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1) Memory man
Author
Series
Amos Decker novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Amos Decker's life changed forever--twice. The first time was on the gridiron. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to go pro. But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. On his very first play, a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field for good, and left him with an improbable side effect--he can never forget anything. The second time was at home nearly two decades later....
3) Concussion
Author
Language
English
Description
Concussion is the riveting, unlikely story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, the pathologist who made one of the most significant medical discoveries of the twenty-first century, a discovery that challenges the existence of America's favorite sport and puts him in the crosshairs of football's most powerful corporation: the NFL.
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
9) Brewing up a business: adventures in entrepreneurship from the founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Author
Publisher
John Wiley
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The human head is exceptional. It accommodates four of our five senses, encases the brain, and boasts the most expressive set of muscles in the body. It is our most distinctive attribute and connects our inner selves to the outer world. Yet there is a dark side to the head's preeminence, one that has, in the course of human history, manifested itself in everything from decapitation to headhunting. So explains anthropologist Frances Larson in this...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"How do our eyes and ears work? What do our noses do? This book explores the anatomy of the human head. From hair and skin down to muscle and bone, find out how each part works, and how it is all controlled by our amazing brain."--
Author
Publisher
Happy Fox Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Say "Hello!" to the adorable animals here to help baby learn about their own body with this beautiful board book designed specifically for babies! Packed with cute animals to help baby learn about their body parts from their hands and knees to their nose and toes, Hello Head to Toe is the perfect first baby book. With pages written in rhythmic read-aloud text for parents, the lino-cut artwork and high contrast designs have been scientifically designed...
Author
Series
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
It's 1937 Los Angeles. When her former roommate and party girl, Ruby Carroll, is murdered, Lillian Frost must team up with actress Edith Head to solve the mystery, which pits them against a Hungarian princess on a lam, a hotshot director on the make and a private investigator who's not on the level.
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"While recovering from a traumatic head injury, Polly Schuster struggles to find her way through one chaotic week in July when her entire extended family descends upon the bucolic town of Livingston, Montana for their annual gathering. As she contents with a series of unexpected events and the haunting echoes of her past inconveniently resurfacing as a result of her injury, Polly soon learns that her perception of her family and their life together...
15) ¡Rejuvenece ya!: el secreto de las famosas japonesas para un rostro y un cuerpo jóvenes y tersos
Author
Publisher
Kitsune Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Rejuvenece tu rostro y tu cuerpo con tan solo cinco minutos al día ¿Te preocupan los efectos del paso del tiempo? La falta de horas en el día para cuidarnos y el ritmo frenético de la vida moderna a menudo se reflejan en nuestro rostro y cuerpo. Gracias a su vasta experiencia en el mundo de la belleza, Hiroi Muraki, conocida en Japón como la Mano de Dios, ha desarrollado su propio método para vencer al tiempo: una serie de técnicas simples...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Traces the falsified story about denounced September 11 survivor Tania Head, describing her interviews with the co-author and the discovery that she was not in America at the time of the attacks, in an account that offers insider analysis of human morality and need.
Author
Series
Welcome to Bermooda volume 4
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Chuck and Dakota win a chance to visit the studio of reclusive artist and storyteller Norman Redmane, the creator of IncrediBull, a cowmic book about a flying supercow from beyond the moon. But during the calves' visit, Norman gets bonked on the head...HARD. When he comes to, bad news: he thinks he IS IncrediBull. Worse news: he thinks Dakota is his superstrong sidekick, Fantasti-Calf."--provided from Amazon.com.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When a valuable baseball bobblehead catches the attention of some less-savory relatives, they hatch a scheme to swap it out for their own profit. But this rag-tag crew of figurines has their own plan to oust the schemers from the family's home, with some help and guidance from the wise bobblehead of Cher.
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