaton, Wil,actor.; CBS DVD (Firm),publisher.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Brent Spiner, Ed Speleers, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Wil Wheaton."A cryptic and desperate message from a long-lost friend, Dr. Beverly Crusher, draws Starfleet legend Admiral Jean-Luc Picard into the most daring mission of his life, forcing him to recruit allies spanning generations old and new. The legacy of Picard's past meets explosive new revelations that will alter the fate of the Federation forever. Experience the Star Trek: The Next Generation reunion three decades in the making like you've never seen it before, with over 2 1/2 hours of special features, including behind the scenes featurettes with the cast and crew, a hilarious gag reel, exclusive deleted scenes and more!"--Container.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Science fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Q (Fictitious character); Seven, of Nine (Fictitious character); Picard, Jean-Luc (Fictitious character), 2305-2399; Riker, William T., 2335-; Troi, Deanna, 2336-; Androids; Extraterrestrial beings; Human-alien encounters; Interplanetary voyages; Interstellar travel;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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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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Orphan black. [videorecording] / by Bruce, Dylan,1980-actor.; Gavaris, Jordan,1989-actor.; Hanchard, Kevin,actor.; Kennedy, Maria Doyle,actor.; Maslany, Tatiana,actor.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),publisher.;
Disc 1. The weight of this combination -- Transitory sacrifices of crisis -- Formalized, complex, and costly -- Newer elements of our defense.Disc 2. Scarred by many past frustrations -- Certain agony of the battlefield -- Community of dreadful fear and hate -- Ruthless in purpose, and insidious in method.Disc 3. Insolvent phantom of tomorrow -- History yet to be written -- Special features.Tatiana Maslany, Dylan Bruce, Jordan Gavaris, Kevin Hanchard, Maria Doyle Kennedy.After the shocking discovery of Project Castor, Sarah and her sister clones are left to battle the top-secret military project producing these lethal male clones. At the same time, Sarah tries to track down her missing twin Helena and an ailing Cosima searches for the key to the synthetic sequences that may keep them all alive. But how far are they willing to go to protect each other and their families, and who can they really trust?Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Human cloning; Murder; Science fiction television programs.; Thrillers (Television programs);
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Children of Ukraine. by Kenyon, Paul,film director.; PBS (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by PBS in 2024.How thousands of Ukrainian children were taken and held in Russia. The story of families searching for their missing children, authorities investigating alleged abductions, and teenagers who escaped and say they were subjected to Russian propaganda.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; Human rights.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.;
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Invisible Prisons Jack Whalen's Tireless Fight for Justice [electronic resource] : by Moore, Lisa.aut; Whalen, Jack.aut; cloudLibrary;
Riveting nonfiction from multi-award-winning author Lisa Moore, based on the shocking true story of a teenaged boy who endured abuse and solitary confinement at a reform school in Newfoundland, but survived through grit and redemptive love. Invisible Prisons is an extraordinary, empathetic collaboration between the magnificent writer Lisa Moore, best-known for her award-winning fiction, and a man named Jack Whalen, who as a child was held for four years at a reform school for boys in St John’s, where he suffered jaw-dropping abuses and deprivations. Despite the odds stacked against him, he found love on the other side, and managed to turn his life around as a husband and father. His daughter, Brittany, vowed at a young age to become a lawyer so that she could seek justice for him. Today, that is exactly what she is doing—and Jack's case is part of a lawsuit currently before the courts. The story has parallels with Unholy Orders by Michael Harris about the Mount Cashel orphanage, and with the many horrific stories about residential schools—all of which expose a paternalistic state causing harm and a larger society looking away. Yet two powerful qualities set this story apart. As much as it is about an abusive system preying on children, it is also a tender tale of love between Jack and his wife Glennis, who saw the good man inside a damaged person and believed in him. And it is written in a novelistic way by the great Lisa Moore, who makes vividly real every moment and character in these pages.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Cultural Heritage; Social Activists; Human Rights;
© 2024., Knopf Canada,
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Record of a spaceborn few / by Chambers, Becky,author.;
Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but few outsiders have seen. Humanity has finally been accepted into the galactic community, but while this has opened doors for many, those who have not yet left for alien cities fear that their carefully cultivated way of life is under threat. Tessa chose to stay home when her brother Ashby left for the stars, but has to question that decision when her position in the Fleet is threatened. Kip, a reluctant young apprentice, itches for change but doesn't know where to find it. Sawyer, a lost and lonely newcomer, is just looking for a place to belong. And when a disaster rocks this already fragile community, those Exodans who still call the Fleet their home can no longer avoid the inescapable question: What is the purpose of a ship that has reached its destination?
Subjects: Science fiction.; Artificial intelligence; Extraterrestrial beings; Interplanetary voyages; Space ships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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All systems red / by Wells, Martha,author.;
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn't a primary concern. On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied 'droid -- a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as "Murderbot." Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is. But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Artificial intelligence; Life on other planets; Interplanetary voyages; Androids; Robots; Human-computer interaction;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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