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The story of a heart : two families, one heart, and the medical miracle that saved a child's life / by Clarke, Rachel(Physician),author.;
Includes bibliographical references."One summer day, nine-year-old Keira Ball was in a terrible car accident and suffered catastrophic brain injuries. As the rest of her body began to shut down, her heart continued to beat. In an act of extraordinary generosity, Keira's parents and siblings immediately agreed that she would have wanted to be an organ donor. Meanwhile nine-year-old Max Johnson had been in a hospital for nearly a year, valiantly fighting the virus that was causing his young heart to fail. When Max's parents received the call they had been hoping for, they knew it came at a terrible cost to another family--in what Clarke calls "the brutal arithmetic of transplant surgery." The act of Keira's heart resuming its rhythm inside Max's body was a medical miracle. But this was only part of the story. While waiting on the transplant list, Max had become the hopeful face of a campaign to change the UK's laws around organ donation. Following his successful surgery, Keira's mother saw the little boy beaming on the front page of the newspaper and knew it was the same boy whose parents had recently sent her an anonymous letter overflowing with gratitude for her daughter's heart. The two mothers began to exchange messages and eventually decided to meet"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Johnson, Max, 2008-; Ball, Keira, 2008-2017; Donation of organs, tissues, etc.; Donation of organs, tissues, etc.; Heart; Organ donors; Organ donors; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. in children;
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Superfoods, silkworms, and spandex : science and pseudoscience in everyday life / by Schwarcz, Joe,author.;
"From bestselling author Dr. Joe Schwarcz, a new collection of bite-size pop science essays that allow curious readers to understand the science behind everything from plastic-wrapped cucumbers to head transplants"--
Subjects: Essays.; Pseudoscience.; Science.;
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Texas Killing Fields [videorecording]. by Worthington, Sam; Morgan, Jeffrey Dean; Moretz, Chloe Grace; Chastain, Jessica;
Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jessica Chastain.Director, Ami Canaan Mann.Blu-ray.CHVRS rating: 14A.Inspired by true events, this tense and haunting thriller follows Detective Souder, a homicide detective in a small Texan town, and his partner, transplanted New York City cop Detective Heigh, as they track a sadistic serial killer dumping his victims' mutilated bodies in a nearby marsh locals call 'The Killing Fields.' Despite his partner's warnings, Detective Heigh sets out to investigate the crimes.
Subjects: Drama.; Drama.; Suspense / Thriller.;
© 2012., Alliance,
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Texas Killing Fields [videorecording]. by Worthington, Sam; Morgan, Jeffrey Dean; Moretz, Chloe Grace; Chastain, Jessica;
Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jessica Chastain.Director, Ami Canaan Mann.Blu-ray.CHVRS rating: 14A.Inspired by true events, this tense and haunting thriller follows Detective Souder, a homicide detective in a small Texan town, and his partner, transplanted New York City cop Detective Heigh, as they track a sadistic serial killer dumping his victims' mutilated bodies in a nearby marsh locals call 'The Killing Fields.' Despite his partner's warnings, Detective Heigh sets out to investigate the crimes.
Subjects: Drama.; Drama.; Suspense / Thriller.;
© 2012., Alliance,
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Colette [videorecording] / by Glaser, Richard,screenwriter.; Gough, Denise,actor.; Karlsen, Elizabeth,film producer.; Knightley, Keira,1985-actor.; Koffler, Pamela R.,film producer.; Lenkiewicz, Rebecca,screenwriter.; Litvak, Michel,film producer.; Shaw, Fiona,1958-actor.; Vachon, Christine,film producer.; Walters, Gary Michael,film producer.; West, Dominic,1969-actor.; Westmoreland, Wash,film director,screenwriter.; Woolley, Stephen,film producer.; 30West (Firm),production company.; Bleecker Street (Firm),production company.; Bold Films,production company.; British Film Institute,production company.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.; Killer Films,production company.; Number 9 Films,production company.;
Original music by Thomas Adès ; editor, Lucia Zucchetti ; director of photography, Giles Nuttgens.Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Denise Gough, Fiona Shaw, Eleanor Tomlinson, Robert Pugh, Aiysha Hart.After marrying 'Willy,' a successful Parisian writer, Colette is transplanted to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation, inspiring additional Claudine novels. Colette's fight over creative ownership and gender roles drives her to overcome societal constraints, revolutionizing literature, fashion and sexual expression.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for some sexuality/nudity.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Colette, 1873-1954; Authors, French; Man-woman relationships; Women authors, French;
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The call of the wild [videorecording] / by Sanders, Chris(Christopher Michael),film director.; Bailey, Preston,2000-actor.; Brown, Wes,actor.; Ford, Harrison,1942-actor.; Gillan, Karen,1987-actor.; Horse, Michael,actor.; Kelly, Jean Louisa,actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):London, Jack,1876-1916.Call of the wild.; Notary, Terry,actor.; Stevens, Dan,1982-actor.; Sy, Omar,1978-actor.; Whitford, Bradley,actor.; Woodell, Colin,1991-actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,film distributor.;
Harrison Ford, Karen Gillan, Dan Stevens, Bradley Whitford, Jean Louisa Kelly, Wes Brown, Omar Sy, Terry Notary, Preston Bailey, Colin Woodell, Michael Horse.Adapted from the beloved literary classic, this film is the story of Buck, a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team, and later its leader, Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Dogs; Sled dogs; Dogsled mail; Human-animal relationships;
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Microbes : the life-changing story of germs / by Peterson, Phillip K.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."With straight-forward and engaging writing, infectious diseases physician Phillip Peterson surveys how our understanding of viruses has changed throughout history, from early plagues and pandemics to more recent outbreaks like HIV/AIDS, Ebola, and the Zika virus. Microbes also takes on contemporary issues like the importance of vaccinations in the face of the growing anti-vaxxer movement, as well as the rise of cutting-edge health treatments like fecal transplants. Microbes explains for general readers where these germs came from, what they do to and for us, and what can be done to stop the bad actors and foster the benefactors"--
Subjects: Microorganisms; Medical microbiology; Vaccines;
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Grunt : the curious science of humans at war / by Roach, Mary.;
Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.Second skin: what to wear to war -- Boom box: automotive safety for people who drive on bomb -- Fighting by ear: the conundrum of military noise -- Below the belt: the cruelest shot of all -- It might get weird: a salute to genital transplants -- Carnage under fire: how do combat medics cope? -- Sweating bullets: the war on heat -- Leaky SEALs: diarrhea as a threat to national security -- The maggot paradox: flies on the battlefield, for better and worse -- What doesn't kill you will make you reek: a brief history of stink bombs -- Old chum: how to make and test shark repellent -- That sinking feeling: when things go wrong under the sea -- Up and under: a submarine tries to sleep -- Feedback from the fallen: how the dead help the living stay that way.LSC
Subjects: Military art and science; Military art and science; Military research;
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Been there, done that : a rousing history of sex / by Feltman, Rachel,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."With curiosity and irreverent insight, science writer Rachel Feltman breaks down the long, weird, illustrious history of sex. She guides readers through the kaleidoscopic archives of centuries-old porn and erotica, as well as the bizarre history of treatments for erectile dysfunction, including radium suppositories and goat testicle transplants. Feltman provides the history of huge scientific questions-e.g., How are babies made?-and considers the ancient from a modern perspective: What was it like to have herpes several millennia ago? Even from unlikely sources like Hildegard von Bingen's treatise on the female orgasm, there's a lot we can learn about our modern-day sexual proclivities and practices from the historical record. And these figures from the past, from gay cowboys to polyamorous Vikings, prove that when it comes to how we have sex and who we do it with, there's no such thing as normal"--
Subjects: Sex customs; Sex;
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Footloose [videorecording] / by Brewer, Craig.; Colon, Ziah.; Flueger, Patrick John.; Hough, Julianne,1988-; Lurie, Deborah.; MacDowell, Andie.; McKinnon, Ray.; Quaid, Dennis.; Teller, Miles.; Wormald, Kenny.;
Camera, Amelia Vincent ; editor, Billy Fox ; production designer, Jon Gary Steele ; choreographer, Jamal Sims ; music, Deborah Lurie.Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid, Andie MacDowell, Miles Teller, Patrick John Flueger, Ziah Colon, Ray McKinnon.Uprooted from Boston and reluctantly transplanted to the small Bible Belt town of Bomont, Ren MacCormack (Kenny Wormald) finds himself in a repressed community still reeling from a devastating loss. Shortly before he arrived in Bomont, five local teens perished in a tragic car accident following a local dance. As a result, the upstanding Reverend Shaw Moore (Dennis Quaid) and the local councilmen passed a strict ordinance outlawing both dancing and excessively loud music. Convinced that the new law is hopelessly misguided, rebellious Ren puts on his dancing shoes and wins the heart of Reverend Moore's distraught daughter, Ariel (Julianne Hough), while showing his fellow classmates that it's perfectly normal to blow off a little steam with some loud music and good friends.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Coming-of-age films.; Dance; Fathers and daughters; Feature films.; Music; Small cities; Teenagers and adults; Teenagers; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2012., Paramount,
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