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Ancient bones : unearthing the astonishing new story of how we became human / by Böhme, Madelaine,1967-author.; Begun, David R.,writer of foreword.; Billinghurst, Jane,1958-translator.; Braun, Rüdiger,1966-author.; Breier, Florian,author.; translation of:Böhme, Madelaine,1967-Wie wir Menschen wurden.English.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-321) and index.A thrilling new account of human origins, as told by the paleontologist who led the most groundbreaking dig in recent history.-- Somewhere west of Munich, Madelaine Böhme and her colleagues dig for clues to the origins of humankind. What they discover is beyond anything they imagined: the fossilized bones of Danuvius guggenmosi ignite a global media frenzy. This ancient ancestor defies our knowledge of human history--his nearly twelve-million-year-old bones were not located in Africa--the so-called birthplace of humanity--but in Europe, and his features suggest we evolved much differently than scientists once believed.In prose that reads like a gripping detective novel, Ancient Bones interweaves the story of the dig that changed everything with the fascinating answer to a previously undecided and now pressing question: How, exactly, did we become human? Placing Böhme's discovery alongside former theories of human evolution, the authors show how this remarkable find (and others in Eurasia) are forcing us to rethink the story we've been told about how we came to be, a story that has been our guiding narrative--until now.
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Human beings.; Human evolution.; Paleoanthropology;
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A Madea family funeral [videorecording] / by Areu, Ozzie,film producer.; Areu, Will,1974-film producer.; Davis, Cassi,1964-actor.; Lovely, Patrice,actor.; Payton, Ciera,actor.; Perry, Tyler,1963-film producer,screenwriter,film director,actor.; Smith, Khaneshia,actor.; Swinton, Mark E.,1968-film producer.; Tyson, Mike,1966-actor.; Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm),distributor.;
Tyler Perry, Cassi Davis, Patrice Lovely, Mike Tyson, Ciera Payton, Khaneshia 'Kj' Smith.Tyler Perry revives his signature character, the tough and vindictive Madea Simmons, for her final film performance in this comedy to die for! Madea and her family head out to a family reunion, but the trip becomes a nightmare when the party suddenly turns into a funeral and threatens to reveal sordid family secrets. Only Madea can bring the entire family together and save the day in her own special way.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; African American families; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Family reunions;
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I will never see the world again : the memoir of an imprisoned writer / by Altan, Ahmet,author.; Çongar, Yasemin,1966-translator.; Sands, Philippe,1960-writer of foreword.; translation of:Altan, Ahmet.Essays.Selections.English.;
"A resilient Turkish writer's inspiring account of his imprisonment that provides crucial insight into political censorship amidst the global rise of authoritarianism. "The destiny I put down in my novel has become mine. I am now under arrest like the hero I created years ago. I await the decision that will determine my future, just as he awaited his. I am unaware of my destiny, which has perhaps already been decided, just as he was unaware of his. I suffer the pathetic torment of profound helplessness, just as he did. Like a cursed oracle, I foresaw my future years ago not knowing that it was my own." Confined in a cell four meters long, imprisoned on absurd, Kafkaesque charges, novelist Ahmet Altan is one of many writers persecuted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's oppressive regime. In this extraordinary memoir, written from his prison cell, Altan reflects upon his sentence, on a life whittled down to a courtyard covered by bars, and on the hope and solace a writer's mind can provide, even in the darkest places"--
Subjects: Altan, Ahmet; Journalism, School; Political crimes and offenses;
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Castle Rock. [videorecording] / by Abrams, J. J.(Jeffrey Jacob),1966-television producer.; Holland, André,actor.; King, Stephen,1947-television producer.; Levy, Jane,1989-actor.; Lynskey, Melanie,actor.; Newman, Thomas,1955-composer (expression); Rutkowski, Richard,1966-director of photography.; Shaw, Sam,screenwriter,television producer.; Skarsgård, Bill,actor.; Spacek, Sissy,actor.; Sweet, Robin(Producer),television producer.; Thomason, Dustin,screenwriter,television producer.; Westlake, Chris,composer (expression); Bad Robot (Firm),production company.; Old Curiosity Shop (Firm),production company.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Warner Bros. Television,production company.;
Directors of photography, Richard Rutkowski, Jeffrey Greeley ; editors, Trevor Baker, Matthew Colonna, David Bilow ; music, Chris Westlake, Thomas Newman.André Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Bill Skarsgård, Jane Levy, Sissy Spacek.A psychological horror anthology series set in the Stephen King multiverse, it is an original story that combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King's best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Horror television programs.; Television programs.; Castle Rock (Me. : Imaginary place); Good and evil; Supernatural;
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A private war [videorecording] / by Amel, Arash,screenwriter.; Dornan, Jamie,1982-actor.; George, Matthew,1966-film producer.; Heineman, Matthew,film director,film producer.; Hollander, Tom,1967-actor.; Iwanyk, Basil,film producer.; McMahon, Marissa,film producer.; Pike, Rosamund,1979-actor.; Theron, Charlize,film producer.; Tucci, Stanley,actor.; Aviron (Firm),presenter.; Denver & Delilah Films,production company.; Fyzz Facility (Firm),presenter.; Kamala Films,production company.; Savvy Media Holdings,production company.; Thunder Road Film,production company.; Tri G (Firm),presenter.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Music by H. Scott Salinas ; editor, Nick Fenton ; director of photography, Robert Richardson.Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Stanley Tucci, Tom Hollander, Faye Marsay, Greg Wise, Corey Johnson.In a world where journalism is under attack, Marie Colvin is one of the most admired war correspondents of today. She is fearless and rebellious, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe. After being hit by a grenade, she wears a distinctive eye patch and is still as comfortable with London's elite as she is confronting dictators. Her mission to show the true cost of war leads her, along with war photographer Paul Conroy, to embark on the most dangerous assignment of their lives.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for disturbing violent images, language throughout, and brief sexuality/nudity.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; War films.; Colvin, Marie; Conroy, Paul, 1964-; Women journalists; Women war correspondents; War photographers; War;
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Tolkien [videorecording] / by Beresford, Stephen,screenwriter.; Boyle, Anthony,1994-actor.; Chernin, Peter,1951-film producer.; Collins, Lily,1989-actor.; Donnelly, Laura,1982-actor.; Ferris, Pam,actor.; Gibson, Patrick,1995-actor.; Gleeson, David,1966-screenwriter.; Glynn-Carney, Tom,1995-actor.; Hoult, Nicholas,1989-actor.; Jacobi, Derek,actor.; Karukoski, Dome,film director.; Meaney, Colm,1953-actor.; O'Reilly, Genevieve,1977-actor.; Ready, David,1979-film producer.; Roberts, Craig,1991-actor.; Thykier, Kris,1972-film producer.; Topping, Jenno,film producer.; Chernin Entertainment,production company.; Fox Searchlight Pictures,presenter.; TSG Entertainment,presenter.; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation,publisher.;
Director of photography, Lasse Frank ; editor, Harri Ylönen ; music, Thomas Newman.Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Tom Glynn-Carney, Craig Roberts, Derek Jacobi, Laura Donnelly, Genevieve O'Reilly, Pam Ferris.Explores the formative years of the renowned author's life as he finds friendship, courage, and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and weather love and loss together, including the author's tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the outbreak of the First World War which threatens to tear their fellowship apart. All of these experiences would later inspire him to write his famous Middle-earth novels.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13 for some sequences of war violence.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS, 2.0.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; War films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973; Male friendship; Male authors, English; World War, 1914-1918;
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Johnny English strikes again [videorecording] / by Atkinson, Rowan,actor.; Bevan, Tim,film producer.; Clark, Chris,1967-film producer.; Davies, William(Screenwriter),screenwriter.; Fellner, Eric,film producer.; Kerr, David,1967-film director.; Kurylenko, Olga,1979-actor.; Lacy, Jake,actor.; Miller, Ben,1966-actor.; Thompson, Emma,actor.; StudioCanal Limited,presenter.; Universal Pictures (Firm),presenter.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Wan mei shi jie (Beijing) ying shi wen hua you xian gong si,presenter.; Working Title Films,production company.;
Music by Howard Goodall ; editor, Mark Everson ; director of photography, Florian Hoffmeister.Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, Olga Kurylenko, Jake Lacy, Emma Thompson, Charles Dance, Miranda Hennessy.The UK is in peril. Five days before the PM is to host her first G12 summit, MI7₂s security is breached and every agent in the field identified and exposed. The only hope of finding the perpetrator is to bring an agent out of retirement, but with most of them either dead or close to it, the head of MI7 is left with only one choice, and his name is English.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG; for some action violence, rude humor, language and brief nudity.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Spy films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Older men; Spies;
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Lady in the lake : a novel / by Lippman, Laura,1959-author.;
"The revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in 1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter who pursues the murder of a forgotten young woman. In 1966, Baltimore is a city of secrets that everyone seems to know--everyone, that is, except Madeline "Maddie" Schwartz. Last year, she was a happy, even pampered housewife. This year, she's bolted from her marriage of almost twenty years, determined to make good on her youthful ambitions to live a passionate, meaningful life. Maddie wants to matter, to leave her mark on a swiftly changing world. Drawing on her own secrets, she helps Baltimore police find a murdered girl--assistance that leads to a job at the city's afternoon newspaper, the Star. Working at the newspaper offers Maddie the opportunity to make her name, and she has found just the story to do it: a missing woman whose body was discovered in the fountain of a city park lake. Cleo Sherwood was a young African-American woman who liked to have a good time. No one seems to know or care why she was killed except Maddie--and the dead woman herself. Maddie's going to find the truth about Cleo's life and death. Cleo's ghost, privy to Maddie's poking and prying, wants to be left alone. Maddie's investigation brings her into contact with people that used to be on the periphery of her life--a jewelery store clerk, a waitress, a rising star on the Baltimore Orioles, a patrol cop, a hardened female reporter, a lonely man in a movie theater. But for all her ambition and drive, Maddie often fails to see the people right in front of her. Her inability to look beyond her own needs will lead to tragedy and turmoil for all sorts of people--including the man who shares her bed, a black police officer who cares for Maddie more than she knows"--"New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman returns with a new stand-alone novel about a middle aged housewife turned aspiring reporter Maddie Schwartz, who is determined to solve the murder of a forgotten young woman in order to make her own reputation"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Historical fiction.; Noir fiction.; Women journalists; Women; Murder;
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Star wars. [videorecording] / by Abrams, J. J.(Jeffrey Jacob),1966-film director,film producer,screenwriter.; Boyega, John,actor.; Daniels, Anthony,actor.; Driver, Adam,actor.; Fisher, Carrie,actor.; Gleeson, Domhnall,1983-actor.; Grant, Richard E.,1957-actor.; Hamill, Mark,actor.; Isaac, Oscar,actor.; Kennedy, Kathleen,1954-film producer.; Lourd, Billie,actor.; McDiarmid, Ian,actor.; Monaghan, Dominic,1976-actor.; Nyong'o, Lupita,actor.; Rejwan, Michelle,film producer.; Ridley, Daisy,1992-actor.; Russell, Keri,1976-actor.; Terrio, Chris,screenwriter.; Tran, Kelly Marie,actor.; Williams, Billy Dee,1937-actor.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Lucasfilm, Ltd.,production company.;
Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong'o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Billy Dee Williams.The Skywalker saga comes to a thrilling conclusion as the Resistance prepares for its final stand against the First Order--now under the command of Supreme Leader Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and a returned Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid). Strong with the Force, young Jedi Rey (Daisy Ridley) must summon every bit of power she can or else become a pawn in Palpatine's twisted plot to rule the galaxy once more.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Science fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Ren, Kylo (Fictitious character); Rey (Fictitious character); Chewbacca (Fictitious character); Organa, Leia (Fictitious character); Skywalker, Luke (Fictitious character); Good and evil; Jedi (Fictitious characters); Life on other planets; Calrissian, Lando (Fictitious character); Space warfare;
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Lady in the lake [sound recording] : a novel / by Lippman, Laura,1959-author.; Bennett, Susan(Narrator),narrator.; Harper Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Susan Bennett."The revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in 1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter who pursues the murder of a forgotten young woman. In 1966, Baltimore is a city of secrets that everyone seems to know--everyone, that is, except Madeline "Maddie" Schwartz. Last year, she was a happy, even pampered housewife. This year, she's bolted from her marriage of almost twenty years, determined to make good on her youthful ambitions to live a passionate, meaningful life. Maddie wants to matter, to leave her mark on a swiftly changing world. Drawing on her own secrets, she helps Baltimore police find a murdered girl--assistance that leads to a job at the city's afternoon newspaper, the Star. Working at the newspaper offers Maddie the opportunity to make her name, and she has found just the story to do it: a missing woman whose body was discovered in the fountain of a city park lake. Cleo Sherwood was a young African-American woman who liked to have a good time. No one seems to know or care why she was killed except Maddie--and the dead woman herself. Maddie's going to find the truth about Cleo's life and death. Cleo's ghost, privy to Maddie's poking and prying, wants to be left alone. Maddie's investigation brings her into contact with people that used to be on the periphery of her life--a jewelery store clerk, a waitress, a rising star on the Baltimore Orioles, a patrol cop, a hardened female reporter, a lonely man in a movie theater. But for all her ambition and drive, Maddie often fails to see the people right in front of her. Her inability to look beyond her own needs will lead to tragedy and turmoil for all sorts of people--including the man who shares her bed, a black police officer who cares for Maddie more than she knows"--"New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman returns with a new stand-alone novel about a middle aged housewife turned aspiring reporter Maddie Schwartz, who is determined to solve the murder of a forgotten young woman in order to make her own reputation"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Psychological fiction.; Historical fiction.; Noir fiction.; Women journalists; Women; Murder;
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