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- Diary of a misfit : a memoir and a mystery / by Parks, Casey,author.;
"When Casey Parks came out as a lesbian in college back in 2002, she assumed her life in the rural South was over. Her mother shunned her, and her pastor asked God to kill her. But then Parks' grandmother, a stern conservative who grew up picking cotton, shared a story about her childhood friend, Roy Hudgins, a musician who was allegedly kidnapped as a baby and was "a woman who lived as a man." "Find out what happened to Roy," Casey's grandma implored. Part memoir, part investigative reporting, Diary of a Misfit is the story of Parks' life-changing journey to unravel the mysteries of Roy's life, all the while confronting ghosts of her own. For ten years, Parks knocked on strangers' doors, dug through nursing home records, and doggedly searched for Roy's own diaries, trying to uncover what Roy was like as a person--what he felt; what he thought; and how he grappled with his sense of otherness. As Parks traces Roy's story, Parks is forced to reckon with long-buried memories and emotions surrounding her own sexuality, her fraught Southern identity, her tortured yet loving relationship with her mother, and the complicated role of faith in her life. With an enormous heart and an unstinting sense of vulnerability, Parks writes about finding oneself through someone else's story, and about forging connections across the gulfs that divide us"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Parks, Casey.; Gender identity.; Investigative reporting.; Lesbians; Self-actualization (Psychology); Sex (Psychology);
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- The call [videorecording] / by Anderson, Brad,1964-; Berry, Halle.; Breslin, Abigail,1996-; Chestnut, Morris.; D'Ovidio, Richard.; Eklund, Michael.; Gallo, Bradley,1977-; Otunga, David.; Columbia (Firm); Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm); Stage 6 Films.; WWE Studios.;
Music by John Debney ; cinematography, Tom Yatsko ; edited by Avi Youabian.Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut, Michael Eklund, David Otunga.Jordan Turner (Halle Berry) is a 911 operator in the Hive -- the bustling Los Angeles headquarters for emergency operators. Her job is extraordinarily stressful, though the camaraderie she shares with co-workers Flora (Denise Dowse) and Marco (José Zúñiga) helps Jordan to stay sharp and focused during those long nights on the phone. The veteran operator experiences a debilitating bout of self-doubt, however, after making a thoughtless mistake that results in the brutal murder of a young girl at the hands of a sadistic prowler. Six months later, Jordan is taking a group of young trainees on a tour of the Hive when an inexperienced operator receives a frantic call from Casey (Abigail Breslin), a terrified teen who is locked in the trunk of a speeding car after being abducted in a parking lot. Unfortunately, Casey is calling from a disposable phone with no chip, making it impossible for the operator to trace the call.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, dual layer format, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.- Subjects: Abduction; Feature films.; Kidnapping victims; Telephone operators; Telephone; Thrillers (Motion pictures);
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- The girl behind the door : a father's quest to understand his daughter's suicide / by Brooks, John,1956-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Early one Tuesday morning John Brooks went to his teenage daughter's room to make sure she was getting up for school and found her room dark and "neater than usual." Casey was gone but he found a note: The car is parked at the Golden Gate Bridge. I'm sorry. Several hours later a security video was found that showed Casey stepping off the bridge. Brooks spent months after Casey's suicide trying to understand what led his seventeen-year-old daughter to take her life. He examines Casey's journey from her abandonment at birth in Poland, to the orphanage where she lived for the first fourteen months of her life, to her adoption and life with John and his wife Erika in Northern California. He reads. He talks to Casey's friends, teachers, doctors, therapists, and other parents. He consults adoption experts, researchers, clinicians, attachment therapists, and social workers. In The Girl Behind the Door, Brooks shares what he learned and asks "What did everyone miss? What could have been done differently?" He'd come to realize that Casey might have been helped if someone had recognized that she'd likely suffered an attachment disorder from her infancy--an affliction common among children who've been orphaned, neglected, and abused. This emotional deprivation in early childhood, from the lack of a secure attachment to a primary caregiver, can lead to a wide range of serious behavioral issues later in life. John's hope is that Casey's story, and what he discovered since her death, will help others. This important book is a wakeup call that parents, mental health professionals, and teens should read"--Provided by publisher.- Subjects: Brooks, Casey,; Brooks, John, 1956-; Adopted children; Adopted children; Attachment disorder in adolescence.; Fathers and daughters; Suicide;
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- The kill / by Casey, Jane(Jane E.);
"Detective Maeve Kerrigan is away for a colleague's wedding, and she's enjoying an excuse to spend a beautiful fall weekend relaxing in the English countryside. It's a much-needed break from the grit and grime of her daily life on the London police force. But even at a wedding, the job is never far away. Midway through the reception, Maeve and her abrasive but loyal partner on the police force, DI Josh Derwent, are called back to London. A fellow policeman has been murdered, in a compromising position in a public park at night. And when Maeve and Derwent arrive to speak with the victim's family, his wife and daughter are surprisingly cold and reticent, which adds further layers of complexity to an already delicate investigation. And Maeve knows the victim and his family aren't the only ones with things to hide: the dark secret that her boss, Superintendent Godley, has been keeping for years is threatening to blow up in his face, and if that happens, they'll all be caught in the aftermath. Pulled between her loyalties to Godley, Derwent, the victim of a murder, and her own driving sense of right and wrong, Maeve will be forced to decide how much she's willing to risk in the name of justice in Jane Casey's most intimate, compelling novel yet"--Provided by publisher.- Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Murder; Police; Women detectives;
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- Scooby-Doo and the robots [videorecording] / by Kasem, Casey,voice actor.; Messick, Don,voice actor.; Cohn, Mindy,1966-voice actor.; Welker, Frank,voice actor.; DeLisle, Grey,voice actor.; Barbera, Joseph,creator.; Hanna, William,1910-2001,creator.; Hanna-Barbera Productions,production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.;
Voices: Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Frank Welker, Patricia Stevens, Heather North.First stop is Cyber Gulch, where the Mystery, Incorporated gang must solve the riddle of the man-a-trons or get terminated in Go West Young Scoob. En route to Florida, Freddy runs into a real Monster Truck at a championship stock car race in Gentlemen, Start Your Monsters. Buckle up for a rollercoaster ride of fun and fear in Foul Play in Funland when the gang discovers a fully-operating amusement park with nobody in it! Will they find the phantom in the Hall of Mirrors?Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; full screen presentation ; Dolby digital.- Subjects: Animated television programs.; Children's television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Scooby-Doo (Fictitious character); Great Dane; Automobile racing; Robots; Detectives; Criminal investigation; Criminal behavior;
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- Toasty / by Hwang, Sarah,author,illustrator.; Holloway, Casey,narrator.; Container of (expression):Hwang, Sarah.Toasty.Spoken word (Holloway);
Read by Casey Holloway.Toasty loves dogs--so much so that he'd like to be one. He knows there are some differences--most dogs have four legs, but Toasty has two arms and two legs. Some dogs sleep in dog houses, but Toasty sleeps in a toaster. All dogs have hair and fur, but Toasty has neither because he's made of bread. In spite of these differences, he decides to go to the park to play with the dogs but runs into trouble when they want to eat him. Lucky for Toasty, he is rescued by a little girl who has always wanted a dog but can't have one because she is allergic. Toasty is the perfect dog for her.Ages 4 to 6.Grades K-1.- Subjects: Picture books.; Fiction.; Illustrated works.; Children's audiobooks.; Toast (Bread); Bread; Dogs; Identity (Psychology); Identity; JUVENILE FICTION / General.; VOX books.;
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- The crown. [videorecording] / by Daldry, Stephen,film director.; Foy, Claire,1984-actor.; Hamilton, Victoria,1971-actor.; Martin, Philip(Television director),film director.; Smith, Matt,1982-actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Victoria Hamilton, Vanessa Kirby, John Lithgow.Originally broadcast on television in 2016.The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne ... a new era is dawning. Queen Elizabeth II is a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. Golden Globe® winner for Best TV Drama Series, “The Crown,” created by Peter Morgan, explores the Queen's private journey behind the public facade with daring frankness.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.- Subjects: Biographical television programs.; Historical television programs.; Television programs.; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-; Queens;
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