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Almost brown : a mixed-race family memoir / by Gill, Charlotte,1971-author.;
"An award-winning writer retraces her dysfunctional, biracial, globe-trotting family's journey as she reckons with ethnicity and belonging, diversity and race, and the complexities of life within a multicultural household. Charlotte Gill's father is Indian. Her mother is English. They meet in 1960's London when the world is not quite ready for interracial love. Their union, a revolutionary act, results in a total meltdown of familial relations, a lot of immigration paperwork, and three children, all in varying shades of tan. Together they set off on a journey from the United Kingdom to Canada and to the United States in elusive pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness--a dream that eventually tears them apart. Almost Brown is an exploration of diasporic intermingling involving parents of two different races and their half-brown children as they experience the paradoxes and conundrums of life as it's lived between race checkboxes. Eventually, her parents drift apart because they just aren't compatible. But as she finds herself distancing from her father too--why is she embarrassed to walk down the street with him and not her mom?--she doesn't know if it's because of his personality or his race. As a mixed-race child, was this her own unconscious bias favoring one parent over the other in the racial tug-of-war that plagues our society? Almost Brown looks for answers to questions shared by many mixed-race people: What are you? What does it mean to be a person of color when the concept is a societal invention and really only applies halfway if you are half white? And how does your relationship with your parents change as you change and grow older? In a funny, turbulent, and ultimately heartwarming story, Gill examines the brilliant messiness of ancestry, "diversity," and the idea of "race," a historical concept that still informs our beliefs about ethnicity today"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Gill, Charlotte, 1971-; Gill, Charlotte, 1971-; Identity (Psychology); Immigrants; Race awareness in children.; Racially mixed families; Racially mixed families; Racially mixed people; Racially mixed people; Racially mixed women; Women authors, Canadian; Race;

Repentance [videorecording] / by Caland, Philippe,film director,film producer.; Epps, Mike,actor.; Lathan, Sanaa,actor.; Mackie, Anthony,1979-; Neal, Ariana,actor.; Parker, Nicole Ari,actor.; Shimosawa, Shintaro,screenwriter.; Whitaker, Forest,actor.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Lions Gate Films.;
Music by Mark Kilian; edited by Lee Haugen and Rick Shaine; director of photography, Denis Maloney.Forest Whitaker, Mike Epps, Sanaa Lathan, Anthony Mackie, Nicole Ari Parker, Ariana Neal.Angel Sanchez is a disturbed man fixated on the tragic death of his mother. Seemingly intent on finding inner peace, Sanchez seeks out Tommy Carter, a successful local author/spiritual advisor. Unaware of his client's true intent, Carter agrees to help the man rebuild his shattered life. But when Sanchez reveals his true intentions, the life coach must do everything in his power to stay alive in this taut, psychological thriller.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD; Dolby digital 5.1 sound; 16 x 9 widescreen; region 1.
Subjects: Death; Feature films.; Mothers and sons; Psychic trauma; Psychoses; Spiritual care (Medical care); Survival; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© 2014., Lionsgate ; Distributed by Entertainment One,

Leonard Cohen, untold stories. by Posner, Michael,1947-author.;
"The second volume of the extraordinary life of the great music and literary icon Leonard Cohen, in the words of those who knew him best. Poet, novelist, singer-songwriter, artist, prophet, icon--there has never been a figure like Leonard Cohen. He was a true giant in contemporary western culture, entertaining and inspiring the world with his work. From his groundbreaking and bestselling novels, The Favourite Game and Beautiful Losers, to timeless songs such as 'Suzanne,' 'Dance Me to the End of Love,' and 'Hallelujah,' Cohen is one of the world's most cherished artists. His death in 2016 was felt around the world by the many fans and followers who would miss his warmth, humour, intellect, and piercing insights. Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories chronicles the full breadth of his extraordinary life. This second of three volumes--From This Broken Hill--follows him from the conclusion of his first international music tour in 1971 as he continued to compose poetry, record music, and search for meaning into the late 1980s. The book explores his decade-long relationships with Suzanne Elrod, with whom he had two children, and various other numerous romantic partners, including the beginning of his long relationship with French photographer Dominique Issermann and, simultaneously, a five-year relationship with a woman never previously identified. It is a challenging time for Cohen. His personal life is in chaos and his career stumbles, so much so that his 1984 album, Various Positions, is rejected by Columbia Records, while other artistic endeavours fail to find an audience. However, this period also marks the start of his forty-year immersion in Zen Buddhism, which would connect him to the legendary Zen master Joshu Sasaki Roshi and inspire some of his most profound and enduring art. In From This Broken Hill, bestselling author and biographer Michael Posner draws on hundreds of interviews to reach beyond the Cohen of myth and reveal the unique, complex, and compelling figure of the real man. Honest and entertaining, this is a must-have book for any Cohen fan."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016.; Composers; Singers; Poets, Canadian (English);

J.T. LeRoy [videorecording] / by Dern, Laura,actor.; Kelly, Justin(Director),film director,screenwriter.; Knoop, Savannah,screenwriter.; Kruger, Diane,1976-actor.; Stewart, Kristen,1990-actor.; Sturgess, Jim,actor.; Walmsley, Patrick,film producer.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Knoop, Savannah.Girl boy girl.; Elevated Films (Firm),production company.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Kristen Stewart, Diane Kruger, Laura Dern, Jim Sturgess, Courtney Love, Stella Maxwell, James Jagger.Based on Savannah Knoop's memoir Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT Leroy, this captivating true story goes beyond the headlines to tell the story of the most compelling literary hoax of recent times. Laura Albert writes as her avatar, 'a disenfranchised young queer man' named JT LeRoy. When her debut novel becomes a best-seller and JT becomes the darling of the literary world, she comes up with a unique solution to preserve her anonymity but give life to her nom-de-plume.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language throughout, sexual content and brief nudity.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Knoop, Savannah; LeRoy, J. T., 1980-; Female friendship; Ghostwriters; Hoaxes; Impostors and imposture; Women authors;
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare [videorecording] / by Amel, Arash,screenwriter.; Bruckheimer, Jerry,film producer.; Cavill, Henry,1983-actor.; González, Eiza,1990-actor.; Johnson, Eric,screenwriter.; Lewis, Damien,author.; Pettyfer, Alex,1990-actor.; Ritchie, Guy,film director,screenwriter.; Ritchson, Alan,1984-actor.; Tamasy, Paul,screenwriter.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Lewis, Damien.Churchill's secret warriors.; Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.),publisher.;
Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Eiza Gonzalez, Babs Olusanmokun, Cary Elwes, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Henry Golding, Til Schweiger, Freddie Fox.British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a group of military officials hatch a daring plan to neutralize Hitler's fleet of German U-boats during World War II. Made up of a motley crew of rogues and mavericks, the top-secret combat unit uses unconventional techniques to battle the Nazis and change the course of the war.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.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Action and adventure films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; War films.; Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965; Great Britain. Special Operations Executive; World War, 1939-1945; Special forces (Military science);
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Inside the Montreal Mafia : the confessions of Andrew Scoppa / by Séguin, Félix,1977-author.; Jones, Julia(Translator),translator.; Thibault, Éric,author.; translation of:Séguin, Félix,1977-Source.English.;
For the first time in Canadian history, a high-ranking mafioso agreed to break the code of omerta by talking to journalists. From October 2014 to October 2019, Felix Seguin and Eric Thibault held multiple secret meetings with Andrew Scoppa, getting an exclusive inside look at the inner workings of the North American Mafia. This book is the culmination of their perilous investigation. It sheds light on the life - and death - of one of the most influential organized crime figures in recent years. Seguin and Thibault live in Montreal, QC.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Rizzuto, Vito; Scoppa, Andrew, -2019.; Mafia; Organized crime;

J.T. LeRoy [videorecording] / by Dern, Laura,actor.; Kelly, Justin(Director),film director,screenwriter.; Knoop, Savannah,screenwriter.; Kruger, Diane,1976-actor.; Stewart, Kristen,1990-actor.; Sturgess, Jim,actor.; Walmsley, Patrick,film producer.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Knoop, Savannah.Girl boy girl.; Elevated Films (Firm),production company.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Kristen Stewart, Diane Kruger, Laura Dern, Jim Sturgess, Courtney Love, Stella Maxwell, James Jagger.Based on Savannah Knoop's memoir Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT Leroy, this captivating true story goes beyond the headlines to tell the story of the most compelling literary hoax of recent times. Laura Albert writes as her avatar, 'a disenfranchised young queer man' named JT LeRoy. When her debut novel becomes a best-seller and JT becomes the darling of the literary world, she comes up with a unique solution to preserve her anonymity but give life to her nom-de-plume.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language throughout, sexual content and brief nudity.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Knoop, Savannah; LeRoy, J. T., 1980-; Female friendship; Ghostwriters; Hoaxes; Impostors and imposture; Women authors;
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare [videorecording] / by Amel, Arash,screenwriter.; Bruckheimer, Jerry,film producer.; Cavill, Henry,1983-actor.; González, Eiza,1990-actor.; Johnson, Eric,screenwriter.; Lewis, Damien,author.; Pettyfer, Alex,1990-actor.; Ritchie, Guy,film director,screenwriter.; Ritchson, Alan,1984-actor.; Tamasy, Paul,screenwriter.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Lewis, Damien.Churchill's secret warriors.; Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.),publisher.;
Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Eiza Gonzalez, Babs Olusanmokun, Cary Elwes, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Henry Golding, Til Schweiger, Freddie Fox.British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a group of military officials hatch a daring plan to neutralize Hitler's fleet of German U-boats during World War II. Made up of a motley crew of rogues and mavericks, the top-secret combat unit uses unconventional techniques to battle the Nazis and change the course of the war.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).Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Action and adventure films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; War films.; Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965; Great Britain. Special Operations Executive; World War, 1939-1945; Special forces (Military science);
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Pluck : a memoir of a Newfoundland childhood and the raucous, terrible, amazing journey to becoming a novelist / by Morrissey, Donna,1956-author.;
"A deeply personal account of love's restorative ability as it leads renowned novelist Donna Morrissey through mental illness, family death, and despair to becoming a writer--told with charm and inimitable humour. When Donna Morrissey left the only home she had ever known, an isolated Newfoundland settlement, at age 16, she was ready for adventure. She had grown up without television or telephones but had absorbed the tragic stories and comic yarns of her close-knit family and community. The death of her infant brother marked the family, and years later, Morrissey suffers devastating guilt about the accidental death of her teenage brother, whom she'd enticed to join her in the oilfields. Her misery was compounded by her own misdiagnosis of a terminal illness, all of which contributed to crippling anxiety and an actual diagnosis of PTSD. Many of those events and themes would eventually be transformed and recast as fictional gold in Morrissey's novels. In another writer's hands, Morrissey's account of her personal story could easily be a tragedy. Instead, she combines darkness and light, levity and sadness into her tale, as her indomitable spirit and humour sustain her. Morrissey's path takes her from the drudgery of being a grocery clerk (who occasionally enlivens her shift with recreational drugs) to western oilfields, to marriage and divorce and working in a fish-processing plant to support herself and her two young children. Throughout her struggles, she nourishes a love of learning and language. Morrissey layers her account of her life with stories of those who came before her, a breed rarely seen in the modern world. It centers around iron-willed women: mothers and daughters, wives, sisters, teachers and mentors who find the support, the wind for their wings, outside the bounds given to them by nature. And it is a mysterious older woman she meets in Halifax who eventually unleashes the writer that Morrissey is destined to become. An inspiring and insightful memoir, Pluck illustrates that even when you find yourself unravelling, you can find a way to spin the yarns that will save you--and delight readers everywhere."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Morrissey, Donna, 1956-; Anxiety disorders; Brothers; Novelists, Canadian (English);

Black '47 [videorecording] / by Daly, Lance,film director,screenwriter.; Frecheville, James,actor.; Greene, Sarah,actor.; Keoghan, Barry,1992-actor.; Weaving, Hugo,1960-actor.; Métropole Films Distribution,film distributor.; Bord Scannán na hÉireann,production company.; Mongrel Media,film distributor.;
Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Sarah Greene, Barry Keoghan, Jim Broadbent, Stephan Rea.One man's ruthless pursuit of justice plays out against the darkest chapter of Irish history in this riveting revenge thriller. In 1847, battle-hardened soldier Feeney deserts the British army to return home to Ireland, where he finds his country ravaged beyond recognition by the Great Famine. When he discovers that his mother has died of starvation and his brother has been hanged by the British, something snaps, sending Feeney on a relentless quest to get even with the powers-that-be.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for violence, some disturbing images and language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Revenge; Soldiers;
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