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Agent Josephine : American beauty, French hero, British spy / by Lewis, Damien,author.;
"Prior to World War II, Josephine Baker was a music hall diva renowned for her singing and exotic dancing, her beauty and sexuality; she was the most highly-paid female performer in Europe. When the Nazis seized her adopted city, Paris, she was banned from the stage, along with all "negroes and Jews." Yet, instead of returning to America, she vowed to stay and to fight the Nazi evil. Overnight she went from performer to Resistance spy. Drawing on a plethora of new historical material and rigorous research, including previously undisclosed letters and journals, Agent Josephine transforms the scarcely known story of Josephine Baker in wartime. As a member of the French Nurse paratroopers, a cover for her spying work, Baker participated in numerous clandestine activities and became a formidable spy. In turn, she was a hero of the three countries in whose name she served: the US, the nation of her birth; France, the land that embraced her during her adult career; and Britain, the country from which she took her orders, as one of London's most closely-guarded secrets. Baker's secret war is a true story of unbounded courage, passion, devotion and sacrifice, and of deep and bitter tragedy, fueled by her own desire to combat the rise of Nazism and fight for a more just future"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975.; Dancers; African American entertainers; Spies; World War, 1939-1945;
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The shattered lens : a war photographer's true story of captivity and survival in Syria / by Alpeyrie, Jonathan.; Luczkiw, Stash.; Timmermann, Bonnie.;
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Subjects: Alpeyrie, Jonathan; Alpeyrie, Jonathan; Photojournalists; War correspondents; French Americans;
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Bringing up bébé : one American mother discovers the wisdom of French parenting / by Druckerman, Pamela.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Child rearing; Child rearing; Parent and child; Parent and child;
© 2012., Penguin Press,
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The French house : an American family, a ruined maison, and the village that restored them all / by Wallace, Don,1952-;
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Subjects: Wallace, Don, 1952-; Wallace, Mindy.; Americans; Dwellings; Life change events; Villages;
© c2014., Sourcebooks,
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Monsieur mediocre : one American learns the high art of being everyday French / by Sothen, John von,author.;
"Americans love to love Paris. We buy books about how the French parent, why French women don't get fat, and how to be Parisian wherever you are. While our work hours increase every year, we think longingly of the six weeks of vacation the French enjoy, imagining them at the seaside in stripes with plates of fruits de mer. John von Sothen fell in love with Paris through the stories his mother told of her year spent there as a student. After falling for and marrying the French waitress he meets in New York, von Sothen follows his mother's dream and moves to Paris. But fifteen years in, he's finally ready to admit his mother's Paris is mostly a fantasy. In this hilarious and delightful collection of essays, von Sothen walks us through real life in Paris--myth-busting our Parisian daydreams but also revealing the inimitable and too often invisible pleasures of family life abroad. Through these essays, you'll learn about what to do when you unwittingly commit yourself to two weeks of vacation with friends who ration snacks down to the gram and who mock you mercilessly for sleeping in; how to react when French men turn to you, the American, for fashion tips such as where to find a Maine trapper vest; and how to tell if you're being invited to a super-exclusive secret society of intellectuals or, alternately, a weird sex club. Relentlessly funny and full of incisive observations, Monsieur Mediocre is ultimately a love letter to France--to its absurdities, its history, its ideals--but it's a very French love letter: frank, smoky, unsentimental. It is a clear-eyed ode to a beautiful, complex, contradictory country from someone who both eagerly and grudgingly calls it home"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Sothen, John von.; Americans; Authors, American;
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Allies / by Gratz, Alan,1972-;
Includes bibliographical references.LSC
Subjects: War stories.; Historical fiction.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Teenagers;
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A Mind of Her Own [text (large print)] : A Novel. by Steel, Danielle.;
Rising above the devastation of WWI, a young half-French, half-American woman remains true to her own independent spirit in this powerful historical novel from Danielle Steel.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Family Life / General; FICTION / Romance / Contemporary; FICTION / Women;
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A Mind of Her Own : A Novel. by Steel, Danielle.;
Rising above the devastation of WWI, a young half-French, half-American woman remains true to her own independent spirit in this powerful historical novel from Danielle Steel.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Romance fiction.; FICTION / Family Life / General; FICTION / Romance / Contemporary; FICTION / Women;
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Shopkins. [videorecording] / by Morris, Cassandra,1982-voice actor.; Murphy, Kate(Voice actress),voice actor.; Trott, Abby,voice actor.; Mills, Kayli,voice actor.; Plantano, Brianna,voice actor.; Stahl, Laura,voice actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Voices: Kate Murphy, Cassandra Morris, Kayli Mills, Abby Trott, Brianna Plantano, Laura Stahl, Philece Sampler."Find your Wild Style and come on a totally Pawesome adventure to Pawville to meet the Shoppets. When famous movie stars Scarletta Gateau and Rubie Blaze recruit the Shopville gang to save the Shoppets, they journey through the jungle and find the amazing world of Pawville. But Pawville and the Shoppets definitely don't need saving and suddenly nothing Scarletta says is as it seems. What's going on? Can the Shopkins, Shoppies and Shoppets rally together to solve the mystery?"--Container.G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Children's films.; Animated films.; Feature films.; Shopkins toys; Friendship; Actors and actresses;
For private home use only.
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An evening with Beverly Luff Linn [videorecording] / by Clement, Jemaine,actor.; Hirsch, Emile,1985-actor.; Hosking, Jim,film director,screenwriter.; Wike, David,screenwriter.; Plaza, Aubrey,1984-actor.; Robinson, Craig,1971-actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Park Pictures (Firm),production company.; Wigwam Films,production company.; Rook Films,production company.;
Aubrey Plaza, Jemaine Clement, Emile Hirsch, Craig Robinson, Matt Berry.Lulu Danger's unsatisfying marriage takes a turn for the worse when a mysterious man from her past comes to town to perform a special event.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA Rating: R; for language throughout, and for some sexuality/nudity.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Marriage; Special events;
For private home use only.
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