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The Boston girl : a novel / by Diamant, Anita.;

"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Red Tent and Day After Night, comes an unforgettable novel about family ties and values, friendship and feminism told through the eyes of a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early twentieth century. Addie Baum is The Boston Girl, born in 1900 to immigrant parents who were unprepared for and suspicious of America and its effect on their three daughters. Growing up in the North End, then a teeming multicultural neighborhood, Addie's intelligence and curiosity take her to a world her parents can't imagine--a world of short skirts, movies, celebrity culture, and new opportunities for women. Addie wants to finish high school and dreams of going to college. She wants a career and to find true love. Eighty-five-year-old Addie tells the story of her life to her twenty-two-year-old granddaughter, who has asked her "How did you get to be the woman you are today." She begins in 1915, the year she found her voice and made friends who would help shape the course of her life. From the one-room tenement apartment she shared with her parents and two sisters, to the library group for girls she joins at a neighborhood settlement house, to her first, disastrous love affair, Addie recalls her adventures with compassion for the naive girl she was and a wicked sense of humor. Written with the same attention to historical detail and emotional resonance that made Anita Diamant's previous novels bestsellers, The Boston Girl is a moving portrait of one woman's complicated life in twentieth century America, and a fascinating look at a generation of women finding their places in a changing world"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Feminism; Jewish women;

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Russia : revolution and civil war, 1917-1921 / by Beevor, Antony,1946-author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."An epic new account of the conflict that reshaped Eastern Europe and set the stage for the rest of the twentieth century. Between 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. The doomed White alliance of moderate socialists and reactionary monarchists stood little chance against Trotsky's Red Army and the single-minded Communist dictatorship under Lenin. In the savage civil war that followed, terror begat terror, which in turn led to ever greater cruelty with man's inhumanity to man, woman and child. The struggle became a world war by proxy as Churchill deployed weaponry and troops from the British empire, while contingents from the United States, France, Italy, Japan, Poland, and Czechoslovakia played rival parts. Using the most up to date scholarship and archival research, Antony Beevor assembles the complete picture in a gripping narrative that conveys the conflict through the eyes of everyone from the worker on the streets of Petrograd to the cavalry officer on the battlefield and the doctor in an improvised hospital"--

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Life and other love songs / by Gray, Anissa,author.;

"A father's sudden disappearance exposes the private fears, dreams, longings, and joys of a Black American family in the late decades of the twentieth century, in this page-turning and intimate new novel from the author of The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls. It's a warm, bright October afternoon, and Ozro Armstead walks out into the brilliant sunshine on his thirty-seventh birthday. At home, his wife Deborah and daughter Trinity prepare a surprise celebration; down the street, his brother waves as Oz heads back to his office after having lunch together. But he won't make it to the party or even to his briefcase back at his desk. He's about to disappear. In the days, months, and years to follow, Deborah and Trinity look backward and forward as they piece together the life of the man they love, but whom they come to realize they might never have truly known. In a gripping narrative that moves from the Great Migration to 1970s Detroit and 1990s New York, we follow the hopes, triumphs, losses, and secrets that build up and tear apart an American family"--

Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; African American families; African Americans; Missing persons;

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Keeping up with the Joneses [videorecording] / by Fisher, Isla,1976-actor.; Gadot, Gal,1985-actor.; Galifianakis, Zach,actor.; Hamm, Jon,1971-actor.; Mottola, Greg,film director.; Fox 2000 Pictures,presenter.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc,publisher.;

Gal Gadot, Isla Fisher, Zach Galifianakis, Jon Hamm, Patton Oswalt.An ordinary suburban couple finds it's not easy keeping up with the Joneses, their impossibly gorgeous and ultra-sophisticated new neighbors. Especially when they discover that Mr. and Mrs. Jones are covert operatives.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for sexual content, action/violence and brief strong language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.

Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Competition (Psychology); Couples; Neighbors; Spies;

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Mama I want to sing [videorecording] / by Ciara(Vocalist); Harper, Hill,1966-; Higginsen, Vy.Mama I want to sing.Videorecording.; LaBelle, Patti.; Simon, Anthony.; Whitfield, Lynn.; Wydro, Ken.Mama I want to sing.Videorecording.; Zane, Billy.; Louisiana Media Productions.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;

Director of photography, Keith L. Smith ; edited by Aaron L. Williams ; original music and songs by Scott Nickoley ; composed by Warren Campbell.Ciara Harris, Lynn Whitfield, Patti LaBelle, Billy Zane, Hill Harper.Amara Winter is a beautiful and divinely talented young gospel singer on the verge of pop stardom. But Amara's mother Lillian, a strong-willed TV preacher, disapproves of her daughter's less-than-pious image. As they search for common ground, mother and daughter may just discover their journeys aren't so different after all.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; NTSC 1.

Subjects: Feature films.; Gospel music; Mothers and daughters; Musical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Women singers;

© c2012., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,

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Why him? [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Cedric,the Entertainer,1965-actor.; Cranston, Bryan,1956-actor.; Deutch, Zoey,1994-actor.; Franco, James,1978-actor.; Hamburg, John,1970-film director.; Mullally, Megan,actor.; Pearlman, Zack,actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc,publisher.;

Zoey Deutch, James Franco, Tangie Ambrose, Cedric The Entertainer, Bryan Cranston, Megan Mullally, Zack Pearlman.Over the holidays, Ned, an overprotective but loving dad and his family visit his daughter at Stanford, where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend, Laird. The rivalry develops, and Ned's panic level goes through the roof when he finds himself lost in this glamorous high-tech world and learns that Laird is about to pop the question.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for strong language and sexual material throughout.Blu-ray disc, AVC @ 28 MBPS (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, DTS-HD Digital surround 5.1, Dolby digital 5.1.

Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Billionaires; Dating (Social customs); Parents; Man-woman relationships;

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GoldenEye [videorecording] / by motion picture adaptation of (work):Gardner, John,1926-2007.Goldeneye.; Broccoli, Albert R.,1909-1996,presenter.; Campbell, Martin,film director.; Brosnan, Pierce,actor.; Bean, Sean,actor.; Scorupco, Izabella,actor.; Fleming, Ian,1908-1964,actor.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.,publisher.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,film distributor.;

Director of photography, Phil Meheux ; production design, Peter Lamont ; editor, Terry Rawlings ; music, Eric Serra.Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Joe Don Baker.James Bond struggles to keep major government weapons, both Western and Soviet, from the hands of a new generation of Russian "free-market" hoodlums.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; dual layer ; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Spy films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Gardner, John, 1926-2007.; Bond, James (Fictitious character); Spies; Man-woman relationships;

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Deadpool [videorecording] / by Miller, Tim,1964-film director.; Reynolds, Ryan,actor.; Skrein, Ed,1983-actor.; Baccarin, Morena,actor.; Miller, T. J.,1981-actor.; Carano, Gina,1982-actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc,publisher.;

Ryan Reynolds, Ed Skrein, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Gina Carano.Based upon Marvel Comics' most unconventional anti-hero, the film tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for strong violence and language throughout, sexual content and graphic nudity.DVD ; widsecreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.

Subjects: Superhero films.; Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Deadpool (Fictitious character); Human experimentation in medicine; Antiheroes; Revenge;

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Modern family. [videorecording] / by Bowen, Julie.; Burrell, Ty,1967-; Levitan, Steven.; Lloyd, Christopher,1938-; O'Neill, Ed,1946-; Vergara, Sofi̓a,1972-; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.; Twentieth Century-Fox Television, Inc.;

Disc 1. Bringing up baby -- Schooled -- Snip -- the butler's escape -- Open house of horrors -- Yard sale -- Arrested -- Mistery date.Disc 2. When a tree falls -- Diamond in the rough -- New Year's Eve -- Party crasher -- Fulgencio -- A slight at the opera -- Heart broken -- Bad hair day.Disc 3. Best men -- The wow factor -- The future Dunphys -- Flip flop -- Career day -- My hero -- Games people play -- Goodnight, Gracie.Ed O'Neill, Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Sarah Hyland, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez.The laughs - and the awards - just keep on coming for the #1-rated Modern Family, winner of three consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series! With Jay and Gloria's baby on the way and Haley going off to college, the entire Pritchett/Dunphy clan faces some major surprises as they bicker and bond over house-flipping headaches, unwanted play dates, and everything from hot-tempered hormones to in utero karaoke. Featuring a stellar array of guest stars including Matthew Broderick, Shelley Long and Elizabeth Banks, Season Four takes a heartfelt and laugh-out-loud hilarious look at what it means to be a Modern Family.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

Subjects: Adopted children; Families; Gay fathers; Suburban life; Television comedies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;

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Pursuing play : women's leisure in small-town Ontario, 1870-1914 / by Beausaert, Rebecca,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Life in the Canadian countryside at the turn of the twentieth century is often generalized as insular, backwards, and defined by drudgery. These assumptions are redressed in Rebecca Beausaert's Pursuing Play, which highlights the complexity of small-town culture through a lively examination of women's efforts to negotiate space for themselves and their leisure pursuits. Amply illustrated, Pursuing Play draws on diaries, letters, newspapers, and census records to investigate women's recreational activities in three southern Ontario towns -- Dresden, Tillsonburg, and Elora -- between 1870-1914. Though women's recreational choices were restricted by pervasive ideas about propriety, Beausaert reveals how they increasingly spearheaded both formal and informal clubs, events, and social gatherings, and integrated them into their daily lives. In telling the story of what small-town women did for fun while navigating social hierarchies, nurturing ties of kinship and friendship, and advancing community development, Pursuing Play adds a new dimension to Canadian histories of gender, leisure, and popular culture. Encompassing public and private pastimes, the growth of sports, the phenomenon of "armchair travelling," and how easily recreation can slip from reputable to disreputable, this rich study uncovers how gender, class, and ethnicity shaped the nature and scope of women's leisure in small-town Ontario and beyond."--

Subjects: City and town life; City and town life; Leisure; Leisure; Women; Women; Women; Women;

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