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Searching for Savanna : the murder of one Native American woman and the violence against the many / by Gable, Mona,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In the vein of Yellow Bird and Highway of Tears, a powerful and illuminating investigation into the disappearance of the young and pregnant Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, highlighting the shocking epidemic of violence against Indigenous women in America and the country's deplorable inaction. In the summer of 2017, twenty-two-year-old Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind vanished. A week after the pregnant woman disappeared, police arrested the white couple who lived upstairs from Savanna and emerged from their apartment carrying an infant girl. The baby was Savanna's, but she would not be found until her body was pulled from the Red River days later. This horrifying and unimaginable crime sent shockwaves through the country and helped bring to light the overwhelming sexual and physical violence Native American women and girls have endured since the country's colonization. With pathos and respect, Searching for Savanna confronts the history and attitudes towards these women and why our government has turned its back on the countless victims by highlighting this specific tragic case. Featuring in-depth interviews, personal accounts, and trial analysis, this is much more than a true crime book, it is also a call to action for those who cannot speak for themselves"--
Subjects: True crime stories.; LaFontaine-Greywind, Savanna, 1995-2017.; Indigenous women; Indigenous women; Missing persons; Murder victims; Murder;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Lives of girls and women : a novel / by Munro, Alice,1931-author.;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Young women; Banned book sanctuary.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Festive in death / by Robb, J. D.,1950-;
"Eve Dallas deals with a homicide-and the holiday season-in the latest from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Personal trainer Trey Ziegler was in peak physical condition. If you didn't count the kitchen knife in his well-toned chest. Lieutenant Eve Dallas soon discovers a lineup of women who'd been loved and left by the narcissistic gym rat. While Dallas sorts through the list of Ziegler's enemies, she's also dealing with her Christmas shopping list-plus the guest list for her and her billionaire husband's upcoming holiday bash. Feeling less than festive, Dallas tries to put aside her distaste for the victim and solve the mystery of his death. There are just a few investigating days left before Christmas, and as New Year's 2061 approaches, this homicide cop is resolved to stop a cold-blooded killer"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Dallas, Eve (Fictitious character); Personal trainers; Policewomen;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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How to menopause : take charge of your health, reclaim your life, and feel even better than before / by Fadal, Tamsen,author.;
"Menopause needs a rebrand. Like it or not, women are finding themselves in the middle of a global transition: by 2025, 1.1 billion women will be in menopause. There's been nothing like it since the women's movement caught fire in the late 60s and early 70s, and the call for change is coming from women themselves. In 2021, journalist Tamsen Fadal took off her makeup and revealed her menopause struggles on TikTok. Since then, her #GRWM authenticity has garnered over three million engaged followers across platforms who reach out to her daily, eager for encouragement and advice on how to make their lives better, while navigating the misinformation and lack of education in the medical system. This book, Tamsen says, is for them. With over 50 interviews with experts across the menopause space, this book prepares readers for menopause-mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, and helps them navigate the path to empowerment in the process. HOW TO MENOPAUSE is for the whole woman who just so happens to be dealing with menopause. Until women understand what's happening to our bodies, we won't feel like ourselves. Fadal offers well-researched, clear advice on handling all of your symptoms-physical and emotional-alongside prescriptions for actionable, achievable goals that enables us to reinvent ourselves in midlife-to get stronger, sexier, bolder, and more centered. She teaches readers how to advocate for themselves, to take control of their bodies, face their fears, learn what to let go of and what to hold onto fiercely"--
Subjects: Recipes.; Menopause.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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We, the kindling / by Okot Bitek, Juliane,1966-author.;
"A concise, searing novel centred around the unforgettable voices of schoolgirls in Uganda who survive capture by the Lord's Resistance Army. In northern Uganda in the 1990s, girls as young as eleven were abducted from schools and homes by the Lord's Resistance Army and thrust into the horrors of war. Facing long, perilous treks, gun battles, and underage marriages, while forced to be pawns in political machinations they did not understand, many did not survive. Those who did make it through continue to bear the physical and psychological weight of these terrors. As We, the Kindling begins, we meet Miriam and Helen, two survivors who are now in their twenties but haunted by their years in forced servitude to the Army. In spare, graceful, yet unflinching prose the novel weaves past with present, layering folk tales with taut realism to reveal the rhythm of the girls' lives before the war, unspooling the circumstances of their abductions and tracing their harrowing journeys home again. Reminiscent of The Buddha in the Attic, this is a luminous novel, full of life and care, that insistently refuses to spectacularize brutality and tragedy."--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Lord's Resistance Army; Abduction; Slavery; Survival; Young women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Harley and me : embracing risk on the road to a more authentic life / by Murphy, Bernadette M.(Bernadette Mary),1963-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."What happens when women in midlife step out of what's predictable? For Bernadette Murphy, learning to ride a motorcycle at forty-eight becomes the catalyst that transforms her from a settled wife and professor with three teenage children into a woman on her own. The confidence she gained from mastering a new skill and conquering her fears gave her the courage to face deeper issues in her own life and start taking risks. It is a fact that men and women alike become more risk averse in our later years--which according to psychologists and neuroscience is exactly what we should not do. And Murphy stresses that while hers is a story of transformation using a physical risk, emotional and educational risks can serve the same beneficial purpose for other women. Murphy uses her own story to explore the larger idea of how risk changes our brain chemistry, how certain personality types embrace dangerous behavior and why it energizes them, and why women's expectations change once estrogen levels drop after the childbearing years. She also explores the idea of women and risk in pop culture--why there are so few stories of the conquering heroine (instead of hero). Surely Thelma and Louise driving off the cliff should not be our only pop culture reference for women finding true freedom. With scientific research and journalistic interviews weaving through a page-turning, road trip narrative, Harley and Me is a compelling look at how one woman changed her life and found deeper meaning out on the open road"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Murphy, Bernadette M. (Bernadette Mary), 1963-; Middle-aged women; Middle-aged women; Middle-aged women; Women motorcyclists; Motorcycling; Risk-taking (Psychology); Authenticity (Philosophy); Self-actualization (Psychology);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bug / by Bonnell, Yolanda,1982-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."bug is a solo performance and artistic ceremony that highlights the ongoing effects of colonialism and intergenerational trauma experienced by Indigenous women. It is also a testimony to the women's resilience and strength. The Girl traces her life from surviving the foster care system to her struggles with addictions. She fights, hoping to break the cycle in order to give her daughter a different life than the one she had. The Mother sits in Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, recounting memories of the daughter that was taken from her, and the struggles of living on the streets in Northern Ontario. They are both followed by Manidoons, a physical manifestation of the trauma and addictions that crawl across generations. bug reveals the hard truths that many Indigenous women face as they carve out a space to survive in contemporary Canada, while holding on to so much hope."--
Subjects: Drama.; Indigenous women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Climate injustice : why we need to fight global inequailty to combat climate change / by Otto, Friederike,author.; Pybus, Sarah,translator.; David Suzuki Institute,sponsoring body.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Climate change does not affect everyone equally. While many scientists focus on studying climate change as a physics problem, Friederike Otto, one of the world's most renowned climate scientists, sees it as a symptom of the global crisis of inequality, not its cause. In this ambitious, fast-paced book, she offers concrete examples of how extreme weather events caused by climate change reveal uncomfortable truths about the failures of political and social infrastructures around the world. Comparing eight extreme weather events ... including heat waves in North America, floods in Pakistan, droughts in Madagascar, and wildfires in Australia ... Otto reveals how climate change is affecting the world's most vulnerable, whether they are women working on farms in Ghana during heat waves, or elderly people who died during floods in Germany. In particular, Otto examines the Global North's extractionist view of the Global South, a view that ensures elites are protected while others bear the brunt of the climate disaster. Climate Injustice shares the stories of real people, shining a light on the real damage inflicted on real lives. Above all, it shows how racism, colonialism, sexism, and climate change are interconnected, and how positive changes on one level can lead to positive effects on another. Authored by the co-founder of World Weather Attribution, a cutting-edge scientific method that pinpointed the role of climate change in extreme weather events for the first time, Climate Injustice offers a groundbreaking view on the fires, floods, heatwaves, and storms that are wreaking havoc at an alarming pace. Inequality and injustice are at the core of what makes climate change a problem for humanity. Fairness and global justice must therefore be at the core of the solution. Climate justice concerns everyone."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Climate justice.; Equality; Climatic changes; Climatic extremes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Their eyes were watching God / by Hurston, Zora Neale,author.; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.; Danticat, Edwidge,1969-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-210).This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.Set in Florida in the early twentieth century, this is the story of Janie Crawford, a black woman in her forties, as told to her friend Phoeby. The granddaughter of a woman born in slavery, independent Janie evolves through poverty, trials, and three marriages.
Subjects: Banned book sanctuary.; Classics; Literary; African American women; Self-realization;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Ice Maiden. by Blannin-Ferguson, James,film director.; C. T. Jackson, Nathaniel,film director.; Blair, Lisa,actor.; Journeyman Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Lisa BlairOriginally produced by Journeyman Pictures in 2024.This raw, powerful documentary takes the viewer right into the incredible world of brave sailor and solo adventurer Lisa Blair as she embarks on her voyage to be the first woman to sail solo, non-stop, and unassisted around Antarctica.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Physical education and training.; Documentary films.; Women athletes.;
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