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Serving in Secret. by T., Jonathan,film director.; MSNBC Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by MSNBC Films in 2023.In 1970, Tom Carpenter graduated from the Naval Academy ready to follow his family’s lineage in the military as a US Marine Corps attack pilot. Then he met Courtland Hirschi. Tom and Court fell deeply in love, keeping their illicit relationship a secret. At that time, homosexuality – if discovered – resulted in being kicked out of the military with a dishonorable discharge, a court martial, jail time, or worse… Tom and Court’s story would be no exception. SERVING IN SECRET features leading voices in politics, historians, civil rights activists, and retired military personnel telling the story of LGBTQ discrimination in the military, and the controversial compromise known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Tom’s work towards its repeal along with many others was the Turning Point for LGBTQ+ rights, a fight that continues today.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; History, Military.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; LGBTQ.; Current affairs.;
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Crashed : how a decade of financial crises changed the world / by Tooze, J. Adam,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.; Financial crises;
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Voces. [videorecording] : the untold history of Latinos / by Bratt, Benjamin,1963-on-screen participant.; Cranston, Bryan,1956-on-screen participant.; Dawson, Rosario,on-screen participant.; Fishburne, Laurence,III,1961-on-screen participant.; Hawke, Ethan,1970-on-screen participant.; Leguizamo, John,on-screen presenter.; Olmos, Edward James,on-screen participant.; Perez, Rosie,on-screen participant.; Schreiber, Liev,on-screen participant.; DeJesus, Ben,television director.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),broadcaster.;
Liev Schreiber, Laurence Fishburne, Edward James Olmos, Rosie Perez, Ethan Hawke, Bryan Cranston, Benjamin Bratt, Rosario Dawson; Host, John Leguizamo.In 2018, acclaimed Broadway and film actor John Leguizamo embarked on an exploration of Latino history with his Tony-nominated play, Latin History for Morons. Inspired by his quest to uncover Latino and Latina heroes and their contributions, the new three-part series VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos brings Leguizamo's passion from the stage to the screen. In this series, Leguizamo takes viewers on a captivating journey, delving into both well-known and lesser-known stories of Latino history and contributions, spanning thousands of years from the Ancient Empires to the early 1970s. Through this exploration, he aims to shine a light on the rich and often overlooked history of Latinos while showcasing how Latino history is American history.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Hispanic Americans; Hispanic Americans; Latin Americans; Hispanic Americans;
For private home use only.
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Femina : a new history of the Middle Ages, through the women written out of it / by Ramirez, Janina,1980-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Through examination of artefacts, writings, and possessions, this reappraisal of medieval femininity presents countless cases of influential women such as Jadwiga, the only female King in Europe, whose names were struck from history.
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval.; Feminism; Women; Women;
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Canada's place names and how to change them / by Beck, Lauren,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The first book to demonstrate how inadequately place names and visual emblems represent the presence of women, people of colour, and people living with disabilities, Canada's Place Names and How to Change Them provides an illuminating overview of where these names came from and what they reflect. This book disentangles the distinct cultural, religious, and historical naming practices and visual emblems in Canada's First Nations, provinces, territories, municipalities, and federal lands. Starting with a discussion of Indigenous place knowledge and naming practices from several Indigenous and Inuit groups spanning the country, it foregrounds the breadth of possible ways to name places. Lauren Beck then illustrates the naming practices introduced by Europeans and how they misunderstood, mis-rendered, and appropriated Indigenous place names, while scrutinizing the histories of Columbian names, missionary names, and the secular and commemorative names of the last two centuries. She studies key symbols and emblems such as maps, flags, and coats of arms as visual equivalents of place names to show whose identities powerfully inform Canada's place nomenclature. This book also documents the policies and authorities that have traditionally governed the creation and modification of names and examines case studies of institutions and communities who have changed their names to demonstrate pathways to change."--
Subjects: Emblems; Names, Geographical; Names, Geographical; Names, Geographical;
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Futurekind : design by and for the people / by Phillips, Robert(Product designer),author.; Béhar, Yves,1967-writer of foreword.;
We have grown accustomed to two beliefs: the first, that only experts can be designers; the second, that our everyday activities are harming the natural world. Yet, with new platforms, digital communication and engaged online communities, the products we can now design - and truly need - can be made by anyone for social and environmental good. Social design can see that primary school children learn to code, and uses local information in off-grid locations to create global change. Open-source design is enabling us to re-make our world right now. Structured into eight areas of application, from healthcare to education, this book showcases over sixty projects - not the kind you see in glossy magazines or online, but the ones that have made a genuine difference to communities and lives around the world. Rather than being client-driven, as commercial design often is, each project here is the result of designers who reach out, communities who get involved and the technologies that helping people to realize ideas together. From a playground-powered water pump in South Africa to a DIY budget cellphone, each of these groundbreaking projects is presented through fascinating and life-affirming stories, diagrams that reveal the mechanisms and motivations behind each design approach, and photography that celebrates the humanity of the endeavour.
Subjects: Community development.; Social entrepreneurship.; Sustainable design.; Technological innovations.; Design;
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The Canadians at Vimy, April 1917 : Arleux, April 28, 1917, Fresnoy, May 3, 1917 : a social history and battlefield tour / by Christie, N. M.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 100)
Subjects: Canada. Canadian Army; Vimy Ridge, Battle of, 1917; World War, 1914-1918;
© 2000., CEF Books,
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The Iroquois / by Wilcox, Charlotte;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Six Nations; Iroquois Indians; Iroquois Indians;
© 2007., Lerner,
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Remembering Gene Wilder. by Frank, Ron,film director.; Alda, Alan,actor.; Mankiewicz, Ben,actor.; Kane, Carol,actor.; Wilder, Gene,actor.; Brooks, Mel,actor.; Ostrum, Peter,actor.; Kino Lorber (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Alan Alda, Ben Mankiewicz, Carol Kane, Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Peter OstrumOriginally produced by Kino Lorber in 2023.This loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of film roles, from his first collaboration with Mel Brooks in The Producers, to the enigmatic title role in the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, to his inspired on-screen partnership with Richard Pryor in movies like Silver Streak. It is illustrated by a bevy of touching and hilarious clips and outtakes, never-before-seen home movies, narration from Wilder’s audiobook memoir, and interviews with a roster of brilliant friends and collaborators like Mel Brooks, Alan Alda, and Carol Kane. REMEMBERING GENE WILDER shines a light on an essential performer, writer, director, and all-around mensch.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Motion pictures.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; Artists.; History.; Biography.; Motion pictures--History.; Actors.;
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Breaking Twitter : Elon Musk and the most controversial corporate takeover in history / by Mezrich, Ben,1969-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.'Breaking Twitter' is a rollicking, character-driven narrative by Ben Mezrich, pulling back the curtain on the biggest business story of our time. Can Elon Musk miraculously succeed or will he spectacularly fail? What will that mean to the global town hall that is Twitter? What, really, is Elon's end goal? The whole world is watching, and this book provides ringside seats.
Subjects: Musk, Elon.; Twitter (Firm); Consolidation and merger of corporations.; Online social networks.; Social media.;
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