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The Comfort of Ghosts [electronic resource] : by Winspear, Jacqueline.aut; cloudLibrary;

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! The Comfort of Ghosts completes Jacqueline Winspear’s ground-breaking and internationally bestselling series. “An outstanding historical series.”—The New York Times “Winspear is a brilliant writer, mixing the history and the mystery with the psychology of criminals and victims.”—The Historical Novel Society Psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs unravels a profound mystery from her past in a war-torn nation grappling with its future. London, 1945: Four adolescent orphans with a dark wartime history are squatting in a vacant Belgravia mansion—the owners having fled London under heavy Luftwaffe bombing. Psychologist and Investigator Maisie Dobbs visits the mansion on behalf of the owners and discovers that a demobilized soldier, gravely ill and reeling from his experiences overseas, has taken shelter with the group. Maisie’s quest to bring comfort to the youngsters and the ailing soldier brings to light a decades-old mystery concerning Maisie’s first husband, James Compton, who was killed while piloting an experimental fighter aircraft. As Maisie unravels the threads of her dead husband’s life, she is forced to examine her own painful past and question beliefs she has always accepted as true. The award-winning Maisie Dobbs series has garnered hundreds of thousands of followers, readers drawn to a woman who is of her time, yet familiar in ours—and who inspires with her resilience and capacity for endurance. This final assignment of her own choosing not only opens a new future for Maisie and her family, but serves as a  fascinating portrayal of the challenges facing the people of Britain at the close of the Second World War.

Subjects: Electronic books.; Traditional; Women Sleuths; Historical;

© 2024., Soho Press,

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Squadron 303: The Battle of Britain. by Delic, Denis,film director.; Królikowski, Antoni,actor.; Calun, Gabriela,actor.; Barker, Kirk,actor.; Cymorek, Maciej,actor.; Goldman, Nik,actor.; Adamczyk, Piotr,actor.; Shout Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Antoni Królikowski, Gabriela Calun, Kirk Barker, Maciej Cymorek, Nik Goldman, Piotr AdamczykOriginally produced by Shout Studios in 2018.Based on Arkady Fiedler's bestseller, SQUADRON 303 relates the true story of the Polish pilots who were heroes in the Battle of Britain. Jan Zumbach is recovering from a plane crash in a sanatorium when WWII breaks out. The Nazi onslaught forces him to escape from occupied Poland. A similar fate awaits the heroic flight instructor, Witold Urbanowicz. Both make their way to Great Britain and carry on the fight against the Nazi Luftwaffe. Quickly, their heroism and skill catch the attention of commanders, and an elite, Polish fighter squadron is created: Squadron 303. At first they are underestimated and mocked, but thanks to the outstanding patriotism and bravery of its members, the squadron quickly wins respect.Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; War films.;

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The wind rises [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Blunt, Emily,actor.; Criss, Darren.; Gordon-Levitt, Joseph,1981-actor.; Grey, Jennifer,1960-; Herzog, Werner.; Krasinski, John,1979-actor.; Macy, William H.,1950-; Miyazaki, Hayao,1941-film director.; Patinkin, Mandy.; Short, Martin.; Tucci, Stanley.; Whitman, Mae,1988-; Wood, Elijah,1981-; Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm);

John Krasinski, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Martin Short, Stanley Tucci, William H. Macy, Werner Herzog, Mandy Patinkin, Elijah Wood, Darren Criss, Jennifer Grey, Mae Whitman.Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the worlds most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship with his colleague Honjo. The film chronicles much of his life, depicting key historical events.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Bluray.

Subjects: Horikoshi, Jiro; Aeronautical engineers; Airplanes; Animated films.; Biographical films.; Children's films.; Feature films.; Fighter planes; Video recordings for children.;

© 2014., Touchstone Home Entertainment,

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The wind rises [videorecording] / by Blunt, Emily,actor.; Criss, Darren.; Gordon-Levitt, Joseph,1981-actor.; Grey, Jennifer,1960-; Herzog, Werner.; Krasinski, John,1979-actor.; Macy, William H.,1950-; Miyazaki, Hayao,1941-film director.; Patinkin, Mandy.; Short, Martin.; Tucci, Stanley.; Whitman, Mae,1988-; Wood, Elijah,1981-; Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm);

John Krasinski, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Martin Short, Stanley Tucci, William H. Macy, Werner Herzog, Mandy Patinkin, Elijah Wood, Darren Criss, Jennifer Grey, Mae Whitman.Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the worlds most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship with his colleague Honjo. The film chronicles much of his life, depicting key historical events.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, NTSC ; widescreen presentation.

Subjects: Horikoshi, Jiro; Aeronautical engineers; Airplanes; Animated films.; Biographical films.; Children's films.; Feature films.; Fighter planes; Video recordings for children.;

© 2014., Touchstone Home Entertainment,

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9-1-1. [videorecording] / by Bassett, Angela,actor.; Britton, Connie,actor.; Buecker, Bradley,television director.; Falchuk, Brad,creator,screenwriter.; Guzman, Ryan,1987-actor.; Horder-Payton, Gwyneth,television director.; Krause, Peter,1965 August 12-actor.; Minear, Tim,creator,screenwriter.; Murphy, Ryan,1965-creator,screenwriter.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,publisher.; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation,production company.;

Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Connie Britton, Ryan Guzman.Explores the high-pressure experiences of the first responders who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Accidents; Allied health personnel; Emergencies; Fire fighters; First responders; Police;

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Crash of the heavens : the remarkable story of Hannah Senesh and the only military mission to rescue Europe's Jews during World War ll / by Century, Douglas,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."In the years before World War II, thousands of young Jewish men and women escaped Europe, seeking safety in the British Mandate for Palestine. By 1942, horrifying reports began to spread about ghettos being liquidated, industrialized killing centers in Poland, and a chilling campaign to exterminate Europe's entire Jewish population. When it became clear that the Allies were unwilling to spare any forces from the war effort to save civilians, the Jewish community in Palestine came up with a daring plan. Working with British Military Intelligence, an elite unit of young Jewish paratroopers volunteered to return to Eastern Europe. Once behind enemy lines, they would use their expertise in the local languages and terrain to rescue thousands of downed Allied pilots and escaped POWs who were trapped with no way to communicate -- highly trained airmen desperately needed by the British and American air forces to fly more bombing missions. At the same time, these volunteer commandos would help Jewish civilians escape deportation to Auschwitz and other death camps or take up arms in resistance against the Nazis. Hannah Senesh was one of only three female paratroopers who risked everything to infiltrate occupied Europe. In 1939, at just eighteen years old, Hannah emigrated from Hungary to the British Mandate for Palestine, where she dreamed of being a poet and a schoolteacher. Instead, she became a poet and a paratrooper. Five years after fleeing Europe, Hannah parachuted back into occupied territory as a freedom fighter with the most crucial role in her team: the wireless operator tasked with sending and deciphering top-secret British radio codes. Though captured almost immediately after crossing the border into Hungary, she refused to give up her radio codes or any information about her mission, despite enduring months of horrific torture. Her final act of defiance -- choosing to die before a firing squad rather than beg for clemency -- cemented her legendary status as the "Jewish Joan of Arc." Hannah's legacy lives on today in the widely published diary she'd kept since age thirteen and in her poetry which has inspired generations. Each year on Holocaust Remembrance Day, a short poem Hannah composed on the shores of the Mediterranean in 1942 is sung at ceremonies around the world. Titled "Eli, Eli," or "My God, My God," it has become a modern hymn, taught in schools, sung in synagogues, and printed in thousands of prayer books"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Senesh, Hannah, 1921-1944.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Jewish women; Parachute troops; World War, 1939-1945;

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