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Everything Is Tuberculosis The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection [electronic resource] : by Green, John.aut; Green, John.nrt; CloudLibrary;
John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease. “This highly readable call to action could not be more timely.” –Kirkus, starred review “Mem­orably probes the intersections of medicine and human emotion.” –Bookpage, starred review Tuberculosis has been entwined with hu­manity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it. In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John be­came fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequi­ties that allow this curable, preventable infec­tious disease to also be the deadliest, killing over a million people every year. In Everything Is Tuberculosis, John tells Henry’s story, woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world—and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Disease & Health Issues; Infectious Diseases; History;
© 2025., Penguin Random House,
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The rumor game / by Mullen, Thomas,author.;
"Reporter Anne Lemire writes the Rumor Clinic, a newspaper column that disproves the many harmful rumors floating around town, some of them spread by Axis actors and others just gossip mixed with fear and ignorance. She's getting tired of chasing rumors about Rosie Riveters' safety on the job, or whether the Nazis have poisoned lobsters off the coast of Maine. She wants to write about something bigger. Special Agent Devon Mulvey, one of the few Catholics at the FBI, spends his weekdays preventing sabotage in the war industries and his Sundays spying on clerics with divided loyalties -- and he spends his evenings wooing the many lonely women whose husbands are off at war. When Anne's story about Nazi propaganda being handed out by local businesses intersects with Devon's investigation into the death of an immigrant factory worker, the two are led down a dangerous trail of espionage, organized crime, and domestic fascism -- one that implicates their own tangled pasts and threatens to expose a larger pattern of conspiracy than either of them could have imagined. With incredible attention to detail, vibrant historical atmosphere, and a riveting mystery that illuminates still-timely issues about disinformation, power, and influence in a society plagued by division, Thomas Mullen delivers another powerful thriller"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Novels.; World War, 1939-1945; Spies; Journalists; Murder;
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Risen [videorecording] / by Aiello, Patrick,film producer,screenwriter.; Curtis, Cliff,1968-actor.; Felton, Tom,1987-actor.; Fiennes, Joseph,1970-actor.; Firth, Peter,1953-actor.; Liddell, Mickey,film producer.; Reynolds, Kevin,1952-film director,screenwriter.; Shilaimon, Pete,film producer.; Columbia Pictures,presenter.; LD Entertainment,presenter.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth, Cliff Curtis.Clavius, a powerful Roman Military Tribune, and his aide Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in Jerusalem.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for Biblical violence including some disturbing images.DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Bible films.; Christian films.; Religious films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ; Romans;
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Moving target : a novel / by Preisler, Jerome.; Clancy, Tom,1947-2013.; Pieczenik, Steve R.;
To prevent global chaos, Net Force agent Kali Alcazar, a member of America's elite cyber-defense organization, leads a final strike against the world's most dangerous hacker, discovering too late that he has prepared a deadly trap for them all.
Subjects: Political fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Cyber intelligence (Computer security); Cyberterrorism; National security; Adventure stories;
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The lightning thief / by Riordan, Rick.;
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Action and adventure fiction.; Jackson, Percy (Fictitious character); Mythology, Greek; Camps; Friendship; Fathers and sons;
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The lightning thief / by Riordan, Rick.;
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Mythological fiction.; Jackson, Percy (Fictitious character); Mythology, Greek; Camps; Friendship; Fathers and sons; Poseidon (Greek deity); Hades (Greek deity); Zeus (Greek deity);
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Breaking things at work : the Luddites are right about why you hate your job / by Mueller, Gavin,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In the nineteenth century, English textile workers responded to the introduction of new technologies on the factory floor by smashing them to bits. For years the Luddites roamed the English countryside, practicing drills and manoeuvres that they would later deploy on unsuspecting machines. The movement has been derided by scholars as a backwards-looking and ultimately ineffectual effort to stem the march of history; for Gavin Mueller, the movement gets at the heart of the antagonistic relationship between all workers, including us today, and the so-called progressive gains secured by new technologies. The luddites weren't primitive and they are still a force, however unconsciously, in the workplaces of the twenty-first century world. Breaking Things at Work is an innovative rethinking of labour and machines, leaping from textile mills to algorithms, from existentially threatened knife cutters of rural Germany to surveillance-evading truckers driving across the continental United States. Mueller argues that the future stability and empowerment of working-class movements will depend on subverting these technologies and preventing their spread wherever possible. The task is intimidating, but the seeds of this resistance are already present in the neo-Luddite efforts of hackers, pirates, and dark web users who are challenging surveillance and control, often through older systems of communication technology"--
Subjects: Technology; Luddites.;
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The librarian of burned books : a novel / by Labuskes, Brianna,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Berlin, 1933. Following the success of her debut novel, American writer Althea James receives an invitation from Joseph Goebbels himself to participate in a cultural exchange program in Germany. To a girl from a small town in Maine, Berlin seems sparklingly cosmopolitan, blossoming in the midst of a great change with its charismatic new chancellor at the helm. When Althea meets a beautiful woman who promises to show her the real Berlin, she's drawn into a group of resisters who make her question everything ... Paris, 1936. She may have escaped Berlin for Paris, but Hannah Brecht discovers the City of Light is no refuge from the anti-Semitism and Nazi sympathizers she thought she'd left behind. Heartbroken and tormented by the role she played in the betrayal that destroyed her family, Hannah throws herself into her work at the German Library of Burned Books ... New York, 1944. Since her husband, Edward, was killed fighting the Nazis, Vivian Childs has been waging her own war: preventing a powerful senator's attempts to censor the Armed Services Editions, portable paperbacks that are shipped by the millions to soldiers overseas ... As Viv unknowingly brings her censorship fight crashing into the secrets of the recent past, the fates of these three women will converge, changing all of them forever."--Dust jacket flap.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Censorship; Librarians; Widows; Women authors; World War, 1939-1945;
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Baby X [electronic resource] : by Peikoff, Kira.aut; Araya, Jennifer Jill.nrt; Powers, Imani Jade.nrt; Reno, Abigail.nrt; cloudLibrary;
When any biological matter can be used to create life, stolen celebrity DNA sells to the highest bidder—or the craziest stalker—in this propulsive thriller. With a vivid imagining of the future, _Gattaca _meets Black Mirror in Kira Peikoff’s Baby X. In the near-future United States, where advanced technology can create eggs or sperm from any person’s cells, celebrities face the alarming potential of meeting biological children they never conceived. Famous singer Trace Thorne is tired of being targeted by the Vault, a black market site devoted to stealing DNA. Sick of paying ransom money for his own cell matter, he hires bio-security guard Ember Ryan to ensure his biological safety. Ember will do anything she can to protect her clients. She knows all the Vault’s tricks—discarded tissues, used straws, lipstick tubes—and has prevented countless DNA thefts. Working for Thorne, her focus becomes split when she begins to fall for him, but she knows she hasn’t let anything slip—love or not, his DNA is safe. But then she and Thorne are confronted by a pregnant woman, Quinn, who claims that Thorne is the father of her baby, and all bets are off. Brilliantly plotted and terrifyingly prescient, Baby X is an unpredictable and relentless speculative thriller perfect for fans of Blake Crouch and John Marrs.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Medical; Psychological; Suspense;
© 2024., Dreamscape Media,
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Yu-no [electronic resource] : a girl who chants love at the bound of this world. by Sony Computer Entertainment.;
Game.Takuya Arima receives a package from his supposedly deceased father. It contains the mysterious Reflector Device which allows the user to travel between parallel worlds. Takuya must unearth the mystery of his father's legacy to prevent a calamity threatening to envelop reality itself.ESRB Content Rating: M, Mature, 17+ (Blood, partial nudity, Sexual content, strong language, violence).Blu-ray disc compatible with Playstation 4 console ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p ; in game surround sound ; 4.63 GB storage required.
Subjects: Sony video games.; Graphic adventure video games.; Science fiction video games.; Role playing video games.; Video games.; Fantasy video games.; Playstation 4 (Video game console); Video games.; Computer games.; Yu-no: a girl who chants love at the bound of this world (Game); Fathers and daughters; Computer adventure games;
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