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In ascension / by MacInnes, Martin,author.;
"An astonishing novel about a young microbiologist investigating an unfathomable deep vent in the ocean floor, leading her on a journey that will encompass the full trajectory of the cosmos and the passage of a single human life. Leigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as an escape from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the undersea world of her childhood, she excels in marine biology, traveling the globe to study ancient organisms. When a trench is discovered in the Atlantic Ocean, Leigh joins the exploration team, hoping to find evidence of Earth's first life forms--what she instead finds calls into question everything we know about our own beginnings. Her discovery leads Leigh to the Mojave Desert and an ambitious new space agency. Drawn deeper into the agency's work, she learns that the Atlantic trench is only one of several related phenomena from across the world, each piece linking up to suggest a pattern beyond human understanding. Leigh knows that to continue working with the agency will mean leaving behind her declining mother and her younger sister, and faces an impossible choice: to remain with her family, or to embark on a journey across the breadth of the cosmos. Exploring and celebrating the natural world with wonder and reverence, In Ascension is a compassionate, deeply inquisitive epic that reaches outward to confront the greatest questions of existence, looks inward to illuminate the smallest details of the human heart, and shows how--no matter how far away we might be and how much we have lost hope--we will always attempt to return to the people and places we call home"--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Novels.; Discoveries in science; Evolution (Biology); Life on other planets; Marine biologists; Women scientists;
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Burden of truth. [videorecording] / by Mooney, Peter,1983-actor.; Kreuk, Kristin,1982-actor.; Slade, Star,actor.; Simpson, Brad,1973-film director.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),distributor.;
Peter Mooney, Kristin Kreuk, Star Slade.When it's suspected that her big-pharma client's vaccine has caused a mysterious illness affecting a handful of teenaged girls, high-powered attorney, Joanna Hanley, returns to her hometown of Millwood to quickly and quietly settle the case. But when she's forced to go up against an old friend from high school, she begins to second guess the choices she's made along the path to partnership in her father's prestigious big city law firm.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Women lawyers; Vaccines; Teenage girls;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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How about never--is never good for you? : my life in cartoons / by Mankoff, Robert.;
"Memoir in cartoons by the longtime cartoon editor of The New Yorker. People tell Bob Mankoff that as the cartoon editor of The New Yorker he has the best job in the world. Never one to beat around the bush, he explains to us, in the opening of this singular, delightfully eccentric book, that because he is also a cartoonist at the magazine he actually has two of the best jobs in the world. With the help of myriad images and his funniest, most beloved cartoons, he traces his love of the craft all the way back to his childhood, when he started doing funny drawings at the age of eight. After meeting his mother, we follow his unlikely stints as a high-school basketball star, draft dodger, and sociology grad student. Though Mankoff abandoned the study of psychology in the seventies to become a cartoonist, he recently realized that the field he abandoned could help him better understand the field he was in, and here he takes up the psychology of cartooning, analyzing why some cartoons make us laugh and others don't. He allows us into the hallowed halls of The New Yorker to show us the soup-to-nuts process of cartoon creation, giving us a detailed look not only at his own work, but that of the other talented cartoonists who keep us laughing week after week. For desert, he reveals the secrets to winning the magazine's caption contest. Throughout, we see his commitment to the motto "Anything worth saying is worth saying funny."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Mankoff, Robert.; New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925); Cartoonists; Periodical editors;
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What I remember, what I know : the life of a High Arctic exile / by Audlaluk, Larry,1950-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Larry Audlaluk was born in Uugaqsiuvik, a traditional settlement west of Inujjuak in northern Quebec, or Nunavik. He was almost three years old when his family was chosen by the government to be one of seven Inuit families relocated from Nunavik to the High Arctic in the early 1950s. They were promised a land of plenty. They were given an inhospitable polar desert. Larry tells of loss, illness, and his family's struggle to survive, juxtaposed with excerpts from official reports that conveyed the relocatees' plight as a successful experiment. With refreshing candour and an unbreakable sense of humour, Larry leads the reader through his life as a High Arctic Exile--through broken promises, a decades- long fight to return home, and a life between two worlds as southern culture begins to encroach on Inuit traditions."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Audlaluk, Larry, 1950-; Forced migration; Inuit; Inuit; Indigenous peoples;
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Jumanji. [videorecording] / by Awkwafina,1989-actor.; Black, Jack,1969-actor.; Darby, Rhys,1974-actor.; DeVito, Danny,actor.; Gillan, Karen,1987-actor.; Glover, Danny,actor.; Hanks, Colin,1977-actor.; Hart, Kevin,1979-actor.; Johnson, Dwayne,1972-actor.; Jonas, Nick,actor.; Kasdan, Jake,1975-screenwriter,film director.; McCann, Rory,1969-actor.; Pinkner, Jeff,screenwriter.; Ramirez, Dania,actor.; Rosenberg, Scott,1963-screenwriter.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Van Allsburg, Chris.Jumanji.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Karen Gillan, Danny Devito, Jack Black, Awkwafina, Kevin Hart, Nick Jonas, Rhys Darby, Colin Hanks, Dania Ramirez, Danny Glover, Rory McCann.The gang is back, but the game has changed. As they return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored, from the arid deserts to the snowy mountains, in order to escape the world's most dangerous game.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for adventure action, suggestive content and some language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Avatars (Virtual reality); Jungles; Rescues; Jungle survival; Video games;
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Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Jumanji. [videorecording] / by Awkwafina,1989-actor.; Black, Jack,1969-actor.; Darby, Rhys,1974-actor.; DeVito, Danny,actor.; Gillan, Karen,1987-actor.; Glover, Danny,actor.; Hanks, Colin,1977-actor.; Hart, Kevin,1979-actor.; Johnson, Dwayne,1972-actor.; Jonas, Nick,actor.; Kasdan, Jake,1975-screenwriter,film director.; McCann, Rory,1969-actor.; Pinkner, Jeff,screenwriter.; Ramirez, Dania,actor.; Rosenberg, Scott,1963-screenwriter.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Van Allsburg, Chris.Jumanji.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Karen Gillan, Danny Devito, Jack Black, Awkwafina, Kevin Hart, Nick Jonas, Rhys Darby, Colin Hanks, Dania Ramirez, Danny Glover, Rory McCann.The gang is back, but the game has changed. As they return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored, from the arid deserts to the snowy mountains, in order to escape the world's most dangerous game.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for adventure action, suggestive content and some language.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Dolby digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Avatars (Virtual reality); Jungles; Rescues; Jungle survival; Video games;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Alvin and the Chipmunks [videorecording] : chipwrecked / by Aibel, Jonathan,1969-; Applegate, Christina,1971-; Bagdasarian, Ross.; Berger, Glenn.; Cross, David,1964-; Faris, Anna,1976-; Gubler, Matthew Gray,1980-; Karman, Janice.; Lee, Jason,1970-; Long, Justin,1978-; McCartney, Jesse,1987-; Mitchell, Mike.; Poehler, Amy,1971-; Slate, Jenny,1982-; Fox 2000 Pictures.; Regency Enterprises.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Jason Lee, David Cross, Jenny Slate, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Amy Poehler, Anna Faris, Christina Applegate.The vacationing Chipmunks and Chipettes are turning a luxury cruise liner into their personal playground, until they become 'chipwrecked' on a remote island. As the 'Munks and Chipettes try various schemes to find their way home, they accidentally discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1), 5.1 Dolby Digital (English), Dolby Surround (French, Spanish).
Subjects: Chipettes (Musical group); Chipmunks (Musical group); Children's films.; Chipmunks; Feature films.; Friendship; Shipwrecks; Vacations; Video recordings for children.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2012., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
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Mace Windu : the glass abyss / by Barnes, Steven,1952-author.;
"The Jedi are reeling from Qui-Gon Jinn's sudden death at the hands of a Sith. Jedi Master Mace Windu's feelings about Qui-Gon have always been complicated -- and have not been made any simpler by death. While they often disagreed, Mace valued Qui-Gon's unique perspective, and their shared dedication to the Force made them allies. Without Qui-Gon and his unorthodox views, Mace feels out of balance. While considering his fallen friend's legacy, Mace is surprised to receive a final message from Qui-Gon, marked to be delivered to Mace in the event of Qui-Gon's death. The message contains a last request: a plea to help the Outer Rim planet Metagos. Many years ago, a violent solar flare transformed the surface of the desert planet into a landscape of irradiated glass -- as beautiful as it is dangerous. Now most of the surviving inhabitants live underground, where rival clans fight to control the planet's limited resources. As a young Jedi, Qui-Gon protected the Sa'ad farming clan from the planet's less-scrupulous factions. The Sa'ad practice the art of dream-weaving, retaining their waking minds upon sleep in order to communicate and coexist with the wild creatures around them. Qui-Gon vowed to return if they ever required his aid, but now it falls to Mace to fulfill that promise. The Sa'ad's leader, KinShan Nightbird, has begged for the Jedi's help in freeing Metagos from the crime lords who threaten to eradicate her people's way of life. Intent on carrying out Qui-Gon's final wishes, Mace travels to Metagos and infiltrates the enemies of the Sa'ad. But as the Jedi Master investigates the intricate web of adversaries and allies, Mace finds himself pushed to the boundaries of the Jedi code, with his beliefs and his relationship to the Force itself challenged."--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Novels.; Jinn, Qui-Gon (Fictitious character); Imaginary wars and battles; Jedi (Fictitious characters);
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Horizon / by Lopez, Barry Holstun,1945-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the National Book Award-winning writer, humanitarian, environmentalist and author of the now-classic Arctic Dreams: a vivid, poetic, capacious work that recollects the travels around the world and the encounters--human, animal, and natural--that have shaped his extraordinary life. Poignantly, powerfully, it also asks "How do we move forward?" Taking us nearly from pole to pole--from modern megacities to some of the most remote regions on the earth--Barry Lopez, hailed by the Los Angeles Times Book Review as "one of our finest writers," gives us his most far-ranging yet personal work to date, in a book that moves through decades of his life as it describes his travels to six regions of the world: from the Oregon coast where he lives to the northernmost reaches of Canada; to the Galapagos; to the Kenyan desert; to Botany Bay in Australia; and in the resounding last section of this magisterial book, unforgettably to the ice shelves of Antarctica. As he revisits his growing up and these myriad travels, Lopez also probes the long history of humanity's quests and explorations, including the prehistoric peoples who trekked across Skraeling Island in northern Canada; the colonialists who plundered Central Africa; an Enlightenment-era Englishman who sailed the Pacific and a Native American emissary who arrived in Japan before it opened to the West. He confronts today's ecotourism in the tropics and visits the haunting remnants of a French colonial prison on Île du Diable in French Guiana. Through these journeys, and friendships forged along the way with scientists, archeologists, artists and local residents, Lopez searches for meaning and purpose in a broken world. With tenderness and intimacy, Horizon evokes the stillness and the silence of the hottest, the coldest and the most desolate places on the globe. It speaks with beauty and urgency to the invisible ties that unite us; voices concern and frustration alongside humanity and hope; and looks forward to our shared future as much as it looks back at a single life. Revelatory, powerful, profound, this is an epic work of nonfiction that makes you see the world differently: a crowning achievement by one of our most humane voices--one needed now more than ever."--
Subjects: Lopez, Barry Holstun, 1945-; Travel; Tourism; Natural history.;
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Star wars. [videorecording] / by Abrams, J. J.(Jeffrey Jacob),1966-film producer,screenwriter,film director.; Arndt, Michael D.,screenwriter.; Boyega, John,actor.; Burk, Bryan,1968-film producer.; Fisher, Carrie,actor.; Ford, Harrison,1942-actor.; Hamill, Mark,actor.; Isaac, Oscar,actor.; Kasdan, Lawrence,1949-screenwriter.; Kennedy, Kathleen,1954-film producer.; Bad Robot (Firm),production company.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Lucasfilm, Ltd.,production company.;
Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac.Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.Luke Skywalker has vanished, and both the Resistance and the sinister First Order are searching for him. Crack pilot Poe Dameron obtains a clue to his whereabouts, but when everything goes wrong, a droid called BB-8 becomes the center of the search, along with scavenger Rey and stormtrooper deserter FN-2187, who have found the droid.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Organa, Leia (Fictitious character); Skywalker, Luke (Fictitious character); Solo, Han (Fictitious character); Action and adventure films.; Fathers and sons; Feature films.; Good and evil; Robots; Science fiction films.; Star Wars films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.;
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