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Elusive paradise : the Millennium prize / by Nemiroff, Diana.(CARDINAL)155762; Sloan, Johanne.(CARDINAL)228096; National Gallery of Canada.(CARDINAL)140431;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Art; Millennium Prize; Art, Modern; Arcadia in art;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Mathematician's Shiva / by Rojstaczer, Stuart.(CARDINAL)653349;
"A comic, bittersweet tale of family evocative of The Yiddish Policemen's Union and Everything Is Illuminated, Alexander "Sasha" Karnokovitch and his family would like to mourn the passing of his mother, Rachela, with modesty and dignity. But Rachela, a famous Polish emigre, mathematician and professor at the University of Wisconsin, is rumored to have solved the million-dollar, Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Problem. Rumor also has it that she spitefully took the solution to her grave. To Sasha's chagrin, a ragtag group of socially challenged mathematicians arrives in Madison and crashes the shiva, vowing to do whatever it takes to find the solution-even if it means prying up the floorboards for Rachela's notes. Written by a trained geophysicist, this hilarious and multi-layered debut novel brims with colorful characters and brilliantly captures humanity's drive not just to survive, but to solve the impossible"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Problems and exercises.; Mathematicians; Mathematics; Jewish teachers; Mourning customs;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Star Wars : Millennium Falcon / by Luceno, James,1947-(CARDINAL)355483;
Two years have passed since the death of the brutal Sith Lord Darth Caedus–once known as Jacen Solo. The galaxy is slowly healing from civil war, while Jacen’s family and friends are left to mourn his loss alone. For Han and Leia, still grieving for their son, the only bright spot is Jacen’s daughter, Allana, who has been given into their care. Now Allana introduces new adventure into her grandparents’ lives when she discovers a strange device hidden aboard the Millennium Falcon–a discovery that sparks a fact-finding expedition to retrace the people, places, and events in the checkered history of the famous spaceship. But the Solos are not alone in their quest: Crime lords, galactic pirates, rogue politicians, and fortune hunters alike will race to a final standoff for a prize some will risk everything to find–and pay any cost to possess.
Subjects: Science fiction.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Art of the royal court : treasures in Pietre Dure from the palaces of Europe / by Koeppe, Wolfram,1962-(CARDINAL)290402; Giusti, Anna Maria.(CARDINAL)290400; Acidini Luchinat, Cristina,1951-(CARDINAL)264583; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)147619; Opificio delle pietre dure.Museo.(CARDINAL)290647;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-392) and index.Mysterious and prized: hardstones in human history before the Renaissance / Wolfram Koeppe -- Roman inlay and Florentine mosaics: the new art of Pietre Dure / Annamaria Giusti -- The Castrucci and the Miseroni: Prague, Florence, Milan / Rudolf Distelberger -- Pierres fines: the manufacture of hardstone works at the Gobelins under Louis XIV / Florian Knothe -- Pietre Dure North of the Alps / Wolfram Koeppe -- Sculpture and mosaic in Pietre Dure / Ian Wardropper -- An enduring seductiveness: the reclaiming of Pietre Dure in the eighteenth century / Wolfram Koeppe and Florian Knothe -- The Opificio delle Pietre Dure: half a millennium / Cristina Acidini.
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Incrustation (Stone carving);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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I'm not here to give a speech / by García Márquez, Gabriel,1927-2014,author.(CARDINAL)142617; Grossman, Edith,1936-2023,translator.(CARDINAL)756044;
"A collection of the speeches of Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, translated into English by Edith Grossman"--The academy of duty (Zipaquira, Colombia, November 17, 1944) -- How I began to write (Caracas, venezuela, May 3, 1970) -- Because of you (Caracas, Venezuela, August 2, 1972) -- Another, different homeland (Mexico City, October 22, 1982) -- The solitude of Latin America (Stockholm, Sweden, December 8, 1982) -- Ceremony awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature to Gabriel Garcia-Marquez: a toast to poetry (Stockholm, Sweden, December 10, 1982) -- Words for a new millennium (Havana, Cuba, November 29, 1985) -- The cataclysm of damocles (Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mexico, August 6, 1986) -- An indestructible idea (Havana, Cuba, December 4, 1986) -- Preface to a new millennium (Caracas, Venezuela, March 4, 1990) -- I'm not here (Havana, Cuba, December 8, 1992) -- In honour of Belisario Betancur on the occasion of his seventieth birthday (Santafe de Bogota, Colombia, February 18, 1993) -- My friend Mutis (Santafe de Bogota, Colombia, August 25, 1993) -- The Argentine who endeared himself to everybody (Mexico City, February 12, 1994) -- Latin America exists (Contadora, Panama, March 28, 1995) -- A different nature in a world different from ours (Santafe de Bogota, Colombia, April 12, 1996) -- Journalism: the best job in the world (Los Angeles, United States, October 7, 1996) -- A bottle in the ocean for the god of words (Zacatecas, Mexico, April 7, 1997) -- Dreams for the twenty-first century (Paris, France, March 8, 1999) -- The beloved though distant homeland (Medellin, Colombia, May 18, 2003) -- A soul open to be filled with messages in Spanish (Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, March 26, 2007).
Subjects: García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Angels in America : a gay fantasia on national themes / by Kushner, Tony,author.(CARDINAL)756829;
Includes bibliographical references."This new edition of Tony Kushner's masterpiece is published with the author's recent changes and a new introduction in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of its original production. One of the most honored American plays in history, Angels in America was awarded two Tony Awards for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was made into an Emmy Award-winning HBO film directed by Mike Nichols. This two-part epic, subtitled "A Gay Fantasia on National Themes," has received hundreds of performances worldwide in more than twenty-six languages." --
Subjects: Drama.; Cohn, Roy M.; National characteristics, American; AIDS (Disease); Sexual orientation; Gay men; Latter Day Saints; Angels; Sexual orientation.; Sexual preference.; Gay men.;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 11
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The Poincaré conjecture : in search of the shape of the universe / by O'Shea, Donal.(CARDINAL)369582; International Congress of Mathematicians(2006 :Madrid, Spain);
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-272) and index.Cambridge, April 2003 -- The shape of the earth -- Possible worlds -- The shape of the universe -- Euclid's geometry -- The non-Euclideans -- Bernhard Riemann's probationary lecture -- Riemann's legacy -- Klein and Poincaré -- Poincaré's topological papers -- The great savants -- The conjecture takes hold -- Higher dimensions -- A solution in the new millennium -- Madrid, August 2006.Conceived in 1904, the Poincaré conjecture, a puzzle that speaks to the possible shape of the universe and lies at the heart of modern topology and geometry, has resisted attempts by generations of mathematicians to prove or to disprove it. Despite a million-dollar prize for a solution, Russian mathematician Grigory Perelman, posted his solution on the Internet instead of publishing it in a peer-reviewed journal. This book "tells the story of the fascinating personalities, institutions, and scholarship behind the centuries of mathematics that have led to Perelman's dramatic proof." The author also chronicles dramatic events at the 2006 International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid, where Perelman was awarded a Fields Medal for his solution, which he declined.
Subjects: Perelman, Grigori, 1966-; Poincaré, Henri, 1854-1912.; Algebraic topology.; Mathematicians; Mathematics;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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The southernization of America : a story of democracy in the balance / by Gaillard, Frye,1946-author.(CARDINAL)165496; Tucker, Cynthia,1955-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- The fragile promise -- Traumas of the new millennium -- The golden escalator -- Black Lives Matter and symbols of the past -- Biden's road to Georgia -- God's chosen -- Democracy in the balance."In 1974 John Egerton published his seminal work, The Americanization of Dixie. Pulitzer Prize-winner Cynthia Tucker and award-winning author Frye Gaillard carry Egerton's thesis forward in The Southernization of America, a compelling series of linked essays considering the role of the South in shaping America's current political and cultural landscape. They dive deeper, examining the morphing of the Southern strategy of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan into the Republican Party of today, the racial backlash against President Obama, family separation on our southern border, the rise of the Christian right, the white supremacist riots in Charlottesville, the death of George Floyd, and the attack on our nation's capitol. They find hope in the South too, a legacy rooted in the civil rights years that might ultimately lead the nation on the path to redemption. Tucker and Gaillard bring a multiracial perspective and years of political reporting to bear on a critical moment in American history, a time of racial reckoning and democracy under siege"--
Subjects: Political culture; Right-wing extremists; Conservatism; Democracy; Political culture; Right-wing extremists; Conservatism; Democracy;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 9
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Empire of pain : the secret history of the Sackler dynasty / by Keefe, Patrick Radden,1976-author.(CARDINAL)469005;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 446-515) and index.Prologue: The taproot -- Patriarch. A good name ; The asylum ; Med man ; Penicillin for the blues ; China fever ; The octopus ; The Dendur derby ; Estrangement ; Ghost marks ; To thwart the inevitability of death -- Dynasty. Apollo ; Heir apparent ; Matter of Sackler ; The ticking clock ; God of dreams ; H-bomb ; Sell, sell, sell ; Ann Hedonia ; The Pablo Escobar of the new millennium ; Take the fall -- Legacy. Turks ; Tamperproof ; Ambassadors ; It's a hard truth, ain't it ; Temple of greed ; Warpath ; Named defendants ; The phoenix ; Un-naming -- Afterword."The highly anticipated portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of SAY NOTHING The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions: Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sackler's were responsible for making and marketing Oxycontin, a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis. Empire of Pain is a masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, exhaustively documented and ferociously compelling"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Family histories.; Sackler, Arthur M.; Sackler family.; Purdue Pharma L.P.; Oxycodone; Pharmaceutical industry; Pharmaceutical industry; Rich people;
Available copies: 50 / Total copies: 61
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Wendy and the lost boys : the uncommon life of Wendy Wasserstein / by Salamon, Julie.(CARDINAL)755515;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Presents an authorized portrait of the Pulitzer Prize- and first woman Tony Award-winning playwright that includes coverage of the private tragedies that overshadowed her high-achieving family, the premature birth of her fatherless daughter and her early death.
Subjects: Biographies.; Wasserstein, Wendy.; Dramatists, American; Dramatists, American;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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