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1) A shining
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Description
"A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and left, and ultimately finds himself stuck at the end of a forest road. It soon grows dark and begins to snow. But instead of searching for help, he ventures, foolishly, into the dark forest. Inevitably, the man gets lost, and as he grows cold and tired, he encounters a glowing being amid the obscurity. Strange, haunting and dreamlike, A Shining is the latest...
2) Transit
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Description
Georg, a German refugee, flees to Marseille assuming the identity of a recently deceased writer whose papers he is carrying. There he delves into the delicate and complex culture of the refugee community, becoming enmeshed in the lives of a young mother and son and falling for a mysterious woman named Marie.
3) Transit
Author
Series
Outline volume 2
Pub. Date
2017
Formats
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Cusk's outstanding latest, the second in a trilogy, works as both a companion piece to the superb Outline and as an independent narrative, following Faye, a writer and teacher, who moves to London with her two young sons after a divorce. As in Outline, Faye's arc is less about plotted action and is more a series of vignettes, focused this time on long conversations about the ways we journey through life. During these chats, her hairdresser reveals...
4) Transit
Author
Pub. Date
©2013.
Physical Desc
xv, 257 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
"Having escaped from a Nazi concentration camp in Germany in 1937, and later a camp in Rouen, the nameless twenty-seven-year-old German narrator of Seghers's multilayered masterpiece ends up in the dusty seaport of Marseille. Along the way he is asked to deliver a letter to a man named Weidel in Paris and discovers Weidel has committed suicide, leaving behind a suitcase containing letters and the manuscript of a novel. As he makes his way to Marseille...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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One night, little Elisa starts to cry. At first, she sounds like a kitten. But her cries grow so loud that flowers wilt and birds fly out the window. Why is she crying? After a sleepless night, we finally find out. --
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
171 pages, 6 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
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"When university biologist Anne Marbot learns that the 19-year-old she raised as "Lucie" is a transgender man named Alex, she's overwhelmed by questions. How can this be? Who put these ideas in your head? What if you regret it? Am I overreacting? How will your grandparents react? Why didn't I see it coming? Why is this so easy for others? Am I a bigot? What does gender really mean, anyway? How can I be the parent my child needs? It soon becomes clear...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
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Normandy, France, 1970s. Anne is transitioning from middle school to high school. She expresses her feelings about her parents, her education, and her sexual encounters, growing more mature but also conflicted and unhappy. In leaving behind the innocence of her middle school years, Anne must navigate the often-confusing signals she receives from boys, while also moving further away from her parents as she surpasses their educational level and worldview.--...
10) Imminence
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
136 pages ; 21 cm
Description
We're alone together, for the first time. I have to touch him now. I try stroking a foot, then a shoulder. But no current lifts in me, nothing pulls at my chest they way they said it would. A new mother holds her month-old son for the first time, but her body betrays her. Disoriented, she trails her taciturn partner around their plant-filled Buenos Aires apartment. Little by little, everything begins to unravel. Taking place over the course of an...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xxx, 322 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"Millions of people suffer from autoimmunity whether they know it or not. The root cause of most weight gain, brain and mood problems, and fatigue, autoimmunity can take years; or even decades; for symptoms and a clear diagnosis to arise. Through years of research, Dr. Tom O'Bryan has discovered that autoimmunity is actually a spectrum, and many people experiencing general malaise are already on it. And while autoimmune diseases, such as Alzheimer's,...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
276 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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"When Orange Is the New Black and Diary of a Future President star Selenis Leyva was young, her hardworking parents brought a new foster child into their warm, loving family in the Bronx. Selenis was immediately smitten; she doted on the baby, who in turn looked up to Selenis and followed her everywhere. The little boy became part of the family. But later, the siblings realized that the child was struggling with their identity. As Marizol transitioned...
13) Rowdy girl
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Unable to come to terms with the cruel reality of animal agriculture, a former Texas cattle rancher goes vegan and transforms her husband's beef operation into a farmed animal sanctuary. When their story goes viral, she realizes her true calling: to help farmers transition to plant-based and end their business of animal agriculture. "Rowdy Girl" showcases the inspiring work of an animal activist who has been on both sides and proves that there...
Author
Pub. Date
p2011
Physical Desc
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 2010, Gottfried Huppertz original film composition (1927) for Metropolis was newly recorded for the presentation of the restored version of the film. The orchestra performed the music in synchronization with the film. During postproduction, the synchronization was further refined and optimized during the music editing process: the timing of certain passages was adjusted and musical transitions and pauses aligned to the moving image in correspondence...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
New York Metropolitan Transit Authority train dispatcher Walter Garber's day is turned upside down when he must face-off against Ryder, the criminal mind that has hijacked the passengers of subway train, Pelham 1-2-3. Ryder is the leader of a highly-armed gang of four, including a henchman who used to work for the MTA. NYPD Hostage Negotiator Detective Camonetti initially takes charge of the situation, but quickly realizes that Ryder will only deal...
Author
Series
Septology volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
247 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"I is Another follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway. The year is coming to a close and Asle, an aging painter and widower, is reminiscing about his life. He lives alone, his only friends being his neighbor, Åsleik, a bachelor and traditional Norwegian fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in Bjørgvin, a couple hours' drive south of Dylgja, where he lives. There, in Bjørgvin, lives another...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
146 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
While political change hums in the background, Wiola looks back on her youth in a close-knit agricultural community in 1980s Poland: the superstitions of the village women, rumored visits from the Pope, and the locked room in the dressmaker's house.
19) Kintu
Author
Series
Kwani? volume 9
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
viii, 443 pages ; 21 cm
Description
'First published in Kenya in 2014 to critical and popular acclaim, Kintu is a modern classic, a multi-layered narrative that reimagines the history of Uganda through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan. Divided into six sections, the novel begins in 1750, when Kintu Kidda sets out for the capital to pledge allegiance to the new leader of the Buganda Kingdom. Along the way, he unleashes a curse that will plague his family for generations. In an...
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During one winter, five of the best professional snowboarders from throughout the sport's history made an expedition to the backcountry of Alaska. Their goal: to conquer some of the most challenging and rarely ridden mountains on the planet. Also explores the rapid evolution of snowboarding from an underground American movement to a full-fledged global phenomenon and Olympic sport.
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