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Disco Boy. by Abbruzzese, Giacomo,film director.; Rogowski, Franz,actor.; Ky, Laëtitia,actor.; Lučev, Leon,actor.; Ndiaye, Morr,actor.; Wieckiewicz, Robert,actor.; Big World Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Franz Rogowski, Laëtitia Ky, Leon Lučev, Morr Ndiaye, Robert WieckiewiczOriginally produced by Big World Pictures in 2023.Following a difficult journey across Europe, Aleksei (Franz Rogowski) reaches Paris to enlist in the French Foreign Legion — a highly selective military corp that allows any foreigner, even undocumented, to be granted a French passport. In the Niger Delta, Jomo (Morr Ndiaye) fights against oil companies that threaten the survival of his village. His sister Udoka (Laëtitia Ky), meanwhile, dreams of escaping, knowing that all is already lost here. Beyond borders, life and death, their destinies will intertwine.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion pictures--France.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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The elements of Marie Curie : how the glow of radium lit a path for women in science / by Sobel, Dava,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."'Even now, nearly a century after her death, Marie Curie remains the only female scientist most people can name,' writes Dava Sobel at the opening of her shining portrait of the sole Nobel laureate decorated in two separate fields of science -- Physics in 1903 with her husband Pierre and Chemistry by herself in 1911. And yet, Sobel makes clear, as brilliant and creative as she was in the laboratory, Marie Curie was equally passionate outside it. Grieving Pierre's untimely death in 1906, she took his place as professor of physics at the Sorbonne; devotedly raised two brilliant daughters; drove a van she outfitted with x-ray equipment to the front lines of World War I; befriended Albert Einstein and other luminaries of twentieth-century physics; won support from two U.S. presidents; and inspired generations of young women the world over to pursue science as a way of life ... [Dava Sobel] approaches Marie Curie from a unique angle, narrating her remarkable life of discovery and fame alongside the women who became her legacy -- from France's Marguerite Perey, who discovered the element francium, and Norway's Ellen Gleditsch, to Mme. Curie's elder daughter, Irène, winner of the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. For decades the only woman in the room at international scientific gatherings that probed new theories about the interior of the atom, Marie Curie traveled far and wide, despite constant illness, to share the secrets of radioactivity, a term she coined. Her two triumphant tours of the United States won her admirers for her modesty even as she was mobbed at every stop; her daughters, in Ève's later recollection, 'discovered all at once what the retiring woman with whom they had always lived meant to the world.'"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.; Curie, Marie, 1867-1934; Chemical elements; Chemists; Mentoring in science; Physicists; Women chemists; Women physicists;
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D-day [videorecording] : Normandy 1944 / by Brokaw, Tom,narrator.; Vuong, Pascal,screenwriter,film director.; Shout! Factory (Firm),film distributor.;
Tom Brokaw, narrator.June 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. Few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of 1943 through August 1944, this region became the most important location in the world. Blending multiple cinematographic techniques, including animation, CGI, and stunning live-action images, the documentary brings this monumental event to the world's largest screens for the first time ever.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Feature films.; War films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; World War, 1939-1945; Operation Overlord.; Operation Fortitude.;
For private home use only.
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Miss Blaine's prefect and the vampire menace / by Wojtas, Olga,author.;
Never underestimate a librarian. Readers learned that lesson with the Prefect's first adventure. Now a certain Count from Transylvania is about to learn it as well, when the intrepid Shona McMonagle (comfortably padded, in her middle years, and a whiz at obscure martial arts) time-travels to 19th-century France to help a village being menaced by a mysterious killer. It's true that Dracula's name has for more than a hundred years been a byword for terror, but nothing can stop an agent trained by the Marcia Blaine School for Girls.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Murder; Time travel; Vampires; Women librarians;
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The blood promise : a Hugo Marston novel / by Pryor, Mark,1967-;
"Hugo Marston must figure out what lies hidden inside an old sailor's chest before a 200-year-old blood promise is revealed and claims another life. In post-Revolution Paris, an old man signs a letter in blood, then hides it in a secret compartment in a sailor's chest. A messenger arrives to transport the chest and its hidden contents, but then the plague strikes and an untimely death changes history. Two hundred years later, Hugo Marston is safeguarding an unpredictable but popular senator who is in Paris negotiating a France/U.S. dispute. The talks, held at a country chateau, collapse when the senator accuses someone of breaking into his room. Theft becomes the least of Hugo's concerns when someone discovers the secrets hidden deep inside the sailor's chest, and decides that the power and money they promise are worth killing for. But when the darkness of history is unleashed, even the most ruthless and cunning are powerless to control it"--
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Americans; Treasure chests; Murder;
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A week in Paris / by Hore, Rachel,author.;
"The City of Light hides a dark past ... When talented young violinist Fay Knox arrives in Paris from England, the city feels familiar to her. But not because Fay has visited Paris before. Back home, she finds an old canvas bag with a mysterious luggage tag hidden in her mother's old trunk, and soon starts to realize her connection with the streets of Paris runs deeper than she ever imagined. As Fay traces the past, she is taken back to 1937 Paris - and the eve of a war that changed her mother's life forever. When she discovers a dark secret buried years ago, Fay begins to question who she really is and where she belongs. Filled with romance, family secrets, and the allure of Paris, A Week in Paris is the compelling story of two women living in two very different worlds who share far more than a passion for music"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Family secrets; Mothers and daughters;
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Madame Fourcade's secret war : the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler / by Olson, Lynne,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Fourcade, Marie-Madeleine, 1909-1989.; World War, 1939-1945; Spies; Women spies; Spies; Women spies; Espionage, British; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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The gathering place : winter pilgrimage through changing times / by Colwell, Mary,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Mary Colwell makes a 500-mile solo pilgrimage along the Camino Francés, winding through forests, mountains, farmland, industrial sprawls and places of worship, weaving her experiences of the Camino with natural history, spirituality and modern environmentalism. Pilgrims have always walked in times of upheaval, pitching themselves against weather, hunger, thirst and sometimes pain as they tread the paths their ancestors followed before them. In The Gathering Place, author, nature campaigner and veteran solo walker Mary Colwell undertakes a 500-mile pilgrimage along the Camino Francés in northern Spain at a unique moment in history--a time of pandemic, profound political change, and a climate and biodiversity emergency. In a typical year, more than 300,000 people walk this route or part of it, but in between lockdowns in 2020, Mary was virtually alone. The modern world weaves in and out of the Camino's worn trackway, providing a focus for contemplation and a place where memories and experiences can gather. There are times of intense spirituality, meetings with a demon slayer, strange goings-on and magical tales, and the constant backdrop of nature with all its complexity and wonder. In this delightful book, Mary's winter pilgrimage weaves a personal tale with a walk that millions have undertaken over the centuries. The Gathering Place is a beautiful, thoughtful and, at times, humorous journey of both body and soul."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages; Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages; Natural history; Natural history;
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Midnight in Europe : a novel / by Furst, Alan,author.;
Failing to secure American support for the Republican side of the Spanish Civil War in 1938, a minor Spanish noble travels to Paris, where he promotes the Republic cause before undertaking a mission to infiltrate the Spanish government.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy stories.; Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.;
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The mysterious bakery on Rue de Paris / by Woods, Evie,author.;
Nestled among the cobblestone streets of Compiègne, there exists a bakery unlike any other. Rumours were whispered through the town that its pastries offered a taste of magic, chasing away the darkest of sorrows. Just one bite of a croissant might bring luck, unlock a precious memory or reveal hidden longings. But dark clouds were looming on the horizon. For Edie Lane, a recipe for disaster doesn't require that many ingredients. Take an unhealthy amount of wishful thinking and a sprinkle of desperation and that's how Edie left everything behind in Ireland for her dream job at a bakery in Paris. Except the bakery isn't in Paris - and neither is Edie. This might not be where Edie intended to be but she soon realises it's exactly where she needs to be.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Bakeries; Grief; Interpersonal relations; Pastry;
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