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The last winter : the scientists, adventurers, journeymen, and mavericks trying to save the world / by Fox, Porter,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."One man's "curiously thrilling joyride" of travelogue, history, and climatology, across a planet on the brink of cataclysmic transformation. As the planet warms, winter is shrinking. In the last fifty years, the Northern Hemisphere lost a million square miles of spring snowpack and in the US alone, snow cover has been reduced by 15-30%. On average, winter has shrunk by a month in most northern latitudes. In this deeply researched, beautifully written, and adventure-filled book, journalist Porter Fox travels along the edge of the Northern Hemisphere's snow line to track the scope of this drastic change, and how it will literally change everything-from rapid sea level rise, to fresh water scarcity for two billion people, to massive greenhouse gas emissions from thawing permafrost, and a half dozen climate tipping points that could very well spell the end of our world. This original research is animated by four harrowing and illuminating journeys-each grounded by interviews with idiosyncratic, charismatic experts in their respective fields and Fox's own narrative of growing up on a remote island in Northern Maine."--Amazon.ca.
Subjects: Climatic changes.; Meteorology.; Weather.;
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Lichdom [electronic resource] : battlemage. by Sony Computer Entertainment.;
Game.Pure, Unfathomable Magic: Using magic as your only form of weaponry, you are 'Dragon,' a scorned mage out to seek revenge on Shax, the evil overlord who destroyed your family. Armed with limitless spells, which you craft using thousands of combinations, you must fight through hordes of cult members, undead, and demons summoned from the abyss. Lichdom: Battlemage is unique in that you rely solely only your own spell-casting abilities to take down all who dare stop you.ESRB Content Rating: M, Mature, 17+ (blood, strong language, violence).Blu-ray disc compatible with Playstation 4 console ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p ; 13 GB storage required.
Subjects: Computer adventure games; Computer games.; Lichdom battlemage (Game); Playstation 4 (Video game console); Video games.;
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Avoid the day : a new nonfiction in two movements / by Kirk, Jay,author.;
"Seeking to answer the mystery of a missing manuscript by Béla Bartók, and using the investigation to avoid his father's deathbed, award-winning magazine writer Jay Kirk heads off to Transylvania, going to the same villages where the "Master," like a vampire in search of fresh plasma, had found his new material in the folk music of the peasants. With these stolen songs, Bartók redefined music in the 20th Century. Kirk, who is also seeking to renew his writing, finds inspiration in the composer's unorthodox methods, but begins to lose his tether as he sees himself in Bartók's darkest and most personal work, the Cantata Profana, which revolves around the curse of fathers and sons. After a near-psychotic episode under the spell of Bartók, the author suddenly finds himself on a posh eco-tourist cruise in the Arctic. There, accompanied by an old friend, now a documentary filmmaker, the two decide to scrap the documentary and make a horror flick instead-shot under the noses of the unsuspecting passengers and crew. Playing one of the main characters who finds himself inexplicably trapped on a ship at the literal end of the world, alone, and under the influence of the midnight sun, Kirk gets lost in his own cerebral maze, struggling to answer his most plaguing question: can we find meaning in experience?"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Kirk, Jay;
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The new couple in 5B / by Unger, Lisa,1970-author.;
Rosie and Chad Lowan are barely making ends meet in New York City when they receive life-changing news: Chad's late uncle has left them his luxury apartment at the historic Windermere in glamorous Murray Hill. With its prewar elegance and impeccably uniformed doorman, the building is the epitome of old New York charm. One would almost never suspect the dark history lurking behind its perfectly maintained facade. At first, the building and its eclectic tenants couldn't feel more welcoming. But as the Lowans settle into their new home, Rosie starts to suspect that there's more to the Windermere than meets the eye. Why is the doorman ever-present? Why are there cameras everywhere? And why have so many gruesome crimes occurred there throughout the years? When one of the neighbors turns up dead, Rosie must get to the truth about the Windermere before she, too, falls under its dangerous spell.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Apartments; Inheritance and succession; Married people; Murder; Secrecy;
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Schoolhouse of secrets / by Quill, Penumbra.;
"At the Ponyville Schoolhouse, there's a new student! She's a young Unicorn named Lilymoon, and she's...well...different. She never smiles, her cutie mark is a spooky moon on top of a spell book, and she clearly seems to have no interest in making friends with anypony! One day, strange things start happening around the Schoolhouse, and Lilymoon is the prime pony suspect! Can the Cutie Mark Crusaders find out what Lilymoon wants before it's too late?"--Page [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; My Little Pony (Trademark); Ponies; Unicorns; Schools; Secrecy;
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The city of the living / by Lagioia, Nicola,1973-author.; Goldstein, Ann,1949-translator.; translation of:Lagioia, Nicola,1973-Città dei vivi.English.;
In March 2016, in a nondescript apartment on the outskirts of Rome, Manuel Foffo and Marco Prato, two "ordinary" young men from good families, brutally murdered twenty-three year old Luca Varani. News of the seemingly inexplicable crime sent shockwaves through Rome and beyond. What motivated such extreme violence? Were the killers evil or in the grip of societal evils? Did they know what they were doing? Or were they possessed? And if the latter, possessed by what? Based on months of interviews, court documentation, and correspondence with the killers themselves, The City of the Living is not only a fast-paced, revelatory thriller in the style of Lisa Taddeo's Animal, it is also a descent into the dark heart of Rome--a city that is unlivable and yet teeming with life, overrun by rats and wild animals, and plagued by corruption, drugs, and violence. Yet, the Eternal City is also a place that, more than any other in the world, seems to inspire a sense of absolute freedom in its inhabitants. Proceeding in concentric circles, Nicola Lagioia leads us through a maze of betrayed expectations, sexual confusion, inability to grow up, economic grievances, crises of identity--progressively tightening the focus of the analysis to locate the breaking point after which anything is possible. As hypnotic as Erik Larson's Devil in the White City, an heir to Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, and destined to cast on spell on fans of the Morbid podcast, The City of the Living is Nicola Lagioia's most gripping, bestselling, and critically acclaimed novel to-date. Razor-sharp, unputdownable, devastating, it is the story not only of a crime but of human nature itself; of the tension between responsibility and guilt, between the drive to oppress and the desire to be free; of who we are and who we can become.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Varani, Luca, 1993-2016; Assassination;
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Cold as ice / by Mlynowski, Sarah.;
On their sixth trip through the magic mirror, Abby and Jonah find themselves in the story of the Snow Queen, a troubled character who chose power over family and friendship, and Abby has free the children the Queen has under her spell--with the help of her new friend, a talking reindeer called Ralph, and a strange girl named Sharon.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Abby (Fictitious character from Mlynowski); Jonah (Fictitious character from Mlynowski); Snow Queen (Fictitious character); Fairy tales; Characters and characteristics in literature; Magic mirrors; Reindeer; Brothers and sisters; Friendship;
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Nine Perfect Strangers. by Fifth Season (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Fifth Season in 2021.NINE PERFECT STRANGERS follows nine very different people who arrive at Tranquillum House, a mysterious wellness retreat that promises total transformation. Once there, the guests fall under the spell of the enigmatic Masha, who will stop at nothing to heal them. As the days unfold, however, Masha’s unorthodox methods threaten to push this combustible group over the edge.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Horror films.; Detective and mystery films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).;
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The books of Jacob : or, A fantastic journey across seven borders, five languages, and three major religions, not counting the minor sects / by Tokarczuk, Olga,1962-author.; Croft, Jennifer(Translator),translator.; translation of:Tokarczuk, Olga,1962-Ksiegi Jakubowe.English.;
Includes bibliographical references."In the mid-eighteenth century, as new ideas-and a new unrest-begin to sweep the Continent, a young Jew of mysterious origins arrives in a village in Poland. Before long, he has changed not only his name but his persona; visited by what seem to be ecstatic experiences, Jacob Frank casts a charismatic spell that attracts an increasingly fervent following. In the decade to come, Frank will traverse the Hapsburg and Ottoman empires with throngs of disciples in his thrall as he reinvents himself again and again, converts to Islam and then Catholicism, is pilloried as a heretic and revered as the Messiah, and wreaks havoc on the conventional order, Jewish and Christian alike, with scandalous rumors of his sect's secret rituals and the spread of his increasingly iconoclastic beliefs. The story of Frank-a real historical figure around whom mystery and controversy swirl to this day-is the perfect canvas for the genius and unparalleled reach of Olga Tokarczuk. Narrated through the perspectives of his contemporaries-those who revere him, those who revile him, the friend who betrays him, the lone woman who sees him for what he is-The Books of Jacob captures a world on the cusp of precipitous change, searching for certainty and longing for transcendence"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Frank, Jacob, approximately 1726-1791; Jewish messianic movements;
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Fantastic beasts and where to find them [videorecording] / by Rowling, J. K.,screenwriter,film producer.; Heyman, David,1961-film producer.; Yates, David,1963-film director.; Kloves, Steven,film producer.; Wigram, Lionel,film producer.; Chan, Gemma,1982-actor.; Depp, Johnny,actor.; Farrell, Colin,1976-actor.; Kravitz, Zoë,1988-actor.; Miller, Ezra,actor.; Morton, Samantha,actor.; Redmayne, Eddie,1982-actor.; Sudol, Alison,actor.; Waterston, Katherine,actor.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ),presenter.; Heyday Films,production company.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.;
Music, James Newton Howard ; editor, Mark Day ; director of photography, Philippe Rousselot.Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Johnny Depp, Gemma Chan, Ezra Miller, Colin Farrell, Zoe Kravitz, Samantha Morton.It opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident, were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt's fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, English Descriptive Audio 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Witches; Wizards; Magic;
For private home use only.
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