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The man who saw everything / by Levy, Deborah,author.;

"It is 1988 and Saul Adler, a narcissistic young historian, has been invited to Communist East Berlin to do research; in exchange, he must publish a favorable essay about the German Democratic Republic. As a gift for his translator's sister, a Beatles fanatic who will be his host, Saul's girlfriend will shoot a photograph of him standing in the crosswalk on Abbey Road, an homage to the famous album cover. As he waits for her to arrive, he is grazed by an oncoming car, which changes the trajectory of his life - and this story of good intentions and reckless actions."--

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Traffic accident victims; Historians; Man-woman relationships; British;

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Presumed Guilty. by Turow, Scott.;

PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: INNOCENT, ISBN 9780446562423. Scott Turow, a writer and former practicing lawyer, is the author of thirteen bestselling works of fiction, including Presumed Innocent and most recently, Suspect. Mr. Turow has also published two nonfiction books, including One L, about his experience as a law student. His books have been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and have been adapted into movies and television projects. He has frequently contributed essays and op-ed pieces to publications such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, the New Yorker, and the Atlantic.Library Bound Incorporated

Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); FICTION / Crime; FICTION / Legal; FICTION / Thrillers / Crime; FICTION / Thrillers / Legal;

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All things aside : (absolutely correct opinions) / by Shlesinger, Iliza,1983-author.; Cho, Margaret,writer of foreword.;

From the razor-sharp mind of comedian Iliza Shlesinger comes a collection of hilarious and insightful essays about the exasperating issues of everyday life. All Things Aside is a punchy, honest, incisive book that shares a view of the world through the eyes of the inimitable Iliza Shlesinger. From the macro to micro, Shlesinger tackles it all with her no-bullshit comedic style. Throughout the book, Shlesinger dives from one subject into the next, making her hilarious asides the basis of her stories, much like she does in her stand-up comedy. Topics range from dissecting social expectations to the notion that products marketed specifically to women are scams, and all manner of things in between. She even dares to ask herself the all-important question that every woman is forced to consider at some point--Am I actually an annoying person? Shlesinger also shares intimate moments, including a devastating miscarriage, which she manages to navigate not only with grace but somehow with side-splitting humor. As Margaret Cho explains in the book's foreword, "Every woman has something to gain from the Everywoman Iliza presents in her hilarious and astute worldview ... I've learned [from Iliza] that you don't have to quit when you are in pain, that you can write your way out of the suffering. That there is beautiful truth to be unearthed from the depths of despair. That the stupid can be smart and that we put ourselves through hell for nothing." All Things Aside offers unexpected insights, much-needed truths, and tons and tons of laughs.

Subjects: Anecdotes.; Essays.; Women; Women;

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A dry white season [videorecording] / by Brando, Marlon,actor.; Mokae, Zakes,actor.; Ntshona, Winston,actor.; Palcy, Euzhan,film director.; Palcy, Euzhan,screenwriter,film director.; Prochnow, Jürgen,actor.; Sarandon, Susan,1946-actor.; Sutherland, Donald,1935-actor.; Suzman, Janet,actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Brink, André P.(André Philippus),1935-2015.Droë wit seisoen.English.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,film distributor,presenter.;

Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Winston Ntshona, Marlon Brando, Zakes Mokae, Jurgen Prochnow, Susan Sarandon.White schoolteacher Ben Du Toit lives in Johannesburg and remains blissfully incurious about the lives of his black countrymen until a wave of brutal repression comes crashing down on his gardener, bringing Du Toit face-to-face with harsh political realities.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Brink, André P. (André Philippus), 1935-2015.; Apartheid; Blacks; Justice;

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A place in the world : finding the meaning of home / by Mayes, Frances,author.; Mayes, Frances.Essays.Selections.;

"A lyrical and evocative collection of personal stories from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, in which the queen of wanderlust reflects on the comforts of home. While Frances Mayes is known for her travels, she has always sought a sense of home wherever she goes. In this poetic testament to the power of place in our lives, Mayes reflects on "home," from the earliest imprint of four walls to the startling discoveries of feeling the strange ease of homes abroad, friends' homes, and even momentary homes that spark desires for other lives. Her musings are all the more poignant after so many have spent their long pandemic months at home. From her travels across Italy--Tuscany, of course, but also Venice and Capri--to the American South, France, and Mexico, Mayes examines the connective tissue among them through the homes she's inhabited. A Place in the World explores Mayes's passion and obsessions with houses and the things that inhabit them--old books, rich food, beloved friends, transportive art. The indelible marks each refuge has left on her and how each home influenced the next serve as the foundations of each chapter. Written in Mayes's signature intimate style, A Place in the World captures the adventure of moving on while seeking comfort in the cornerstone closest to all of us-home"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Essays.; Travel writing.; Personal narratives.; Mayes, Frances; Mayes, Frances; Home.; Women authors, American;

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Containment [videorecording] / by Bensi, Danny,composer (expression); Cohn, Herve,director of photography.; Cragg, Tim,director of photography.; DeBesche, Austin,director of photography.; Einziger, Mike,composer (expression); Galison, Peter,film director,film producer.; Jurriaans, Saunder,composer (expression); King, Chyld,film producer,editor of moving image work.; McCarthy, Stephen,director of photography.; Moss, Robb,film director,film producer.; Retel Helmrich, Leonard,director of photography.; Redacted Pictures (Firm),production company.; Tugg Inc.,publisher.;

Editor, Chyld King ; animators: Peter Kuper, David Lobser ; composers: Mike Einziger, Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans, Tristeza ; cinematographers: Hervé Cohn, Tim Cragg, Austin DeBesche, Leonard Retel Helmrich, Stephen McCarthy.Greg Benford, Wendell Bell, Tom Clements, Frank Drake, Ned Elkins, Bob Forrest, Yoichi Funabashi, Theodore J. Gordon, Fumihiko Imamura, Gregory Jaczko, Kevin Kamps, Naoto Kan, David Lochbaum, Jon Lomberg, Allison M. Macfarlane, Arjun Makhijani, Roger Nelson, Woodruff T. Sullivan, Reverend Willie Tomlin.Can we contain some of the deadliest, most long-lasting substances ever produced? Left over from the Cold War are a hundred million gallons of radioactive sludge, covering vast radioactive lands. Governments around the world, desperate to protect future generations, have begun imagining society 10,000 years from now in order to create monuments that will speak across the time. Part observational essay filmed in weapons plants, Fukushima and deep underground -- and part graphic novel -- Containment weaves between an uneasy present and an imaginative, troubled far future, exploring the idea that over millennia, nothing stays put.E.DVD-R, NTSC.

Subjects: Documentary films.; Nuclear reactors; Radioactive waste disposal.; Radioactive wastes.;

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Rebecca [videorecording] / by Anderson, Judith,1897-1992,actor.; Fontaine, Joan,1917-2013,actor.; Hitchcock, Alfred,1899-1980,film director.; Olivier, Laurence,1907-1989,actor.; Sanders, George,1906-1972,actor.; Selznick, David O.,1902-1965,film producer.; Sherwood, Robert E.(Robert Emmet),1896-1955,screenwriter.; Harrison, Joan,1907-1994,screenwriter.; motion picture adaptation of (work) :Du Maurier, Daphne,1907-1989.Rebecca.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.;

Music, Franz Waxman ; adaptation by Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan.Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce.A young woman who believes she has found her heart's desire when she marries the dashing aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter. But upon moving to Manderley, her groom's baroque ancestral mansion, she soon learns that his deceased wife haunts not only the home but the temperamental, brooding Maxim as well.PG.

Subjects: Feature films.; Haunted places; Man-woman relationships; Widowers;

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Hungry heart : adventures in life, love, and writing / by Weiner, Jennifer,author.;

"You fall down. You get hurt. You get up again. You know Jennifer Weiner as many things: a bestselling author, a Twitter phenomenon, and "an unlikely feminist enforcer" (The New Yorker). She's also a mom, a daughter, and a sister; a former rower and current runner; a best friend and a reality TV junkie. Here, in her first foray into nonfiction, she takes the raw stuff of her personal life and spins it into a collection of essays on womanhood as uproariously funny and moving as the best of Tina Fey, Fran Lebowitz, and Nora Ephron. Jennifer grew up as an outsider in her picturesque Connecticut hometown ("a Lane Bryant outtake in an Abercrombie & Fitch photo shoot") and at her Ivy League college, but finally found her people in newsrooms in central Pennsylvania and Philadelphia and her voice as a novelist, activist, and New York Times columnist. No subject is off-limits in this intimate and honest essay collection: sex, weight, envy, money, her mom's late-in-life lesbianism, and her estranged father's death. From lonely adolescence to modern childbirth to hearing her six-year-old daughter's use of the f-word--fat;--for the first time, Jennifer dives deep into the heart of female experience, with the wit and candor that have endeared her to readers all over the world. By turns hilarious and deeply touching, Hungry Heart is about yearning and longing, love and loss, and a woman who searched for her place in the world--and found it as a storyteller"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Weiner, Jennifer.; Authors, American;

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The matrix [videorecording (DVD)] by Wachowski, Andy,1967; Wachowski, Larry,1965; Reeves, Kean; Fishburne, Larry; Moss, Carrie-Ann;

Director of photography, Bill Pope ; production designer, Owen Paterson ; editor, Zach Staenberg ; music, Don Davis.Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Gloria Foster, Joe Pantoliano, Marcus Chong.Computer hacker realizes the world is a hoax, an elaborate deception spun by all-powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us.CHV rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R."Rated R for sci-fi violence and brief language"--Container.Region 1.Windows system requirements: PC with Windows 95 or higher ; DVD-ROM drive ; 166 MHz Pentium processor ; 32 MB RAM ; 5-20 MB available hard disc space ; Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher (included on disc)

Subjects: Reality; Perception; Science fiction film; Feature film; Video recordings for the hearing impaire;

© c1999., Warner Home Video,

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What I know for sure / by Winfrey, Oprah,author.; Winfrey, Oprah.Essays.Selections.;

"In this updated edition of the bestseller that launched Flatiron's list ten years ago, Oprah shares what she has come to know for sure in the last decade. After film critic Gene Siskel asked her, "What do you know for sure?" Oprah Winfrey began writing the "What I Know For Sure" column in O, The Oprah Magazine. Saying that the question offered her a way to take "stock of her life," Oprah has penned one column a month over the last fourteen years, years in which she retired The Oprah Winfrey Show (the highest-rated program of its kind in history), launched her own television network, became America's only black billionaire, was awarded an honorary degree from Harvard University and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, watched friends and colleagues come and go, and celebrated milestone birthdays. Throughout it all, she's continued to offer her profound and inspiring words of wisdom in her "What I Know For Sure" column in O, The Oprah Magazine. Now, for the first time, these thoughtful gems have been revised, updated, and collected in What I Know For Sure, a beautiful book packed with insight and revelation from Oprah Winfrey. Organized by theme-joy, resilience, connection, gratitude, possibility, awe, clarity, and power-these essays offer a rare and powerful glimpse into the mind of one of the world's most extraordinary women. Candid, moving, exhilarating, uplifting, and dynamic, the words Oprah shares in What I Know For Sure shimmer with the sort of wisdom and truth that readers will turn to again and again"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Essays.; Personal narratives.; Winfrey, Oprah; Actors; Television personalities;

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