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Shattered : a memoir / by Kureishi, Hanif,author.;
"On Boxing Day 2022, in Rome, Hanif Kureishi had a fall. When he came to, in a pool of blood, he was horrified to realise he had lost the use of his limbs. He could no longer walk, write or wash himself. He could do nothing without the help of others, and required constant care in a hospital. So began an odyssey of a year through the medical systems of Rome and Italy, with the hope of somehow being able to return home, to his house in London. While confined to a series of hospital wards, he felt compelled to write, but being unable to type or to hold a pen, he began to dictate to family members the words which formed in his head. The result was an extraordinary series of dispatches from his hospital bed -- a diary of a life in pieces, recorded with rare honesty, clarity and courage. This book takes these hospital dispatches -- edited, expanded and meticulously interwoven with new writing -- and charts both a shattering and a reassembling: a new life born of pain and loss, but animated by new feelings -- of gratitude, humility and love"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Kureishi, Hanif.; Authors with disabilities; Authors, English; Bisexual men; Falls (Accidents); Hospital patients; Life change events; Novelists, English; People with quadriplegia; Screenwriters; Spinal cord; Dramatists, English;
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Plastic / by Fish, Hannah(Hannah Mary);
How do we make plastic? Why do we use plastic in hospitals? How much plastic is in the sea? Find out more about oil, microplastics and recycling.
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Plastics; Plastics;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Nurse Jackie. [videorecording] / by Cannavale, Bobby.; Falco, Edie.; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm.; Alliance Films.; Lions Gate Television (Firm);
Disc 1. Kettle-kettle-black-black -- Disneyland sucks -- The wall -- Slow growing monsters.Disc 2. One-armed Jacks -- No-kimono-zone -- Day of the iguana -- Chaud & froid.Disc 3. Are those feathers -- Handle your scandal.Edie Falco, Bobby Cannavale.Jackie comes to realize that both karma and sobriety can be a bitch. In addition to finally confronting her addiction, Jackie's street smarts and sardonic wit are tested even further by an ambitious new hospital administrator (Bobby Cannavale), determined to run a tight ship and keep Jackie in line.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen presentation ; 2.0 Dolby Digital, 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Chronic pain in women; Dark comedy television programs.; Hospitals; Hospitals; Medical television programs.; Nurses; Nurses; Television comedies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2013., Distributed by Alliance Films,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Nurse Jackie. [videorecording] / by Cannavale, Bobby.; Facinelli, Peter,1973-; Falco, Edie.; Smith, Anna Deavere.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Lions Gate Television (Firm); Showtime Networks.;
Peter Facinelli, Edie Falco, Anna Deavere Smith, Bobby Cannavale, Eve Best, Merritt Wever, Paul Schulze.The show returns for a fifth season. After leaving rehab early, Jackie finds sobriety and relative happiness, but that is the calm before the storm. With her marriage coming to an end, a careless accident sends Jackie to her own all Saints Hospital for emergency care. While recovering, she meets NYC policeman Frank Verelli, whose flirtatious advances may lead Jackie into uncharted territory: dating.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen; 2.0 Dolby Digital; 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Chronic pain in women; Dark comedy television programs.; Hospitals; Hospitals; Medical television programs.; Nurses; Nurses; Television comedies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2014., Showtime Networks Inc. ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
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Nurse Jackie. [videorecording] / by Best, Eve,1971-; Buscemi, Steve,1958-; Coulter, Allen.; Ellis, Scott.; Facinelli, Peter,1973-; Falco, Edie.; Feig, Paul.; Fumusa, Dominic,1969-; Schulze, Paul.; Sleiman, Haaz.; Smith, Anna Deavere.; Wever, Merritt.; Zisk, Craig.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Lions Gate Television (Firm); Lionsgate (Firm); Showtime Networks.;
Disc 1. Pilot -- Sweet'N all -- Chicken soup -- School nurse.Disc 2. Daffodil -- Tiny bubbles -- Steak knife -- Pupil.Disc 3. Nosebleed -- Ring finger -- Pill-o-matix -- Health care and cinema.Directors: Steve Buscemi, Craig Zisk, Scott Ellis, Paul Feig, Allen Coulter.Edie Falco, Peter Facinelli, Eve Best, Merritt Wever, Haaz Sleiman, Paul Schulze, Dominic Fumusa, Anna Deavere Smith.Jackie Peyton is a sharp-tongued and quick-witted nurse who is trying to survive the chaotic grind of saving lives in a hectic New York City hospital. Jackie's a woman of substance who knows how to handle it all. With a white lie here, a bent rule there, and a steady dose of pain relievers for her chronic back pain, Jackie does whatever it takes to get the job done.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen presentation (1.78:1) ; Dolby digital 5.1 EX surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo; NTSC, region 1.
Subjects: Chronic pain in women; Dark comedy television programs.; Hospitals; Hospitals; Medical television programs.; Nurses; Nurses; Television comedies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2013., Distributed by Entertainment One,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Margret & H.A. Rey's Curious George makes pancakes / by Rey, H. A.(Hans Augusto),1898-1977.; Rey, Margret.; Vipah Interactive.;
Curious George, an inquisitive monkey, causes quite a stir when he tries his "hand" at making pancakes at a fundraiser for the children's hospital.LSC
Subjects: Curious George (Fictitious character); Monkeys; Pancakes, waffles, etc.; Fund raising;
© 1998., Houghton Mifflin,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Siri, who am I? / by Tschida, Sam,1979-author.;
"A young woman wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital with amnesia and a head wound and must work backward, using her Instagram account, to piece together her identity"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Chick lit.; Amnesiacs; Social media; Man-woman relationships;
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Look around a medieval castle / by Hibbert, Clare,1970-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.Crusaders' castle -- Outer defences -- Moat and aqueduct -- Stables and exercise yard -- Barracks -- Warehouses -- Armory -- Master's rooms -- Kitchens and latrines -- Great hall -- Hospital -- Chapel -- Dungeon.Tour the Crusader castle, Krak des Chevaliers, to discover who built it, how it withstood fearsome sieges, and how its inhabitants lived, worked, ate and slept.
Subjects: Castles; Military history, Medieval; Middle Ages;
© 2008., Arcturus,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The knick. [videorecording] / by Hines, Grainger.; Holland, André,actor.; Owen, Clive.; Perkins, Katrina E.,actor.; Perkins, Katrina.; Soderbergh, Steven,1963-; Home Box Office (Firm),film distributor.;
Method and madness -- Mr. Paris shoes -- The busy flea -- Where's the dignity -- They capture the heart -- Start calling me dad -- Get the rope -- Working late a lot -- The golden lotus -- Crutchfield.Grainger Hines, Katrina E. Perkins, Clive Owen, André Holland, Jeremy Bobb.Originally broadcast on television in 2014.Set in downtown New York in 1900, the Knickerbocker Hospital faces a major upheaval due to poor finances and an exodus of wealthy patients. The one remaining star is Dr. Thackeray, who along with the hospital staff of surgeons, nurses and other personnel must struggle to keep both themselves and the hospital going.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Hospitals; Hospitals; Hospitals; Medical television programs.; Physicians; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
For private home use only.
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Salt green death [graphic novel] / by Thorsen, Katarina,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.The documented experiences of Joseph O'Dwyer, a young man who was institutionalized at one of Canada's most notorious historic psychiatric institutions.
Subjects: Biographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Creative nonfiction.; Graphic medicine (Comics); Historical comics.; O'Dwyer, Joseph; O'Dwyer, Joseph; O'Dwyer, Joseph; Psychiatric hospital care; Psychiatric hospital patients; Psychiatric hospital patients;
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