Search:

Results 841 to 850 of 1,429 | « previous |

The embroidered book / by Heartfield, Kate,author.;
1768: Charlotte, daughter of the Habsburg Empress, arrives in Naples to marry a man she has never met. Her sister Antoine is sent to France, and in the mirrored corridors of Versailles they rename her Marie Antoinette. The sisters are alone, but they are not powerless. When they were only children, they discovered a book of spells -- spells that work, with dark and unpredictable consequences. In a time of vicious court politics, of discovery and dizzying change, they use the book to take control of their lives. But every spell requires a sacrifice. And as love between the sisters turns to rivalry, they will send Europe spiralling into revolution.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Maria Carolina, Queen, consort of Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies, 1752-1814; Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793; Magic; Queens; Sisters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Tap! tap! tap! : dance! dance! dance! / by Tullet, Hervé.; Franceschelli, Christopher.;
"A celebration of movement from the bestselling author Hervé Tullet!"--
Subjects: Picture books.; Hand; Dance; Shapes; Colors; Imagination;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

The swallows of Kabul / by Khadra, Yasmina.; Cullen, John,1942-;
© c2004., Doubleday,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Paper bullets : two artists who risked their lives to defy the Nazis / by Jackson, Jeffrey H.,1971-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The true story of an audacious resistance campaign undertaken by an unlikely pair: two French women -- Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe -- who drew on their skills as Parisian avant-garde artists to write and distribute wicked insults against Hitler and calls to desert, a PSYOPs tactic known as "paper bullets," designed to demoralize Nazi troops occupying their adopted home of Jersey in the British Channel Islands"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Cahun, Claude, 1894-1954.; Malherbe, Suzanne, 1892-1972.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Psychological warfare; French; Lesbian artists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

A storm in the stars / by Zancanella, Don,1954-author.;
After meeting in a bookshop near Black Friar's Ridge, Mary Godwin, the daughter of philosopher William Godwin, and poet Percy Shelley run away together across Europe and find lodgings at Lake Geneva, where Mary will begin writing her novel about a man who brings to life a creature of his own making.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824; Clairmont, Claire, 1798-1879; Polidori, John William, 1795-1821; Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851; Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822; Families; Man-woman relationships; Siblings; Victoriana;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Me first! / by Escoffier, Michaël,1970-;
"In the duck family, there a four siblings and one always has to be first, until he gets the shock of his life!"--LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Ducks; Patience; Brothers and sisters;
© 2013., Enchanted Lion Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Whatever it took : an army paratrooper's D-day, capture, and escape from Nazi concentration camps / by Langrehr, Henry,author.; DeFelice, Jim,1956-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Published to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, an unforgettable never-before-told first-person account of World War II: the true story of an American paratrooper who survived D-Day, was captured and imprisoned in a Nazi work camp, and made a daring escape to freedom. Now at 95, one of the few living members of the Greatest Generation shares his experiences at last in one of the most remarkable World War II stories ever told. As the Allied Invasion of Normandy launched in the pre-dawn hours of June 6, 1944, Henry Langrehr, an American paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne, was among the thousands of Allies who parachuted into occupied France. Surviving heavy anti-aircraft fire, he crashed through the glass roof of a greenhouse in Sainte-Mère-Église. While many of the soldiers in his unit died, Henry and other surviving troops valiantly battled enemy tanks to a standstill. Then, on June 29, Henry was captured by the Nazis. The next phase of his incredible journey was beginning. Kept for a week in the outer ring of a death camp, Henry witnessed the Nazis' unspeakable brutality - the so-called Final Solution, with people marched to their deaths, their bodies discarded like cords of wood. Transported to a work camp, he endured horrors of his own when he was forced to live in unbelievable squalor and labor in a coal mine with other POWs. Knowing they would be worked to death, he and a friend made a desperate escape. When a German soldier cornered them in a barn, the friend was fatally shot; Henry struggled with the soldier, killing him and taking his gun. Perilously traveling westward toward Allied controlled land on foot, Henry faced the great ethical and moral dilemmas of war firsthand, needing to do whatever it took to survive. Finally, after two weeks behind enemy lines, he found an American unit and was rescued. Awaiting him at home was Arlene, who, like millions of other American women, went to work in factories and offices to build the armaments Henry and the Allies needed for victory. Whatever It Took is her story, too, bringing to life the hopes and fears of those on the homefront awaiting their loved ones to return. A tale of heroism, hope, and survival featuring 30 photographs, Whatever It Took is a timely reminder of the human cost of freedom and a tribute to unbreakable human courage and spirit in the darkest of times.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Biographies.; Langrehr, Henry.; United States. Army; Parachute troops; Concentration camp escapes.; Prisoners of war; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Three sisters, three queens / by Gregory, Philippa,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536; Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547; Margaret, Queen, consort of James IV, King of Scotland, 1489-1541; Mary, Queen, consort of Louis XII, King of France, 1496-1533; Queens; Sisters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Downton Abbey. [videorecording] / by Baye, Nathalie,1948-actor.; Bonneville, Hugh,actor.; Carmichael, Laura,1986-actor.; Carter, Jim,1948-actor.; Cassidy, Raquel,1968-actor.; Coyle, Brendan,actor.; Curtis, Simon,1960-film director.; Dancy, Hugh,1975-actor.; Dockery, Michelle,1981-actor.; Doyle, Kevin,1961-actor.; Fellowes, Julian,screenwriter,film producer.; Fox, Michael,1989-actor.; Froggatt, Joanne,1980-actor.; Hadden-Paton, Harry,1981-actor.; Haddock, Laura,1985-actor.; James-Collier, Rob,actor.; Leech, Allen,actor.; Logan, Phyllis,actor.; Lunn, John,1956-composer (expression); McGovern, Elizabeth,1961-actor.; McShera, Sophie,actor.; Middleton, Tuppence,1987-actor.; Neame, Gareth,film producer.; Nicol, Lesley,1953-actor.; Smith, Maggie,1934-actor.; Staunton, Imelda,1956-actor.; Trubridge, Liz,film producer.; West, Dominic,1969-actor.; Wilton, Penelope,1946-actor.; Zaccaï, Jonathan,1970-actor.; Carnival Films (Great Britain),production company.; Focus Features,presenter.; Studio Distribution Services (Firm),distributor.; Universal Pictures (Firm),publisher.;
Music by John Lunn ; editor, Adam Recht ; director of photography, Andrew Dunn.Nathalie Baye, Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Hugh Dancy, Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Michael Fox, Joanne Froggart, Harry Hadden-Paton, Laura Haddock, Robert James- Collier, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera, Tuppence Middleton, Lesley Nicol, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Penelope Wilton, Jonathan Zaccaï.The Dowager Countess reveals she has a villa in the south of France, and many of the family follow her there for a rest while some of the family stay behind to keep an eye on the cast and crew of a film which is shooting at the grand estate.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.MPAA rating: PG; some suggestive references, language and thematic elements.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Aristocracy (Social class); Country life; Household employees; Man-woman relationships; Motion pictures; Social classes; Upper class families;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
unAPI

Impressionism in Canada : a journey of rediscovery / by Prakash, A. K.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A history of impressionist painting in Canada, including its origins in France and the lives and works of fourteen significant Canadian artists.LSC
Subjects: Impressionism (Art); Impressionist artists; Painting, Canadian; Painting, Canadian;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Results 841 to 850 of 1,429 | « previous |