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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In 2011, construction workers were shocked to uncover the remains of a woman in an abandoned lot in Queens, New York. Follow forensic archaeologist Scott Warnasch and a team of historians and scientists as they investigate this woman' story, revealing a vivid picture of what life was like for free African American people in the North.
2363) Amen, amen, amen
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Until the age of ten, comedian Abby Sher was a happy child in a fun-loving, musical family. When her father and favorite aunt pass away, Abby fills the void of her loss with a series of rituals. At first she repeats the few phrases she remembers from synagogue, but by the time she is in high school, Abby is spending hours locked in her closet urgently reciting a series of incantations and pleas. The prescribed patterns from which she cannot deviate...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A narrative of the author's battle with Parkinson's disease. Traces the author's journey through depression, the disease symptoms, the medication and its side effects, the author's interactions with family, and the mental and physical changes caused by the disease"--Provided by publisher.
2366) Miss March
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Fully exposed edition.
Language
English
Description
Eugene is a sweet but anxious high-school student who is finally going to have sex with his longstanding girlfriend Cindi. But before he closes the deal, he falls down a flight of stairs, hits his head, and goes into a four-year coma. When he revives, his best friend Tucker informs him that Cindi is now a Playboy centerfold. That's all it takes to inspire a road trip to the Playboy mansion, where Eugene hopes to woo Cindi back and Tucker hopes to...
2367) Capturing grace
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Documentary about people with Parkinson's disease who join forces with the renowned Mark Morris Dance Group to create a unique performance in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Nationally known NPR on-air personalities share the lasting impressions made during interviews with a wide variety of exceptional individuals. Each story is introduced by the NPR host and offers a candid account of how the encounter was particularly meaningful to them. These are thought-provoking and emotionally resonant interviews with both the famous and the nearly anonymous; real people who reveal themselves over the course of a conversation in...
2369) 29 Gifts
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Recounts how the author was advised to focus her attention on others as part of her therapy after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, describing the transformative benefits of giving gifts that inspired her to create the online 29-Day Giving Challenge to help others to renew life energy.
2370) The king's speech
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.
2371) Thank you for playing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Follows game developer Ryan Green as he creates the game "That dragon, cancer" as a way to cope with his toddler son Joel's terminal cancer diagnosis.
2374) Millennium snow: 1
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Shojo Beat Manga edition.
Language
English
Description
"Chiyuki makes the most of the time she has left, even though things aren't that exciting - until she comes across a reluctant vampire late one chilly night. Can Chiyuki teach Toya to feel passion for life, even as her own is ending?"--cover, p.4.
2375) Millennium snow: 2
Author
Series
Sennon no yuki volume 1
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Shojo Beat Manga edition.
Language
English
Description
Chiyuki Matsuoka, 17, has a serious heart condition. Toya, 18, is a vampire who hates blood and refuses to enter into the traditional partnership with a human, whose blood would keep them both alive for a thousand years. Chiyuki has formed a bond with Toya and wants to live her life to the fullest, but she doesn't realize that Toya refuses to enter into the full partnership with her, being unwilling to doom her to live one thousand years.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A musical sparked by Cantor's performance as a hyper-hypochondriac come West for a cure. He offers to give a ride to Sally, a woman in love with a Native American of mixed descent, who is running from an unwanted wedding with another man. But everyone thinks that they have eloped and they pursue the couple. Features some of Busby Berkeley's most fanciful choreography.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Callie was born with bad luck. Even her life-saving heart transplant came with a ticking clock of five years and one big side effect in the form of Mercer: the criminal whose heart is in her chest. After their whirlwind romance and interstate crime spree, Callie escaped from both the FBI and Mercer to Canada, where she's gone straight. A new beau, a new job and a few years left on the clock of her new life. Everything should be perfect. But Callie...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Callie was born with a bad heart. After it ruined her life, she went looking for a miracle: a heart transplant. Now she's got a brand new heart, but she's still stuck with a crappy job, crappy boyfriend, and crappy prospects. Enter Mercer, a mystery man who gets Callie's heart beating like crazy. As her behavior changes and their flirting deepens, Mercer reveals he's her heart donor. Only Callie can see, speak to, and touch him - and he's in love...
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
"OFF THE RAILS tells the remarkable true story of Darius McCollum, a man with Asperger's syndrome whose overwhelming love of transit has landed him in jail 32 times for impersonating New York City bus drivers and subway conductors and driving their routes. As a boy in Queens, Darius found sanctuary from school bullies in the subway. There, he befriended transit workers who taught him to drive trains. By age 8, he memorized the entire subway system....
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