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The omega factor / by Berry, Steve,1955-author.;
"The Ghent Altarpiece is the most violated work of art in the world. Thirteen times it has been vandalized, dismantled, or stolen. Why? What secrets does it hold? Enter UNESCO investigator, Nicholas Lee, who works for the United Nations' Cultural Liaison and Investigative Office (CLIO). Nick's job is to protect the world's cultural artifacts--including countless lesser-known objects and national treasures. When Nick travels to Belgium for a visit with a woman from his past, he unwittingly stumbles on the trail of the twelfth panel for the Ghent Altarpiece, stolen in 1934 under cover of night and never seen since. Soon Nick is plunged into a bitter conflict, one that has been simmering for nearly two thousand years. On one side is the Maidens of Saint-Michael, les Vautours, Vultures, a secret order of nuns and the guardians of a great truth. Pitted against them is the Vatican, which has wanted for centuries to both find and possess what the nuns guard. Because of Nick the maidens have finally been exposed, their secret placed in dire jeopardy--a vulnerability that the Vatican swiftly moves to exploit utilizing an ambitious cardinal and a corrupt archbishop, both with agendas of their own. From the tranquil canals of Ghent, to the towering bastions of Carcassonne, and finally into an ancient abbey high in the French Pyrenees, Nick Lee must confront a modern-day religious crusade intent on eliminating a shocking truth from humanity's past. Success or failure--life and death--all turn on the Omega Factor"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Catholic Church; Unesco; Antiquities; Art thefts; Art; Nuns; Secrecy; Secret societies; Theft;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Walking the Americas : 1,800 miles, eight countries, and one incredible journey from Mexico to Colombia / by Wood, Levison,1982-author.;
"Levison Wood's famous walking expeditions have taken him from the length of the Nile River to the peaks of the Himalayas, and in Walking the Americas, Wood chronicles his latest exhilarating adventure: an 1,800-mile trek across the spine of the Americas, through eight countries, from Mexico to Colombia. Beginning in the Yucatán--and moving south through Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama--Wood's journey takes him from sleepy barrios to glamorous cities to Mayan ruins lying unexcavated in the wilderness. Wood encounters indigenous tribes in Mexico, revolutionaries in a Nicaraguan refugee camp, fellow explorers, and migrants heading toward the United States. The relationships he forges along the way are at the heart of his travels--and the personal histories, cultures, and popular legends he discovers paint a riveting history of Mexico and Central America. While contending with the region's natural obstacles like quicksand, flashfloods, and dangerous wildlife, he also partakes in family meals with local hosts, learns to build an emergency shelter, negotiates awkward run-ins with policemen, and witnesses the surreal beauty of Central America's landscapes, from cascading waterfalls and sunny beaches to the spectacular ridgelines of the Honduran highlands. Finally, Wood attempts to cross one of the world's most impenetrable borders: the Darién Gap route from Panama into South America, a notorious smuggling passage and the wildest jungle he has ever navigated. One of the rawest and most exciting journeys of his life, this expedition required every ounce of Wood's strength and guile to survive"--
Subjects: Wood, Levison, 1982-; Wood, Levison, 1982-; Hiking; Hiking;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Pioneer inns & taverns / by Guillet, Edwin C.(Edwin Clarence),1898-;
Subjects: Hotels, taverns, etc.;
© c1956, c1958., Ontario Pub.,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Thunder and the House of Magic [videorecording] / by Adams, Cinda.; Babbit, George.; Blue, Murray.; Degruson, Jeremy.; Stassen, Ben.; Shout! Factory (Firm); Studio Canal.;
Cinda Adams, George Babbit, Murray Blue.Thunder, an abandoned young cat seeking shelter from a storm, stumbles into the strangest house imaginable, owned by an old magician and inhabited by a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Animated films.; Cats; Children's films.; Feature films.; Friendship; Magic; Magicians; Video recordings for children.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2014., Distributed by Shout! Factory,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Lockout [videorecording] / by Gilgun, Joe,1984-; Grace, Maggie,1983-; James, Lennie.; Mather, James.; Pearce, Guy,1967-; Regan, Vincent.; St. Leger, Stephen.; Stormare, Peter.; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm.; Alliance Films.; EuropaCorp.; Studio Canal+.;
Director of photography, James Mather ; music by Alexandre Azaria ; edited by Camille Delamarre, Eamonn Power.Lennie James, Maggie Grace, Joseph Gilgun, Guy Pearce, Vincent Regan, Peter Stormare.A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president's daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Children of presidents; Escapes; Fathers and daughters; Feature films.; Prison riots; Prisons; Science fiction films.;
© c2012., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Inside Llewyn Davis [videorecording] / by Abraham, F. Murray.; Coen, Ethan.; Coen, Joel.; Delbonnel, Bruno.; Goodman, John,1952-; Hedlund, Garrett,1985-; Isaac, Oscar.; Mulligan, Carey,1985-; Rudin, Scott,1958-; Timberlake, Justin,1981-; CBS Films.; Mongrel Media.; Studio Canal.;
Produced by Scott Rudin, Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen ; director of photography, Bruno Delbonnel.Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, F. Murray Abraham, Justin Timberlake.Follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. He is at a crossroads. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles; some of them of his own making.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Folk music; Folk musicians; Singers;
© c2014., Distributed by Mongrel Media,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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DCI Banks. [videorecording] / by Burroughs, Lorraine,1981-; Deam, Jack.; Tompkinson, Stephen,1965-; BBC Video (Firm); BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.; British Broadcasting Corporation.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Stephen Tompkinson, Lorraine Burroughs, Jack Deam.Based on the bestselling Inspector Banks novels by Peter Robinson, DCI Banks follows the tenacious Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks and his headstrong partner Annie Cabbott as they attempt to solve three gruesome crimes. Fire engulfs two canal boats in a deliberate act of arson over a million-dollar painting; a woman is found dead on the moors with her throat slashed in a case eerily close to the murder of a young girl in the center of town.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen (4x3) presentation ; Dolby digital stereo.
Subjects: Banks, Alan (Fictitious character); Detective and mystery television programs.; Homicide investigation; Police;
© 2013., BBC Video : BBC Worldwide Americas ; Distributed by Warner Home Video,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The young pope [videorecording] / by Sorrentino, Paolo,creator,television director,screenwriter.; Contarello, Umberto,screenwriter.; Grisoni, Tony,screenwriter.; Rulli, Stefano,screenwriter.; Cámara, Javier,actor.; France, Cécile de,1975-actor.; Keaton, Diane,actor.; Law, Jude,1972-actor.; Orlando, Silvio,1957-actor.; Shepherd, Scott,actor.; Sky (Firm : Italy),presenter.; Home Box Office (Firm),presenter.; Studio Canal+,presenter.; Wildside Productions,production company.;
Music, Lele Marchitelli ; editor, Cristiano Travagliolo ; director of photography, Luca Bigazzi.Jude Law, Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Javier Camara, Scott Shepherd, Cecile De France.The series is about a newly elected pope, the youngest in history and first-ever American, whose audacity, independence, and arch-conservatism wreak havoc within the Vatican.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television programs.; Popes; Catholic Church;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Anima rising [text (large print)] : a novel / by Moore, Christopher,1957-author.;
"A hilariously deranged tale of a mad scientist, a famous painter, and an undead woman's electrifying journey of self-discovery. Vienna, 1911. Gustav Klimt, the most famous painter in the Austrian Empire, spots a woman's nude body in the Danube canal. He knows he should summon a policeman, but he can't resist stopping to make a sketch first. And as he draws, the woman coughs. She's alive! Back at his studio, Klimt and his model-turned-muse Wally tend to the formerly drowned girl. She's nearly feral and doesn't remember who she is, or how she came to be floating in the canal. Klimt names her Judith, after one of his most famous paintings, and resolves to help her find her memory. With a little help from Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, Judith recalls being stranded in the arctic one hundred years ago, locked in a crate by a man named Victor Frankenstein, and visiting the Underworld. So how did she get here? And why are so many people chasing her, including Geoff, the giant croissant-eating devil dog of the North?"--Back cover.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918; Drowning; Painters; Psychologists; Scientists; Young women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Ontario ABCs / by Asnong, Jocey,1973-;
All the animals are awake and ready to explore the province of Ontario and the Great Lakes in this early concept alphabet book. Make a splash in Muskoka, skate outdoors on Ottawa's Rideau canal, help turn sap into maple syrup, grab a grilled lunch with some sea gulls, and peek through the pines at a welcoming campsite in one of the province's many beautiful parks. Jocey's vibrant and whimsical illustrations showcase a selection of the regional diversity found throughout this province, and of the many birds and animals that call Ontario home.
Subjects: Picture books.; Alphabet;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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