Author: Agar, Nicholas, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 302.23
Format: Books
Summary: An argument in favor of finding a place for humans (and humanness) in the future digital economy. In the digital economy, accountants, baristas, and cashiers can be automated out of employment; so can surgeons, airline pilots, and cab drivers. Machines will be able to do these jobs more efficiently, accurately, and inexpensively. But, Nicholas Agar warns in this provocative book, these developments could result in a radically disempowered humanity. The digital revolution has brought us new gadgets and new things to do with them. The digital revolution also brings the digital economy, with machines capable of doing humans' jobs. Agar explains that developments in artificial intelligence enable computers to take over not just routine tasks but also the kind of "mind work" that previously relied on human intellect, and that this threatens human agency. The solution, Agar argues, is a hybrid social-digital economy. The key value of the digital economy is efficiency. The key value of the social economy is humanness. A social economy would be centered on connections between human minds. We should reject some digital automation because machines will always be poor substitutes for humans in roles that involve direct contact with other humans. A machine can count out pills and pour out coffee, but we want our nurses and baristas to have minds like ours. In a hybrid social-digital economy, people do the jobs for which feelings matter and machines take on data-intensive work. But humans will have to insist on their relevance in a digital age.
Author: Bradford, Chris, author.
Published: 2017 2014
Call Number: Y BRADFORD
Format: Books
Summary: Teen bodyguard Connor's new assignment seems more like a vacation as he and Ling protect wealthy twins on a yacht, until Somali pirates attack.
Author: Johnson, Yvette, author.
Published: 2017
Call Number: 305.896
Format: Books
Summary: "In this memoir, Yvette Johnson travels to the Mississippi Delta to uncover the true story of her late grandfather, whose extraordinary act of courage changed both their lives. "Have to keep that smile," Booker Wright said in the 1966 NBC documentary Mississippi: A Self-Portrait. At the time, Wright spent his evenings waiting tables for whites at a local restaurant and his mornings running his own business. The ripple effect from his remarks would cement Booker as a civil rights icon because he did the unthinkable: before a national audience, Wright described what life truly was like for the black people of Greenwood, Mississippi"--Jacket.
Author: Collins, Olive, author.
Published: 2017
Call Number: F COLLINS
Format: Books
Summary: 1821: After the landlord of Lugdale Estate in Kerry is assassinated, young Art O'Neill's innocent father is hanged and Art is deported to the cane fields of Jamaica as an indentured servant. On Mangrove Plantation he gradually acclimatises to the exotic country and unfamiliar customs of the African slaves, and achieves a kind of contentment. Then the new plantation heirs arrive. His new owner is Colonel Stratford-Rice from Lugdale Estate, the man who hanged his father. Art must overcome his hatred to survive the harsh life of a slave and live to see the eventual emancipation which liberates his coloured children. Eventually he is promised seven gold coins when he finishes his service, but doubts his master will part with the coins.--adapted from back cover.
Author: Glasgow, Kathleen, 1969- author.
Published: 2016
Call Number: Y GLASGOW
Format: Books
Summary: Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she's already lost more than most people lose in a lifetime. But she's learned how to forget. The thick glass of a mason jar cuts deep, and the pain washes away the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. You don't have to think about your father and the river. Your best friend, who is gone forever. Or your mother, who has nothing left to give you. Every new scar hardens Charlie's heart just a little more, yet it still hurts so much. It hurts enough to not care anymore, which is sometimes what has to happen before you can find your way back from the edge.
Author: Elwes, Cary, 1962- author. Layden, Joe, author.
Published: 2014
Call Number: 791.4372
Format: Books
Summary: From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well as author and screenwriter William Goldman, producer Norman Lear, and director Rob Reiner.
Author: Bland, Eleanor Taylor.
Published: 2005
Call Number: SPC F BLAND
Format: Books
Author: Neville, Morgan, film director, film producer. Rogers, Caitrin, film producer. Bourdain, Anthony, on-screen participant. Bourdain, Ottavia, on-screen participant. Chang, David, on-screen participant.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 641.5
Format: Video disc
Summary: Chef, writer, adventurer, provocateur: Anthony Bourdain lived his life unabashedly. Director Morgan Neville offers an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. This unflinching look at Bourdain reverberates with his presence, in his own voice and in the way he indelibly impacted the world around him.
Author: Goddard, Andy, film director, screenwriter. Izzard, Eddie, screenwriter, actor. Jones, Celyn, 1979- screenwriter, actor. Evans, Andy (Film producer), film producer. Marley, Sean, film producer.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: SIX
Format: Video disc
Summary: Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors heralding the rise of National Socialism. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm but the authorities believe he is the problem.
Author: Cardenas, Maria Gabriela, film director, screenwriter, film producer. Cardenas, Oscar (Actor), screenwriter, film producer, actor. Williams, Amy (Amy Morrison), film producer. Jones, Tim (Composer), composer (expression) Gasparine, Dana, editor of moving image work.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: DARK
Format: Video disc
Summary: A guilt-ridden FBI agent, stranded in the painful memory of the abduction of his sister, will have to face-off with the cunning serial killer who took her away.
Author: Sattler, Peter (Director), film director. Waverly, Steve, screenwriter. Luckinbill, Thad, 1975- film producer. Platt, Ben, actor. Kirke, Lola, actor.
Published: 2021
Call Number: BROKEN
Format: Video disc
Summary: In the wake of his father's death, a twenty-something writer sees his dream of moving to Paris put in jeopardy when he's forced to temporarily take in his wildly unpredictable, mentally ill sister.
Author: Lowery, David, film director, screenwriter, film producer, editor of moving image work. Halbrooks, Toby, film producer. Johnston, James M. (Filmmaker), film producer. Headington, Tim, film producer. Page, Theresa Steele, film producer.
Published: 2021
Call Number: GREEN
Format: Video disc
Summary: A fantasy adventure based on the Arthurian legend, the film tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's headstrong nephew, who embarks on a quest to confront the eponymous knight, a gigantic tree-like creature.
Author: Berlanti, Greg, creator. Johns, Geoff, 1973- creator. Kreisberg, Andrew, 1971- creator. Gustin, Grant, 1990- actor. Patton, Candice, 1988- actor.
Published: 2021
Call Number: FLASH SEASON 7
Format: Video disc
Summary: "After the devastating death of the Speed Force last season, Barry Allen, aka The Flash, finds his powers almost fully depleted. Nash Wells may have discovered a way to restore Barry's speedster abilities... but at what cost?"--Container.
Author: Cox, Deb, 1958- creator, screenwriter. Eagger, Fiona, creator. Hegarty, Lynn, television director. Hakewill, Geraldine, 1987- actor. Jackson, Joel (Actor), actor.
Published: 2021
Call Number: MS SERIES 2
Format: Video disc
Summary: Full of lively wit, surprising twists, and gorgeous period detail, the 1960s-set spinoff to the beloved Australian mystery series returns with new adventures for Phryne Fisher's plucky niece, Peregrine. Now established as a private detective, Peregrine works out of the Melbourne Adventuress Club with assistance from tough former spy Birdie Birnside and brilliant biologist Violetta Fellini. With her partner in crime-solving, Detective James Steed, Peregrine contends with a double homicide after a swingers party, the murder of a flight attendant trainee, a human death at a dog show, a brawl between rockers and mods, and more. But her budding romance with the handsome copper is threatened by society's expectations for women, and the resulting strain makes working with the police even more difficult.
Author: Lee, Malcolm D., 1970- film director. Taylor, Juel, screenwriter. Rettenmaier, Tony, screenwriter. Coogler, Keenan, screenwriter. Nance, Terence, screenwriter.
Published: 2021
Call Number: J SPACE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Basketball champion and global icon LeBron James goes on an epic adventure alongside timeless Tune Bugs Bunny with the animated/live-action event from director Malcolm D. Lee. This transformational journey is a manic mash-up of two worlds that reveals just how far some parents will go to connect with their kids. When LeBron and his young son Dom are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I., LeBron must get them home safe by leading Bugs, Lola Bunny, and the whole gang of notoriously undisciplined Looney Tunes to victory over the A.I.'s digitized champions on the court: a powered-up roster of professional basketball stars as never seen before. It's Tunes versus Goons in the highest-stakes challenge of his life, that will redefine LeBron's bond with his son. The ready-for-action Tunes destroy convention, supercharge their unique talents and surprise even "King" James by playing the game their own way.
Author: Malcolm, Greg, television producer. Sotheran, Vicki, television producer. Tinker, John, 1958- screenwriter. Thompson, Derek (Screenwriter), screenwriter. Stewart, Elizabeth Mary, screenwriter.
Published: 2021
Call Number: WHEN YEAR 8
Format: Video disc
Summary: Welcome back to Hope Valley for incredible adventures and heartwarming friendships. Elizabeth finds a second chance at love as she comes to terms with how she feels about Nathan and Lucas. Rosemary reflects upon her life's purpose, and the entire town comes together for a memorable wedding.
Author: Sax, Geoffrey, television director. Nicholls, David, 1966- screenwriter. Pescod, Hannah, television producer. Hollander, Tom, 1967- actor. Reeves, Saskia, actor.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: US SERIES
Format: Video disc
Summary: Three weeks, six countries and one divorce? What was supposed to be the holiday of a lifetime becomes a desperate quest for Douglas Petersen to save his marriage.
Author: Simpson, Roger, 1944- television producer, screenwriter. Kors, Louisa, television producer. Allen, Jane (Screenwriter), screenwriter. Page, Stuart (Screenwriter), screenwriter. Gawler, Peter, screenwriter.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: HALIFAX SERIES
Format: Video disc
Summary: A sniper who leaves no trace is terrorizing the city, and Jane Halifax is approached by Commander Tom Saracen to help find the killer. Currently a professor of forensic psychiatry, it's been almost 20 years since Jane worked with the police. As a celebrated academic in a long-term relationship with Ben Sailor, a gifted musician, her life now seems complete, along with his daughter, Zoe. Does Jane want to change all that now? Ben is opposed to the change, but Jane is tempted to return to the profiling life at which she excelled. But after a horrific murder, Jane must confront a terrible possibility: that after 20 years, the worst of the criminals she helped put in prison is finally being released. As Jane is forced to go back into the files and nightmares of her past, will the murder be linked to the sniper or secrets from her past? The show brings Jane Halifax back to the world she has never been able to leave: sleuthing her way to the truth behind the most diabolical criminal minds.
Author: Levy, Shawn, film director, film producer. Lieberman, Matt, 1972- screenwriter. Penn, Zak, 1968- screenwriter. Reynolds, Ryan, actor, film producer. Schechter, Sarah, film producer.
Published: 2021
Call Number: FREE
Format: Video disc
Summary: A bank teller, who discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, decides to become the hero of his own story, one he rewrites himself. Now in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way, before it is too late.
Author: Sealey, Amber Rose, film director. Lesser, Kit, screenwriter. Sherman, Kim, film producer. Noah, Daniel, 1972- film producer. Whalen, Lisa (Lisa Wolk), 1981- film producer.
Published: 2021
Call Number: NO
Format: Video disc
Summary: In 1980, Ted Bundy was sentenced to death by electrocution. In the years that followed, he agreed to disclose the details of his crimes, but only to one man. During the early days of the agency's criminal profiling unit, FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier met with the incarcerated Ted Bundy in the hopes of understanding the psychology of the serial killer and providing closure for the victim's families. As Hagmaier delves into Bundy's dark and twisted mind, a strange and complicated relationship develops that neither man expected. Based on actual transcripts of interviews between FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and the incarcerated Ted Bundy.
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