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Lessons / by McEwan, Ian,author.;
"Both epic and intimate, the story of one man's life across generations and historical upheavals: a deeply affecting novel about love, loss, ambition, and resolution--from #1 bestselling author Ian McEwan. When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed, eleven-year-old Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. 2,000 miles from his mother's protective love, stranded at an unusual boarding school, his vulnerability attracts piano teacher Miss Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade. Now, when his wife vanishes, leaving him alone with his tiny son, Roland is forced to confront the reality of his restless existence. As the radiation from Chernobyl spreads across Europe, he begins a search for answers that looks deep into his family history and will last for the rest of his life. From the Suez Crisis to the Cuban Missile Crisis, the fall of the Berlin Wall to the current pandemic and climate change, Roland sometimes rides with the tide of history, but more often struggles against it. Haunted by lost opportunities, he seeks solace through every possible means--music, literature, friends, sex, politics and, finally, love cut tragically short, then love ultimately redeemed. His journey raises important questions for us all. Can we take full charge of the course of our lives without damage to others? How do global events beyond our control shape our lives and our memories? And what can we really learn from the traumas of the past? Epic, mesmerising and deeply humane, Lessons is a chronicle for our times--a powerful meditation on history and humanity through the prism of one man's lifetime."--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Life change events; Love; Man-woman relationships; Single fathers;
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Catch me if I fall / by Jonsberg, Barry,1951-;
"Twins Ashleigh and Aiden have always promised to protect each other, but after an accident on a school trip, Aiden starts behaving strangely. Are they just growing apart, or is something more sinister going on? In a future Australia ravaged by climate change, twins Ashleigh and Aiden Delatour have always promised to protect and be there for each other, no matter what. Their privileged upbringing and loving, wealthy parents leave them with little to worry about. But when Aiden is seriously injured during a school trip, the twins' entire world begins to unravel. Back home from the hospital, something about Aiden seems different and Ashleigh's quest to find out why will uncover dark truths about the world they thought they knew, challenge their bond as twins and push how far they are willing to go to keep their promises. Catch Me If I Fall is a thrilling, timely examination of the possible future of our planet, the true meaning of family and our responsibilities to each other."--
Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Twins; Life change events;
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Landman. [videorecording] / by Chávez, Paulina,actor.; Collie, Mark,actor.; Hamm, Jon,1971-actor.; Jordan, James,1979-actor.; Larter, Ali,1976-actor.; Lofland, Jacob,actor.; Moore, Demi,actor.; Randolph, Michelle,1997-actor.; Sheridan, Taylor,creator.; Thornton, Billy Bob,actor.; Wallace, Christian,creator.; Wallace, Kayla,actor.; 101 Studios,production company.; MTV Entertainment Studios,production company.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Billy Bob Thornton, Ali Larter, Jacob Lofland, Michelle Randolph, Paulina Chávez, Kayla Wallace, Mark Collie, James Jordan, Demi Moore, Jon Hamm.Set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas, Landman is a modern-day tale of fortune seeking in the world of oil rigs. The series is an upstairs/downstairs story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires fueling a boom so big, it's reshaping our climate, our economy and our geopolitics. --Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Economics; Man-woman relationships; Oil well drilling; Petroleum engineers; Petroleum industry and trade;
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Jurassic World. [videorecording] / by Ali, Mahershala,1974-actor.; Bailey, Jonathan,1988-actor.; Crichton, Michael,1942-2008,creator.; Edwards, Gareth,1975-film director.; Friend, Rupert,actor.; Johansson, Scarlett,1984-actor.; Koepp, David,screenwriter.; Universal Studios, Inc.,publisher.;
Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Ed Skrein, Philippine Velge, Bechir Sylvain, Luna Blaise.The planet's ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs, and those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates resembling the one in which they once thrived. The three most colossal creatures within that tropical biosphere hold the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for intense sequences of violence/action, bloody images, some suggestive references, language and a drug reference.Described video for the blind and visually impairedSubtitled 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.; Action and adventure films.; Science fiction films.; Feature films.; Dinosaurs; Human-animal relationships; Survival; Predation (Biology);
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Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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How high we go in the dark : a novel / by Nagamatsu, Sequoia,author.;
"For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague-a daring and deeply heartfelt work of mind-bending imagination from a singular new voice. Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter at the Batagaika crater, where researchers are studying long-buried secrets now revealed in melting permafrost, including the perfectly preserved remains of a girl who appears to have died of an ancient virus. Once unleashed, the Arctic Plague will reshape life on earth for generations to come, quickly traversing the globe, forcing humanity to devise a myriad of moving and inventive ways to embrace possibility in the face of tragedy. In a theme park designed for terminally ill children, a cynical employee falls in love with a mother desperate to hold on to her infected son. A heartbroken scientist searching for a cure finds a second chance at fatherhood when one of his test subjects-a pig-develops the capacity for human speech. A widowed painter and her teenaged granddaughter embark on a cosmic quest to locate a new home planet. From funerary skyscrapers to hotels for the dead to interstellar starships, Sequoia Nagamatsu takes readers on a wildly original and compassionate journey, spanning continents, centuries, and even celestial bodies to tell a story about the resiliency of the human spirit, our infinite capacity to dream, and the connective threads that tie us all together in the universe"--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Epidemics; Interpersonal relations; Regression (Civilization); Resilience (Personality trait); Virus diseases;
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Hotel Portofino. [videorecording] / by Akhurst, Lucy,1975-actor.; Baines, Julie,1957-television producer.; Baker, Matt(Screenwriter),creator,screenwriter.; Binder, Louisa,actor.; Carling, Elizabeth,1967-actor.; Chancellor, Anna,actor.; Dench, Oliver,actor.; Esposito, Pasquale,1963-actor.; Fasano, Rocco,actor.; Frazer, Lily,1991-actor.; James, Adam,actor.; King, Imogen,actor.; McElhone, Natascha,1969-actor.; Morris, Olivia,actor.; Pecci, Daniele,actor.; Richelmy, Lorenzo,1990-actor.; Scott-Michael, Claude,actor.; Umbers, Mark,actor.; Wimpenny, Adam,television director.; Zaman, Assad,actor.; Beta Film GmbH,presenter.; Eagle Eye Drama (Firm),production company.; ITV (Firm),production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company.;
Natascha McElhone, Lucy Akhurst, Louisa Binder, Elizabeth Carling, Oliver Dench, Pasquale Esposito, Rocco Fasano, Lily Frazer, Adam James, Imogen King, Olivia Morris, Daniele Pecci, Lorenzo Richelmy, Claude Scott-Michael, Mark Umbers, Assad Zaman, Anna Chancellor.Set in the breathtakingly beautiful resort of Portofino, Hotel Portofino is a story of personal awakening at a time of global upheaval in the traumatic aftermath of World War I, and of the liberating influence of Italy's enchanting culture, climate and cuisine on British 'innocents abroad.'.14A.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Historical television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; British; Families; Hotels; Nineteen twenties;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Unworthy A Novel [electronic resource] : by Bazterrica, Agustina.aut; Moses, Sarah.; CloudLibrary;
The long-awaited new novel from the author of global sensation Tender Is the Flesh: a thrilling work of literary horror about a woman cloistered in a secretive, violent religious order, while outside the world has fallen into chaos. From her cell in a mysterious convent, a woman writes the story of her life in whatever she can find—discarded ink, dirt, and even her own blood. A lower member of the Sacred Sisterhood, deemed an unworthy, she dreams of ascending to the ranks of the Enlightened at the center of the convent and of pleasing the foreboding Superior Sister. Outside, the world is plagued by catastrophe—cities are submerged underwater, electricity and the internet are nonexistent, and bands of survivors fight and forage in a cruel, barren landscape. Inside, the narrator is controlled, punished, but safe. But when a stranger makes her way past the convent walls, joining the ranks of the unworthy, she forces the narrator to consider her long-buried past—and what she may be overlooking about the Enlightened. As the two women grow closer, the narrator is increasingly haunted by questions about her own past, the environmental future, and her present life inside the convent. How did she get to the Sacred Sisterhood? Why can’t she remember her life before? And what really happens when a woman is chosen as one of the Enlightened? A searing, dystopian tale about climate crisis, ideological extremism, and the tidal pull of our most violent, exploitative instincts, this is another unforgettable novel from a master of feminist horror.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Hispanic & Latino; Dystopian; Literary;
© 2025., Scribner,
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The Unworthy A Novel [electronic resource] : by Bazterrica, Agustina.aut; Powers, Imani Jade.nrt; CloudLibrary;
The long-awaited new novel from the author of global sensation Tender Is the Flesh: a thrilling work of literary horror about a woman cloistered in a secretive, violent religious order, while outside the world has fallen into chaos. From her cell in a mysterious convent, a woman writes the story of her life in whatever she can find—discarded ink, dirt, and even her own blood. A lower member of the Sacred Sisterhood, deemed an unworthy, she dreams of ascending to the ranks of the Enlightened at the center of the convent and of pleasing the foreboding Superior Sister. Outside, the world is plagued by catastrophe—cities are submerged underwater, electricity and the internet are nonexistent, and bands of survivors fight and forage in a cruel, barren landscape. Inside, the narrator is controlled, punished, but safe. But when a stranger makes her way past the convent walls, joining the ranks of the unworthy, she forces the narrator to consider her long-buried past—and what she may be overlooking about the Enlightened. As the two women grow closer, the narrator is increasingly haunted by questions about her own past, the environmental future, and her present life inside the convent. How did she get to the Sacred Sisterhood? Why can’t she remember her life before? And what really happens when a woman is chosen as one of the Enlightened? A searing, dystopian tale about climate crisis, ideological extremism, and the tidal pull of our most violent, exploitative instincts, this is another unforgettable novel from a master of feminist horror.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Hispanic & Latino; Literary; Dystopian;
© 2025., Simon & Schuster,
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In the country of others / by Slimani, Leïla,1981-author.; Taylor, Sam,1970-translator.; translation of:Slimani, Leïla,1981-Pays des autres.English.;
"In her first new novel since The Perfect Nanny launched her onto the world stage and won her acclaim for her "devastatingly perceptive character studies" (The New York Times Book Review), Leila Slimani draws on her own family's inspiring story for the first volume in a planned trilogy about race, resilience, and women's empowerment. Mathilde, a spirited young Frenchwoman, falls in love with Amine, a handsome Moroccan soldier in the French army during World War II. After the war, the couple settles in Morocco. While Amine tries to cultivate his family farm's rocky terrain, Mathilde feels her vitality sapped by the isolation, the harsh climate, the lack of money, and the mistrust she inspires as a foreigner. Left increasingly alone to raise her two children in a world whose rules she does not understand, and with her daughter taunted at school by rich French girls for her secondhand clothes and unruly hair, Mathilde goes from being reduced to a farmer's wife to defying the country's chauvinism and repressive social codes by offering medical services to the rural population. As tensions mount between the Moroccans and the French colonists, Amine finds himself caught in the crossfire: in solidarity with his Moroccan workers yet also a landowner, despised by the French yet married to a Frenchwoman, and proud of his wife's resolve but ashamed by her refusal to be subjugated. All of them live in the country of others--especially the women, forced to live in the land of men--and with this novel, Leila Slimani issues the first salvo in their emancipation"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Slimani, Leïla, 1981-; Women immigrants;
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Bog queen : a novel / by North, Anna,author.;
"From the author of instant New York Times bestseller Outlawed, a gripping, epoch-bridging story of a young anthropologist's monumental discovery, and the clash of civilizations it sets off-both ancient and contemporary-over the fate of the land that holds us. When a body is found in a bog in northwest England, Agnes, an American forensic anthropologist, is called to investigate. Agnes has always been more comfortable with the dead than the living, but this body is not like any she's ever seen. Though its bones prove it was buried more than two thousand years ago, it is almost completely preserved. The mystery of the Iron Age body draws the attention of numerous groups with competing interests: the archaeologists who want to study the surrounding bog, the peat-cutters who want to profit from the land's resources, and a group of environmental activists and neo-pagans who demand the body be returned to its resting place and that the moss-layered bog-a marvel of carbon capture on a warming planet-be left undisturbed. Then there's the moss itself; a complex repository of artifacts and remains, with its own dark stories to tell. As Agnes is drawn into the controversy stirred by the body and its habitat, she must face not only the deep history of what she has unearthed, but also the relationships she has forsworn in her bid for independence. Vividly flashing between the uncertainty of post-Brexit England and the druidic order of Celtic Europe at the dawn of the Roman era, Bog Queen brims with climate urgency and ancient wisdom as it connects across time two gifted, farsighted young women learning to harness their strange strengths in a landscape more mysterious and complex than either can imagine"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Bog bodies; Bog conservation; Bogs; Celts; Druids and druidism; Women forensic anthropologists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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