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When the world didn't end : a memoir / by Turner, Guinevere,author.;
"In this immersive, spell-binding memoir, an acclaimed screenwriter tells the story of her childhood growing up with the infamous Lyman Family cult--and the complicated and unexpected pain of leaving the only home she'd ever known. On January 5, 1975, the world was supposed to end. Under strict instructions from the Family leader, seven-year-old Guinevere Turner put on her best dress, grabbed her favorite toy, and waited with the rest of her community for salvation--a spaceship that would take them to live on Venus. But the spaceship never came. Guinevere did not understand her family was a cult. She spent most of her days on a compound in Kansas, living with dozens of other children who worked in the sorghum fields and roved freely through the surrounding pastures, eating mulberries and tending to farm animals. But there was a dark side to this bucolic existence: When selected girls in her community turned twelve or thirteen, they were "given" to older men on the compound as wives in training. Turner was part of the Lyman Family, a cult spearheaded by Mel Lyman, a self-proclaimed world savior, committed to isolation from a world he declared had lost its way. When Guinevere caught the attention of Jessie, the woman everyone in the Family called the queen, her status was elevated and suddenly she was traveling in the inner-circle caravan between communities in Los Angeles, Boston, and Martha's Vineyard. Before long, Guinevere's world as she had known it ended. Her mother, from whom she had been separated since age three, left the Family with a disgraced member, and Guinevere and her four-year-old sister were forced to go with her. Traveling outside the bounds of her cloistered existence, Guinevere was thrust into public school for the first time, a stranger in a strange world with homemade clothes, clueless about social codes. Now, in the World she'd been raised to believe was evil, she faced challenges and horrors she couldn't have imagined. Drawing from the diaries that she kept throughout her youth, Guinevere Turner's memoir is an intimate and heart-wrenching chronicle of a childhood touched with extraordinary beauty and unfathomable ugliness, the ache of yearning to return to a lost home--and the slow realization of how harmful that place really was"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Turner, Guinevere.; Fort Hill Community (Organization); Ex-cultists;
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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;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The narcissist next door : understanding the monster in your family, in your office, in your bed-in your world / by Kluger, Jeffrey.;
"From an award-winning senior writer at Time, an eye-opening exploration of narcissism, how to recognize it, and how to handle it. The odds are good that you know a narcissist-probably a lot of them. The odds are also good that they are intelligent, confident, and articulate-the center of attention. They make you laugh and they make you think. The odds are also that this spell didn't last. Narcissists are everywhere. There are millions of them in the United States alone: entertainers, politicians, business people, your neighbors. Recognizing and understanding them is crucial to your not being overtaken by them, says Jeffrey Kluger, in his provocative new book about this insidious disorder. With insight and wit, Kluger frames the surprising new research on narcissism and explains the complex, exasperating personality disorder. He reveals how narcissism and narcissists affect our lives at work and at home, on the road, and in the halls of government; what to do when we encounter narcissism; and how to neutralize its effects before it's too late. As a Time writer and science editor, Kluger knows how to take science's new ideas and transform them into smart, accessible insights. Highly readable and deeply engaging, this book helps us understand narcissism and narcissists more fully."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Narcissism.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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In Gad we trust : a tell-some / by Gad, Josh,1981-author.;
Josh Gad is an award-winning actor, singer, and comedian. He is known for voicing Olaf in the Frozen franchise, playing Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon , and LeFou in the live-action adaptation of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. For the first and possibly last time, Josh Gad dives into a wide array of personal topics: the lasting impact of his parents divorce; how he struggled with weight and self-image; his first big break; how everyone was sure his most successful ventures (both on the big screen and the stage) would fail; his take on fatherhood, and so much more. This trip down the rabbit hole of overly personal stories will distract readers from climate change, the downward descent of democracy in Western civilization, and the existential threat that AI poses to Drake's music with never-before-seen photos and few-to-no spelling errors. Whether you know him from Disney or Broadway, YouTube, the silver screen, or not at all, one fact remains: Josh's work never fails to bring people together (as long as they're alive.) His delightful debut, written in the tradition of Amy Poehler, Jim Gaffigan, and Mindy Kaling, reminds us to keep going, even when the chips and doubters are stacked against you.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Gad, Josh, 1981-; Actors; Comedians; Motion picture actors and actresses; Voice actors and actresses;
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Mystery in the title / by Ferguson, Ianauthor.; Ferguson, Will,(Author of How to be a Canadian),author.;
"Miranda Abbott will once again be a star. After a very long dry spell that followed her network hit series Pastor Fran Investigates, Hollywood has come calling and wants Miranda back. This time she will be the female lead in an oddly expensive movie-of-the-week being filmed in Happy Rock. Miranda signs on the dotted line, but her trusty assistant, Andrew, a whiz with apps and clouds, thinks it all seems a bit fishy. Things get go from bad to worse when Miranda's co-star makes a grand entrance by crashing through the atrium window at the Duchess Hotel and being very much dead. The great citizens of Happy Rock--including police chief Ned Buckley, grumpy bookstore owner and soon-to-be ex-husband Edgar Abbott, Bea of Bea's B&B and the malodorous Owen McCune--return to help solve the case in this second Miranda Abbott mystery."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Actresses; Murder; Small cities;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Gwynne's grammar : the ultimate introduction to grammar and the writing of good English / by Gwynne, N. M.;
"Crushing national Debt? Climate Change? No: the greatest danger to our way of life is the decline of grammar. Thus preaches the inimitable Mr Gwynne as he shows us the way out of this sorry state. "Grammar is the science of using words rightly, leading to thinking rightly, leading to deciding rightly, without which-as both common sense and experience show-happiness is impossible. Therefore, happiness depends at least partly on good grammar." So writes Mr. Gwynne in his small but perfectly formed new book of grammar with an attitude. Mr. Gwynne believes passionately that we must regain our knowledge of the workings of our language before it is too late. Schools don't teach it, and as the Internet drives the written word to new lows of informality, we approach a tipping point of expressive dysfunction. Into the breach steps this doughty grammarian. Rejecting popular notions that language is simply a matter of the way people use it, he meticulously spells out what tradition and common sense have, over centuries, dictated to be the right and the wrong. His teaching method is also defiantly old school: no one can follow a rule he hasn't committed to memory. But not all rules are equal. For a country whose only broadly subscribed guide to writing is Strunk and White, Mr. Gwynne performs a radical procedure. He presents its original seed: Strunk's 1918 essay, which E. B. White expanded. But neither form was ever meant as a guide to grammar, and so Mr. Gwynne presents only the kernel of Strunk's useful advice as a companion: a guide to putting words together nicely set within Gwynne's wisdom about putting them together correctly. The result is the last word on the subject anyone should need."--Provided by publisher."Crushing national Debt? Climate Change? No: the greatest danger to our way of life is the decline of grammar. Thus preaches the inimitable Mr Gwynne as he shows us the way out of this sorry state."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: English language; English language; English language;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Adventure time. [electronic resource]. by Microsoft Corporation.;
Game.It's Adventure Time! Finn and Jake have saved the Land of Ooo more times than they can count--but, this time, they might be in over their heads. Somebody's up to bad biscuits. They got their hands on another Enchiridion, and they've somehow used it to flood the Land of Ooo. Help Finn and Jake as they take to the high seas to solve this latest mystery and save the kingdoms of Ooo in this all-new third-person puzzle adventure. Freely explore unknown waters and familiar kingdoms with your crew of Adventure Time buddies. Unleash your heroes' unique abilities in exciting tactical battles on land and sea, and interrogate pirates and other suspicious characters as you try to figure out what son of a blee blop is behind this disastrous series of events. Explore! Travel the Land of Ooo as you've never travelled it before--from the deck of Finn and Jake's new boat. Control Finn, Jake, BMO, and Marceline as you explore the world more freely than ever, sailing between familiar kingdoms and locations, and venturing into uncharted territories in the most immersive Adventure Time experience ever! Battle! Dingle the bad guys' bones into tapioca pudding with a new fast-paced, turn-based combat system that lets you make the most out of all of all of our heroes' abilities. Use items, spells, and potions to buff the party or lay the schmowtow on the enemy. Unleash ultimate hero abilities to perform mega-damage, and upgrade your heroes with the sweet dosh you earn from every victory! Interrogate! To find out what's up, you'll have to explore every kingdom and talk to lots of Adventure Time characters to get the scoop. You might even have to unleash a little “good cop, bad cop” Finn and Jake style on the occasional plughole or D-lister to get them to spill the beans. Gather info, collect loot, and learn about side quests and secret map locations that will help you get to the bottom of this wet, wet, mystery--before it's too late.ESRB Content Rating: E10, Everyone, 10+ (Cartoon violence, comic mischief).Blu-ray disc compatible with Xbox One console ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p ; in game surround sound ; 3 GB storage required.
Subjects: Adventure time (Television program); Xbox One (Video game console); Pirates; Video games.; Computer games.; Adventure time Pirates of the Enchiridion (Game);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Trick. by Fall, Jim,film director.; Cambell, Christian,actor.; Paul, John,actor.; Flannery, Kate,actor.; Spelling, Tori,actor.; Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Christian Cambell, John Paul Pitoc, Kate Flannery, Tori SpellingOriginally produced by Samuel Goldwyn Films in 1999.It's lust at first sight when a songwriter with Broadway ambitions runs into a hot go-go dancer at a gay club. As the wild night unfolds, they're left physically unsatisfied but develop an unforeseen romantic bond.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Romance.; Queer cinema.; Independent films.;
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Adventure time. [electronic resource]. by Sony Computer Entertainment.;
Game.It's Adventure Time! Finn and Jake have saved the Land of Ooo more times than they can count--but, this time, they might be in over their heads. Somebody's up to bad biscuits. They got their hands on another Enchiridion, and they've somehow used it to flood the Land of Ooo. Help Finn and Jake as they take to the high seas to solve this latest mystery and save the kingdoms of Ooo in this all-new third-person puzzle adventure. Freely explore unknown waters and familiar kingdoms with your crew of Adventure Time buddies. Unleash your heroes' unique abilities in exciting tactical battles on land and sea, and interrogate pirates and other suspicious characters as you try to figure out what son of a blee blop is behind this disastrous series of events. Explore! Travel the Land of Ooo as you've never travelled it before--from the deck of Finn and Jake's new boat. Control Finn, Jake, BMO, and Marceline as you explore the world more freely than ever, sailing between familiar kingdoms and locations, and venturing into uncharted territories in the most immersive Adventure Time experience ever! Battle! Dingle the bad guys' bones into tapioca pudding with a new fast-paced, turn-based combat system that lets you make the most out of all of all of our heroes' abilities. Use items, spells, and potions to buff the party or lay the schmowtow on the enemy. Unleash ultimate hero abilities to perform mega-damage, and upgrade your heroes with the sweet dosh you earn from every victory! Interrogate! To find out what's up, you'll have to explore every kingdom and talk to lots of Adventure Time characters to get the scoop. You might even have to unleash a little “good cop, bad cop” Finn and Jake style on the occasional plughole or D-lister to get them to spill the beans. Gather info, collect loot, and learn about side quests and secret map locations that will help you get to the bottom of this wet, wet, mystery--before it's too late.ESRB Content Rating: E10, Everyone, 10+ (Cartoon violence, comic mischief).Blu-ray disc compatible with Playstation 4 console ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p ; in game surround sound ; 2 GB storage required.
Subjects: Adventure time (Television program); Playstation 4 (Video game console); Video games.; Computer games.; Pirates; Adventure time Pirates of the Enchiridion (Game);
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Next in line / by Archer, Jeffrey,1940-author.;
"London, 1988. Royal fever sweeps the nation as Britain falls in love with the "people's princess." Which means for Scotland Yard, the focus is on the elite Royalty Protection Command, and its commanding officer. Entrusted with protecting the most famous family on earth, they quite simply have to be the best. A weak link could spell disaster. Detective Chief Inspector William Warwick and his Scotland Yard squad are sent in to investigate the team. Maverick ex-undercover operative Ross Hogan is charged with a very sensitive--and unique--responsibility. But it soon becomes clear the problems in Royalty Protection are just the beginning. A renegade organization has the security of the country--and the Crown--in its sights. The only question is which target is next in line ..."--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Warwick, William (Fictitious character); Great Britain. Metropolitan Police Office; Bodyguards; Criminal investigation;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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