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- Thursday 1:17 PM : a novel / by Landweber, Michael,author.(CARDINAL)802485;
Duck is 17. He will never be 18. Tomorrow is his birthday. It will never be tomorrow. Time stopped at 1:17 p.m. on a beautiful Thursday afternoon in Washington, DC. Duck is the only person moving in a world where all other living beings have been frozen into statues in an endless diorama. Duck was already in limbo, having lost his mother to cancer and his father to mental illness. Now, faced with the unimaginable, he approaches his dilemma with the eye of an anthropologist and the heart of a teenager trying to do the right thing under the strangest of circumstances. Ultimately, he realizes that while he doesn't understand the boundaries between friendship and love, that uncertain territory may be the key to restarting the world.- Subjects: Fiction.; Space and time;
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- The damage done : a novel / by Landweber, Michael,author.(CARDINAL)802485;
For fans of Ben Winters and Sarah Pinsker, this mind-bending and thought-provoking novel pushes the limits of fiction, questioning the violence sewn into our DNA. Violence is a thing of the past--but do new horrors lie in wait? Imagine a world devoid of violence--a world where fists can't hit, guns don't kill, and bombs can't destroy. In this tantalizing novel of possibility, this has--suddenly and inexplicably--become our new reality. The U.S. president must find a new way to wage war. The Pope ponders whether the Commandment "Thou Shalt Not Kill" is still relevant. A dictator takes his own life after realizing that the violence he used to control his people is no longer an option. In the first days after the change, seven people who have experienced violence struggle to adapt to this radical new paradigm: Dab, a bullied middle schooler; Marcus, a high school student whose brother is the last victim of gun violence in America; Ann, a social worker stuck in an abusive marriage; Richard, a professor whose past makes him expect the worst in the present; Gabriela, who is making a dangerous border crossing into the U.S.; the Empty Shell, a dissident writer waiting to be tortured in a notorious prison; and Julian, a white supremacist plotting a horrific massacre. As their fates intertwine, the promise and perils of this new world begin to take shape. Although violence is no longer possible, that doesn't mean that some among us won't keep trying. Mindless cruelty is still alive and well--and those bent on destruction will seek the most devious means to achieve it.- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Science fiction.; Violence; Cruelty;
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- The in between : a novel / by Landweber, Michael,author.; Pressley, Brittany,narrator.; Boyett, Mark,narrator.;
Performed by Brittany Pressley and Mark Boyett.The year is 2047, and teleportation is the cutting-edge transportation method of choice - Teleportation Services International (TSI) operates facilities in all of the worlds major cities. When Lillian, a TSI employee, wins a once-in-a-lifetime family vacation, she knows it's just a photo op for the tech giant, but she takes the opportunity and books a trip to Tokyo with her husband Jackson and their six-year-old son Cole. But before they arrive, tragedy strikes: Cole disappears in transit. Lillian and Jackson take very different paths to cope: Lillian wants justice for her son's death and attempts to find those responsible by conducting a covert investigation from within TSI. Jackson, meanwhile, is convinced that Cole is still alive somewhere in "the in between" and teleports back and forth from Japan, over and over again, to find him.Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player ; requires headphones for use.- Subjects: Science fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Teleportation; Missing persons;
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