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The resisters : a novel / by Jen, Gish,author.;
An audacious wonder of a novel about baseball and a future America, from the always inventive and exciting author of The Love Wife and Who's Irish. The time: Some thirty-five years hence. The place: AutoAmerica--governed by "Aunt Nettie," an iBurrito of AI algorithms and the internet, in a land half under water. The people: Divided into the angelfair "Netted," whose fate it is to have jobs and live on high ground, and the mostly coppertoned "Surplus," whose jobs have been stripped and whose sole duty now is to consume, living in plastic houses that talk and multi-colored houseboats at the water's edge. Neither group is happy. The story: A Surplus family--he was once a professor, she is still a lawyer--has a girl child, Gwen, who's born with a golden arm. By two she can throw her toy animals straight to the same spot every time. When AutoAmerica and ChinRussia decide to revive the Olympics, suddenly Gwen, who's been playing in the Resisters League her parents have organized, is in great demand. Soon she's at angelfair university, Net U, falling in love with her baseball coach and facing questions of "crossing over," while her mother and her "group" are bringing charges before the botjudge about Surplus rights. An amazing story of a world that looks only too possible, and a family struggling to maintain its humanity in circumstances that daily threaten their every value as well as their very existence.
Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Political fiction.; Baseball; Women baseball players; Artificial intelligence; Civil rights;
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Elephants : birth, life, and death in the world of the giants / by Mumby, Hannah,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Elephants are as unique as people. They can be clever and curious or headstrong and impulsive, shy or sociable. Learn to know them as individuals as well as a species in this evocative account of years spent studying elephant behaviour in the wild. Watching a family out for a swim on a hot day, Dr. Hannah Mumby notes grandmothers, mothers, sisters and children exchanging noisy greetings, a consistent stream of close-range vocalisations, intermittent touching, co-operative herding of babies and frequent stopping for snacks. A close and interconnected family. But in this family, the adults weigh several tons each and the babies wave trunks playfully at one another. This is a herd of elephants. That elephants are intelligent, sentient beings is common knowledge, but so much about their day-to-day lives and abilities remains unknown. How do they communicate with one another over seemingly impossible distances? How do males spend their lives once they have left their mothers' herds? And how much do they really remember? In this lyrically written and deeply personal account of several years of field research, Mumby reverently describes her own elephant encounters, alongside an exploration of the most up-to-date discoveries about the lives of these gentle giants. Learn how elephants live, travel, have sex, raise children and relate to one another, and reflect on how they think and feel. Understanding elephants as individuals closes the gap between human and animal and has powerful applications in the critical field of elephant conservation.
Subjects: Elephants.; Elephants;
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The last kids on Earth. [videorecording] / by Demers, Charles,1980-voice actor.; Hamill, Mark,voice actor.; Hernandez, Montse,2000-voice actor.; Lau, William,television director.; Whitt, Garland,voice actor.; Wolfhard, Nick,voice actor.; NCircle Entertainment,distributor.;
Nick Wolfhard, Charles Demers, Garland Whitt, Montse Hernandez, Mark Hamill.Ever since the monster apocalypse hit town, average thirteen-year-old Jack Sullivan has been living in his tree house, which he's armed to the teeth with catapults and a moat, not to mention video games and an endless supply of Oreos and Mountain Dew scavenged from abandoned stores. But Jack alone is no match for the hordes of Zombies and Winged Wretches and Vine Thingies, and especially not for the eerily intelligent monster known only as Blarg. So, Jack builds a team: his dorky best friend, Quint; the reformed middle school bully, Dirk; Jack's loyal pet monster, Rover; and Jack's crush, June. With their help, Jack is going to slay Blarg, achieve the ultimate Feat of Apocalyptic Success, and be average no longer! Can he do it?G.DVD.
Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Animated television programs.; Children's television programs.; Friendship; Monsters; Teenagers;
For private home use only.
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Extinction A Novel [electronic resource] : by Preston, Douglas.aut; Baker, David Aaron.nrt; cloudLibrary;
With Extinction, #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston has written a page-turning thriller in the Michael Crichton mode that explores the possible and unintended dangers of the very real efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other long-extinct animals. Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat, brought back from extinction through the magic of genetic manipulation. When a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered in the Erebus back country by what is assumed to be a gang of eco-terrorists, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash partners with county sheriff James Colcord to track down the perpetrators. As killings mount and the valley is evacuated, Cash and Colcord must confront an ancient, intelligent, and malevolent presence at Erebus, bent not on resurrection—but extinction.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Suspense; Technological;
© 2024., Macmillan Audio,
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Space jam. [videorecording] / by Cheadle, Don,actor.; Davis, Khris,actor.; James, LeBron,actor,film producer.; Lee, Malcolm D.,1970-film director.; Martin, Sonequa,actor.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Lebron James, Don Cheadle, Khris Davis, Sonequa Martin, Wood Harris.Basketball champion and global icon LeBron James goes on an epic adventure alongside timeless Tune Bugs Bunny with the animated/live-action event from director Malcolm D. Lee. This transformational journey is a manic mash-up of two worlds that reveals just how far some parents will go to connect with their kids. When LeBron and his young son Dom are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I., LeBron must get them home safe by leading Bugs, Lola Bunny, and the whole gang of notoriously undisciplined Looney Tunes to victory over the A.I.'s digitized champions on the court: a powered-up roster of professional basketball stars as never seen before. It's Tunes versus Goons in the highest-stakes challenge of his life, that will redefine LeBron's bond with his son. The ready-for-action Tunes destroy convention, supercharge their unique talents and surprise even 'King' James by playing the game their own way.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.MPAA rating: PG; for some cartoon violence and some language.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Children's films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Sports films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Bugs Bunny (Fictitious character); Daffy Duck (Fictitious character); James, LeBron; Artificial intelligence; Basketball teams; Basketball; Porky Pig (Fictitious character); Tweety Pie (Fictitious character);
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Space jam. [videorecording] / by Cheadle, Don,actor.; Davis, Khris,actor.; James, LeBron,actor,film producer.; Lee, Malcolm D.,1970-film director.; Martin, Sonequa,actor.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Lebron James, Don Cheadle, Khris Davis, Sonequa Martin, Wood Harris.Basketball champion and global icon LeBron James goes on an epic adventure alongside timeless Tune Bugs Bunny with the animated/live-action event from director Malcolm D. Lee. This transformational journey is a manic mash-up of two worlds that reveals just how far some parents will go to connect with their kids. When LeBron and his young son Dom are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I., LeBron must get them home safe by leading Bugs, Lola Bunny, and the whole gang of notoriously undisciplined Looney Tunes to victory over the A.I.'s digitized champions on the court: a powered-up roster of professional basketball stars as never seen before. It's Tunes versus Goons in the highest-stakes challenge of his life, that will redefine LeBron's bond with his son. The ready-for-action Tunes destroy convention, supercharge their unique talents and surprise even 'King' James by playing the game their own way.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.MPAA rating: PG; for some cartoon violence and some language.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format ; Dolby Atmos TrueHD.
Subjects: Children's films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Sports films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Bugs Bunny (Fictitious character); Daffy Duck (Fictitious character); James, LeBron; Artificial intelligence; Basketball teams; Basketball; Porky Pig (Fictitious character); Tweety Pie (Fictitious character);
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Extinction A Novel [electronic resource] : by Preston, Douglas.aut; cloudLibrary;
With Extinction, #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston has written a page-turning thriller in the Michael Crichton mode that explores the possible and unintended dangers of the very real efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other long-extinct animals. Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat, brought back from extinction through the magic of genetic manipulation. When a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered in the Erebus back country by what is assumed to be a gang of eco-terrorists, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash partners with county sheriff James Colcord to track down the perpetrators. As killings mount and the valley is evacuated, Cash and Colcord must confront an ancient, intelligent, and malevolent presence at Erebus, bent not on resurrection—but extinction. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Police Procedural; Technological;
© 2024., Tor Publishing Group,
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Un oiseau rusé / by Smith, Annette.; Spiby, Ben.;
LSC
Subjects: Corneilles; Noix; Animaux; Crows; Nuts; Animal intelligence;
© c2003., Groupe Beauchemin,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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La merveilleuse machine à se faire des amis / by Bland, Nick,1973-;
LSC
Subjects: Poulets; Téléphones intelligents; Téléphones intelligents; Animaux domestiques; Amitié; Chickens; Smartphones; Smartphones; Domestic animals; Friendship;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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