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And how are you, Dr. Sacks? : a biographical memoir of Oliver Sacks / by Weschler, Lawrence,author.;
'And How Are You, Dr. Sacks' is the untold story of Dr. Oliver Sacks as our preeminent romantic scientist, a self-described "clinical ontologist" whose entire practice revolved around the single fundamental question he effectively asked each of his patients: How are you? Which is to say, How do you be? A question which Weschler, with this book, turns back on the good doctor himself.
Subjects: Biographies.; Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015; Neurologists; Neurologists;
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The other side of impossible : ordinary people who faced daunting medical challenges and refused to give up / by Meadows, Susannah,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."True stories about people who triumphed over seemingly impossible medical diagnoses using untraditional, inventive therapies and perseverance--and about what scientists are discovering on the psychology of healing and the mind-body connection--from the author of the New York Times Magazine article about her own son, "The Boy with the Thorn in his Joints," which led to this book about other families"--
Subjects: Medicine; Alternative medicine; Mind and body.;
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Climate change / by Woodward, John,1954-;
Earth's climate -- The greenhouse effect -- Checks and balances -- Natural climate change -- Human impact -- Burning the forests -- Fossil fuels -- Our carbon culture -- Adding to the problem -- Heatwaves and droughts -- Melting ice -- Warming oceans -- Oceanic research -- Living with the heat -- Plight of the polar bear -- Climate models -- This century -- What scares the scientists? -- Who is most vulnerable? -- Adapting to climate change -- Combating climate change -- Cutting the carbon -- Nuclear power -- Renewable energy -- Power for the people -- Energy efficiency -- Green transport -- Your carbon footprint -- Greenhouse-gas producers.Explains why human activities are making the planet heat up--and how we know for sure that this is the case. Explores the effects of the changing climate, from more frequent hurricanes and wildfires to melting ice caps and rising sea levels. Shows how scientists predict how the climate will change in the future and what actions we can all take to combat climate change.LSC
Subjects: Climatic changes; Global warming; Environmental protection;
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Daughter of the deep / by Riordan, Rick.;
In this story inspired by Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," Ana Dakkar, a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a five-year high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators, and underwater explorers in the world, makes astounding discoveries about her heritage and puts her leadership skills to the test against deadly enemies from a rival school.LSC
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Adventure and adventurers; Underwater exploration; Marine sciences; High schools; Schools; Characters and characteristics in literature; Orphans; East Indian Americans;
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Captain Underpants [videorecording] : the first epic movie / by Hart, Kevin,1979-voice actor.; Helms, Ed,voice actor.; Middleditch, Thomas,voice actor.; Soren, David,1973-film director.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc,film distributor.;
Kevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch, Ed Helms.George and Harold are fourth-grade BFFs who love dreaming up funny pranks. One day, they accidentally hypnotize their principal into believing he's a dimwitted super-hero. But when the new schoolteacher turns out to be a disgraced scientist bent on ridding the world of laughter, George, Harold and the dimwitted super-hero must band together to stop his evil agenda.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Children's films.; Animated films.; Feature films.; Comedy films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Superhero films.; Captain Underpants (Fictitious character); Practical jokes; Best friends; Superheroes;
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To Dye For. by Cawood, Brandon,film director.; Cawood, Whitney,film director.; Journeyman Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Journeyman Pictures in 2024.After discovering their child’s life-altering sensitivity to synthetic dyes, parents Brandon and Whitney Cawood set out to uncover the widely unknown impacts of these additives, largely unregulated in the US. They meet with the world's leading synthetic dye experts, conducting in-person interviews with scientists, researchers, and impacted families, revealing a series of shocking stories and surprising discoveries.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Agriculture.; Science.; Child welfare.; Documentary films.; Children.; Parenting.; Food industry and trade.; Nutrition.; Food.; Diseases.; Child development.; Food--Safety measures.;
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Incarnate [videorecording] / by Peyton, Brad,1979-film director.; Christensen, Ronnie,screenwriter.; Blum, Jason,film producer.; Engelson, Trevor,1976-film producer.; Seitzman, Michael,1967-film producer.; Anthony, Emjay,2003-actor.; Eckhart, Aaron,actor.; Mazouz, David,2001-actor.; Sandino Moreno, Catalina,1981-actor.; Nable, Matt,actor.; Steger, Mark,actor.; Houten, Carice van,1976-actor.; Hightop Releasing,presenter.; BH Tilt,presenter.; IM Global (Firm),production company.; Blumhouse Productions,production company.; WWE Studios,production company.; Deep Underground Films,production company.;
Music, Andrew Lockington ; editor, Todd E. Miller, Jonathan Chibnall ; director of photography, Dana Gonzales ; production designer, Bill Boes.Carice Van Houten, Aaron Eckhart, David Mazouz, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Emjay Anthony, Matt Nable, Mark Steger.When a single mother witnesses terrifying symptoms of demonic possession in her eleven-year-old son, a Vatican representative calls on wheelchair-bound scientist Dr. Seth Ember to rid him of the evil spirit. Driven by a personal agenda rooted in his own tragic past, Ember enters the boy's unconscious mind where he confronts a demon as ferocious as it is ingenious.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Horror films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Demoniac possession; Exorcism;
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Plan C [videorecording] / by Tragos, Tracy Droz,film director,film producer.; Level 33 Entertainment,publisher.;
A determined group of women, midwives, and doctors fight to increase access to abortion pills in the United States outside of a clinic setting. In 2014, Francine, a social scientist based in Los Angeles, and her partners launched Plan C to spread the word about access to abortion pills online. This is the story of the work done between 2020 and the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022.E.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary films.; Abortion.; Birth control.; Oral contraceptives.; Pro-choice movement.;
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Which holds more? / by Youssef, Jagger.;
"Volume might seem like a tricky concept, but it's just another measurement of size. In the bright pages of this valuable book, budding scientists and mathematicians will observe differing volumes of liquids in familiar containers--and learn how to conclude which container holds more, a stepping stone to more advanced concepts. Readers will exercise their volume-determining skills by answering a closing question"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Volume (Cubic content); Volume perception; Comparison (Philosophy);
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Outsider / by Delinsky, Barbara,author.;
Folk healer Summer Van Vorn has been waiting all her life fort the right man to come along. Could she have found him in Cameron Divine? The roguish research scientist has come from light-years away on a mission. He wasn't anticipating meeting Summer. But while Cameron can read Summer's mind, and every one of her desires, he can also be as unfathomable as the sea. There's something not quite human about him.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Islands; Man-woman relationships; Women healers;
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