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Enlightenment A Novel [electronic resource] : by Perry, Sarah.aut; cloudLibrary;
“Like A.S. Byatt’s Possession, Enlightenment is a baroque, genre-bending novel of ideas, ghosts and hidden histories. A richly layered epic....a heartfelt paean to the consolations of the sublime, where religion and science meet." -- Telegraph "Read it, then read it again. This is a book full of unexpected wonders." -- Literary Review From the author of The Essex Serpent, a dazzling novel of love and astronomy told over the course of twenty years through the lives of two improbable best friends. Thomas Hart and Grace Macaulay have lived all their lives in the small Essex town of Aldleigh. Though separated in age by three decades, the pair are kindred spirits—torn between their commitment to religion and their desire to explore the world beyond their small Baptist community. It is two romantic relationships that will rend their friendship, and in the wake of this rupture, Thomas develops an obsession with a vanished nineteenth-century astronomer said to haunt a nearby manor, and Grace flees Aldleigh entirely for London. Over the course of twenty years, by coincidence and design, Thomas and Grace will find their lives brought back into orbit as the mystery of the vanished astronomer unfolds into a devastating tale of love and scientific pursuit. Thomas and Grace will ask themselves what it means to love and be loved, what is fixed and what is mutable, how much of our fate is predestined and written in the stars, and whether they can find their way back to each other. A thrillingly ambitious novel of friendship, faith, and unrequited love, rich in symmetry and symbolism, Enlightenment is a shimmering wonder of a book and Sarah Perry’s finest work to date. 
Subjects: Electronic books.; Historical; Literary; Ghost; Gothic; Historical;
© 2024., HarperCollins,
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. [videorecording] / by Barron, David.; Bonham Carter, Helena,1966-; Desplat, Alexandre.; Gambon, Michael.; Grint, Rupert,1988-; Heyman, David,1961-; Kloves, Steven.; Radcliffe, Daniel,1989-; Rickman, Alan.; Rowling, J. K.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.Videorecording.; Shaw, Fiona,1958-; Smith, Maggie,1934-; Thompson, Emma.; Walters, Julie,1950-; Watson, Emma,1990-; Yates, David,1963-; Heyday Films.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ); Warner Home Video (Firm);
Director of photography, Eduardo Serra ; music by Alexandre Desplat ; edited by Mark Day.Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Maggie Smith, Daniel Radcliffe.In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Harry who may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to the climactic showdown with Lord Voldemort. It all ends here.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital surround 5.1.
Subjects: Rowling, J. K.; Fantasy films.; Feature films.; Friendship; Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary organization); Magic; Potter, Harry (Fictitious character); Wizards;
© c2011., Warner Home Video,
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Barron, David.; Bonham Carter, Helena,1966-; Desplat, Alexandre.; Gambon, Michael.; Grint, Rupert,1988-; Heyman, David,1961-; Kloves, Steven.; Radcliffe, Daniel,1989-; Rickman, Alan.; Rowling, J. K.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.Videorecording.; Shaw, Fiona,1958-; Smith, Maggie,1934-; Thompson, Emma.; Walters, Julie,1950-; Watson, Emma,1990-; Yates, David,1963-; Heyday Films.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ); Warner Home Video (Firm);
Director of photography, Eduardo Serra ; music by Alexandre Desplat ; edited by Mark Day.Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Maggie Smith, Daniel Radcliffe.In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Harry who may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to the climactic showdown with Lord Voldemort. It all ends here.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital surround 5.1.
Subjects: Rowling, J. K.; Fantasy films.; Feature films.; Friendship; Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary organization); Magic; Potter, Harry (Fictitious character); Wizards;
© c2011., Warner Home Video,
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Black leopard, red wolf / by James, Marlon,1970-author.;
"In the first novel in Marlon James' Dark Star trilogy, African myth, fantasy and history come together in the story of a band of mercenaries hired to find a missing child. Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose," people say. Engaged by a mysterious slave trader to track down a boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to find the boy. The band is a hodge-podge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as Leopard. As Tracker follows the boy's scent--from one ancient city to the next, through dense forests and across deep rivers--the band is set upon by creatures intent on destroying Tracker and his cohorts. As he struggles to survive, Tracker starts to wonder: Who, really, is this boy? Why has he been missing for so long? Why do so many people want to keep Tracker from finding him? And perhaps the most important question of all: who is telling the truth and who is lying? Combining African history and mythology and his own rich imagination, Marlon James has written an immersive saga of breathtaking adventure that's also a deeply involving novel. Black Leopard, Red Wolf is both an addictive page-turner and a genre-defying epic. Bold, ambitious and captivating, it's a literary event that's great fun to read."--
Subjects: Mythological fiction.; Missing children; Mercenary troops; Mythology, African;
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The last witch hunter [videorecording] / by Caine, Michael,actor.; Diesel, Vin,actor,film producer.; Eisner, Breck,film director.; Engelbrecht, Julie,actor.; Goodman, Cory,screenwriter.; Leslie, Rose,1987-actor.; Sazama, Matt,screenwriter.; Sharpless, Burk,screenwriter.; Wood, Elijah,1981-actor.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),publisher.; Summit Entertainment,production company.;
Director of photography, Dean Semler ; music, Steve Jablonsky ; editor, Dean Zimmerman, Chris Lebenzon.Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, Julie Engelbrecht, Michael Caine.The modern world holds many secrets, but the most astounding secret of all is that witches still live amongst us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world. Armies of witch hunters battled the unnatural enemy across the globe for centuries, including Kaulder, a valiant warrior who managed to slay the all-powerful Queen Witch, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the Queen curses Kaulder with her own immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter in the afterlife. Today Kaulder is the only one of his kind remaining, and has spent centuries hunting down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost loved ones. However, unbeknownst to Kaulder, the Queen Witch is resurrected and seeks revenge on her killer causing an epic battle that will determine the survival of the human race.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Fantasy films.; Feature films.; Good and evil; Magic; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Witches;
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Once upon a time. [videorecording] / by Carlyle, Robert,1961-; Dallas, Joshua,1981-; Gilmore, Jared S.,2000-; Goodwin, Ginnifer,actor.; Horowitz, Adam,creator.; Kitsis, Eddy,creator.; Morrison, Jennifer,1979-; Parrilla, Lana,1977-; ABC Studios,production company.; ABC Television Network,broadcaster.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm); Kitsis/Horowitz (Firm);
Disc 1. The heart of the truest believer ; Lost girl ; Quite a common fairy ; Nasty habits ; Good form -- Disc 2. Ariel ; Dark hollow ; Think lovely thoughts ; Save Henry ; The new Neverland -- Disc 3. Going home ; New York City serenade ; Witch hunt ; The tower -- Disc 4. Quiet minds ; It's not easy being green ; The Jolly Roger ; Bleeding through -- Disc 5. A curious thing ; Kansas ; Snow drifts ; There's no place like home.Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas, Jared Gilmore, Robert Carlyle.It's a diabolical thing about curses: Just as one is broken, another, even more sinister than the first, inevitably emerges to wreak further havoc. Experience the heart-pounding action and tantalizing suspense of ABC's Once Upon A Time: the complete third season. The stakes are higher than ever following a narrow escape from the nightmare of Neverland and Peter Pan. A year after their amazing adventure, Emma and Henry are living in New York with no awareness of their past history- until Hook shows up and jogs Emma's memory with a magic potion. Once again, the "Savior" is called back to Storybrooke when a legendary villainess arrives in disguise to curse the town anew and exact an unspeakably cruel vengeance. Now, with Regina and Emma working together, the stage is set for an epic showdown between the Evil Queen and the Wicked Witch of the West! Includes all 22 episodes and never-before-seen special features.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, NTSC region 1, dual layer, widescreen (1.78:1, enhanced for 16x9 televisions) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.
Subjects: Fairy tales; Fantasy television programs.; Good and evil; Mothers and sons; Television programs.;
© 2014., Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
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Killing Eve. [videorecording] / by Bodnia, Kim,1965-actor.; Comer, Jodie,actor.; Oh, Sandra,1971-actor.; Shaw, Fiona,1958-actor.; Waller-Bridge, Phoebe,1985-screenwriter,creator.; East, Jon,television director.; Thomas, Damon,television director.; Bradbeer, Harry,television director.; television adaptation of (work):Jennings, Luke.Killing Eve.; BBC Worldwide Ltd.,publisher.; Sid Gende Production,production company.; BBC America,production company,broadcaster.;
Written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Luke Jennings, George Kay, Vicky Jones and Rob Williams.Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia.Eve is a bored, whip-smart, pay-grade MI5 security officer whose deskbound job doesn't fulfill her fantasies of being a spy. Villanelle is a mercurial, talented killer who clings to the luxuries her violent job affords her. Follow these two women, equally obsessed with each other, as they go head to head in an epic game of cat and mouse.18A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Jennings, Luke.; Female assassins; Murder;
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A Song to Drown Rivers A Novel [electronic resource] : by Liang, Ann.aut; cloudLibrary;
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick • An October 2024 Indie Next Pick • An October 2024 LibraryReads Pick “Exquisite and devastating. It won’t fail to move you.” —Shelley Parker-Chan, #1 bestselling author of She Who Became the Sun Inspired by the legend of Xishi, one of the famous Four Beauties of Ancient China, A Song to Drown Rivers is an epic novel steeped in myth about womanhood, war, sacrifice, and love against all odds as the fate of two kingdoms hangs in a delicate balance. Her beauty hides a deadly purpose. Xishi’s beauty is seen as a blessing to the villagers of Yue—convinced that the best fate for a girl is to marry well and support her family. When Xishi draws the attention of the famous young military advisor, Fanli, he presents her with a rare opportunity: to use her beauty as a weapon. One that could topple the rival neighboring kingdom of Wu, improve the lives of her people, and avenge her sister’s murder. All she has to do is infiltrate the enemy palace as a spy, seduce their immoral king, and weaken them from within. Trained by Fanli in everything from classical instruments to concealing emotion, Xishi hones her beauty into the perfect blade. But she knows Fanli can see through every deception she masters, the attraction between them burning away any falsehoods. Once inside the enemy palace, Xishi finds herself under the hungry gaze of the king’s advisors while the king himself shows her great affection. Despite his gentleness, a brutality lurks and Xishi knows she can never let her guard down. But the higher Xishi climbs in the Wu court, the farther she and Fanli have to fall—and if she is unmasked as a traitor, she will bring both kingdoms down. "Stunning and heart-rending." —Chloe Gong, #1 bestselling author of Immortal LongingsGeneral adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Historical; Romantic; Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; Contemporary Women;
© 2024., St. Martin's Publishing Group,
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The bright sword [sound recording] : a novel of King Arthur / by Grossman, Lev,author,narrator.; Smith, Nicholas Guy,narrator.; Allsbrook, Wesley,illustrator.; Penguin Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Lev Grossman, Nicholas Guy Smith."Collum, a brilliantly gifted young knight from the provinces, arrives at Camelot two weeks after the Battle of Camlann, hoping to compete for a spot on the Round Table. But he finds the city empty, King Arthur dead, and the Table destroyed. The remaining six knights aren't the mighty heroes, the legends, like Lancelot and Gawain and Tristram and Galahad. These are the survivors, a grab-bag of minor oddball knights from the margins-Sir Palomides, the Saracen Knight; Sir Bedivere, Arthur's one-handed longtime companion; Sir Dagonet, Arthur's fool, knighted as a joke; Sir Dinadan, a cutting wit who's hiding a deep secret. Arthur's death has exposed the splinters of his kingdom, and a void has opened in the heart of Britain. As power-hungry lords from the north descend on Camelot to seize control of the land, Collum is thrust into the front lines. Here lies the battlefield between pagans and Christians, fantasy and empire, power and destiny. Monsters and fairies are reawakening, the moral center is gone, and the fragile alliances that held Britain together are breaking. It is up to the surviving knights, the rebellious sorceress Nimue, and young Collum to avenge Arthur's murder and save Camelot. Can they re-build the Table and bring back the glory that was Camelot? Should they even try? The first major Arthurian epic of the new millennium, full of duels and quests, battles and tournaments, magic swords and Fisher Kings, The Bright Sword is a story about power and hope, and the struggle for the soul of England between the new Christian God and the old gods of fairy. But most of all it's a story about flawed men and women full of strength and pain who are looking for a way to reforge a broken land, in spite of being broken themselves"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Arthur, King; Knights and knighthood;
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The bright sword : a novel of King Arthur / by Grossman, Lev,author.; Allsbrook, Wesley,illustrator.;
"Collum, a brilliantly gifted young knight from the provinces, arrives at Camelot two weeks after the Battle of Camlann, hoping to compete for a spot on the Round Table. But he finds the city empty, King Arthur dead, and the Table destroyed. The remaining six knights aren't the mighty heroes, the legends, like Lancelot and Gawain and Tristram and Galahad. These are the survivors, a grab-bag of minor oddball knights from the margins-Sir Palomides, the Saracen Knight; Sir Bedivere, Arthur's one-handed longtime companion; Sir Dagonet, Arthur's fool, knighted as a joke; Sir Dinadan, a cutting wit who's hiding a deep secret. Arthur's death has exposed the splinters of his kingdom, and a void has opened in the heart of Britain. As power-hungry lords from the north descend on Camelot to seize control of the land, Collum is thrust into the front lines. Here lies the battlefield between pagans and Christians, fantasy and empire, power and destiny. Monsters and fairies are reawakening, the moral center is gone, and the fragile alliances that held Britain together are breaking. It is up to the surviving knights, the rebellious sorceress Nimue, and young Collum to avenge Arthur's murder and save Camelot. Can they re-build the Table and bring back the glory that was Camelot? Should they even try? The first major Arthurian epic of the new millennium, full of duels and quests, battles and tournaments, magic swords and Fisher Kings, The Bright Sword is a story about power and hope, and the struggle for the soul of England between the new Christian God and the old gods of fairy. But most of all it's a story about flawed men and women full of strength and pain who are looking for a way to reforge a broken land, in spite of being broken themselves"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Arthur, King; Knights and knighthood;
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