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The casual vacancy / by Rowling, J. K.;
When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock and the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen.
Subjects: Black humor (Literature); City council members; Country life; Local elections;
© 2012., Little, Brown & Co.,
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The perfect candidate [videorecording] / by Abdulraheem, Khalid,actor.; Al-Awad, Nora,actor.; Al-Hilali, Dae,actor.; Al-Zahrani, Mila,actor.; Al-Mansour, Haifaa,1974-film director.; Music Box Films,film distributor.;
Mila Al Zahrani, Dae Al Hilali, Nora Al Awad, Khalid Abdulraheem.Follows Maryam, a determined young doctor who runs for city council after the make incumbent repeatedly ignores her request to fix the muddy road leading to her clinic. Despite her father and her community's struggle to accept her as their town's first female candidate, Maryam's creative and ambitious campaign builds momentum, becoming a symbol for a larger movement.PG.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Motion pictures, Arab.; Foreign films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Political films.; Women politicians; Political candidates; Women political candidates; Local elections;
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Election Overview
Mode of access: Internet.
Subjects: Local Living;
© , Alberta Newspaper Group
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Election [videorecording] / by Broderick, Matthew,1962-actor.; Klein, Chris,1979-actor.; Payne, Alexander,1961-screenwriter,film director.; Perrotta, Tom,1961-Election.; Witherspoon, Reese,1976-actor.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.;
Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Mark Harelik.Tracy Flick, a straight-A go-getter, is determined to be student council president, but teacher Jim McAllister decides to derail her campaign by recruiting another candidate.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Perrotta, Tom, 1961-; High school students; High school teachers; Student government; Teenagers;
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The forever purge [videorecording] / by Abromeit, Susie,1982-actor.; Edda, Alejandro,actor.; Falcon, Veronica,actor.; Freeman, Cassidy,1982-actor.; Gelhaus, Edward,actor.; Gonzz, Ana,actor.; Huerta Mejía, Tenoch,actor.; Lucas, Josh,actor.; Molinari, Anthony,1974-actor.; Nohealii, Gary,actor.; Patton, Will,actor.; Rambin, Leven,1990-actor.; Reguera, Ana de la,1977-actor.; Rotibi, Sammi,actor.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Ana De La Reguera, Tenoch Huerta, Josh Lucas, Veronica Falcon, Leven Rambin, Alejandro Edda, Sammi Rotibi, Ana Gonzz, Cassidy Freeman, Will Patton, Susie Abromeit, Anthony Molinari, Edward Gelhaus, Gary Nohealii.Well, the free and fair election came and went, and the new administration wasted no time in striking the notorious suspension of martial law from the books. However, there're some corners of the nation where the locals are keeping the Purge alive and well ... such as the Texas ranch where a Mexican couple (Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta) fleeing a drug cartel mistakenly think they'll find safety.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating : R.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Dystopian films.; Feature films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Criminal behavior; Drug traffic; Murder; Murderers; Violence;
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Wilmington's lie : the murderous coup of 1898 and the rise of white supremacy / by Zucchino, David,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."By 1898 Wilmington, North Carolina, was a shining example of a mixed-race community-a bustling port city with a thriving African American middle class and a government made up of Republicans and Populists, including black alderman, police officers, and magistrates. But across the state-and the South-white supremacist Democrats were working to reverse the advances made by former slaves and their progeny. They were plotting to take back the state legislature in the November 8th election and then use a controversial editorial published by black newspaper editor Alexander Manly to trigger a "race riot" to overthrow the elected government in Wilmington. With a coordinated campaign of intimidation and violence, the Democrats sharply curtailed the black vote and stuffed ballot boxes to steal the 1898 mid-term election. Two days later, more than 2,000 heavily armed white nightriders known as Red Shirts swarmed through Wilmington, terrorizing women and children and shooting at least sixty black men dead in the streets. The rebels forced city officials and leading black citizens to flee at gun point while hundreds of local African Americans took refuge in nearby swamps and forests. This brutal insurrection is the only violent overthrow of an elected government in U.S. history. It halted gains made by blacks and restored racism as official government policy, cementing white rule for another seventy years. It was not a "race riot" as the events of November 1898 came to be known, but rather a racially-motivated rebellion launched by white supremacists. In Wilmington's Lie, David Zucchino uses contemporary newspaper reports, diaries, letters, and official communications to create a gripping narrative that weaves together individual stories of hate, fear, and brutality. This is a dramatic and definitive account of a remarkable but forgotten chapter of American history"--
Subjects: African Americans; White supremacy movements; Wilmington Race Riot, Wilmington, N.C., 1898.;
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Shutdown : how COVID shook the world's economy / by Tooze, J. Adam,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Deftly weaving finance, politics, business, and the global human experience into one tight narrative, a tour-de-force account of 2020, the year that changed everything--from the acclaimed author of Crashed. The shocks of 2020 have been great and small, disrupting the world economy, international relations and the daily lives of virtually everyone on the planet. Never before has the entire world economy contracted by 20 percent in a matter of weeks nor in the historic record of modern capitalism has there been a moment in which 95 percent of the world's economies were suffering all at the same time. Across the world hundreds of millions have lost their jobs. And over it all looms the specter of pandemic, and death. Adam Tooze, whose last book was universally lauded for guiding us coherently through the chaos of the 2008 crash, now brings his bravura analytical and narrative skills to a panoramic and synthetic overview of our current crisis. By focusing on finance and business, he sets the pandemic story in a frame that casts a sobering new light on how unprepared the world was to fight the crisis, and how deep the ruptures in our way of living and doing business are. The virus has attacked the economy with as much ferocity as it has our health, and there is no vaccine arriving to address that. Tooze's special gift is to show how social organization, political interests, and economic policy interact with devastating human consequences, from your local hospital to the World Bank. He moves fluidly from the impact of currency fluctuations to the decimation of institutions--such as health-care systems, schools, and social services--in the name of efficiency. He starkly analyzes what happened when the pandemic collided with domestic politics (China's party conferences; the American elections), what the unintended consequences of the vaccine race might be, and the role climate change played in the pandemic. Finally, he proves how no unilateral declaration of 'independence" or isolation can extricate any modern country from the global web of travel, goods, services, and finance"--
Subjects: COVID-19 (Disease); Economic history; Financial crises; COVID-19 (Disease);
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Tartufo / by Buxton, Kira Jane,author.;
"After nearly losing the election to a geriatric but wildly popular donkey named Maurizio, newly installed Mayor Delizia Miccuci can't help but feel like the sun has finally set on the rural Italian village of Lazzarina Boscarino. Tourists only stop by to ask for directions, Nonna Amara's cherished ristorante is long shuttered, and the town hall is disgustingly overrun with glis glis poo-even Postman Duccio has been disgraced. All that's left is Bar Celebrità, a rustic establishment where weary locals gather to quibble over decades-long disputes, submit their poor stomachs to bartender Giuseppina's volcanic espresso, and wonder what will become of the place where together they've spent their entire lives. Little do the villagers know that, mere miles away in the forest, local truffle hunter Giovanni Scarpazza has just happened upon something that could change everything. Swollen to massive proportions, soaking the atmosphere in its pungent fumes, potentially worth six figures in certain international circles, a truffle-un tartufo, that is-sits beneath the soil with the power to either be the greatest gift or the foulest curse the village has ever seen-they're not completely sure which since Giuseppina's psychic was a bit unclear on the matter. Tartufo is much more than a charming romp through the foothills of Tuscany. Written in the same enchanting style and raucous humor that defines Hollow Kingdom and Feral Creatures, Buxton's newest story is a reflection on the interconnectedness of life in all its manifestations-and how holding on to harmony in the face of hardship can grow something beautiful and rare beneath the surface"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Truffles; Villages;
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Downfall : a Brady novel of suspense / by Jance, Judith A.,author.;
"Arizona sheriff Joanna Brady returns in this outstanding new mystery set in the beautiful desert country of the Southwest. With a baby on the way, sudden deaths in the family from which to recover, a re-election campaign looming, and a daughter heading off for college, Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady has her hands full when a puzzling new case hits her department, demanding every resource she has at her disposal. Two women have fallen to their deaths from a small nearby peak, referred to by Bisbee locals as Geronimo. What's the connection between these two women? Is this a case of murder/suicide or is it a double homicide? And if someone else is responsible, is it possible that the perpetrator may, even now, be on the hunt for another victim?"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Brady, Joanna (Fictitious character); Murder; Policewomen; Sheriffs;
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Lincoln's last trial : the murder case that propelled him to the presidency / by Abrams, Dan,author.; Fisher, David,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The true story of Abraham Lincoln's last murder trial, a case in which he had a deep personal involvement--and which played out in the nation's newspapers as he began his presidential campaign. At the end of the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison went on trial for murder in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln, who had been involved in more than three thousand cases--including more than twenty-five murder trials--during his two-decades-long career, was hired to defend him. This was to be his last great case as a lawyer. What normally would have been a local case took on momentous meaning. Lincoln's debates with Senator Stephen Douglas the previous fall had gained him a national following, transforming the little-known, self-taught lawyer into a respected politician. He was being urged to make a dark-horse run for the presidency in 1860. Taking this case involved great risk. His reputation was untarnished, but should he lose this trial, should Harrison be convicted of murder, the spotlight now focused so brightly on him might be dimmed. He had won his most recent murder trial with a daring and dramatic maneuver that had become a local legend, but another had ended with his client dangling from the end of a rope. The case posed painful personal challenges for Lincoln. The murder victim had trained for the law in his office, and Lincoln had been his friend and his mentor. His accused killer, the young man Lincoln would defend, was the son of a close friend and loyal supporter. And to win this trial he would have to form an unholy allegiance with a longtime enemy, a revivalist preacher he had twice run against for political office--and who had bitterly slandered Lincoln as an "infidel ... too lacking in faith" to be elected. Lincoln's Last Trial captures the presidential hopeful's dramatic courtroom confrontations in vivid detail as he fights for his client--but also for his own blossoming political future. It is a moment in history that shines a light on our legal system, as in this case Lincoln fought a legal battle that remains incredibly relevant today. --Amazon.com.
Subjects: Biographies.; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Presidents; Trials (Murder);
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