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Box 88 / by Cumming, Charles,1971-author.;
"Lachlan Kite is a member of BOX 88, an elite transatlantic black ops outfit so covert that not even MI6 and the CIA are certain of its existence--but even the best spy can't anticipate every potential threat in a world where dangerous actors lurk around every corner. At the funeral of his childhood best friend, Lachlan falls into a trap that drops him into the hands of a potentially deadly interrogation, with his pregnant wife, also abducted, being held as collateral for the information he's sworn on his own life to protect. Thirty years earlier Lachlan, then just out of the upper class boarding school where he was reared, was BOX 88's newest recruit. In the haze of a gap year summer, in which the study of spycraft was intertwined with a journey of self-discovery, he cut his teeth on a special assignment on the coast of France, where a friendship allowed him special access to one of Iran's most dangerous men. Today, Lachlan's nostalgia for the trip is corrupted by recollection of the deceit that accompanied it but, in order to save his family, he'll be forced to revisit those painful memories one last time."--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Great Britain. MI5; Espionage, British; Intelligence officers; Secrecy; Terrorism; Undercover operations;
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The Tudor secret / by Gortner, C. W.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Spy stories.; Suspense fiction.; Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603; Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598;
© c2011., St. Martin's Griffin,
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Chain of gold / by Clare, Cassandra.;
Cordelia Carstairs, a Shadowhunter trained to battle demons, travels with her brother to London where they reconnect with childhood friends but soon must face devastating demon attacks in the quarantined city.Ages 14 up.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Occult fiction.; Demonology; Magic; Brothers and sisters; Friendship;
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Think of me / by Liardet, Frances,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From the New York Times bestselling author of We Must Be Brave comes a new sweeping historical novel about one couple's journey through war, love, and loss, and how the people we love never really leave us"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Man-woman relationships; World War, 1939-1945;
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Ordinary monsters / by Miro, J. M.,author.;
"England, 1882. In Victorian London, two children with mysterious powers are hunted by a figure of darkness--a man made of smoke. Sixteen-year-old Charlie Ovid, despite a brutal childhood in Mississippi, doesn't have a scar on him. His body heals itself,whether he wants it to or not. Marlowe, a foundling from a railway freight car, shines with a strange bluish light. He can melt or mend flesh. When a jaded female detective is recruited to escort them to safety, all three begin a journey into the nature of difference, and belonging, and the shadowy edges of the monstrous. What follows is a story of wonder and betrayal, from the gaslit streets of London, and the wooden theatres of Meiji-era Tokyo, to an eerie estate outside Edinburgh where other children with gifts - the Talents - have been gathered. There, the world of the dead and the world of the living threaten to collide. And as secrets within the Institute unfurl, Marlowe, Charlie and the rest of the Talents will discover the truth about their abilities, and the nature of what is stalking them: that the worst monsters sometimes come bearing the sweetest gifts. Riveting in its scope, exquisitely written, Ordinary Monsters presents a catastrophic vision of the Victorian world--and of the gifted, broken children who must save it"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Ability; Children; Good and evil; Magic; Monsters; Threat (Psychology);
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The paradise. [videorecording] / by Elliott, Emun.; Gallagher, Bill.; Vanderham, Joanna.; Wight, Stephen.; BBC Worldwide Ltd.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Joanna Vanderham, Emun Elliott, Stephen Wight.Set amidst the Victorian splendor of Britain's first department store, The Paradise is a rags-to-riches story of a young girl who falls in love with the intoxicating charms of the modern world. As Denise finds her feet as a lowly shop girl, she must navigate her way through power struggles, intrigues, and affairs. When the shop's dashing and reckless owner, John Moray, spots her talents, she knows she can use this opportunity to rise to great things.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo.
Subjects: Department stores; Man-woman relationships; Television programs.;
© c2013., BBC Worldwide ; Distributed by Warner Home Video,
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Storming the castle : the world of Dora and the Duchess / by Downie, Jill;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-341) and index.
Subjects: Devonshire, Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of.; Lee, Dorothea Mary.; Nobility; Domestics;
© c1998., Key Porter Books,
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Soundings : journeys in the company of whales : a memoir / by Cunningham, Doreen,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In this memoir of motherhood, love, and resilience, a woman and her toddler son follow the grey whale migration from Mexico to northernmost Alaska. In this striking blend of nature writing, whale science, and memoir, Doreen Cunningham interweaves two stories: tracking the extraordinary northward migration of the grey whales with a mischievous toddler in tow and living with an Iñupiaq family in Alaska seven years earlier. Throughout the journey she explores the stories of the whales and their young calves-their history, their habits, and their attempts to survive the changes humans have brought to the ocean. Cunningham's voice is powerful: sharp, profound, sensitive, and unflinching. A story of courage and resilience, Soundings is about the migrating whales and all we can learn from them as they mother, adapt, and endure, their lives interrupted and threatened by global warming. It is also a riveting journey onto the Arctic Sea ice and into the changing world of Indigenous whale hunters, where Doreen becomes immersed in the ancient values of the Iñupiaq whale hunt and falls in love. For this is Doreen's story, too-a fierce, feminist tale, touching on her childhood and her time living in a Women's Refuge with her baby, becoming a mother, just like the whales. Lyrical, brave, and fearlessly honest, Soundings is an unforgettable journey"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Cunningham, Doreen; Cunningham, Doreen.; Inupiat; Nature; Single mothers; Whales; Women journalists;
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Warlord / by Bell, Ted.;
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Attempted assassination; Hawke, Alex (Fictitious character); Intelligence officers; Royal houses;
© c2010., William Morrow,
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The cardinal : a novel of love and power / by Weir, Alison,1951-author.;
"In this thrilling novel of friendship and betrayal at the royal court, the New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the rise of Thomas Wolsey, who was Henry VIII's chief advisor -- until the king accused him of treason"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547; Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530;
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