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Doc Martin. [videorecording]. by Catz, Caroline.; Clunes, Martin,1961-; Cole, Stephanie,1941-; McNeice, Ian.; Acorn Media (Firm); Buffalo Pictures Ltd.; Portman Film and Television Ltd.;
Disc 1. Tick tock -- The morning after -- Love they neighbor -- The GP always rings twice.Disc 2. Breaking up is hard to do -- The two of us -- In sickness and in health.Martin Clunes, Caroline Catz, Stephanie Cole, Ian McNeice.Dr. Martin Ellingham is brilliant, dedicated, and highly efficient. He's also brusque, abrasive, and terrified of blood. Once a successful London surgeon, he's now a GP in the idyllic Cornish fishing village of Portwenn, where he's every bit as eccentric as the villagers he serves.PG.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: City and town life; Eccentrics and eccentricities; Physicians; Television comedies.;
© c2010., Acorn Media,

All systems red / by Wells, Martha,author.;
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn't a primary concern. On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied 'droid -- a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as "Murderbot." Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is. But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Artificial intelligence; Life on other planets; Interplanetary voyages; Androids; Robots; Human-computer interaction;

Llama Llama time to share / by Dewdney, Anna.;
"Llama Llama doesn't want to share his toys with his new neighbors. But when fighting leads to broken toys and tears, Llama learns that it's better to share"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Llama Llama (Fictitious character); Llamas; Sharing;
© 2012., Viking,

Near abroad : Putin, the West, and the contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus / by Toal, Gerard,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Vladimir Putin's intervention into the Georgia/South Ossetia conflict in summer 2008 was quickly recognized by Western critics as an attempt by Russia to increase its presence and power in the "near abroad", or the independent states of the former Soviet Union that Russia still regards as its wards. Though the global economic recession that began in 2008 moved the incident to the back of the world's mind, Russia surged to the forefront again six years later when they invaded the heavily Russian Crimea in Ukraine and annexed it. In contrast to the earlier Georgia episode, this new conflict has generated a crisis of global proportions, forcing European countries to rethink their relationship with Russia and their reliance on it for energy supplies, as Russia was now squeezing natural gas from what is technically Ukraine. In Near Abroad, the eminent political geographer Gerard Toal analyzes Russia's recent offensive actions in the near abroad, focusing in particular on the ways in which both the West and Russia have relied on Cold War-era rhetorical and emotional tropes that distort as much as they clarify. In response to Russian aggression, US critics quickly turned to tried-and-true concepts like "spheres of influence" to condemn the Kremlin. Russia in turn has brought back its long tradition of criticizing western liberalism and degeneracy to grandly rationalize its behavior in what are essentially local border skirmishes. It is this tendency to resort to the frames of earlier eras that has led the conflicts to "jump scales," moving from the regional to the global level in short order. The ambiguities and contradictions that result when nations marshal traditional geopolitical arguments-rooted in geography, territory, and old understandings of distance-further contributes to the escalation of these conflicts. Indeed, Russia's belligerence toward Georgia stemmed from concern about its possible entry into NATO, an organization of states thousands of miles away. American hawks also strained credulity by portraying Georgia as a nearby ally in need of assistance. Similarly, the threat of NATO to the Ukraine looms large in the Kremlin's thinking, and many Ukrainians themselves self-identify with the West despite their location in Eastern Europe."--
Subjects: Geopolitics; Geopolitics; Geopolitics; South Ossetia War, 2008.;

God of mercy : a novel / by Nwọka, Okezie,author.;
God of Mercy is set in Ichulu, an Igbo village where the people's worship of their gods is absolute. Their adherence to tradition has allowed them to evade the influences of colonialism and globalization. But the village is reckoning with changes, including a war between gods signaled by Ijeoma, a girl who can fly. As tensions grow between Ichulu and its neighboring colonized villages, Ijeoma is forced into exile. Reckoning with her powers and exposed to the world beyond Ichulu, she is imprisoned by a Christian church under the accusation of being a witch. Suffering through isolation, she comes to understand the truth of merciful love. Reimagining the nature of tradition and cultural heritage and establishing a folklore of the uncolonized, God of Mercy is a novel about wrestling with gods, confronting demons, and understanding one's true purpose.
Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Christianity and culture; Faith; Gods; Igbo (African people); Magic; Villages;

Serangoon Road [videorecording] / by Andrikidis, Peter.; Chen, Joan,1961-; Hany, Don.; Ng, Chin Han,1969-; Tay, Alaric,1976-; Tilse, Tony.; Acorn Media (Firm); Australian Broadcasting Corporation.; Home Box Office (Firm);
Disc 1. Parts 1-4 -- disc 2. Parts 5-7 -- disc 3. Parts 8-10.Alaric Tay, Chin Han, Don Hany, Joan Chen, Maeve Dermody, Michael Dorman, Pamela Chee.Set in tumultuous 1960s Singapore, Sam Callaghan, an Australian expat, agrees to help his neighbor Patricia Cheng at her detective agency after her husband is mysteriously killed while working a case.14A.DVD; widescreen (16x9, 1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Australians; Detective and mystery television programs.; Private investigators;
© c2014., Acorn Media,

The only living boy in New York [videorecording] / by Beckinsale, Kate,actor.; Bridges, Jeff,1949-actor.; Brosnan, Pierce,actor.; Clemons, Kiersey,1993-actor.; Nixon, Cynthia,actor.; Turner, Callum,1990-actor.; Webb, Marc,film director.; Métropole Films Distribution,film distributor.; Mongrel Media,film distributor.;
Callum Turner, Jeff Bridges, Kate Beckinsale, Pierce Brosnan, Cynthia Nixon, Kiersey Clemons.A recent college graduate who discovers that his father is cheating on his mother only to become smitten with his father's mistress. He also gets life lessons from his new neighbor.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; College graduates; Fathers and sons; Adultery;
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Trembling River / by Michaud, Andrée A.,1957-author.; Sutcliffe, J. C.,translator.; translation of:Michaud, Andrée A.,1957-Rivière Tremblante.English.;
"August 1979. Twelve-year-old Michael disappears in the woods of Trembling River under the gaze of his friend Marnie Duchamp. He seems to have been swallowed by the forest. Despite an extensive search, only a muddy sneaker is found. Thirty years later, in a neighboring town, little Billie Richard, who is about to celebrate her ninth birthday, does not come home. Again, it is as if she has disappeared from the face of the earth. Just like Marnie, who has never forgotten the trauma of summer '79, Billie's father begins a descent into the depths of impossible mourning, guilt, and incomprehension. And neither knows that another tragedy will soon strike the village of Trembling River ... An enrapturing mystery and a sharp exploration of guilt and sorrow, Trembling River is a powerful work of internationally renowned novelist Andrée A. Michaud."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Grief; Guilt; Missing children;

The Secrets We Keep. by Adler, Yuval,film director.; Seimetz, Amy,actor.; Messina, Chris,actor.; Pope, Jeff,actor.; Kinnaman, Joel,actor.; Rapace, Noomi,actor.; Elevation Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Amy Seimetz, Chris Messina, Jeff Pope, Joel Kinnaman, Noomi RapaceOriginally produced by Elevation Pictures in 2020.In post-WWII America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Horror films.; Historical films.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).; World War, 1939-1945.; War.; Nineteen sixties.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).; Revenge in motion pictures.;

Maybe something beautiful : how art transformed a neighborhood / by Campoy, F. Isabel.; Howell, Theresa,1974-; López, Rafael,1961-;
"Mira lives in a gray and hopeless urban community until a muralist arrives and, along with his paints and brushes, brings color, joy, and togetherness to Mira and her neighbors"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Neighborhoods; City and town life; Mural painting and decoration;

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