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Antoinette's sister / by Giovinazzo, Diana,author.;
"Austria 1767: Maria Carolina Charlotte--ninth daughter and sixteenth child of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria--knows her position as a Hapsburg archduchess will inevitably force her to leave her home, her family, and her beloved country. But not yet. The Hapsburg family is celebrating a great triumph: Charlotte's older sister, Josepha, has been promised to King Ferdinand IV of Naples, and will soon take her place as queen. Before Josepha can journey to her new home, however, tragedy strikes: after visiting the family crypt, Josepha contracts smallpox and dies. Shocked, Charlotte is forced to face an unthinkable new reality: she must now marry Ferdinand in her sister's stead. Bereft and alone, Charlotte finds that her new life in Naples is more complicated than she could ever have imagined. Ferdinand is weak and feckless, and a disastrous wedding night plunges her into despair. Her husband's regent, Tenucci, is a controlling and power-hungry man who has pushed the country to the brink of ruin. Overwhelmed, she asks her brother Leopold, now the Holy Roman Emperor, to send help--which he does in the form of John Acton, a handsome military man twenty years Charlotte's senior who is tasked to take over the Navy. Now, Charlotte must gather the strength to do what her mother did before her: take control of a country. In a time of political uprisings, royal executions, and the increasingly desperate crisis her favorite sister, Queen Marie Antoinette, is facing in France, how is a young monarch to keep hold of everything--and everyone--she loves? Find out in this sweeping, luxurious tale of family, court intrigue, and power"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Maria Carolina, Queen, consort of Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies, 1752-1814;
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Home learning year by year : how to design a creative and comprehensive homeschool curriculum / by Rupp, Rebecca,author.;
A comprehensive guide to designing homeschool curriculum, from one of the country's foremost homeschooling experts--now revised and updated! Homeschooling can be a tremendous gift to your children--a personalized educational experience tailored to each kid's interests, abilities, and learning styles. But what to teach, and when, and how? Especially for first-time homeschoolers, the prospect of tackling an annual curriculum can be daunting. In Home Learning Year by Year, Rebecca Rupp presents comprehensive plans from preschool through high school, covering integral subjects for each grade, with lists of topics commonly presented at each level, recommended resource and reading lists, and suggestions for creative alternative options and approaches. Included, along with all the educational basics, are techniques and resources for teaching everything from philosophy to engineering, as well as suggestions for dealing with such sensitive topics as sex education.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Home schooling; Curriculum planning;
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Promise me, Dad : a year of hope, hardship, and purpose / by Biden, Joseph R.,author.;
The former vice-president of the United States chronicles the difficult final year of his son's battle with cancer, his efforts to balance his responsibilities to the country and his family, and the lessons he learned.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Biden, Joseph R.; Biden, Beau, 1969-2015.; Vice-Presidents; Fathers and sons; Cancer; Presidents;
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Diary of a wimpy kid. [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Bostick, Devon,1991-; Bowers, David.; Forbes, Maya.; Gordon, Zachary,1998-; Jacobson, Nina.; Kinney, Jeff.Diary of a wimpy kid, dog days.Videorecording.; Simpson, Brad,1973-; Wolodarsky, Wallace.; Zahn, Steve,1968-; Color Force (Firm); Fox 2000 Pictures.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Director of photography, Anthony B. Richmond ; music by Edward Shearmur ; edited by Troy Takaki.Steve Zahn, Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Grayson Russell, Karan Brar, Robert Capron, Rachel Harris, Peyton List.When Greg Heffley's dad threatens to send him to military school if he doesn't stay out of trouble, Greg finds all-new ways to land himself in the doghouse! For starters, Greg's in over his head when he pretends to work at the swanky country club where Rowley's family has a membership. Things don't go much better on a father-son camping trip with the Wilderness Explorers, and then there's the Heffley's new dog, Sweetie, who fetches even more trouble for Greg.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 5.1 DTS-HD Digital surround.DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital (English, English descriptive audio), Dolby surround (Spanish, French).
Subjects: Camping; Children's films.; Dogs; Fathers and sons; Feature films.; Video recordings for children.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2012., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
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The woman in the wood / by Pearse, Lesley,author.;
Fifteen-year-old Maisy Mitcham and her twin brother Duncan lose their mother to an insane asylum one night in 1955. The twins are sent to their grandmother's country house, Nightingales. Cold and distant, she leaves them to their own devices, to explore and to grow. That is until the day Duncan doesn't come home from the woods. With their grandmother seeming to have little interest in her grandson's disappearance, and the police soon giving up hope, it is left to Maisy to discover the truth. And she will start with Grace Deville. A woman who lives alone in the wood, about whom rumours abound.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Missing children; Twins; Hermits;
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The devil you know : a thriller / by Hauty, Chris,author.;
"When a justice of the Supreme Court is killed by the police officer assigned to protect him, the country is shocked. Hayley Chill's superiors suspect the assassination is part of a major conspiracy. In Maui, where one member of the Supreme Court owns a vacation home, a busload of children is taken hostage with the justice's death as ransom. Together with a deputy US marshal, Hayley embarks on the monumental task of rescuing the children while also protecting the justice. But with danger around every corner and no one to trust, has Hayley finally bitten off more than she can chew?"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Political fiction.; Novels.; United States. Supreme Court; Conspiracies; Hostages; Judges; Murder;
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Another fine mess : across Trumpland in a Ford Model T / by Moore, Tim,1964-author.;
Tim Moore - indefatigable travelling everyman - switches two wheels for four as he journeys across Trumpland in an original Model T Ford. Lacking any mechanical knowledge or intuition, he sets off to bully a car from East to West armed only with a top speed of 25 mph, a fan belt made of cotton, wooden wheels (again) and a truckload of 'wise-ass Limey liberal gumption'. His route takes him exclusively through Trump-voting counties as he travels the nation meeting the everyday folk who voted red, or rather orange. Along the way he drives through the disintegrating rust belt, Detroit - the spiritual home of the Model T, through the mid-west, cowboy country and finally threading he way through a lonely stretch of Oregon, 'where everyone is either a lumberjack or a prison officer'. And he needs to do it in three months before the wall goes up and he's booted back to Blighty.
Subjects: Travel writing.; Moore, Tim, 1964-; Automobile travel; Ford Model T automobile.;
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No visible bruises : what we don't know about domestic violence can kill us / by Snyder, Rachel Louise,author.;
Includes bibliographical notes/references and index.Journalist Rachel Louise Snyder gives context for what we don't know we're seeing. She frames this urgent and immersive account of the scale of domestic violence in our country around key stories that explode the common myths -- that if things were bad enough, victims would just leave; that a violent person cannot become nonviolent; that shelter is an adequate response; and, most insidiously, that violence inside the home is a private matter, sealed from the public sphere and disconnected from other forms of violence. Through the stories of victims, perpetrators, law enforcement, and reform movements from across the country, Snyder explores the real roots of private violence, its far-reaching consequences for society, and what it will take to truly address it.
Subjects: Family violence in popular culture.; Family violence; Family violence; Intimate partner violence.; Victims of family violence;
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Where to invade next [videorecording] / by Moore, Michael,1954 April 23-film director,host.; Mongrel Media.;
Michael Moore.Presents the theory that the American dream, all but abandoned in the United States, has been adopted successfully in other countries, including Italy, France, Finland, Slovenia, Germany, Portugal, Norway, Tunisia, and Iceland, looking at such areas as worker benefits, public expenditure for the common good, and state-funded higher education.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary films.; American Dream.; Education.; Expenditures, Public.; Public administration.; Social change.; Socialism and liberty.;
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The Goldbergs. [videorecording] / by Segal, George,actor.; Garlin, Jeff,1962-actor.; Gentile, Troy,actor.; McLendon-Covey, Wendi,1969-actor.; Giambrone, Sean,1999-actor.; Orrantia, Hayley,1994-actor.; Oswalt, Patton,1969-narrator.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
George Segal, Jeff Garlin, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Sean Giambrone, Troy Gentile, Hayley Orrantia ; Patton Oswalt, narrator.The aerobics-loving, mixtape-making, royal wedding-watching Goldbergs are back! This season finds the siblings involved in hoverboard accidents, the treacherous world of male modeling, wannabe pop star making, reenacting Ferris Bueller's day off and lots more ... Love, rad antics and a lot of laughs keep this family together.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Jewish families; Neighbors; Nineteen eighties;
For private home use only.
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