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The island of sea women [sound recording] : a novel / by See, Lisa,author.; Lim, Jennifer,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Jennifer Lim."A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village's all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook's mother. As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a life of excitement and responsibility but also danger. Despite their love for each other, Mi-ja and Young-sook's differences are impossible to ignore. The Island of Sea Women is an epoch set over many decades, beginning during a period of Japanese colonialism in the 1930s and 1940s, followed by World War II, the Korean War and its aftermath, through the era of cell phones and wet suits for the women divers. Throughout this time, the residents of Jeju find themselves caught between warring empires. Mi-ja is the daughter of a Japanese collaborator, and she will forever be marked by this association. Young-sook was born into a long line of haenyeo and will inherit her mother's position leading the divers in their village. Little do the two friends know that after surviving hundreds of dives and developing the closest of bonds, forces outside their control will push their friendship to the breaking point. This beautiful, thoughtful novel illuminates a world turned upside down, one where the women are in charge, engaging in dangerous physical work, and the men take care of the children. A classic Lisa See story--one of women's friendships and the larger forces that shape them--The Island of Sea Women introduces readers to the fierce and unforgettable female divers of Jeju Island and the dramatic history that shaped their lives"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Women divers; Female friendship;
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The Restless Wave A Novel of the United States Navy [electronic resource] : by Stavridis, James.aut; cloudLibrary;
“The Restless Wave is not only a stirring and gripping story of the sea, but also of love and war and leadership. Admiral Stavridis’s sweeping knowledge of history and life in the Navy shines on every page, imbuing this work with authenticity and power.”  —David Grann,  #1 NYT bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon “In the engaging tradition of Herman Wouk and Patrick O’Brian, Admiral James Stavridis has given us a fascinating novel of one young man’s—and one great nation’s—war at sea. The book is at once entertaining and illuminating, touching on the most fundamental of human themes with deftness and an appreciation of the immense achievements of the United States Navy in the deadliest of eras.”  —Jon Meacham From the New York Times bestselling former NATO commander comes a riveting historical novel that charts the coming-of-age of a gifted but immature young naval officer as he is tested in the crucible of World War II in the Pacific Scott Bradley James arrives in Annapolis, Maryland, as a plebe in the class of 1941 without a terribly good idea why he wants to be a naval officer, other than that his father was a sailor, and he wants to see the world, whatever that means. Scott and his roommate become fast friends, and, after surviving scrapes of their own making, the two fetch up at Pearl Harbor. War is brewing, and their class has graduated early. They have been sent to battle stations. Admiral James Stavridis is an acclaimed novelist, a decorated military leader, and a great student of military history. He draws on it all to capture the experience of being storm-tossed by the bloody first years of the Second World War. Scott Bradley James is a talented young officer, but he has a lot to learn. And war will have a lot to teach him. The Restless Wave offers a gripping account of the U.S. Navy’s astonishing progress through the first three years of the war in the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor through to Midway, Guadalcanal, and the Coral Sea. A story of character under pressure in the harshest of proving grounds, it is written with careful fidelity to the truths of war that have made sea stories essential to the art of storytelling since Odysseus.
Subjects: Electronic books.; War & Military; Political;
© 2024., Penguin Publishing Group,
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House of the dragon. [videorecording] / by Alcock, Milly,actor.; Best, Eve,1971-actor.; Carey, Emily,2003-actor.; Considine, Paddy,actor.; Cooke, Olivia,1993-actor.; D'Arcy, Emma,actor.; Frankel, Fabien,actor.; Ifans, Rhys,1967-actor.; McTavish, Graham,actor.; Needham, Matthew,1984-actor.; Paterson, Bill,1945-actor.; Sapochnik, Miguel,television director.; Smith, Matt,1982-actor.; Spokes, Gavin,actor.; Toussaint, Steve,1965-actor.; Yaitanes, Greg,1970-television director.; television adaptation of (work):Martin, George R. R.Fire & blood.; HBO Entertainment (Firm),production company.; HBO Home Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,distributor.;
Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Rhys Ifans, Fabien Frankel, Graham Mctavish, Gavin Spokes, Bill Paterson, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Matthew Needham, Olivia Cooke, Emma D'Arcy, Milly Alcock, Emily Carey.Originally broadcast on television in 2022.The reign of House Targaryen begins. House of the Dragon, the prequel to Game of Thrones, is based on George R.R. Martin's "Fire & Blood." The series, which is set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, tells the story of House Targaryen.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Fantasy television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Dragons; Heiresses; Kings and rulers; Nobility; Royal houses;
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Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick : stories from the Harlem Renaissance / by Hurston, Zora Neale,author.; West, Genevieve,editor,writer of introduction.; Jones, Tayari,writer of foreword.; Hurston, Zora Neale.John Redding goes to sea.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Conversion of Sam.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Bit of our Harlem.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Drenched in light.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Spunk.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Magnolia flower.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Black death.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Bone of contention.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Muttsy.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Sweat.; Hurston, Zora Neale.Short stories.Selections.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250).In 1925, Barnard student Zora Neale Hurston-- the sole black student at the college-- was living in New York, "desperately striving for a toe-hold on the world." During this period, she began writing short works that captured the zeitgeist of African American life and transformed her into one of the central figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Nearly a century later, this singular talent is recognized as one of the most influential and revered American artists of the modern period. Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick is an outstanding collection of stories about love and migration, gender and class, racism and sexism that proudly reflect African American folk culture. Brought together for the first time in one volume, they include eight of Hurston's "lost" Harlem stories, which were found in forgotten periodicals and archives. These stories challenge conceptions of Hurston as an author of rural fiction and include gems that flash with her biting, satiric humor, as well as more serious tales reflective of the cultural currents of Hurston's world. All are timeless classics that enrich our understanding and appreciation of this exceptional writer's voice and her contributions to America's literary traditions.
Subjects: Short stories.; African Americans;
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Thomas & friends, all engines go. [videorecording] / by Contreras, Meesha,voice actor.; Crone, Neil,1960-voice actor.; Dango, Glee,voice actor.; Doran, Cory,voice actor.; Mitchell, Shomoy James,voice actor.; Warren, Jenna,voice actor.; Zeltzer, Charlie,voice actor.; NCircle Entertainment,publisher,film distributor.;
Meesha Contreras, Neil Crone, Glee Dango, Shomoy James Mitchell, Jenna Warren, Charlie Zeltzer, Cory Doran, Catherine Disher, Linda Kash, Bruce Dow.Thomas the Tank Engine is back in an all-new season of Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! Deliveries will go awry, new areas of the island will be explored, and animals will end up in places they shouldn't be, while Thomas and his friends grow from these surprises. Ashima returns from the Nilgiri Mountain Railway! Whiff tinkers in his Recycling Plant. Even Salty the Diesel Engine returns singing shanties from across the seas. The loc-amigos say "all aboard" to these familiar friends and debut character Bruno, the brake car. With brand new songs and bigger, better adventures, this season is bound to be a toot-ally awesome journey! Purposeful, Playful Stories and Age-appropriate themes brought to life in a comedic and playful way have always been at the heart of Thomas's content. The series will continue to deliver meaningful life lessons. For Thomas, the "high road" is not always the easy choice, but it is making that choice that positions him as a role model for young viewers.G.DVD.
Subjects: Animated television programs.; Children's television programs.; Television comedies.; Television programs.; Thomas, the Tank Engine (Fictitious character); Best friends; Friendship; Railroad trains; Sodor Island (Imaginary place);
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Tell Me Everything: Oprah's Book Club A Novel [electronic resource] : by Strout, Elizabeth.aut; Farr, Kimberly.nrt; cloudLibrary;
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a “stunner” (People) of a novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world. “Tell Me Everything hits like a bucolic fable. . . . A novel of moods, how they govern our personal lives and public spaces, reflected in Strout’s shimmering technique.”—The Washington Post With her remarkable insight into the human condition and silences that contain multitudes, Elizabeth Strout returns to the town of Crosby, Maine, and to her beloved cast of characters—Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge, Bob Burgess, and more—as they deal with a shocking crime in their midst, fall in love and yet choose to be apart, and grapple with the question, as Lucy Barton puts it, “What does anyone’s life mean?” It’s autumn in Maine, and the town lawyer Bob Burgess has become enmeshed in an unfolding murder investigation, defending a lonely, isolated man accused of killing his mother. He has also fallen into a deep and abiding friendship with the acclaimed writer Lucy Barton, who lives down the road in a house by the sea with her ex-husband, William. Together, Lucy and Bob go on walks and talk about their lives, their fears and regrets, and what might have been. Lucy, meanwhile, is finally introduced to the iconic Olive Kitteridge, now living in a retirement community on the edge of town. They spend afternoons together in Olive’s apartment, telling each other stories. Stories about people they have known—“unrecorded lives,” Olive calls them—reanimating them, and, in the process, imbuing their lives with meaning. Brimming with empathy and pathos, Tell Me Everything is Elizabeth Strout operating at the height of her powers, illuminating the ways in which our relationships keep us afloat. As Lucy says, “Love comes in so many different forms, but it is always love.”
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Sagas; Literary;
© 2024., Penguin Random House,
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Thomas & friends, all engines go. [videorecording] / by Bryer, Campbell,television director.; Campbell, Sean,television director.; Contreras, Meesha,voice actor.; Dango, Glee,voice actor.; Gallo, Suzie,television producer.; Zeltzer, Charlie,voice actor.; television adaptation of (work):Awdry, W.Railway series.; NCircle Entertainment,publisher.;
Voices: Meesha Contreras, Glee Dango, Charlie Zeltzer.Thomas the Tank Engine is back in an all-new season of Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! Deliveries will go awry, new areas of the island will be explored, and animals will end up in places they shouldn't be? While Thomas and his friends grow from these unexpected surprises. Ashima returns from the Nilgiri Mountain Railway! Whiff tinkers in his Recycling Plant. Even Salty the Diesel Engine returns singing shanties from across the seas. The loc-amigos say "all aboard" to these familiar friends and debut character Bruno, the brake car. With brand new songs and bigger, better adventures, this season is bound to be a toot-ally awesome journey! Purposeful, Playful Stories Age-appropriate themes brought to life in a comedic and playful way have always been at the heart of Thomas content. The series will continue to deliver meaningful life lessons. For Thomas, the "high road" is not always the easy choice, but it is making that choice that positions him as a role model for young viewers.G.DVD.
Subjects: Children's television programs.; Television comedies.; Animated television programs.; Television programs.; Thomas, the Tank Engine (Fictitious character); Friendship; Best friends; Railroad trains;
For private home use only.
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To the ends of the Earth [videorecording] / by Attwood, David(Director); Cumberbatch, Benedict,1976-; Dance, Charles.; Delap, Tim.; Evans, Daniel,1973-; Feild, J. J.; Golding, William,1911-1993.Close quarters.Videorecording.; Golding, William,1911-1993.Fire down below.Videorecording.; Golding, William,1911-1993.Rites of passage.Videorecording.; Hamilton, Victoria,1971-; Harris, Jared,1961-; Hobbs, Robert,1972-; Landey, Theo,1975-; McCabe, Richard.; Neill, Sam.; Page, Joanna,1978-; Pettifer, Brian.; Sives, Jamie,1973-; Timeless Media Group (Firm);
Screenplay by Tony Basgallop and Leigh Jackson ; director of photography, Ulf Brantas ; editor, Philip Kloss ; music, Rob Lane.Benedict Cumberbatch, Brian Pettifer, Victoria Hamilton, Daniel Evans, Robert Hobbs, Jared Harris, Theo Landey, Jamie Sives, JJ Feild, Tim Delap, Chris Walker, Sam Neill, Charles Dance, Richard McCabe, Joanna Page."From Nobel laureate William Golding's (Lord of the flies) epic sea-voyage trilogy comes the story of an ambitious British aristocrat, humbled by the lives of his fellow passengers, as he embarks on an ocean voyage for Australia where he is to be an official in the colonial government."--Container.PG.DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby digital 2.0 stereo.
Subjects: Immigrants; Ocean travel; Television mini-series.;
© c2014., Timeless Media Group,
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The island of sea women : a novel / by See, Lisa,author.;
"A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village's all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook's mother. As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a life of excitement and responsibility but also danger. Despite their love for each other, Mi-ja and Young-sook's differences are impossible to ignore. The Island of Sea Women is an epoch set over many decades, beginning during a period of Japanese colonialism in the 1930s and 1940s, followed by World War II, the Korean War and its aftermath, through the era of cell phones and wet suits for the women divers. Throughout this time, the residents of Jeju find themselves caught between warring empires. Mi-ja is the daughter of a Japanese collaborator, and she will forever be marked by this association. Young-sook was born into a long line of haenyeo and will inherit her mother's position leading the divers in their village. Little do the two friends know that after surviving hundreds of dives and developing the closest of bonds, forces outside their control will push their friendship to the breaking point. This beautiful, thoughtful novel illuminates a world turned upside down, one where the women are in charge, engaging in dangerous physical work, and the men take care of the children. A classic Lisa See story--one of women's friendships and the larger forces that shape them--The Island of Sea Women introduces readers to the fierce and unforgettable female divers of Jeju Island and the dramatic history that shaped their lives"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Women divers; Female friendship;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The women of Chateau Lafayette / by Dray, Stephanie,author.;
"An epic generational saga from New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray, based on the true story of an extraordinary castle in the heart of France and the remarkable women bound by its legacy in some of humanity's darkest hours. Most castles are protected by powerful men. This one by women ... A reluctant resistor ... 1940. French schoolteacher and aspiring artist Marthe Simone has an orphan's self-reliance and wants nothing to do with war. But as the realities of Nazi occupation transform her life in the isolated castle where she came of age, she makes a discovery that calls into question who she is, and more importantly, who she is willing to become. A daring visionary ... 1914. Glittering New York socialite Beatrice Astor Chanler is a force of nature, daunted by nothing--not her humble beginnings, her crumbling marriage, or the outbreak of war. But after witnessing the devastation in France and delivering war relief over dangerous seas, Beatrice takes on the challenge of a lifetime: convincing America to fight for what's right. A founding mother ... 1774. Gently bred noblewoman Adrienne Lafayette becomes her husband's political partner in the fight for American independence. But when their idealism sparks revolution in France and the guillotine threatens everything she holds dear, Adrienne must choose whether to renounce the complicated man she loves or risk her life for a legacy that will inspire generations to come. Intricately woven and beautifully told, The Women of Chateau Lafayette is a sweeping novel about duty and hope, love and courage, and the strength we find from standing together on the shoulders of those who came before us"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Epic fiction.; Château de Chavaniac-Lafayette (Chavaniac-Lafayette, France);
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