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The long, long trail : war at home, 1917 / by Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia,author.;
In 1917 the Great War rages on, and for the Hunters, their friends and their servants, the war is where they live now. David has returned from the Front a shadow of his former self; his sister Diana, newly married, copes with pregnancy alone, her husband at the Front. Aunt Laura, eager for challenge, goes to France with an ambulance; while Beattie struggles to manage war work and household, while racked with her secret guilt and a new threat of exposure. U-boat attacks face Britain with starvation, and with the worsening privation comes a new horror as Germany begins a lethal bombing campaign. But even in the darkest hours of war, new life and new hope can burgeon, with the promise that the future might still hold happiness for them all.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; World War, 1914-1918; Families; Veterans;
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Blast from the past [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Silverstone, Alicia; Slotnick, Joey; Walken, Christopher; Fraser, Brendan;
Director, Hugh Wilson.Alicia Silverstone, Joey Slotnick, Christopher Walken, Brendan Fraser.Adam Webber, born and raised in a bomb shelter with his father and mother, is now emerging to a bewildering new world where he meets a modern L.A. woman and falls in love.OFRB rating: PG.Blu-ray.
Subjects: Comedy.; Comedy.;
© 2010., New Line Turner,
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The royal librarian / by Wood, Daisy,author.;
A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations ... Windsor, 1940: War rages, and as bombs rain down across Britain, nowhere is safe: not even a royal palace. Secretly tasked with foiling a suspected plot, Sophie Klein is placed in the Royal Library at Windsor castle, where the princesses reside. But when she learns that Windsor is compromised, Sophie must sacrifice everything she knows to save the future queen of England ... Philadelphia, Present day: Digging into her great aunt's family tree, Lacey Turner comes across a mysterious book bearing the stamp of Windsor Castle's royal bindery. But how did it come to be in her family's possession? And so begins a journey that will take Lacey from battlefields to Buckingham palace in a quest to reunite the book with its rightful owner.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Windsor, House of; Windsor Castle; Windsor Castle. Royal Library; Families; Librarians; Secrecy; Women librarians; World War, 1939-1945;
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Oculum Echo / by Dowding, Philippa,1963-;
"The explosions come in the night. Miranda1, Mannfred, Grannie, and the one thousand children of Oculum must flee their farm, chased by the UnRuly and their bombs. Just as they begin their journey through the wasteland and towards the safety of the green valley, Echo1 wakes from an eighty-three-year sleep and is given a mission to find the four domes of the children of Oculum, and to find the First One, whatever the cost. On the run from the UnRuly and their stolen weapons, the children endure plague and Black Rain. Yet, there is a whisper of hope. William1 and Jonatan Briar, two of the literate, ride to the northern sea to read a rare book, a book that will illuminate the secret to their survival. Echo1 searches the wasteland for life and faces a choice: who must be protected in this new world? And what must be destroyed?"--Provided by publisher.Ages 9-13.Grades 4-6.LSC
Subjects: Dystopias.; Science fiction.; Survival; Farms; Disasters;
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We must be brave [sound recording] / by Liardet, Frances,author.; Entwhistle, Jayne,narrator.; Mills, Juliet,narrator.; Penguin Audio (Firm),publisher.; Books on Tape, Inc.,publisher.;
Read by Jayne Entwhistle and Juliet Mills."December, 1940. As German bombs fall on Southampton, England, the city's residents flee to the surrounding villages. In Upton village, amid the chaos, newly-married Ellen Parr finds a girl asleep, unclaimed at the back of an empty bus. Little Pamela, it seems, is entirely alone. Ellen has always believed she does not want children, but when she takes Pamela into her home, the child cracks open the past Ellen thought she had escaped and the future she and her husband, Selwyn, had dreamed for themselves. As the war rages on, love grows where it was least expected, surprising them all. But with the end of the fighting comes the realization that Pamela was never theirs to keep ..." -- Container.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Abandoned children; Foster mothers; Mothers and daughters; Families;
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Charles III : the inside story / by Hardman, Robert,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."No British monarch has had a tougher act to follow. Now, after seventy years of waiting and preparation, King Charles III is not just the head of the most famous family in the world, he is the custodian of a thousand-year-old institution that must redefine its place in the digital age while others insist on rewriting the past. With unrivaled access to the king, the royal family, and the court, leading royal authority Robert Hardman brings us the inside story on the most pivotal and challenging year for the monarchy in living memory. From the death of Elizabeth II through to the ancient spectacle of the Coronation, from the rise of a new Prince and Princess of Wales to the latest 'truth bombs' from the Sussexes, this is the story of the making of a monarch"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Charles III, King of Great Britain, 1948-; Windsor, House of.; Kings and rulers; Monarchy; Monarchy;
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Blind spots : when medicine gets it wrong, and what it means for our health / by Makary, Marty,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.More Americans have peanut allergies today than at any point in history. Why? In 2000, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a strict recommendation that parents avoid giving their children peanut products until they're three years old. Getting the science perfectly backward, triggering intolerance with lack of early exposure, the US now leads the world in peanut allergies-and this misinformation is still rearing its head today. How could the experts have gotten it so wrong? Dr. Marty Makary asks, Could it be that many modern-day health crises have been caused by the hubris of the medical establishment? Experts said for decades that opioids were not addictive, igniting the opioid crisis. They refused menopausal women hormone replacement therapy, causing unnecessary suffering. They demonized natural fat in foods, driving Americans to processed carbohydrates as obesity rates soared. They told citizens that there are no downsides to antibiotics and prescribed them liberally, causing a drug-resistant bacteria crisis. When modern medicine issues recommendations based on good scientific studies, it shines. Conversely, when modern medicine is interpreted through the harsh lens of opinion and edict, it can mold beliefs that harm patients and stunt research for decades. In Blind Spots, Dr. Makary explores the latest research on critical topics ranging from the microbiome to childbirth to nutrition and longevity and more, revealing the biggest blind spots of modern medicine and tackling the most urgent yet unsung issues in our $4.5 trillion health care ecosystem. The path to medical mishaps can be absurd, entertaining, and jaw-dropping-but the truth is essential to our health.
Subjects: Medical care.; Medical errors.; Medical policy.; Public health.;
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Code name bananas [yoto card] : Yoto card / by Walliams, David.;
Read by David Walliams; Peter Serafinowicz; Sarah Alexander; Genevieve Gaunt; Toby Jones; Nina Wadia; Wayne Forester; Adjoa Andoh; Nitin Ganatra.For use with a Yoto Player, the Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream. A whizz-bang adventure about the extraordinary friendship between a little boy and a huge gorilla that just might save the day! Its 1940 and Britain is at war with Nazi Germany. Eleven-year-old Eric spends his days at the place that makes him most happy: London Zoo. And there’s one animal in particular he loves: Gertrude the gorilla. With bombs falling all over London, Eric must rescue Gertrude. Together with his Uncle Sid, a keeper at the zoo, the three go on the run. But while hiding out at the seaside they uncover a top-secret Nazi plot… Join David Walliams on this action-packed, laugh-out-loud adventure for all the family!Ages 8 to 12.System requirements: 1 Yoto Player smart speaker or Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Sound recordings.; Gorillas; Human-animal relationships; Zoos; Preloaded audiobook.; Yoto audio card.;
© 2021., Yoto Inc.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The woman with no name : a novel / by Blake, Audrey,author.;
"On a warm night in September, Yvonne Rudellat's house is bombed. Almost everything she owns is destroyed. Yvonne has no one left. She and her husband have long been estranged; her daughter, Jackie, is married and occupied with war work. Yvonne is no use to anyone-older, diminutive, always overlooked. As she prepares to take her own life, fate offers her a new path. Almost no one believes she can do it. She is a woman, unaccustomed to this form of danger. She is too old, too frail for such deadly work. But Britain is on the brink of losing the war, and so she is sent, as an experiment more than anything else, to train as a Special Operative Executive. All too soon, she finds herself alone in the country that was once her home. Her mission: set Europe ablaze and clear the way for the women who come after"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Rudellat, Yvonne, 1897-1945; Great Britain. Special Operations Executive; World War, 1939-1945;
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Eat, poop, die : how animals make our world / by Roman, Joe,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the volcanoes of Iceland to the tropical waters of Hawaii, the great plains of the American heartland, and beyond, Eat, Poop, Die takes readers on an exhilarating and enlightening global adventure, revealing the remarkable ways in which the most basic biological activities of animals make and remake the world-and how a deeper understanding of these cycles provides us with opportunities to undo the environmental damage humanity has wrought on the planet we call home"--
Subjects: Animal behavior.; Animal-plant relationships.; Animals.; Animals; Climatic changes.; Global warming; Nature.; Nature;
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