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Stiff : the curious lives of human cadavers / by Roach, Mary,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-303).
Subjects: Human experimentation in medicine.; Dead.; Human dissection.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The Day of the Dead on Sesame Street! / by Webster, Christy.; Santeiro, Luis.; Goldberg, Barry,1960-;
Rosita tells Elmo and Abby all about the Mexican celebration called El Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead in English. It's a special time to remember loved ones who are no longer here. Rosita shows her friends the ofrenda she has made, with pictures of her relatives and plates of their favorite foods. This board book is a great way to teach the youngest children about this very special holiday.
Subjects: Board books.; All Souls' Day;
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The Elissas : three girls, one fate, and the deadly secrets of suburbia / by Leach, Samantha,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In the tradition of Three Women, Bustle editor and writer Samantha Leach traces the lives of a trio of girls who met in the Troubled Teen Industry and went on to share the same tragic fate. Samantha and her best friend Elissa were typical privileged, rebellious, suburban girls. But after Elissa was kicked out of their private school, she soon disappeared. At fifteen years old, her parents quietly flew her from Providence, Rhode Island to a $10,000/month therapeutic boarding school in Nebraska. Ponca Pines Academy was part of the Troubled Teen Industry, a network of programs meant to reform wealthy, wayward teens. There she met two girls uncannily named Alissa and Alyssa, who had similar backgrounds and similar vices. In The Elissas, Samantha channels her personal grief and utilizes years of immersive research combined with her biting prose to reveal the cultural forces and systemic failings that contributed to the deaths of all three girls. In 2011, less than a year after graduating from Ponca Pines Academy, Elissa died of encephalitis. Four years later, Alyssa died of a heroin overdose. Another four years after that, Alissa died while battling an opioid addiction. Samantha endeavors to tell each of their stories, expanding on what shaped these young women before, during, and after their time in the Troubled Teen Industry. Based on interviews with other survivors, friends and family of the girls, educators, experts, and comprehensive reporting, The Elissas will challenge what you know about the opioid epidemic and the Troubled Teen Industry--and in doing so, will ultimately offer a window into the secret lives of young suburban women"--
Subjects: Opioid abuse.; Teenage girls; Youth;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Every living thing : the great and deadly race to know all life / by Roberts, Jason(President of Panmedia Corporation),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the bestselling author of A Sense of the World comes this dramatic, globe-spanning and meticulously-researched story of two scientific rivals and their race to survey all life on Earth. In the 18th century, two men dedicated their lives to the same daunting task: identifying and describing all life on Earth. Their approaches could not have been more different. Carl Linnaeus, a pious Swedish doctor with a huckster's flair, believed that life belonged in tidy, static categories. Georges-Louis de Buffon, an aristocratic polymath and keeper of France's royal garden, viewed life as a dynamic swirl of complexities. Both began believing their work to be difficult, but not impossible--how could the planet possibly hold more than a few thousand species? Stunned by life's diversity, both fell far short of their goal. But in the process they articulated starkly divergent views on nature, on humanity's role in shaping the fate of our planet and on humanity itself. The rivalry between these two unique, driven individuals created reverberations that still echo today. Linnaeus, with the help of acolyte explorers he called "apostles" (only half of whom returned alive), gave the world such concepts as mammal, primate and homo sapiens--but he also denied species change and promulgated racist pseudo-science. Buffon coined the term reproduction, formulated early prototypes of evolution and genetics, and argued passionately against prejudice. It was a clash that, during their lifetimes, Buffon seemed to be winning. But their posthumous fates would take a very different turn. With elegant, propulsive prose grounded in more than a decade of research, featuring appearances by Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin and Charles Darwin, bestselling author Jason Roberts tells an unforgettable true-life tale of intertwined lives and enduring legacies, tracing an arc of insight and discovery that extends across three centuries into the present day"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788.; Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778.; Biology; Life (Biology); Natural history; Naturalists; Naturalists;
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The widow's guide to dead bastards : a memoir / by Waite, Jessica,author.;
"A widow's life is turned upside when she uncovers the truth about her late husband in this lyrical, witty, and deeply moving memoir of tragedy and betrayal. In the midst of mourning her husband's sudden death, writer Jessica Waite discovered shocking secrets that undermined everything she thought she knew about the man she'd loved and trusted. From uncovered affairs to drug use and a pornography addiction, Waite was overwhelmed reconciling this devastating information with her new reality as a widowed single mom. Then, to further complicate matters, strange, inexplicable coincidences forced her to consider whether her husband was reaching back from beyond the grave. With her signature candor and unflinching honesty, Waite details her tumultuous love story and the pain of adjusting to the new normal she built for herself and her son. A riveting, difficult, and surprisingly beautiful story, The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards is also a lyrical exploration of grief, mental health, single parenthood, and betrayal that demonstrates that the most moving love stories aren't perfect -- they're flawed and poignantly real"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Waite, Jessica.; Widowhood; Widows;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mission impossible. [videorecording] / by Atwell, Hayley,1982-actor.; Cruise, Tom,1962-actor.; Czerny, Henry,actor.; Ferguson, Rebecca,1983-actor.; Kirby, Vanessa,actor.; Klementieff, Pom,actor.; McQuarrie, Christopher,film director,screenwriter.; Morales, Esai,actor.; Pegg, Simon,1970-actor.; Rhames, Ving,1961-actor.; Whigham, Shea,1969-actor.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,film distributor.;
Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Shea Whigham.Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission, not even the lives of those he cares about most.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Spy films.; Artificial intelligence; Espionage; Locks and keys; Spies;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Pirates of the Caribbean. [videorecording (DVD)] / by Beattie, Stuart; Bloom, Orlando,1977; Davenport, Jack,1973; Depp, Johnn; Elliott, Ted,1961; Knightley, Keira,1985; Nighy, Bill,1949; Rossio, Terr; Verbinski, Gor; Wolpert, Jay; Wolski, Dariusz A; Zimmer, Han; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm; Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm;
Director of photography, Dariusz Wolski ; editors, Stephen E. Rivkin, Craig Wood ; music, Hans Zimmer ; costume designers, Liz Dann, Penny Rose ; production designer, Rick Heinrichs.Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Kevin McNally, David Bailie, Stellan Skarsgård.Captain Jack owes a blood debt to the legendary Davy Jones, who captains the ghostly Flying Dutchman. Unless Jack can find a way out, he will be cursed to an afterlife of eternal servitude and damnation.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surroundTeen Choice Awards, 2006: Teen Choice Award - Choice Summer Movie: Drama/Action-Adventure ; Movie - Choice Rumble (Orlando Bloom) ; Movie - Choice Scream (Keira Knightley) ; Movies - Choice Action Adventure ; Movies Choice Actor: Drama/Action Adventure (Johnny Depp) ; Movies - Choice Hissy Fit (Keira Knightley) ; Movies - Choice Sleazebag (Bill Nighy)
Subjects: Adventure film; Comedy film; Debt; Feature film; Man-woman relationships; Pirates; Video recordings for the hearing impaire;
© c2006., Walt Disney Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
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Pirates of the Caribbean. [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Beattie, Stuart; Bloom, Orlando,1977; Davenport, Jack,1973; Depp, Johnn; Elliott, Ted,1961; Knightley, Keira,1985; Nighy, Bill,1949; Rossio, Terr; Verbinski, Gor; Wolpert, Jay; Wolski, Dariusz A; Zimmer, Han; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm; Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm;
Director of photography, Dariusz Wolski ; editors, Stephen E. Rivkin, Craig Wood ; music, Hans Zimmer ; costume designers, Liz Dann, Penny Rose ; production designer, Rick Heinrichs.Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Kevin McNally, David Bailie, Stellan Skarsgård.Captain Jack owes a blood debt to the legendary Davy Jones, who captains the ghostly Flying Dutchman. Unless Jack can find a way out, he will be cursed to an afterlife of eternal servitude and damnation.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surroundTeen Choice Awards, 2006: Teen Choice Award - Choice Summer Movie: Drama/Action-Adventure ; Movie - Choice Rumble (Orlando Bloom) ; Movie - Choice Scream (Keira Knightley) ; Movies - Choice Action Adventure ; Movies Choice Actor: Drama/Action Adventure (Johnny Depp) ; Movies - Choice Hissy Fit (Keira Knightley) ; Movies - Choice Sleazebag (Bill Nighy)
Subjects: Adventure film; Comedy film; Debt; Feature film; Man-woman relationships; Pirates; Video recordings for the hearing impaire;
© c2006., Walt Disney Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A fatal inheritance : how a family misfortune revealed a deadly medical mystery / by Ingrassia, Lawrence,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Weaving his own moving family story with this sweeping history of cancer research, Lawrence Ingrassia delivers an intimate, gripping tale that sits at the intersection of memoir and medical thriller"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Ingrassia, Lawrence.; Ingrassia, Lawrence; Fraumeni, Joseph F.; Li, Frederick P.; Cancer; p53 antioncogene.; p53 antioncogene; p53 antioncogene;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Everyone in this room will someday be dead : a novel / by Austin, Emily,author.;
This hilarious and profound debut for fans of Mostly Dead Things and Goodbye, Vitamin, follows a morbidly anxious young woman--"the kindhearted heroine we all need right now" (Courtney Maum, New York Times bestselling author)--who stumbles into a job as a receptionist at a Catholic church and becomes obsessed with her predecessor's mysterious death. Gilda, a twenty-something, atheist, animal-loving lesbian, cannot stop ruminating about death. Desperate for relief from her panicky mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local Catholic church, and finds herself being greeted by Father Jeff, who assumes she's there for a job interview. Too embarrassed to correct him, Gilda is abruptly hired to replace the recently deceased receptionist Grace. In between trying to memorize the lines to Catholic mass, hiding the fact that she has a new girlfriend, and erecting a dirty dish tower in her crumbling apartment, Gilda strikes up an email correspondence with Grace's old friend. She can't bear to ignore the kindly old woman, who has been trying to reach her friend through the church inbox, but she also can't bring herself to break the bad news. Desperate, she begins impersonating Grace via email. But when the police discover suspicious circumstances surrounding Grace's death, Gilda may have to finally reveal the truth of her mortifying existence. A delightful blend of warmth, deadpan humor, and pitch-perfect observations about the human condition, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is a crackling exploration of what it takes to stay afloat in a world where your expiration-and the expiration of those you love-is the only certainty.
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Black humor.; Lesbians; Receptionists; Death;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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