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- In the Galway silence / by Bruen, Ken,author.;
"Ken Bruen has been called "hard to resist, with his aching Irish heart, silvery tongue, and bleak noir sensibility" (New York Times Book Review). His prose is as characteristically sharp as his outlook in the latest Jack Taylor novel, In the Galway Silence. After much tragedy and violence, Jack Taylor has at long last landed at contentment. Of course, he still knocks back too much Jameson and dabbles in uppers, but he has a new woman in his life, a freshly bought apartment, and little sign of trouble on the horizon. Once again, trouble comes to him, this time in the form of a wealthy Frenchman who wants Jack to investigate the double-murder of his twin sons. Jack is meanwhile roped into looking after his girlfriend's nine-year-old son, and is in for a shock with the appearance of a character out of his past. The plot is one big chess game and all of the pieces seem to be moving at the behest of one dangerously mysterious player: a vigilante called "Silence," because he's the last thing his victims will ever hear.This is Ken Bruen at his most darkly humorous, his most lovably bleak, as he shows us the meaning behind a proverb of his own design--"the Irish can abide almost anything save silence" --
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Taylor, Jack (Fictitious character); Private investigators; Ex-police officers;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Notes on infinity : a novel / by Taylor, Austin,1999-author.;
"A singular, extraordinary debut about Zoe and Jack, Harvard students who find themselves propelled into the intoxicating biotech startup world when they announce they've discovered the cure for aging. A different kind of love story where the thirst for achievement consumes and the stakes are forever. Zoe, the daughter of an MIT professor who grew up in her brother's shadow, can envision her future anew at Harvard. Jack, a boy in Zoe's organic chemistry class with unruly hair and a gleam of competitiveness, matches her intellect and curiosity with every breath. When Jack refers Zoe for a position in a prestigious professor's lab, the two become entwined as colleagues, staying up late to discuss scientific ideas. They find themselves on the cusp of a breakthrough: the promise of immortality through a novel antiaging drug. Zoe and Jack set off on their new project in secret. Finding encouraging results, they bring their work to an investor, drop out of Harvard, and form a startup. But after the money, the magazine covers, and the national news stories detailing their success, Zoe and Jack receive a startling accusation that threatens to destroy both the company they built and their partnership. A captivating novel about young love, the allure of immortality, and the recklessness that can come with early success, Notes on Infinity asks: How far would you go to achieve your dreams?"--
- Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Biotechnology; College students; Love; Man-woman relationships; New business enterprises; Pharmaceutical industry; Women scientists;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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- Bridge on the River Kwai [videorecording (DVD)] by Lean, David,1908; Holden, William,1918-198; Guinness, Alec,1914; Hawkins, Jack,1910-197; Hayakawa, Sesshū,1889-1973; Boulle, Pierre,1912-Pont de la rivière Kwaï.English;
Director of photography, Jack Hildyard; editor, Peter Taylor; music, Malcolm Arnold.William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald.British soldiers are forced by the Japanese to build a strategic railroad bridge, while the British High Command has instructed a commando team to destroy it.CHV rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG.DVD, Dolby digital.NTSC 1.Academy Awards: Best Picture; Best Screenplay, Carl Foreman (credited as Michael Wilson); Best Director, David Lean; Best Cinematography, Jack Hildyard; Best Score, Malcolm Arnold; Best Actor, Alec Guinness. Academy Award nomination: Best Supporting Actor, Sessue Hayakawa.
- Subjects: Burma-Siam Railroad; World War, 1939-1945; War films; Feature films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired;
- © [2000], c1985., Columbia Tristar Home Video,
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- The hunger games. [videorecording] / by Beaufoy, Simon.; Collins, Suzanne.Catching fire.Videorecording.; Debruyn, Michael.; Hemsworth, Liam,1990-; Howard, James Newton.; Hutcherson, Josh.; Lawrence, Francis.; Lawrence, Jennifer,1990-; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm);
Camera, Jo Willems ; production designer, Philip Messina ; editor, Alan Edward Bell ; music, James Newton Howard.Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Jack Quaid, Taylor St. Clair.Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell); a competition that could change Panem forever.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; Dolby digital 5.1, anamorphic widescreen 1.77:1.
- Subjects: Collins, Suzanne.; Action and adventure films.; Contests; Courage; Dystopian films.; Feature films.; Insurgency; Interpersonal relations; Reality television programs; Science fiction films.; Survival television programs; Teenagers; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
- © c2014., Lionsgate ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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