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"Most of what we say about books is really about the words inside them: the rosy nostalgic glow for childhood reading, the lifetime companionship of a much-loved novel. But books are things as well as words, objects in our lives as well as worlds in our heads. And just as we crack their spines, loosen their leaves and write in their margins, so they disrupt and disorder us in turn. All books are, as Stephen King put it, 'a uniquely portable magic'....
42) The occult
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The acclaimed author of The Outsider explores occult ideas, practices and figures from Kabbalah to Aleister Crowley in this “fascinating history of magic" (The Washington Post).
Colin Wilson is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts on occultism. His classic historical study on the subject is an essential guide to the mind-expanding experiences and discoveries
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"An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from the origins of English--and what they reveal about the lives of the earliest English speakers. Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer's Middle English, Old English--the language of Beowulf--defies comprehension by untrained modern readers. Used throughout much of...
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What do they all mean - the lascivious ape, autophagic dragons, pot-bellied heads, harp-playing asses, arse-kissing priests and somersaulting jongleurs to be found protuding from the edges of medieval buildings and in the margins of illuminated manuscripts? Now available in a new hardback edition, Michael Camille's Image on the Edge explores that riotous realm of marginal art, so often explained away as mere decoration or zany doodles, where resistance...
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"Organized around key American films from the 1970s, all of which he first saw as a young moviegoer at the time, this book is as intellectually rigorous and insightful as it is rollicking and entertaining. At once film criticism, film theory, a feat of reporting, and wonderful personal history, it is all written in the singular voice recognizable immediately as QT’s and with the rare perspective about cinema possible only from one of the greatest...
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Lake Hiawatha Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography
BIOGRAPHY COPELAND
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"Misty Copeland made history as the first African-American principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre. Her talent, passion, and perseverance enabled her to make strides no one had accomplished before. But as she will tell you, achievement never happens in a void. Behind her, supporting her rise was her mentor, Raven Wilkinson, who had been virtually alone in her quest to breach the all-white ballet world when she fought to be taken seriously...
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"Equipped with a fan's admiration and his trademark humor and wit, Nick Hornby invites us into his latest obsession: the cosmic link between two unlikely artists, geniuses in their own rights, spanning race, class, and centuries--each of whom electrified their different disciplines and whose legacy resounded far beyond their own time. When Prince's 1987 record Sign o' the Times was rereleased in 2020, the iconic album now came with dozens of songs...
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After inheriting her spying business from her late father, private eye Honey West outwits criminals and solves crimes using her unique arsenal of martial arts and scientific gadgets.
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Good girls volume 1
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When three suburban moms get tired of trying to make ends meet, they decide it's time to stick up for themselves by robbing the local grocery store. But when the manager catches a glimpse of one of them and the loot is far more than they expected, it doesn't take long for the three best friends to realise the perfect getaway will be harder than they think. From Executive Producer Jenna Bans comes this comedy-infused drama that mixes a little Thelma...
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Good girls volume 2
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Having robbed a local grocery store to support their sturggling families, Beth, Annie, and Ruby are now knee-deep in a life of crime and there's no going back! In a season full of twists and suprises, the ladies are taking control of their illegal business operations as they struggle to keep it all hidden and evade those desperate to take them down. Expect steamy romances, more nail-biting drama and even higher stakes not that these Good Girls have...
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Good girls volume 3
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Last season's dramatic finale saw Beth make the shocking choice to shoot Rio. Now free from his control, Beth is calling the shots as she, Ruby and Annie embark on a new criminal enterprise. They each have a new job--Beth in a stationery store, Ruby in a nail salon, and Annie as a valet--all in order to serve their new business venture making their own counterfeit money.
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Good girls volume 4
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Beth, Ruby and Annie are under more pressure than ever now that the Secret Service is hot on the trail of their counterfeit ring. While Beth uses her husband's spa company as a front, our trio must stay one step ahead of the law as they try to cut out local gangster Rio once and for all. With so much at stake, can Beth, Ruby and Annie keep their heads above water and finally take control of their lives?
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When a woman inherits an abandoned country estate, she and her husband move in to make it a bed-and-breakfast, but the ghosts who live there have other ideas and try their best to make the couple leave.
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Crumbling country mansion Button House is home to restless spirits who've died there over the centuries. Each a product of their time, they're thrown together for eternity, resigned to squabble over mundane daily gripes. But their lives or rather afterlives are thrown into turmoil when young urban couple Alison and Mike unexpectedly inherit the peaceful derelict house and plan to turn it into a bustling hotel. As the ghosts attempt to oust the newcomers,...
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When a woman inherits an abandoned country estate, she and her husband move in to make it a hotel, but the ghosts who live there have other ideas and try their best to make the couple leave.
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When a woman inherits an abandoned country estate, she and her husband move in to make it a hotel, but the ghosts who live there have other ideas and try their best to make the couple leave.
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After escaping from a psychiatric facility, Esther, pretending to be an orphan, travels to America and impersonates the missing daughter of a wealthy family.
60) M3gan
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M3GAN is a marvel of artificial intelligence, a lifelike doll that's programmed to be a child's greatest companion and a parent's greatest ally. Designed by Gemma, a brilliant roboticist, M3GAN can listen, watch and learn as it plays the role of friend and teacher, playmate and protector. When Gemma becomes the unexpected caretaker of her 8-year-old niece, she decides to give the girl an M3GAN prototype, a decision that leads to unimaginable consequences....