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Nothing good happens in Wazirabad on Wednesday : a novel / by Aram, Jamaluddin,author.;
In this novel about peace in a time of war, debut author Jamaluddin Aram masterfully breathes life into the colourful characters of the town of Wazirabad, in early 1990s Kabul, Afghanistan. It is the early 1990s, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Russian occupation has ended, and civil war has broken out, but life roars on in full force in the working-class town of Wazirabad. A rash of burglaries has stolen people's sleep. Fifteen-year-old Aziz awakens from a dark dream that prompts him to plant shards of glass along the wall surrounding his house to protect his family against theft. Aziz's sister, Seema, decorates kites with her calligraphy and sells fresh scorpions to spare her mother from servicing the local soldiers. Along the main street, three militiamen wait for the fighting to resume, while the Baker, the Watchmaker, the Tailor, and the Vegetable Seller make their modest living and the Bonesetter reads poetry to his cat. And every day at noon, a flaming red rooster walks three blocks to visit his favourite hens. But tensions rise among the town's people. The burglaries have put everyone on edge. The militiamen are on the hunt for the thief who stole their dog--and their ammunition. And a widow, who is the target of men's lust and women's scorn, soon finds herself on the periphery of a terrible violence. While the armed conflict rages on in the background, rumours swirl with a feverish frenzy, culminating in the collective chorus of the town's living, breathing dreams. In this brilliantly kaleidoscopic, darkly funny, and wholly captivating novel about peace in a time of war, Jamaluddin Aram breathes life into the families and friends, lovers and loners, neighbours and sworn enemies who wander the winding alleys of Wazirabad.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Political fiction.; Novels.; City and town life; Civil war; Communities;
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The beguiled [videorecording] / by Coppola, Sofia,1971-film director,screenwriter.; Dunst, Kirsten,1982-actor.; Fanning, Elle,1998-actor.; Kidman, Nicole,1967-actor.; Focus Features,production company.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning.At a girl's school in Virginia during the Civil War, where the young woman have been sheltered from the outside world, a wounded Union soldier is taken in. Soon, the house is taken over with sexual tensions, rivalries, and an unexpected turn of events.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.66:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, DTS-HD Digital surround 5.1 ; Dolby digital 2.0.
Subjects: Feature films.; Girls' schools; Man-woman relationships; Soldiers;
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Dear world : a Syrian girl's story of war and plea for peace / by Al Abed, Bana,author.;
When seven-year-old Bana Alabed took to Twitter to describe the horrors she and her family were experiencing in war-torn Syria, her heartrending messages touched the world and gave a voice to millions of innocent children.
Subjects: Personal narratives.; Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Al Abed, Bana.; Girls; Refugee children;
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Civil war [videorecording] / by Dunst, Kirsten,1982-actor.; Henderson, Stephen,1949-actor.; Garland, Alex,1970-screenwriter,film director.; Lee, Nelson,1975-actor.; Moura, Wagner,1976-actor.; Offerman, Nick,1970-actor.; Plemons, Jesse,1988-actor.; Spaeny, Cailee,1997-actor.; White, Jefferson(Actor),actor.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Nick Offerman, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Wagner Moura, Jefferson White, Nelson Lee, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen Mckinley Henderson.From filmmaker Alex Garland, comes a journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Dystopian films.; United States. White House Office; Civil war; Dystopias; Insurgency; Revolutions; Embedded war correspondents; War;
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Chenneville : a novel of murder, loss, and vengeance / by Jiles, Paulette,1943-author.; Springer, Nick,cartographer.;
"Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawless post-Civil War frontier seeking redemption"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Frontier and pioneer life; Murderers; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Revenge; Veterans;
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Tall water [graphic novel] / by Sindu, SJ,author.; MBD, Dion,illustrator.;
Nimmi journeys to Sri Lanka to reconnect with her long-lost mother--only to experience the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. Stranded amid the devastation and destruction, can Nimmi reunite with her mother?
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Fathers and daughters; Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004; Mothers and daughters; Sri Lankan Americans; War and families;
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Shōgun. by Clavell, James,author.;
After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen--Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and freedom. As internal political strife and a clash of cultures lead to seemingly inevitable conflict, Blackthorne's loyalty and strength of character are tested by both passion and loss, and he is torn between two worlds that will each be forever changed.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; British; Courts and courtiers;
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Born to walk : my journey of trials and resilience / by Nkuranga, Alpha,author.;
"'My grandparents used to tell me Rwanda is a country unlike any other, and I knew they spoke the truth. Blessed with majestic mountains and breathtaking valleys, it is a sacred and spiritual land. And yet Rwandan men drenched the land in blood in acts of hate so horrific that the stains of those three years will not fade in one hundred lifetimes.' At the age of eight, Alpha Nkuranga made a fateful decision. With war raging around her, she grabbed the hand of her younger brother, Elijah, and ran from her grandparents' home. When they came to a swamp, they hid until it was safe to escape. Weeks later, they joined a group of refugees, who were fleeing to Tanzania. 'If I kept walking,' Alpha remembers thinking, 'I could tell my story.' Alpha Nkuranga emigrated to Canada more than a decade later. She now works with women and children who face abuse and homelessness. In Born to Walk, she tells a remarkable story of resistance and survival."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Nkuranga, Alpha; Nkuranga, Alpha.; Immigrants; Resilience (Personality trait); Victims of family violence;
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Red dawn [videorecording] / by Bradley, Dan.; Ellsworth, Carl.; Flynn, Beau.; Hemsworth, Chris.; Hutcherson, Josh.; Lucas, Isabel,1985-; Morgan, Jeffrey Dean,1966-; Palicki, Adrianne,1983-; Passmore, Jeremy.; Peck, Josh,1986-; Vinson, Tripp.; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm.; Alliance Films.; Contrafilm Production.; FilmDistrict (Firm); Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.;
Director of photography, Mitchell Amundsen ; editor, Richard Pearson ; music, Ramin Djawadi.Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise, Jeffrey Dean Morgan.The unsuspecting citizens of Spokane, Washington, wake up one morning to the shocking sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky in a surprise attack on the United States. Soon the entire city is under enemy control, but a group of courageous teenagers has decided to fight back, waging an all-out war against the invaders, to take back their town and their freedom!Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 5.1 DTS-HD Digital surround.DVD, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Civil defense; Feature films.; Guerrilla warfare; Guerrillas; High school students; Resistance movements, War; War films.; World War III;
© c2013., Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Alliance Films,
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Red dawn [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Bradley, Dan.; Ellsworth, Carl.; Flynn, Beau.; Hemsworth, Chris.; Hutcherson, Josh.; Lucas, Isabel,1985-; Morgan, Jeffrey Dean,1966-; Palicki, Adrianne,1983-; Passmore, Jeremy.; Peck, Josh,1986-; Vinson, Tripp.; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm.; Alliance Films.; Contrafilm Production.; FilmDistrict (Firm); Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.;
Director of photography, Mitchell Amundsen ; editor, Richard Pearson ; music, Ramin Djawadi.Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise, Jeffrey Dean Morgan.The unsuspecting citizens of Spokane, Washington, wake up one morning to the shocking sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky in a surprise attack on the United States. Soon the entire city is under enemy control, but a group of courageous teenagers has decided to fight back, waging an all-out war against the invaders, to take back their town and their freedom!Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 5.1 DTS-HD Digital surround.DVD, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Civil defense; Feature films.; Guerrilla warfare; Guerrillas; High school students; Resistance movements, War; War films.; World War III;
© c2013., Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Alliance Films,
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