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The secret lives of numbers : a hidden history of math's unsung trailblazers / by Kitagawa, Kate,author.; Revell, Timothy,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Mathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told about it are wrong -- warped like the sixteenth-century map that enlarged Europe at the expense of Africa, Asia and the Americas. In The Secret Lives of Numbers, renowned math historian Kate Kitagawa and journalist Timothy Revell make the case that the history of math is infinitely deeper, broader, and richer than the narrative we think we know"--Dust jacket flap.

Subjects: Mathematicians.; Mathematics;

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That's What She Said. by Sutherland, Natasha,film director.; Gravel Road Africa (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Originally produced by Gravel Road Africa in 2023.After writing Brutal Legacy, a memoir about abusive relationships with men in her past, Tracy Going offers up her story to be scrutinized by a random group of men in the present. They watch her account as it is displayed in a theatre production adaptation of her book. The film documents this process and the frank discussions that follow the performance, offering a unique social dialogue to bring an important message across as a relatable film without diminishing the abused, or men/women in general. In a conscientious manner, it gives an opportunity for men to be heard on a huge, often polarising, social issue.Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subjects: Documentary films.; Literature.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Human rights.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Women's studies.; Artists.; Current affairs.;

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Clean kill / by Leather, Stephen,author.;

Terrorists have shot down a British helicopter in West Africa and taken the crew hostage. Their lives are on the line and the British government is refusing to negotiate. The pilot is Liam Shepherd, and only his father - Dan 'Spider' Shepherd of MI5 - can help. Shepherd and an SAS team fly out to the badlands of Mali to rescue the kidnapped Brits. But the mission takes Shepherd away from an investigation in a high security prison that is about to explode into violence. Hundreds of lives are at risk, and Shepherd is running out of time.

Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Great Britain. MI5; Kidnapping; Rescue work; Shepherd, Dan (Fictitious character); Terrorists; Undercover operations;

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Wild : the life of Peter Beard : photographer, adventurer, lover / by Boynton, Graham,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Graham Boynton's Wild is the definitive biography of photographer Peter Beard, a larger-than-life icon who pushed the boundaries of art and scandalized international high society with his high-profile affairs. He was the original 20th century "enfant terrible" with the looks of a Greek god who blazed like a comet across the worlds of art, photography, and fame. The scion of several old WASP fortunes, he was by instinct an adventurer, and the more dangerous the escapade, the better: whether he was hunting big game in Africa, ingesting epic quantities of drugs, or pursuing the most beautiful women in the world. Among his friends were Jackie Onassis, Andy Warhol, and Francis Bacon. When Peter Beard died in 2020 after mysteriously disappearing from his Montauk home, he remained an enigma to even his closest friends. Journalist and author Graham Boynton was a friend for more than 30 years, spending time with Beard at his bush camp in Africa, in London, and at his Long Island home. From hundreds of Boynton's interviews with Beard's closest friends, former lovers, and fellow artists comes this intimate portrait of a man Sir Mick Jagger called "a visionary.""--

Subjects: Biographies.; Beard, Peter H. (Peter Hill), 1938-2020.; Adventure and adventurers; Photographers;

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Against the wild [videorecording] / by Bellentine, Ella,actor.; Boddington, Richard,film director.; Ruttan, John Paul,actor.; Ryan, Jeri,actor.; Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc,publisher.;

Jeri Ryan, John Paul Ruttan, Ella Bellentine.For bickering siblings Ryan and Emma it was going to be a fun weekend visit with their dad at his job in Africa. But when their small plane crash-lands in the Serengeti, they have only each other, along with their fellow passenger, a Malamute named Chinook, to rely on. The rescue teams are searching. Their mom is panicked. Can brother, sister and one courageous dog now learn how to conquer their fears and trust each other in the most beautiful yet untamed wilderness of all?Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG; for perilous situations.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Children's films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Aircraft accidents; Missing children; Brothers and sisters; Families;

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The legend of Tarzan [videorecording] / by Barron, David(Film producer); Jackson, Samuel L,actor.; Robbie, Margot,1990-actor.; Skarsgård, Alexander,actor.; Weintraub, Jerry,film producer.; Yates, David,1963-film director.; Motion picture adaptation of (work) :Burroughs, Edgar Rice,1875-1950.Tarzan novels.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),publisher.;

Alexander Skarsgard, Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Djimon Hounsou, Jim Broadbent.It has been years since the man once known as Tarzan left the jungles of Africa behind for a gentrified life as John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, with his beloved wife, Jane at his side. Now, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the Belgian, Captain Leon Rom. But those behind the murderous plot have no idea what they are about to unleash.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for sequences of action and violence, some sensuality and brief rude dialogue.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.40:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby Atmos, Dolby digital 5.1.

Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Human-animal relationships; Revenge; Tarzan (Fictitious character);

For private home use only.

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International Adoptions. by Tournadre, Christine,film director.; Gonzalez, Sonia,film director.; Java Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Originally produced by Java Films in 2024.Over the past sixty years, over a million ‘orphans’ were adopted by Western families from around the world. Now many are discovering their past was a lie. From the children who were stolen from their mothers during the Pinochet dictatorship, to Africa’s fake orphans, international adoption is at the heart of an unprecedented scandal. We join investigative journalists, activists and researchers in South Korea, Sweden, France, Chile, Germany, Holland and Switzerland. How did this colossal, lucrative market manage to prosper? And why does it live on today?Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Human rights.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; Organized crime.; Adoption.; Human trafficking.;

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One ocean [videorecording] / by Suzuki, David T.,1936-; CBC Home Video (Firm); Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.; Entertainment One (Firm);

Birth of an ocean -- Footprint's in the sand -- Mysteries of the deep -- The changing sea.Birth of an ocean, Footprint's in the sand / produced by Michael Allder, Caroline Underwood, Tina Verma ; Mysteries of the deep, The changing sea / produced by Merit Jensen Carr and Sandra Moore.Narrated by David Suzuki.With a wealth of never-before-seen HD footage, One ocean bears witness to underwater volcanoes erupting meters from the camera and discoveries of rare and bizarre life forms. Some of the planet's most innovative and charismatic marine scientists guide us on this adventure. Journey with One ocean's cameras as they travel to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the USA exploring the richness of the underwater world. In each breathtaking episode, join scientists as they explore the ocean's beauty, power and fragility.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.

Subjects: Documentary films.; Marine biology.; Marine habitats.; Oceanography.; Oceans; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Wildlife films.;

© c2010., Entertainment One,

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River of the gods : genius, courage, and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile / by Millard, Candice,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirring story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time, and its complicated legacy The Nile River is the longest in the world. Its fertile floodplain allowed for rise to the great civilization of ancient Egypt, but for millennia the location of its headwaters was shrouded in mystery. Pharaonic and Roman attempts to find it were stymied by a giant labyrinthine swamp, and subsequent expeditions got nofurther. In the 19th century, the discovery and translation of the Rosetta Stone set off a frenzy of interest in ancient Egypt. At the same time, European powers sent off waves of explorations intended to map the unknown corners of the globe - and extendtheir colonial empires. Two British men - Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke - were sent by the Royal Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. Burton was already famous for being the first non-Muslim to travel to Mecca, disguised as an Arab chieftain. He spoke twenty-nine languages, was a decorated soldier, and literally wrote the book on sword-fighting techniques for the British Army. He was also mercurial, subtle, and an iconoclastic atheist. Speke was a young aristocrat and Army officerdetermined to make his mark, passionate about hunting, Burton's opposite in temperament and beliefs. From the start the two men clashed, Speke chafing under Burton's command and Burton disapproving of Speke's ignorance of the people whose lands through which they traveled. They would endure tremendous hardships, illness, and constant setbacks. Two years in, deep in the African interior, Burton became too sick to press on, but Speke did, and claimed he found the source in a great lake that he christened Lake Victoria. When they returned to England, Speke rushed to take credit, disparaging Burton. Burton disputed his claim, and Speke launched another expedition to Africa to prove it. The two became venomous enemies, with the public siding with the more charismatic Burton, to Speke's great envy. The day before they were to publicly debate, Speke shot himself. Yet there was a third man on both expeditions, his name obscured by imperial annals, whose exploits were even more extraordinary. This was Sidi Mubarak Bombay, who was enslaved and shipped from his home village in East Africa to India. When the man who purchased him died, he made his way into the local Sultan's army, and eventually traveled back to Africa, where he used his resourcefulness, linguisticprowess and raw courage to forge a living as a guide. Without his talents, it is likely that neither Englishman would have come close to the headwaters of the Nile, or perhaps even survived. In RIVER OF THE GODS Candice Millard has written another peerless story of courage and adventure, set against the backdrop of the race to exploit Africa by the colonial powers"--

Subjects: Bombay, Sidi Mubarak; Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890; Speke, John Hanning, 1827-1864; Explorers;

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Twist : a novel / by McCann, Colum,1965-author.;

"Anthony Fennell, an Irish journalist and playwright, is assigned to cover the story of the underwater cables that carry the world's information. The sum of human existence-words, images, transactions, memes, voices, viruses-travels through the tiny fiber optic tubes. But sometimes the tubes break at an unfathomable depth. Fennell's literary adventure brings him to the west coast of Africa where he uncovers a story about the raw human labor behind the dazzling veneer of the technological world. He meets a fellow Irishman, John Conway, the chief of mission on a cable repair ship. The mysterious Conway is a skilled engineer and a freediver capable of reaching extraordinary depths. He is also in love with a South African actress, Zanele, who must leave to go on her own journey to London. When the boat is sent up the west coast of Africa to repair a series of major underwater breaks, both men learn that the very cables they seek to fix carry the news that may cause their lives to unravel. At sea, they are forced to confront the most elemental questions of life, love, absence, belonging and the perils of our severed connections. Can we, in our fractured world, reweave ourselves out of the thin, broken threads of our pasts? Can the ruptured things awaken us from our despair?"--

Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Cables, Submarine; Families; Interpersonal relations; Journalists; Life change events; Man-woman relationships; Truth;

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