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The pirate king : the strange adventures of Henry Avery and the birth of the Golden Age of Piracy / by Kingsley, Sean,author.; Cowan, Rex,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.'The Pirate King' is the incredible story of Henry Avery, or the Robin Hood of the Seas, who absconded with millions during the Golden Age of Piracy and who harbored an even greater secret. Sean Kingsley and Rex Cowan brilliantly tie Avery to the shadowy lives of two other icons of the early 18th century, including Daniel Defoe, the world-famous novelist and - as few people know - a deep-cover spy with more than 100 pseudonyms, and Archbishop Thomas Tenison, a Protestant with a hatred of Catholic France.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Avery, John, active 1695.; Espionage; Piracy; Pirates;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Secrets of the Forbidden City [videorecording] / by Bremner, Ian,television director,television producer.; Meyers, Eric,1959-narrator.; ARTE France,production company.; Channel Four (Great Britain),production company.; China Intercontinental Communication Center,production company.; Lion Television Ltd,production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),film distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),publisher.; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.),production company.;
Narrator, Eric Meyers.In a laboratory, a team of engineers create a replica of Beijing's Forbidden City to uncover the secrets underlying its ability to withstand earthquakes over the centuries.E.DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo.
Subjects: Forbidden City (Beijing, China); Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant design; Palaces;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The new girl : a novel / by Silva, Daniel,1960-author.;
At an exclusive private school in Switzerland, mystery surrounds the identity of the beautiful girl who arrives each morning and leaves each afternoon in a heavily protected motorcade fit for a head of state. She is said to be the daughter of a wealthy international businessman. She is not. And when she is brutally kidnapped across the border in the Haute-Savoie region of France, Gabriel Allon, the legendary chief of Israeli intelligence, is thrust into a deadly secret war with an old enemy that will determine the future of the Middle East-- and perhaps the world ...
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Allon, Gabriel (Fictitious character); Intelligence officers; Kidnapping; Adventure stories;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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The Alice Network / by Quinn, Kate,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."It's 1947 and American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She's also nursing a fervent belief that her beloved French cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive somewhere. So when Charlie's family banishes her to Europe to have her "little problem" take care of, Charlie breaks free and heads to London determined to find out what happened to the cousin she loves like a sister. In 1915, Eve Gardiner burns to join the fight against the Germans and unexpectedly gets her chance to serve when she's recruited to work as a spy for the English. Sent into enemy-occupied France during The Great War, she's trained by the mesmerizing Lili, the "Queen of Spies", who manages a vast network of secret agents, right under the enemy's nose. Thirty years later, haunted by the betrayal that ultimately tore apart the Alice Network, Eve spends her days drunk and secluded in her crumbling London house. Until a young American barges in uttering a name Eve hasn't heard in decades, and launching them both on a mission to find the truth ... no matter where it leads"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; War fiction.; Women spies; World War, 1914-1918;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The war we won apart : the untold story of two elite agents who became one of the most decorated couples of WWII / by Ayed, Nahlah,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Love, betrayal, and a secret war: the untold story of two elite agents, one Canadian, one British, who became one of the most decorated wartime couples of WWII. On opposite sides of the pond, Sonia Butt, an adventurous young British woman, and Guy d'Artois, a French-Canadian soldier and thunderstorm of a man, are preparing to go to war. From different worlds, they make their way to fight in Winston Churchill's secret army against the German forces and, unlike most involved in the world's deadliest conflict to date, to fight from behind enemy lines. Their lives first intersect during clandestine training to become agents with the Special Operations Executive. Sonia and Guy learn how to parachute into enemy territory, how to kill, blow up rail lines, support the French resistance, and eventually ... how to love each other. But not long after their hasty marriage, their love is tested by separation, by a titanic invasion -- and by indiscretion. Written in vivid, heart stopping prose, we follow their stories of uncommon courage -- as Sonia plunges into Nazi-occupied France and slinks into black market restaurants to throw off German forces who knew she'd arrived, while at the same time participating in sabotage operations against them by night; and as Guy, in another corner of France, trains hundreds into a resistance army, fashioning himself a military leader, weapons instructor, and peacemaker all at once. Reconstructed from hours of unpublished interviews and hundreds of archival and personal documents, Ayed tells a story of sacrifice and youthful folly; a story about the ravaging costs of war paid for disproportionately by the young. But more than anything, The War We Won Apart is a story about love: two secret agents who were supposed to land in enemy territory together, but were fated to fight the war apart."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Butt, Sonia.; Butt, Sonia; D'Artois, Guy.; D'Artois, Guy; Spies; Women spies; World War, 1939-1945;
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Confessions of the other sister : a novel / by Harbison, Elizabeth M.,author.;
"They were two sisters with nothing in common but their parents. Frances Turner has a confession to make: her sister, Crosby, who has built her life on good luck and good looks, drives her crazy. The woman wakes up in the morning with perfect hair. Men flock to her. And she somehow managed to jump out of the frying pan and into fame, writing a blockbuster novel -- and making a zillion bucks -- without even trying. And Frances, who has followed every rule, is stuck in pause. Crosby Turner has a confession as well: Frances locks herself in a miserable little box and Crosby can't understand it. With her fear of the unknown and her "Franic Attacks," her sister is a small-time actress with big-time dreams -- and talent -- but playing by the rules gets her nowhere. Heck, the closest Frannie gets to famous is as a caterer to the stars. Why can't she break loose and climb out of her rut? Then fate intervenes, throwing these incompatible siblings together in this sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking novel of sisterhood, grown-ups who need to grow up, and the realization that no one in a family is invisible."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Recipes.; Novels.; Families; Female friendship; Friendship; Sisters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Code of the hills / by Offutt, Chris,1958-author.;
"Mick Hardin is back in the hills of Kentucky. He'd planned to touch down briefly before heading to France, marking the end of his twenty-year Army career. In Rocksalt, his sister Linda the sheriff is investigating the murder of Pete Lowe, a sought-after mechanic at the local racetrack. After another body is found, Linda and her deputy Johnny Boy Tolliver wonder if the two murders are related. Linda steps into harm's way just as a third body turns up and Mick ends up being deputized again, uncovering evidence of illegal cockfighting, and trying to connect all the crimes."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Noir fiction.; Novels.; Siblings; Country life; Families; Murder;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Flight Portfolio, The [electronic resource] : by Orringer, Julie.aut; Ballerini, Edoardo.nrt; cloudLibrary;
The long-awaited new work from the best-selling author of The Invisible Bridge takes us back to occupied Europe in this gripping historical novel based on the true story of Varian Fry's extraordinary attempt to save the work, and the lives, of Jewish artists fleeing the Holocaust In 1940, Varian Fry--a Harvard educated American journalist--traveled to Marseille carrying three thousand dollars and a list of imperiled artists and writers he hoped to rescue within a few weeks. Instead, he ended up staying in France for thirteen months, working under the veil of a legitimate relief organization to procure false documents, amass emergency funds, and set up an underground railroad that led over the Pyrenees, into Spain, and finally to Lisbon, where the refugees embarked for safer ports. Among his many clients were Hannah Arendt, Franz Werfel, Andre Breton, Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, and Marc Chagall. The Flight Portfolio opens at the Chagalls' ancient stone house in Gordes, France, as the novel's hero desperately tries to persuade them of the barbarism and tragedy descending on Europe. Masterfully crafted, exquisitely written, impossible to put down, this is historical fiction of the very first order, and resounding confirmation of Orringer's gifts as a novelist.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Literary;
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Small things like these / by Keegan, Claire,author.;
"It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church. Already a bestseller in France and certain to be read worldwide for generations to come, Small Things Like These is a deeply affecting story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy from one of our most critically lauded and iconic writers"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Christmas fiction.; Catholic Church; Convents; Families; Girls; Merchants; Reformatories for women; Small cities; Unmarried mothers; Workhouses;
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The red turtle [videorecording] / by Dudok de Wit, Michael,1953-film producer,screenwriter,film director.; Ferran, Pascale,screenwriter.; Arte France cinéma (Firm),production company.; Belvision (Firm),production company.; CN4 Productions,production company.; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm),production company.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Sutajio Jiburi, Kabushiki Kaisha,production company.; Why Not Productions Inc,production company.; Wild Bunch (Firm),production company.;
Music, Laurent Perez del Mar ; editor, Celine Kelepikis.The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.MPAA rating: PG; for some thematic elements and peril.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fantasy films.; Animated films.; Children's films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Castaways; Islands; Man-woman relationships; Turtles;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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