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The man who played with fire : Stieg Larsson's lost files and the hunt for an assassin / by Stocklassa, Jan,author.; Chace, Tara,translator.; translation of:Stocklassa, Jan.Stieg Larssons arkiv.English.;
When Stieg Larsson died, the author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo had been working on a true mystery that out-twisted his Millennium novels: the assassination on February 28, 1986, of Olof Palme, the Swedish prime minister. It was the first time in history that a head of state had been murdered without a clue who had done it, and on a Stockholm street at point-blank range. Internationally known for his fictional far-right villains, Larsson was well acquainted with their real-life counterparts and documented extremist activities throughout the world. Larsson's archive was forgotten until journalist Jan Stocklassa was given exclusive access to the author's secret project. Stocklassa collects the pieces of Larsson's true-crime puzzle to follow the trail of intrigue, espionage, and conspiracy begun by one of the world's most famous thriller writers. Together they set out to solve a mystery that no one else could.
Subjects: Personal correspondence.; True crime stories.; Larsson, Stieg, 1954-2004; Palme, Olof, 1927-1986; Assassination; Prime ministers;
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Georgia O'Keeffe : she saw the world in a flower / by Balkan, Gabrielle.; Bloggs, Josy.; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.);
Includes bibliographical references.A picture book biography of the life of American painter Georgia O'Keeffe. Includes a time line of her works as well as related art appreciation activities.LSC
Subjects: O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986; Painters; Women painters; Painting, American;
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The Windsor conspiracy : a novel of the Crown, a conspiracy, and the Duchess of Windsor / by Blalock, Georgie,1974-author.;
American Amelia Montague defied her family five years ago to marry the man she loved, but that decision cost her everything. Disowned by her family, and left a penniless widow after her husband's death, Amelia becomes her cousin Wallis Simpson's private secretary in France. With no other prospects available, Amelia has no choice but to succeed, and under their Aunt Bessie's direction, hopes to have a positive influence on Wallis and the Duke of Windsor. During the next two years, Amelia realizes that not everything with the Windsors is glittering happiness. Beneath the façade of the besotted couple simmers Wallis's rage at her stunted ambition, and the couple soon reveal themselves to be self-centered Nazi supporters who pursue their own interests at any cost. When the Germans invade France, and the Windsors leave Amelia to escape the Gestapo on her own, Amelia finds herself in position to work for the most unlikely of employers: MI5 and the FBI. Convinced to work undercover, Amelia joins the Windsors in Nassau and soon realizes that Wallis's treachery extends far deeper than the US and British government even knows ... Richly imaginative, Georgie Blalock's novel stuns as it explores two women, opposites in every way, and the choices they make to survive both war and each other.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; Novels.; Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986; Nazis; Undercover operations; World War, 1939-1945;
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Howl's moving castle / by Jones, Diana Wynne.; Stevens, Tim.;
Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Witches; Blessing and cursing; Wizards; Castles;
© 2009, c1986., HarperCollins Children's Books,
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Village weavers : a novel / by Chancy, Myriam J. A.,1970-author.;
"From award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy comes an extraordinary and enduring story of two families forever joined by country-and by long-held secrets-and two girls with a bond that refuses to be broken. In 1940s' Port-au-Prince, Gertie and Sisi become fast childhood friends, despite being on opposite ends of the social and economic ladder. As young girls, they build their unlikely friendship-until a deathbed revelation ripples through their families and tears them apart. After Francois Duvalier's rule turns deadly in the 1950s, Sisi moves to Paris, while Gertie marries into a wealthy Dominican family. Across decades and continents, through personal successes and failures, they are parted and reunited, slowly learning the truth of their singular relationship. Finally, six decades later, with both women in the United States, a sudden phone call brings them back together once more to reckon with and forgive the past. Told with power and frankness, Village Weavers confronts the silences around class, race, and nationality; charts the moments when lives are irrevocably forced apart; and envisions two girls-connected their entire lives-who try to break inherited cycles of mistrust and find ways back into each other's hearts."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Female friendship; Haitians; Social classes;
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Tommy Douglas / by Lam, Vincent.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Douglas, T. C. (Thomas Clement), 1904-1986.; Legislators; Premiers (Canada);
© c2011., Penguin Group (Canada),
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How to stand up to a dictator : the fight for our future / by Ressa, Maria,author.; Clooney, Amal,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references.A Philippine journalist who received the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize traces her career spent challenging corruption in her country and presents strategies for speaking truth to power and standing up against authoritarians to battle information and lies.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Ressa, Maria.; Authoritarianism.; Democracy; Freedom of the press; Journalists; Nobel Prize winners; Women journalists;
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The library book / by Orlean, Susan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-317).Orlean re-opens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history and delivers a love letter to the institution of libraries themselves.
Subjects: True crime stories.; Los Angeles Public Library; Libraries; Library buildings; Library materials; Books; Libraries;
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The Chernobyl disaster / by Rissman, Rebecca.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986; Nuclear power plants; Radioactive pollution;
© c2014., Core Library,
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Wallis in love : the untold life of the Duchess of Windsor, the woman who changed the monarchy / by Morton, Andrew,1953-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972; Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986.; Marriages of royalty and nobility; Nobility;
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