Summary: A fascinating intimate portrait of Yves Saint Laurent in his twilight years. The film takes viewers behind the scenes of the fabled fashion house and the couturier's complex relationship with business partner, and former lover, Pierre Berge. Banned following its 2007 release, the film is finally available for the first time in over ten years.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CELSummary: Frontline teams up with writer and surgeon Atul Gawande to examine how doctors care for terminally ill patients. In conjunction with Gawande's new book, Being Mortal, the film explores the relationships between doctors and patients nearing the end of life, and shows how many doctors, including himself, struggle to talk honestly and openly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BEISummary: In How I Resist, readers will find hope and support through voices that are at turns personal, funny, irreverent, and instructive. Not just for a young adult audience, this incredibly impactful collection will appeal to readers of all ages who are feeling adrift and looking for guidance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2018
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Summary: Steven explores the effect of meditation on the brain, using hard science to explain the benefits of a practice that was once thought of as purely spiritual. The result is a highly accessible, scientifically questioning guide to meditation, designed to open the practice to a broader audience. A mix of fascinating science, inspiring anecdote and practical exercises, this accessible book offers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Green Tree 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.12 LAURumer, Masha
Summary: "A candid portrait of the realities, challenges, and joys many contemporary immigrants confront while raising a new generation of Americans"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 RUMSinema, Laurene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quilt Digest Press 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 SinemaMartin, Sasha
Summary: "It was a culinary journey like no other: Over the course of 195 weeks, food writer and blogger Sasha Martin set out to cook--and eat--a meal from every country in the world. As cooking unlocked the memories of her rough-and-tumble childhood and the loss and heartbreak that came with it, Martin became more determined than ever to find peace and elevate her life through the prism of food and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B MARTIN MARKiper, Dasha
Summary: "These compelling case histories meld science and storytelling to illuminate the complex relationship between the mind of someone with dementia and the mind of the person caring for them. After getting a master's degree in clinical psychology, Dasha Kiper became the live-in caregiver for a Holocaust survivor with Alzheimer's disease. For a year, she endured the emotional strain of looking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 KIPAlsberg, Sasha
Summary: "With her crew captured and her ship a smoldering ruin, notorious mercenary Androma Racella is no longer the powerful Bloody Baroness, but a fugitive on the run. And with most of the galaxy now trapped under the mind control of the bloodthirsty Queen Nor, not even the farthest reaches of Mirabel can offer safety for the queen's most-hated adversary. But Andi will risk anything, even her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ink Yard Press 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA SF Alsberg 2019Coefield, Sasha.
Summary: "Featuring easy-to-follow instructions and helpful tips from popular beauty and fashion expert Sasha Coefield, this book shows you how to create one-of-a-kind hairstyles without ever stepping inside an expensive salon. Sasha shares all her secrets for creating and wearing her braided looks, including how to prep your hair and master traditional techniques"--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 COEIssenberg, Sasha
Summary: "On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled that state bans on gay marriage were unconstitutional, making same-sex unions legal throughout the United States. But the road to victory was much longer than many know. In this seminal work, SashaIssenberg takes us back to Hawaii in the 1990s, when that state's supreme court first started grappling with the issue, and traces the fight...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 346.7301 ISSWaddell, Sasha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747.285 WADCagen, Sasha.
Summary: In To-Do List (based on the popular blog of the same name, todolistblog.com) author celebrated the humble to-do list, exploring the ways these scribbled agendas reflect our personalities and passions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fireside/Simon & Schuster 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 CAGDavies, Sasha
Summary: "It's one of the most important, least discussed events that happens in every body born with ovaries. It's a physiological and psychosocial event, a cultural construct, and a deeply personal experience all woven together in a jumbled knot. It's menopause. But why is there so much mystery surrounding the topic? Why is it so different for everyone? And more importantly, what do you need to feel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.1 DAVDornfest, Asha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDG Books Worldwide 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 STELaurens, Stephanie
Summary: Eligible London bachelor Lord Christopher "Kit" Cavanaugh has begun a business venture that means closing the school for impoverished children run by Miss Sylvia Buckleberry. It soon becomes clear there are villains who want both the school and Cavanaugh's business closed. Working side by side, Kit and Sylvia fight to secure the school and the future that both discover they now hold dear.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC LAUCohen, Sacha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hermes House 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 698.14 CohenGessen, Masha.
Summary: This is the chilling account of how a low-level, small-minded KGB operative ascended to the Russian presidency and, in an astonishingly short time, destroyed years of progress and made his country once more a threat to her own people and to the world. Handpicked by the "family" surrounding an ailing and increasingly unpopular Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin seemed like a perfect choice for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PUTIN, VLADIMIR GESBauwens, Liz
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747.7 BAULansens, Lori.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC LANLaurens, Stephanie.
Summary: Charles Morwellan, eighth Earl of Meredith, knows he must marry, but he plans to do so on his own terms. So, after years of escaping the clutches of would-be wives, it is quite a shock when he is refused by the beautiful Sarah Conningham.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAUColby, Sasha
Summary: "A granddaughter explores the story of her Ukrainian grandmother's survival of Hitler's forced labor camps. Irina Nikifortchuk was 19 years old and a Ukrainian schoolteacher when she was abducted to be a forced laborer in the Leica camera factory in Nazi Germany. Eventually pulled from the camp hospital to work as a domestic in the Leica owners' household, Irina survived the war and eventually...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ECW Press 2023
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Summary: "When you have ADHD, it can be hard to stay on top of your wellness. Self-Care for People with ADHD is here to help! This book can help you engage in some neurodiverse self-care--without pretending to be neurotypical. You'll find more than 100 tips to accepting yourself, destigmatizing ADHD, finding your community, and taking care of your physical and mental health. You'll find solutions for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 HAMSeymour, Sasha
Summary: Provides more than one hundred recipes that feature coconut ingredients, explaining how to use coconut as a healthy alternative to ingredients associated with food sensitivities, including gluten, dairy, and sugar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014