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The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight / by Groom, Winston,1944-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.These Three Men -- The King of Dirt -- The Man With the Outside Loop -- Can those be stars? -- Air Combat is not Sport, It is Scientific Murder -- New York to Paris -- Man's Greatest Enemy in the Air -- I was Saved For Some Good Purpose -- An Inspiration in a Grubby World -- His Halo Turned into a Noose -- The Raid -- We were slowly rotting away -- The Lone Eagle Goes to War -- Masters of the Sky.
Subjects: Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993.; Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.; Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973.; Adventure and adventurers; Aeronautics; Aeronautics, Military; Air pilots; Air pilots, Military; Heroes;
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Birds, sex, and beauty : the extraordinary implications of Charles Darwin's strangest idea / by Ridley, Matt,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In all animals, mating is a deal. But few creatures behave as if sex is a simple transaction. Many treat it with reverence, suspicion, angst and violence. In the case of the Black Grouse, the bird at the centre of Matt Ridley's investigation, the males dance and sing for hours a day, for several exhausting months, in an exhausting and sometimes deadly ritual called a 'lek'. To prepare for the ordeal, they grow, preen and display fancy, twisted, bold-colored feathers. But why are males the eager sellers and females the discerning buyers? Why do increasingly baroque and bizarre males put themselves at risk of attack by circling hawks and rival birds? And why are these displays considered beautiful by humans at all?
Subjects: Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.; Birds; Evolution (Biology); Lek behavior.; Natural selection.;
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Scrooged [videorecording] / by Donner, Richard,film director.; Murray, Bill,1950-actor.; Allen, Karen,1951-actor.; Forsythe, John,1918-2010,actor.; Goldthwait, Bob,1962-actor.; Kane, Carol,1952-actor.; Mitchum, Robert,actor.; Woodard, Alfre,1953-actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Dickens, Charles,1812-1870.Christmas carol.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,publisher.;
Edited by Frederic Steinkamp and William Steinkamp ; musical score by Danny Elfman.Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, Michael J. Pollard, Alfre Woodard.Modern version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with Bill Murray portraying a nasty, uncaring, unforgiving TV network president. On Christmas Eve he is visited by three ghosts who show him the error of his ways.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Christmas films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.; Ghosts; Redemption; Christmas;
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Margaret and Charley : the personal story of Dr. Charles Best, the co-discoverer of insulin / by Best, Henry B. M.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Best, Charles Herbert, 1899-1978.; Medical scientists; Diabetes;
© c2003., Dundurn Press,
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The Duchess : Camilla Parker Bowles and the love affair that rocked the Crown / by Junor, Penny,author.; Junor, Penny.Duchess : the untold story.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, 1947-; Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, 1947-; Charles, Prince of Wales, 1948-; Charles, Prince of Wales, 1948-; Mistresses; Monarchy; Princes; Royal couples;
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Style your modern vintage home : a guide to buying, restoring and styling from the 1920s to 1990s / by Beavis, Kate.; Whitmore, Simon.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 156), Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Interior decoration.; Interior decoration;
© 2013., F&W Media International,
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Readings on A tale of two cities / by Nardo, Don,1947-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Dickens, Charles, 1719-1793.;
© 1997., Greenhaven Press,
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Quilt a gift for little ones : 22 heart-felt projects / by Gaudet, Barri Sue.;
Includes Internet addresses (p. 126) and index.LSC
Subjects: Patchwork; Appliqué; Quilting; Crib quilts.; Children's quilts.; Patchwork quilts.; Felt work.; Gifts.;
© 2011., F&W Media International,
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Marple. [videorecording (DVD)] / by Christie, Agatha,1890-1976.Pocket full of ryeVideorecording.; Elyot, Kevin.; McKenzie, Julia.; Palmer, Charles.; Agatha Christie Ltd.; Granada Media (Firm); WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.);
Director, Charles Palmer; screenwriter Kevin Elyot.Julia McKenzie.When Rex Fortescue dies while sitting at his desk in the City, it's determined that he was in fact poisoned. Miss Marple takes a particular interest in the case when her former maid Gladys, now working in the Fortescue household, is also murdered.PG.DVD ; Dolby digital stereo ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.; Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery television programs.; Marple, Jane (Fictitious character); Murder; Women detectives;
© c2009., Acorn Media,
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The man who invented Christmas [videorecording] / by Coyne, Susan,screenwriter.; Fichman, Niv,film producer.; Jean, Vadim,1963-film producer.; Nalluri, Bharat,film director.; Plummer, Christopher,actor.; Pryce, Jonathan,actor.; Stevens, Dan,1982-actor.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Music by Mychael Danna ; editors, Stephen O'Connell, Jamie Pearson; cinematography by Ben Smithard.Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce.In 1843, the celebrated British novelist, Charles Dickens, is at a low point in his career with three flops behind him and his family expenses piling up at home. Determined to recover, Dickens decides to write a Christmas story and self-publish it in less than two months. As Dickens labors writing on such short notice, his estranged father and mother come to bunk with him. Still haunted by painful memories of his father ruining his childhood by his financial irresponsibly, Dickens develops a writer's block which seems to have no solution. As such, Dickens must face his personal demons epitomized through his characters, especially in his imagined conversations with Ebenezer Scrooge. Now with a looming deadline, Dickens struggles for inspiration against his frustrations and his characters' opinions in a literary challenge creating a classic tale that would define the essential soul of modern Christmas.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements and some mild language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Christmas films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Christmas;
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