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October : the story of the Russian Revolution / by Miéville, China,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Acclaimed fantasy author China Mieville plunges us into the year the world was turned upside down The renowned fantasy and science fiction writer China Mieville has long been inspired by the ideals of the Russian Revolution and here, on the centenary of the revolution, he provides his own distinctive take on its history. In February 1917, in the midst of bloody war, Russia was still an autocratic monarchy: nine months later, it became the first socialist state in world history. How did this unimaginable transformation take place? How was a ravaged and backward country, swept up in a desperately unpopular war, rocked by not one but two revolutions? This is the story of the extraordinary months between those upheavals, in February and October, of the forces and individuals who made 1917 so epochal a year, of their intrigues, negotiations, conflicts and catastrophes. From familiar names like Lenin and Trotsky to their opponents Kornilov and Kerensky; from the byzantine squabbles of urban activists to the remotest villages of a sprawling empire; from the revolutionary railroad Sublime to the ciphers and static of coup by telegram; from grand sweep to forgotten detail. Historians have debated the revolution for a hundred years, its portents and possibilities: the mass of literature can be daunting. But here is a book for those new to the events, told not only in their historical import but in all their passion and drama and strangeness. Because as well as a political event of profound and ongoing consequence, Mieville reveals the Russian Revolution as a breathtaking story"--

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Summer love : a novel / by Thayer, Nancy,1943-author.;

"Old secrets come to light when four friends gather on Nantucket for a life-changing reunion in this heartwarming novel of love and self-discovery by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer. When four strangers rent bargain-basement rooms in an old hotel near the beach, they embark on the summer of their lives. First there's Ariel Spencer, who has big dreams of becoming a writer and is looking for inspiration in Nantucket's high society. Her new friend Sheila Murphy is a good Catholic girl from Ohio whose desire for adventure is often shadowed by her apprehension. Then there's small-town Missourian Wyatt Smith-who's immediately taken with Ariel. The last of the four, Nick Volkov, is looking to make a name for himself and have a blast along the way. Despite their differences, the four bond over Wednesday night dinners, trips to the beach, and all that Nantucket has to offer. But venturing out on their own for the first time, with all its adventure and risks, could change the course of their future ... Twenty-six years after that amazing summer, Ariel, Sheila, Wyatt, and Nick come together again at the hotel where they first met. Now it's called The Lighthouse and Nick owns the entire operation with his wife and daughter. Ariel and Wyatt, married for decades, arrive with their son, and Sheila's back too, with her daughter by her side. Life hasn't exactly worked out the way they had all hoped. Ariel's dreams have since faded and been pushed aside, but she's determined to rediscover the passion she once had. Nick has the money and reputation of a successful businessman, but is it everything he had hoped for? And Sheila has never been able to shake the secret she's kept since that summer. Being back together again at last will mean confronting the past and finding themselves again. Meanwhile, the next generation discovers Nantucket, exploring the island together, experiencing love and heartbreak, and forging lifelong bonds just as their parents did all those years ago. It's sure to be one unforgettable reunion. This delightful novel from beloved storyteller Nancy Thayer explores the potential of dreams and the beauty of friendship"--

Subjects: Novels.; Friendship; Reunions; Secrecy;

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Silent witness. [videorecording] / by Anderson, Gordon(Television director),television director.; Bandeira, Jack,actor.; Caves, David,actor.; Dale, Darryl,actor.; Fox, Emilia,1974-actor.; Lambon, Nick,television producer.; Rae, Lena,screenwriter.; Randall, Paulette,television director.; Thomas, Delyth,television director.; Till, Lawrence,television producer.; BBC Studios,publisher.;

Jack Bandeira, David Caves, Darryl Dale, Emilia Fox, Divian Ladwa, Roger Layton, Elliot Warren, Rhys Yates, Millicent Wong.Britain's longest-running crime series is currently on TV. Airing in the UK for 25 years, this hugely popular series. Still reeling from the sudden death of Dr. Thomas Chamberlain and the shock departure of colleague Clarissa Mullery, Nikki and colleague Jack Hodgson returns to the Lyell Centre. A case at a high-security prison stirs disturbing memories for Nikki. Recruit Adam causes friction with his impetuous desire to impress. Forensic ecologist Simone's unique knowledge helps solve the murder of a promising young boxer. And Nikki suspects a body donated to medical science may not have died from natural causes after all.14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Forensic crime dramas (Television programs); Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Criminal investigation; Forensic pathologists; Forensic pathology;

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Shadow of the lions : a novel / by Swann, Christopher,1970-author.;

"How long must we pay for the crimes of our youth? A prestigious boys' boarding school. A best friend's betrayal. A decades-old mystery of a missing student. In this sharp literary thriller, Matthias Glass gets drawn into his past as he attempts to come to terms with the long-ago disappearance of his prep-school roommate -- and to become the man he is meant to be. In the middle of his senior year at the Blackburne School in Virginia, Matthias Glass's roommate and best friend Fritz Davenport runs off into the woods after the two boys have an argument -- and vanishes without a trace. Ever since, Matthias has felt responsible, thinking that their fight, about a betrayal of the school's honor code, led to Fritz's disappearance. A decade later, after an early triumph with his first novel, followed by too much partying and too little work, Matthias realizes he has stalled out, become a failure as a writer, a boyfriend, a man. So when he is offered a job at Blackburne as an English teacher, he sees it as a chance to put his life back together. But once on campus, Matthias gets swiftly drawn into the past, and is driven to find out what happened to Fritz. Along the way he must reckon with Fritz's complicated and powerful Washington, D.C., family, the shocking death of a student, and begin to understand his own place in the privileged world of Blackburne. In the spirit of film noir, Shadow of the Lions is a tale full of unexpected turns -- a thriller, but also a moving story that is as much about the mystery as it is about the redemption of a broken friendship and a lost soul"--

Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); English teachers; Missing children; Preparatory school students; Preparatory schools;

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New tricks. [videorecording] / by Simpson, Julian,1972-television director.; Grant, Brian,television director.; Marsh, Daikin,television director.; O'Gorman, Sarah,television director.; Edwards, David Innes,television director.; Outhwaite, Tamzin,1970-actor.; Lawson, Denis,actor.; Lyndhurst, Nicholas,actor.; Lamb, Larry,1947-actor.; Acorn Media (Firm),publisher.; RLJ Entertainment,film distributor.;

Writers, Julian Simpson, Roy Mitchell, Paul Farrell, Danielle James, Rachael New, Marston Bloom, Tahsin Gunner, CHris Murray ; producer, Huw Kennair-Jones.Tamzin Outhwaite, Larry Lamb, Denis Lawson, Nicholas Lyndhurst.All ten episodes from the twelfth and final series of the BBC police drama. A motley crew of retired police officers are recruited by DCI Sasha Miller (Tamzin Outhwaite) and Danny Griffin (Nicholas Lyndhurst) to reopen troublesome cases that were never laid to rest.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; 1.78:1 widescreen ; Dolby Digital stereophonic.

Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Police; Police corruption; Criminal behavior;

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Francie's got a gun / by Snyder, Carrie,author.;

"Reminiscent of the early novels of Miriam Toews, a suspenseful and poignant tale from an award-winning writer about a teenaged girl navigating a chaotic family in a close-knit small town. This novel starts exactly where the title does: with Francie, a panicked teenager who, we quickly realize, is holding a gun and desperately looking for a place to hide. From this startling opening, each new chapter sweeps us into the life of a separate character who has interacted with Francie--until gradually a full picture comes into view. We piece together what has brought Francie to her breaking point, and the sometimes deliberate, sometimes unwitting complicity of an entire community in what eventually transpires with the illicit gun. In Francie, award-winning writer Carrie Snyder realizes the great promise of her previous fiction, assembling a cast of unforgettable, tragi-comic characters who are equal parts compassion and cruelty, laughter and heartache. Here is a propulsive, multi-layered novel leavened with humour--and a memorable, affecting examination of the complex dynamics in a family that is breaking down and coming apart in front of the questioning, irrepressible girl at its centre."--

Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Dysfunctional families; Small cities; Teenage girls;

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Full wolf moon : a novel / by Child, Lincoln,author.;

"The New York Times bestselling author of The forgotten room and Deep storm is back with a new thriller that follows the trail of a killer who cannot exist. featuring Jeremy Logan, the renowned investigator of the supernatural and fantastic. Legends, no matter how outlandish, are often grounded in reality. This has been the guiding principle behind the exhilarating career of Jeremy Logan, the "enigmologist" -- an investigator who specializes in analyzing phenomena that have no obvious explanation -- previously seen in The forgotten room, The third gate, and Deep storm. Logan has often found himself in situations where keeping an open mind could mean the difference between life and death, and that has never been more true than now. Logan travels to an isolated writers' retreat deep in the Adirondacks to finally work on his book when the remote community is rocked by the grisly discovery of a dead hiker on Desolation Mountain. The body has been severely mauled, but the unusual savagery of the bite and claw marks call into question the initial suspicions of a wild bear attack. When Logan is asked to help investigate, he discovers no shortage of suspects capable of such an attack -- and no shortage of locals willing to point the finger and spread incredible rumors. One rumor, too impossible to believe, has even the forest ranger believing in werewolves. As Logan gets to know the remote deep-woods landscape, including a respected woman scientist still struggling with the violent loss of her father in these very woods, Logan realizes he's up against something he has never seen before. His most action-packed and white-knuckled novel to date, Full wolf moon is the perfect combination of exotic locales, provocative science, and raw action that make for a deeply entertaining Lincoln Child blockbuster"--

Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Paranormal fiction.; Private investigators; Hikers;

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Garfield and friends. [videorecording] / by Berger, Gregg,1950-voice actor.; Goyette, Desiree,voice actor.; Huge, Tom,voice actor.; Music, Lorenzo,voice actor.; Welker, Frank,voice actor.; television adaptation of (work):Davis, Jim,1945 July 28-Garfield.; Public Media Distribution,publisher.;

Voices: Lorenzo Music, Thom Huge, Gregg Berger, Desiree Goyette, Frank Welker.Everyone loves Garfield, the fat, orange, opinionated cat who was the star of the classic Saturday morning animated television series. Kids and adults alike will howl with laughter over Garfield's side-splitting antics with his gullible owner, Jon, his not-too-bright pooch pal, Odie, and his barnyard friends from U.S. Acres.G.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.

Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Television comedies.; Children's television programs.; Animated television programs.; Garfield (Fictitious character); Cats; Dogs;

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Line of duty. [videorecording] / by Ashfield, Kate.; Caffrey, David.; Compston, Martin.; James, Lennie.; McCardie, Brian.; McClure, Vicky,1983-; McKee, Gina,1964-; Mercurio, Jed.; Content Television.; RLJ Entertainment.;

Lennie James, Vicky Mcclure, Martin Compston, Gina Mckee, Kate Ashfield.Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott is a London police officer who refused to participate in a bureaucratic cover-up following a botched counterterrorism raid. Made a pariah by his colleagues, Arnott is forced to transfer to the anti-corruption department, where he quickly discovers that a celebrated officer, DCI Gates, has much to hide in both his personal and professional lives.14A.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo.

Subjects: Police corruption; Police internal investigation; Police; Television programs.;

© c2013., RLJ Entertainment,

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Shetland. [videorecording] / by Henshall, Douglas,1965-actor.; O'Donnell, Alison,actor.; Robertson, Steven,actor.; Cleeves, Ann,actor.; BBC Worldwide Ltd,publisher.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.;

Douglas Henshall, Alison O'Donnell, Steven Robertson.Award-winning crime writer Ann Cleeves' bestselling detective series returns for a third season as DI Jimmy Perez faces a gripping new single mystery. When a young man disappears on the overnight ferry to Shetland, the team embark on a challenging case that leads them from the suspicious close-knit communities of the remote Shetland Islands to Perez's old stomping grounds in Glasgow. As they start to unpick this increasingly complex conspiracy, Perez is aided by, and becomes romantically involved with, enigmatic police official Asha. But he is unprepared for the ruthlessness of his adversaries, who are willing to take an appalling step to protect their interests: one that will have a devastating effect on them all.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.

Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Police; Criminal investigation;

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