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The elves and the shoemaker / by Grimm, Jacob,1785-1863; Grimm, Wilhelm,1786-1859; Stringle, Berny; Stringle, Julian Marc; Peto, Dave;
Read by Ian Beck ; performed by Berny and Julian Marc Stringle and Dave Peto.A simple retelling of the classic tale from the Brothers Grimm about a poor but generous shoemaker who becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his work during the night.
Subjects: Elves; Shoemakers; Fairy tales; Children's audiobooks;
© c2005., Oxford University Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The secret history of Audrey James : a novel / by Marshall, Heather(Heather J.),author.;
Northern England, 2010 After a tragic accident upends her life, Kate Mercer leaves London to work at an old guest house near the Scottish border, where she hopes to find a fresh start and heal from her loss. When she arrives, she begins to unravel the truth about her past, but discovers the mysterious elderly proprietor is harbouring her own secrets ... Berlin, 1938 Audrey James is weeks away from graduating from a prestigious music school in Berlin, where she's been living with her best friend, Ilse Kaplan. As she prepares to finish her piano studies, Audrey dreads the thought of returning to her father in England and leaving Ilse behind. Families like the Kaplans are being targeted, and the stakes grow higher by the day. Restrictions tighten, the borders close to Jews, and rumours swirl about people being apprehended in the street and shipped off to work camps. When Ilse's parents and brother suddenly disappear, two high-ranking Nazi party members confiscate the Kaplans' upscale home, believing it to be empty. In a desperate attempt to keep Ilse safe, Audrey becomes housekeeper for the officers while Ilse is forced into hiding in the attic--a prisoner in her own home. As war in Europe threatens, it isn't long before a shocking turn of events pushes Audrey to become embroiled in cell of the anti-Hitler movement: clusters of resisters working to bring down the Nazis from within Germany itself. But resistance comes with risk, and before the war is over, Audrey must decide what matters most: saving herself, her friend, or sacrificing everything for the greater good.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Anti-Nazi movement; Female friendship; Jewish families; Jewish women; Music students; Secrecy; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The mysterious case of Rudolf Diesel : genius, power, and deception on the eve of World War I / by Brunt, Douglas,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The hidden history of one of the world's greatest inventors, a man who disrupted the status quo and then disappeared into thin air on the eve of World War I--this book answers the hundred-year-old mystery of what really became of Rudolf Diesel"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Diesel, Rudolf, 1858-1913.; Diesel motor; Mechanical engineers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Paris 1919 : six months that changed the world / by Macmillan, Margaret Olwen.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [497]-512) and index.
Subjects: Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.; Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920); Treaty of Versailles (1919); World War, 1914-1918;
© [2002], c2001., Random House,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Berlin letters / by Reay, Katherine,1970-author.;
"Near the end of the Cold War, a CIA code breaker discovers a symbol she recognizes from her childhood, which launches her across the world to the heart of Berlin just before the wall comes tumbling down"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; Novels.; Cold War; Letters; Fathers and daughters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Only the brave : a novel / by Steel, Danielle,author.;
"Sophia Alexander, the beautiful daughter of a famous surgeon in Berlin, has had to grow up faster than most young women. When her mother falls ill, Sophia must take charge of her younger sister, Theresa, and look after her father and the household, while also volunteering at his hospital after school. Meanwhile, Hitler's rise to power and the violence in her very own town have Sophia concerned, but only her mother is willing to share her fears openly. After tragedy strikes and her mother dies, Sophia becomes increasingly involved in the resistance, attending meetings of dissidents and helping however she can. Circumstances become increasingly dangerous and personal when Sophia assists her sister's daring escape from Germany, fleeing Germany with her young husband and his family. Her father also begins to resist the regime, secretly healing those hiding from persecution, only to have his hospital burned to the ground. When he is arrested and sent to a concentration camp, Sophia is truly on her own, but more determined than ever to help. While working as a nurse with the convent nuns, the Sisters of Mercy, Sophia continues her harrowing efforts to transport Jewish children to safety and finds herself under surveillance. As the political tensions rise and the brutal oppression continues, Sophia is undeterred, risking it all, even her own freedom, as she rises to the challenge of helping those in need--no matter the cost."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Anti-Nazi movement; Families; Fathers and daughters; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Man-woman relationships; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 3
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Only the brave [text (large print)] : a novel / by Steel, Danielle,author.;
"Sophia Alexander, the beautiful daughter of a famous surgeon in Berlin, has had to grow up faster than most young women. When her mother falls ill, Sophia must take charge of her younger sister, Theresa, and look after her father and the household, while also volunteering at his hospital after school. Meanwhile, Hitler's rise to power and the violence in her very own town have Sophia concerned, but only her mother is willing to share her fears openly. After tragedy strikes and her mother dies, Sophia becomes increasingly involved in the resistance, attending meetings of dissidents and helping however she can. Circumstances become increasingly dangerous and personal when Sophia assists her sister's daring escape from Germany, fleeing Germany with her young husband and his family. Her father also begins to resist the regime, secretly healing those hiding from persecution, only to have his hospital burned to the ground. When he is arrested and sent to a concentration camp, Sophia is truly on her own, but more determined than ever to help. While working as a nurse with the convent nuns, the Sisters of Mercy, Sophia continues her harrowing efforts to transport Jewish children to safety and finds herself under surveillance. As the political tensions rise and the brutal oppression continues, Sophia is undeterred, risking it all, even her own freedom, as she rises to the challenge of helping those in need--no matter the cost."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Anti-Nazi movement; Families; Fathers and daughters; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Man-woman relationships; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Into the lion's mouth : the true story of Dusko Popov : World War II spy, patriot, and the real-life inspiration for James Bond / by Loftis, Larry,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Popov, Dusko.; Espionage; Espionage; Spies; Spies; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The night travelers : a novel / by Correa, Armando Lucas,1959-author.; Caistor, Nick,translator.; Molinari, Cecilia,translator.; Williams, Faye,translator.; translation of:Correa, Armando Lucas,1959-Viajera nocturna.English.;
Includes bibliographical references.Separated by time but united by sacrifice, four women experience love, loss, war, and hope from the rise of Nazism to the fall of the Berlin Wall as they embark on journeys of self-discovery and find themselves to be living testaments to the power of maternal love.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Mothers and daughters; Women;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Winter work / by Fesperman, Dan,1955-author.;
"Winter Work is an exhilarating spy thriller set in East Germany after the fall of Berlin Wall, about a Stasi officer investigating the murder of a colleague who is helped by Claire Saylor. Emil Grimm, a Stasi colonel, has decamped to his dacha in the woods outside of Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall. On a walk one morning, he discovers the body of a fellow intelligence officer with whom he was involved in a clandestine mission. Now Emil is forced to pick up the pieces of their plan and follow through alone while under the newfound scrutiny of his colleagues. Soon Emil is connected with CIA agent Claire Saylor who is on the ground in Berlin to collect what she can of the valuable intelligence that has been freed up because of the chaotic government transition to unify Germany. As they delve deeper into the world of the murdered officer, it becomes clear that there are secrets deeper than either of them can imagine, and that while the rules of the game have begun to change, the stakes of the Cold War are still high"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; Novels.; Germany (East). Ministerium für Staatssicherheit; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Cold War; Espionage; Intelligence officers; Murder; Spies;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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