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Hair [sound recording] : original Broadway cast recording / by MacDermot, Galt.(CARDINAL)747959;
Aquarius -- Donna -- Hashish -- Sodomy -- Colored spade -- Manchester England -- I'm black -- Ain't got no -- I believe in love -- Ain't got no (reprise) -- Air -- Initials -- I got life -- Going down -- Hair -- My conviction -- Easy to be hard -- Don't put it down -- Frank Mills -- Be-in -- Where do I go? -- Electric blues -- Manchester England (reprise) -- Black boys -- White boys -- Walking in space -- Abie baby -- Three-five-zero-zero -- What a piece of work is man -- Good morning starshine -- The bed -- The flesh failures.Gerome Ragni, Lynn Kellogg, and others ; the composer conducting.Recorded May 6, 1968 in RCA's Studio B, New York City.
Subjects: Soundtrack.; Musicals.; Rock music;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Heyday : the 1850s and the dawn of the global age / by Wilson, Ben,1980-author.(CARDINAL)690384;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-460) and index.Preface to the American edition -- 1851 : precipice in time -- Boom : the age of gold. 1851 : Annus mirabilis : London : The hairystocracy : Melbourne ; Bonanza : Newfoundland ; On the road : Nebraska ; Star of empire : Minnesota ; The hashish of the West : Kansas -- Faultlines : the age of silver. The ramparts of freedom ; El Presidente : Nicaragua ; Tsunami : Yokohama ; The civilising mission : Hong Kong ; Retribution : Lucknow -- News of the world : the age of bronze. Empire of news : Fleet Street ;m Master of time : New York-London ; Best of times, worst of times : Beijing, Turin, Montgomery ; Blood, iron, cotton, democracy : Bombay -- 1873 -- Chronology of events."From the author of the bestselling Empire of the deep, a globe-spanning narrative history of the 1850s--a time of electrifying change--seen through the eyes of the men and women who embraced the adventurous spirit of the times. Heyday brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods in modern history. From 1851, in the space of little more than a decade, the world was reshaped by technology, trade, mass migration and war. As instantaneous electric communication bridged the vast gulfs that separated human societies, millions of settlers travelled to the far corners of the Earth, building vast cities out of nothing in lightning-quick time. A new generation of fast steamships and railways connected these burgeoning frontier societies, shrinking the world and creating an interlinked global economy. In the company of fortune-seekers and ordinary migrants, we journey to these rapidly expanding frontiers, savouring the frenetic activity and optimism of the boom-towns of the 1850s in Australia, New Zealand the United States. This is a story not only of rapid progress, but of the victims of an assurgent West: indigenous peoples who stood in the pathways of economic expansion, Asian societies engulfed by the forces of modernisation. We join, among others, Muslim guerrilla fighters in the Caucasus mountains and freelance empire-builders in the jungles of Nicaragua, British free trade zealots preying on China and samurai warriors resisting Western incursions in Japan. No less important are the inventions, discoveries and technologies that powered progress, and the great engineering projects that characterised the Victorian heyday, notably the transatlantic telegraph cable. In a fast-paced, kaleidoscopic narrative, Ben Wilson recreates a time of explosive energy and dizzying change, a rollercoaster ride of booms and bust, witnessed through the eyes of the men and women reshaping its frontiers. At the centre stands Great Britain. The country was the peak of its power between 1851 and the mid-1860s as it attempted to determine the destinies of hundreds of millions of people. Heyday is a dazzlingly innovative take on a period of extraordinary transformation, a little-known decade that was fundamental in the making not only of Britain but of the modern world"--Publisher's website.
Subjects: Eighteen fifties.; History, Modern; Social change; Globalization; Free trade; Imperialism;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Gunmetal gods / by Akhtar, Zamil,author.;
"They took his daughter, so Micah comes to take their kingdom. Fifty thousand gun-toting paladins march behind him, all baptized in angel blood, thirsty to burn unbelievers. Only the janissaries can stand against them. Their living legend, Kevah, once beheaded a magus amid a hail of ice daggers. But ever since his wife disappeared, he spends his days in a haze of hashish and poetry. To save the kingdom, Kevah must conquer his grief and become the legend he once was. But Micah writes his own legend in blood, and his righteous conquest will stop at nothing. When the gods choose sides, a legend will be etched upon the stars.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Epic fiction.; Jinn; Wizards; Gods; Magic; Imaginary wars and battles;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Almost completely Baxter : new and selected blurtings / by Baxter, Glen,artist.(CARDINAL)523479;
"Over four decades and a multitude of books, "Colonel" Glen Baxter has built a world and a language all his own--slightly familiar, decidedly abnormal, irresistibly funny. Have you felt the terror of a failed Szechuan dinner? Have you seen what happens at precisely 6:15? Do you know where the beards are stored? Either way, this is the book for you. Celebrated by everyone from John Cleese to Ed Ruscha, Baxter's drawings are a delicious stew of pulp adventures, highbrow high jinks, and outright absurdity: brave men tremble before moussaka, schoolgirls hoard hashish, and the world's fruits are in constant peril. Wimples abound. This new selection brings together highlights from the full sweep of his long career and is sure to enchant both confirmed Baxterians and those who are in dire need of an introduction"--
Subjects: English wit and humor, Pictorial.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Lebanese blonde / by Geha, Joseph.(CARDINAL)358091;
Lebanese Blonde takes place in 1975-76 at the beginning of Lebanon's sectarian civil war. Set primarily in the Toledo, Ohio, "Little Syria" community, it is the story of two immigrant cousins: Aboodeh, a self-styled entrepreneur; and Samir, his young, reluctant accomplice. Together the two concoct a scheme to import Lebanese Blonde, a potent strain of hashish, into the United States, using the family's mortuary business as a cover. When Teyib, a newly arrived war refugee, stumbles onto their plans, his clumsy efforts to gain acceptance raise suspicion. Who is this mysterious "cousin," and what dangers does his presence pose? Aboodeh and Samir's problems grow still more serious when a shipment goes awry and their links to the war-ravaged homeland are severed. Soon it's not just Aboodeh and Samir's livelihoods and futures that are imperiled, but the stability of the entire family.
Subjects: Fiction.; Immigrants; Cousins; Civil war;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Hair : original Broadway cast recording / by MacDermot, Galt.(CARDINAL)747959; Ragni, Gerome.(CARDINAL)777659; Rado, James.(CARDINAL)363536;
"The original Broadway cast recording," starring Gerome Ragni, Lynn Kellogg, Diane Keaton, Melba Moore, and others ; the composer conducting.Recorded May 6, 1968 in RCA's Studio B, New York City.Book & lyrics, Gerome Ragni, James Rado; music by Galt MacDermot.
Subjects: Rock music.; Original cast recordings.; Musicals.; Rock music;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Midnight express / by Hayes, Billy,author.(CARDINAL)435077; Hoffer, William,author.(CARDINAL)141226;
Midnight Express tells the gut-wrenching true story of a young man's incarceration and escape from a Turkish prison. A classic story of survival and human endurance, told with humor, honesty, and heart, it became a worldwide best-seller and the Academy Award-winning blockbuster film of the same name. In 1970 Billy Hayes was an English major who left college in search of adventures to write about, like his hero Jack London. He had a rude awakening when he was arrested at the airport in Istanbul trying to board a plane while carrying four pounds of hashish, and given a life sentence. After five brutal years, relentless efforts by his family to gain his release, and endless escape plotting, Hayes finally took matters into his own hands. On a dark night, in a wailing storm he began a desperate and daring escape to freedom ... This is the astounding journey, told in Billy Hayes's own words, of those five years of living hell and of the harrowing ordeal of his time on the run.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Hayes, Billy.; Prisoners; Prisons; Drug traffic;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Will / by Self, Will,author.(CARDINAL)353952;
"Will Self is one of Britain's best-known contemporary writers, a public intellectual whose novels have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and translated into over twenty languages. In Will, his first ever memoir, he turns his attention fully to his own self, and in particular his addictions as a young man. An addiction memoir like no other, Will echoes the best of Self's psychedelic fiction, and is one of the most eloquent depictions of the allure of hard drugs ever written. Will spins the reader from Self's childhood in a North London suburb to his mind-expanding education at Oxford, to a Burroughsian trip to Morocco, an outback vision in Australia, and, finally, a surreal turn in rehab. Self uses drugs from a young age, hiding acid, amphetamine, and weed in a tin of Dilly Duckling cough pastilles. His university years are fueled with books but also with "heroin, hashish, cocaine, grass, and amphetamine." Self smokes dope in suburbia, buys opium in India, and even injects methamphetamine on a camping trip in Wales's Black Mountains. And his extreme highs inevitably give way to deep lows, an enthralling cycle that persists and repeats. One of the best minds of our generation, whose mordant humor and vivid images shine in this technicolor portrait of family, art, and self-expression, Self has written in Will both a künstlerroman and confessional, a tale of excess and degradation, a karmic cycle that leads back to the author's own lack of . . . will"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Self, Will; Authors, English;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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The new Sjogren's syndrome handbook / by Wallace, Daniel J. (EDT)/ Bromet, Evelyn J. (EDT); Bromet, Evelyn J.(CARDINAL)667404; Wallace, Daniel J.(Daniel Jeffrey),1949-(CARDINAL)751957; Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation.(CARDINAL)381273;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The history of Sjogren's syndrome / Norman Talal -- What is Sjogren's syndrome? / Arthur Grayzel -- Who develops Sjogren's syndrome? / Daniel J. Wallace -- What leads to dryness? / Janine Smith, Serena Morrison -- Sjogren's syndrome; A genetic and immunologic perspective / Laura Hashish ... [et al.] -- Generalized symptoms and signs Sjogren's syndromet / Nehad R. Soloman, Steven E. Carsons -- The dry eye / Abu Gulati, Reza Dana -- The salivary glands, ears, nose, and larynx / Robert Lebovics -- The dry mouth: A dental perspective of Sjogren's / Ava J. Wu, Troy Daniels -- The internal organs in Sjogren's / Fortini C. Soliotis, Stuart S. Kassan, Haralampos Moutsopoulos -- Manifestations of connective tissue diseases seen in secondary Sjogren's / Frederick Vivino -- Useful studies: blood tests, imaging, biopsies, and beyond / Roger Levy, Veronica Vilela, Mirhelen Abreu -- How can I be sure it's really Sjogren's? / Robert Spiera, Harry Spiera -- Treatment of the dry eye / Michael Lemp -- Treatment of the drymouth / Phillip Fox -- Systemic therapies in Sjogren's / Aikaterini Chysochou ... [et al.] -- Taming Sjogren's: fighting fatigue and lifestyle factors and nondrug management / Jeanne Melvin -- Conquering Sjogren's / Joan E. Broderick, Evelyn J. Bromet --Complementary and alternative therapies for Sjogren's syndrome / Swamy Venuturopalli -- How are drugs tested for Sjogren's? / Stanley Pillemer -- Adjunctive measures, comorbidities and reproductive issues in Sjogren's / Marilyn Solsky, Michael H. Weisman-- Can I work? / David S. Hallegua -- What will happen to me? / Clio Maurajani, Stuart S. Kassan, Haralampos Moutsolpoulos -- Is there hope for a cure? / Arthur Grayzel.
Subjects: Sjogren's syndrome;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Smuggler's blues : a true story of the hippie mafia / by Stratton, Richard(Richard H.),author.(CARDINAL)358433;
"Goodfellas meets Savages meets Catch Me If You Can in this true tale of high-stakes smuggling from pot's outlaw years. Richard Stratton was the unlikeliest of kingpins. A clean-cut Wellesley boy who entered outlaw culture on a trip to Mexico, he saw his search for a joint morph into a thrill-filled dope run smuggling two kilos across the border in his car door. He became a member of the Hippie Mafia, traveling the world to keep America high, living the underground life while embracing the hippie credo, rejecting hard drugs in favor of marijuana and hashish. With cameos by Whitey Bulger and Norman Mailer, Smuggler's Blues tells Stratton's adventure while centering on his last years as he travels from New York to Lebanon's Bekaa Valley to source and smuggle high-grade hash in the midst of civil war, from the Caribbean to the backwoods of Maine, and from the Chelsea Hotel to the Plaza as his fortunes rise and fall. All the while he is being pursued by his nemesis, a philosophical DEA agent who respects him for his good business practices. A true-crime story that reads like fiction, Smuggler's Blues is a psychedelic road trip through international drug smuggling, the hippie underground, and the war on weed. As Big Marijuana emerges, it brings to vivid life an important chapter in pot's cultural history."--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Stratton, Richard (Richard H.); Drug traffic; Drug dealers; Organized crime; Hippies;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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