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In her Highlander's bed / by Sands, Lynsay,author.;

Awakening in the fortress of Calan Campbell, Laird of Kilcairn, Allissaid MacFarlane, who risked death to escape an arranged marriage, decides, after they spend time together, she can trust him with her life, but wonders if she can trust him with her heart.

Subjects: Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Brides; Man-woman relationships;

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His only wife / by Medie, Peace A.,author.;

"An intelligent and funny debut about a relatable, indomitable heroine: a young seamstress in Ghana who agrees to an arranged marriage, only to realize that some compromises are too extreme to accept, illuminating what it means to be a woman in a rapidly changing world"--

Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Marriage; Women;

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The confederate [videorecording] / by motion picture adaptation of (work):Hawke, Lydia,1948-Perfect disguise.; Forbes, Christopher,film director,film producer,screenwriter.; Hennessy, Michael G.,screenwriter.; Stevenson, Parker,1952-actor.; Hilton, Jim,actor.; Chesser, John,actor.; Beck, Dan,actor.; ITN Productions (Firm),presenter.; Cinedigm (Firm),publisher.;

Parker Stevenson, Jim Hilton, Jerry Chesser, Dan Beck, Tripp Courtney.Georgia, 1864. Desperate to escape an arranged marriage to her brutal neighbor, Willa Randall disguises herself as a boy and joins the Confederate Cavalry. There she must learn the skills of a soldier amid the heat of battle and the threat of sudden death.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Action and adventure films.; War films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Hawke, Lydia, 1948-; Atlanta Campaign, 1864; Civil war; Soldiers;

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The porcelain moon : a novel of France, the Great War, and forbidden love / by Chang, Janie,author.;

Includes bibliographical references.In 1918 France, in the final days of the First World War, Pauline Deng, a young Chinese woman escaping an arranged marriage, is taken in by secretive Camille Roussel and becomes bound to this woman forever when they are forced to make a terrible decision.

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Chinese; Female friendship; World War, 1914-1918;

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The white princess / by Gregory, Philippa.;

Includes bibliographical references.Passionately in love with Richard III in spite of her arranged marriage to pretender to the throne Henry Tudor, Princess Elizabeth of York is forced to marry the man who murdered her lover and create a royal family under the controlling gaze of his mother, Margaret Beaufort.

Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503; Queens;

© 2013., Simon & Schuster,

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Crouching tiger, hidden dragon [videorecording (DVD)] by Chow, Yun-fa; Chang, Chen,actor; Zhang, Ziyi,1979; Yeoh, Michelle,1963; Lee, Ang,1954; Wang, Dulu.Wo hu cang long;

Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ahang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Lung Sihung, Cheng Pei Pei.Two master warriors are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocrat prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her deeply romatic past. As each warrior battles for justice, they come face to face with their worst enemy--and the inescapable, enduring power of loveCHV rating: PGMPAA rating: PG-13, Parents strongly cautioned. Martial arts violence and some sexualityNTSC 1. [NOTE: OR, Region 1.

Subjects: Martial arts; Feature film; Motion pictures, Chines; Video recordings for the hearing impaire;

© c2001., Sony Pictures Classics,

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The Great. [videorecording] / by Bromilow, Belinda,actor.; Dhawan, Sacha,actor.; Fanning, Elle,1998-actor.; Fox, Phoebe,1987-actor.; Godley, Adam,actor.; Hodge, Douglas,actor.; Hoult, Nicholas,1989-actor.; Hynes, Louis,actor.; Lee, Gwilym,1983-actor.; Wakefield, Charity,1981-actor.; Paramount Television,production company.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,distributor.;

Elle Fanning, Sacha Dhawan, Phoebe Fox, Adam Godley, Douglas Hodge, Louis Hynes, Gwilym Lee, Charity Wakefield, Belinda Bromilow, Nicholas Hoult.It is a satirical, comedic drama, based on the occasional historical fact, about the rise of Catherine the Great. An idealistic romantic young girl, she arrives from Prussia for an arranged marriage to the mercurial Emperor Peter hoping for love and sunshine and finds instead a dangerous, depraved, backward world that she resolves to change. All she has to do is kill her husband, beat the church, baffle the military, and get the court on her side.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD, NTSC ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.

Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Television comedies.; Television programs.; Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796; Man-woman relationships;

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The jade pendant [videorecording] / by Boone, Mark,Jr,actor.; Gao, Godfrey,actor.; Lee, Clara,actor.; Leong, Po Chih,film director.; Wong, Russell,1963-actor.; Cinedigm (Firm),film distributor.; Crimson Forest Films,publisher.;

Mark Boone Jr., Godfrey Gao, Clara Lee, Russell Wong, Tzi Ma.The Old West becomes a battleground for power and revenge in this gripping epic based on true events. A young Chinese woman, Ying-Ying, finds herself on a boat to America after escaping the clutches of a bad arranged marriage. But when she arrives in California, nothing is what she's expected. She's been sold to a house of prostitution and murderers roam the streets. Gold rules allas thousands have come to the Wild West to build railroads in search of fortune and power.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Feature films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Western films.; Immigrants; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);

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The Americans. [videorecording] / by Emmerich, Noah.; Falvey, Justin.; Fields, Joel.; Flaherty, Danny.; Frank, Darryl.; Gorn, Lev,1971-; Mahendru, Annet.; Martindale, Margo,1951-; Misner, Susan,1971-; O'Connor, Gavin.; Rhys, Matthew,1974-; Russell, Keri,1976-; Sellati, Keidrich.; Taylor, Holly,1997-; Thomas, Richard,1951-; Weisberg, Joe,1965-; Wright, Alison,1976-; Yost, Graham.; FX Productions.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.; Twentieth Century-Fox Television, Inc.;

Disc 1. Comrades -- Cardinal -- The walk inches.Disc 2. A little night music -- The deal -- Behind the red door -- Arpanet.Disc 3. New car -- Martial eagle -- Yousaf -- Stealth.Disc 4. Operation Chronicle -- Echo.Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Holly Taylor, Keidrich Sellati, Margo Martindale, Noah Emmerich, Richard Thomas, Annet Mahendru, Susan Misner, Alison Wright, Maximilano Hernandez, Lev Gorn, Danny Flaherty.Season 2 of the Cold War drama centres on the complex marriage of two KGB spies posing as Americans in suburban Washington D.C. shortly after Ronald Reagan is elected President. The arranged marriage of Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) - who have two children who know nothing about their parents' true identity - grows more passionate and genuine by the day, but is constantly tested by the escalation of the Cold War and the intimate and dangerous relationships they must maintain with a network of spies and informants under their control.PG.DVD, NTSC region 1, dual layer, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1, surround Dolby Digital 2.0.

Subjects: Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti; Cold War; Espionage; Espionage, Soviet; Intelligence service; Spies; Spy television programs.; Subversive activities; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;

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To Calais, in ordinary time / by Meek, James,1962-author.;

Includes bibliographical references."Three journeys. One road. England, 1348. A gentlewoman is fleeing an odious arranged marriage, a Scottish proctor is returning home to Avignon and a handsome young ploughman in search of adventure is on his way to volunteer with a company of archers. All come together on the road to Calais. Coming in their direction from across the Channel is the Black Death, the plague that will wipe out half of the population of Northern Europe. As the journey unfolds, overshadowed by the archers' past misdeeds and clerical warnings of the imminent end of the world, the wayfarers must confront the nature of their loves and desires."--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Upper class; Clergy; Agricultural laborers; Voyages and travels; Black Death;

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