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Walking with ghosts : a memoir / by Byrne, Gabriel,1950-author.;
"As a young boy growing up in the outskirts of Dublin, Gabriel Byrne sought refuge in a world of imagination among the fields and hills near his home, at the edge of a rapidly encroaching city. Born to working-class parents and the eldest of six children, he harbored a childhood desire to become a priest. When he was eleven years old, Byrne found himself crossing the Irish Sea to join a seminary in England. Four years later, Byrne had been expelled and he quickly returned to his native city. There he took odd jobs as a messenger boy and a factory laborer to get by. In his spare time, he visited the cinema where he could be alone and yet part of a crowd. It was here that he could begin to imagine a life beyond the grey world of sixties Ireland. He reveled in the theater and poetry of Dublin's streets, populated by characters as eccentric and remarkable as any in fiction, those who spin a yarn with acuity and wit. It was a friend who suggested Byrne join an amateur drama group, a decision that would change his life forever and launch him on an extraordinary forty-year career in film and theater. Moving between sensual recollection of childhood in a now almost vanished Ireland and reflections on stardom in Hollywood and Broadway, Byrne also courageously recounts his battle with addiction and the ambivalence of fame. Walking with Ghosts is by turns hilarious and heartbreaking as well as a lyrical homage to the people and landscapes that ultimately shape our destinies"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Byrne, Gabriel, 1950-; Actors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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And finally : matters of life and death / by Marsh, Henry,1950-author.;
"As a retired brain surgeon, Henry Marsh thought he understood illness, but he was unprepared for the impact of his diagnosis of advanced cancer. And Finally explores what happens when someone who has spent a lifetime on the frontline of life and death finds himself contemplating what might be his own death sentence. As he navigates the bewildering transition from doctor to patient, he is haunted by past failures and projects yet to be completed, and frustrated by the inconveniences of illness and old age. But he is also more entranced than ever by the mysteries of science and the brain, the beauty of the natural world and his love for his family. Elegiac, candid, luminous and poignant, And Finally is ultimately not so much a book about death, but a book about life and what matters in the end."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Marsh, Henry, 1950-; Neurosurgeons;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Nightingale affair : a novel / by Mason, Timothy,1950-author.;
"Inspector Charles Field hunts a serial killer targeting Florence Nightingale's nurses in Crimea and women in London"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910; Murder; Nurses; Serial murderers; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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What I remember, what I know : the life of a High Arctic exile / by Audlaluk, Larry,1950-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Larry Audlaluk was born in Uugaqsiuvik, a traditional settlement west of Inujjuak in northern Quebec, or Nunavik. He was almost three years old when his family was chosen by the government to be one of seven Inuit families relocated from Nunavik to the High Arctic in the early 1950s. They were promised a land of plenty. They were given an inhospitable polar desert. Larry tells of loss, illness, and his family's struggle to survive, juxtaposed with excerpts from official reports that conveyed the relocatees' plight as a successful experiment. With refreshing candour and an unbreakable sense of humour, Larry leads the reader through his life as a High Arctic Exile--through broken promises, a decades- long fight to return home, and a life between two worlds as southern culture begins to encroach on Inuit traditions."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Audlaluk, Larry, 1950-; Forced migration; Inuit; Inuit; Indigenous peoples;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Devoted in death / by Robb, J. D.,1950-;
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Dallas, Eve (Fictitious character); Policewomen;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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Brotherhood in death / by Robb, J. D.,1950-;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Dallas, Eve (Fictitious character); Policewomen;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Creation in death / by Robb, J. D.,1950-;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; Dallas, Eve (Fictitious character); Police; Policewomen; Suspense fiction;
© c2007., G.P. Putnam's Sons,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Sea horses / by Schaefer, Lola M.,1950-;
Includes bibliographical references.A basic introduction to sea horses, discussing their physical characteristics, habitat, diet, and activities.
Subjects: Sea horses;
© c2002., Heinemann Library,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Calculated in death / by Robb, J. D.,1950-;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Dallas, Eve (Fictitious character); Policewomen;
© c2013., G. P. Putnam's Sons,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Celebrity in death / by Robb, J. D.,1950-;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Dallas, Eve (Fictitious character); Policewomen;
© c2012., G. P. Putnam's Sons,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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