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Salmon : a fish, the earth, and the history of their common fate / by Kurlansky, Mark,author.; Guyeski, Nick,writer of supplementary textual content.; Lichatowich, Jim,writer of supplementary textual content.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.A magnificent species whose survival is inextricably tied to the survival of the planet In what he calls "the most important environmental writing" in his long and award-winning career, best-selling author and journalist Mark Kurlansky recounts the sobering history of salmon and their perilous future. Kurlansky employs his signature multicentury storytelling and compelling attention to detail to chronicle the harrowing yet awe-inspiring life cycle of salmon and the long list of environmental problems, from habit loss to dams, from hatcheries to fish farms, from industrial pollution to the ravages of climate change, that threaten them. Kurlansky traveled extensively to observe those who both pursue and protect them in the Pacific and the Atlantic, in Japan, Russia, Ireland, Norway, and Iceland. The result is a global history of man's misdirected attempts to manipulate salmon and its environment for his own gain. These fish, uniquely connected to both marine and terrestrial ecology as well as fresh and salt water, are a remarkable natural barometer for the health of the planet. His overriding message is clear: "If salmon don't survive, there is little hope for the survival of the planet."--

Subjects: Aquatic ecology.; Fishes; Global environmental change.; Indicators (Biology); Salmon farming; Salmon fisheries; Salmon fisheries; Salmon industry; Salmon; Salmon; Salmon; Salmon; Salmon;

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Close Knit A Novel [electronic resource] : by Colgan, Jenny.aut; cloudLibrary;

Follow Gertie MacIntyre from knitting circle to air stewardess in this glorious and romantic summer novel set in Scotland’s windswept Northern isles, by beloved New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan. In the northernmost reaches of Scotland, where a string of little islands in the North Sea stretches towards Norway, lives Gertie MacIntyre, a proud island girl by birth. Her social circle is small but tight: family and friends, particularly the women in her knitting circle. In the whitewashed cottages of their hometown, everyone knows everyone, and the ladies of the knitting circle know more than most. In a place of long dark winters and geographic isolation, the knitting circle is a precious source of gossip, home, laughter, and comfort for them all. And while she knits, Gertie’s busily plotting what to do with the rest of her life. When Gertie develops a crush on Callum Frost, who owns the local airline, she dares herself to take a job as an air stewardess on the little plane that serves the local islands. Terrifying at first, the sixteen-seat puddle jumper also offers the first taste of real freedom she’s ever known. Will Gertie’s future lie in the skies? Or will she need to go further afield to find the adventure she craves? 

Subjects: Electronic books.; Holidays; Contemporary; Contemporary Women;

© 2024., HarperCollins,

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Somewhere : stories of migration by women from around the world / by Clark, Helen,1950-writer of foreword.; Harvey, Lorna Jane,1977-editor.;

Somewhere is an inspiring collection of stories about migration. Written from twenty women's perspectives, it brings a refreshing and uniting voice to this compelling and trending topic. More people are likely to be migrating now than at any other time in history, and this is set to increase as climate change and political unrest pushes even more people to relocate. The implications of migration, especially for women, are often unknown, unheard, unspoken. From the fleeing refugee to the political and economic migrant, a broad range of migration by people of many cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs is shared in this book. Identity, belonging, assimilation and alienation are some of the key topics in this sometimes sad but also joyful book. Treasures of wisdom and heartfelt honesty are found in the stories. The book will give the reader hope, encouragement, or insight into a globally relevant subject on a personal level rather than through distant, abstract news stories. Somewhere encourages open-mindedness and is filled with stories that will likely have a strong impact on the reader.

Subjects: Women immigrants; Emigration and immigration.;

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The morning star / by Knausgård, Karl Ove,1968-author.; Aitken, Martin,translator.; translation of:Knausgård, Karl Ove,1968-Morgenstjernen.English.;

Includes bibliographical references."A major new work from the author of the renowned My Struggle series, MORNING STAR is an astonishing, ambitious, and rich novel about what we don't understand, and our attempts to make sense of our world nonetheless Last night a new star appeared in the sky. The Morning Star. I know what it means. It means that it has begun. One long night in August, Arne and Tove are staying with their children in their summer house in southern Norway. Their friend Egil has his own place nearby. Kathrine, a priest, is flying home from a Bible seminar, questioning her marriage. Journalist Jostein is out drinking for the night, while his wife, Turid, a nurse at a psychiatric care unit, is on a nightshift when one of her patients escapes. Above them all, a huge star suddenly appears blazing in the sky. It brings with it a mysterious sense of foreboding. Strange things start to happen as nine lives come together under the star. Hundreds of crabs amass on the road as Arne drives at night; Jostein receives a call about a death metal band found brutally murdered in a Satanic ritual; Kathrine conducts a funeral service for a man she met at the airport - but is he actually dead? The Morning Star is about life in all its mundanity and drama, the strangeness that permeates our world, and the darkness in us all. Karl Ove Knausgaard's astonishing new novel, his first after the My Struggle cycle, goes to the utmost limits of freedom and chaos, to what happens when forces beyond our comprehension are unleashed, and the realms of the living and the dead collide"--

Subjects: Paranormal fiction.; College teachers; Interpersonal relations; Life change events; Stars;

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Star trek, the original series. [videorecording] / by Courage, Alexander.; Daniels, Marc.; Doohan, James.; Finnerman, Gerald Perry,1931-2011.; Francis, Al,1918-1998.; Kelley, DeForest,1920-1999.; Nimoy, Leonard.; Roddenberry, Gene.; Shatner, William.; Takei, George,1937-; Paramount Pictures Corporation.;

Disc 1. Amok time -- Who mourns for Addnais?Disc 2. The changeling -- Mirror, mirror -- The apple -- The doomsday machine.Disc 3. Catspaw -- I, mudd -- Metamorphosis -- Journey to Babel.Disc 4. Friday's child -- The deadly years -- Obsession -- Wolf in the fold.Disc 5. The trouble with tribbles.Disc 6. The gamesters of Trisklion -- A piece of the action -- The immunity syndrome -- A private little war.Disc 7. Return to tomorrow -- Patterns of force -- By any other name -- The omega glory.Disc 8. The ultimate computer -- Bread and circuses -- Assignment: Earth.William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett.The spaceship U.S.S. Enterprise, with its 430 crew members captained by James T. Kirk, travels the universe "to boldly go where no man has gone before." Contains all 26 episodes from season two.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; full screen presentation.

Subjects: Interplanetary voyages; Kirk, James T. (Fictitious character); Science and civilization; Science fiction television programs.; Spock (Fictitious character); Star Trek television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;

© c2013., Paramount,

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The elements of Marie Curie : how the glow of radium lit a path for women in science / by Sobel, Dava,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."'Even now, nearly a century after her death, Marie Curie remains the only female scientist most people can name,' writes Dava Sobel at the opening of her shining portrait of the sole Nobel laureate decorated in two separate fields of science -- Physics in 1903 with her husband Pierre and Chemistry by herself in 1911. And yet, Sobel makes clear, as brilliant and creative as she was in the laboratory, Marie Curie was equally passionate outside it. Grieving Pierre's untimely death in 1906, she took his place as professor of physics at the Sorbonne; devotedly raised two brilliant daughters; drove a van she outfitted with x-ray equipment to the front lines of World War I; befriended Albert Einstein and other luminaries of twentieth-century physics; won support from two U.S. presidents; and inspired generations of young women the world over to pursue science as a way of life ... [Dava Sobel] approaches Marie Curie from a unique angle, narrating her remarkable life of discovery and fame alongside the women who became her legacy -- from France's Marguerite Perey, who discovered the element francium, and Norway's Ellen Gleditsch, to Mme. Curie's elder daughter, Irène, winner of the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. For decades the only woman in the room at international scientific gatherings that probed new theories about the interior of the atom, Marie Curie traveled far and wide, despite constant illness, to share the secrets of radioactivity, a term she coined. Her two triumphant tours of the United States won her admirers for her modesty even as she was mobbed at every stop; her daughters, in Ève's later recollection, 'discovered all at once what the retiring woman with whom they had always lived meant to the world.'"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.; Curie, Marie, 1867-1934; Chemical elements; Chemists; Mentoring in science; Physicists; Women chemists; Women physicists;

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Arctic patrol : Canada's fight for Arctic sovereignty / by Jamieson, Eric,1949-author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."In the 1920s, Canada's claim on the Arctic archipelago was tenuous at best. In 1880, the United Kingdom had handed over control of the area to the expanding dominion, though much of the area was still unoccupied and unexplored. The North-West Mounted Police, later to become the RCMP in 1920, were assigned the territory by the Canadian Government. For years, little was done to assert this control; over time, remote detachments were established throughout the archipelago and annual ship patrols were conducted to resupply these posts as well as to demonstrate to the world that Canada was indeed administering to its Arctic. But the need to reinforce sovereignty--and quickly--was driven by increasing threats on the horizon. The Americans, Danish and Norwegians were particularly active in the Arctic, posing sovereign challenges from both individuals and their nations; Dr. Donald MacMillan, American, went north with an American Naval Aviation Unit in 1925 with a stated objective to search for new land. He had somehow, concerningly, avoided applying for permits to enter the Canadian Arctic. The Danish Anthropologist and polar explorer Knud Rasmussen was rumoured to be populating Ellesmere Island with Greenland Inuit (Inughuit) to the obvious threat of both the Muskox population there as well as Canadian Arctic sovereignty. Meanwhile, the Canadian Government was wrestling with the Norwegian Government, as well as Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup, over ownership of the Sverdrup group of islands. Something drastic had to be done. Legendary RCMP Inspector, Alfred Herbert Joy, joined by young but robust recruit Reginald Andrew Taggart of Ireland, as well as the renowned Inughuit guide, Nuqaqpainguaq, embark on an 1,800-mile dogsled patrol to the outer fringes of the archipelago. As tensions rise and negotiations with Norway threaten to escalate, the three men face treacherous conditions and unexpected obstacles on a journey that takes on mythic proportions. In Arctic Patrol, Lieutenant Governor's Medal winner Eric Jamieson uncovers the fascinating history of Canada's fight to secure its Arctic territories in this thrilling tale of international politics, polar exploration, and human endurance"--

Subjects: Self-determination, National;

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Star trek, the original series. [videorecording] / by Courage, Alexander.; Daniels, Marc.; Doohan, James.; Finnerman, Gerald Perry,1931-; Francis, Al,1918-1998.; Kelley, DeForest,1920-1999.; Nimoy, Leonard.; Roddenberry, Gene.; Shatner, William.; Takei, George,1937-; CBS DVD (Firm); CBS Studios Inc.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm); Paramount Pictures Corporation.;

Disc 1. The man trap -- Charlie X -- Where no man has gone before.Disc 10. The city on the edge of forever -- Operation: annihilate!Disc 2. The naked time -- The enemy within -- Mudd's women.Disc 3. What are little girls made of? -- Miri -- Dagger of the mind.Disc 4. The corbomite maneuver -- The menagerie, part I -- The menagerie, part II.Disc 5. The conscience of the king -- Balance of terror -- Shore leave.Disc 6. The galileo seven -- The squire of Gothos -- Arena.Disc 7. Tomorrow is yesterday -- Court-martial -- The return of the Archons.Disc 8. Space seed -- A taste of armageddon -- This side of paradise.Disc 9. The devil in the dark -- Errand of mercy -- The alternative factor.Music, Alexander Courage ; director of photographies, Jerry Finnerman ; film editor, Robert L. Swanson.William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett.The spaceship U.S.S. Enterprise, with its 430 crew members captained by James T. Kirk, travels the universe "to boldly go where no man has gone before." Contains all 29 episodes from season one.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

Subjects: Interplanetary voyages; Kirk, James T. (Fictitious character); Science and civilization; Science fiction television programs.; Spock (Fictitious character); Star Trek television programs.;

© c2013., Paramount : CBS DVD,

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Star trek, the original series. [videorecording] / by Courage, Alexander.; Daniels, Marc.; Doohan, James.; Finnerman, Gerald Perry,1931-; Francis, Al.; Kelley, DeForest,1920-1999.; Nimoy, Leonard.; Roddenberry, Gene.; Shatner, William.; Takei, George,1937-; Paramount Pictures Corporation.;

Spectre of the gun / Lee Cronin -- Elaan of Troyius / John Meredyth Lucas -- The Paradise Syndrome / Margaret Armen -- The Enterprise incident / D.C. Fontana -- And the children shall lead / Edward J. Lakso -- Spock's brain / Lee Cronin -- Is there in truth no beauty? / Jean Lisette Aroeste -- The empath -- The Tholian web / Judy Burns -- For the world is hollow ... / Hendrik Vollaerts -- Day of the dove / Jerome Bixby -- Plato's stepchildren / Meyer Dolinsky -- Wink of an eye / Lee Cronin -- That which survives / D.C. Fontana -- Let that be your last battlefield / Lee Cronin -- Whom Gods destroy / Lee Erwin -- The mark of Gideon / Stanley Adams -- The lights of Zetar / Shari Lewis -- The cloud minders / Margaret Armen -- The way to Eden / D.C. Fontana -- Requiem for Methuselah / Jerome Bixby -- The savage curtain -- All our yesterdays / Jean Lisette Aroeste -- Turnabout intruder.Directors of photography, Gerald Perry Finnerman, Al Francis ; art director, Rolland M. Brooks, Walter M. Jefferies ; editors, James D. Ballas ... [et al.] ; theme music, Alexander Courage ; costume designers, Ken Harvey, Marge Makau, William Ware Theiss ; visual effects, Albert Whitlock.William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett.Space is our final frontier. In the 23rd century, The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, whose First Officer is Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. The Chief Medical Officer is Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy. With a determined crew of 430, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes and genetic supermen. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.

Subjects: Kirk, James T. (Fictitious character); Science fiction television programs.; Spock (Fictitious character); Star Trek television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;

© c2013., Paramount,

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The worst person in the world [videorecording] / by Brenner, Hans Olav,actor.; Danielsen Lie, Anders,1979-actor.; Di Meo, Maria Grazia,actor.; Reinsve, Renate,actor.; Trier, Joachim,film director.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher,presenter.;

Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Maria Grazia Di Meo, Hans Olav Brenner, Mia Mcgovern Zaini.A young woman battles indecisiveness as she traverses the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures, Norwegian.; Romantic comedy films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Man-woman relationships; Young women; Young women;

For private home use only.

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