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Mania / by Johansson, J. R.,1978-author.(CARDINAL)403040;
After their father's death, Parker Chipp and his half-brother Jack must decipher clues to locate the ingredients of their father's new formula, their last best chance to stop the Takers.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Brothers; Fathers; Dreams; Fathers.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mania / by Larsen, Craig.(CARDINAL)501404;
Seattle newspaper photographer Nick Wilder becomes determined to find a serial killer called the Street Butcher when his brother becomes the latest victim, and, as he digs deeper, discovers that his own past holds a key.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Photojournalists; Serial murder investigation; Brothers; Memory;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Mania [sound recording] / by Shriver, Lionel,author.(CARDINAL)282932; Craden, Abby,narrator.(CARDINAL)787603;
Read by Abby Craden.n an alternative 2011, the Mental Parity movement takes hold. Americans now embrace the sacred, universal truth that there is no such thing as variable human intelligence. Because everyone is equally smart, discrimination against purportedly dumb people is "the last great civil rights fight." Tests, grades, and employment qualifications are all discarded. Children are expelled for saying the S-word ("stupid") and encouraged to report parents who use it at home. A college English instructor, the constitutionally rebellious Pearson Converse rejected her restrictive Jehovah's Witness upbringing as a teenager, and so has an aversion to dogma of any kind. Made impotent in the university classroom, she's also enraged by the crushing of her exceptionally bright children's spirits in primary school. Fortunately, she enjoys the confidence of a best friend, a media commentator with whom she can speak frankly about her socially unacceptable contempt for the MP movement. Or at least she thinks she can, until one day the political chasm between the two women becomes uncrossable, and a lifelong relationship implodes.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Dystopian fiction.; Science fiction.; Discrimination; Social movements;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Mania : a novel / by Shriver, Lionel,author.(CARDINAL)282932;
"In an alternative 2011, the Mental Parity movement takes hold. Americans now embrace the sacred, universal truth that there is no such thing as variable human intelligence. Because everyone is equally smart, discrimination against purportedly dumb people is 'the last great civil rights fight.' Tests, grades, and employment qualifications are all discarded. Children are expelled for saying the S-word ("stupid") and encouraged to report parents who use it at home. A college English instructor, the constitutionally rebellious Pearson Converse rejected her restrictive Jehovah's Witness upbringing as a teenager, and so has an aversion to dogma of any kind. Made impotent in the university classroom, she's also enraged by the crushing of her exceptionally bright children's spirit in primary school. Fortunately, she enjoys the confidence of a best friend, a media commentator with whom she can speak frankly about her socially unacceptable contempt for the MP movement. Or at least she thinks she can . . . until one day the political chasm between the two women becomes uncrossable, and a lifelong relationship implodes."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Campus fiction.; Novels.; Fiction.; Friendship; Political correctness; Women college teachers; Friendships.;
Available copies: 28 / Total copies: 31
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Mania [large print] : a novel / by Shriver, Lionel,author.(CARDINAL)282932;
In an alternative 2011, the Mental Parity movement takes hold. Americans now embrace the sacred, universal truth that there is no such thing as variable human intelligence. Because everyone is equally smart, discrimination against purportedly dumb people is "the last great civil rights fight." Tests, grades, and employment qualifications are all discarded. Children are expelled for saying the S-word ("stupid") and encouraged to report parents who use it at home. A college English instructor, the constitutionally rebellious Pearson Converse rejected her restrictive Jehovah's Witness upbringing as a teenager, and so has an aversion to dogma of any kind. Made impotent in the university classroom, she's also enraged by the crushing of her exceptionally bright children's spirits in primary school. Fortunately, she enjoys the confidence of a best friend, a media commentator with whom she can speak frankly about her socially unacceptable contempt for the MP movement. Or at least she thinks she can... until one day the political chasm between the two women becomes uncrossable, and a lifelong relationship implodes.
Subjects: Alternative histories (Fiction); Satirical literature.; Dystopian fiction.; Campus fiction.; Novels.; Large print books.; Women college teachers; Political correctness; Female friendship; Journalists; Intellect; Culture conflict; Women's friendships.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Mania : an Alexander Gregory thriller / by Ross, L. J.,author.;
You can't run from the past. Back in London after a dramatic trip to North America, Doctor Alexander Gregory finds himself without an occupation while he awaits the all-important decision of the disciplinary panel at Southmoor Hospital. That is, until he witnesses the death of a famous actor, live on stage during the opening night of King Lear. When the police rule the death suspicious, they call upon the elite services of Gregory and his partner in criminal profiling, Bill Douglas. Gregory is paired with attractive investigating officer DCI Hope and tensions arise--especially when an old foe resurfaces. With bodies piling up and no new leads, Gregory and Hope realise they must look to the past to uncover the truth--before it's too late. Immersed in the glamorous world of celebrity, Gregory soon learns that, beneath the surface, things are far murkier than they seem.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Gregory, Alexander (fictious character); Forensic scientists; Forensic pathology;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mania : a short history of bipolar disorder / by Healy, David,1954-(CARDINAL)776602;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-287) and index.Frenzy and stupor -- Circling the brain -- Circular madness -- The stone of madness -- The eclipse of manic-depressive disorder -- Branded in the USA -- The latest mania -- The engineers of human souls -- The once and future laboratory.
Subjects: Bipolar disorder;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Circus mania / by McPherson, Douglas.(CARDINAL)597676;
Subjects: Circus;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Skateboard mania / by Radlauer, Dan.(CARDINAL)715307; Radlauer, Ed,author.(CARDINAL)515320; Radlauer, Robin,author.(CARDINAL)507386;
Simple text and photographs introduce the techniques of riding a skateboard.
Subjects: Skateboards;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Tire mania / by Grady, Fred M.;
Contains an idea for using waste tires to reinforce sand dunes along North Carolina's coast. Submitted by a private citizen.
Subjects: Tires; Waste tires.; Sand dune conservation; Retaining walls;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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