Author: Based on (work): Higashida, Naoki, 1992- Jiheish? no boku ga tobihaneru riy?. Rothwell, Jerry, film director. Dear, Jeremy, film producer. Lee, Stevie, film producer. Morrow, Al, film producer.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: 616.85 REASON
Format: Video disc
Summary: Explores the experiences of non-speaking autistic people around the world. Based on the best-selling book by Naoki Higashida, is an immersive cinematic exploration of neurodiversity through the experiences of nonspeaking autistic people from around the world. The film blends Higashida's revelatory insights into autism, written when he was just thirteen, with intimate portraits of five remarkable young people. It opens a window for audiences into an intense and overwhelming, but often joyful, sensory universe. Moments in the lives of each of the characters are linked by the journey of a young Japanese boy through an epic landscape; narrated passages from Naoki's writing reflect on what his autism means to him and others, how his perception of the world differs, and why he acts in the way he does: the reason he jumps. The film distills these elements into a sensually rich tapestry that leads to Naoki's core message: not being able to speak does not mean there is nothing to say.
Author: Linden, Shawn, film director, screenwriter, film producer. Hagopian, Juliette, film producer. Elman, Neil, film producer. Sullivan, Camille, actor. Sawa, Devon, 1978- actor.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: HUNTER
Format: Video disc
Summary: A fur trapper leaves his wife and daughter behind to kill a rogue wolf in the isolated wilderness. But they soon become progressively worried when a severely injured man shows up to disrupt their peaceful existence.
Author: Showalter, Michael, 1970- film director. Abrams, Aaron, 1978- screenwriter. Gall, Brendan, screenwriter. Gero, Martin, 1977- screenwriter, film producer. Lassally, Tom, film producer.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: LOVEBIRD
Format: Video disc
Summary: When a couple in the fast lane to splitsville accidentally careens into a murder, they take off on a wild race to find the killer and clear their names.
Author: David, Larry, creator, actor. Garlin, Jeff, 1962- actor. Essman, Susie, 1955- actor. Hines, Cheryl, actor. Smoove, J. B., 1964- actor.
Published: 2018
Call Number: CURB SEASON 9
Format: Video disc
Summary: ​​Larry's back -- and that's pritty, pritty, pritty good news! Six years after the award-winning Curb Your Enthusiasm ended its last season, HBO brought back the hit series starring writer/producer/comedian Larry David as ... writer/producer/comedian Larry David. Each episode features verité-style footage of David (playing himself) as he gets into everyday predicaments with both fictional and real-life personalities. With cast regulars Jeff Garlin (as manager Jeff Greene), Susie Essman (as Jeff's wife Susie), Cheryl Hines (as Larry's ex-wife Cheryl) and JB Smoove (as Larry's live-in friend Leon) reprising their roles, the series continues to feature appearances by guests playing themselves or characters. Appearing on new episodes are returning favorites Richard Lewis, Bob Einstein, Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, as well as Elizabeth Banks, Ed Begley, Jr., Carrie Brownstein, Bryan Cranston, Lauren Graham, Jimmy Kimmel, Nick Offerman, Nasim Pedrad, Elizabeth Perkins and others. This season, Larry has a big idea that elicits promising feedback from a number of prospective investors -- until a string of missteps undermines the plan, at least temporarily.
Author: Stache, Ginger, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 248.4 STACHE
Format: Books
Summary: "You weren't born to be like everyone else. You weren't born to fade into the background. God made you to stand out. And He has amazing adventures planned for you! You can certainly survive without adventure--keep your head down and live in your comfort zone, doing only what you must to maintain the day-to-day. But life is meant to be a grand adventure! It should surprise and wow us on a regular basis. The problem is our days are so full of routine, monotony, and fear, that it is easier to stay on that treadmill of boredom than it is to step off into the unknown and discover something wonderful. Ginger Stache firmly believes that we are at our best when we live with an attitude that life is an adventure--an outlook that sets the stage by believing that every moment has the potential to bring something amazing, a sight to behold, or a lesson to be learned. By walking you through her own adventures in Chasing Wonder, you will find the inspiration to begin your own. And what's more, you'll make space for God to move in ways you may have never experienced otherwise"--
Author: Liu, Marjorie M., author. Container of (work) : Liu, Marjorie M. Sympathy for the bones. Container of (work) : Liu, Marjorie M. Briar and the rose. Container of (work) : Liu, Marjorie M. Light and the fury. Container of (work) : Liu, Marjorie M. Last dignity of man.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F LIU
Format: Books
Summary: The award-winning author of the graphic novel Monstress, in this long-awaited debut collection of darkly enthralling short fiction, takes us into the heart of the tangled woods--a place rife with unexpected detours, dangerous magic and even more dangerous women. New York Times bestseller and Hugo, British Fantasy, Romantic Times, and Eisner award-winning author of the graphic novel Monstress, Marjorie Liu leads you deep into the heart of the tangled woods. In her long-awaited debut collection of dark, lush, and spellbinding short fiction, you will find unexpected detours, dangerous magic, and even more dangerous women. Briar, bodyguard for a body-stealing sorceress, discovers her love for Rose, whose true soul emerges only once a week. An apprentice witch seeks her freedom through betrayal, the bones of the innocent, and a meticulously plotted spell. In a world powered by crystal skulls, a warrior returns to save China from invasion by her jealous ex. A princess runs away from an arranged marriage, finding family in a strange troupe of traveling actors at the border of the kingdom's deep, dark woods. Concluding with a gorgeous full-length novella, Marjorie Liu's first short fiction collection is an unflinching sojourn into her thorny tales of love, revenge, and new beginnings.
Author: Deisseroth, Karl, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 616.89
Format: Books
Summary: "Karl Deisseroth has spent his life pursuing truths about the human mind, both as a practicing clinical psychiatrist and as a researcher who created the revolutionary field of optogenetics, which allows us to decipher the brain's inner workings using light. In his first book, Projections, he combines his groundbreaking access to the brain's inner circuitry with a deep empathy for his patients to examine what mental illness can reveal about the mind and the origin of human feelings--how the broken can illuminate the unbroken. An internationally acclaimed professor of bioengineering and psychiatry at Stanford, Deisseroth's true passion is as a clinical psychiatrist, and it is the stories of his patients that form the backbone of Projections. Through these case studies, he tells the larger story of how we can understand the physical and biological origins of human emotion in the brain. As such, he describes vividly how humans experience feelings both in the simple and ancient circuits of our brains and in the poignant moments of suffering in our daily lives. The stories of Deisseroth's patients are rich with humanity and shine an unprecedented light on the self and the ways in which it breaks down. A young woman with an eating disorder reveals how the mind can rebel against the brain's most primitive drives of hunger and thirst; while an older gentleman, smothered into silence by depression and dementia, illuminates how humans evolved to feel joy and its absence; and a lonely Uyghur woman far from home teaches the importance of rich social bonds. An illuminating and essential work, Projections transforms the way we understand the brain as a biological and as an emotional object"--
Author: Coulombe, Joe, 1930-2020, author. Civalleri, Patty, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 658.4 COULOMBE
Format: Books
Summary: Build an iconic shopping experience that your customers love--and a work environment that your employees love being a part of--using this blueprint from Trader Joe's visionary founder, Joe Coulombe. Infuse your organization with a distinct personality and culture that draws customers in a way that simply competing on price cannot. Joe Coulombe founded what would become Trader Joe's in the late 1960s and helped shape it into the beloved, quirky food chain it is today. Realizing early on that he could not compete and win by playing the same game his bigger competitors were playing, he decided to build a store for educated people of somewhat modest means. He brought in unusual products from around the world and promoted them in the Fearless Flyer, providing customers with background on how they were sourced and their nutritional value. He also gave the stores a tiki theme to reinforce the exotic trader-ship concept with employees wearing Hawaiian shirts. In this way, Joe laid down a blueprint for other business owners to follow to build their own unique shopping experience that customers love, and a work environment that employees love being a part of. In Becoming Trader Joe, Joe shares the lessons he learned by challenging the status quo and rethinking the way a business operates.
Author: Dennard, Susan, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: Y DENNARD
Format: Books
Summary: After Iseult's reunion with her heartsister Safi she flees Cartorra to summon dangerous magic while the Bloodwitch Aeduan is beset by forces he cannot understand and villains from legend reawaken across the Witchlands. Iseult has found her Threadsister Safi at last, but their reunion is brief. For Iseult to stay alive, she must flee Cartorra while Safi remains. Though Iseult has plans to save her friend, they will require her to summon magic more dangerous than anything she has ever faced before. Meanwhile, the Bloodwitch Aeduan is beset by forces he cannot understand. And Vivia, rightful queen of Nubrevna, finds herself without a crown or home. Only the mythical Cahr Awen can stop the gathering war. Iseult must choose on which side of the shadows her destiny will lie. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Abutaleb, Yasmeen, author. Paletta, Damian, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 362.1962
Format: Books
Summary: From two reporters for the Washington Post comes an account of the Trump administration's handling, and mishandling, of the coronavirus outbreak, a once-in-a-century pandemic that upended life across the globe that resulted in hundreds of thousands of lives lost, a cratered economy, and the remaking of the U.S. as an unwieldy pariah in the global hierarchy.
Author: Katz, Re, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F KATZ
Format: Books
Summary: "And Then the Gray Heaven centers on Jules, whose partner B has recently died in a freak accident. Confronting the red tape of the hospital, the dissociation and cruelty of B's family, and the unimaginable void now at the center of their lives, Jules and new friend Theo embark on a road trip to bury two-thirds of B's ashes in the places they most belong. Along the way, Katz delves into their relationship and their life stories--Jules' rise from abandoned baby origins through the Florida foster care system, and B's artistic transformation, surrounded by kindred spirits who helped them realize it was possible to be regarded as a human and not as a body. Delving into what it means to try to be alive to your own pain and the pain of others under late capitalism, And Then the Gray Heaven explores the themes of queer grief and affection, queer failure, burial as hero's journey, and the grotesqueries of artistic determination within and beyond the institutions that define our lives."--from Amazon.com.
Author: Baig, Edward C., author. LeVitus, Bob, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 004.1675
Format: Books
Summary: The latest edition - updated to cover iOS 14 and iPhone 12. Nothing seems to change faster than an iPhone. Just when you think you know your way around the device, a new update arrives and you have to learn everything all over again. This fully revised edition of iPhone For Dummies arrives just in time to keep you up to date on iOS 14, the version of the iOS operating system released in late 2020, as well as all the updated features of iPhone 12. But don't worry if you're sticking with your current iPhone or buying an older model. This book offers help on using any iPhone that runs iOS 14, all the way back to iPhone 6. Written by two longtime Apple fans and experts, this revised guide covers the essentials you'll need to know about the industry-leading device and its slick iOS operating system, kicking off with set-up--navigating settings, hooking up to wifi, sharing audio and video--and then gearing you up to warp speed with the many incredible ways this smartphone's tools and apps can bring a joyful extra dimension to your life.
Author: Howard-Cooper, Scott, 1963-, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: B KERR
Format: Books
Summary: In this definitive biography of the championship-winning basketball player and head coach of the record-breaking Golden State Warriors, an award-winning sports journalist looks at the man and the facets of his unusual life that have made him a legend. "The only coach other than Red Auerbach to lead a team to the Finals for five consecutive seasons, Kerr seems destined for the Basketball Hall of Fame. Steve Kerr is his incredible story, offering insights into the man and what it takes to be--and make--a champion. Drawing on Scott Howard-Cooper's years covering the Warriors, deep archival research, and original interviews with more than one hundred of the central characters in Kerr's life, this is basketball biography at its finest." --Front jacket flap.
Author: McKay, Matthew, author, medium. McKay, Jordan, -2008 (Spirit), inspiration.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 133.93
Format: Books
Summary: "A channeled guide to the life-death transition experience and how to prepare for the wonders of the afterlife"-- There is no better source of information on death and the afterlife than someone who has died and lives in spirit. Channeling his late son, Jordan, psychologist Matthew McKay offers a post-death guide for the living, revealing in vivid detail what to expect when we die and how to prepare for the wonders of the afterlife. Specifically describing the transition experience and the early stages of the afterlife, including how to navigate each stage, Jordan shows how death is a fluid realm of imagination and invention, a luminous landscape created entirely of consciousness. He explains how a soul that has newly crossed over is an amnesiac, arriving without senses, a nervous system, and all that has anchored us to the world. Jordan details how to navigate without a body, how we learn and grow in the spirit world, and how to release anxiety about the end of life and instead view it as another stage of being. He shows that the inferno described by Dante is an optional nightmare caused by thought projections that overwhelm the newly transitioned soul, and he reveals that the bardos are where souls who are beset with fear and false beliefs spend time learning and recovering. Providing profound relief from the fear of death, as well as exercises to prepare you for navigating and communicating in spirit, Jordan's message reveals how love is the bonding element that holds all of consciousness--and the afterlife--together. McKay also documents the unbreakable bond between the living and the dead and teaches the skill of channeling, allowing you to connect to loved ones who have passed.
Author: Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 364.1323
Format: Books
Summary: Part autobiography, part history, this book documents Kucinich's time as mayor of Cleveland, when he blocked the sale of the public electric utility Municipal Power, resulting in an attempt on his life and the default of the city on its debts. Meet Mayor Dennis Kucinich of Cleveland, who fought to give power to the people. He and his family lived in twenty-one different places by the time he was seventeen, including a couple of cars. By the age of thirty-one, as America's youngest big-city mayor, his stand to protect Cleveland's Muny Light against a utility monopoly and its banking partner drew international attention and praise as "The outstanding public official in America," an award presented by Bob Hope. --adapted from back cover.
Author: Yan, Lianke, 1958- author. Rojas, Carlos, 1970- translator.
Published: 2021 2001
Call Number: F YAN
Format: Books
Summary: "Returning to his village invigorated by success in the army, Gao Aijun sees the beautiful Xia Hongmei walking barefoot alongside the railway track in the warm afternoon sun, and is instantly smitten. Hiding their relationship from their spouses, the pair hurl themselves into the struggle to bring revolution to their backwater village. They wait to consummate their relationship until Aijun has managed to dig a literal tunnel of love between their homes, where underneath the village their revolutionary and sexual fervor reaches a boiling point. While the unsuspecting villagers sleep, they sing revolutionary songs and shout Maoist slogans to each other before making earth-moving love. But when their relationship is finally uncovered, the couple finds themselves dangerously at odds with the doctrinaire and self-disciplined ideals of party higher-ups. Will their great revolutionary energy save their skins, or will they too fall victim to the revolution? Upturning the ideals of socialist realism, Hard Like Water is an operatic and surprisingly moving human drama about power's corrupting nature and the brute force of love and desire"--
Author: Weber, David, 1952- author. Fox, Richard, 1978- author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F WEBER
Format: Books
Summary: "For more than fifty years, the Terran Republic and the Terran League have been killing one another. The death toll has climbed ever higher, year after year, with no end in sight. But the members of the Five Hundred, the social elite of the Republic's Heart Worlds, don't care. Their star systems are light-years from any threat of attack. Their children are sheltered from the "mandatory service" that falls so heavily on the Fringe Worlds' backs. Their trade connections with the Rishathan Sphere bring them wealth and influence. And their contracts to build ships, fighters, missiles, and all the other sinews of war have made them the wealthiest human beings in the history of the galaxy. Rear Admiral Terrence Murphy is a Heart Worlder. His family is part of the Five Hundred. His wife is the daughter of one of the Five Hundred's wealthiest, most powerful industrialists. His sons and his daughter can easily avoid military service, and political power is his for the taking. There is no end to how high he can rise in the Republic's power structure. All he has to do is successfully complete a risk-free military "governorship" in the backwater Fringe System of New Dublin without rocking the boat. Without dredging up any lunatic Fringe conspiracy theories. Without undercutting the Five Hundred's stranglehold on wealth and power. But the people sending him to New Dublin have miscalculated, because Terrence Murphy is a man who believes in honor. Who believes in duty-in common decency and responsibility. Who believes there are dark and dangerous secrets behind the façade of what "everyone knows." Terrence Murphy intends to meet those responsibilities and unearth those secrets, and he doesn't much care what the Five Hundred want. He intends to put a stop to the killing. Wherever that takes him, he will go. Whatever that costs him, he will pay. And whatever that requires, he will do. Terrence Murphy is coming for whoever has orchestrated fifty-six years of bloodshed and slaughter, and Hell itself is coming with him. A new novel in the world of In Fury Born, one of David Weber's most celebrated novels"--
Author: Fuller, Kathleen, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: LP F FULLER
Format: Large print
Summary: "Identical brothers Zeb and Zeke Bontrager aren't looking for love. They have their hands full with a new horse farm, a half-finished ranch house, and a wild colt, thanks to Zeke's hasty business dealings. Now Zeb must contend with Zeke's bad decisions, hidden debts, and tendency to avoid responsibility, which threaten their good standing in the Birch Creek Amish community. When a newspaper ad prompts Darla King to travel to Birch Creek in search of a husband, her identical twin, Amanda, promises their parents she'll convince Darla to come home. After all, Amanda is the responsible and reliable one. She has always protected Darla, who acts on impulse and trusts people too easily. The sisters' close relationship is strained as Darla asserts her independence and Amanda grapples with regrets of her past and the longings of her own heart. When Zeb and Amanda join forces to protect Darla and Zeke from each other, none of them can possibly predict the outcome as all four come face-to-face with their highest hopes and deepest insecurities in the first installment of the Amish Mail-Order Bride series."--
Author: Thomas, Leah, 1989- author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: Y THOMAS
Format: Books
Summary: Loner Dani and her best friend Sarah, the ghost of a teen murdered decades earlier, team up to help other murdered women who are still tethered to this life. Dani's best friend, Sarah, is a ghost. Maybe that's normal when you've spent your childhood running from an abusive parent. Dani is afraid that if he tells Sarah he's trans, she won't bother haunting him anymore. Sarah's got good reason to distrust boys, having been strangled by one. When they come across another ghost haunted by her own brutal murder, they set out to bring peace and safety to spirits like her. As Dani starts to find his place in the living world, he'll need to let go of his ghosts. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Abram, Carolyn, author. Karasavas, Amy, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 006.754
Format: Books
Summary: A guide to using the online social network provides information on such topics as creating a profile, communicating with friends, using Facebook applications, and privacy and security on Facebook. Be a new face on Facebook! If you're new to the Facebook user community, don't be shy: you're joining around 2.7 billion users (roughly two-and-a-half Chinas) worldwide, so you'll want to make sure you're being as sociable as possible. And with more functionality and ways to say hello -- like 3-D photos and Video Chat rooms -- than ever before, Facebook For Dummies is the perfect, informative companion to get new and inexperienced users acquainted with the main features of the platform and comfortable with sharing posts, pictures (or whatever else you find interesting) with friends, family, and the world beyond! In a chatty, straightforward style, your friendly hosts, Carolyn Abram and Amy Karasavas (both former Facebook employees) help you get settled in with the basics, like setting up your profile and adding content, as well as protecting your privacy when you want to decide who can and can't see your posts. They then show you how to get involved as you add new friends, toggle your newsfeed, shape your timeline story, join groups, and more. They even let you in on ways to go pro and use Facebook for work, such as building a promo page and showing off your business to the world. Once you come out of your virtual shell, there'll be no stopping you! --
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