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101) The nobodies
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"If there's one thing Joan Dixon knows about herself, it's that she is a damn good journalist. But when she is laid off from yet another soon-to-be-shuttered newspaper, and even the soulless, listicle-writing online jobs have dried up, she is left with few options. Closer to 40 than 30, single, living with her parents again, Joan decides she needs to reinvent herself. She goes to work as a junior copywriter at Bloom, a Los Angeles startup where her...
102) Corporate farming
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
208 pages : charts ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Corporate farms have solved so many of the world's problems. In addition to making healthy food accessible and affordable to more people, they provide jobs in communities that sorely need them. But do corporations have too much power over food? Do they benefit from unfair tax breaks? Are their profit-driven practices hurting the environment, perhaps irreparably? And what does their success mean for the family farmer?
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
140 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A young chef is the only one who can protect her town from an onslaught of scientifically enhanced, highly addictive potatoes. Yasmina isn't like the other kids in her city. She might be an oddball, but no one can deny that Yasmina has a flair for food. All she needs to whip up a gourmet meal is a recipe from her cookbook and fresh vegetable form the community garden. But everything changes when the garden is bulldozed and replaced with a strange...
104) Almost forever
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
275 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Abridged.
Physical Desc
4 audio discs (approximately 4.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nicholas Spencer disappeared just as the FDA denied approval for a promising anti-cancer drug. When it is revealed that Spencer apparently embezzled money from his medical research company, Carley DeCarlo, a columnist for Wall Street Weekly is assigned to cover the story. But as she digs into the investigation, she finds more questions than answers, and becomes the target of a dangerous group of swindlers.
106) Flawless
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Laura Quinn is an executive at the London Diamond Corporation who finds herself routinely stifled on the corporate ladder. Hobbs is an equally overlooked nighttime janitor with an intimate knowledge of the security system. Hobbs has a score to settle with the Corporation. Sensing Laura's frustration, Hobbs convinces her to help him pull off an ingenious heist.
Author
Series
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's been 20 years since the original crew of the Serenity was busy smuggling contraband, ferrying travelers, and having close calls with the Alliance and they've all gone their separate ways. Zo͡ Washburne and her daughter, Emma find themselves at the helm of the Serenity and they must cobble together a new crew of castaways and misfits to navigate this brand new 'Verse. But there is a world-shattering discovery beyond the Rim and together they...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
8 audio discs (8 hr., 43 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
First comes marriage: Janine's grandfather arranged a husband for her. Although both the intended bride and groom are outraged, Gramps insists they will make a perfect match. Wanted: perfect partner: Meg's teenage daughter had the nerve to place a personal ad on her behalf. Even worse, the man who answered the ad was perfect, according to her daughter.
109) Corner office
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As The Authority's newest employee, Orson finds it difficult to connect with his enigmatic desk mate, Rakesh, or any of his other colleagues. His alienation deepens when he discovers a room he's told doesn't exist, a place that unleashes his true potential, leading to an ascent up the corporate ladder. Buoyed by his newfound confidence, Orson invites a receptionist into his sanctuary, sparking a climactic clash between the corporate world's harsh...
110) Robocop trilogy
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (325 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (369 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fortress: After losing their first baby, John and Karen Brennick dare to have another child in a futuristic world that does not allow it. The couple is sentenced to a sadistic prison buried 33 stories beneath the Earth, a place no one has escaped alive.
Total recall 2070 machine dreams: In the year 2070, the planet Earth is crime free and the innocent are defended by the Citizen's Protection Bureau. When one of the Bureau agents is gunned down, the...