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1) The stills
Author
Series
Kinship novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The third in Jess Montgomery's exquisitely written Kinship series, The Stills is a triumph of storytelling by an extraordinary new talent in crime fiction...
2) Still Alice
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a diagnosis of Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease, Alice and her family find their bonds thoroughly tested. Her struggle to stay connected to who she once was is frightening, heartbreaking, and inspiring.
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A raw, fictional documentary on Joaquin Phoenix's career transition from the acting world to a career as an aspiring rapper. Sometimes funny, sometimes shocking, and always riveting, the film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads. Defying expectations, it deftly explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The Christian singer discusses how his faith was formed while living an impoverished childhood, and details the spiritual journey that followed the death of his first wife, a trauma that inspired his music and provided him with a second chance at love.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind a visitor's appearance. Dr. Helen Benson is a renowned scientist who finds herself face-to-face with an alien called Klaatu. Klaatu has traveled across the universe to warn of an impending global crisis. She quickly discovers the deadly ramificications of Klaatu's claim that he is a 'friend to the Earth.' Now, she and her yourng stepson must find a way to convince the entity who was sent...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
For his fifth book, George has decided to go back to the basics. Back to what made him the leading name in low-carb cooking. George has great passion for fresh foods with 80 brand new recipes that have been years in the making. The book also features 50 of his all-time best recipes that are naturally low in carbs.
Pub. Date
[2011], c1996
Language
English
Description
The development of the still camera was one of the most significant advances of the age of invention. The captured image has transformed the way we see our world, preserving moments forever with the push of a button. Modern Marvels presents the strange saga of the birth of photography, and the men at the heart of this tale. See how Frenchman Joseph Nicephore Niepce was the first to succeed in photographing an image in 1826, but his work was co-opted...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2001
Language
English
Description
Take a special guided tour away from tourist-trampled routes with European travel expert, TV host, and best-selling author, Rick Steves. Sorting through the monuments of magical Venice, we trace its decline from Europe's most powerful city to its most hedonistic. We cruise its main street - the Grand Canal - then get lost in the back lanes. For art, it's Titian, Bellini, Donatello, and the Doge's Palace. We luxuriate in a venerable café on St. Mark's...
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The cost of living is something we are faced with all our lives, and there are so many complex factors that impact on it. For young people who are studying or working full-time, often keeping abreast of everything that affects how much money they have to, or choose to, spend can be overwhelming. This production covers a range of factors that contribute to living expenses, and looks at the decoding of pay slips, the different types of taxation, how...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Billy Crystal is turning 65, and he's not happy about it. With his trademark wit and heart, he outlines the absurdities and challenges that come with growing old, from insomnia to memory loss to leaving dinners with half your meal on your shirt. In humorous chapters like "Buying the Plot" and "Nodding Off," Crystal not only catalogues his physical gripes, but offers a road map to his 77 million fellow baby boomers who are arriving at this milestone...
14) Still me
Author
Series
Me before you volume 3
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
From the sensational #1 New York Times bestselling author Jojo Moyes, a new book featuring her iconic heroine of Me Before You and After You , Louisa Clark. Louisa Clark arrives in New York ready to start a new life, confident that she can embrace this new adventure and keep her relationship with Ambulance Sam alive across several thousand miles. She is thrown into the world of the superrich Gopniks: Leonard and his much younger second wife, Agnes,...
Pub. Date
[2014], c2014
Language
English
Description
This richly detailed film journeys through the epic history of still life painting, featuring a range of delights from the earliest existing mural paintings discovered at Pompeii to the cubist masterpieces of Picasso. Awash with rich imagery of fruit and flowers as well as humble domestic objects, this lively take on the story of still life encompasses the work of some of the genre's greatest artists, from Caravaggio to Cezanne. Still Life is also...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The remarkable and inspiring story of William Still, an unknown abolitionist who dedicated his life to managing a critical section of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia--the free state directly north of the Mason-Dixon line--helping hundreds of people escape from slavery"--
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
As is the case for an estimated 20,000 defectors who have built or are trying to build new lives in the South, Songgook is attempting to secure his entire family's freedom by arranging their defection. This phenomenon has been coined the "chain of escapes." His plan is a dangerous one; make a night time trek to the Tumen River, a border zone between China and North Korea and illegally smuggle his family out of China by boat into the international...
Pub. Date
[2014], c2012
Language
English
Description
Following two major court decisions in 2010, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and SpeechNow.org v. Federal Election Commission, spending by giant political action committees known as Super PACS has exploded. These organizations may receive and spend unlimited amounts of money from individuals, corporations, and unions to advocate for political candidates, as long as they are independent of the candidates' campaigns. Have Super PACs changed...
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