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A long petal of the sea : a novel / by Allende, Isabel,author.; Caistor, Nick,translator.; Hopkinson, Amanda,1948-translator.; translation of:Allende, Isabel.Largo pétalo de mar.English.;
"In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life irreversibly intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage neither of them wants, and together are sponsored by poet Pablo Neruda to embark on the SS Winnipeg along with 2,200 other refugees in search of a new life. As unlikely partners, they embrace exile and emigrate to Chile as the rest of Europe erupts in World War. Starting over on a new continent, their trials are just beginning. Over the course of their lives, they will face test after test. But they will also find joy as they wait patiently for a day when they are exiles no more, and will find friends in the most unlikely of places. Through it all, it is that hope of being reunited with their home that keeps them going. And in the end, they will find that home might have been closer than they thought all along"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Exiles;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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A long petal of the sea [sound recording] : a novel / by Allende, Isabel,author.; Ballerini, Edoardo,1970-narrator.; Caistor, Nick,translator.; Hopkinson, Amanda,1948-translator.; translation of:Allende, Isabel.Largo pétalo de mar.English[sound recording].; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Edoardo Ballerini."In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life irreversibly intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage neither of them wants, and together are sponsored by poet Pablo Neruda to embark on the SS Winnipeg along with 2,200 other refugees in search of a new life. As unlikely partners, they embrace exile and emigrate to Chile as the rest of Europe erupts in World War. Starting over on a new continent, their trials are just beginning. Over the course of their lives, they will face test after test. But they will also find joy as they wait patiently for a day when they are exiles no more, and will find friends in the most unlikely of places. Through it all, it is that hope of being reunited with their home that keeps them going. And in the end, they will find that home might have been closer than they thought all along"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Exiles;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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David Suzuki : doing battle with climate change / by Gazlay, Suzy.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.A prominent and often controversial science broadcaster, author, and environemntal activist, David Suzuki challenges leaders who have contributed to the global warming crisis.
Subjects: Suzuki, David T., 1936-; Environmentalists;
© 2009., Crabtree,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The phoenix / by Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia.;
Polly tries to save Morland Place following the collapse of Wall Street while Jack tries to change for his family's sake, Robert tries to make his own way in the world, and Charlotte longs for more.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Morlands (Fictitious characters); Finance, Personal; Families;
© 2014., Sphere,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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For whom the bell tolls / by Hemingway, Ernest,1899-1961,author.; Hemingway, Seán A.,editor,writer of introduction.;
Includes bibliographical references.In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from "the good fight," For Whom the Bell Tolls. The story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain, it tells of loyalty and courage, love and defeat, and the tragic death of an ideal. In his portrayal of Jordan's love for the beautiful Maria and his superb account of El Sordo's last stand, in his brilliant travesty of La Pasionaria and his unwillingness to believe in blind faith, Hemingway surpasses his achievement in The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms to create a work at once rare and beautiful, strong and brutal, compassionate, moving, and wise. "If the function of a writer is to reveal reality," Maxwell Perkins wrote Hemingway after reading the manuscript, "no one ever so completely performed it." Greater in power, broader in scope, and more intensely emotional than any of the author's previous works, it stands as one of the best war novels of all time.
Subjects: War fiction.; Classics; Literary; Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Winter of the world / by Follett, Ken.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Twentieth century; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2012., Dutton,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Appeasement : Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the road to war / by Bouverie, Tim,1987-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A new history of the British appeasement of the Third Reich on the eve of World War II"--
Subjects: Chamberlain, Neville, 1869-1940.; Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Fast girls : a novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic team / by Hooper, Elise,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.In 'Fast Girls', Elise Hooper explores the gripping, real life history of the female athletes of the first integrated womens Olympic team, and their journey to the 1936 summer games in Berlin, Nazi Germany. From the author of 'The Other Alcott'.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Fraser, Louise Stokes, 1913-1978; Robinson, Betty, 1911-1999; Stephens, Helen, 1918-1994; Runners (Sports); Women Olympic athletes; Women runners;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Secrets of Cavendon / by Bradford, Barbara Taylor,1933-author.;
"For years things have run smoothly at Cavendon Hall, with very few quarrels, dramas, or upsets among the Inghams and the Swanns. But since the end of World War II, things have changed. The secrets of Cavendon picks up in the summer of 1949, with the new generation of the estate at the forefront of the scandal and intrigue. With romance, betrayal, heartbreak, and possible murder threatening to tear them apart, the Inghams and Swanns will have to find a way to come together and protect each other in the face of threats they never could have predicted"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Aristocracy (Social class); Families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Secrets of Cavendon [sound recording] / by Bradford, Barbara Taylor,1933-author.; Maarleveld, Saskia,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Saskia Maarleveld."For years things have run smoothly at Cavendon Hall, with very few quarrels, dramas, or upsets among the Inghams and the Swanns. But since the end of World War II, things have changed. The secrets of Cavendon picks up in the summer of 1949, with the new generation of the estate at the forefront of the scandal and intrigue. With romance, betrayal, heartbreak, and possible murder threatening to tear them apart, the Inghams and Swanns will have to find a way to come together and protect each other in the face of threats they never could have predicted"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Aristocracy (Social class); Families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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