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41) Noble
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English
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Tells the story of Christina Noble, who leaves the slums of her childhood in Ireland to work for the welfare of the street children of Vietnam.
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An unexpected visitor. Dr Cat Lupo aches for another child, despite the psychosis which marked her first pregnancy. So when Ruby Winter, a small girl in need of help, arrives in the middle of the night, it seems like fate. A devastating secret. But as the events behind Ruby's arrival emerge - her mother's death, her connection to Cat - Cat questions whether her decision to help Ruby has put her own daughter at risk. Do we get the children we deserve?...
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Sharing the daily struggles of children and families residing in transitional situations (homelessness or because of risk of homelessness, being connected with the child welfare system, or being new immigrants in temporary housing), this text recommends strategies for delivering mental health and intensive case-management services that maintain family integrity and stability. Based on work undertaken at the Center for the Vulnerable Child in Oakland,...
46) All my tomorrows
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When 62 orphans and abandoned children leave New York City on a train headed out West, they have no idea what to expect. Will they get separated from their friends or siblings? Will their new families love them? Will a family even pick them at all? Future events are wilder than any of them could imagine -- ranging from kidnappings and whippings to stowing away on wagon trains, from starting orphanages of their own to serving as missionaries to the...
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Criterion collection volume 1211
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Persian
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Childhood takes on mythic dimensions in one of the defining works of postrevolutionary Iranian cinema. Inspired by director Amir Naderi's boyhood, The Runner is lit from within by Madjid Niroumand's electrifying performance as a young orphan fending for himself on the streets of a port city, determined to rise above his circumstances working odd jobs, passing time with friends, learning to read and running, always running, toward the future. Water,...
52) Children of God
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"Children of God" explores the life of the children who live beside the Baghmati River in Nepal on the sacred grounds of a Hindu temple in Katmandu. Undeterred by the daily funeral ceremonies; they rob the corpses for food and dive into the river to grab coins used as funeral offerings. The film exposes the social conditions of the suppressed Nepalese people through the plight of their children, where reverence for the old and dead far outweighs the...
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Orphan trains trilogy volume 3
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Losing his family and finding himself in a colony of street orphans begging for food, young Dane Weston fears his dream of becoming a doctor may be lost, a situation that worsens when he is falsely accused of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
56) Elizabeth's gift
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When a precious little girl dies tragically of a rare heart condition, her loving parents are left to pick up the pieces of their once perfect life. In a sequence of miracles, an angel guides their way to another little homeless girl on the streets and the fight to get her away from the clutches of the film's villian, Paulie will prove to reunite a family once again and heal their broken hearts.
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"After discovering one of her young students has been abandoned along with his sisters, schoolteacher Sadie Young whisks them away to the safest place she knows--her own home. And when handsome cowboy Logan Marshal vows to assist her in caring for the children, she isn't sure she wants his help but she needs it. If she lets Logan get too close, though, he may discover the secret she is convinced will be her ruin. Logan Marshall isn't looking for a...
58) Młot Thora
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Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard volume 2
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Polish
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"Młot Thora znów zaginął. Bóg piorunów ma niepokojący zwyczaj gubienia swojej broni - najpotężniejszego oręża w dziewięciu światach. Tym razem jednak stało się coś poważniejszego: młot wpadł w ręce wroga. Jeśli Magnus Chase i jego przyjaciele nie odnajdą szybko młota, światy żywych pozostaną bez ochrony przed inwazją olbrzymów. Rozpocznie się Ragnarök i dziewięć światów stanie w płomieniach. Niestety jedyną osobą,...