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Driving Mr. Albert [large print] : a trip across America with Einstein's brain / by Paterniti, Michael.(CARDINAL)704238;
Subjects: Large print books.; Biographies.; Harvey, Thomas Stoltz.; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.; Pathologists; Brain;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Driving Mr. Albert : a trip across America with Einstein's brain / by Paterniti, Michael.;
Part travelogue, part memoir, this unique book follows an 84-year-old pathologist across the country as the country with Einstein's brain in Tupperware bowl filled with formaldehyde.
Subjects: Biographies.; Harvey, Thomas Stoltz.; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.; Pathologists; Brain;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 6
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The telling room [large print] a tale of love, betrayal, revenge, and the world's greatest piece of cheese / by Paterniti, Michael,author.(CARDINAL)704238;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Large print books.; Paterniti, Michael; Cheesemakers; Cheesemaking;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The telling room [sound recording] : a tale of love, betrayal, revenge, and the world's greatest piece of cheese / by Paterniti, Michael.(CARDINAL)704238; Ganser, L. J.(CARDINAL)536355;
Read by L. J. Ganser.Equal parts mystery and memoir, travelogue and history. A moving exploration of happiness, friendship, and betrayal, The Telling Room introduces us to Ambrosio Molinos de las Heras, an unforgettable real-life literary hero, while also holding a mirror up to the world, fully alive to the power of stories that define and sustain us.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Cheesemakers; Cheesemaking; Paterniti, Michael;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Love and other ways of dying : essays / by Paterniti, Michael,author.(CARDINAL)704238;
The long fall of Flight one-eleven heavy -- He might just be a prophet -- Eating Jack Hooker's cow -- The giant -- Driving Mr. Albert -- The accident -- The 15-year layover -- The most dangerous beauty -- The American hero (in four acts) -- City of dust -- The suicide catcher -- 11:20 -- Mr. Nobody -- Never forget -- The man who sailed his house -- The house that Thurman Munson built -- The last meal."In this moving, lyrical, and ultimately uplifting collection of essays, Michael Paterniti turns a keen eye on the full range of human experience, introducing us to an unforgettable cast of everyday people. Michael Paterniti is one of the most original and empathic storytellers working today. His writing has been described as "humane, devastating, and beautiful" by Elizabeth Gilbert, "spellbinding" by Anthony Doerr, and "expansive and joyful" by George Saunders. In the seventeen wide-ranging essays collected for the first time in Love and Other Ways of Dying, he brings his full literary powers to bear, pondering happiness and grief, memory and the redemptive power of human connection. In the remote Ukranian countryside, Paterniti picks apples (and faces mortality) with a real-life giant; in Nanjing, China, he confronts a distraught jumper on a suicide bridge; in Dodge City, Kansas, he takes up residence at a roadside hotel and sees, firsthand, the ways in which the racial divide turns neighbor against neighbor. In each instance, Paterniti illuminates the full spectrum of human experience, introducing us to unforgettable everyday people and bygone legends, exploring the big ideas and emotions that move us. Paterniti reenacts François Mitterrand's last meal in a rustic dining room in France and drives across America with Albert Einstein's brain in the trunk of his rental car, floating in a Tupperware container. He delves with heartbreaking detail into the aftermath of a plane crash off the coast of Nova Scotia, an earthquake in Haiti, and a tsunami in Japan--and, in searing swirls of language, unearths the complicated, hidden truths these moments of extremity teach us about our ability to endure, and to love. Michael Paterniti has spent the past two decades grappling with some of our most powerful subjects and incomprehensible events, taking an unflinching point of view that seeks to edify as it resists easy answers. At every turn, his work attempts to make sense of both love and loss, and leaves us with a profound sense of what it means to be human. As he writes in the Introduction to this book, "The more we examine the grooves and scars of this life, the more free and complete we become." Praise for Michael Paterniti "A fearless, spellbinding collection of inquiries by a brilliant, globally minded essayist whose writing is magic and whose worldview brims with compassion. Genius chefs, an eight-and-a-half-foot-tall giant, an earthquake, a jet crash, and a president who eats songbirds--the size of Michael Paterniti's curiosity is matched only by the size of his heart."--Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See "Michael Paterniti is a genius."--Elizabeth Gilbert, author of The Signature of All Things "Michael Paterniti is one of the best living practitioners of the art of literary journalism, able to fully elucidate and humanize the everyday and the epic. In his hands, every subject, every moment of personal or global upheaval, is treated with the same curiosity, respect, empathy, and clear-eyed wisdom."--Dave Eggers, author of The Circle "I have been waiting years for this collection. In each of these essays, Michael Paterniti unveils life for us, the beauty and heartbreak of it, as we would never see it ourselves but now can never forget it. Paterniti is brilliant--a rare master--and one of my favorite authors on earth."--Lily King, author of Euphoria"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Anecdotes.; Essays.; Travel;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The telling room : a story of love, betrayal, revenge, and the world's greatest piece of cheese / by Paterniti, Michael.(CARDINAL)704238;
Includes bibliographical references and index. In the picturesque village of Guzmán, Spain, in a cave on the edge of town, there is a cramped limestone chamber known as "the telling room." This is where villagers have gathered for centuries to share their stories and secrets--usually accompanied by copious amounts of wine. It was here, in the summer of 2000, that Michael Paterniti found himself listening to a Spanish cheesemaker as he spun an odd and compelling tale about a piece of cheese....
Subjects: Biographies.; Paterniti, Michael; Cheesemakers; Cheesemaking;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The telling room : a tale of love, betrayal, revenge, and the world's greatest piece of cheese / by Paterniti, Michael.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In the picturesque village of Guzmán, Spain, in a cave on the edge of town, there is a cramped limestone chamber known as "the telling room." This is where villagers have gathered for centuries to share their stories and secrets--usually accompanied by copious amounts of wine. It was here, in the summer of 2000, that Michael Paterniti found himself listening to a Spanish cheesemaker as he spun an odd and compelling tale about a piece of cheese. Made from an old family recipe, Ambrosio's cheese was reputed to be among the finest in the world, and was said to hold mystical qualities. But then, Ambrosio said, things had gone horribly wrong. Paterniti was hooked. Soon he was fully embroiled, relocating his young family to Guzmán in order to chase the truth about this fairy tale-like place. What he ultimately discovers is nothing like the idyllic fable he first imagined. Instead, he's sucked into the heart of an unfolding mystery, a blood feud that includes accusations of betrayal and theft, death threats, and a murder plot.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Biographies.; Paterniti, Michael; Cheesemakers; Cheesemaking;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 9
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The best American travel writing 2014 / by Theroux, Paul,editor.(CARDINAL)142809; Batuman, Elif,1997-; Cooke, Julie.(CARDINAL)764915; Corbett, Sara.(CARDINAL)386526; Di Giovanni, Janine,1961-(CARDINAL)380426; Gill, A. A.,1954-2016.(CARDINAL)640056; Grunberg, Arnon.(CARDINAL)380304; Key, Harrison Scott.(CARDINAL)620204; LaSalle, Peter.(CARDINAL)506561; Lindhout, Amanda.(CARDINAL)404196; McCarthy, Andrew,1962-(CARDINAL)531760; Paterniti, Michael.(CARDINAL)704238; Pearson, Stephanie,1970-(CARDINAL)629843; Perrottet, Tony.(CARDINAL)207841; Power, Matthew,1974-2014.(CARDINAL)626385; Rinella, Steven.(CARDINAL)477031; Sedaris, David.(CARDINAL)208455; Selgin, Peter.(CARDINAL)777883; Shacochis, Bob.(CARDINAL)739155; Shoumatoff, Alex.(CARDINAL)151910; Shteyngart, Gary,1972-(CARDINAL)357222; Swick, Thomas.(CARDINAL)362815; Symmes, Patrick,1964-(CARDINAL)658646; Tayler, Jeffrey.(CARDINAL)535974; Whitehead, Colson,1969-(CARDINAL)649885; Wilsey, Sean.(CARDINAL)466554;
Presents an anthology of the best travel writing published in 2014, selected from magazines, newspapers, and web sites.
Subjects: Travelers' writings, American.; Voyages and travels.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Raising fences : a black man's love story / by Datcher, Michael,1967-(CARDINAL)531442;
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Fiction.; Datcher, Michael, 1967-; Datcher, Michael, 1967-; African American families; African American men; African American men; Fatherless families; Journalists; Paternal deprivation; Poets, American; Romance fiction.;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 12
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The unbreakable boy : a father's fear, a son's courage, and a story of unconditional love / by LeRette, Scott Michael,1964-author(CARDINAL)407070; Flory, Susy,1965-author(CARDINAL)347498;
A Note from Austin LeRette -- In the Closet -- The Girl with the Blue Eyes -- Trading Jabs with Joe -- The Box -- What Ring? -- Stitched Together -- The Rib -- More Glue -- The Run -- Facing the Queen Bee -- Parent Training -- My Own Little Rain Man -- The Door -- Dad, Can I Have Some Ranch Dressing? -- The Ear Worm -- Sand Angels -- The Devil's Grip -- The Jester -- Escape -- Tough Skins -- The Shroud -- A Real Life -- The Phone Call -- Glow Sticks -- The Tiger -- Strawberry Shakes and Sunny Sneezes -- Close Your Eyes -- Boo -- Clouds -- Stars -- Epilogue: Unbreakable.A father shares his autistic son's story and offers inspiration and advice for families facing similar challenges. Like any other teen boy, Austin loves pizza, movies, dancing, and girls. But unlike most other eighteen-year olds, he has a rare brittle-bone disease, was locked in a mental ward as a child, and is autistic. Yet Austin doesn't let any of that stop him.
Subjects: Biographies.; LeRette, Austin.; Osteogenesis imperfecta; Autistic children; Heart; LeRette, Scott Michael, 1964-; Fathers and sons; Love, Paternal;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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