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- Sound within sound : a radical history of composers in the 20th century / by Molleson, Kate,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.'Sound Within Sound' is the story of the composers who dared to challenge the conventional world of classical music in the 20th century. Traversing the globe from Ethiopia and the Philippines to Mexico, Russia and beyond, Kate Molleson tells the stories of 10 figures who altered the course of musical history, only to be sidelined and denied recognition during an era that systemically favoured certain sounds - and people - over others.Molleson was raised in Scotland and in Whitehorse, YT.
- Subjects: Biographies.; Composers; Music;
- Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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- You are what your grandparents ate : what you need to know about nutrition, experience, epigenetics & the origins of chronic disease / by Finlayson, Judith,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-310) and index."You Are What Your Grandparents Ate takes conventional wisdom about the origins of chronic disease and turns it upside down. Rooted in the work of the late epidemiologist Dr. David Barker, it highlights the exciting research showing that heredity involves much more than the genes your parents passed on to you. Thanks to the relatively new science of epigenetics, we now know that the experiences of previous generations may show up in your health and well-being."
- Subjects: Epigenetics.; Medical genetics.; Chronic diseases; Chronic diseases; Health.; Nutrition.;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- A gamble at sunset / by Riley, Vanessa,author.;
Vanessa Riley turns all convention on its head for the first in an enchanting diverse new Regency romance trilogy featuring a duke, three sisters, and a tantalizing bet with a most desirable reward. When a duke discovers the woman he loves was tricked into marrying another, the master chess player makes the now-widowed Baroness the highest-stakes wager of his life: he will find husbands for her two reluctant-to-marry sisters -- or depart forever.
- Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Composers; Man-woman relationships; Nobility; Sisters;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Alice Neel. by Neel, Andrew,film director.; SeeThink Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by SeeThink Films in 2007.Alice Neel was one of the great portrait painters of the 20th century. She reinvented the genre of portraiture by expressing the inner landscape of her varied sitters, among them Andy Warhol, Annie Sprinkle, Bella Abzug, and Allen Ginsberg. Filmmaker Andrew Neel, Alice Neel’s grandson, puts together the pieces of the painter's personal life and career to tell Neel’s story, exploring the struggles she faced as a woman artist, a single mother, and a painter who defied convention.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Art.; Arts.; Documentary films.; Women's studies.; Artists.; Biography.;
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- The new rules of war : victory in the age of durable disorder / by McFate, Sean,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A provocative, sometimes controversial exploration of warfare today and tomorrow from a former 82nd Airborne paratrooper and current National Defense University and Georgetown University professor and co-author of Shadow War, a thriller"--
- Subjects: War.; Military art and science.;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The cold vanish : seeking the missing in North America's wildlands / by Billman, Jon,author.;
These are the stories that defy conventional logic. The proverbial vanished without a trace incidences, which happen a lot more (and a lot closer to your backyard) than almost anyone thinks. These are the missing whose situations are the hardest on loved ones left behind. The cases that are an embarrassment for park superintendents, rangers and law enforcement charged with Search & Rescue. The ones that baffle the volunteers who comb the mountains, woods and badlands. The stories that should give you pause every time you venture outdoors.
- Subjects: Missing persons; Search and rescue operations; Wilderness survival;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Carol [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Blanchett, Cate; Mara, Rooney; Paulson, Sarah; Chandler, Kyle; Lacy, Jake; Smith, Cory Michael; Magaro, John; Crowley, Kevin;
Director, Todd Haynes.Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy, Cory Michael Smith, John Magaro, Kevin Crowley.It follows two women from very different backgrounds who find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change. A young woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet, is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol, an alluring woman. trapped in a loveless, convenient marriagOFRB rating: 14A.Blu-ray.
- Subjects: Drama.; Drama.; Award Winners.;
- © 2016., The Weinstein Company,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Cam / by Lear, Lee-Ann.;
The Green Series starts with all short vowel sounds, all single consonants, several common consonant digraphs, and high frequency words "the", "a", and "to". As the series progresses, the following concepts are introduced: additional digraphs <ch>, <sh> and trigraphs <-tch> and <-dge> -- initial and final consonant clusters, first with continuous sounds, then with stop stounds -- orthographic conventions such as the doubling rule and when to use <-tch> and <-dge> -- <wa>(<a> as /ŏ/ after <w>) and <al>(<a> as /ŏ/ when followed by <l>) -- suffixes <-ed> and <-ing> -- concept of "schwa" in unstressed syllable -- High Frequency Words: "of", "was", "said" and "they".
- Subjects: Readers (Publications); Dyslexia-friendly books.; Reading Longer Words.; Phonics.; Decodable books.; Reading; English language; Children;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The chipmunk / by Lear, Lee-Ann.;
The Green Series starts with all short vowel sounds, all single consonants, several common consonant digraphs, and high frequency words "the", "a", and "to". As the series progresses, the following concepts are introduced: additional digraphs <ch>, <sh> and trigraphs <-tch> and <-dge> -- initial and final consonant clusters, first with continuous sounds, then with stop stounds -- orthographic conventions such as the doubling rule and when to use <-tch> and <-dge> -- <wa>(<a> as /ŏ/ after <w>) and <al>(<a> as /ŏ/ when followed by <l>) -- suffixes <-ed> and <-ing> -- concept of "schwa" in unstressed syllable -- High Frequency Words: "of", "was", "said" and "they".
- Subjects: Readers (Publications); Dyslexia-friendly books.; Reading Longer Words.; Phonics.; Decodable books.; Reading; English language; Chipmunks;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The ducks / by Lear, Lee-Ann.;
The Green Series starts with all short vowel sounds, all single consonants, several common consonant digraphs, and high frequency words "the", "a", and "to". As the series progresses, the following concepts are introduced: additional digraphs <ch>, <sh> and trigraphs <-tch> and <-dge> -- initial and final consonant clusters, first with continuous sounds, then with stop stounds -- orthographic conventions such as the doubling rule and when to use <-tch> and <-dge> -- <wa>(<a> as /ŏ/ after <w>) and <al>(<a> as /ŏ/ when followed by <l>) -- suffixes <-ed> and <-ing> -- concept of "schwa" in unstressed syllable -- High Frequency Words: "of", "was", "said" and "they".
- Subjects: Readers (Publications); Dyslexia-friendly books.; Reading Longer Words.; Phonics.; Decodable books.; Reading; English language; Ducks;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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