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Horsefly [electronic resource] : by Gagné, Mireille.aut; Strauss, Pablo.; CloudLibrary;
A chilling tale about what happens when we mess with nature. In 1942, a young entomologist, Thomas, is sent to a remote island to work on biological weapons for the Allied military. The scientists live like prisoners while they produce anthrax and look for the perfect virus carrier among the island’s many insects. Sixty years later, in the same region of Quebec, a heat wave unleashes swarms of horseflies while humans fall prey to strange flights of rage. Theodore is living a simple life, working double shifts and drinking to forget, when a horsefly bite stirs him from his apathy. He impulsively kidnaps his grandfather, whose dementia has him living in the past on Grosse Île.  The horseflies, meanwhile, know a few secrets… Loosely based on historical fact, Horsefly is a terrifying tale about the ways in which we try to dominate nature, and how nature will, inevitably, wreak retribution upon us.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Dystopian; Horror;
© 2025., Coach House Books,
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Dancer in the Dark. by von Trier, Lars,film director.; , Björk,actor.; Deneuve, Catherine,actor.; Morse, David,actor.; Grey, Joel,actor.; Stormare, Peter,actor.; Skarsgard, Stellan,actor.; Warner Bros. (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Joel Grey, Peter Stormare, Stellan SkarsgardOriginally produced by Warner Bros. in 2000.Director Lars von Trier (Breaking the Waves) delivers a provocative mix of drama and musical theater in this acclaimed movie that won 2000 **Cannes Film Festival** Best Picture and Best Actress honors (for lead actress Björk). Rural factory worker Selma (Björk) is a single mother losing her eyesight from a hereditary disease. To protect her 10-year-old son from the same fate, Selma saves money to get him an operation. At night, Selma escapes into a world where “nothing dreadful ever happens,” rehearsing a production of The Sound of Music with her best friend (Catherine Deneuve). But when a neighbor (David Morse) betrays her trust, Selma’s life unravels – and the lines between reality and fantasy blur. Peter Stormare and Joel Grey also star in this trailblazing concoction that will make you cry at the same time it makes your heart sing.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Crime.; Foreign films.; Drama.; Motion pictures.;
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My dark Vanessa [sound recording] : a novel / by Russell, Kate(Kate Elizabeth),author.; Gummer, Grace,1986-narrator.; Harper Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Grace Gummer.Seventeen years ago, bright, ambitious, and yearning for adulthood, fifteen-year-old Vanessa Wye became entangled in an affair with Jacob Strane, her magnetic and guileful forty-two-year-old English teacher. Now, amid the rising wave of allegations against powerful men, a reckoning is coming due. Strane has been accused of sexual abuse by a former student, who reaches out to Vanessa, and now Vanessa suddenly finds herself facing an impossible choice: remain silent, firm in the belief that her teenage self willingly engaged in this relationship, or redefine herself and the events of her past. But how can Vanessa reject her first love, the man who fundamentally transformed her and has been a persistent presence in her life? Is it possible that the man she loved as a teenager, and who professed to worship only her, may be far different from what she has always believed?
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Psychological fiction.; Sex crimes; Teacher-student relationships; Teenage girls;
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The disappeared [videorecording] / by Campbell, William,1959-; Doucette, Ryan.; Downey, Brian,1944-; Mitchell, Shandi.; Movie Central (Firm); Movie Network.; Telefilm Canada.;
Billy Campbell, Ryan Doucette, Brian Downey.The surviving crew of a sunken fishing boat avoids a watery death in the North Atlantic by escaping in a pair of barges, and attempts to row for shore while battling hunger, thirst, exhaustion, and injury. With their energy fading fast and no rescue in sight, the exhausted sailors soon realize that their greatest adversary may not be ocean that threatens to swallow them up, but the paralyzing fear of never seeing their loved ones again.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fishers; Seafaring life; Shipwreck survival; Shipwrecks; Survival at sea;
© c2014., Two Dories Film, Inc.,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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We are not refugees : true stories of the displaced / by Morales, Agus,1983-author.; Whittle, Charlotte,translator.; translation of:Morales, Agus,1983-No somos refugiados.English.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Never in history have so many people been displaced by political and military conflicts at home -- more than 65 million globally. Unsparing, outspoken, vital, We are not refugees tells the stories of many of these displaced, who have not been given asylum. For over a decade, human rights journalist Agus Morales has journeyed to the sites of the world's most brutal conflicts and spoken to the victims of violence and displacement. To Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Central African Republic. To Central America, the Congo, and the refugee camps of Jordan. To the Tibetan Parliament in exile in northern India.
Subjects: Refugees; Forced migration;
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Harley Quinn. [graphic novel] : a graphic novel / by Tamaki, Mariko,author.; Pugh, Steve,1966-artist.; Mangual, Carlos M.,letterer.;
"With just five dollars and a knapsack to her name, fifteen-year-old Harleen Quinzel is sent to live in Gotham City. She's not worried, though--she's battled a lot of hard situations as a kid, and knows her determination and outspokenness will carry her through life in the most dangerous city in the world. And when Gotham's finest drag queen, Mama, takes her in, it seems like Harley has finally found a place to grow into her most "true true" with new best friend Ivy at Gotham High. But when Mama's drag cabaret becomes the next victim in the wave of gentrification that's taking over the neighborhood, Harley's fortune takes another turn. Now Harleen is mad. In turning her anger into action, she is faced with two choices: Join activist Ivy, who's campaigning to make the neighborhood a better place to live, or team up with her anarchist friend Jack, who plans to take down Gotham one corporation at a time"--
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Superhero comics.; Harley Quinn (Fictitious character); Teenagers;
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Evil geniuses : the unmaking of America : a recent history / by Andersen, Kurt,1954-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Americans have disabled the government's ability to solve even basic problems, making us vulnerable to the most dangerous demagogue ever to pretend to the White House. Kurt Andersen shows how the masterminds of the economic right rode an unprecedented wave of nostalgia by dressing up their harsh new rich-get-richer system in patriotic old-time drag, making it their mission to take over the government for their purposes alone and convincing the country that the mid-century consensus about the function of the American government was all wrong. Only a writer with Andersen's crackling energy, deep intelligence, and ability to see complex systems with clarity could make such a vital book both intellectually formidable and completely entertaining. In his diagnosis of what happened and what it means for us today, Andersen spares no one, committing to a pinpointing of his own boomer generation as accessories to the great dismantling of the American experiment"--
Subjects: Big business; Corporate power; Democracy; Wealth;
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Watermark [videorecording] / by Baichwal, Jennifer.; Burtynsky, Edward,1955-; Mongrel Media.; Métropole Films Distribution.;
Watermark is a feature documentary from multiple-award winning filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier, and renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky, marking their second collaboration after Manufactured Landscapes in 2006. The film brings together diverse stories from around the globe about our relationship with water: how we are drawn to it, what we learn from it, how we use it and the consequences of that use. Shot in stunning 5K ultra high-definition video and full of soaring aerial perspectives, this film shows water as a terraforming element, as well as the magnitude of our need and use. In Watermark, the viewer is immersed in a magnificent force of nature that we all too often take for granted-until it's gone.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Human beings.; Water.;
© c2014., Mongrel Media,
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Oil painting landscapes : a beginner's guide to creating beautiful, atmospheric works of art / by McKendry, Sarah,author.;
Your artistic ability to bring wondrous backdrops to life is just a brushstroke away with Sarah Mckendry's Oil Painting Landscapes. Now you can create breathtaking scenery--even if you've never held a brush--with Sarah's easy-to-follow instructions and guided photography that take you carefully through each step. Sarah makes the process easier than ever by providing helpful tips for blending color and adjusting artistic blunders, as well as information on oil painting techniques and material recommendations. To lower the cost of art supplies, each project uses only a handful of colors and keeps the number of necessary tools to a minimum--reducing stress for the aspiring artist. Inside you will find 12 stunning projects, all in Sarah's unique, atmospheric style, including enchanting forests, tranquil sunsets, peaceful meadows and magnificent ocean waves. So pick up your brush and open your mind to a new creative journey: painting the world around you with soft, beautiful color.
Subjects: Landscape painting; Painting;
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Fearfully and wonderfully made : the astonishing new science of the senses / by Seaberg, Maureen Ann,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In 2016, scientists proved that humans could see light at the level of a single photon. We are living in historic times when humans may look at the very fabric of the universe in a laboratory setting. Around the world, other recent discoveries about the senses are just as astounding. It turns out we can hear amplitudes smaller than an atom, smell a trillion scents, have a set of taste buds that can discern molecules of fresh water, and can feel through the sense of touch the difference of a single molecule. Fearfully and Wonderfully Made takes readers through their own bodies, delving into the molecular and even the quantum, and tells the story of our magnificent sensorium and what it means for the next wave of human potential. From the laboratories to the ordinary homes where these breakthroughs are taking place, the book explores our current sensory Renaissance and shows readers how they, themselves, can heighten their own senses and experience the miraculous"--
Subjects: Perception.; Senses and sensation.;
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