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The lost cause / by Doctorow, Cory,author.;

"It's thirty years from now. We're making progress, mitigating climate change, slowly but surely. But what about all the angry old people who can't let go? For young Americans a generation from now, climate change isn't controversial. It's just an overwhelming fact of life. And so are the great efforts to contain and mitigate it. Entire cities are being moved inland from the rising seas. Vast clean-energy projects are springing up everywhere. Disaster relief, the mitigation of floods and superstorms, has become a skill for which tens of millions of people are trained every year. The effort is global. It employs everyone who wants to work. Even when national politics oscillates back to right-wing leaders, the momentum is too great; these vast programs cannot be stopped in their tracks. But there are still those Americans, mostly elderly, who cling to their red baseball caps, their grievances, their huge vehicles, their anger. To their "alternative" news sources that reassure them that their resentment is right and pure and that "climate change" is just a giant scam. And they're your grandfather, your uncle, your great-aunt. And they're not going anywhere. And they're armed to the teeth. The Lost Cause asks: What do we do about people who cling to the belief that their own children are the enemy? When, in fact, they're often the elders that we love?"--

Subjects: Science fiction.; Political fiction.; Novels.; Climate change mitigation; Climatic changes; Conflict of generations; Conspiracies; Grandfathers; High school students;

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Blue Jean. by Oakley, Georgia,film director.; Hayes, Kerrie,actor.; Halliday, Lucy,actor.; Page, Lydia,actor.; McEwen, Rosy,actor.; Mongrel Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Kerrie Hayes, Lucy Halliday, Lydia Page, Rosy McEwenOriginally produced by Mongrel Media in 2022.Set in 1988 England, this powerful drama follows Jean (Rosy McEwen), a closeted gym teacher grappling with her identity as Margaret Thatcher's government enforces anti-LGBTQ+ laws. As pressure mounts to hide her private life, Jean’s carefully constructed facade begins to crack when a new student recognizes her at a lesbian bar.Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Queer cinema.; Motion pictures, British.; Historical films.; Motion pictures--Europe.;

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Hiding Out. by Giraldi, Bob,film director.; Gish, Annabeth,actor.; Cryer, Jon,actor.; Coogan, Keith,actor.; Geraghty, Marita,actor.; Eisenberg, Ned,actor.; Cotton, Oliver,actor.; Kino Lorber (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Annabeth Gish, Jon Cryer, Keith Coogan, Marita Geraghty, Ned Eisenberg, Oliver CottonOriginally produced by Kino Lorber in 1987.27-year-old Andrew Morenski, a Boston stockbroker, is on the run. He has been given official government protection but, having witnessed a series of embezzlements, he is being pursued by hitmen. Finding refuge at a college in Delaware, Morenski changes his appearance to that of a 17-year-old student, but adapting to the restrictions imposed on college life is not easy…Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Horror films.; Independent films.; Crime.; Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.).;

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An unfinished love story : a personal history of the 1960s / by Goodwin, Doris Kearns,author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-449) and index."Dick and Doris Goodwin were married for forty-two years and married to American history even longer. In his twenties, Dick was one of the brilliant young men of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier. In his thirties he both named and helped design Lyndon Johnson's Great Society and was a speechwriter and close advisor to Robert Kennedy. Doris Kearns was a twenty-four-year-old graduate student when selected as a White House Fellow. She worked directly for Lyndon Johnson and later assisted on his memoir ... The Goodwins' last great adventure involved finally opening the more than three hundred boxes of letters, diaries, documents, and memorabilia that Dick had saved for more than fifty years. They soon realized they had before them an unparalleled personal time capsule of the 1960s, illuminating public and private moments of a decade when individuals were powered by the conviction they could make a difference; a time, like today, marked by struggles for racial and economic justice, a time when lines were drawn and loyalties tested"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Goodwin, Doris Kearns.; Goodwin, Richard N.; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.; Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.; Nineteen sixties.; Speechwriters;

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Red Joan [videorecording] / by Hughes, Tom,1986-actor.; Gaminara, Freddie,actor.; Spellman, Laurence,actor.; Cookson, Sophie,1990-actor.; Dench, Judi,1934-actor.; Moore, Stephen Campbell,actor.; Nunn, Trevor,film director.; Shout! Factory (Firm),publisher.;

Music, George Fenton ; editor, Kristina Hetherington ; director of photography, Zac Nicholson.Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes, Freddie Gaminara, Laurence Spellman.Joan Stanley is a widow living out a quiet retirement in the suburbs when, shockingly, the British Secret Service places her under arrest. The charge: providing classified scientific information, including details on the building of the atomic bomb, to the Soviet government for decades. As she is interrogated, Joan relives the dramatic events that shaped her life and beliefs: her student days at Cambridge, where she excelled at physics while challenging deep-seated sexism.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Ontario Film Rating: PG.MPAA rating: R; for brief sexuality/nudity.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, stereo.

Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Spy films.; Crime films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Arrest; Espionage; Widows; Women spies;

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Starry field : a memoir of lost history / by Lee, Margaret Juhae,author.;

Includes bibliographical references."As a young girl growing up in Houston, Margaret Juhae Lee never heard about her grandfather, Lee Chul Ha. His history was lost in early twentieth-century Korea, and guarded by Margaret's grandmother, who Chul Ha left widowed in 1936 with two young sons. To his surviving family, Lee Chul Ha was a criminal, and his granddaughter was determined to figure out why. Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History chronicles Chul Ha's untold story. Combining investigative journalism, oral history, and archival research, Margaret reveals the truth about the grandfather she never knew. What she found is that Lee Chul Ha was not a source of shame; he was a student revolutionary imprisoned in 1929 for protesting the Japanese government's colonization of Korea. He was a hero -- and eventually honored as a Patriot of South Korea almost 60 years after his death. But reclaiming her grandfather's legacy, in the end, isn't what Margaret finds the most valuable. It is through the series of three long-form interviews with her grandmother that Margaret finally finds a sense of recognition she's been missing her entire life. A story of healing old wounds and the reputation of an extraordinary young man, Starry Field bridges the tales of two women, generations and oceans apart, who share the desire to build family in someplace called home. Starry Field weaves together the stories of Margaret's family against the backdrop of Korea's tumultuous modern history, with a powerful question at its heart. Can we ever separate ourselves from our family's past -- and if the answer is yes, should we?"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Lee, Chul Ha.; Lee, Margaret Juhae.; Lee, Margaret Juhae; Korean Americans; Koreans;

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Velvet was the night / by Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,author.;

"From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a riveting noir about a daydreaming secretary, a lonesome thug, and the mystery of the missing woman that brings them together. 1970s Mexico City. Maite is a secretary who lives for one thing: the latest issue of Secret Romance. While student protests and political unrest consume the city, Maite escapes into stories of passion and danger. Her next-door neighbor, Leonora, a beautiful art student, seems to live a life of intrigue and romance that Maite envies. When Leonora disappears under suspicious circumstances, Maite finds herself searching for the missing woman--and journeying deeper into Leonora's secret life of student radicals and dissidents. Meanwhile, someone else is also looking for Leonora at the behest of his boss, a shadowy figure who commands goon squads dedicated to squashing political activists. Elvis is an eccentric thug who longs to escape his own life: He loathes violence and loves old movies and rock 'n' roll. But as Elvis searches for the missing woman, he comes to observe Maite from a distance--and grows more and more obsessed with this woman who shares his love of music, and the unspoken loneliness of his heart. Now as Maite and Elvis come closer to discovering the secrets behind Leonora's disappearance, they can no longer escape the danger that threatens to consume their lives, with hitmen, government agents, and Russian spies aiming to protect Leonora's secrets--at gunpoint"--

Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Noir fiction.; Missing persons; Man-woman relationships;

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Spirit Bear : fishing for knowledge, catching dreams : based on a true story / by Blackstock, Cindy.; Strong, Amanda,1984-; King, Jennifer(MSW); Howden, Sarah.; First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada;

Spirit Bear is off on another adventure! Follow him as he learns about traditional knowledge and Residential Schools from his Uncle Huckleberry and his friend, Lak'insxw, before heading to Algonquin territory, where children teach him about Shannen's Dream. Spirit Bear and his new friends won't stop until Shannen's Dream of "safe and comfy schools" comes true for every First Nations student.LSC

Subjects: Koostachin, Shannen, 1994-2010; Indian children; Indian children; Indians of North America; Native peoples; Indians of North America;

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The one planet life : a blueprint for low impact development / by Thorpe, Dave,1954-;

Includes bibliographical references and index."The 'One Planet' Life explains the challenges presented by the planning system to the movement for low impact development, and puts forward practical advice and success stories from those who have achieved sustainable living. With a foreword from Jane Davidson, the former Welsh Environment Minister, the book draws on the experiences of the One Planet Wales project. The core how-to chapters examine issues such as Water, Energy and Food, and exemplary case studies of small scale sustainable enterprises are presented along with lessons learned. The book will be key reading for built environment practitioners and policy makers who are keen to support low impact initiatives, and for students studying aspects of planning, geography, governance, sustainability and renewable energy. It will also be of interest to anyone seeking to find out how a sustainable lifestyle can be achieved"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable agriculture.; Sustainable development; Sustainable development.; Sustainable living; Sustainable living.;

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To save the man / by Sayles, John,author.;

"In the vein of Never Let Me Go and Killers of the Flower Moon, one of America's greatest storytellers sheds light on an American tragedy: the Wounded Knee Massacre, and the 'cultural genocide' experienced by the Native American children at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School ... In September of 1890, the academic year begins at the Carlisle school -- a military-style boarding school for Indians run by Captain Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt's motto, "Kill the Indian, Save the Man" is enforced in the classroom as well as the dorm rooms: speak English, forget your own language and customs, learn to be white. While the students navigate survival, they hear rumors of a ceremonial dance sweeping tribal lands reservations in the west -- the "ghost dance," whereby desperate Native Americans engaged in frenzied dancing and chanting hoping it will cause the buffalo to return, the Indian dead to rise, and the white people to disappear. Local whites panic, and the government sends in troops to keep the reservations under control. When legendary medicine man Sitting Bull is killed by native police working for the government troops, each Carlisle resident is faced with the question: Whose side are you on? And what will you risk to gain your freedom?"--

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Ghost dance; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Residential schools;

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