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Masquerade [electronic resource] : by Sangoyomi, O.O..aut; Blake, Ariel.nrt; cloudLibrary;

Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale exploring the true cost of one woman’s fight for freedom and self-discovery, and the lengths she’ll go to secure her future. “A bewitching, thrilling and vibrant novel that had me enthralled with every twist and turn.” —Jennifer Saint, New York Times bestselling author Òdòdó’s hometown of Timbuktu has been conquered by the warrior king of Yorùbáland, and living conditions for the women in her blacksmith guild, who were already shunned as social pariahs, grow even worse. Then Òdòdó is abducted. She is whisked across the Sahara to the capital city of Ṣàngótẹ̀, where she is shocked to discover that her kidnapper is none other than the vagrant who had visited her guild just days prior. But now that he is swathed in riches rather than rags, Òdòdó realizes he is not a vagrant at all; he is the warrior king, and he has chosen her to be his wife. In a sudden change of fortune, Òdòdó soars to the very heights of society. But after a lifetime of subjugation, she finds the power that saturates this world of battle and political savvy too enticing to resist. As tensions with rival states grow, revealing elaborate schemes and enemies hidden in plain sight, Òdòdó must defy the cruel king she has been forced to wed by reforging the shaky loyalties of the court in her favor, or risk losing everything—including her life. Loosely based on the myth of Persephone, O.O. Sangoyomi’s Masquerade takes you on a journey of epic power struggles and political intrigue which turn an entire region on its head. A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Forge.

Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical; Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; Alternative History;

© 2024., Macmillan Audio,

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Pathogenesis : a history of the world in eight plagues / by Kennedy, Jonathan,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."A sweeping look at how the major transformations in history--from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth of capitalism--have been shaped not by humans but by germs. According to the accepted narrative of progress, humans have thrived thanks to their brains and brawn, collectively bending the arc of history. But in this revelatory book, professor Jonathan Kennedy argues that the myth of human exceptionalism overstates the role that we play in social and political change. Instead, it is the humble microbe that wins wars and topples empires. Drawing on the latest research in fields ranging from genetics and anthropology to archaeology and economics, Pathogenesis takes us through 60,000 years of history, exploring eight major outbreaks of infectious disease that have made the modern world. Bacteria and viruses were protagonists in the demise of the Neanderthals, the growth of Islam, the transition from feudalism to capitalism, the devastation wrought by European colonialism, and the evolution of the United States from an imperial backwater to a global superpower. Even Christianity rose to prominence in the wake of a series of deadly pandemics that swept through the Roman Empire in the second and third centuries: Caring for the sick turned what was a tiny sect into one of the world's major religions. By placing disease at the center of his wide-ranging history of humankind, Kennedy challenges some of the most fundamental assumptions about our collective past--and urges us to view this moment as another disease-driven inflection point that will change the course of history. Provocative and brimming with insight, Pathogenesis transforms our understanding of the human story"--

Subjects: Diseases and history.; Epidemics; Plague;

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The lovebirds [videorecording] / by Abrams, Aaron,1978-screenwriter.; Andrews, Michael,1967-composer (expression); Bornheimer, Kyle,1975-actor.; Burgoyne, Brian,1979-director of photography.; Camp, Anna,1982-actor.; Filippone, Vince,editor of moving image work.; Gall, Brendan,screenwriter.; Gero, Martin,1977-screenwriter,film producer.; Lassally, Tom,film producer.; Mollick, Jordana,1980-film producer.; Nanjiani, Kumail,actor.; Nassau, Robert,editor of moving image work.; Obst, Oly,1978-film producer.; Rae, Issa,actor.; Schulman, Todd,film producer.; Showalter, Michael,1970-film director.; Sparks, Paul,1971-actor.; 3 Arts Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Media Rights Capital (Firm),presenter.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,presenter.; Quinn's House (Firm),production company.;

Music, Michael Andrews ; editors, Robert Nassau, Vince Filippone ; director of photography, Brian Burgoyne.Kumail Nanjiani, Issa Rae, Paul Sparks, Anna Camp, Kyle Bornheimer.Breakup-bound Leilani (Issa Rae) and Jibran (Kumail Nanjiani) were trying to be good citizens when they let a badge-flashing pedestrian commandeer their car to chase a fugitive bicyclist. However, the "cop" proceeded to literally run down his quarry, then take off on foot. After being made by eyewitnesses, they're faced with a comic hunt to try and clear their names--and if they blow it, it won't just be their relationship that's doomed.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for sexual content, language throughout and some violence.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: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Crime films.; Romantic comedy films.; Man-woman relationships; Married people; Murder;

For private home use only.

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On the Edge The Art of Risking Everything [electronic resource] : by Silver, Nate.aut; cloudLibrary;

“Engaging and entertaining… a glimpse of the economy of the future.” —Tim Wu, New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our era of risk—and the players raising the stakes   In the bestselling The Signal and the Noise, Nate Silver showed how forecasting would define the age of Big Data. Now, in this timely and riveting new book, Silver investigates “the River,” the community of like-minded people whose mastery of risk allows them to shape—and dominate—so much of modern life. These professional risk-takers—poker players and hedge fund managers, crypto true believers and blue-chip art collectors—can teach us much about navigating the uncertainty of the twenty-first century. By immersing himself in the worlds of Doyle Brunson, Peter Thiel, Sam Bankman-Fried, Sam Altman, and many others, Silver offers insight into a range of issues that affect us all, from the frontiers of finance to the future of AI. Most of us don’t have traits commonly found in the River: high tolerance for risk, appreciation of uncertainty, affinity for numbers—paired with an instinctive distrust of conventional wisdom and a competitive drive so intense it can border on irrational. For those in the River, complexity is baked in, and the work is how to navigate it. People in the River have increasing amounts of wealth and power in our society, and understanding their mindset—and the flaws in their thinking— is key to understanding what drives technology and the global economy today. Taking us behind the scenes from casinos to venture capital firms, and from the FTX inner sanctum to meetings of the effective altruism movement, On the Edge is a deeply reported, all-access journey into a hidden world of power bro­kers and risk-takers.

Subjects: Electronic books.; Forecasting; Recreations & Games; Probability & Statistics;

© 2024., Penguin Publishing Group,

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The lovebirds [videorecording] / by Abrams, Aaron,1978-screenwriter.; Andrews, Michael,1967-composer (expression); Bornheimer, Kyle,1975-actor.; Burgoyne, Brian,1979-director of photography.; Camp, Anna,1982-actor.; Filippone, Vince,editor of moving image work.; Gall, Brendan,screenwriter.; Gero, Martin,1977-screenwriter,film producer.; Lassally, Tom,film producer.; Mollick, Jordana,1980-film producer.; Nanjiani, Kumail,actor.; Nassau, Robert,editor of moving image work.; Obst, Oly,1978-film producer.; Rae, Issa,actor.; Schulman, Todd,film producer.; Showalter, Michael,1970-film director.; Sparks, Paul,1971-actor.; 3 Arts Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Media Rights Capital (Firm),presenter.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,presenter.; Quinn's House (Firm),production company.;

Music, Michael Andrews ; editors, Robert Nassau, Vince Filippone ; director of photography, Brian Burgoyne.Kumail Nanjiani, Issa Rae, Paul Sparks, Anna Camp, Kyle Bornheimer.Breakup-bound Leilani (Issa Rae) and Jibran (Kumail Nanjiani) were trying to be good citizens when they let a badge-flashing pedestrian commandeer their car to chase a fugitive bicyclist. However, the "cop" proceeded to literally run down his quarry, then take off on foot. After being made by eyewitnesses, they're faced with a comic hunt to try and clear their names--and if they blow it, it won't just be their relationship that's doomed.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for sexual content, language throughout and some violence.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 ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1.

Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Crime films.; Romantic comedy films.; Man-woman relationships; Married people; Murder;

For private home use only.

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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The Museum Detective [electronic resource] : by Phillips, Maha Khan.aut; CloudLibrary;

Inspired by a real-life antiquities scandal in Pakistan, this gripping series debut introduces archaeologist Dr. Gul Delani, whose investigation into the discovery of a mummy gets complicated—and personal—when it collides with her years-long search for a missing family member. Perfect for fans of Sue Grafton and Elsa Hart. When Dr. Gul Delani receives a call in the middle of the night from the Sindh police, she thinks they may have finally found her niece, Mahnaz—a precocious, politically conscious teenage girl who went missing three years prior. Gul has been racked with grief since Mahnaz’s disappearance and distracts herself through work: a talented curator at the Museum of Heritage and History in Karachi, she is one of the country’s leading experts in archaeology and ancient civilizations, a hard-won position for a woman. But there is no news of Mahnaz. Instead, Gul is summoned to a narcotics investigation in a remote desert region in western Pakistan. In her wildest dreams, Gul couldn’t have imagined what she’d find there: amid a drug bust gone wrong, there is a mummy—life-size, seemingly authentic, its sarcophagus decorated with symbols from Persepolis, the capital of the Achaemenid Empire. The discovery confounds everyone. It is both too good to be true, and for Gul, too precious to leave in careless or corrupt hands. Aided by her team of unlikely misfits, Gul will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of it, even as her quest for the truth puts her in the throes of a dangerous conspiracy and threatens to collide with her ongoing search for Mahnaz. A portrait of a city fueled by corruption and a woman relentlessly in pursuit of justice, The Museum Detective is an exciting, gritty new crime thriller that announces a whip-smart and brilliant sleuth and builds to a stunning, emotional conclusion that readers won’t soon forget.

Subjects: Electronic books.; Crime; Women Sleuths; International Mystery & Crime;

© 2025., Soho Press,

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Men in black. [videorecording] / by Brolin, Josh.; Clement, Jemaine.; Cunningham, Lowell,1959-; Jones, Tommy Lee,1946-; Smith, Will,1968-; Sonnenfeld, Barry.; Thompson, Emma.; Columbia Pictures.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);

Music by Danny Elfman ; cinematography, Bill Pope ; edited by Don Zimmerman.Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement, Emma Thompson.The Men in Black are back, and this time Agent J (Will Smith) must take a trip into the past in order to save both the future and his taciturn partner Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) in the third installment of the hit sci-fi comedy series. After 15 years of working with aliens from all across the cosmos, Agent J is sure he's seen it all. But just when he's getting the hang of the game, he learns that history has inexplicably been rewritten. In this new timeline of events, Agent K has been dead for 40 years, and Earth will soon come under attack from an extraterrestrial force with the power to claim the entire planet. Now, in order to set the past straight and head off an invasion of epic proportions, Agent J must travel back to the year 1969, when Young Agent K (Josh Brolin) was just a fresh new face on the force. But Agent J only has 24 hours to find the source of the coming catastrophe and discern how his longtime partner ties into the situation -- should he fail he'll be stuck in the past forever.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 ; widescreen presentation.

Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Human-alien encounters; Male friendship; Men in black (UFO phenomenon); Science fiction films.; Time travel;

© c2012., Columbia Pictures : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club A Memoir [electronic resource] : by Knowles, Tina.aut; CloudLibrary;

OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A revealing personal life story like no other—enlightening, entertaining, surprising, empowering—and a testament to the world-making power of Black motherhood “You are Celestine,” she said. She squatted to push the hair off my face and pull leaves off my pajama legs. “Like my sister and my grandmother.” And there, under the pecan tree, as she did countless times, that day my mother told me stories of the mothers and daughters that went before me. Tina Knowles, the mother of iconic singer-songwriters Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Solange Knowles, and bonus daughter Kelly Rowland, is known the world over as a Matriarch with a capital M: a determined, self-possessed, self-aware, and wise woman who raised and inspired some of the great artists of our time. But this story is about so much more than that. Matriarch begins with a precocious, if unruly, little girl growing up in 1950s Galveston, the youngest of seven. She is in love with her world, with extended family on every other porch and the sounds of Motown and the lapping beach always within earshot. But as the realities of race and the limitations of girlhood set in, she begins to dream of a more grandiose world. Her instincts and impulsive nature drive her far beyond the shores of Texas to discover the life awaiting her on the other side of childhood. That life’s journey—through grief and tragedy, creative and romantic risks and turmoil, the nurturing of superstar offspring and of her own special gifts—is the remarkable story she shares with readers here. This is a page-turning chronicle of family love and heartbreak, of loss and perseverance, and of the kind of creativity, audacity, and will it takes for a girl from Galveston to change the world. It’s one brilliant woman’s intimate and revealing story, and a multigenerational family saga that carries within it the story of America—and the wisdom that women pass on to one another, mothers to daughters, across generations.

Subjects: Electronic books.; Personal Memoirs; Motherhood;

© 2025., Random House Publishing Group,

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The adjustment bureau [videorecording] / by Blunt, Emily.; Carter, Natalie.; Damon, Matt.; Dick, Philip K.Adjustment bureau.Videorecording.; Kastriner, Florence.; MacBryde, Phyllis.; Mackie, Anthony,1979-; Nolfi, George.; Scarborough, Chuck.; Slattery, John,1963-; Stewart, Jon,1962-; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);

Music by Jay Rabinowitz ; director of photography, John Toll ; edited by Jay Rabinowitz.Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, John Slattery, Anthony Mackie, Florence Kastriner, Natalie Carter, Phyllis MacBryde, Jon Stewart, Chuck Scarborough.The budding romance between a rising U.S. congressman and a gifted ballet dancer is unexpectedly complicated by otherworldly forces seeking to drive them apart by altering the very fabric of reality. David Norris (Matt Damon) is a rising New York congressmen whose everyman charisma has earned him a loyal following among locals. One night, after suffering a crushing political defeat, David is rehearsing his concession speech in a hotel bathroom when out of a stall wanders Elise (Emily Blunt), who was hiding out from security guards after crashing a wedding. The chemistry between David and Elise is instant and electric. But as fast as she appeared, Elise has vanished, leaving David to wonder if he will ever see her again. A few days later, as if by chance, David is boarding a bus for work when he spots Elise in a window seat. Though he manages to get her number this time, David is terrified when he arrives at his new job and discovers a mysterious group of men performing an unusual procedure on his paralyzed co-workers. Informed by the imposing and sharp-dressed Richardson (John Slattery) that he has just seen behind a curtain that few will ever know even exists.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DVS Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.

Subjects: Dick, Philip K.; Ballerinas; Fate and fatalism; Feature films.; Legislators; Man-woman relationships; Science fiction films.;

© c2011., Universal Studios Home Entertainment,

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4

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The adjustment bureau [videorecording] / by Blunt, Emily.; Carter, Natalie.; Damon, Matt.; Dick, Philip K.Adjustment bureau.Videorecording.; Kastriner, Florence.; MacBryde, Phyllis.; Mackie, Anthony,1979-; Nolfi, George.; Scarborough, Chuck.; Slattery, John,1963-; Stewart, Jon,1962-; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);

Music by Jay Rabinowitz ; director of photography, John Toll ; edited by Jay Rabinowitz.Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, John Slattery, Anthony Mackie, Florence Kastriner, Natalie Carter, Phyllis MacBryde, Jon Stewart, Chuck Scarborough.The budding romance between a rising U.S. congressman and a gifted ballet dancer is unexpectedly complicated by otherworldly forces seeking to drive them apart by altering the very fabric of reality. David Norris (Matt Damon) is a rising New York congressmen whose everyman charisma has earned him a loyal following among locals. One night, after suffering a crushing political defeat, David is rehearsing his concession speech in a hotel bathroom when out of a stall wanders Elise (Emily Blunt), who was hiding out from security guards after crashing a wedding. The chemistry between David and Elise is instant and electric. But as fast as she appeared, Elise has vanished, leaving David to wonder if he will ever see her again. A few days later, as if by chance, David is boarding a bus for work when he spots Elise in a window seat. Though he manages to get her number this time, David is terrified when he arrives at his new job and discovers a mysterious group of men performing an unusual procedure on his paralyzed co-workers. Informed by the imposing and sharp-dressed Richardson (John Slattery) that he has just seen behind a curtain that few will ever know even exists.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Blu-ray, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DVS Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.

Subjects: Dick, Philip K.; Ballerinas; Fate and fatalism; Feature films.; Legislators; Man-woman relationships; Science fiction films.;

© c2011., Universal Studios Home Entertainment,

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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