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c2010., Adult, Random House Canada Call No: Fic Ena Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "When a humanitarian catastrophe strikes Nigeria, an unforgettable cast of Machiavellian opportunists and quixotic do-gooders swoop in to make the most of the tragedy. This is a stand-out debut novel, a dark comedy, that perfectly captures Naomi Klein's "disaster capitalism," cutthroat office politics, vicious sibling rivalry, and the making of water into a corporate venture. Carole Enahoro shares her time between Canada, Britain, and Nigeria."--Publisher.
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2022., Linda Leith Publishing Call No: QWF Fic Me´n Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Philippe is about to turn 40, having settled for a quiet family life and a house in the suburbs of Montreal. When old friend Robert Moranowitz unexpectedly turns up on his doorstep, old demons are reawakened and Philippe leaves everything behind to hunt down Hans Wolf and his band of neo-Nazis and white supremacists. But the road to redemption is a long one, and there's a fine line between justice and revenge for the two firebrands and partners in crime.
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-- I love Huckabees.[2004]., Adult, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic I heart Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Kindhearted, but confused activist Andrew Markovski hires a pair of eccentric 'existential detectives' to help him find the meaning of life. All the while, a sexy, French author is trying to throw a wrench in their plan by seducing Andrew's mind and body.
![I [heart] Huckabees [DVD] (2004). Directed by David O. Russell.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "I [heart] Huckabees [DVD] (2004). Directed by David O. Russell.")
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2022., 11:22:34, Macmillan Audio Edition: Unabridged. Click to access digital title. Summary Note: A blazing talent debuts with the tale of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her social ambitions, absent mother, and Puerto Rican roots, all in the wake of Hurricane María. It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro 'Prieto' Acevedo, are bold-faced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan's powerbrokers. Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love stories of the 1%, but she can't seem to find her own... until she meets Matteo, who forces her to confront the effects of long-held family secrets.... Twenty-seven years ago, their mother, Blanca, a Young Lord-turned-radical, abandoned her children to advance a militant political cause, leaving them to be raised by their grandmother. Now, with the winds of hurricane season, Blanca has come barreling back into their lives. Set against the backdrop of New York City in the months surrounding the most devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico's history, Xochitl Gonzalez's 'Olga dies dreaming' is a story that examines political corruption, familial strife and the very notion of the American dream--all while asking what it really means to weather a storm.
![Olga dies dreaming [eAudiobook] : A novel](/Library/images/~imageCT103110.JPG "Olga dies dreaming [eAudiobook] : A novel")
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c1999., McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Call No: SC Fic OHa Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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By Kerr, Conor2024., Adult, Strange Light Call No: NEW IND Fic Ker Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Indigenous collection.Summary Note: Meet Isidore "Ezzy" Desjarlais and Grey Ginther: two distant Métis cousins making the most of Grey's uncle's old trailer, passing their days playing endless games of cribbage and cracking cans of cheap beer in between. Grey, once a passionate advocate for change, has been hardened and turned cynical by an activist culture she thinks has turned performative and lazy. One night, though, she has a revelation, and enlists Ezzy, who is hopelessly devoted to her but eager to avoid the authorities after a life in and out of the group home system and jail, for a bold yet dangerous political mission: capture a herd of bison from a national park and set them free in downtown Edmonton, disrupting the churn of settler routine. But as Grey becomes increasingly single-minded in her newfound calling, their act of protest puts the pair and those close to them in peril, with devastating and sometimes fatal consequences.
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By Wren, Jacob2016., Adult, BookThug Call No: QWF Fic Wre Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Following on the critical success of his novel Polyamorous Love Song (BookThug, 2014; finalist for the Fence Modern Prize in Prose and one of The Globe and Mail's 100 best books of 2014), Canadian writer and performer Jacob Wren picks up the mantle of the politically and economically disenfranchised in Rich and Poor--the story of a middle-class, immigrant pianist who has fallen on hard times, and now finds himself washing dishes to make ends meet.Wren capably balances personal reflections with real-time political events, as his protagonist awakens to the possibility of a solution to his troubles and begins to formulate a plan of attack, in which the only answer is to get rid of "the 1%."Rich and Poor is rare work of literary fiction that cuts into the psychology of politics in ways that are off-kilter, unexpected, and unnerving. In drawing comparisons to fiction that focuses on "the personal as political" (including Chris Kraus's Summer of Hate and Roberto Bolano's The Savage Detectives), Rich and Poor is a compelling, fast-paced, and energizing read for adventure-seeking, politically active and/or interested readers who rowdily question their position among "the 99%.".
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2020., Adult, 4th Estate Call No: SC Fic Inn Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Three days before her fifty-first birthday, Clio Campbell - one-hit-wonder, political activist, life-long-love and one-night-stand - kills herself in her friend Ruth's spare bedroom. And, as practical as she is, Ruth doesn't know what to do. Or how to feel. Because knowing and loving Clio Campbell was never straightforward. To Neil, she was his great unrequited love. He'd known it since their days on picket lines as teenagers. Now she's a sentence in his email inbox: Remember me well. The media had loved her as a sexy young starlet, but laughed her off as a ranting spinster as she aged. But with news of her suicide, Clio Campbell is transformed into a posthumous heroine for politically chaotic times. Stretching over five decades, taking in the miners' strikes to Brexit and beyond; hopping between a tiny Scottish island, a Brixton anarchist squat, the bloody Genoa G8 protests, the poll tax riots and Top of the Pops, Scabby Queen is a portrait of a woman who refuses to compromise, told by her friends and lovers, enemies and fans.As word spreads of what Clio has done, half a century of memories, of pain and of joy are wrenched to the surface. Those who loved her, those who hated her, and those that felt both ways at once, are forced to ask one question: Who was Clio Campbell?"--Provided by publisher.
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2021., Del Rey Call No: MYS Fic Mor Edition: First Edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a riveting noir about a daydreaming secretary, a lonesome thug, and the mystery of the missing woman that brings them together. 1970s Mexico City. Maite is a secretary who lives for one thing: the latest issue of Secret Romance. While student protests and political unrest consume the city, Maite escapes into stories of passion and danger. Her next-door neighbor, Leonora, a beautiful art student, seems to live a life of intrigue and romance that Maite envies. When Leonora disappears under suspicious circumstances, Maite finds herself searching for the missing woman--and journeying deeper into Leonora's secret life of student radicals and dissidents. Meanwhile, someone else is also looking for Leonora at the behest of his boss, a shadowy figure who commands goon squads dedicated to squashing political activists. Elvis is an eccentric thug who longs to escape his own life: He loathes violence and loves old movies and rock 'n' roll."
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c2011., Adult, Emblem/McClelland & Stewart Call No: Fic Rub Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "The violent death of a Canadian water company executive in a black township of Johannesburg, throws together a South African anti-privatization activist and the water executive's daughter, Clarie, who arrives suddenly from Canada desperate to understand her father's death. One of these women has a dark secret that could change both their lives. This debut novel, like its characters, is fierce and tender, thought-provoking and emotionally rich. It introduces Emma Ruby-Sachs as an enormously talented, original, and fearless new voice in Canadian fiction."--Publisher.
