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- Nervous System - Memory. by A. Goodman, Anthony,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Anthony A. GoodmanOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2004.This lecture examines memory and brain pathology and provides information about anesthesia and pain. First, we examine the nature, development, pathology, and mysteries of memory. We then examine kinds of damage to the brain and spinal cord and the results of such damage. We conclude by discussing anesthesia and referred pain.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.;
- Memory and desire : a novel / by Caputo, Philip,author.;
- "From the acclaimed storyteller, a propulsive tale of desire, betrayal, duty, and infidelity-and the explosive consequences of buried passion. The newsman in Luke Blackburn shuns the spotlight when he and his old friend, now the county mayor in Key West, discover stranded Cuban refugees during a fishing outing turned tragic, but he is part of the story that goes out on the wire. When Corinne, his lover from many years ago, happens to read it and reaches out, the news she bears will disrupt his carefully orchestrated life and threatens to blow up his marriage. His wife, Maureen, lace-curtain Irish while he was from Appalachia, is a brilliant scholar who is also bipolar and fragile. Luke has never told her about his youthful passion or the infant that Corinne, barely out of her teenage years, gave up at birth when they split and he went to war. Maureen's illness has meant that she and Luke have foregone having children of their own. In Luke's mind, she cannot find out about Corinne or the child. Meanwhile, in Miami, where Luke works as the managing editor at a newspaper struggling to survive in the digital era, his star investigative reporter is slowly piecing together a blockbuster story zeroing in on the corrupting influence of cartel money in south Florida. The evidence she has uncovered links a flashy real estate developer, a legacy of murky land dealings, and the stink of political corruption in Luke's own refuge, Key West"--
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Marriage; Money laundering; Newspaper editors; Political corruption;
- The memory illusion : why you might not be who you think you are / by Shaw, Julia(Professor),author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subjects: Memory.; False memory sydrome.; Self-perception.; Brain.;
- Children of Memory. by Smith Pyle, Kathryn,film director.; Teresa Rodriguez, Maria,film director.; Women Make Movies (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by Women Make Movies in 2012.Hundreds of children disappeared without a trace during the Salvadoran civil war. Many were survivors of massacres carried out by the U.S.-trained Salvadoran army. Taken away from the massacre sites by soldiers, some grew up in orphanages or were "sold" into adoption abroad, not knowing their true history or identity. The film follows Margarita Zamora, an investigator with human rights organization Pro-Búsqueda as she traverses the Salvadoran countryside probing memory, swabbing DNA samples, and searching for disappeared children - including her own four siblings.In the United States, Jamie Harvey, adopted from El Salvador in 1980, dreams of locating her birth family; but with no information, no contacts and no access to the Salvadoran military war archives, she is losing hope. CHILDREN OF MEMORY weaves together separate yet intertwined journeys in the search for family, identity and justice in El Salvador.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Human rights.; Latin America.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.; Children.; Central America.; El Salvador.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.;
- The memory thief / by Anderson, Jodi Lynn.;
- When sixth-grader Rosie begins to see magic, she learns that her mother's dwindling memory is tied to an age-old battle between the light of the moon and the darkness of witches.Ages 9-13.LSC
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Witches; Magic; Mothers and daughters; Memory; Good and evil;
- A Photographic Memory. by Elizabeth Seed, Rachel,film director.; Kino Lorber (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 2024.A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY is an intimate, genre-bending portrait of the filmmaker’s trailblazing mother, Sheila Turner Seed – a vibrant and pioneering journalist, photographer, and filmmaker, who died suddenly and tragically when Rachel was just 18 months old. Uncovering the vast archive Turner Seed produced, including lost interviews with iconic photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bruce Davidson, Cecil Beaton, Lisette Model, and Gordon Parks, and others, Rachel attempts to build a posthumous relationship with her mother through her interviews, photographs, journals, films, and the stories of those who remember her. The result is an unlikely mother-daughter conversation that evades time and space, exploring universal themes of memory, loss, and legacy.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Sociology.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Women's studies.; Families.; Biography.; Women artists.; Motherhood.; Journalists.; Parents.;
- The Memory Gardener [electronic resource] : by Donohue, Meg.aut; CloudLibrary;
- A cozy tale of the power of memory and the nourishing magic of gardens from the USA TODAY bestselling author of the “sparkling, witty” (Katie Crouch, New York Times bestselling author) How to Eat a Cupcake. Lucy Barnes is a gardener with an uncanny ability to know exactly which scent among her flowers will illuminate to a person a key from their past that might change their future. Sadly, after a tragedy ten years ago, she no longer uses her gift and has fled her hometown. But six months after her mother’s death, Lucy awakens to find her mother’s unmistakable scent drifting over her, and she knows that she is being called home. And when a mysterious note leads her to take a job as the gardener at the Oceanview Home, a senior-living residence, Lucy finds herself wondering if there is more to her gift—and her mother’s past—than she ever knew. Her work among the lush gardens of Oceanview Home soon awakens the entire community, unearthing memories that will forever change all who cross Lucy’s path. But not everyone is happy to see how her presence has transformed the Oceanview Home, and when a secret comes to light that threatens to shatter the entire community, the future suddenly looks uncertain. Have the memories that Lucy has unearthed awakened something wonderful…or are some memories better left buried?
- Subjects: Electronic books.; Magical Realism; Contemporary Women;
- © 2025., Gallery Books,
- The memory collectors : a novel / by Neville, Kim,author.;
- "Perfect for fans of The Scent Keeper and The Keeper of Lost Things, an atmospheric and enchanting debut novel about two women haunted by buried secrets but bound by a shared gift and the power the past holds over our lives"--
- Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Memory; Emotions; Secrecy; Magic;
- The memory gardener / by Donohue, Meg,author.;
- Lucy Barnes is a gardener with an uncanny ability to know exactly which scent among her flowers will illuminate to a person a key from their past that might change their future. Sadly, after a tragedy ten years ago, she no longer uses her gift and has fled her hometown. But six months after her mother's death, Lucy awakens to find her mother's unmistakable scent drifting over her, and she knows that she is being called home. And when a mysterious note leads her to take a job as the gardener at the Oceanview Home, a senior-living residence, Lucy finds herself wondering if there is more to her gift--and her mother's past--than she ever knew. Her work among the lush gardens of Oceanview Home soon awakens the entire community, unearthing memories that will forever change all who cross Lucy's path. But not everyone is happy to see how her presence has transformed the Oceanview Home, and when a secret comes to light that threatens to shatter the entire community, the future suddenly looks uncertain. Have the memories that Lucy has unearthed awakened something wonderful...or are some memories better left buried?
- Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Flowers; Gardeners; Homecoming; Memory; Mothers and daughters; Secrecy; Women gardeners;
- The memory of souls / by Lyons, Jenn,1970-author.;
- Now that Relos Var's plans have been revealed and demons are free to rampage across the empire, the fulfillment of the ancient prophecies--and the end of the world--is closer than ever. To buy time for humanity, Kihrin needs to convince the king of the Manol vané to perform an ancient ritual which will strip the entire race of their immortality, but it's a ritual which certain vané will do anything to prevent. Including assassinating the messengers. Worse, Kihrin must come to terms with the horrifying possibility that his connection to the king of demons, Vol Karoth, is growing steadily in strength. How can he hope to save anyone when he might turn out to be the greatest threat of them all?
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Princes; Nobility; Dragons; Wizards; Demonology;
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