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- Before they were men : essays on manhood, compassion, and what went wrong / by Tobia, Jacob,1991-author.;
- Includes bibliographical references."The conversation about masculinity, patriarchy, and misogyny has never been so prominent or heated. Alarmed by a new generation of angry, broken young men, genderqueer writer Jacob Tobia set out to explore what was going on and came to a shocking conclusion: emotionally and spiritually-speaking, men and boys may be the ones suffering the most under the gender binary right now. Jacob should know. For their gender-defying adolescent heart, the nonconsensual process of being "made a man" was crushing. After spending a lifetime fleeing manhood and masculinity, Jacob dares to ask the question: what happens if we stop understanding men as categorical beneficiaries of patriarchal institutions and start understanding them for what they are -- co-survivors of patriarchy itself? In a series of personal and devastating essays, Before They Were Men argues that we must rewire our entire framework of feminism. A much-needed nonbinary intervention into a two-sided discourse gone stale, Jacob boldly posits compassion and empathy as the paradigm-shifting forces that will lead men -- and us all -- to a brighter future. Urgent, surprising, and at times, hilarious, they cover topics like: The unspoken body image issues and dysmorphia confronting men and boys. The difficulty of challenging a world that glorifies war, aggression, and the violence of men. The case for rethinking, and ultimately retiring, counterproductive terms like "Toxic Masculinity" and "Male Privilege""--
- Subjects: Masculinity.; Men; Misogyny.; Patriarchy.; Sex role.;
- Small mercies [sound recording] : a novel / by Lehane, Dennis,author.; Miles, Robin,narrator.; Harper Audio (Firm),publisher.;
- Read by Robin Miles."One night Mary Pat's teenage daughter Jules stays out late and doesn't come home. That same evening, a young Black man is found dead, struck by a subway train under mysterious circumstances. The two events seem unconnected. But Mary Pat, propelled by a desperate search for her missing daughter, begins turning over stones best left untouched--asking questions that bother Marty Butler, chieftain of the Irish mob, and the men who work for him, men who don't take kindly to any threat to their business"--
- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Irish Americans; Missing persons; Organized crime;
- Songs for the brokenhearted : a novel / by Tsabari, Ayelet,1973-author.;
- Includes bibliographical references."1950. Thousands of Yemeni Jews have immigrated to the newly founded Israel in search of a better life. In an overcrowded immigrant camp in Rosh Ha'ayin, Yaqub, a shy young man, happens upon Saida, a beautiful girl singing by the river. In the midst of chaos and uncertainty, they fall in love. But they weren't supposed to; Saida is married and has a child, and a married woman has no place befriending another man. 1995. Thirty-something Zohara, Saida's daughter, has been living in New York City-a city that feels much less complicated than Israel, where she grew up wishing her skin were lighter, her illiterate mother's Yemeni music quieter, and that the father who always favored her was alive. She hasn't looked back since leaving home, rarely in touch with her mother or sister, Lizzie, and missing out on her nephew Yoni's childhood. But when Lizzie calls to tell her their mother has died, she gets on a plane to Israel with no return ticket. Soon Zohara finds herself on an unexpected path that leads to shocking truths about her family-including dangers that lurk for impressionable young men and secrets that force her to question everything she thought she knew about her parents, her heritage, and her own future"--
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Families; Family secrets; Jewish women; Jews; Man-woman relationships; Secrecy;
- Small mercies [text (large print)] : a novel / by Lehane, Dennis,author.;
- "One night Mary Pat's teenage daughter Jules stays out late and doesn't come home. That same evening, a young Black man is found dead, struck by a subway train under mysterious circumstances. The two events seem unconnected. But Mary Pat, propelled by a desperate search for her missing daughter, begins turning over stones best left untouched--asking questions that bother Marty Butler, chieftain of the Irish mob, and the men who work for him, men who don't take kindly to any threat to their business"--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Irish Americans; Missing persons; Organized crime;
- Ex machina [videorecording] / by Garland, Alex,1970-film director,screenwriter.; Gleeson, Domhnall,1983-actor.; Isaac, Oscar,actor.; Vikander, Alicia,1988-actor.; DNA Films,production company.; FilmFour (Firm),presenter.; Mongrel Media,film distributor.; Universal Pictures International,presenter.;
- Director of photography, Rob Hardy ; editor, Mark Day ; music by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow.Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson.When a young programmer arrives at his reclusive CEO's private mountain retreat, he learns that he will be a key player in a breakthrough experiment in artificial intelligence. The subject is Ava, a breathtaking A.I. whose emotional intelligence proves more sophisticated--and more deceptive--than the two men could have imagined.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Computer programmers; Feature films.; Science fiction films.;
- For private home use only.
- Every cloak rolled in blood [sound recording] / by Burke, James Lee,1936-author.; Patton, Will,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
- Read by Will Patton."In his most autobiographical novel to date, James Lee Burke continues the epic Holland family saga with a writer grieving the death of his daughter while battling earthly and supernatural outlaws. Novelist Aaron Holland Broussard is shattered when his daughter Fannie Mae dies suddenly. As he tries to honor her memory by saving two young men from a life of crime amid their opioid-ravaged community, he is drawn into a network of villainy that includes a violent former Klansman, a far-from-holy minister, a biker club posing as evangelicals, and a murderer who has been hiding in plain sight. Aaron's only ally is state police officer Ruby Spotted Horse, a no-nonsense woman who harbors some powerful secrets in her cellar. Despite the air of mystery surrounding her, Ruby is the only one Aaron can trust. That is, until the ghost of Fannie Mae shows up, guiding her father through a tangled web of the present and past and helping him vanquish his foes from both this world and the next. Drawn from James Lee Burke's own life experiences, Every Cloak Rolled in Blood is a devastating exploration of the nature of good and evil and a deeply moving story about the power of love and family."--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Novels.; Criminals; Daughters; Families; Fathers and daughters; Ghosts; Grief; Life change events; Man-woman relationships; Novelists;
- District of Second Chances. by Yao, Wynette,film director.; Video Project (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by Video Project in 2024.A quest for redemption is unfolding in Washington, D.C. Thanks to the forward-looking Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act, also known as Second Chance legislation, three men who were sentenced to life in prison in their youth and young adulthood have the chance to be released back to their families and communities.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Criminal law.; Human rights.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; Crime.; United States--Politics and government.; Prisons.; Youth.; Washington (D.C.).;
- Lalani of the distant sea / by Kelly, Erin Entrada.; Cho, Lian.;
- "Twelve-year-old Lalani Sarita takes on the impossible task of traveling to the legendary Mount Isa, towering on an island to the north. Generations of men and boys have died on the same quest--how can a timid young girl in a tiny boat survive the epic tests of the archipelago?"--Provided by publisher.LSC
- Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Villages; Sex role;
- We are watching : a novel / by Gaylin, Alison,author.;
- "A single mother is desperate to protect her family as they are targeted by a group of violent conspiracy theorists in this riveting and all too plausible thriller from USA Today bestselling author Alison Gaylin. Meg Russo was behind the wheel when it happened. She and her husband Justin were driving their daughter Lily to college, the family celebrating the eighteen-year-old's future. Then a car sidled up beside them, the young men inside it behaving erratically. The Russos' car went off the road, and Justin didn't survive the accident. Four months later, Meg works to distract herself from her grief, reopening her small local bookstore. But soon after returning to work, bizarre messages and visitors begin to arrive, with strangers threatening Meg and vandalizing the store. They are obsessed with a young adult novel tiled The Prophesy, which was published 20 years earlier. An online group of believers are convinced the book predicted a plague, and social media posts link it to Satanism. People are sure it heralds the apocalypse. These conspiracy theorists vow to seek revenge on its author ... Meg. As the threats turn more violent, Meg begins to suspect that Justin's death may not have been an accident. To find answers and save herself and Lily, she must get to the root of the lies fueling these people to come after them-and find a way to face them head on"--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Books; Conspiracy theories; Families; Single mothers; Threats of violence; Widows; Women authors;
- Tigerland [videorecording]. by Farrell, Colin; Davis, Matthew; Collins Jr., Clifton;
- Director, Joel Schumacher.Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Clifton Collins Jr..Just released from the base stockade, recruit Roland Bozz joins a platoon of young soldiers preparing to ship out to Vietnam. Bozz's independence and outright defiance draws fire from his own men as well as commanding officers. But when the platoon is sent to Tigerland, a hellish training ground that is the last stop before Vietnam, Bozz's leadership and loyalty bring his men together.CHVRS rating: R.DVD.
- Subjects: War.; War.;
- © 2007., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
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