Apple, Sam
Summary: "The extraordinary story of the Nazi-era scientific genius who discovered how cancer cells eat-and what it means for how we should. The Nobel laureate Otto Warburg-a cousin of the famous finance Warburgs-was widely regarded in his day as one of the most important biochemists of the twentieth century, a man whose research was integral to humanity's understanding of cancer. He was also among the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WARBURG, OTTO APPSkloot, Rebecca
Summary: Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.02 SKLCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B LACKS SKLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Black SklootSkloot, Rebecca
Summary: Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization, and gene mapping.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 LACKS, HENRIETTA SKLLawrence, Ellen
Summary: Examines the process of photosynthesis and how it powers the lives of plants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 572.46 LAWFortey, Richard A.
Summary: Scientist Richard Fortey chronicles what he found on his four acres of woodland in the Chiltern Hills of Oxfordshire, England over the course of one year.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.3 FORLaNier, Carlotta Walls
Summary: A personal account of the nation's most famous school integration recounts the author's decision to attend Little Rock's all-white Central High and describes how subsequent events affected her family's beliefs about dedication, perseverance, and sacrifice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LANHagberg Fisher, Eva
Summary: A luminous memoir about how friendship saved one woman's life, for anyone who has loved a friend who was sick, grieving, or lost-and for anyone who has struggled to seek help or accept it.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 HAGBERG FISHER, EVA HAGKeels, Chuck
Summary: A diagnosis from a team of doctors in 2015 came back, stage four cancer and I have three months to live. This story is about my miraculous journey, my fight to live and a test of my faith. The human emotions felt from my kids, friends, and family cultivate the fight to live. I have no doubt that this life-changing experience was endured not only to help others win their battles in life but to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chuck Keels 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KEELS, CHUCK KEEContents: All together / Dougie MacLean -- The PResbyterian Hornpipe/The watchmaker's daughter/The hurricane / Battlefield Band -- Now westlin winds / Dick Gaughan -- Siuil a ruin / Clannad -- De Trilport/A fublaines / Pierre Bensusan -- Relativity / Siun Ni Dhuibur -- Corryvreckan / William Jackson -- The jug of punch / Altan -- The J.B. Reel/The shepherdess/The J.B. Reel / Alasdair Fraser & Paul...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hearts O'space 1999
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Summary: "The stories and lessons in this raw, revealing, unflinching memoir offer the reader a blueprint they can use to climb from the bottom of the barrel into a whole new stratosphere that once seemed unattainable. Whether you feel off-course in life, are looking to maximize your potential or drain your soul to break through your so-called glass ceiling, this is the only book you will ever...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionscrest Publishing 2022
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Summary: Draws on the experiences of patients, physicians, and researchers to explain the revolutionary development of immunotherapy as a treatment for cancer and how that information is being harnessed to create more effective patient therapies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.99 GRASummary: A masterful drama about the twilight of a former vaudeville star is among the writer/director's most touching films. Calvero, a once beloved musical-comedy performer, now a washed-up alcoholic who lives in a small London flat. A glimmer of hope arrives when he meets a beautiful but melancholy ballerina who lives downstairs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2015
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LIMSummary: Follow a pair of carnivorous mermaid sisters drawn ashore to explore life on land in an alternate 1980s Poland. Their tantalizing siren songs and otherworldly auras make them overnight sensations as nightclub singers in the half-glam, half-decrepit world of Smoczynska's imagining. The director gives fierce teeth to her viscerally sensual, darkly feminist twist on Hans Christian Andersen's "The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LURAronson, Katelyn
Summary: "Clovis used to struggle with his temper, but ever since he took over his late grandmother's china shop, he's been learning how to manage it. He pours tea, listens to soothing music, and always keeps Granny's words in mind: 'Grace, grace, nothing broken to replace.' But when rivals from his football days come to heckle him at the shop, Clovis faces a big challenge that even Granny's words and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Kids 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AROVivaldi, Antonio
Contents: Concerto for violoncello, strings and basso continuo in A minor, RV 418 -- Concerto for strings and basso continuo in C major, RV 117 -- Concerto for strings and basso continuo in F minor, RV 143 -- Concerto for violin, violoncello, strings and basso continuo in B-flat major, RV 547 -- Concerto for 2 violins, 2 violoncelli, strings and basso continuo in G major, RV 575 -- Concerto for 4...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL VIVRoach, Margaret.
Summary: "Follows the journey of a woman who leaves her big city corporate life to find solitude and authenticity in nature"--Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROACH, MARGARET ROACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio RoachGoggins, David
Summary: "For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare. Poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lioncrest Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GOGGINS, DAVID GOGLaNier, Carlotta Walls.
Summary: Unabridged.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 379.263 LANSummary: Demonstrations of both traditional and modern bellydancing by Bellyqueen and others. Learn to improvise and dance either alone or with a partner. Provides a low-impact fitness workout.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firstars 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 BELBeats Antique (Musical group)
Contents: Battle -- The lantern -- Tabla toy -- Rabat -- Slow -- Derivation -- Trinkit -- Break me -- Nou-ashta -- Intertwine -- Relic -- Discovered.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: C.I.A. Records 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC BEACorrigan, Kelly
Summary: At 36, Kelly had a good marriage, a couple of kids, and a weekly newspaper column. But she still saw herself as George Corrigan's daughter. A garrulous Irish-American charmer from Baltimore, George was the center of the ebullient, raucous Corrigan clan. Kelly's was a colorful childhood, just the sort a girl could get attached to. She lives deep within what she calls the Middle Place--"that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voice/Hyperion 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B Corrigan CorGraham, Heather
Summary: Over a century after Jack, a new Ripper is on the loose. Following in the footsteps of notorious serial murderer Jack the Ripper, a killer is stalking the streets of London. The self-dubbed Ripper King strikes at night, leaving a trail of eviscerated bodies in his wake. Fresh off a case with potential ties to the recent rash of killings, FBI agents Della Hamilton and Mason Carter are all too...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRASummary: Presents the basic moves needed to use bellydancing for fitness; throughly exercises the whole body but is low impact, relaxing, sensually stimulating, and fun. Also allows the viewer to choose the music only and includes extra bellydance performances.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Goldhil Home Media International 2001