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The library of legends : a novel / by Chang, Janie,1960-author.;
China, 1937: When Japanese bombs begin falling on the city of Nanking, nineteen-year-old Hu Lian and her classmates at Minghua University are ordered to flee. Lian and a convoy of more than a hundred students, faculty, and staff must walk a thousand miles to the safety of China's western provinces, a journey marred by hunger, cold, and the constant threat of aerial attack. And it is not just the student refugees who are at risk: Lian and her classmates have been entrusted with a priceless treasure, a 500-year-old collection of myths and folklore known as the Library of Legends. Her family's past has made Lian wary of forming attachments, but the students' common duty to safeguard the Library of Legends forms unexpected bonds. Lian finds friendship and a cautious romance with the handsome and wealthy Liu Shaoming. But after one classmate is murdered and another arrested, Lian realizes she must escape from the convoy before a family secret puts her in danger.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Teenagers; College students; Mythology, Chinese;
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Killing King : racial terrorists, James Earl Ray, and the plot to assassinate Martin Luther King Jr. / by Wexler, Stuart,author.; Hancock, Larry J.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Ray, James Earl, 1928-1998.; Conspiracies;
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Candy Darling : dreamer, icon, superstar / by Carr, C.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-397) and index."From acclaimed biographer Cynthia Carr, the first full portrait of queer icon and Warhol superstar Candy Darling"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Darling, Candy, 1944-1974.; Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987; Actors; Transgender people;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Her lotus year : China, the roaring twenties, and the making of Wallis Simpson / by French, Paul,1966-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Author Paul French examines a controversial and revealing period in the early life of the legendary Wallis, Duchess of Windsor -- her one year in China. Before she was the Duchess of Windsor, Bessie Wallis Warfield was Mrs. Wallis Spencer, wife of Earl "Win" Spencer, a US Navy aviator. From humble beginnings in Baltimore, she rose to marry a man who gave up his throne for her. But what made Wallis Spencer, Navy Wife, the woman who could become the Duchess of Windsor? The answers lie in her one-year sojourn in China. In her memoirs, Wallis described her time in China as her "Lotus Year," referring to Homer's Lotus Eaters, a group living in a state of dreamy forgetfulness, never to return home. Though faced with challenges, Wallis came to appreciate traditional Chinese aesthetics. China molded her in terms of her style and provided her with friendships that lasted a lifetime. But that "Lotus Year" would also later be used to damn her in the eyes of the British Establishment. The British government's supposed "China Dossier" of Wallis's rumored amorous and immoral activities in the Far East was a damning concoction, portraying her as sordid, debauched, influenced by foreign agents, and unfit to marry a king. Instead, French, an award-winning China historian, reveals Wallis Warfield Spencer as a woman of tremendous courage who may have acted as a courier for the US government, undertaking dangerous undercover diplomatic missions in a China torn by civil war. Her Lotus Year is an untold story in the colorful life of a woman too often maligned by history"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986; Americans; Military spouses;
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Trishna [videorecording] / by Ahmed, Riz,1982-; Hardy, Thomas,1840-1928.Tess of the d'Ubervilles.Videorecording.; Khanna, Harish.; Pinto, Freida,1984-; Seth, Roshan,1942-; Vasisht, Meeta.; Winterbottom, Michael.; Head Gear Films.; IFC Films.; Mongrel Media.; Métropole Films Distribution.; Revolution Films.; UK Film Council.;
Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed, Roshan Seth, Meeta Vasisht, Harish Khanna.Based on the classic novel Tess of the D'Ubervilles. Trishna lives with her family in a village in Rajasthan and works in a resort to help pay the family bills. Jay is the wealthy son of a property developer. When Jay takes up managing resorts, he meets Trishna and wins her affection. They move to Mumbai, but problems arise when his deep family bond threatens their bliss.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation.
Subjects: Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.; Feature films.; Married people; Parents-in-law; Women;
© c2012., Distributed in Canada by Mongrel Media,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The true story of Che Guevara [videorecording (DVD)] / by Berry, Maria Wye.; A & E Home Video (Firm); Arts and Entertainment Network.; History Channel (Television network);
Examines the life of Ernesto "Che" Guevera, the radical icon from Argentina who led the Cuban Revolution.E.DVD ; Dolby digital stereo.
Subjects: Guevara, Ernesto, 1928-1967.; Biographical television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Revolutionaries; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2008., A & E Home Video,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Foul Lady Fortune / by Gong, Chloe.;
In 1931 Shanghai, two Nationalist spies pose as a married couple to investigate a series of brutal murders causing unrest in the city.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy stories.; Murder; Brothers and sisters; Nationalism; Communism;
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Millions of cats / by Gág, Wanda,1893-1946.;
How can an old man and his wife select one cat from a choice of millions and trillions?LSC
Subjects: Cats; Older men; Older women; Cats;
© [200-?], c1956., G.P. Putnam's Sons,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Madhouse at the end of the Earth / by Sancton, Julian,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The harrowing true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry--with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless Antarctic winter--in the tradition of David Grann, Nathaniel Philbrick, and Hampton Sides. In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three year expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with dreams of glory. His destination was the uncharted end of the earth: the icy continent of Antarctica. But de Gerlache's plans to be first to the magnetic South Pole would swiftly go awry. After a series of costly setbacks, the commandant faced two bad options: turn back in defeat and spare his men the devastating Antarctic winter, or recklessly chase fame by sailing deeper into the freezing waters. De Gerlache sailed on, and soon the Belgica was stuck fast in the icy hold of the Bellingshausen Sea. When the sun set on the magnificent polar landscape one last time, the ship's occupants were condemned to months of endless night. In the darkness, plagued by a mysterious illness and besieged by monotony, they descended into madness. In this epic tale, Julian Sancton unfolds a story of adventure and horror for the ages. As the Belgica's men teetered on the brink, de Gerlache relied increasingly on two young officers whose friendship had blossomed in captivity: the expedition's lone American, Dr. Frederick Cook--half genius, half con man--whose later infamy would overshadow his brilliance on the Belgica; and the ship's first mate, soon-to-be legendary Roald Amundsen, even in his youth the storybook picture of a sailor. Together, they would plan a last-ditch, nearly certain-to-fail escape from the ice--one that would either etch their names in history or doom them to a terrible fate at the ocean's bottom. Drawing on the diaries and journals of the Belgica's crew and with exclusive access to the ship's logbook, Sancton brings novelistic flair to a story of human extremes, one so remarkable that even today NASA studies it for research on isolation for future missions to Mars. Equal parts maritime thriller and gothic horror, Madhouse at the End of the Earth is an unforgettable journey into the deep"--
Subjects: Gerlache de Gomery, A. de (Adrien), commandant, 1866-1934.; Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940.; Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928.; Belgica (Ship);
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As it turns out : thinking about Edie and Andy / by Wohl, Alice Sedgwick,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The story of model, actress, and American icon Edie Sedgwick, told by her sister with unfailing empathy, sharp insight, and firsthand observations of her whirlwind life"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Sedgwick, Edie.; Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987; Wohl, Alice Sedgwick; Models (Persons); Motion picture actors and actresses; Socialites;
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