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[1972], World Pub Call No: 574.92 C869a Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: His The ocean world of Jacques Cousteau
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2007., Adult, Universal Studios Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Children men Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Set in 2027, scientists are at a loss to explain why humans can no longer procreate, but the discovery of a lone pregnant woman leads to a desperate journey to protect her and save the future of mankind.
![Children of men [DVD] (2006). Directed Alfonso Cuarón](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "Children of men [DVD] (2006). Directed Alfonso Cuarón")
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By Davies, Jim2019., Pegasus Books Call No: 153.3 D256i Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: We don't think of imagination the way that we should. The word is often only associated with children, artists and daydreamers, viewed as something separate from everyday adult life. However, imagination is an integral part of almost every action and decision that we make. Simply put, imagination is a person's ability to create scenarios in his or her head: this can include everything from planning a grocery list, to honing a golf swing, and even to having religious hallucinations. And while imagination has positive connotations, it can also lead to more pernicious outcomes including decreased productivity and cooperation, and much worse, the continuous reliving of past trauma.The human brain is remarkable in its ability to imagine--to create worlds and situations outside of its reality. We can imagine complex possible futures, fantasy worlds, and jars of peanut butter. We can use our imaginations to make us relaxed or anxious, and the most impressive feat of human imagination may be our ability to use it in creative endeavors. Sitting in a chair, with our eyes closed, we can imagine what the world might be, and construct elaborate plans. With such power, we have an obligation to use it for good--to make things better for ourselves, and for the world. People have been fascinated with the machination of the human brain and its ability to imagine for centuries, but until now, there have been no popular science books that are dedicated to imagination. There are books on creativity, dreams, memory, and the mind in general, but how exactly do we create those scenes in our head? With chapters ranging from hallucination and imaginary friends to how imagination can make you happier and more productive, Jim Davies' Imagination will help us explore the full potential of our own mind.
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[c1954], H.N. Abrams Call No: REF Art Medium Painting Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Abrams art book
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-- Danger :2022., Adult, Hamish Hamilton Call No: Bio P771r Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In this intimate collection of autobiographical essays, Canadian Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, and actor Sarah Polley delves into her past to illuminate powerful truths about post-traumatic memory, our relationship to the body, and how we tell our stories. Each of the literary essays in Run Towards the Danger captures a piece of Sarah’s life, as she remembers it, while at the same time examining the fallibility of memory, the mutability of reality as it is constructed in the mind, and the possibility of experiencing the past anew, as the person you are now but were not then. By turning to her own past, Sarah draws out questions of individual morality and of structural violence that affect and implicate us all. Anyone who’s seen her documentary, Stories We Tell, will know the emotionally charged and resonant ways in which Sarah writes and expresses herself, and her aptitude for exploring the very nature of stories, the ambiguity that lies within memories, and the complexity of parental love. The trauma she experienced as a prominent child actor folds into and affects the trauma she experienced at the hand of Jian Ghomeshi, and her reflections on the act of recalling these horrific moments in her own life importantly echo widespread issues around our legal system’s understanding of a victim’s memory of their assault. From her relationship with her body to her numerous terrifying health crises to her profound heartbreak over her mother’s untimely death, these essays are at once crushing, redolent, haunting, and inspiring—each story is a testament to the strength and defiance of the human spirit. Unearthing the intricacies of parenthood, inheritance, and our capacity for human connection, Run Towards the Danger exquisitely captures what it is to live in one’s body, in the constant flux of becoming and learning. Woven into this devastating and uplifting story of trauma, love, and survival is a reminder not to succumb to the familiar pain and fear when it threatens to overcome you. When you think you’ve reached your threshold, when the danger feels close: run towards it.
