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America, the farewell tour / by Hedges, Chris,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In the footsteps of his bestselling Empire of Illusion, America: The Farewell Tour is a provocative examination of a nation in crisis. In it, Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges argues that unemployment, deindustrialization, and a bitter hopelessness have allowed an array of pathologies to rise. The opioid crisis, the retreat into gambling to cope with economic distress, the pornification of culture, the rise of magical thinking, the celebration of sadism, hate, and plagues of suicides are the physical manifestations of a society that is being ravaged by corporate pillage and a failed democracy. As our society unravels, we also face global upheaval caused by catastrophic climate change. All these ills presage a frightening reconfiguration of the nation and the planet. Donald Trump rode this disenchantment to power. In America: The Farewell Tour, Hedges argues that neither political party, now captured by corporate power, addresses the systemic problem. Until our corporate coup d'état is reversed, these diseases will grow and ravage the country. A poignant cry reported from communities across North America, Chris Hedges seeks to jolt us out of our complacency while there is still time."--
Subjects: Corporate power; Political culture; Social values;
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The expendables : how the middle class got screwed by globalization / by Rubin, Jeff,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Union membership has collapsed. Full-time employment is beginning to look like a quaint idea from the distant past. If it seems that the middle class is in retreat around the developed world, it is. Former CIBC World Markets Chief Economist Jeff Rubin argues that all this was foreseeable back when Canada, the United States and Mexico first started talking free trade. Labour argued then that manufacturing jobs would move to Mexico. Free-trade advocates disagreed. Today, Canadian and American factories sit idle. More steel is used to make bottlecaps than cars. Meanwhile, Mexico has become one of the world's biggest automotive exporters. And it's not just NAFTA. Cheap oil, low interest rates, global deregulation and tax policies that benefit the rich all have the same effect: the erosion of the middle class. Growing global inequality is a problem of our own making, Rubin argues. And solving it won't be easy if we draw on the same ideas about capital and labour, right and left, that led us to this cliff. Articulating a vision that dovetails with the ideas of both Naomi Klein and Donald Trump, The Expendables is an exhilaratingly fresh perspective that is at once humane and irascible, fearless and rigorous, and most importantly, timely. GDP is growing, the stock market is up and unemployment is down, but the surprise of the book is that even the good news is good for only one percent of us."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Equality.; Globalization.; Middle class;
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Letters across the sea / by Graham, Genevieve,author.;
Inspired by a little-known chapter of World War II history, a young Protestant girl and her Jewish neighbour are caught up in the terrible wave of hate sweeping the globe on the eve of war. 1933: At eighteen years old, Molly Ryan dreams of becoming a journalist, but instead she spends her days working any job she can to help her family through the Depression crippling her city. The one bright spot in her life is watching baseball with her best friend, Hannah Dreyfus, and sneaking glances at Hannah's handsome older brother, Max. But as the summer unfolds, more and more of Hitler's hateful ideas cross the sea and "Swastika Clubs" and "No Jews Allowed" signs spring up around Toronto, a city already simmering with mass unemployment, protests, and unrest. When tensions between the Irish and Jewish communities erupt in a riot one smouldering day in August, Molly and Max are caught in the middle, with devastating consequences for both their families. 1939: Six years later, the Depression has eased and Molly is a reporter at her local paper. But a new war is on the horizon, putting everyone she cares about most in peril. As letters trickle in from overseas, Molly is forced to confront what happened all those years ago, but is it too late to make things right? From the desperate streets of Toronto to the embattled shores of Hong Kong, Letters Across the Sea is a poignant novel about the enduring power of love to cross dangerous divides even in the darkest of times.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Antisemitism; World War, 1939-1945; Depressions; Riots; Protestants; Jews; Best friends; Interfaith dating;
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The girl on the train [videorecording] / by Bennett, Haley,1989-actor.; Blunt, Emily,actor.; Evans, Luke,1979-actor.; Ferguson, Rebecca,1983-actor.; Janney, Allison,actor.; Kudrow, Lisa,actor.; Ramírez, Édgar,1977-actor.; Theroux, Justin,actor.; Taylor, Tate,film director.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Allison Janney, Lisa Kudrow, Edgar Ramirez.Rachel is unemployed and devastated by a recent divorce. She fills her time with drinking, riding the commuter train, and fantasizing about a seemingly perfect couple the train passes by every day. Then one morning, Rachel sees something shocking that unravels her and entangles her in an unfolding mystery.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Divorced women; Passenger trains; Commuters; Death; Voyeurism;
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The girl on the train [videorecording] / by Bennett, Haley,1989-actor.; Blunt, Emily,actor.; Evans, Luke,1979-actor.; Ferguson, Rebecca,1983-actor.; Janney, Allison,actor.; Kudrow, Lisa,actor.; Ramírez, Édgar,1977-actor.; Theroux, Justin,actor.; Taylor, Tate,film director.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Allison Janney, Lisa Kudrow, Edgar Ramirez.Rachel is unemployed and devastated by a recent divorce. She fills her time with drinking, riding the commuter train, and fantasizing about a seemingly perfect couple the train passes by every day. Then one morning, Rachel sees something shocking that unravels her and entangles her in an unfolding mystery.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format ; DTS X, DTS Headphone X ; DTS Digital suround 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Divorced women; Passenger trains; Commuters; Death; Voyeurism;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The Gutter. by Lester, Isaiah,film director.; Lester, Yassir,film director.; Brody, Adam,actor.; Carden, D'Arcy,actor.; Ellis, Jay,actor.; Reiser, Paul,actor.; Moore, Shameik,actor.; Sarandon, Susan,actor.; V71 US Inc. (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Adam Brody, D'Arcy Carden, Jay Ellis, Paul Reiser, Shameik Moore, Susan SarandonOriginally produced by V71 US Inc. in 2024.Walt is an unemployed underachiever who discovers a newfound talent for bowling. Encouraged by a barfly named Skunk, he launches a pro career to save the local bowling alley from foreclosure. With his powerful rolling skills and unconventional style, Walt becomes an unlikely bowling hero – much to the chagrin of legendary champion Linda “The Crusher” Curson.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Sports.;
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Life's a breeze [videorecording] / by Daly, Lance,screenwriter,film director.; Flanagan, Fionnula,1941-; Shortt, Pat,actor.; Thornton, Kelly,actor.; Bord Scannán na hÉireann.; Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm);
Kelly Thornton, Fionnula Flanagan, Pat Shortt, Eva Birthistle.A struggling family makes a well-intentioned attempt to clean out their mother's house, and accidentally trashes a mattress she has been stashing her life savings in, Nan, her unemployed slacker son Colm, and his niece Emma must overcome their many differences to lead their family in a public race against time to find a lost fortune.MPAA Rating: R.DVD, widescreen ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Families; Feature films.; Mattresses; Mothers and sons;
© 2015., Magnolia Home Entertainment,
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Crash landing : the inside story of how the world's biggest companies survived an economy on the brink / by Hoffman, Liz(Wall Street Journal reporter),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A kaleidoscopic account of the financial carnage of the pandemic, revealing the fear, grit, and gambles that drove the economy's winners and losers--from a leading Wall Street Journal reporter. The world's most powerful CEOs never saw it coming. In 2018, after a decade-long bull market, the CEO of American Airlines declared, "I don't think we're ever going to lose money again." The U.S. entered March 2020 riding an eleven-year economic high, with unemployment at record lows, the Dow Jones flirting with 30,000, and the good times certain to continue. By the end of the month, ten million people were out of work, iconic firms were begging for bailouts, and countless small businesses were in freefall. Slick consulting teams and country-club connections were suddenly of little use: CEOs were fumbling in the dark, tossing out long-term strategy and making decisions on the fly that, they hoped, might just save them. In Crash Landing, Liz Hoffman shows how the pandemic set the economy on fire--but if you look closely, the tinder was already there. After 2008, corporate leaders had embraced cheap debt and growth at all costs. Wages went stagnant. Millions were pushed into the gig economy. Companies crammed workers into offices, and airlines did the same with planes. Wall Street cheered on this relentless march toward efficiency, overlooking its collateral damage. Based on access to an astonishing array of business titans, Crash Landing is Liz Hoffman's account of the most remarkable year in modern economic history. She takes readers into the beating heart of the twenty-first-century economy, revealing how the pandemic exposed its pressure points. Bankruptcies decimate retail. Banking and pharma rivals team up. Bleeding cash, airlines like Delta weigh safety against survival. An untested White House fumbles for the 2008 playbook. There's Goldman Sachs's David Solomon blindsided by a virus in the middle of a high-stakes reinvention; American Airlines's Doug Parker, shuttling between K Street and the White House, determined to secure a multi-billion-dollar bailout; and Ford's Jim Hackett, gambling on the switch from cars to ventilators. In Crash Landing, Hoffman probes the pandemic's implications for the future of work, corporate leadership, and capitalism itself, asking: Will this remarkable time give rise to newfound resilience, or become just another costly mistake to be forgotten?"--
Subjects: COVID-19 (Disease);
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The switch. [videorecording] / by Rose, Nyla,actor.; Fox, Amy,actor,creator.; Viezzer, Vincent,actor.; Marston, Elizabeth,creator.; Trembling Void,distributor.;
Nyla Rose, Amy Fox, Vincent Viezzer.Yesterday, Sü was an upwardly-mobile software manager. Today she's an out transsexual, unemployed and sleeping on her ex's couch at the unfashionable bottom of the rabbit hole that is the East Vancouver Queer Underground. Thrown into a world of marginal living, social inequity and quasi-legal employment, will she claw her way back to her old status? Or, to her horror, will she adapt and thrive?14A.DVD.
Subjects: Television programs.; Transgender people; Transsexuals; Gays;
For private home use only.
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Long shot [videorecording] / by Hannah, Liz,1985-screenwriter.; Jackson, O'Shea,Jr.,1991-actor.; Levine, Jonathan,1976-film director.; Odenkirk, Bob,1962-actor.; Park, Randall,actor.; Patel, Ravi,1978-actor.; Raphael, June Diane,actor.; Rogen, Seth,1982-actor.; Serkis, Andy,actor.; Skarsgård, Alexander,actor.; Sterling, Dan,screenwriter.; Theron, Charlize,film producer,actor.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),film distributor.;
Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen, June Diane Raphael, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Ravi Patel, Bob Odenkirk, Andy Serkis, Randall Park, Alexander Skarsgård.Unemployed journalist Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogen) gets a new gig when he's hired as a speechwriter for Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron), U.S. Secretary of State, presidential candidate ... and Fred's onetime babysitter and unrequited crush. Despite their vast differences, they begin to hit it off and start dating. But will the less-than-sophisticated Fred prove to be too big a liability to Charlotte's campaign?Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for strong sexual content, language throughout and some drug use.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Romantic comedy films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Journalists; Man-woman relationships; Women presidential candidates; First loves; Women politicians; Speechwriters;
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