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Kean, Sam

Summary: Offers tales of victims affected by brain injuries and diseases, early studies of the function of the brain, and the history of neuroscience.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Brown & Co 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.4 KEA

Kean, Sam

Summary: Traces the story of a renegade group of soldiers, scientists, and spies who were sent into Axis territory to spy on and sabotage Germany's nuclear weapons research and prevent Hitler from obtaining a nuclear bomb.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.8 KEA

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.8 KEA

Kean, Sam

1 hold on 2 copies

Summary: "Science is a force for good in the world--at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the better of scientists, they twist a noble pursuit into something sinister. Under this spell, knowledge isn't everything, it's the only thing--no matter the cost. Bestselling author Sam Kean tells the true story of what happens when unfettered ambition pushes otherwise rational men and women to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 KEA

Kean, Sam

Summary: "The fascinating science and history of the air we breathe: It's invisible. It's ever-present. Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story to tell. In Caesar's Last Breath, ... bestselling author Sam Kean takes us on a journey through the periodic table, around the globe, and across time to tell the story of the air we breathe, which, it turns out, is also the story of earth...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 551.51 KEA

Kean, Sam.

Summary: The periodic table of the elements is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of passion, adventure, obsession, and betrayal. These tales follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold, and all the elements in the table as they play out their parts in human history.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 546 KEA

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 546 KEA

Trans Am (Musical group)

Contents: Armed response -- Prowler '97 -- The campaign -- Access control -- Endgame -- E.S.I. -- Home security -- Extreme measures -- Shadow boogie -- Stereo situation.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Thrill Jockey 1998

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Contents: CD 1. I'm the face / The High Numbers -- Bo Street runner / The Bo Street Runners -- Country line special / Cyril Davies & his R&B All Stars -- Chills and fever / Tom Jones -- Crawling up a hill / John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers -- You'd better make up your mind / The Koobas -- Desdemona / John's Children -- Tick tock / Shyster -- Wasn't it you / Billie Davis -- Bus stop / The Hollies -- Tell...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Summary: Journey deep into the winter woods and meet two snowdrifts, Pierre and Janine. Together they introduce you to their forest friends and reminisce about a time when a mysterious stranger came to visit.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Carl R. Sams II Photography 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV STR

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD Movie Stranger

Summary: "An official selection of the Sundance Film Festival, Life According to Sam follows one family's courageous fight to save their only son from a rare and fatal aging disease. Directed by Oscar winners Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine (Inocente), this highly personal and life-affirming journey is propelled by the captivating presence of Sam Berns. Funny, perceptive and fiercely intelligent,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LIF

Summary: Dracula's war against humanity rages on! After gathering his generals from around the world, a growing unrest in the world of vampires has become clear and it may be Dracula's human allies, Hector and Isaac, that tip the balance of power amongst the undead. But Trevor, Sypha and Alucard are taking dangerous steps to counter the coming war. The question is, can they survive their gambit.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CAS

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ca 2

Beans

Contents: Window y tower -- Slow recovery -- Boston Rwa -- I breathe the air (from other planets) -- Lasa-ma in pace -- Vent du Nord -- Hollow stars.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Zum Media 2001

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP BEA

Summary: In her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2021, guest editor Jesmyn Ward says that the best fiction offers the reader a "sense of repair." The stories in this year's collection accomplish just that, immersing the reader in powerfully imagined worlds and allowing them to bring some of that power into their own lives. From a stirring portrait of Rodney King's final days to a surreal...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BES

Beans

Contents: Superstar destroyer (3:43) -- Deathsweater (4:01) -- Gluetraps (1:23) -- Electric eliminator (2:02) -- Electric bitch (3:47) -- Glass coffins (2:31) -- Blue movie (2:37) -- Mellow you out (2:08) -- Air is free (3:14) -- Forever living fresh (1:48) -- Anvil falling (0:53) -- Hardliner (3:36) -- Hunter (1:13).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Anticon 2011

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP BEA

Summary: George- The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus is a feature documentary as mercurial as its subject, George Maciunas, impresario of the international avant-garde art movement Fluxus (1962-78). Contradictory interviews with artists, including Yoko Ono, Jonas Mekas, and Nam June Paik, and inventive sound and screen design, shape this rich portrait of a visionary artist. Dedicated to cooperative...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GEO

Summary: When the skeletons of four young women are found buried in in the woods outside of Copenhagen, ambitious and headstrong Inspector Katrine Ries Jensen and Thomas Schaeffer, a reclusive and cerebral forensic psychiatrist, are drawn into a perilous hunt for just such a monster, a killer who strikes according to a pattern which is at first impenetrable.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV THO

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 1999

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE SIE

Meade, Amy Patricia

Summary: "Literary caterer Letitia 'Tish' Tarragon is preparing her English Secret Garden-themed luncheon for Coleton Creek's annual garden club awards, but when she is taken on a tour of some of the top contenders with the garden club's president, Jim Ainsley, Tish is surprised at how seriously the residents take the awards - and how desperate they are to win. Wealthy, retired businessman Sloane...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MEA

Meade, Amy Patricia

Summary: Literary caterer Letitia 'Tish' Tarragon is delighted when Binnie Broderick, executive director of the local library, asks her to provide a literary inspired three-course dinner for the library's annual fundraiser. But when Binnie's food is poisoned, Tish suddenly finds herself fighting to save her reputation... and catch a killer.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MEA

Bassnectar

Contents: Chasing Heaven (5:18) -- No Way (4:35) -- Into the Sun (4:16) -- Speakerbox (feat. Lafa Taylor) (4:42) -- The Mystery Spot (4:30) -- Sideways (feat. Zion I) (3:04) -- Rose Colored Bass (3:42) -- Generate (3:42) -- One Thing (feat. Cristina Soto) (3:43) -- Science Fiction (5:12) -- Blow (4:01) -- Sommarf?gel (2:16) -- Dorfex Bos (5:05) -- Breathing (3:06) -- Dubuasca (3:28) -- Enter the Chamber...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Amorphous Music 2015

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SFM

Contents: Expatiation / Matthew Davis 2016 -- Gas Station Caviar / Matt Witler 2013 -- Legend of the Ear / Maeve Gilchrist 2012 -- Mona / Sam Armstrong-Zickefoose 2015 -- Paradise Fell / Kaia Kater 2016 -- Bubbles / Catherine Bowness 2013 -- Seaweed / Erik Alvar 2013 -- Bourbon Barrel / Adam Chaffins 2012 -- Mr. & Mrs. Wilson / Mairi Chaimbeul 2014 -- Ill at Ease / Joe D'esposito 2015 -- Dislocation /...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Adventure Music 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Summary: In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes. This gripping 5-part HBO miniseries tells the powerful and visceral story of this event and its aftermath.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD CHE

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CHE

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CHE

Means, David

Summary: "A collection of harrowing and personal stories by the O. Henry Prize-winning author David Means."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MEA

Summary: Teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY SUP

Summary: A group of lesbian and bisexual women experience life in Los Angeles.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV L

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