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1) Concussion
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The unlikely story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, the pathologist who made one of the most significant medical discoveries of the twenty-first century, a discovery that challenges the existence of America's favorite sport and puts him in the crosshairs of football's most powerful corporation: the NFL.
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"When Jemima, a young orphaned blue jay, is brought to wildlife rehabilitator Julie Zickefoose, she is a virtually tailless, palm-sized bundle of gray-blue fluff. But she is starved and very sick. Julie's constant care brings her around, and as Jemima is raised for eventual release, she takes over the house and the rest of the author's summer."--Amazon.com.
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A 25-year-old backcountry wanderer, a man happiest exploring wild places with his dog, Dan Bigley woke up one midsummer morning to a day full of promise. Before it was over, after a stellar day of salmon fishing along Alaska's Kenai and Russian rivers, a grizzly came tearing around a corner in the trail. Dan barely had time for "bear charging" to register before it had him on the ground, altering his life forever. "Upper nose, eyes, forehead anatomy...
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Is there an animal doctor in the house?
Amy Shojai has created the definitive 911 emergency guide for pets. Long recommended by vets and pet parents alike, now she’s updated the content in an audiobook format to make helping your pet—and saving his life anytime and anywhere—easier than ever before. Every cat and dog lover should have their vet on speed-dial, and this audiobook on their phone.
With hands-free emergency veterinary advice on...
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Tessa Leoni novels volume 3
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English
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"The #1 New York Times bestselling author's latest stand-alone thriller, with a cameo by her fan-favorite character, Boston Detective D.D. Warren. My name is Nicky Frank. Except, most likely, it isn't. Nicole Frank shouldn't have been able to survive the car accident, much less crawl up the steep ravine. Not in the dark, not in the rain, not with her injuries. But one thought allows her to defy the odds and flag down help: Vero. I'm looking for a...
6) Neuromancer
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Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer is a science fiction masterpiece—a classic that ranks as one of the twentieth century’s most potent visions of the future.
Case was the sharpest data-thief in the matrix—until he crossed the wrong people and they crippled his nervous system, banishing him from cyberspace. Now a mysterious new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run at an...
Case was the sharpest data-thief in the matrix—until he crossed the wrong people and they crippled his nervous system, banishing him from cyberspace. Now a mysterious new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run at an...
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"New Consciousness is the ultimate brain injury recovery handbook. Inside, acclaimed writer Joe Healy comprehensively discusses what leads to brain injuries and how to heal from them and manage them during the process. Recovery techniques are lifestyle modifications: nutritional, physical, occupational, and attitude ones. This is an important title for all family and friends of sufferers of brain injuries, doctors, and caretakers. With Healy's guidance,...
8) Tick tock
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Sisterhood series volume 34
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English
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In a thrilling new story of female empowerment, adventure and vigilante justice from a best-selling author, The Sisterhood reunites to avenge an attack against one of their own.
The Sisterhood: a group of women from all walks of life bound by friendship and years of adventure. Armed with vast resources, top-notch expertise, and a loyal network of allies around the globe, the Sisterhood will not rest until every wrong is made right. In the course...
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Time magazine's Michael Weisskopf was riding through Baghdad in the back of a U.S. Army Humvee when he heard a metallic thunk. Looking down, he spotted a small object inches from his feet and reached down to take it in his hand. Then everything went black.
Weisskopf lost his hand and was sent to Ward 57 at Walter Reed Medical Center, the wing reserved for amputees. There he met soldiers Pete Damon, Luis Rodriguez, and Bobby Isaacs, alongside whom...
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Cape Charade volume 2
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English
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One secret, one nightmare, one lie. You guess which is which.
1. I have the scar of a gunshot on my forehead.
2. I have willfully misrepresented my identity to the US military.
3. I'm the new mother of a seven-year-old girl.
Kellen Adams suffers from a yearlong gap in her memory. A bullet to the brain will cause that. But she's discovering the truth, and what she learns changes her life, her confidence, her very self. She finds herself...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"No one sees the world as Jason Padgett does. Water pours from the faucet in crystalline patterns, numbers call to mind distinct geometric shapes, and intricate fractal patterns emerge from the movement of tree branches, revealing the intrinsic mathematical designs hidden in the objects around us. Yet Padgett wasn't born this way. Twelve years ago, he had never made it past pre-algebra. But a violent mugging forever altered the way his brain works,...
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Cape Charade volume 3
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I have three deadly problems: 1. I've seriously offended a maniacal killer. 2. I just had a bullet removed from my brain. 3. My new daughter is growing up too fast--and she's in the line of fire. Living on an obscure, technology-free island off California means safety from the murderer who hunts Kellen Adams and her new family.... Or does it? Family time becomes terror-time, and at last, alone, Kellen faces a killer playing a cruel game. Only one...
13) The beguiled
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2017
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Widescreen.
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English
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At a girls' school in Virginia during the Civil War, where the young women have been sheltered from the outside world, a wounded Union soldier is taken in. Soon, the house is taken over with sexual tensions, rivalries, and an unexpected turn of events.
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This skin was once mine. "When her father dies under mysterious circumstances, Jillian Finch finds herself grieving the man she idolized while struggling to feel comfortable in the childhood home she was sent away from nearly twenty years ago. Then Jillian discovers a dark secret that will threaten to undo everything she has ever known about her father"--Provided by publisher.
Seedling. "A young man's father calls him early in the morning to say...
15) Barry Munday
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Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
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1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A wannabe ladies man wakes up in a hospital after a freak accident, missing his 'family jewels.' Then he gets sued by a pregnant woman who claims he's the father. Problem is, he doesn't remember her.
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
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Widescreen.
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1 DVD (200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Coogan's bluff: An Arizona lawman's unorthodox methods of capturing an escaped murderer angers a tough NYC police lieutenant.
The beguiled: A wounded soldier finds shelter in an all-girls academy during the Civil War.
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"While recovering from a traumatic head injury, Polly Schuster struggles to find her way through one chaotic week in July when her entire extended family descends upon the bucolic town of Livingston, Montana for their annual gathering. As she contents with a series of unexpected events and the haunting echoes of her past inconveniently resurfacing as a result of her injury, Polly soon learns that her perception of her family and their life together...
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W W Norton
Pub. Date
2023.
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xv, 361 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations, photographs ; 23 cm.
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English
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"When ecologist Carl Safina and his wife, Patricia, took in a near-death baby owl, they expected that, like other wild orphans they’d rescued, she’d be a temporary presence. But Alfie’s feathers were not growing correctly, requiring prolonged care. As Alfie grew and gained strength, she became a part of the family, joining a menagerie of dogs and chickens and making a home for herself in the backyard. Carl and Patricia began to realize that...
20) Careless
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Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
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1 DVD (90 mins.) : digital, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Wiley Roth is a mystery buff who is shaken up when he finds a severed finger on his kitchen floor. Wiley, his oddball father and his best friend join forces on an unusual mission to find the finger's owner. They journey through the bizarre underside of Los Angeles, encountering incompetent police, mysterious neighbors, crooked taxidermists, psychics and a beautiful girl. The girl just happens to be missing a finger. Wiley's search for answers leads...
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