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The house of shadows / by Williams, Kate,1974-author.;
The de Witt family, who once lead an idyllic and privileged life, are struggling to piece together the shattered fragments of their lives in the aftermath of the Great War. In 1939, the world is on the verge of turmoil with the approaching storm of the Second World War. The fragile peace of the de Witt's world is threatened once again as the family must deal with the consequences of another devastating war.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Families; Family secrets; Life change events; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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A dangerous game / by Robotham, Mandy,author.;
London, 1952. Seven years after the chaotic aftermath of World War II, London has is coming alive again, with jazz clubs and flickering cinema awnings lighting up the night sky. But for widowed Helen 'Dexie' Dexter, she's still a woman in a man's world. She longs to prove herself as an officer in the London Metropolitan Police, yet she's stuck intervening in domestics and making tea for her male colleagues. Then Harri Schroder arrives, seconded from Hamburg to the Met. Haunted by the loss of his wife and child, Harri is unlike any man Dexie has ever known. Compassionate and sharp-witted, he sees her not as a threat, but as an intelligent, canny officer full of potential. And when Harri is tasked with hunting down a Nazi war criminal-turned-respected-businessman, with connections to the upper echelons of British society, it's Dexie he turns to for help.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Great Britain. Metropolitan Police Office; Criminal investigation; Man-woman relationships; Policewomen; War criminals;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Who speaks for the damned / by Harris, C. S.,author.;
"Sebastian St. Cyr investigates the mysterious life and death of a nobleman accused of murder in this enthralling new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Why Kill the Innocent. It's June 1814, and the royal families of Austria, Russia, and the German states have gathered in London at the Prince Regent's invitation to celebrate the defeat of Napoléon and the restoration of monarchical control throughout Europe. But the festive atmosphere is marred one warm summer evening by the brutal murder of a disgraced British nobleman long thought dead. Eighteen years before, Nicholas Hayes, the third son of the late Earl of Seaford, was accused of killing a beautiful young French émigré and transported to Botany Bay for life. Even before his conviction, Hayes had been disowned by his father. Few in London were surprised when they heard the ne'er-do-well had died in New South Wales in 1799. But those reports were obviously wrong. Recently Hayes returned to London with a mysterious young boy in tow--a child who vanishes shortly after Nicholas's body is discovered. Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, is drawn into the investigation by his valet, Jules Calhoun. With Calhoun's help, Sebastian begins to piece together the shattered life of the late Earl's ill-fated youngest son. Why did Nicholas risk his life and freedom by returning to England? And why did he bring the now-missing young boy with him? Several nervous Londoners had reason to fear that Nicholas Hayes had returned to kill them. One of them might have decided to kill him first"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Saint Cyr, Sebastian (Fictitious character); Murder; Regency;
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The Boleyns [videorecording] : a scandalous family / by Brodie, Philip,actor.; Conn, Shelley,1976-narrator.; Curson Smith, Richard,television director,television producer.; Doran, Susan,commentator.; Dowler, Max,actor.; Ellinger, Kathryn,television producer.; Frank, Emma,television director,television producer.; Greening, Katie,television director,television producer.; Mackay, Lauren,1986-commentator.; McCafferty, Elizabeth,actor.; BBC Studios,production company.; British Broadcasting Corporation,production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),film distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company,publisher.;
Narrator, Shelley Conn ; commentators, Lauren Mackay, Susan Doran.Elizabeth McCafferty, Max Dowler, Philip Brodie, Rafaelle Cohen, Roger Evans.Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program in 2022.An epic three-part series that charts the rise and fall of the Boleyn family. This story of love, sex, betrayal and obsession is told from the unique perspective of the Boleyn family.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Biographical television programs.; Fiction television programs.; Historical television programs.; Television mini-series.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536; Bolen family;
For private home use only.
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The invisible killer : the rising global threat of air pollution : and how we can fight back / by Fuller, Gary(Gary W.),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Air; Air; Air; Automobiles;
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The king's curse / by Gregory, Philippa.;
Includes bibliographical references."From the #1 New York Times bestselling author behind the Starz original series The White Queen comes the story of lady-in-waiting Margaret Pole and her unique view of King Henry VIII's stratospheric rise to power in Tudor England. Regarded as yet another threat to the volatile King Henry VII's claim to the throne, Margaret Pole, cousin to Elizabeth of York (known as the White Princess) and daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, is married off to a steady and kind Lancaster supporter--Sir Richard Pole. For his loyalty, Sir Richard is entrusted with the governorship of Wales, but Margaret's contented daily life is changed forever with the arrival of Arthur, the young Prince of Wales, and his beautiful bride, Katherine of Aragon. Margaret soon becomes a trusted advisor and friend to the honeymooning couple, hiding her own royal connections in service to the Tudors. After the sudden death of Prince Arthur, Katherine leaves for London a widow, and fulfills her deathbed promise to her husband by marrying his brother, Henry VIII. Margaret's world is turned upside down by the surprising summons to court, where she becomes the chief lady-in-waiting to Queen Katherine. But this charmed life of the wealthiest and "holiest" woman in England lasts only until the rise of Anne Boleyn, and the dramatic deterioration of the Tudor court. Margaret has to choose whether her allegiance is to the increasingly tyrannical king, or to her beloved queen; to the religion she loves or the theology which serves the new masters. Caught between the old world and the new, Margaret Pole has to find her own way as she carries the knowledge of an old curse on all the Tudors"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547; Salisbury, Margaret Pole, Countess of, 1473-1541; Ladies-in-waiting; Nobility;
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Homebody [graphic novel] / by Parish, Theo,author.;
In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir about the journey one nonbinary person takes to find a home within themself. Combining traditional comics with organic journal-like interludes, Theo takes us through their experiences with the hundred arbitrary and unspoken gender binary rules of high school, from harrowing haircuts and finally the right haircut to the intersection of gender identity and sexuality-and through tiny everyday moments that all led up to Theo finding the term "nonbinary," which finally struck a chord.
Subjects: Biographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Autobiographical comics.; Genderqueer comics.; Graphic novels.; Personal narratives.; Queer comics.; Gender-nonconforming people; Gender-nonconforming people; Gender-nonconforming people; Gender nonconformity;
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The story of a heart : two families, one heart, and the medical miracle that saved a child's life / by Clarke, Rachel(Physician),author.;
Includes bibliographical references."One summer day, nine-year-old Keira Ball was in a terrible car accident and suffered catastrophic brain injuries. As the rest of her body began to shut down, her heart continued to beat. In an act of extraordinary generosity, Keira's parents and siblings immediately agreed that she would have wanted to be an organ donor. Meanwhile nine-year-old Max Johnson had been in a hospital for nearly a year, valiantly fighting the virus that was causing his young heart to fail. When Max's parents received the call they had been hoping for, they knew it came at a terrible cost to another family--in what Clarke calls "the brutal arithmetic of transplant surgery." The act of Keira's heart resuming its rhythm inside Max's body was a medical miracle. But this was only part of the story. While waiting on the transplant list, Max had become the hopeful face of a campaign to change the UK's laws around organ donation. Following his successful surgery, Keira's mother saw the little boy beaming on the front page of the newspaper and knew it was the same boy whose parents had recently sent her an anonymous letter overflowing with gratitude for her daughter's heart. The two mothers began to exchange messages and eventually decided to meet"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Johnson, Max, 2008-; Ball, Keira, 2008-2017; Donation of organs, tissues, etc.; Donation of organs, tissues, etc.; Heart; Organ donors; Organ donors; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. in children;
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Only enchanting / by Balogh, Mary.;
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Subjects: Love stories.; Historical fiction.; Aristocracy (Social class); Betrayal; Mate selection; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815;
© c2014., Signet,
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Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby. by BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by BBC Studios in 2017.Check in to some of the world's most awe-inspiring hotels. Restaurant critic Giles Coren and chef Monica Galetti join the often-unseen workforce as they perform logistical miracles each day to anticipate holidaymakers' every fantasy.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Business.; Economic development.; Travel.; Instructional films.; Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Current affairs.; Documentary television programs.; Television series--Great Britain.;
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