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Into the gray zone : a neuroscientist explores the border between life and death / by Owen, Adrian M.,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.In this startling and thought-provoking book, which will remind readers of works by Oliver Sacks and Atul Gawande, a world-renowned neuroscientist reveals his controversial, groundbreaking work with patients whose brains were previously thought vegetative or non-responsive but turn out--in up to 20 percent of cases--to be vibrantly alive, existing in the "Gray Zone." Into the Gray Zone takes readers to the edge of a dazzling, humbling frontier in our understanding of the brain: the so-called "gray zone" between full consciousness and brain death. People in this middle place have sustained traumatic brain injuries or are the victims of stroke or degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Many are oblivious to the outside world, and their doctors believe they are incapable of thought. But a sizeable number are experiencing something different: intact minds adrift deep within damaged brains and bodies. An expert in the field, Adrian Owen led a team that, in 2006, discovered this lost population and made medical history. Scientists, physicians, and philosophers have only just begun to grapple with the implications. Following Owen's journey of exciting medical discovery, Into the Gray Zone asks some tough and terrifying questions, such as: What is life like for these patients? What can their families and friends do to help them? What are the ethical implications for religious organizations, politicians, the Right to Die movement, and even insurers? And perhaps most intriguing of all: in defining what a life worth living is, are we too concerned with the physical and not giving enough emphasis to the power of thought? What, truly, defines a satisfying life?

Subjects: Brain damage.; Persistent vegetative state.; Persistent vegetative state; Brain; Neurosciences.; Coma.;

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The shooting at Château Rock / by Walker, Martin,1947 January 23-author.;

"It's summer in the Dordogne. The heirs of a Périgordian sheep farmer learn that they have been disinherited, and their father's estate sold to an insurance company in return for a policy that will place him in a five-star retirement home for the rest of his life. But the farmer never gets his life of luxury--he dies before moving in. Was it a natural death? Was there foul play? Bruno begins the investigation that leads him to several shadowy insurance companies owned by a Russian oligarch with a Cypriot passport. The companies are based in Cyprus, Malta, and Luxembourg, but Bruno finds a weak spot in France: the Russian's France-based notaire and insurance agent. As Bruno is pursuing this lead, the oligarch's daughter turns up in the Périgord, and complications ensue, eventually bringing the action to the château of an aging rock star. But, as ever, Bruno makes time for lunch amid it all"--

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Courrèges, Bruno (Fictitious character); Police; Murder;

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Bull. [videorecording] / by Carr, Geneva,actor.; Jackson, Chris,actor.; Kirchner, Jaime Lee,1981-actor.; Rodríguez, Freddy,1975-actor.; Weatherly, Michael,1968-actor.; CBS Studios Inc.,production company.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,publisher.;

Michael Weatherly, Freddy Rodriguez, Geneva Carr, Chris Jackson, Jaime Lee Kirchner.Season three of Bull finds Dr. Jason Bull returning to work at TAC after recovering from his heart attack. His first case back is a tough one, as he asks his team to help defend an insurance company who is being sued by a young mother who was denied coverage for a liver transplant.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.

Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Legal television programs.; Consulting firms; Psychology; Verdicts;

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Con/artist : the life and crimes of the world's greatest art forger / by Tetro, Tony,author.; Ambrosi, Giampiero,author.;

"The world's most renowned art forger reveals the secrets behind his decades of painting like the masters-exposing an art world that is far more corrupt than we ever knew while providing an art history lesson wrapped in sex, drugs, and Caravaggio. The art world is a much dirtier, nastier business than you might expect. Tony Tetro, one of the most renowned art forgers in history, will make you question every masterpiece you've ever seen in a museum, gallery, or private collection. Tetro's "Rembrandts," "Caravaggios," "Miros," and hundreds of other works now hang on walls around the globe. In 2019, it was revealed that Prince Charles received into his collection a Picasso, Dali, Monet, and Chagall, insuring them for over 200 million pounds, only to later discover that they're actually "Tetros." And the kicker? In Tony's words: "Even if some tycoon finds out his Rembrandt is a fake, what's he going to do, turn it in? Now his Rembrandt just became motel art. Better to keep quiet and pass it on to the next guy. It's the way things work for guys like me." The Prince Charles scandal is the subject of a forthcoming feature documentary with Academy Award nominee Kief Davidson and coauthor Giampiero Ambrosi, in cooperation with Tetro. Throughout Tetro's career, his inimitable talent has been coupled with a reckless penchant for drugs, fast cars, and sleeping with other con artists. He was busted in 1989 and spent four years in court and one in prison. His voice-rough, wry, deeply authentic-is nothing like the high society he swanned around in, driving his Lamborghini or Ferrari, hobnobbing with aristocrats by day, and diving into debauchery when the lights went out. He's a former furniture store clerk who can walk around in Caravaggio's shoes, become Picasso or Monet, with an encyclopedic understanding of their paint, their canvases, their vision. For years, he hid it all in an unassuming California townhouse with a secret art room behind a full-length mirror. (Press #* on his phone and the mirror pops open.) Pairing up with coauthor Ambrosi, one of the investigative journalists who uncovered the 2019 scandal, Tetro unveils the art world in an epic, alluring, at times unbelievable, but all-true narrative"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; True crime stories.; Tetro, Tony.; Art forgers;

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KILLER JOE (Blu-ray) [videorecording]. by Mcconaughey, Matthew; Hirsch, Emile; Temple, Juno; Gershon, Gina; Church, Thomas Haden;

Matthew Mcconaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Gina Gershon, Thomas Haden Church.Blu-ray.OFRB rating: 18A.Joe Cooper is a Dallas detective who doubles as a hitman with the charm of a Southern gentleman. Chris hires Joe to kill his mother in order to collect her life insurance and pay off his debts. But when Chris is unable to pay for the service up front, Joe takes Chris's sister Dottie as a retainer until he can be paid.

Subjects: Drama.; Crime.; Suspense / Thriller.;

© 2012., Vvs Films,

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The commuter [videorecording] / by Blasi, Philip de,screenwriter.; Collet-Serra, Jaume,1974-film director.; Engle, Ryan,screenwriter.; Farmiga, Vera,actor.; Heineman, Alex,film producer.; Neeson, Liam,actor.; Rona, Andrew,film producer.; Willinger, Byron,screenwriter.; Wilson, Patrick,1973-actor.; Videoville Showtime,publisher.;

Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks, Sam Neill.During his daily commute from Manhattan to Upstate New York, a cop-turned-insurance salesman (Liam Neeson) is approached by a mysterious woman (Vera Farmiga), who tells him that he must locate a passenger who's carrying something dangerous. If he fails, everyone aboard the train, as well as his family at home, will be killed.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some intense action/violence, and language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Feature films.; Action and adventure films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Commuters; Conspiracies; Crime;

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Hello! I want to die, please fix me : depression in the first person / by Paperny, Anna Mehler,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Frank, eye-opening, heartbreaking and disarmingly funny, Anna Mehler Paperny is a fabulous, vibrant new voice. In her galvanizing memoir-meets-exposé, writing with riveting vitality and intelligence about surviving suicide and the ways we try to talk about and treat depression, she has discovered what eludes many: a way to reach out to us to talk about one of the increasingly concerning medical issues today. An energetic tour-de-force of empathy and desire for understanding, Hello! I Want to Die, Please Fix Me is compelling reading, as well as essential for anyone curious to understand how it feels to be depressed, or whose life, family or friends has been touched by depression. Anna Mehler Paperny is a young journalist from Toronto--a smart, passionate reporter who has contributed to the Toronto Star, Global News, The Globe and Mail, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and just about every major news outlet you can think of. In her early-twenties, while thriving in her dream job, enjoying warm familial support and a strong social network of friends and colleagues, Anna found herself trapped by feelings of failure and despair. In September 2011, she made her first attempt to kill herself by ingesting a deadly mix of sleeping pills and antifreeze, landing her in the ICU followed by weeks of enforced detention in two different big-city psych wards. This was Anna's entry point into the labyrinthine psychiatric care system--one that is nominally responsible for providing the best reasonable care to millions of Canadians suffering from severe, life-threatening mental illness. Her first stay in the psych ward--at times horrifying, other times boring, hilarious and absurd--was just the beginning of a long recovery and a journey towards understanding, first-hand, the myriad ways our systems and medical practitioners treat--and fail to treat--a disease that afflicts a full fifth of the population. While trying to be a good patient, Anna cannot help but turn her intrepid journalist's eye on the world around her--in the psych ward, as an outpatient, as a survivor enduring the gruelling ordeal of facing concerned family, friends and co-workers; of finding the right meds, the right therapist; of staying insured and employed. Anna's personal account of life in the shadow of self-obliteration explores in searing detail her individual experience of depression, close encounters with fatal self-harm, and the trials and errors of treatment. It is at the same time an illuminating, profound, and utterly original analysis of how we approach mental illness in North America; the novel hypotheses specialists are putting forward to tackle it; and the truth about how primitive our methods of healing sick brains still are."--

Subjects: Biographies.; Paperny, Anna Mehler.; Paperny, Anna Mehler; Mental health services; Depressed persons; Depressed persons; Depression, Mental; Journalists; Depressed persons;

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The last panthers. [videorecording] / by Arnal, Simon,television producer.; Benjo, Caroline,television producer.; Bogdan, Goran,actor.; Carlton, Peter,television producer.; Desmarais, Jimmy,television producer.; Hurt, John,1940-actor.; Laban, Jean-Alain,creator.; Letelier, Barbara,television producer.; Morton, Samantha,actor.; Pierrat, Jerome,1971-creator.; Rahim, Tahar,1981-actor.; Renck, Johan,1966-television director.; Ryan, Barry(Producer),television producer.; Scotta, Carole,television producer.; Shamma, Niall,television producer.; Thorne, Jack,screenwriter,creator.; Acorn Media (Firm),publisher.; Centre national de la cinématographie (France),production company.; Cine+ (France),production company.; Haut et Court (Firm),production company.; Regie culturelle regionale Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur,production company.; Sky Television,presenter.; Studio Canal+,presenter,production company.; Sundance TV,production company.; Warp Films,production company.;

Samantha Morton, John Hurt, Tahar Rahim, Goran Bogdan.Originally broadcast by Canal+ in 2015.When several diamonds are stolen from a jewelry store in Marseilles, the heist bears the hallmarks of the supposedly retired Pink Panther gang. After a child is accidentally killed in their getaway, the thieves resort to desperate measures to fence the jewels. This sparks a series of events that set a British insurance-loss adjuster, a French-Algerian cop, and a Serbian soldier turned diamond thief on a dramatic and dangerous collision course.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, 16:9 widescreen presentation, Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Television crime shows.; Television series.; Gangs; Jewelry theft; Thieves;

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Paradise [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Hunter, Holly; Hough, Julianne; Offerman, Nick; Spencer, Octavia; Brand, Russell;

Director, Diablo Cody.Julianne Hough, Octavia Spencer, Nick Offerman, Holly Hunter, Russell Brand.After a nearly fatal accident, 21-year-old Lamb Mannerheim is beginning to realizethat the world is much bigger than her small, God-fearing Montana town. Armed with a big, fat insurance payout and a checklist of untried sins, Las Vegas is the only place for her first taste of temptation. And, with the help of a few new friends, Lamb embarks on an oddball odyssey of lost souls, broken faith, and cheap cocktails.MPAA rating: PG-13.Blu-ray.

Subjects: Comedy.; Drama.; Comedy.;

© 2013., Image Entertainment,

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Fargo. [videorecording] / by Freeman, Martin,1971-; Hanks, Colin,1977-; Thornton, Billy Bob,actor.; Tolman, Allison,actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;

Disc 1. Crocodile's dilemma -- Rooster prince.Disc 2. Muddy road -- Eating the blame -- Six ungraspables.Disc 3. Buridan's ass -- Who shaves the barber? -- Heap.Disc 4. A fox, a rabbit and a cabbage -- Morton's fork.Billy Bob Thornton, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman, Allison Tolman.The Coen Brothers Best Picture Oscar Nominee transforms into the season's most talked about TV debut. It features a new "true crime" story and new characters, all chilled in the trademark dry wit, murderous mayhem and "Minnesota nice" of the original classic film. Lorne Malvo, is a manipulative master criminal who changes the life of insurance salesmen Lester Nygaard. Gus Grimly and Molly Solverson are the small-town police officers who join forces to uncover Lester's secrets.PG.DVD, widescreen 1.78:1 presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital.

Subjects: Crime; Criminal investigation; Police; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;

© 2014., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,

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