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Captive paradise : a history of Hawai'i / by Haley, James L.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC
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The little captive / by Kristensen, Lise G.; Kristensen, Lise G.Blue door.;
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Subjects: Kristensen, Lise G.; Prisoners of war; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
© 2014, c2012., Pan Books,
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The island of extraordinary captives : a painter, a poet, an heiress, and a spy in a World War II British internment camp / by Parkin, Simon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Following the events of Kristallnacht in 1938, Peter Fleischmann evaded the Gestapo's midnight roundups in Berlin by way of a perilous journey to England via the Kindertransport train. But he could not escape the British police, who came for him in the early hours and shipped him off to Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man, under suspicion of being a spy for the very regime he had fled. Peter's story was no isolated incident. During Hitler's rise to power in the 1930s, tens of thousands of German and Austrian Jews escaped and found refuge in Britain. Once war broke out in 1939, the nation turned against them, fearing that Nazis had planted spies posing as refugees. Innocent asylum seekers thus were labeled "enemy aliens" and ultimately sentenced to an indefinite period of internment. When Peter arrived at Hutchinson Camp, he found one of history's most astounding prison populations: renowned professors, composers, journalists, and artists. Together, they created a thriving cultural community, complete with art exhibitions, lectures, musical performances, and poetry readings. The artists welcomed Peter as their pupil and forever changed the course of his life. Meanwhile, suspicions grew that a real spy was hiding among them--one connected to a vivacious heiress from Peter's past. Drawing from unpublished first-person accounts and newly declassified documents from the British government, award-winning journalist Simon Parkin tells the story of this unlikely group of internees. The Island of Extraordinary Captives brings history to life in vivid detail, revealing the hidden truth of Britain's grave wartime mistake and showcasing how hope and creativity can flourish in even the darkest of circumstances"--
Subjects: Midgley, Peter, 1921-1991.; Hutchinson Internment Camp (Douglas, Isle of Man); Germans; Jewish refugees; Noncitizens; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Science goes viral : captivating accounts of science in everyday life / by Schwarcz, Joe,author.;
Science has gone viral! In more ways than one. Bestselling popular science author Dr. Joe Schwarcz breaks down the science of essential oils, placenta creams, intermittent fasting, and of course the spread of COVID-19 misinformation in this new collection from the master of demarcating non-science from science. Schwarcz lives in Montreal, QC.
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Science; Science.;
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Exposure made easy : create captivating photographs in any light / by Marshall, Curley.;
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Subjects: Photography;
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The desert and the sea : 977 days captive on the Somali pirate coast / by Moore, Michael Scott,author.;
Subjects: Biographies.; Moore, Michael Scott.; Kidnapping victims; Kidnapping; Hostages; Pirates;
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Beneath the surface : killer whales, SeaWorld, and the truth beyond Blackfish / by Hargrove, John(Animal trainer); Chua-Eoan, Howard.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Sea World.; Aquatic animal welfare.; Captive marine mammals.; Killer whale; Killer whale.;
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The survivors of the Clotilda : the lost stories of the last captives of the American slave trade / by Durkin, Hannah,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Joining the ranks of Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Zora Neale Hurston's rediscovered classic Barracoon, an immersive and revelatory history of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to land on US soil, told through the stories of its survivors-the last documented survivors of any slave ship-whose lives diverged and intersected in profound ways"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Clotilda (Ship); African Americans; Enslaved persons; Enslaved persons; Human trafficking; Slave trade; West Africans;
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The art of modern quilling : contemporary paper techniques & projects for captivating quilled designs / by Curet, Erin Perkins,author.;
Subjects: Paper quillwork.;
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The far tribes : a Barnaby Skye novel / by Wheeler, Richard S.;
Subjects: Western stories.; Skye, Barnaby (Fictitious character); Trappers; Indians of North America; Indian captivities;
© 2007, c1990., Forge,
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