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Traitor king : the scandalous exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor / by Lownie, Andrew,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."11 December 1936. The King of England, Edward VIII, has given up his crown, foregoing his duty for the love of Wallis Simpson, an American divorcaee. Their courtship has been dogged by controversy and scandal, but with Edward's abdication, they can livehappily ever after. But do they? Beginning this astonishing dual biography at the moment that most biographers turn away, bestselling historian Andrew Lownie reveals the dramatic lives of the Windsors post-abdication. This is a story of a royal shut out by his family and forced into exile; of the Nazi attempts to recruit the duke to their cause; and of why the duke, as Governor of the Bahamas, tried to shut down the investigation into the murder of a close friend. It is a story of a couple obsessed with their status, financially exploiting their position, all the while manipulating the media to portray themselves as victims"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972.; Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986.; Marriages of royalty and nobility; World War, 1939-1945.;
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American spy : my secret history in the CIA, Watergate, and beyond / by Hunt, E. Howard; Aunapu, Greg.; Hamburg, Eric.;
Subjects: Hunt, E. Howard (Everette Howard), 1918-2007.; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Presidents; Spies; Watergate Affair, 1972-1974.;
© c2007., John Wiley & Sons,
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George and Martha / by Marshall, James,1942-1992.;
Split pea soup -- The flying machine.Iconic best hippo friends George and Martha discover that, among other things, pouring split pea soup into your loafers to spare the chef's feelings is not the best-laid plan.
Subjects: Animal fiction.; Readers (Publications); George (Fictitious character : Marshall); Martha (Fictitious character : Marshall); Hippopotamus; Friendship; Soups; Hot air balloons;
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42 [videorecording] : the Jackie Robinson story / by Beharie, Nicole.; Boseman, Chadwick.; Ford, Harrison,1942-; Helgeland, Brian.; Meloni, Chris.; Merriman, Ryan.; Legendary Pictures.; Warner Bros. Entertainment.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Music by Mark Isham ; director of photography, Don Burgess ; edited by Peter McNulty, Kevin Stitt.Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie, Christopher Meloni, Ryan Merriman.Brian Helgeland's historical sports drama/biopic 42 relates the historic 1947 baseball season in which Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) decides to sign the first black Major League player, Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman). Although Robinson faces ugly, vicious racism from other clubs, fans, and on occasion his own teammates, Rickey encourages him to not fight back. By following that advice, Robinson allows his remarkable athletic talent to speak for itself, and soon the first-year player becomes one the most popular players on the team, eventually securing the Rookie of the Year award.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team); Major League Baseball (Organization); African American baseball players; African Americans; Baseball players; Biographical films.; Feature films.; Race discrimination; Sports films.;
© c2013., Warner Home Video,
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W.E. [videorecording] / by Madonna,1958-; Cornish, Abbie,1982-; Coyle, Richard.; D'Arcy, James,1975-; Fox, James,1939-; Harbour, David,1975-; Isaac, Oscar.; Keshishian, Alek.; Korzeniowski, Abel,1972-; Parfitt, Judy,1935-; Riseborough, Andrea,1981-; Thykier, Kris,1972-; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Semtex Films (Firm);
Director of photography, Hagen Bogdanski ; editor, Danny B. Tull ; music by Abel Korzeniowski.Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough, James D'Arcy, Oscar Isaac, Richard Coyle, David Harbour, James Fox, Judy Parfitt.In 1998, lonely New Yorker Wally Winthrop is obsessed with what she perceives as the ultimate love story: King Edward VIII's abdication of the British throne for the woman he loved, American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Winthrop's research reveals that the couple's life together was not as perfect as she thought.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, region 1; anamorphic widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972; Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986; Feature films.; Historical films.; Man-woman relationships; Marriages of royalty and nobility; Romance films.; Women;
© c2012., Semtex Films ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
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Cold fire : Kennedy's northern front / by Boyko, John,1957-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Sheds a new light on the presidency of John F. Kennedy, and his critical battles with the leaders of Canada.LSC
Subjects: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.; Diefenbaker, John G., 1895-1979.; Pearson, Lester B., 1897-1972.; Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.;
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A big day for baseball / by Osborne, Mary Pope.; Ford, AG.;
"Jack and Annie use the magic tree house to travel back in time to 1947 Brooklyn, New York, where they pretend to be batboys at Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Baseball stories.; Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team); Jack (Fictitious character : Osborne); Annie (Fictitious character : Osborne); Brothers and sisters; African Americans; Tree houses; Time travel; Magic;
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Babar visits another planet / by Brunhoff, Laurent de,1925-;
Babar and his family are abducted and taken by rocket ship to an unknown planet where the residents are very hospitable and there are many interesting sights to see.LSC
Subjects: Babar (Fictitious character); Elephants; Life on other planets; Space flight;
© 2012, c2003., Abrams Books for Young Readers,
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Paper bullets : two artists who risked their lives to defy the Nazis / by Jackson, Jeffrey H.,1971-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The true story of an audacious resistance campaign undertaken by an unlikely pair: two French women -- Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe -- who drew on their skills as Parisian avant-garde artists to write and distribute wicked insults against Hitler and calls to desert, a PSYOPs tactic known as "paper bullets," designed to demoralize Nazi troops occupying their adopted home of Jersey in the British Channel Islands"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Cahun, Claude, 1894-1954.; Malherbe, Suzanne, 1892-1972.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Psychological warfare; French; Lesbian artists;
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September 5 [videorecording] / by Binder, Moritz,screenwriter.; David, Alex,screenwriter.; Benesch, Leonie,1991-actor.; Chaplin, Ben,actor.; Fehlbaum, Tim,1982-film director.; Magaro, John,1983-actor.; Sarsgaard, Peter,actor.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,publisher.;
Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch.September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, September 5 provides a powerful new perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Historical films.; Feature films.; Munaẓẓamat Aylūl al-Aswad; Israel. Sherut ha-biṭaḥon ha-kelali; Olympic Games 1972 : Munich, Germany); Athletes; Jewish athletes; Hostages; Israelis; Journalism; Broadcast journalism; Terrorism;
For private home use only.
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