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The last days of Roger Federer : and other endings / by Dyer, Geoff,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."When artists and athletes age, what happens to their work? Does it ripen or rot? Achieve a new serenity or succumb to an escalating torment? As our bodies decay, how do we keep on? In this beguiling meditation, Geoff Dyer sets his own encounter with late middle age against the last days and last works of writers, painters, footballers, musicians, and tennis stars who've mattered to him throughout his life. With a playful charm and penetrating intelligence, he recounts Friedrich Nietzsche's breakdown in Turin, Bob Dylan's reinventions of old songs, J. M. W. Turner's paintings of abstracted light, John Coltrane's cosmic melodies, Bjorn Borg's defeats, and Beethoven's final quartets -and considers the intensifications and modifications of experience that come when an ending is within sight. Throughout, he stresses the accomplishments of uncouth geniuses who defied convention, and went on doing so even when their beautiful youths were over. Ranging from Burning Man and the Doors to the nineteenth-century Alps and back, Dyer's book on last things is also a book about how to go on living with art and beauty--and on the entrancing effect and sudden illumination that an Art Pepper solo or Annie Dillard reflection can engender in even the most jaded and ironic sensibilities"--
Subjects: Artists; Athletes; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); Gifted older people.; Gifted persons.; Older artists.; Older athletes.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Carrie Pilby [videorecording] / by motion picture adaptation of (work):Lissner, Caren.Carrie Pilby.; Wolofsky, Lisa,film producer.; Holden, Kara,screenwriter.; Johnson, Susan,film director.; Powley, Bel,1992-actor.; Bayer, Vanessa,1981-actor.; O'Donoghue, Colin,1981-actor.; Lane, Nathan,1956-actor.; Ritter, Jason,1980-actor.; Braveart,production company.; SMF,production company.; Storefront Pictures,production company.; Orchard (Firm),publisher.;
Music, Michael Penn ; editor, Phillip J. Bartell ; director of photography, Gonzalo Amat.Bel Powley, Vanessa Bayer, Colin O'Donoghue, William Moseley, Jason Ritter, Gabriel Byrne, Nathan Lane.A little genius goes a long way. Carrie would rather stay in bed than deal with the immoral, sex-obsessed hypocrites who seem to overrun her hometown, New York City. She's sick of trying to be like everybody else. She isn't! She's isolated, friendless, dateless, unemployed, oh ... and she's a genius. When her therapist gives her a five-point plan to change her social-outcast status, Carrie takes a hard look at herself ... and agrees to try.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Lissner, Caren.; Conduct of life; Interpersonal relations; Love;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Sentient : how animals illuminate the wonder of our human senses / by Higgins, Jackie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Perfect for fans of 'The Soul of an Octopus' and 'The Genius of Birds', this remarkable book explores how we process the world around us by analyzing the incredible sensory capabilities of 13 animals and reveals that we are not limited to merely five senses.
Subjects: Animal behavior.; Animals.; Perception.; Senses and sensation.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Being green [videorecording] / by Rudd, Paul.; Children's Television Workshop.; Genius Products.;
Host, Paul Rudd.Elmo and Abby find out it can be easy being green when they stumble onto the Earth-a-Thon.G.DVD ; full screen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Children's television programs.; Elmo (Fictitious character : Henson); Green products; Puppet television programs.; Recycling (Waste, etc.); Video recordings for children.;
© c2009., Genius Products,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Man overboard : an Ali Reynolds novel / by Jance, Judith A,author.;
"In New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance's gripping new thriller, Man Overboard, two tech geniuses face off--one intent on saving lives, the other on ending them. Cybersecurity expert Roger McGeary finally has his life back on track after years of struggling with depression. But when he falls from the balcony of his suite on an all-expenses-paid cruise, the police quickly dismiss it as "death by misadventure," a vague phrase leaving much to interpretation. Unsatisfied, Roger's tough-as-nails aunt, Julia Miller, is determined to find answers and closure. By contacting Roger's childhood friend Stuart Ramey to help her solve the mystery of his fate, Julia unwittingly sets up a collision course with a serial killer. Stuart, his sidekick Cami Lee, and journalist turned amateur sleuth Ali Reynolds put the full resources of cutting edge online security firm High Noon Enterprises into learning the truth about Roger's death. With Cami on the high seas investigating the ship from which Roger disappeared, Stuart stays tied to his computer, locked in a battle of wits and technology against an unusually twisted adversary. Aided by Frigg, an artificial intelligence companion of his own creation, the killer targets victims who have lost parents to suicide and attempts to drive them to the same tragic end. When the heartless killer and his cyber accomplice set their sights on Stuart, High Noon must race against time to save him and countless others"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Murder; Reynolds, Ali (Fictitious character); Women private investigators;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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Little elephant listens / by Dahl, Michael.; Vidal, Oriol,1977-;
Little Elephant uses his big ears to listen to his parents.LSC
Subjects: Elephants; Listening; Conduct of life; Behavior;
© c2014., Picture Window Books,
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Kingsman - the secret service [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Firth, Colin; Egerton, Taron; Jackson, Samuel L.; Davenport, Jack; Hamill, Mark; Caine, Michael; Strong, Mark;
Director, Matthew Vaughn.Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson, Jack Davenport, Mark Hamill, Michael Caine, Mark Strong.Based upon the acclaimed comic book, the movie tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.OFRB rating: 14A.Blu-ray.
Subjects: Action.; Action / Adventure.; Comedy.; Suspense / Thriller.;
© 2015., 20th Century Fox,
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Supergifted / by Korman, Gordon.;
Donovan is back at Hardcastle, along with nerdy genius Noah Youkilis who is being bullied by a basketball star Hash "Hashtag" Taggart. When a freak incident suddenly makes Donovan a hero, he can't tell anyone about it since Hashtag is involved. So Noah steps in and becomes "Superkid".LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Gifted children; Popularity; Friendship; Robots; Private schools; Middle schools;
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Kingsman [videorecording] : the secret service / by Quinton, Adrian.; Vaughn, Matthew,1971-director,screenwriter,producer.; Firth, Colin,1960-actor.; Egerton, Taron,actor.; Jackson, Samuel L,actor.; Jackman, Henry.; Margeson, Matthew,1980-; Davenport, Jack.; Hamill, Mark.; Caine, Michael.; Strong, Mark.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Camera, George Richmond ; editors, Eddie Hamilton, Jon Harris ; music, Henry Jackman, Matthew Margeson.Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson, Jack Davenport, Mark Hamill, Michael Caine, Mark Strong.Based upon the acclaimed comic book, the movie tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; Dolby digital 5.1, 2.0 ; widescreen 2.40:1.
Subjects: Secret service; Intelligence service; Spies; Espionage; Comedy films.; Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Scattershot : life, music, Elton, and me / by Taupin, Bernie,author.;
"An evocative, clear-eyed, and revealing memoir by Bernie Taupin, the lyrical master and long-time collaborator of Elton John. This is the memoir music fans have been waiting for. Half of one of the greatest creative partnerships in popular music, Bernie Taupin is the man who wrote the lyrics for Elton John, who conceived the ideas that spawned countless hits, and sold millions and millions of records. Together, they were a duo, a unit, an immovable object. Their extraordinary, half-century-and-counting creative relationship has been chronicled in biopics (like 2019's Rocketman) and even John's own autobiography, Me. But Taupin, a famously private person, has kept his own account of their adventures close to his chest, until now. An exciting, multi-decade whirlwind told in a non-linear yet grounded narrative, Scattershot whizzes around the world as we ride shotgun with Bernie on his extraordinary life. We visit Los Angeles with him and Elton on the cusp of global fame. We spend time with him in Australia almost in residency at an infamous rock 'n' roll hotel in an endless blizzard of drugs. And we spend late, late night hours with John Lennon, with Bob Marley, and hanging with Frank Sinatra. And beyond the world of popular music, we witness memorable encounters with writers like Graham Greene, painters like Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali, and scores of notable misfits, miscreants, eccentrics, and geniuses, known and unknown. Even if they're not famous in their own right, they are stars on the page, and we discover how they inspired the indelible lyrics to songs such as "Tiny Dancer," "Candle in the Wind," "Bennie and The Jets," and so many more"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Taupin, Bernie.; John, Elton; Taupin, Bernie; Composers; Lyricists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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