Ananthaswamy, Anil.

Summary: "In the tradition of Oliver Sacks, a tour of the latest neuroscience of schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer's disease, ecstatic epilepsy, Cotard's syndrome, out-of-body experiences, and other disorders--revealing the awesome power of the human sense of selffrom a master of science journalism Anil Ananthaswamy's extensive in-depth interviews venture into the lives of individuals who offer...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 ANA

Nazemian, Abdi

Summary: "2019. Moud is an out gay teen living in Los Angeles with his distant father, Saeed. When Moud gets the news that his grandfather in Iran is dying, he accompanies his dad to Tehran, where the revelation of family secrets will force Moud into a new understanding of his history, his culture, and himself. 1978. Saeed is an engineering student with a promising future ahead of him in Tehran. But...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC NAZ

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Nazemian, Abdi

Summary: "Beth Kramer is a "townie" who returns to her sophomore year after having endured a year of tension with her roommate, Sarah. But Sarah Brunson knows there's more to that story. Amanda Priya "Spence" Spencer is the privileged daughter of NYC elites, who is reeling from the realization that her family name shielded her from the same fate as Sarah. Ramin Golafshar arrives at Chandler as a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

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Nazemian, Abdi

Summary: It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing. Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He's terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he's gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media's images of men dying of AIDS. Judy is an aspiring...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Nazemian 2019

Iftin, Abdi Nor

Summary: Adapted from the adult memoir, an intimate portrait of modern immigration describes how the author's family was forced by war to leave their home in Somalia before he received an opportunity to win the annual U.S. visa lottery.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ember 2021

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 IFT

Seth, Anil K.

Summary: "Being you is an unprecedented tour of consciousness thats to new experimental evidence, much of white comes from Seth's own lab. His radical argument is that we do not perceive the world as it objectively is, but rather that we are prediction machines, constantly inventing our world and correcting our mistakes by the microsecond, and that we can now observe the biological mechanisms in the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random house LLC 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 SET

Contents: CD 1 Do What You're Suppose To Do / The Three Degrees ( 2:25) -- Put Yourself In My Place / Azie Mortimer (William Drain, Reggie Obrecht) (2:31) -- Someone To Treat Me (the Way That You Used To) / The De Vons(2:22) -- Mister Loverman / Yvonne Carroll (2:21) -- I've Got Mine, You Better Get Yours / The Sapphires (Kenny Gamble) (2:41) -- Poor Unfortunate Me / Gigi & the Charmaines (2:31) -- Hear...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: RPM Records

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Iftin, Abdi Nor

Summary: Now a proud resident of Maine, on the path to citizenship, Abdi Nor Iftin's dramatic, deeply stirring memoir is truly a story for our time: a vivid reminder of why western democracies still beckon to those looking to make a better life.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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Bjørnstad, Ketil

Contents: La notte: I -- La notte: II -- La notte: III -- La notte: IV -- La notte: V -- La notte: VI -- La notte: VII -- La notte: VIII.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: ECM Records 2013

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Summary: A 1950 update of the Orphic myth by Jean Cocteau that depicts a famous poet scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead through Cocteau's famous mirrored portal. Orpheus represents the legendary Cocteau at the height of his abilities for...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011

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Summary: Claire Smythson, wife of the famous abstract artist Richard Smythson, is plunged into a late-life crisis when her husband is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and is in danger of not completing the paintings for his last show.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Summary: A young blade runner's discovery of a long buried secret leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY SCI-FI BLA

Summary: Nineteenth century poet John Keats and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, started out as unlikely lovers who were totally at odds with each other. However, when Brawne offers to help Keats nurse his seriously ill brother, the two soon became involved in an unstoppable romance that only his untimely death at age 25 could bring to a shattering end.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010

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Sayre, April Pulley.

Summary: A counting book featuring animals with different numbers of feet.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2003

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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE SAY

Summary: Young & innocent: Robert is the estranged husband of a beautiful actress with a bad reputation. When he discovers her lifeless body on the beach, he is mistaken for the murderer and soon finds himself on the run, learning that the murder makes for very strange bedfellows.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by BCI Eclipse 2007

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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER ALF

Summary: A French regiment confronts the horrors of World War I as they journey from patriotism to disillusionment about the glory of battle; ex-convict Jean Valjean tries to rebuild his life to be a respectable citizen but police inspector Javert relentlessly hounds him and won't let him escape his past.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007

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Summary: Set in the 15th century, two strangers dressed as minstrels arrive at a castle in advance of court festivities, and it is revealed that they are actually emissaries of the devil himself, dispatched to spread heartbreak and suffering. Their plans, however, are thwarted by an unexpected intrusion: human love. Often interpreted as an allegory for the Nazi occupation of France, during which it was...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012

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Summary: A thriller about a woman fighting off a sleazy blackmailer. The film was Hitchcock's first full-length sound film and was only his second foray into the suspense genre. Grocer's daughter Alice White kills a man in self-defense when he tries to sexually assault her. Her policeman boyfriend, Detective Frank Webber, covers up for her, but she has been spotted leaving the scene by a petty criminal...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Candy

Contents: Good to feel -- Lust for destruction -- Systemic death -- Panic is on -- Bring water -- Distorted dreams -- Joy of life -- Human target -- Bigger than yours

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Wea Corp 2018

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CAN

Higgins, Cam

Summary: Bo and his pig pal Zonk play in the mud together, but when Zonk's pet rock Rocky gets chipped and Zonk is upset, Bo must learn how to be a good, supportive friend to Zonk.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2023

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