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The Serviceberry Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World [electronic resource] : by Kimmerer, Robin Wall.aut; Burgoyne, John.ill; cloudLibrary;
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, the serviceberry’s relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity, interconnectedness, and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth—its abundance of sweet, juicy berries—to meet the needs of its natural community. And this distribution insures its own survival. As Kimmerer explains, “Serviceberries show us another model, one based upon reciprocity, where wealth comes from the quality of your relationships, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency.” As Elizabeth Gilbert writes, Robin Wall Kimmerer is “a great teacher, and her words are a hymn of love to the world.” The Serviceberry is an antidote to the broken relationships and misguided goals of our times, and a reminder that “hoarding won’t save us, all flourishing is mutual.” Robin Wall Kimmerer is donating her advance payments from this book as a reciprocal gift, back to the land, for land protection, restoration, and justice.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Plants; Indigenous Studies;
© 2024., Scribner,
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Murder in Westminster / by Riley, Vanessa,author.;
Discovering a body on her property presents Lady Abigail Worthing with more than one pressing problem. The victim is Juliet, the wife of her neighbour, Stapleton Henderson. Although Abigail has little connection with the lady in question, she expects to be under suspicion. Abigail's skin colour and her mother's notorious past have earned her a certain reputation among the ton, and no amount of wealth or status will eclipse it. To her surprise, Henderson offers her an alibi. Perhaps together, he and Abigail can learn the truth.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Abolitionists; Divorced women; Murder; Racism; Widowers; Women, Black; Women detectives;
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The adventurer [videorecording] : the curse of the Midas Box / by Barnard, Aneurin,1987-; Gruffudd, Ioan.; Hawes, Keeley,1977-; Hawes, Keeley,1977-actor.; Headey, Lena,actor.; Headey, Lena.; Neill, Sam.; Newman, Jonathan.; Sheen, Michael,actor.; Sheen, Michael.; Taylor, G. P.Mariah mundi.Videorecording.; Mongrel Media.;
Michael Sheen, Lena Headey, Keeley Hawes, Ioan Gruffudd, Sam Neill.Seventeen-year-old Mariah Mundi's life is turned upside down when his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. Following a trail of clues to the darkly majestic Prince Regent Hotel, Mariah discovers a hidden realm of child-stealing monsters, deadly secrets and a long-lost artifact that grants limitless wealth, but also devastating supernatural power. With the fate of his world, and his family, at stake, Mariah will risk everything to unravel the curse of the Midas Box.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; Dolby digital 5.1, widescreen 2.35:1.
Subjects: Taylor, G. P.; Action and adventure films.; Brothers; Children's films.; Fantasy films.; Feature films.; Kidnapping; Magic; Missing persons; Supernatural; Video recordings for children.;
© c2014., Distributed by Mongrel Media,
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My life as a billionaire / by Tashjian, Janet,author.; Tashjian, Jake,1994-illustrator.; Goble, Trevor,narrator.; Findaway World, LLC.;
Read by Trevor Goble.Derek Fallon won the lottery and now gets to split over a billion dollars with a friend--the buying possibilities are endless--skateboards!, sneakers! video games!, a backyard skateboard park!!!--let the shopping begin. But Derek is soon challenged with new obstacles that he hadn't thought of before. Having money to spend should make his life easier but it's bringing with it lots of anxiety. It's up to Derek to find a balance with his newfound wealth, and to consider the best ways to spend his money.Grades 3-6.
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Children's audiobooks.; Book plus audio.; Dyslexia-friendly books.; Lottery winners; Rich people; Boys; Children's stories.; Lottery winners; Shopping; Entrepreneurship;
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The road to ruin : the global elites' secret plan for the next financial crisis / by Rickards, James,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The bestselling author of The Death of Money and Currency Wars reveals the global elites' dark effort to hide a coming catastrophe from investors. A drumbeat is sounding among the global elites. The signs of a worldwide financial meltdown are unmistakable. This time, the elites have an audacious plan to protect themselves from the fallout: hoarding cash now and locking down the global financial system when a crisis hits. Since 2014, international monetary agencies have been issuing warnings to a small group of finance ministers, banks, and private equity funds: the U.S. government's cowardly choices not to prosecute J.P. Morgan and its ilk, and to bloat the economy with a $4 trillion injection of easy credit, are driving us headlong toward a cliff. As Rickards shows in this frightening, meticulously researched book, governments around the world have no compunction about conspiring against their citizens. They will have stockpiled hard assets when stock exchanges are closed, ATMs shut down, money market funds frozen, asset managers instructed not to sell securities, negative interest rates imposed, and cash withdrawals denied. If you want to plan for the risks ahead, you will need Rickards's cutting-edge synthesis of behavioral economics, history, and complexity theory. It's a guidebook to thinking smarter, acting faster, and living with the comforing knowledge that your wealth is secure. The global elites don't want this book to exist. Their plan to herd us like sheep to the slaughter when a global crisis erupts--and, of course, to maintain their wealth--works only if we remain complacent and unaware. Thanks to The Road to Ruin, we don't need to be"--
Subjects: Monetary policy.; Banks and banking.; Financial crises;
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Murdered Midas : a millionaire, his gold mine, and a strange death on an island paradise / by Gray, Charlotte,1948-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.On an island paradise in 1943, Sir Harry Oakes, gold mining tycoon, philanthropist and "richest man in the Empire," was murdered. The news of his death surged across the English-speaking world, from London, the Imperial centre, to the remote Canadian mining town of Kirkland Lake, in the Northern Ontario bush. The murder became celebrated as "the crime of the century." The layers of mystery deepened as the involvement of Oakes' son-in-law, Count Alfred de Marigny, came quickly to be questioned, as did the odd machinations of the Governor of the Bahamas, the former King Edward VIII. Despite a sensational trial, no murderer was ever convicted. Rumours were unrelenting about Oakes' missing fortune, and fascination with the Oakes story has persisted for decades. Award-winning biographer and popular historian Charlotte Gray explores, for the first time, the life of the man behind the scandal, a man who was both reviled and admired-- from his early, hardscrabble days of mining exploration, to his explosion of wealth, to his grandiose gestures of philanthropy. And Gray brings fresh eyes to the bungled investigation and shocking trial in the remote colonial island streets, proposing an overlooked suspect in this long cold case. Murdered Midas is the story of the man behind the newspaper headlines, who, despite his wealth and position, was never able to have justice.
Subjects: True crime stories.; Biographies.; Oakes, Harry, Sir, 1874-1943.; Marigny, Alfred de, 1910-1998.; Businessmen; Philanthropists; Gold mines and mining; Rich people; Murder; Trials (Murder);
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Tell tale : stories / by Archer, Jeffrey,1940-author.;
Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to find out Who Killed the Mayor? and the pretentious schoolboy in A Road to Damascus, whose discovery of the origins of his father's wealth changes his life in the most profound way. Revel in the stories of the 1930's woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League University in A Gentleman and A Scholar while another young woman who thumbs a lift gets more than she bargained for in A Wasted Hour.
Subjects: Short stories.;
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One ocean [videorecording] / by Suzuki, David T.,1936-; CBC Home Video (Firm); Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.; Entertainment One (Firm);
Birth of an ocean -- Footprint's in the sand -- Mysteries of the deep -- The changing sea.Birth of an ocean, Footprint's in the sand / produced by Michael Allder, Caroline Underwood, Tina Verma ; Mysteries of the deep, The changing sea / produced by Merit Jensen Carr and Sandra Moore.Narrated by David Suzuki.With a wealth of never-before-seen HD footage, One ocean bears witness to underwater volcanoes erupting meters from the camera and discoveries of rare and bizarre life forms. Some of the planet's most innovative and charismatic marine scientists guide us on this adventure. Journey with One ocean's cameras as they travel to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the USA exploring the richness of the underwater world. In each breathtaking episode, join scientists as they explore the ocean's beauty, power and fragility.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Marine biology.; Marine habitats.; Oceanography.; Oceans; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Wildlife films.;
© c2010., Entertainment One,
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Beauty for ashes / by Hill, Grace Livingston,1865-1947.;
Gloria knew the benefits of wealth. Her life had been filled with every conceivable luxury, which would only continue when she was married to a well known and wealthy man. But Gloria's world is shattered when her fiance ǐs found murdered in very questionable circumstances. Brokenhearted, Gloria flees to the quiet country town where her father grew up. There she meets sincere, humble people who seem satisfied without money and discovers a love she never dreamed existed. But can even the love of handsome Murray MacRae release Gloria from the shame of her past?
Subjects: Christian fiction.; Love stories.; Religious fiction.; Large type books.;
© 2014., Kennebec Large Print, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning,
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Memoirs of a geisha [videorecording] / by Golden, Arthur,1957-Memoirs of a geisha.Videorecording.; Igawa, Togo.; Marshall, Rob.; Ohgo, Suzuka.; Swicord, Robin.; Watanabe, Ken,1959-; Yeoh, Michelle,1963-; Zhang, Ziyi,1979-; Amblin Entertainment (Firm); Columbia Pictures.; Dreamworks Pictures.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm); Spyglass Entertainment (Firm);
Director of photography, Dion Beebe ; art directors, Patrick M. Sullivan, Jr., Tomas Voth ; editor, Pietro Scalia ; original music score, John Williams ; costume designer, Colleen Atwood ; production designer, John Myhre.Ziyi Zhang, Suzuka Ohgo, Michelle Yeoh, Ken Watanabe, Togo Igawa, Mako, Samantha Futerman, Elizabeth Sung, Thomas Ikeda, Li Gong, Tsai Chin.In 1929, an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy in Hatsumomo and she is rescued by Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic and social skills a geisha must master in order to survive in her society. As a renowned geisha, she enters a society of wealth, privilege, and political intrigue.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; region 1, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.Golden Globes, USA, 2006: Golden Globe - Best original score - Motion Picture (John Williams)
Subjects: Feature films.; Geishas; Social skills; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Women;
© c2007., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
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