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The Italians / by Hooper, John,1950-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.How can a nation that spawned the Renaissance have produced the Mafia? How could people concerned with bella figura (keeping up appearances) have elected Silvio Berlusconi as their leader, not once, but three times? Sublime and maddening, fascinating yet baffling, Italy is a country of seemingly unsolvable riddles. John Hooper's entertaining and perceptive new book is the ideal companion for anyone seeking to understand contemporary Italy and the unique character of the Italians. Digging deep into their history, culture, and religion, Hooper offers keys to understanding everything from their bewildering politics to their love of life and beauty. Looking at the facts that lie behind the stereotypes, he sheds new light on many aspects of Italian life-- football and Freemasonry, sex, symbolism, and the reason why Italian has twelve words for a coat hanger, yet none for a hangover. Even readers who think they know Italy well will be surprised, challenged, and delighted by The Italians.
Subjects: Italians;

Queens of London : a novel / by Webb, Heather,1976 December 30-author.;
"1925. London. When Alice Diamond, AKA "Diamond Annie," is elected the Queen of the Forty Elephants, she's determined to take the all-girl gang to new heights. She's ambitious, tough as nails, and a brilliant mastermind, with a plan to create a dynasty the likes of which no one has ever seen. Alice demands absolute loyalty from her "family"--it's how she's always kept the cops in line. Too bad she's now the target for one of Britain's first female policewomen. Officer Lilian Wyles isn't merely one of the first female detectives at Scotland Yard, she's one of the best detectives on the force. Even so, she'll have to win a big score to prove herself, to break free from the "women's work" she's been assigned. When she hears about the large-scale heist in the works to fund Alice's new dynasty, she realizes she has the chance she's been looking for-and the added bonus of putting Diamond Annie out of business permanently."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Female gangs; Nineteen twenties; Policewomen;

Love arranged / by Asher, Lauren,1995-author.;
LORENZO: Five months. Two people "in love." One fake relationship with an expiration date. Sounds simple enough. But Lily Muñoz and I have history. So, when she volunteers to date me so I can improve my public image, I should say no. Our past complicates everything, but since my future depends on her, I agree to her plan. Faking it for the public is expected, but falling in love in private? That isn't part of our arrangement. LILY: Using a dating app sounded like a great idea, up until I discovered Lorenzo Vittori was my match. My sister's boyfriend hates him. My mom is wary of him. And me? I've spent the last year avoiding him. But when my business is threatened, I'm forced into teaming up with Lorenzo to save it. All I need to do is help him win the mayoral election, and he promises to protect my shop. It doesn't take me long to learn that I'm not cut out for fake relationships, but Lorenzo? He isn't capable of a real one.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Erotic fiction.; Novels.; Billionaires; Businesswomen; Deception; Man-woman relationships; Politicians;

The West Wing. [videorecording] / by Channing, Stockard.; Hill, Dulé.; Janney, Allison.; Malina, Joshua,1966-; Moloney, Janel,1969-; Schiff, Richard,1959-; Sheen, Martin.; Spencer, John,1946-; Whitford, Bradley.; John Wells Productions (Firm); Warner Bros. Television.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Disc 1. The ticket -- The mommy problem -- Message of the week -- Mr. Frost.Disc 2. Here today -- The Al Smith dinner -- The debate [West Coast].Disc 3. Undecided -- The wedding -- Running mates -- Internal displacement.Disc 4. Duck and cover -- The cold -- Two weeks out -- Welcome to wherever you are.Disc 5. Election day, part 1 -- Election day, part 2 -- Requiem -- Transition.Disc 6. The last hurrah -- Institutional memory -- Tomorrow.Martin Sheen, Stockard Channing, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Joshua Malina, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
Subjects: United States. President; White House (Washington, D.C.); Presidents; Presidents; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
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John Turner : an intimate biography of Canada's 17th prime minister / by Paikin, Steve,1960-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In this masterful and engaging biography, acclaimed journalist Steve Paikin brings to life John Turner (1929-2020), one of the most glamorous and successful politicians in Canadian history. Born in England, raised in BC, Turner was a champion sprinter and a Rhodes scholar who captured the national imagination as escort for Princess Margaret on her 1959 Canadian tour. Elected to Parliament in 1962, he served in Prime Minister Lester Pearson's cabinet and as Pierre Trudeau's attorney general, minister of justice, and finance minister. In 1984, he won a hotly-contested Liberal leadership contest and served a brief four months as Canada's seventeenth prime minister before falling to Brian Mulroney in a Progressive Conservative landslide. In this surprisingly candid and personal book, Paikin draws on unprecedented access to Turner's personal and public papers to show how he struggled to meet the towering expectations that came with his abundant gifts, and keep his faith in Canadian democracy despite the challenges of his own career"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Turner, John N.; Prime ministers;

Hart of Dixie. [videorecording] / by Gerstein, Lelia,creator.; Schwartz, Josh,1976-television producer.; Savage, Stephanie,television producer.; Bilson, Rachel,actor.; Bethel, Wilson,1984-actor.; Porter, Scott,1979-actor.; Williams, Cress,1970-actor.; King, Jamie Thomas,1981-actor.; Matheson, Tim,1947-actor.; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.; Fake Empire (firm),production company.; CBS Television Studios (firm),production company.; Warner Bros. Television,production company.; CW (Television station),production company.;
Rachel Bilson, Wilson Bethel, Scott Porter, Cress Williams, Jaime King, Tim Matheson.Originally broadcast on television by the CW during the 2012-2013 television season.More love, laughs and Hart in a small Southern town! Season two opens with native New Yorker Dr. Zoe Hart continuing her medical practice and beginning to find roots in tiny BlueBell, Alabama. As if Zoe's sizzling connection with bad boy bartender Wade Kinsella and strong emotional ties to sexy lawyer George Tucker aren't enough to send her over the edge, an election scandal is brewing between her best friend, Mayor Lavon Hayes, and his opponent, an old flame and former rival of Lemon Breeland. When a handsome new doctor arrives in the quirky town, romance is almost as contagious as the flu. Not even Lemon's daddy, Dr. Brick Breeland, is immune to love's charms. Don't miss these 22 irresistible episodes of the dramatic comedy that celebrates big love, small towns and steamy Southern nights.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, dual-layer, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Women physicians; Women physicians; Physicians (General practice); Culture shock; Small cities;
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Uncivil War. by Silberfeld, Anthony,film director.; Glynn, Tom,film director.; Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films in 2021.Americans are losing faith in democracy. In the lead-up to the 2020 election, our documentary UNCIVIL WAR explores three factors eroding democracy in the United States: gerrymandering, voter suppression, and disinformation. The film unravels a web of threats to American elections, separates truth from fiction, and exposes a hidden war against democracy itself.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.;

Facebook : the inside story / by Levy, Steven,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In his sophomore year of college, Mark Zuckerberg created a simple website to serve as a campus social network. The site caught on like wildfire, and soon students nationwide were on Facebook. Today, Facebook is nearly unrecognizable from Zuckerberg's first, modest iteration. It has grown into a tech giant, the largest social media platform and one of the most gargantuan companies in the world, with a valuation of more than $576 billion and almost 3 billion users. There is no denying the power and omnipresence of Facebook in American daily life. And in light of recent controversies surrounding election-influencing 'fake news' accounts, the handling of its users' personal data, and growing discontent with the actions of its founder and CEO, never has the company been more central to the national conversation. Based on years of exclusive reporting and interviews with Facebook's key executives and employees, including Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, Steven Levy's sweeping narrative digs deep into the whole story of the company that has changed the world and reaped the consequences"--
Subjects: Facebook (Firm); Facebook (Electronic resource);

The storm is here : an American crucible / by Mogelson, Luke,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The Storm is Here is the definitive eyewitness account of how-over the course of a year of pandemic, economic collapse, and feral hatred-stoking and conspiracy-mongering by the President and his campaign--a large segment of Americans became convinced that they needed to rise up against dark forces on the Left that were plotting to take their country away, and then did just that. Through vivid and intimate accounts of people and events on the ground, The Storm is Here builds month by month, as the fever rises, and Trump and an unhinged media seed the ground for the claim that the election was stolen, through to the final explosive climax of January 6th at the U.S. Capitol, where Mogelson was in the chambers with the howling mob. Bravely reported and beautifully written, Mogelson's book is in the tradition of some of the essential chronicles of war and unrest of our time, from Michael Herr to Jon Lee Anderson. Only this time, there's no such thing as a comfortable distance. This time, the storm is here"--
Subjects: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; Political culture;

Apostle's Cove : a novel / by Krueger, William Kent,author.;
"A few nights before Halloween, as Cork O'Connor gloomily ruminates on his upcoming sixtieth birthday, he receives a call from his son, Stephen, who is working for a nonprofit dedicated to securing freedom for unjustly incarcerated inmates. Stephen tells his father that twenty years ago, as the newly elected sheriff of Tamarack County, Cork was responsible for sending an Ojibwe man named Axel Boshey to prison for a brutal murder that Stephen is certain he did not commit. Cork feels compelled to reinvestigate the crime, but that is easier said than done. Not only is it a closed case but Axel Boshey is, inexplicably, refusing to help. The deeper Cork digs, the clearer it becomes that there are those in Tamarack County who are willing once again to commit murder to keep him from finding the truth. At the same time, Cork's seven-year-old grandson has his own theory about the investigation: the Windigo, that mythic cannibal ogre, has come to Tamarack County ... and it won't leave until it has sated its hunger for human blood"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; O'Connor, Cork (Fictitious character); Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Fathers and sons; Grandsons; Murder; Prisoners; Private investigators; Ojibwe;

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