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- Half-life of a secret : reckoning with a hidden history / by Strasser, Emily,author.(CARDINAL)866375;
"In 1942, the US government began construction on a sixty-thousand-acre planned community named Oak Ridge in a rural area west of Knoxville, Tennessee. Unmarked on regional maps, Oak Ridge attracted more than seventy thousand people eager for high-paying wartime jobs. Among them were author Emily Strasser's grandfather George, a chemist. All employees-from scientists to secretaries, from military personnel to construction workers-were restricted by the tightest security. They were provided only the minimum information necessary to perform their jobs. It wasn't until three years later that the citizens of Oak Ridge, and the rest of the world, learned the true purpose of the local industry. Oak Ridge was one of three secret cities constructed by the Manhattan Project for the express purpose of developing the first atomic bomb, which devastated Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. In Half-Life of a Secret: Reckoning with a Hidden History, Emily Strasser exposes the toxic legacy-political, environmental, and personal-that forever polluted her family, a community, the nation, and the world. Sifting through archives and family memories, and traveling to the deserts of Nevada and the living rooms of Hiroshima, she grapples with the far-reaching ramifications of her grandfather's work. She learns that during the three decades he spent building nuclear weapons, George suffered from increasingly debilitating mental illness. Returning to Oak Ridge, Strasser confronts the widespread contamination resulting from nuclear weapons production and the government's disregard for its impact on the environment and public health. With brilliant insight, she reveals the intersections between the culture of secrecy in her family and the institutionalized secrecy within the nuclear industry, which persists, with grave consequences, to this day"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Strasser, George Albert, 1918-1984.; Strasser, Emily; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Manhattan Project (U.S.); Atomic bomb; Nuclear weapons industry; Nuclear industry; Chemists;
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- A very merry bridesmaid ; [videorecording] Tis the season to be merry / by Cook, Rachael Leigh,1979-actor.; Deidrick, Casey,1987-actor; Osment, Emily,actor.(CARDINAL)900272; Strasser, David I.,television director.; Van Winkle, Travis,actor.; White, Karen Malina,1965-actor.(CARDINAL)891433; Yates, Gary,television director.; Cinedigm (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)344021; Hallmark Channel (Television network),publisher.(CARDINAL)350312;
Cast for A very merry bridesmaid: Emily Osment, Casey Deidrick.Cast for Til the season to be merry: Rachael Leigh Cook, Travis Van Winkle, Karen Malina White.A Very Merry Bridesmaid: Leah's 30th birthday is on Christmas Eve, the same day as her brother's wedding. Her childhood crush is back in town for the wedding, and he is determined to make sure her birthday does not go by the wayside. Tis The Season To Be Merry: Looking for a fresh angle to her book on relationships, Merry heads to snow-covered Vermont. She finds a new perspective and Christmas cheer with charismatic aid worker Adam.Rating: Not rated.DVD, wide screen, region 1, Dolby digital 5.1.- Subjects: Christmas films.; Fiction films.; Made-for-TV movies.; Romance films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Birthdays; Man-woman relationships; Women authors;
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- Countdown to Christmas 9-movie collection 2 : The holiday sitter ; Christmas at the Golden Dragon ; Christmas class reunion. [videorecording]. by Liebert, Ali,1981-film director.; Rosenbaum, Jonathan A.,film director.; Strasser, David I.,film director.; Paul, Robin,screenwriter.; Rodman, Erin,screenwriter.; Baldwin, Greg,screenwriter.; Andreen, Tracy,1967-screenwriter.(CARDINAL)870517; Bennett, Jonathan,1981-actor,screenwriter.; Bissmeyer, Melynda,screenwriter.; Ting, Emily,screenwriter.; Krissa, George,actor.; Wang, Kara,actor.; Chau, Osric,1986-actor.; Teegarden, Aimee,1989-actor.; Novlan, Tanner,actor.; Cineverse (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)899423; Hallmark Channel (Television network),broadcaster,publisher.(CARDINAL)350312; Hallmark Channel (Television network),publisher.(CARDINAL)350312;
Christmas at the Golden Dragon: Kara Wang, Osric Chau.Christmas Class Reunion: Aimee Teegarden, Tanner Novlan.Holiday Sitter: Jonathan Bennett, George Krissa.Christmas at the Golden Dragon: With the town's landmark Chinese restaurant closing, two siblings find themselves reevaluating their lives alongside the restaurant's loyal patrons.Christmas Class Reunion: Valedictorian Elle is determined to host a perfect 15-year high school reunion. She's looking forward to seeing her high school crush Kam, but she finds unexpected support in bad boy Devin.The Holiday Sitter: When Sam, a workaholic bachelor, babysits his niece and nephew before the holidays, he recruits help from their handsome neighbor Jason and finds himself in an unexpected romance.Rating: Not rated.Closed-captioned; subtitled for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH)DVD.Title from container spine ; individual film titles from disc labels.- Subjects: Romance films.; Made-for-TV movies.; Fiction films.; Romantic comedy films.; Christmas films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Comedy films.; Holidays; Man-woman relationships; Gay men; Neighbors; Families;
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