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Frozen river [videorecording (DVD)] / by Hourihan, Chip.; Hunt, Courtney.; Leo, Melissa.; O'Keefe, Michael,1955-; Rae, Heather,1966-; Upham, Misty,1982-; Cohen Media Group (Firm); Frozen River Pictures (Firm); Harwood Hunt Productions (Firm); Off Hollywood Pictures (Firm); Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Director of photography, Reed Morano ; editor, Kate Williams ; music, Peter Golub, Shahzad Ismaily.Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Michael O'Keefe.Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Ray, a white woman and Lila, a Mohawk are both single mothers, both earning minimum wage and facing desperate circumstances, are drawn by the lure of fast money into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence River. New York State Trooper Finnerty ultimately brings the two to justice.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; anamorphic widescreen.
Subjects: Feature films.; Mohawk women; Police, State; Single mothers; Smuggling; Smuggling; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2009., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,

Crosses in the sky : Jean de Brébeuf and the destruction of Huronia / by Bourrie, Mark,1957-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."This is the story of the collision of two worlds. In the early 1600s, the Jesuits -- the Catholic Church's most ferocious warriors for Christ -- tried to create their own nation on the Great Lakes and turn the Huron (Wendat) Confederacy into a model Jesuit state. At the centre of their campaign was missionary Jean de Brébeuf, a mystic who sought to die a martyr's death. He lived among a proud people who valued kindness and rights for all, especially women. In the end, Huronia was destroyed. Brébeuf became a Catholic saint, and the Jesuit's "martyrdom" became one of the founding myths of Canada. In this first secular biography of Brébeuf, historian Mark Bourrie recounts the missionary's fascinating life and tells the tragic story of the remarkable people he lived among. Drawing on the letters and documents of the time -- including Brébeuf's accounts of his bizarre spirituality -- and modern studies of the Jesuits, Bourrie shows how Huron leaders tried to navigate this new world and the people struggled to cope as their nation came apart. Riveting, clearly told, and deeply researched, Crosses in the Sky is an essential addition to -- and expansion of -- Canadian history."--Front cover flap.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Brébeuf, Jean de, Saint, 1593-1649.; Jesuits; Missionaries; Huron-Wendat; Huron-Wendat;

Montcalm & Wolfe : two men who forever changed the course of Canadian history / by Carrier, Roch,1937-author.; Winkler, Donald.;
Subjects: Montcalm de Saint-Véran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759.; Wolfe, James, 1727-1759.; Generals; Generals; Plains of Abraham, Battle of the, Québec, 1759.;

The love you save : a memoir / by Taylor, Goldie,author.;
"Aunt Gerald takes in anyone who asks, but the conditions are harsh. For her young niece Goldie Taylor, abandoned by her mother and coping with trauma of her own, life in Gerald's East St. Louis comes with nothing but a threadbare blanket on the living room floor. But amid the pain and anguish, Goldie discovers a secret. She can find kinship among writers like James Baldwin and Toni Morrison. She can find hope in a nurturing teacher who helps her find her voice. And books, she realizes, can save her life. Goldie Taylor's debut memoir shines a light on the strictures of race, class and gender in a post-Jim Crow America while offering a nuanced, empathetic portrait of a family in a pitched battle for its very soul."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Taylor, Goldie.; Abandoned children; African American families.; African American women journalists; African Americans; Authors, American; Kinship care.; Women journalists;

A catered St. Patrick's Day : a mystery with recipes / by Crawford, Isis.;
When Mike Sweeney is found floating in a vat of green beer and the nephew of one of their best customers is accused of the crime, Bernie and Libby Simmons, the owners of A Little Taste of Heaven, must find the real killer.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Detective and mystery stories.; Simmons, Bernie (Fictitious character : Crawford); Simmons, Libby (Fictitious character); Caterers and catering; Women in the food industry; Sisters; Murder; Saint Patrick's Day;
© c2012., Kensington Pub.,

The alienist. [videorecording] / by Brühl, Daniel,1978-actor.; Evans, Luke,1979-actor.; Fanning, Dakota,1994-actor.; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.;
Daniel Bruhl, Luke Evans, Dakota Fanning, Brian Geraghty, Robert Wisdom, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Matt Lintz, Ted Levine.An unflinching psychological thriller amidst the underbelly of New York City's "Gilded Age," The Alienist follows Laszlo Kreizler (Daniel Brپhl, Rush), a brilliant and obsessive "Alienist" in the controversial new field of treating mental pathologies, who holds the key to hunting down a never-before-seen ritualistic killer murdering young boys. Based on the award-winning, fan-favorite novel by Caleb Carr, with standout performances from Luke Evans (The Girl on the Train) and Dakota Fanning (American Pastoral) The Alienist is a gripping, turn-of-the-century murder mystery like none other: the story of the emergence of the world's most powerful city that will stop at nothing to bury its darkest secrets.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Criminal behavior, Prediction of; Criminal investigation; Criminal profilers; Murderers; Murder;
For private home use only.

Who will remember / by Harris, C. S.,author.;
"August 1816. England is in the grip of what will become known as the Year Without a Summer. Facing the twin crises of a harvest-destroying volcanic winter and the economic disruption caused by the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the British monarchy finds itself haunted by the looming threat of bloody riots not seen since the earliest days of the French Revolution. Amidst the turmoil, a dead man is found hanging upside down by one leg in an abandoned chapel, his hands tied behind his back. The pose eerily echoes the image depicted on a tarot card known as Le Pendu, the Hanged Man. The victim-Lord Preston Farnsworth, the younger brother of one of the Regent's boon companions-was a passionate crusader against what he called the forces of darkness, namely criminality, immorality, and sloth. His brutal murder shocks the Palace and panics the already troubled populace. Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, learns of the murder from a ragged orphan who leads him to the corpse and then disappears. At first, everyone in the dead man's orbit paints Lord Preston as a selfless saint. But as Sebastian delves deeper into his life, he quickly realizes that the man had accumulated more than his fair share of enemies, including Major Hugh Chandler, a close friend who once saved Sebastian's life. Sebastian also discovers that the pious Lord Preston may have been much more dangerous than those he sought to redeem. As dark clouds press down on the city and the rains fall unceasingly, two more victims are found, one strangled and one shot, with ominous tarot cards placed on their bodies. The killer is sending a gruesome message and Sebastian is running out of time to decipher it before more lives are lost and a fraught post-war London explodes"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Murder; Regency; Saint Cyr, Sebastian (Fictitious character); Secrecy; Serial murderers;

Death in paradise. [videorecording] / by Bird, Matthew,television producer.; John-Jules, Danny,actor.; Martins, Sara,1977-; Miller, Ben,1966-; Thorogood Robert,screenwriter.; BBC Worldwide Ltd.,production company.; Kudos,production company.; Red Planet Pictures,production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Written by Robert Thorogood, James Payne and Jack Lothian ; produced by Matthew Bird.Ben Miller, Sara Martins, Danny John-Jules, Gary Carr, Elizabeth Bourgine.British cop Richard Poole is a fish out of water when he is sent to the tiny island of Sainte Marie to solve a mysterious murder. Awaiting Richard is a ramshackle station and a very different type of policing.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, Region 1, widescreen; stereo.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Murder; Police; Television crime shows.;
© 2013., Warner Home Video for the BBC,

The faraway world : stories / by Engel, Patricia,author.; Engel, Patricia.Short stories.Selections.;
A collection of ten haunting short stories linked by themes of migration, sacrifice, and moral compromise bring to life the liminality of regret, the vibrancy of community, and the epic deeds and quiet moments of love.
Subjects: Short stories.;

Maya & Natasha : a novel / by Durham, Elyse,author.;
"Twins Maya and Natasha are Kirov Ballet dancers in 1958 during the Soviet regime, but when only one sister can join the company's American tour, the sisters compete until one betrays the other, and the Cold War tests their loyalties to the East, the West, and each other"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Akademii͡a russkogo baleta im. A.I͡A. Vaganovoĭ; Leningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr opery i baleta imeni S.M. Kirova; Ballerinas; Betrayal; Cold War; Competition; Sisters; Twin sisters; Twins;

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