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Big and bad / by Delessert, Etienne;
In this variation on the classic tale of the three little pigs, two clever cats decide to rid their locale of a vicious wolf whose hunger threatens the entire planet, and enlist the help of assorted animals to build houses for the bait--three exquisitely pink pigs.
Subjects: Wolves; Animals; Avarice; Avarice;
© 2008., Houghton Mifflin,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A sin such as this : a novel / by Hopkins, Ellen,author.;
"In this gripping follow-up to Love Lies Beneath, #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins's "fabulous, sex-filled masterpiece of mystery and romance" (Library Journal, starred review), beautiful, wealthy Tara Lattimore's story continues when her sinful past threatens to derail her current marriage--and her sanity. Tara thought she was finally settling down when she married the handsome Dr. Cavin Lattimore. Just as she was willing to overlook his gambling habits, she discovers his secret meetings with Sophia, his gorgeous ex-girlfriend and his son Eli's occasional girlfriend. Life gets even more complicated when Tara's niece, Kayla, starts hooking up with Eli. In a matter of weeks, Tara has reluctantly gone from rich, single San Francisco professional to Lake Tahoe housewife managing her niece's whiplash moods, while resisting her stepson's tantalizing sexual advances. Adding to the family drama is her younger sister, Melody, who's having a serious marital breakdown, which means she might know something about her husband Graham and Tara's brief dalliance years ago. As Tara's fragile trust in her family teeters, timed with the arrival of certain people from her past, she also can't shake the feeling that someone's watching her. Baiting her. Tara has always considered herself a tough, self-made woman after surviving a childhood defined by poverty, abuse, and neglect. For years, she suffered from the sins of others. She committed a few of her own. Now she wonders if the misdeeds of her past are about to catch up with her--and if she can ever outrun them"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Dysfunctional families; Married women; Rich people;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Rat city : overcrowding and urban derangement in the rodent universes of John B. Calhoun / by Adams, Jon,author.; Ramsden, Edmund,author.;
"How a landmark experiment in rat behavior changed the way we think about cities. In the decades following WWII, the American metropolis was in peril. Modern high rises hastily erected to replace slums became incubators of criminality, while civic unrest erupted across the nation. Enter John B. Calhoun, an ecologist employed by the National Institute of Mental Health to study the effects of overcrowding. Calhoun decided to focus his study on rats. From 1947 to 1977, Calhoun built a series of sprawling habitats in which a rat's every need was met -- except space. As the enclosures became ever more crowded, resident rats began to react to social stress, culminating in the terrifying world of Universe 25: a rodent habitat where escalating social disorder collapsed to violent extinction. Did a similar fate await our own teeming cities? Jon Adams and Edmund Ramsden's Rat City is the first book to tell the story of maverick scientist Calhoun and his now-viral experiments. Following the rats from the baiting pits of Victorian London to the laboratories of NIMH, and Calhoun from rural Tennessee to inner-city Baltimore, Rat City is an enthralling mix of dystopian science and urban history. Social design, housing infrastructure, a burgeoning current of racism in city planning: Calhoun influenced them all, and Rat City connects Calhoun's work to the politics of personal space, the looming threat of global overpopulation, and the eclipsing of environmental psychology by pharmaceutical psychiatry. As the "war on rats" continues to be waged around the world, and our post-pandemic society reevaluates the necessity of urban living, the riveting story of Rat City is more relevant than ever"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Calhoun, John B.; Ethologists; Human beings; Human ecology.; Overpopulation.; Rats; Rats; Urban ecology (Sociology);
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NCIS, Naval Criminal Investigation Service. [videorecording] / by Alexander, Sasha,1975-; Bellisario, Donald P.; Harmon, Mark,1951-; Holly, Lauren.; Weatherly, Michael.; Paramount Pictures Corporation.;
Disc 1. Kill Ari, part 1 -- Kill Ari, part 2 -- Mind games -- Silver war.Disc 2. Switch -- The voyeur's web -- Honor code -- Under covers.Disc 3. Frame-up -- Probie -- Model behavior -- Boxed in.Disc 4. Deception -- Light sleeper -- Head case -- Family secret.Disc 5. Ravenous -- Bait -- Iced -- Untouchable.Disc 6. Bloodbath -- Jeopardy -- Hiatus, part 1 -- Hiatus, part 2.Mark Harmon, Lauren Holly, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, David McCallum, Sean Murray.A team of special agents, operating outside the military chain of command, must investigate any crime with pieces of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: United States. Naval Criminal Investigative Service; Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2011., Paramount Pictures,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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TackleShare tackle box [equipment]. by Please return all components in the container.;
Borrow a tackle box as part of the TackleShare program. TackleShare offers anglers the opportunity to borrow fishing equipment, such as fishing rods and tackle boxes, free of charge. Each tackle box contains bobbers, hooks, split shots, jigs, and soft bait for your fishing adventure. This program was developed by the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters.
Subjects: Equipment.; Fishing; Fishing.; Library of things.; Outdoor and leisure.;
© , Donated by OFAH (Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters).
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Hand over hand / by Fullerton, Alma.; Benoit, Renné.;
Nina wants to learn how to fish but her grandfather as always reply "A boat is no place for a girl". When Nina promises to bait her own hook and remove her own catch, her grandfather finally relents, "just for today." Lolo shows Nina how to jig the lines, set the hook and pull in a fish hand over hand. But no one is laughing when Nina brings in the biggest fish of the day!LSC
Subjects: Fishing stories.; Grandfathers; Granddaughters; Fishing villages;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Outrage machine : how tech amplifies discontent, disrupts democracy--and what we can do about it / by Rose-Stockwell, Tobias,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Over the last two decades, there has been an inescapable rise of anger and aggression across our planet. Hate speech has become increasingly prevalent online, Western governments are turning towards authoritarianism and populism, and extremist groups are rising across both the left and the right ends of the political spectrum. Every day, it seems, we're hearing more angry voices and fearful opinions, we're seeing more threats and frightening news, and we're reacting faster and less rationally. The cause is hidden in plain sight: for the first time, almost all of the information we consume as a species is being controlled and curated by algorithms designed to capture our emotional attention. This, media researcher and strategic advisor Tobias Rose-Stockwell argues, is the outrage machine. It is the wide-cast net of social media that is propelled by tech, has been exploited by all of us, and which has been allowed to steadily replace our newspapers, emergency communication systems, town halls, churches, and more. In the vein of The Righteous Mind and Factfulness, Outrage Machine is a big-think book that explores the unintended consequences of this alarming shift in today's smartphone era--and shows us how to navigate the world we now live in. First, he explains how and why we've become addicted to not just technology, but outrage itself. Since social media algorithms now favor the most inflammatory content because it gets the highest engagement, the levels of righteousness, certainty, and extreme judgment in our daily interactions have increased as well. Next, he shows us why we're more prone to panic, and how the immediate dispersion of our panic can be more dangerous than the threat itself-and can bypass necessary confirmation of the accuracy and potential harm of this information. Rose-Stockwell also explores how the original intent of many of our social tools has been compromised, from improving click-through rates for charitable causes to catalyzing our current culture of click-baiting and sensationalism on an unparalleled scale. Fortunately, Outrage Machine is not just a warning--it's also a critical guide that clearly explains the underlying machinery that has come to control us, and a compass to help guide people toward reflection rather than reaction. The culmination of 15 years of research and inquiry, this book gives readers a language with which to comprehend what is happening to society, and offers new mental models for how to manage our time, our technology, and our attention. It also offers big-picture recommendations for how to redesign these platforms, as well as methods for fixing this broken system before it "fixes" us"--
Subjects: Democracy.; Information society.; Social media; Social media.; Hate;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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LEGO Scooby-Doo. [videorecording] / by Capizzi, Duane,screenwriter.; Corson, Health,screenwriter.; DeLisle, Grey,voice actor.; Krieg, Jim,screenwriter.; Lillard, Matthew,1970-voice actor.; Micucci, Kate,voice actor.; Morales, Rick,film director,film producer.; Welker, Frank,voice actor.; Hanna-Barbera Productions,presenter.; Warner Bros. Animation,presenter.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.;
Editor, Craig Paulsen ; music, Robert J. Kral.Voice actors, Frank Welker, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard, Kate Micucci.Set in a LEGO world, the Scooby gang try to rescue and old movie studio, which is not only threatened by developers who want to tear it down, but by a series of movie monsters, which are suddenly haunting the place. After acting as 'live bait' in Fred's trap for a lighthouse-dwelling Sea Creature, Shaggy and Scooby swear off Scooby Snacks.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Animated films.; Children's films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Haunted places; Motion picture studios; Scooby-Doo (Fictitious character); Haunted places; Motion picture studios; Scooby-Doo (Fictitious character);
For private home use only.
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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A chance inheritance / by Brown, Carolyn,1948-author.; container of (work):Brown, Carolyn,1948-Third wish.;
Upon inheriting their grandmother's home and family bait shop, three cousins--Lanie, Jodi, and Becky Cornell--return to Catfish, Texas, hoping to find the fresh start they all need. Turns out living as roommates in Granny Lizzie's tiny two-bedroom house and running the Catfish Fisherman's Hut isn't at all like the idyllic summers they spent as children on the banks of the Red River. The days are long and hot, the tourists demanding and rude. And then there's Chris Adams, a local river guide who seems to have eyes only for Becky.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novellas.; Cousins; Family-owned business enterprises; Inheritance and succession; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Tin soldier / by Brouwer, Sigmund,1959-;
"Jim Webb<U+2019>s pursuit of the truth about his grandfather<U+2019>s role in the Vietnam War puts him squarely in the sights of someone high up in the US military--someone who wants certain events from that war left in the past. Webb goes on the run in the American Deep South with Lee, a Vietnam vet, trying to smoke out the man they call the Bogeyman by using Webb as bait. The Bogeyman may be powerful and smart, but Webb and Lee, with the help of a few of Lee<U+2019>s old army buddies (and one motorcycle-riding girl), are ready to take him down"--www.amazon.ca."010+"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Veterans; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Grandfathers;
© c2014., Orca Book Publishers,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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