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Katabasis [text (large print)] : a novel / by Kuang, R. F.(Rebecca F.),author.;
"Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. She has sacrificed everything to make that a reality: her pride, her health, her love life, and most definitely her sanity. All to work with Professor Jacob Grimes at Cambridge, the greatest magician in the world. That is, until he dies in a magical accident that could possibly be her fault. Grimes is now in Hell, and she s going in after him. Because his recommendation could hold her very future in his now incorporeal hands and even death is not going to stop the pursuit of her dreams"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; College teachers; Graduate students; Hell; Magic; Man-woman relationships; Spirits; Voyages and travels; Women graduate students;

The visitor [videorecording (DVD)] / by Abbass, Hiam.; Gurira, Danai.; Jenkins, Richard,1947-; London, Michael.; McCarthy, Thomas.; Skalski, Mary Jane.; Skoll, Jeff.; Sleiman, Haaz.; Alliance Atlantis (Firm); Groundswell Productions (Firm); Next Wednesday Productions (Firm); Participant Productions.;
Director of photography, Oliver Bokelberg ; editor, Tom McArdle ; music, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek ; costume designer, Melissa Toth ; production designer, John Paino.Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass.Walter Vale is a widower who teaches economics at a Connecticut university. He lives alone and is no longer motivated by his work. In New York to present a paper at a conference, he goes to the apartment that he has not visited in some time, but has kept since his wife was alive, only to discover a young couple living there. Despite their great cultural differences, Walter befriends Tarek, a Syrian citizen and drummer, and gradually builds a friendship with Esi, his girlfriend from Senegal. One day, when returning from Central Park with Walter, Tarek is arrested for jumping a stuck subway turnstile, despite the fact that he had paid. The police discover he does not have legal papers and transfer him to an immigrant detention center in Queens. Feeling responsible for and connected to Tarek, Walter decides to stay in New York to help and support him. Not hearing from her son, Tarek's mother arrives from Michigan to find out why, and she and Walter support one another while they attempt to free Tarek.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: College teachers; Feature films.; Illegal aliens; Widowers;
© c2008., Distributed by Alliance Atlantis,

Inheritance : an autobiography of whiteness / by Woods, Baynard,author.;
"In this gripping and perceptive memoir, Woods takes us along on his journey to understand how race has impacted his life. Unflinching and uninhibited, Inheritance explores what it means to reckon with whiteness in America today and what it might mean tobegin to repair the past"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Woods, Baynard.; College teachers; Journalists; Racism; Slavery; White people;

Tremor : a novel / by Cole, Teju,author.;
"A weekend spent antiquing is shadowed by the colonial atrocities that occurred on that land. A walk at dusk is interrupted by casual racism. A loving marriage is riven by mysterious tensions. And a remarkable cascade of voices speak out from a pulsing metropolis. Tunde, the man at the center of this novel, reflects on the places and times of his life, from his West African upbringing to his current work as a teacher of photography on a renowned New England campus. He is a reader, a listener, a traveler, drawn to many different kinds of stories: stories from history and epic; stories of friends, family, and strangers; stories found in books and films. Together these stories make up his days. In aggregate these days comprise a life"--
Subjects: Novels.; College teachers; Colonies; Identity (Psychology); Nigerian Americans; Nigerians; Photographers; Photography; Racism;

Professor T. [videorecording] / by Aubrey, Juliet,1969-actor.; De la Tour, Frances,1944-actor.; Gathergood, Andy,1974-actor.; Miller, Ben,1966-actor.; Naomi, Emma,actor.; Piedfort, Paul,creator.; Reith, Douglas,actor.; Vos, Dries,television director.; White, Barney,actor.; Woodward, Sarah,actor.; Beta Film GmbH,production company.; Caviar (Firm),production company.; Eagle Eye Drama,production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Screen Flanders (Flanders, Belgium),production company.;
Ben Miller, Frances de la Tour, Emma Naomi, Barney White, Sarah Woodward, Juliet Aubrey, Andy Gathergood, Douglas Reith.Scotland Yard had themselves a dependable-albeit eccentric-asset in Cambridge University criminology professor Jasper Tempest (Ben Miller). The prickly, neurotic, and filterless academic always seemed to hone in on the perpetrator's one mistake in this British adaptation of the popular Belgian procedural.14A.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 5.1 surround sound.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Television crime shows.; College teachers; Criminal investigation; Criminologists; Family secrets; Mentally ill; Mothers and sons; Obsessive-compulsive disorder;
For private home use only.

Professor T. [videorecording] / by Aubrey, Juliet,1969-actor.; De la Tour, Frances,1944-actor.; Gathergood, Andy,1974-actor.; Miller, Ben,1966-actor.; Naomi, Emma,actor.; Piedfort, Paul,1957-creator.; Reith, Douglas,actor.; Vos, Dries,television director.; White, Barney,actor.; Woodward, Sarah,actor.; Beta Film GmbH,production company.; Caviar (Firm),production company.; Eagle Eye Drama,production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Screen Flanders (Flanders, Belgium),production company.;
Barney White, Ben Miller, Frances De La Tour, Emma Naomi, Andy Gathergood, Sarah Woodward, Douglas Reith, Juliet Aubrey, Juliet Stevenson, Lucy Anna Richardson.The multi award-winning much-loved crime drama Professor T starring Ben Miller, Frances de la Tour and Juliet Stevenson is back for a third season. The Professor is in jail and must find a way to get his old life and job back. The Police need his expertise to help crack some tricky and intriguing crimes.14A.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Television crime shows.; Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; College teachers; Criminal investigation; Criminologists; Family secrets; Mentally ill; Mothers and sons; Obsessive-compulsive disorder;
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Professor T. [videorecording] / by Aubrey, Juliet,1969-actor.; De la Tour, Frances,1944-actor.; Gathergood, Andy,1974-actor.; Miller, Ben,1966-actor.; Naomi, Emma,actor.; Piedfort, Paul,1957-creator.; Reith, Douglas,actor.; Vos, Dries,television director.; White, Barney,actor.; Woodward, Sarah,actor.; Beta Film GmbH,production company.; Caviar (Firm),production company.; Eagle Eye Drama,production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Screen Flanders (Flanders, Belgium),production company.;
Barney White, Ben Miller, Frances De La Tour, Emma Naomi, Andy Gathergood, Sarah Woodward, Douglas Reith, Juliet Aubrey, Juliet Stevenson, Lucy Anna Richardson.Professor T returns for an explosive fourth season with Professor Jasper Tempest once again using his unique insight and analysis to help the police solve a range of intriguing crimes in the beautiful university city of Cambridge. Six months following Season 3's devastating finale, dark clouds loom over the team. Consumed by grief, Dan dives headfirst into his work under the supervision of DCI Goswami who struggles to keep order. The Professor takes up a very unexpected new hobby, avoiding the police at all costs. Dr. Helena Goldberg intervenes to help but soon begins to question her own integrity as his therapist. The police team continues to fight complex and dangerous cases with the addition of an eager new team member, DC Chloe Highsmith. The Dean is struck by the shock return of an old flame, Zelda, Adelaide's sister and Jasper's aunt. Love is on the horizon and even Jasper feels heartstrings plucked in his own heart.14A.Described video for the blind and visually impairedClosed-captioned for the hearing impairedSubtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Television crime shows.; College teachers; Criminal investigation; Criminologists; Family secrets; Mentally ill; Mothers and sons; Obsessive-compulsive disorder;
For private home use only.

Final exam / by Barbieri, Maggie.;
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Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Detective and mystery stories.; Bergeron, Alison (Fictitious character); Crawford, Bobby (Fictitious character); Women college teachers; English teachers; Police; Missing persons;
© 2009., Minotaur Books,

The clearing : a novel / by Toyne, Simon,1968-author.;
"In this gripping suspense novel from the bestselling author of the Sanctus trilogy, a series of disappearances in a small town near the Forest of Dean lead forensic expert Laughton Rees to uncover a dark plot, decades in the making"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Criminologists; Family secrets; Missing persons; Universities and colleges; Women college teachers;

The madness of crowds / by Penny, Louise,author.;
A professor with a repulsive agenda gives a lecture at the university in Three Pines. Before long, her views spark fights and as sides are declared, a madness takes hold. And when a murder is committed it falls to Armand Gamache and his team to investigate the crime as well as the madness of crowds.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Gamache, Armand (Fictitious character); Police; Murder; Women college teachers; Collective behavior; Truthfulness and falsehood;

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