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- The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder / by Grann, David,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as "the prize of all the oceans," it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing 2500 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes. But then ... six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they had a very different story to tell. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes--they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous captain and his henchmen. It became clear that while stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death--for whomever the court found guilty could hang. The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by one of our greatest nonfiction writers. Grann's recreation of the hidden world on a British warship rivals the work of Patrick O'Brian, his portrayal of the castaways' desperate straits stands up to the classics of survival writing such as The Endurance, and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller. As always with Grann's work, the incredible twists of the narrative hold the reader spellbound. Most powerfully, he unearths the deeper meaning of the events, showing that it was not only the Wager's captain and crew who were on trial--it was the very idea of empire"--
- Subjects: Wager (Ship); Mutiny; Shipwreck victims; Shipwreck victims; Shipwrecks;
- Nous sortons / by Antonie, Joy.;
- LSC
- Subjects: Loisirs de plein air; Outdoor recreation;
- © c2001., Groupe Beauchemin,
- Des véhicules pour s'amuser / by Thompson, Geoff,children's author.;
- LSC
- Subjects: Loisirs; Véhicules automobiles; Bateaux; Planeurs (Aéronautique); Recreation; Motor vehicles; Boats and boating; Gliders (Aeronautics);
- © c2003., Groupe Beauchemin,
- Allons jouer dehors! / by Pettitt, John.;
- LSC
- Subjects: Jeux; Loisirs de plein air; Play; Outdoor recreation;
- © c2001., Groupe Beauchemin,
- Débranché / by Antony, Steve.; Allard, Isabelle.;
- LSC
- Subjects: Ordinateurs et enfants; Ordinateurs; Loisirs de plein air; Computers and children; Computers; Outdoor recreation;
- Collé! / by Lacombe, Jean,1962-;
- LSC
- Subjects: Récits humoristiques.; Humorous fiction.; Écoles; Récréation (Éducation); Langue (Anatomie); Poteaux; Imagination; Schools; School recess breaks; Tongue; Poles (Engineering); Imagination;
- My brilliant friend. [videorecording] / by Costanzo, Saverio,television director.; Girace, Gaia,actor.; Mazzucco, Margherita,actor.; Rohrwacher, Alba,actor.; Home Box Office (Firm),production company,broadcaster.; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.;
- Alba Rohrwacher, Margherita Mazzucco, Gaia Girace, Elisabetta De Palo.On the news that her childhood friend Raffaella had gone missing, senior Elena Greco (Margherita Mazzucco) reflected upon their hardscrabble days growing up together in ‘50s-era Naples, and how two preternaturally smart youngsters competed--and bonded--through harsh circumstances.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9 ; 1.78:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Foreign television programs.; Best friends; Female friendship; Man-woman relationships;
- For private home use only.
- Roma [videorecording] / by Aparicio, Yalitza,actor.; Autrey, Diego Cortina,actor.; Cuarón, Alfonso,film director,screenwriter.; Peralta, Carlos,actor.; Tavira, Marina de,actor.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.; Esperanto Films (Firm),film producer.; Netflix (Firm),film producer,film distributor.; Participant Media,film producer.;
- Yalitza Aparicio, Marina De Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta.With his eighth and most personal film, Alfonso Cuaron recreated the early 1970s Mexico City of his childhood, narrating a tumultuous period in the life of a middle-class family through the experiences of Cleo, the indigenous domestic worker who keeps the household running. Charged with the care of four small children abandoned by their father, Cleo tends to the family even as her own life is shaken by personal and political upheavals.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA Rating: R; for graphic nudity, some disturbing images, and language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Motion pictures, Mexican.; Foreign films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Indigenous women; Women household employees;
- For private home use only.
- Blue Island [videorecording] / by Chen, Zihuan,1987-film director.; Icarus Films Home Video,film distributor.;
- The large-scale 2019 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and the subsequent crackdown on freedoms provide the urgent anchoring point for this remarkable vision from HK filmmaker Chan Tze Woon, a genre-defying plunge into the political morass that has been ever-widening between the former colony and the controlling Chinese state. Taking a panoramic view of these fractures, and covering acts of resistance from 1967 to today, Chan mixes documentary footage and fictional recreations of the past starring contemporary student protestors.E.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Foreign films.; Historical films.; Motion pictures, Chinese.; Political films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Students;
- For private home use only.
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