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Defending Alice : a novel of love and race in the roaring twenties / by Stratton, Richard(Richard H.),author.;
In a novel based on a real-life case, 1920s New York society is set ablaze when Alice Jones, a working-class woman with at least one black parent, marries Leonard "Kip" Rhinelander, the son of a wealthy, prominent family, who makes international headlines after he sues for annulment, accusing her of hiding her "Negro blood."
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Jones, Alice Beatrice; Rhinelander, Leonard Kip; Interracial marriage; Marriage; Scandals; Trials (Divorce);
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The plot against America [videorecording] / by Kazan, Zoe,1983-actor.; Ryder, Winona,1971-actor.; Spector, Morgan,1980-actor.; television adaptation of (work):Roth, Philip.Plot against America.; Turturro, John,1957-actor.; Home Box Office (Firm),production company,broadcaster.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),distributor.;
Zoe Kazan, Morgan Spector, Winona Ryder, John Turturro, Anthony Boyle, Azhy Robertson, Ben Cole.Based on Philip Roth's acclaimed novel, this limited series brilliantly imagines an alternate American history during WWII. Told through the eyes of the Levins, a working-class Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey, the six-part limited series charts the political rise of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, a xenophobic populist who captures the presidency in 1940 and turns the nation toward fascism.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 (Television programs); Television programs.; Television mini-series.; Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974; Jews; Presidents; Presidents;
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This fight is our fight : the battle to save America's middle class / by Warren, Elizabeth,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Senator Elizabeth Warren has long been an outspoken champion of America's middle class, and by the time the people of Massachusetts elected her in 2012, she had become one of the country's leading progressive voices. Now ... she has written a book that is at once an illuminating account of how we built the strongest middle class in history, [an] ... indictment of those who [she believes] have spent the past thirty-five years undermining working families, and a ... call to action"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Middle class; Fiscal policy;
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Bodies of art, bodies of labour / by Beaton, Kate,1983-author.; Centre for Literatures in Canada,publisher.; University of Alberta Press,publisher.;
Includes bibliographical references."Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour by Kate Beaton, award-winning author of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands and Hark! A Vagrant, explores connections between class, literature, and art from Cape Breton Island. In this thought-provoking book, Beaton addresses the often overlooked impact of class on the Canadian arts scene. The book highlights the reality that people from poor or working-class backgrounds face significant barriers to becoming artists, limiting their ability to share their stories and contribute to the collective culture. This lack of representation in art, music, and literature can empower or stereotype, edify or diminish, or worse, erase entire communities. Beaton emphasizes that if working-class and poor people do not write themselves into stories, others will, often with damaging results. Drawing on examples from work published about Cape Breton, Beaton sheds light on the portrayal of working-class lives. She juxtaposes this with her personal experiences, her family's stories, and the inspiring work of other Cape Bretoners. Despite economic hardships, her community has long valued and created art: art for no money, for each other, for themselves, for memory, for joy. Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour thoughtfully examines personal and working class legacies, celebrating the authenticity and power of truly seeing ourselves and each other in the art that we create"--
Subjects: Art and society; Arts, Canadian; Poor; Working class in art.; Working class;
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InvestiGators. by Green, John Patrick,1975-; Dzioba, Wes.;
The InvestiGators are back...to school?! Mango and Brash have always been a class act but can these alligator detectives convincingly go undercover as average middle-school students? Why has the super-spy organization S.U.I.T. been assigned protection detail for a small-town team mascot? Is it a coincidence that the school happens to be the same one that Agent Mango (just barely) graduated from? Is Mango's family in danger? Will Brash pass home economics? Is Friday still pizza day?
Subjects: Detective and mystery comics.; Funny animal comics.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Private investigators; Alligators; Middle schools; Middle school students; School mascots; Cartoons and comics.;
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A scatter of light / by Lo, Malinda.;
Aria Tang West was looking forward to a summer on Martha's Vineyard with her best friends -- one last round of sand and sun before college. But after a graduation party goes wrong, Aria's parents exile her to California to stay with her grandmother, artist Joan West. Aria expects boredom, but what she finds is Steph Nichols, her grandmother's gardener. Soon, Aria is second-guessing who she is and what she wants to be, and a summer that once seemed lost becomes unforgettable -- for Aria, her family, and the working-class queer community Steph introduces her to. It's the kind of summer that changes a life forever.LSC
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Grandmothers; Lesbians; Same-sex marriage; Artists; Chinese Americans; Women gardeners;
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Indignation [videorecording] / by Gadon, Sarah,1987-actor.; Lerman, Logan,1992-actor.; Letts, Tracy,1965-actor.; Schamus, James,1959-screenwriter,film director.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Roth, Philip.Indignation.; Elevation Pictures.;
Sarah Gadon, Logan Lerman, Tracy Letts, Ben Rosenfield, Linda Emond.Based on Philip Roth's late novel, Indignation takes place in 1951, as Marcus Messner (Logan Lerman), a brilliant working class Jewish boy from Newark, New Jersey, travels on scholarship to a small, conservative college in Ohio, thus exempting him from being drafted into the Korean War. But once there, Marcus's growing infatuation with his beautiful classmate Olivia Hutton (Sarah Gadon), and his clashes with the college's imposing Dean, Hawes Caudwell (Tracy Letts), put his and his family's best laid plans to the ultimate test.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Roth, Philip.; Antisemitism; Jewish college students; Jewish men; Man-woman relationships; Nineteen fifties; Young men;
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We are family! / by Arthur, B. B.;
"In a world where babies run everything, little Rockers rebel against nap time and Teacher's Pets become class presidents with "Free Pizza Fridays!" In the L.O.L. Surprise! world, all work is play and nothing is dull cuz it's all a lil' surprising and outrageous!"--
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Dolls; Friendship; Kindness; Sharing; Clubs;
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Mina's matchbox / by Ogawa, Yōko,1962-author.; Snyder, Stephen,1957-translator.; translation of:Ogawa, Yōko,1962-Mīna no kōshin.English.;
"In the spring of 1972, twelve-year-old Tomoko leaves her mother behind in Tokyo and boards a train alone for Ashiya, a coastal town in Japan, to stay with her aunt's family. Tomoko's aunt is an enigma and an outlier in her working-class family, and her magnificent home -- and handsome, foreign husband, the president of a soft drink company -- are symbols of that status. ... The family is just as beguiling as their mansion -- Tomoko's dignified and devoted aunt, her German grandmother, and her dashing, charming uncle who confidently sits as the family's patriarch. At the center of the family is Tomoko's cousin Mina, a precocious, asthmatic girl of thirteen who draws Tomoko into an intoxicating world full of secret crushes and elaborate storytelling. In this elegant jewel box of a book, Yoko Ogawa invites us to witness a powerful and formative interlude in Tomoko's life, which she looks back on briefly from adulthood at the novel's end"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Cousins; Families; Friendship; Mansions; Pygmy hippopotamus; Storytelling;
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The Change. by Campbell, Al,film director.; Christie, Bridget,actor.; Flynn, Jerome,actor.; Howick, Jim,actor.; Tarbuck, Liza,actor.; Dolan, Monica,actor.; Lynch, Susan,actor.; Moodie, Tanya,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Bridget Christie, Jerome Flynn, Jim Howick, Liza Tarbuck, Monica Dolan, Susan Lynch, Tanya MoodieOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2023.Multi-award-winning stand-up comedian Bridget Christie writes and stars in this new six-part comedy-drama that puts menopausal women centre stage.Linda, a 50-year-old menopausal, working-class married mother of two, experiences an existential crisis and leaves her family to return to her rural roots in the wilderness of the Forest of Dean. Setting off on her Triumph motorbike that she hasn’t ridden in 30 years, she begins an adventure to reclaim her lost identity and seek out a tree she climbed as a child. Isolated from the outside world, she meets a community that is both unsettling and intoxicating, including a pair of infamous eel-farming sisters and a mysterious man who lives in the woods with wild boar. Think Deliverance. With pigs.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Comedy.;
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