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1) Disobedience
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1 videodisc (approximately 115 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Ronit (Rachel Weisz) returns to the Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her decades earlier for an attraction to a childhood friend Esti (Rachel McAdams). Once reunited, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality. Winner of Best Supporting Actor (Alessandro Nivola) and nominated for Best British Independent Film at the **British Independent Film Awards.** Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film...
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30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Waldorf has been misbehaving! Winnie decides it is time he enrolls in Winnie's school for disobedient dogs. Waldorf learns his lessons quickly -- his favorite subject is nap time; naturally he excels at it. But when it is time for gym class, something terrible happens. The neighbor's dog is in trouble! Will Waldorf know just what to do to save the day?
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xxi, 309 pages ; 19 cm.
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English
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Thoreau's famous account of a year spent in a cabin at Walden Pond near Concord, during which he made many observations about nature, human life, and the importance of simplicity. Also includes his influential essay "Civil disobedience," arguing that since what is law is not necessarily right, and just because the majority decides an issue doesn't automatically make that issue palatable to a man's conscience, individuals should sometimes oppose the...
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xii, 321 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"A raw, unflinching, and inspirational memoir by a former United States Marine Captain describing her journey from dutiful daughter of immigrants to wide-eyed recruit to radical activist dedicated to effecting historic policy reform in the military. After a lifetime of buckling to the demands of her strict Indian parents, Anuradha Bhagwati abandons her grad school career at Harvard University to join the Marines. It's the fiercest, most violent, most...
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xi, 257 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"Even as a wave of renewed feminism swells, too many women continue to starve, stuff, overwork, or neglect our bodies in pursuit of paper-thin ideals. "Fitness" has been co-opted by the beauty industry. We associate it with appearance when we should associate it with power. Grounded in advocacy with a rowdy, accessible spirit, Physical Disobedience asserts that denigrating our bodies is, in practice, an act of submission to inequality. But when we...
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