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W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's that, the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my lap-top?" In an attempt to find out, the author brings her curiosity to bear on an array of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life...
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English
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Radionics is the term for machines which manipulate life forces. This is often for healing or increasing psychic perceptions.
The Author is an engineer and has many decades of experience with the paranormal and well as time learning and experimenting with radionics devices from the 1970s.
While radionics devices are often considered pseudoscience, those opinions don't take into account the sensitivities of individuals who have incredible paranormal...
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English
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"Few punctuation marks elicit quite as much love or hate as the exclamation point. It's bubbly and exuberant, an emotional amplifier whose flamboyantly dramatic gesture lets the reader know: here be feelings! Scott Fitzgerald famously stated exclamation points are like laughing at your own joke; Terry Pratchett had a Discworld character say that multiple !!! are a 'sure sign of a diseased mind'. So what's the deal with ! ? AN ADMIRABLE POINT recuperates...
Publisher
C Major
Pub. Date
[2023]
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None
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Hélène Grimaud headlines a spectacular evening with the illustrious Camerata Salzburg, directed from the front desk by concertmaster Giovanni Guzzo, at the famed Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. She selected pieces that are all in minor keys yet composed during intensely creative periods in both Mozart's and Schumann's careers. Mozart did not write many works in minor tonalities, but Grimaud chose it because it "provides a glimpse behind the mask of...
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English
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"Kids 4 to 8 will marvel at the brightly glowing creatures and other living organisms in this stunning, poetic, and science-based exploration of bioluminescence. When it's dark out, we need light to see. But what if your body could make its own light? From acclaimed author-illustrator Julia Kuo comes a remarkable picture book about bioluminescence, the light made from living things, and its many forms: fireflies and foxfire, fungi and glow-worms,...
67) Visitors
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Reveals humanity's trance like relationship with technology. Footage of nonverbal human portraits and communication reveals a constant stream of unconscious emotions, barely noticed by most people. The protagonist, a wise gorilla, sagely witnesses the antics of homo sapiens.
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Series
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Deutsche Grammophon
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Deutsch
Description
The four operas of The Ring Cycle.
Wagner's dream: "Wagner's dream takes you deep into the artistic and musical challenges of the epic Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner. Visionary director Robert Lepage begins a five-year journey to create the most ambitious staging in Metropolitan Opera history, featuring a 90,000-pound set ("The Machine") conceived to meet Wagner's immense theatrical demands. The film follows heroic singers from rehearsals...
Publisher
NGHT, Inc
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
National Geographic joins veteran explorer and climber Gerry Moffatt as he sets out to find proof in a hunt that will test his stamina. As conventional scientific theories challenge ancient beliefs and credible witnesses, he works to separate fact from fiction and find hard evidence that the legend is real.
Publisher
Legacy Recordings
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A 1987 televised concert featuring rock legend, Roy Orbison, and many other famous performers, including Jackson Browne, T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, K.D. Lang, Bonnie Raitt, J.D. Souther, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, and Jennifer Warnes.
73) Choppers
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Offers readers a close-up look at customized motorcycles and motorcycle racing. Includes glossary and comprehension quiz.
TRANSPORT (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). Offers readers a close-up look at choppers. With colorful spreads featuring fun facts, sidebars, labeled diagrams, and a "How It Works" feature, the book provides a thrilling overview of this exciting vehicle. Ages 9+
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Zumba fitness volume ser. 2
Publisher
Zumba Fitness, LLC
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"The Zumba program was created in the 1990's by Colombian native Alberto "Beto" Perez, a celebrity fitness trainer and choreographer for International pop superstars. Inspired by the traditional cumbia, salsa, samba and merengue music he grew up with, Beto paired his favorite pulsating Latin rhythms with the red-hot international dance steps his clients loved and the first Zumba fitness-party was born"--P. 7 of program guide.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"As a journalist suddenly skeptical of the power of words to tell the deepest truths of other people's stories, Jeff Sharlet turned to taking snapshots and posting them on Instagram- images that he then reflected on in words of extraordinary intimacy and power. A visionary work of radical empathy, this collection of images and reflections is framed by the two years between his father's heart attack and his own, a time defined by insomnia and late-...
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English
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William Shakespeare, long hailed as the history's greatest dramatic writer, has been lauded for his mastery of poetic expression, his insight into the human condition and his deep exploration into the psyche and motivations of his characters.
These skills are perhaps best encapsulated in the monologues he gives his various protagonists, villains and bit players. From the murderous Lady Macbeth, planning to assassinate the king to advance her husband's...
77) Archangelology
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English
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If you want to be bursting with inspiration, creativity, beauty, and confidence but feel uninspired, doubtful, and uncreative, then keep reading.
Do you ever feel the pressure in your life of dealing with chaotic energy or situations? Jophiel is the feeling of hope we feel and the strength that quietly tells us that it's going to be okay. Have you ever been daydreaming and an inspired and exciting idea hits you out of nowhere? This is the energy...
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Español
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Descubra la forma más fácil de liberarse de los problemas de apegos y eliminar los pensamientos negativos de su vida.
Querido amigo,
¿Siente que sus relaciones con otras personas se deterioran continuamente? ¿Te sientes ansioso e inseguro? ¿Constantemente tiene peleas con su pareja por cosas pequeñas y sin importancia? Si es así, es posible que tenga un problema de celos, problemas de apego y miedo al abandono.
Imagina una vida en la que...
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English
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Close Encounters is a comprehensive, compassionate and supportive guide to understanding the unique and complex nature of narcissistic abuse and the emotionally crippling syndrome that results from it. This groundbreaking book gives narcissistic abuse survivors the most complete and trustworthy road-map to guide them through the healing process, into recovery, and ultimately to the freedom and happiness they deserve.
Written in a non-labeling, non-judgmental...
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English
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One of the greats in the field of true-crime literature, Harold Schechter (Deviant, The Serial Killer Files, Hell's Princess), teams with five-time Eisner Award-winning graphic novelist Eric Powell (The Goon, Big Man Plans, Hillbilly) to bring you the tale of one of the most notoriously deranged murderers in American history, Ed Gein. This graphic novel is an in-depth exploration of the Gein family and what led to the creation of the necrophile who...
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