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2013., General, Dundurn Press Limited Edition: eBook ed. Summary Note: At the International Classical Guitar Competition in Montreal, top-flight musicians fly in from all over the world to compete in a gruelling week. A career can be made or lost here, and the slightest mishap--a lapse of memory, a shaking right hand, a broken fingernail--can ruin years of preparation. More than a decade ago Toby made the finals in a similar competition but suffered a breakdown and is only now venturing back into the fray. Middle-aged Lucy is tired of playing bar mitzvahs and weddings and is determined to perform the recital of her life. Trace is a kayaking teenager from the West Coast who seems careless in her talent. Judges and contestants alike battle and scheme to achieve what they most desire here. There is much more than pretty music being performed on this stage.
![The blue guitar [eBook]](/Library/images/~imageCT75940.JPG "The blue guitar [eBook]")
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By Miller, Randall Farina, Dennis, 1944- Pine, Chris, 1980- Pullman, Bill Rickman, Alan Rodrian, Fred Sandoval, Miguel, 1951- Taylor, Rachael Whitford, Bradley Dushku, Eliza, 1980- Intellectual Properties Worldwide Zin Haze Productions Unclaimed Freight Productions Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Incc2008., 20th Century-Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Bottle Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: This story of the early days of California wine making features events that culminated in the Paris wine tasting of 1976. better known as the "Judgment of Paris." Positive that small Napa Valley wineries are no match for French vintages, British wine connoisseur Steven Spurrier challenges the Americans to a blind tasting but discovers that novice vintners like Jim Barrett and his son Bo of Chateau Montelena are far better than he realizes. Based on a true story.
![Bottle shock [DVD] (2008). Directed by Randall Miller.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "Bottle shock [DVD] (2008). Directed by Randall Miller.")
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c2010., General, Harper Call No: 650.1 S982b Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Demonstrates how competition provides vital insight into many of the most controversial issues of our time, from biology and economics, to psychology and culture, to genetics and race, to sports and politics. Explains why some people thrive under pressure and others choke, and weighs the value of innate ability against that of practice, hard work, and will.
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By Harari, Orenc2007., Financial Times Press Call No: 658.4 H254b Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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2022., Beacon Press Call No: NEW 338.4 G437c Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: People are feeling squeezed because of chokepoint capitalism: exploitative businesses creating barriers to competition that let them take over markets and extract an unfair share of value. This book teaches how to spot those chokepoints, and what we can do to blow them up.
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[2009]., Universal Studios Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Duplicity Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Ex-CIA officer Claire Stenwick and ex-MI6 agent Ray Koval are both racing to secure the formula for a product that will bring untold wealth to the company that lands the patent first. As the stakes begin to rise, so does the passion between Claire and Ray. Meanwhile, their mutual employers, industry giant Howard Tully and trailblazing CEO Dick Garsik start resorting to some seriously underhanded tactics as each hopes to gain an advantage over the competition. Claire and Ray engage in a series of schemes and double-crosses while contending with the fact that their mutual attraction could ultimately jeopardize their entire mission.
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2018., Adult, Little, Brown and company Call No: Fic Abb Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Kit Owens harbored only modest ambitions for herself when the mysterious Diane Fleming appeared in her high school chemistry class. But Diane's academic brilliance lit a fire in Kit, and the two developed an unlikely friendship... until Diane shared a secret that changed everything between them. More than a decade later, Kit thinks she's put Diane behind her forever, and she's begun to fulfill the scientific dreams Diane awakened in her. But the past comes roaring back when she discovers that Diane is her competition for a position both women covet: taking part in groundbreaking new research led by their idol. Soon enough, the two former friends find themselves locked in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse that threatens to destroy them."--Amazon.com.
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c2012., Adult, Bond Street Books Call No: Fic Cle Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "In the tradition of his beloved previous novel, 'Little Bee', Chris Cleave again gives us an elegant, funny, passionate story about friendship, marriage, parenthood, tragedy, and redemption. This time, the setting is the upcoming London Olympics. Gold is the story of two women, Zoe and Kate, world-class cyclists who have been friends and rivals since their first day of elite training years ago. They have loved, fought, betrayed, forgiven, lost, consoled, triumphed, and grown up together. Now, on the eve of London 2012, their last Olympics, the two must compete for the one remaining spot on their team. In doing so, the women will be tested to their physical, mental and emotional limits. They will confront each other and their own mortality, and be asked to decide: What will you sacrifice for the people you love?"--Publisher.
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2023., Atria Books Call No: MYS Fic Max Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When production for the tenth season of the hit cooking competition Bake Week begins at the gothic estate of the show's host and founder, celebrity chef Betsy Martin, everything seems normal. The six contestants are eager to prove their culinary talents over the course of five days, while Betsy struggles for control of the show with her new co-host, the brash and unpredictable Archie Morris. But as the baking competition gets under way, things begin to go awry. At first it's merely sabotage-sugar replaced with salt, a burner turned to high-but then someone shows up dead and suddenly everyone's a suspect.
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[2021]., Adult, Harper Avenue, an imprint of HaperCollins Publishers Ltd Call No: Fic Jal Edition: First Canadian edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A rom-com for fans of 'You've Got Mail,' set in two competing halal restaurants. Sales are slow at Three Sisters Biryani Poutine, the only halal restaurant in the close-knit Golden Crescent neighbourhood. Hana waitresses there part time, but what she really wants is to tell stories on the radio. If she can just outshine her fellow intern at the city radio station, she may have a chance at landing a job. In the meantime, Hana pours her thoughts and dreams into a podcast, where she forms a lively relationship with one of her listeners. But soon she'll need all the support she can get: a new competing restaurant, a more upscale halal place, is about to open in the Golden Crescent, threatening Three Sisters. When her mysterious aunt and her teenage cousin arrive from India for a surprise visit, they draw Hana into a long-buried family secret. A hate-motivated attack on their neighbourhood complicates the situation further, as does Hana's growing attraction for Aydin, the young owner of the rival restaurant-- who might not be a complete stranger after all. As life on the Golden Crescent unravels, Hana must learn to use her voice, draw on the strength of her community and decide what her future should be.
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2022., Adult, Little, Brown, and Company Call No: NEW MYS Fic Pat Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe, mother and daughter, both champion riders, vowed to never, ever, go up against one another. Until the tense, harrowing competitions leading to the Paris Olympics. Mother and daughter share a dream: to be the best horsewoman in the world. Coronado is Maggie's horse. An absolutely top-tier Belgian warmblood. Sky is Becky's horse. A small, speedy Dutch warmblood. Only James Patterson could bring you such breakneck speed, hair-raising thrills and spills. Only hall of fame sportswriter Mike Lupica could make it all so real.
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c2011., Adult, Doubleday Canada Call No: Fic Mor Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A competition between two magicians becomes a star-crossed love story. The circus arrives at night, without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within nocturnal black and white striped tents awaits a unique experience, a feast for the senses, where one can get lost in a maze of clouds, meander through a lush garden made of ice, stand awestruck as a tattooed contortionist folds herself into a small glass box, and gaze in wonderment at an illusionist performing impossible feats of magic. Welcome to Le Cirque des Rêves. Beyond the smoke and mirrors, however, a fierce competition is underway--a contest between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood to compete in "a game," in which each must use their powers of illusion to best the other. Unbeknownst to them, this game is a duel to the death, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will."--Random House.
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2015., Les Films Seville Inc. Call No: DVD Fic Passion D Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In a small convent school in rural Quebec, Mother Augustine provides a musical education to young women no matter their socio-economic background. However, with the looming changes brought by Vatican II and Quebec's Quiet Revolution, the school's future is at peril.
![La Passion d'Augustine [DVD] (2015). Directed by Léa Pool](/Library/images/~imageCT80250.JPG "La Passion d'Augustine [DVD] (2015). Directed by Léa Pool")
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By Rivlin, Garyc1999., Times Business Call No: 338.7 R625p Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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c2008., W.W. Norton Call No: 709.5 T514s Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Shares observations about the subculture of contemporary art, in a narrative that tours such arenas as a Christie's auction and the Basel Art Fair to reveal how art has become an entertainment venue, luxury commodity, and lifestyle choice.
