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The most beautiful girl in Cuba / by Cleeton, Chanel,author.;
"At the end of the nineteenth century, three revolutionary women fight for freedom in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton's captivating new novel inspired by real-life events and the true story of a legendary Cuban woman-Evangelina Cisneros-who changed the course of history. A feud rages in Gilded Age New York City between newspaper tycoons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. When Grace Harrington lands a job at Hearst's newspaper in 1896, she's caught in a cutthroat world where one scoop can make or break your career, but it's a story emerging from Cuba that changes her life. Unjustly imprisoned in a notorious Havana women's jail, eighteen-year-old Evangelina Cisneros dreams of a Cuba free from Spanish oppression. When Hearst learns of her plight and splashes her image on the front page of his paper, proclaiming her, "The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba," she becomes a rallying cry for American intervention in the battle for Cuban independence. With the help of Marina Perez, a courier secretly working for the Cuban revolutionaries in Havana, Grace and Hearst's staff attempt to free Evangelina. But when Cuban civilians are forced into reconcentration camps and the explosion of the USS Maine propels the United States and Spain toward war, the three women must risk everything in their fight for freedom"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Cossio y Cisneros, Evangelina, 1879-1970; Newspapers; Women; Revolutions;
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Belgravia. [videorecording] / by Slater, Harriet,1994-actor.; Wainwright, Benjamin,actor.; Bluemel, Edward,1993-actor.; Regbo, Toby,1991-actor.; Onslow, Hannah,actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),distributor.;
Harriet Slater, Ben Wainwright, Edward Bluemel, Toby Regbo, Hannah Onslow.Belgravia, 1871. The eligible Lord Frederick Trenchard meets the bewitching Clara Dunn, and they fall deeply in love. A romantic courtship and proposal follow, and Clara is swept off her feet. But there are hidden depths to Frederick; he carries trauma from his childhood, following years of emotional neglect and resentment from his father, who favoured the younger son, James. Clara is highly perceptive, quickly realising there is trauma at the heart of Frederick's guarded manner. She grows convinced that by fixing Frederick's relationship with his estranged brother she can also restore his happiness. In the midst of her plans, she starts to develop an unlikely friendship with the charming Dr Ellerby and is drawn into his bohemian world. Excited by the passionate way they live, Clara begins to question her place in the world. Clara and Frederick must chart a course through the rumours which threaten them and confront long-buried secrets as they search for lasting happiness.PG.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction television programs.; Romance television programs.; Television programs.; Historical television programs.; Aristocracy (Social class); Social classes; Family secrets; Man-woman relationships; Upper class;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Eight strings / by DeRosia, Margaret,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Queer fiction.; Novels.; Apprentices; Interpersonal relations; Male impersonators; Puppeteers; Sexual minorities;
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Tyger / by Stockwin, Julian.;
Commander Thomas Kydd and his ship joined Admiral Nelson's command just before the greatest sea encounter of all time: the Battle of Trafalgar. This heart-lurching adventure blends fact and fiction by closely following historical records, taking us into the heart of the world-defining events of 1805.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Kydd, Thomas (Fictitious character); Seafaring life; Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805; Ocean;
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The duke's Christmas bride / by Bradley, Anna(Romance fiction writer),author.;
Subjects: Christmas fiction.; Romance fiction.; Novels.; Christmas stories.; Man-woman relationships; Nobility;
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The little immigrants : the orphans who came to Canada / by Bagnell, Kenneth,1934-;
Bibliography: p. 257-265.
Subjects: Orphans; Indentured servants; Children;
© c1980., Macmillan of Canada,
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The year without summer : 1816 and the volcano that darkened the world and changed history / by Klingaman, William K.; Klingaman, Nicholas P.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-323) and index.Traces a year of dramatic global change in the aftermath of a massive early nineteenth-century Indonesian volcanic eruption that disrupted weather patterns and triggered food shortages, religious revivals, migrations, and a typhus epidemic.
Subjects: Volcanoes; Weather;
© 2013., St Martins Press,
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Slow west [videorecording] / by Canning, Iain,film producer.; Fassbender, Michael,1977-actor.; Gardner, Rachel,film producer.; Maclean, John,film director,screenwriter.; McCann, Rory,1969-actor.; Mendelsohn, Ben,actor.; Pistorius, Caren,actor.; Smit-McPhee, Kodi,actor.; Williams, Brooke,actor.; British Film Institute,presenter.; FilmFour (Firm),presenter.; Mongrel Media,film distributor.; New Zealand Film Commission,presenter.; Soda Pictures (Firm),publisher.;
Composer, Jed Kurzel ; production designer, Kim Sinclair ; editors, Roland Gallois, Jon Gregory ; director of photography, Robbie Ryan.Michael Fassbender, Ben Mendelsohn, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Rory McCann, Brooke Williams, Caren Pistorius.A sixteen-year-old boy heads west on a journey across nineteenth century frontier America in search of the woman he loves. He encounters a mysterious traveler named Silas, who protects him from the savage elements and outlaws in a lawless land. But is Silas really watching out for him, or is he tied to the band of thieves tracking their every step?Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Bounty hunters; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Western films.;
For private home use only.
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Grave expectations / by Redmond, Heather,1969-author.;
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Dickens, Catherine, 1815-1879; Murder;
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All the blood we share : a novel of the Bloody Benders of Kansas / by Bruce, Camilla,author.;
"Something dark and twisted has taken root at the Bender Inn. At first the townspeople of Cherryvale welcome the rising medium Kate Bender and her family. Kate's messages from the beyond give them hope for their tedious dreams and her mother's potions cure their little ills--for a price. No one knows about their other business, the shortcut to a better life. And why shouldn't their family prosper? They're careful. It's only from those who are marked, those who travel alone and can easily disappear, that the Benders demand their pound of flesh. But even a gifted seer like Kate can make a misstep. Now, as the secrets festering beneath the soil of the family orchard threaten to bring them all to ruin, the Benders must sharpen their craft--or vanish themselves"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Novels.; Bender, Katie, -approximately 1873; Bender family; Mediums; Serial murderers;
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