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The good allies : how Canada and the United States fought together to defeat fascism during the Second World War / by Cook, Tim,1971-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From our country's most important war historian, a gripping account of the turbulent relationship between Canada and the US during the Second World War. The two nations entered the war amidst rivalry and mutual suspicion, but learned to fight together before emerging triumphant and bound by an alliance that has lasted to this day. When the Second World War broke out in 1939, it set in motion a deadly struggle between the Axis powers and the Allies, but also fraught negotiations between and among the allies. On questions of diplomacy, economic policy, industrial might, military capabilities, and even national sovereignty, thousands of lives and the fate of the free world depended on back-room deals and desperate trade-offs between soldiers, diplomats, and leaders. In North America, Canada and the US strained to forge a new military alliance to guard their coasts and fend off German U-boats and the menace of a Japanese invasion. Wartime economies were entwined to produce a staggering contribution of weapons to keep Britain and other allies in the war. The defence of North America against enemy threats was essential before the US and Canada could send armies, navies, and air forces overseas. In his trademark style, Tim Cook employs eyewitness accounts to vividly lay bare the brutality of combat and the courage of North Americans under fire. Behind the fighting fronts, the charged and often secret communications between national leaders, Churchill, Roosevelt, and King, reveals how their personalities shaped the outcome of history's most destructive war, the fate of the British Empire, and the North American alliance that lives on to this day. The Good Allies is a masterful account of how Canadians and Americans made the transition from wary rivals to steadfast allies, and how Canada thrived in the shadow of the military and global superpower. In exploring this complex and crucial dimension of the Second World War and its legacy, Cook recounts two nations' story of cooperation, sacrifice, and of bleeding together to save the world from the fascist threat"--
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Observe and report [videorecording] / by De Line, Donald,film producer.; Faris, Anna,1976-actor.; Hill, Jody,film director,screenwriter.; Liotta, Ray,actor.; Peña, Michael,1976-actor.; Rogen, Seth,1982-actor.; De Line Pictures (Firm),production company.; Legendary Pictures,production company.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ),presenter.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.;
Director of photography, Tim Orr ; editor, Zene Baker ; music, Joseph Stephens.Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Michael Peña, Ray Liotta.Bargain hunters at the Forest Ridge Mall are about to get more than they bargained for when a chubby man in a ratty bathrobe starts flashing customers. Security guard Ronnie Barnhardt feels that this is the best thing to happen to him. Catching the flasher might just be his ticket to a real police job and to romance with a hot cosmetics-counter babe. Only one thing stands between Ronnie and destiny and that is the tall, handsome cop who actually knows what he's doing.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen and fullscreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Police films.; Romantic comedy films.; Criminal behavior; Man-woman relationships; Police; Police, Private; Shopping malls;
For private home use only.
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The adoption reunion survival guide : preparing yourself for the search, reunion, and beyond / by Bailey, Julie Jarrell.; Giddens, E. Lynn.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-152) and Internet addresses (p. 145-146).
Subjects: Adoptees; Birthparents; Adoption;
© c2001., New Harbinger Publications,
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No filter : the good, the bad, and the beautiful / by Porizkova, Paulina,author.;
"Writer and former model Paulina Porizkova pens a series of intimate, introspective, and enlightening essays about the complexities of womanhood at every age, pulling back the glossy magazine cover and writing from the heart"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Essays.; Personal narratives.; Porizkova, Paulina.; Models (Persons); Models (Persons); Widowhood; Women;
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The Home for Wayward Girls : a novel / by Bradley, Marcia,author.;
Growing up in the 1990s, Loretta knows little of life beyond the Home for Wayward Girls, the secluded ranch where her parents run a program designed to "correct" teen girls' "bad behavior." Loretta witnesses firsthand how the adults use abusive discipline to crush these young women's spirits and break their wills. Since childhood she's been afraid of her father, and avoids him by spending time with the residents, secretly teaching them the survival skills they'll need in case they manage to escape. One day, a horrifying act of violence forces Loretta to flee the ranch herself. Eventually finding safety and a sympathetic community, Loretta dedicates herself to working with lost, vulnerable, and defenseless teens, determined to prevent the same thing from happening to other girls like her.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Reformatories; Runaway teenagers; Teenage girls;
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Test gods : Virgin Galactic and the making of a modern astronaut / by Schmidle, Nicholas,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Based on exclusive inside reporting, New Yorker writer Nicholas Schmidle tells the remarkable story of the test pilots, engineers, and visionaries behind Virgin Galactic's campaign to build a space tourism company. Schmidle follows a handful of characters-Mark Stucky, Virgin's lead test pilot ; Richard Branson, the eccentric billionaire funding the venture ; Mike Moses, the grounded, unflappable president ; Mike Alsbury, the test pilot who lost his life ; and others-through personal and professional dramas, in pursuit of their collective goal : to make space tourism a reality. Along the way, Schmidle weaves his relationship with his father-a former fighter pilot and decorated war hero-into the tragedies and triumphs that Branson's team encounters out in the Mojave Desert as they design, build, and test-fly their private rocketship. Gripping and novelistic, Test Gods leads us, through human drama, into a previously unseen world-and beyond"--
Subjects: Virgin Galactic; Space vehicles; Test pilots; Astronauts; Space tourism.;
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Everything you love will burn : inside the rebirth of white nationalism in America / by Tenold, Vegas,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-310) and index.Reveals how white supremacist and nationalist groups rose in influence to achieve political support at the highest levels of government, examining the transformation of once-small groups into threatening mainstream organizations.
Subjects: White nationalism; White supremacy movements; Whites; Racism; Hate groups;
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Billionaire, nerd, savior, king : Bill Gates and his quest to shape our world / by Das, Anupreeta(Journalist),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the finance editor of The New York Times, an examination of Bill Gates -- one of the most powerful, fascinating, and contradictory figures of the past four decades -- and an eye-opening exploration of our national fixation on billionaires"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Gates, Bill, 1955-; Businesspeople; Computer scientists; Philanthropists;
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This fight is our fight : the battle to save America's middle class / by Warren, Elizabeth,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Senator Elizabeth Warren has long been an outspoken champion of America's middle class, and by the time the people of Massachusetts elected her in 2012, she had become one of the country's leading progressive voices. Now ... she has written a book that is at once an illuminating account of how we built the strongest middle class in history, [an] ... indictment of those who [she believes] have spent the past thirty-five years undermining working families, and a ... call to action"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Middle class; Fiscal policy;
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Persist / by Warren, Elizabeth,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The charismatic senator and bestselling author mixes vivid personal stories with a passionate plea for political transformation"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Warren, Elizabeth.; United States. Congress. Senate; Women legislators; Legislators;
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