Author: Kershenbaum, Arik, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 576.839
Format: Books
Summary: "From a noted Cambridge zoologist, a wildly fun and scientifically sound exploration of what alien life must be like, using universal laws that govern life on Earth and in space. Scientists are confident that life exists elsewhere in the universe. Yet rather than taking a realistic approach to what aliens might be like, we imagine that life on other planets is the stuff of science fiction. The time has come to abandon our fantasies of space invaders and movie monsters and place our expectations on solid scientific footing. But short of aliens landing in New York City, how do we know what they are like? Using his own expert understanding of life on Earth and Darwin's theory of evolution--which applies throughout the universe--Cambridge zoologist Dr. Arik Kershenbaum explains what alien life must be like: how these creatures will move, socialize, and communicate. For example, by observing fish whose electrical pulses indicate social status, we can see that other planets might allow for communication by electricity. As there was evolutionary pressure to wriggle along a sea floor, Earthling animals tend to have left/right symmetry; on planets where creatures evolved mid-air or in soupy tar they might be lacking any symmetry at all. Might there be an alien planet with supersonic animals? A moon where creatures have a language composed of smells? Will aliens scream with fear, act honestly, or have technology? The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy answers these questions using the latest science to tell the story of how life really works, on Earth and in space"--
Author: Jones, Radhika, editor, author of introduction. Friend, David, 1955- editor.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: 920.72
Format: Books
Summary: This volume collects 30 of the best profiles, essays, and columns on female subjects written by female contributors to the magazine over the past 35 years. Vanity Fair's Women on Women features a selection of the best profiles, essays, and columns on female subjects written by female contributors to the magazine over the past thirty-five years. From the viewpoint of the female gaze come penetrating profiles on everyone from Gloria Steinem to Princess Diana, to Whoopi Goldberg, to essays on workplace sexual harassment (by Bethany McLean), to a post-#MeToo reassessment of the Clinton scandal (by Monica Lewinsky). Many of these pieces constitute the first draft of a larger cultural narrative. They tell a singular story about female icons and identity over the last four decades--and about the magazine as it has evolved under the editorial direction of Tina Brown, Graydon Carter, and now Radhika Jones, who has written a compelling introduction. When Vanity Fair's inaugural editor, Frank Crowninshield, took the helm of the magazine in 1914, his mission statement declared, "We hereby announce ourselves as determined and bigoted feminists." Under Jones's leadership, Vanity Fair continues the publication's proud tradition of highlighting women's voices--and all the many ways they define our culture.
Author: Robb, Candace M., author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: F ROBB
Format: Books
Summary: "With the great and the good about to descend on York for the enthronement of Alexander Neville as the new archbishop, the city authorities are in a state of high alert. When two bodies are discovered in the grounds of York Minster, and a flaxen-haired youth with the voice of an angel is found locked in the chapter house, Owen Archer, captain of the city bailiffs, is summoned to investigate."--from book jacket.
Author: Barratt, Judy, editor. Hollywood, Paul, author. Leith, Prue, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 641.81
Format: Books
Summary: "Pop round to a friend's with tea and sympathy in the form of chai crackle cookies; have fun making Paul's rainbow-coloured bagels with your family; snuggle up and take comfort in sticky pear & cinnamon buns or a pandowdy swamp pie; or liven up a charity cake sale with mini lemon & pistachio battenbergs or Prue's ... raspberry & salted caramel eclairs. Impressive occasion cakes and ... bakes for gatherings are not forgotten--from a novelty frog birthday cake for a children's party, through a towering croquembouche to wow your guests at the end of dinner, to a ... wedding cake that's worthy of any once-in-a-lifetime celebration"--Publisher marketing. From individually wrapped treats to say thank you, to an ombre cake to round off a dinner party, this book is sure to appeal to novice and experienced bakers alike. The recipes will hone your skills, and the notes from the cooks will offer insight into the journeys that brought them to the Baking Show tent. -- adapted from back cover
Author: Paige, Danielle (Novelist), author.
Published: 2018 2016
Call Number: Y PAIGE
Format: Books
Summary: Seventeen year old Snow has spent her life locked in the Whittaker Psychiatric Institute, but deep down, she knows she doesn't belong there. When she meets a mysterious new orderly and dreams about a strange twisted tree, she realizes she must escape and figure out who she really is.
Author: Zappia, Francesca, author.
Published: 2017
Call Number: Y ZAPPIA
Format: Books
Summary: When the teen creator of "Monstrous Sea," a popular webcomic, is tempted by a school newcomer to pursue real-world relationships, everything she has worked so hard to build crumbles in the wake of their highly publicized romance. In the real world, Eliza Mirk is shy, weird, and friendless. Online, she's LadyConstellation, the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea. Eliza can't imagine enjoying the real world as much as she loves the online one, and she has no desire to try. Then Wallace Warland, Monstrous Sea's biggest fanfiction writer, transfers to her school. Wallace thinks Eliza is just another fan, and as he draws her out of her shell, she begins to wonder if a life offline might be worthwhile. But when Eliza's secret is accidentally shared with the world, everything she's built, her story, her relationship with Wallace, and even her sanity begins to fall apart.
Author: Powers, Retha, editor. Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., writer of supplementary textual content.
Published: 2013
Call Number: 808.88
Format: Books
Summary: "5,000 years of literature, lyrics, poems, passages, phrases, and proverbs from voices around the world"--Jacket. From the time of ancient Egypt, through American slavery, the civil rights era and up to the present day, this book collects quotes and thoughts from through the African diaspora. It showcases the thoughts of not only writers and artists, but of politicians, athletes, and others whose words have been significant in their time or beyond, from voices around the world. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Kantrowitz, Stephen David, 1965- author.
Published: 2012
Call Number: 323.1196 KANTROWI
Format: Books
Summary: The story of the African American journey from slavery to freedom usually begins with heroic abolitionists, peaks with emancipation during the Civil War, and trails off amid Reconstruction's violence. Here, historian Stephen Kantrowitz redefines our understanding of this entire era by showing that the fight to abolish slavery was always part of a much broader campaign by African Americans to claim full citizenship and to remake the white republic into a place where they could belong. Kantrowitz chronicles this epic struggle through the lives of black and white activists in and around Boston, including both famous reformers and lesser-known but equally important figures. While these freedom fighters have traditionally been called abolitionists, their goals and achievements went far beyond emancipation. Calling themselves "colored citizens," they fought to establish themselves in American public life, both by building their own institutions and by fiercely challenging pro-slavery laws and practices of exclusion. They knew that equal citizenship meant something far beyond freedom: not only rights, but also acceptance, inclusion and respect. --From publisher description.
Author: Sitchin, Zecharia.
Published: 1991 1976
Call Number: F SITCHIN
Format: Books
Summary: The 12th Planet brings to life the Sumerian civilization, presenting millennia-old evidence of the existence of Nibiru, the home planet of the Anunnaki and of the landings of the Anunnaki on Earth every 3,600 years, and reveals a complete history of the solar system as told by these early visitors from another planet.
Author: Docter, Pete, film director, screenwriter. Powers, Kemp, film director, screenwriter. Jones, Mike, 1971- screenwriter. Murray, Dana (Producer), film producer. Foxx, Jamie, voice actor.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: J SOUL
Format: Video disc
Summary: Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. A misstep takes him from New York City to The Great Before, a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities before going to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22, who has never understood the appeal of the human life. As Joe tries to show 22 what's great about life, he may discover the answers to the most important questions.
Author: Tong, Stanley, film director, screenwriter, film producer. Dong, Yunshi, film producer. Cheng, Long, 1954- actor. Yang, Yang, 1991- actor. Ai, Lun, 1983- actor.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: FOREIGN VANGUARD CHI
Format: Video disc
Summary: Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world's deadliest mercenary organization.
Author: Docter, Pete, film director, screenwriter. Powers, Kemp, film director, screenwriter. Jones, Mike, 1971- screenwriter. Murray, Dana (Producer), film producer. Foxx, Jamie, voice actor.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: J SOUL
Format: Video disc
Summary: Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. A misstep takes him from New York City to The Great Before, a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities before going to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22, who has never understood the appeal of the human life. As Joe tries to show 22 what's great about life, he may discover the answers to the most important questions.
Author: Tong, Stanley, film director, screenwriter, film producer. Dong, Yunshi, film producer. Cheng, Long, 1954- actor. Yang, Yang, 1991- actor. Ai, Lun, 1983- actor.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: FOREIGN VANGUARD CHI
Format: Video disc
Summary: Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world's deadliest mercenary organization.
Author: Ostow, Micol, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: Y OSTOW
Format: Books
Summary: After the passing of her mom, Julie has lost her passion for music and is on the verge of being kicked out of her performing arts high school. That is, until she makes the ultimate comeback with her new band, Julie and the Phantoms. There's only one catch: all of her bandmates are ghosts. Back in the 1990s, Luke, Reggie, and Alex were on the cusp of rock stardom with their band, Sunset Curve, before an unfortunate encounter with Los Angeles street food brought their rock band dreams--and lives--to an end. Now, with Julie as their lead singer, the guys have a second chance to make it big and to help Julie discover the real power of music. This novel based on season one of the hit Netflix series Julie and the Phantoms is told in alternating points of view and includes a full-color photo insert and exclusive story content not seen on the show.
Author: Tu?ková, Kate?ina, 1980- author. Firkusny, Véronique. translator.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F TUCKOVA
Format: Books
Summary: In 1945. Allied forces liberate Nazi-occupied Brno, Moravia. For Gerta Schnirch, daughter of a Czech mother and a German father aligned with Hitler, it's not deliverance; it's a sentence. She has been branded an enemy of the state. Caught in the changing tides of a war that shattered her family--and her innocence--Gerta must obey the official order: she, along with all ethnic Germans, is to be expelled from Czechoslovakia. With nothing but the clothes on her back and an infant daughter, she's herded among thousands, driven from the only home she's ever known. But the injustice only makes Gerta stronger, more empowered, and more resolved to seek justice. Her journey is a relentless quest for a seemingly impossible forgiveness. And one day, she will return. Spanning decades and generations, Kate?ina Tu?ková's breathtaking novel illuminates a long-neglected episode in Czech history. One of exclusion and prejudice, of collective shame versus personal guilt, all through the eyes of a charismatic woman whose courage will affect all the lives she's touched. Especially that of the daughter she loved, fought for, shielded, and would come to inspire.
Author: Benjamin, Ali, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: LP F BENJAMIN
Format: Large print
Summary: Life for Ethan and Zo used to be simple. Ethan co-founded a lucrative media start-up and Zo was well on her way to becoming a successful filmmaker. Then they moved to a rural community for a little more tranquility-- or so they thought. When newfound political activism transforms Zo into a barely recognizable ball of outrage and #MeToo allegations rock his old firm, Ethan finds himself a misfit in his own life. Enter a house-guest who is young, fun and not at all concerned with the real world and Ethan is abruptly forced to question everything - his past, his future, his marriage and what he values most. Startling, witty, thought-provoking and wise, Ali Benjamin's exciting debut novel offers the shock of recognition as it deftly illuminates some of the biggest issues of our time. Taking inspiration from a classic Edith Wharton tale about a small-town love triangle, The Smash-Up is a wholly contemporary exploration of how the things we fail to see can fracture a life, a family, a community and a nation.
Author: Thomas, Claire, 1975- author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F THOMAS
Format: Books
Summary: "A novel about three women at turning points in their lives, and the one night that changes everything. One night, three women go to the theater to see a play. Wildfires are burning in the hills outside, but inside the theater it is time for the performance to take over. Margot is a successful, flinty professor on the cusp of retirement, distracted by her fraught relationship with her adult son and her ailing husband. After a traumatic past, Ivy is is now a philanthropist with a seemingly perfect life. Summer is a young drama student, an usher at the theater, and frantically worried for her girlfriend whose parents live in the fire zone. While the performance unfolds on stage, so does the compelling trajectory that will bring these three women together, changing them all. Deliciously intimate and yet emotionally wide-ranging, The Performance is a novel that both explores the inner lives of women as it underscores the power of art and memory to transform us"--
Author: Robinson, Peter, 1950- author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F ROBINSON
Format: Books
Summary: When property developer Connor Clive Blaydon is found dead, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks and his Yorkshire team dive into the investigation. As luck would have it, someone had installed a cache of spy-cams all around his luxurious home. The team hope that they'll find answers, and the culprit, among the video recordings. Instead of discovering Connor's murderer, however, the grainy and blurred footage reveals another crime: a brutal rape. If they can discover the woman's identity, it could lead to more than justice for the victim; it could change everything the police think they know about Connor and why anyone would want him dead.
Author: Lewis, Patrice, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: LP F LEWIS
Format: Large print
Summary: "Tall, plain and awkward, Amish maed Jane Troyer has always been 'useful'. Now she's the temporary nanny for overwhelmed Amish bachelor Levy Struder and his baby niece. But Jane's finding it hard to resist falling for the sweet boppli and the handsome, hardworking Levy. Can this spirited Plain Jane win a bachelor's heart... and make their temporary arrangement permanent?"--Back cover.
Author: Verdon, John, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F VERDON
Format: Books
Summary: "The idyllic community of Larchfield is rocked to its core when Angus Russell, its wealthiest and most powerful man, is found dead in his mansion on Harrow Hill. A preliminary analysis of DNA gathered at the crime scene points to the guilt of Billy Tate, a dangerous local weirdo whose hatred for the victim was well known. However, Tate fell from the roof of a local church and was declared dead by the medical examiner the day before Russell was killed. And when police rush to the mortuary where Tate's coffin has been placed, they discover that it's been broken open from the inside, and the body inside is gone. So who killed Angus Russell? A zombie? An editor without a summer vacation? Dave Gurney is called in to investigate the series of murders that follow as Larchfield loses its collective mind. Gun sales explode. Conspiracy theory spreads, religious fundamentalism as well. The once quiet town becomes a magnet for sensation seekers, self-proclaimed zombie hunters, TV producers eager for ratings, and apocalyptic preachers rallying the faithful for the end of days. And only Dave Gurney can solve the murders and restore order to the town"--
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