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Churchill and Orwell [sound recording] : the fight for freedom / by Ricks, Thomas E.,author.; Lurie, James(James Harrison),narrator.; Penguin Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by James Lurie."From #1 New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks, a dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, with a focus on the pivotal years from the mid-1930s through the 1940s, when their farsighted vision and inspired action in the face of the threat of fascism and communism helped preserve democracy for the world. Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in the mid-1930's--Orwell shot in the neck in a trench line in the Spanish Civil War, and Churchill struck by a car in New York City. If they'd died then, history would scarcely remember them. At the time, Churchill was a politician on the outs, his loyalty to his class and party suspect. Orwell was a mildly successful novelist, to put it generously. No one would have predicted that by the end of the 20th century they would be considered two of the most important people in British history for having the vision and courage to campaign tirelessly, in words and in deeds, against the totalitarian threat from both the left and the right. Together, to an extent not sufficiently appreciated, they kept the West's compass set toward freedom as its due north. It's not easy to recall now how lonely a position both men once occupied. By the late 1930's, democracy was discredited in many circles, and authoritarian rulers were everywhere in the ascent. There were some who decried the scourge of communism, but saw in Hitler and Mussolini 'men we could do business with,' if not in fact saviors. And there were others who saw the Nazi and fascist threat as malign, but tended to view communism as the path to salvation. Churchill and Orwell, on the other hand, had the foresight to see clearly that the issue was human freedom--that whatever its coloration, a government that denied its people basic freedoms was a totalitarian menace and had to be resisted. In the end, Churchill and Orwell proved their age's necessary men. The glorious climax of Churchill and Orwell is the work they both did in the decade of the 1940'sto triumph over freedom's enemies. And though Churchill played the larger role in the defeat of Hitler and the Axis, Orwell's reckoning with the menace of authoritarian rule in Animal Farm and 1984 would define the stakes of the Cold War for its 50-year course, and continues to give inspiration to fighters for freedom to this day. Taken together, in Thomas E. Ricks's masterful hands, their lives are a beautiful testament to the power of moral conviction, and to the courage it can take to stay true to it, through thick and thin"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Audiobooks.; Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.; Orwell, George, 1903-1950.; Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965; Orwell, George, 1903-1950; Prime ministers; Authors, English; Fascism; Communism; World politics;
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What if it's not Alzheimer's? : a caregiver's guide to dementia / by Radin, Gary,1969-editor.; Radin, Lisa,1944-editor.;
Includes bibliographical references."This book is the first and only comprehensive guide dealing with frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), one of the largest groups of non-Alzheimer's dementias. The contributors are either specialists in their fields or have exceptional hands-on experience with FTD sufferers"--
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Caregivers; Dementia; Dementia;
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War in the St. Lawrence : the forgotten U-boat battles on Canada's shores / by Sarty, Roger F.(Roger Flynn),1952-; Bothwell, Robert,1944-; MacMillan, Margaret,1943-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-338) and index.
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945;
© 2012., Allen Lane,
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Spy game [videorecording (DVD)] by Scott, Tony,1944-; Redford, Robert,1937-; Pitt, Brad,1963-;
Clandestine OPS -- Alternate versions and deleted scenes including an alternate ending -- Script to storyboard featurette -- Feature commentary with the director -- Feature commentary with the producers -- Requirements for CIA acceptance -- French packaging on reverse -- DVD-Rom features.Robert Redford, Brad Pitt.After a top-secret unauthorized mission goes wrong and a CIA agent is sentenced to death his boss has 24 hours to get him out alive.14A.DVD.
Subjects: United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Feature films; Spy films; Adventure films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired;
© 2002., Universal Studios Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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14 war stories [videorecording] / by Acton, David.; Bannerman, Celia,1944-; Gay, Megan,1967-; Peter, Jan.; British Broadcasting Corporation.;
Disc 1. Episodes 1-4 -- disc 2. Episodes 5-8 ; The making of 14 war stories.Megan Gay, Celia Bannerman, David Acton, Naomi Sheldon, Emilie Aubertot.Experience fourteen true and emotional accounts of World War One from the letters and journals of those that actually lived it.E.DVD, widescreen ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Documentary films.; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
© c2014., BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. ; Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video,
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Reunion Beach : stories inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank / by Frank, Victoria Benton,writer of introduction.; Henry, Patti Callahan.Bridesmaids.; Hilderbrand, Elin.Summer of '79.; Trigiani, Adriana.Postcards from Heaven.; Monroe, Mary Alice.Mother and child reunion.; King, Cassandra,1944-Lowcountry stew.;
A group of bestselling authors pays tribute to legendary New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank and her literary legacy, capturing her unforgettable spirit, joy, and humor in stories of reunions and love.
Subjects: Short stories.; Recipes.; Frank, Dorothea Benton; Authors; Female friendship;
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Atomic spy : the dark lives of Klaus Fuchs / by Greenspan, Nancy Thorndike,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The gripping biography of a notorious Cold War villain--the German-born British scientist who handed the Soviets top-secret American plans for the plutonium bomb--showing a man torn between conventional loyalties and a sense of obligation to a greater good"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Fuchs, Klaus Emil Julius, 1911-1988.; Spies; Spies; Spies; Espionage, Soviet; Espionage, Soviet; Physicists; Nuclear weapons;
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Still life / by Winman, Sarah,1964-author.;
1944, in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa, as bombs fall around them, two strangers meet and share an extraordinary evening. Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier, Evelyn Skinner is a sexagenarian art historian and possible spy. She has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the wreckage and relive memories of the time she encountered EM Forster and had her heart stolen by an Italian maid in a particular Florentine room with a view. Evelyn's talk of truth and beauty plants a seed in Ulysses' mind that will shape the trajectory of his life -and of those who love him - for the next four decades.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Art historians; Families; Fate and fatalism; Life change events; Reminiscing; Soldiers; Strangers; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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The planet of the firebird / by Dorison, Guillaume.; Fayolle, Diane.; Poli, Didier.; Burrell, Carol Klio.; Dubos, Delphine.; Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de,1900-1944.Petit prince.;
"009-014; GRL: V"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Science fiction comic books, strips, etc.; Fantasy comic books, strips, etc.; Little Prince (Fictitious character); Princes; Interplanetary voyages; Friendship;
© 2012., Graphic Universe,
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The planet of wind / by Dorison, Guillaume.; Fayolle, Diane.; Poli, Didier.; Burrell, Carol Klio.; Smith, Anne,translator.; Smith, Owen,translator.; Dubos, Delphine.; Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de,1900-1944.Petit prince.;
LSC
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Science fiction comic books, strips, etc.; Fantasy comic books, strips, etc.; Little Prince (Fictitious character); Princes; Interplanetary voyages; Friendship;
© 2012., Graphic Universe,
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