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The war came to us : life and death in Ukraine / by Miller, Christopher,author.;
"A breathtaking exploration of Ukraine's past, present, and future, and a heartbreaking account of the war against Russia, written by the leading journalist of the conflict. When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine just before dawn on 24 February 2022, it marked his latest and most overt attempt to brutally conquer the country, and reshaped the world order. Christopher Miller, the Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times and the foremost journalist covering the country, was there on the ground when the first Russian missiles struck and troops stormed over the border. But the seeds of Russia's war against Ukraine and the West were sown more than a decade earlier. This is the definitive, inside story of its long fight for freedom. Told through Miller's personal experiences, vivid front-line dispatches and illuminating interviews with unforgettable characters, The War Came To Us takes readers on a riveting journey through the key locales and pivotal events of Ukraine's modern history. From the coal-dusted, sunflower-covered steppe of the Donbas in the far east to the heart of the Euromaidan revolution camp in Kyiv; from the Black Sea shores of Crimea, where Russian troops stealthily annexed Ukraine's peninsula, to the bloody battlefields where Cossacks roamed before the Kremlin's warlords ruled with iron fists; and through the horror and destruction wrought by Russian forces in Bucha, Bakhmut, Mariupol, and beyond. With candor, wit and sensitivity, Miller captures Ukraine in all its glory: vast, defiant, resilient, and full of wonder. A breathtaking narrative that is at times both poignant and inspiring, The War Came To Us is the story of an American who fell in love with a foreign place and its people--and witnessed them do extraordinary things to escape the long shadow of their former imperial ruler and preserve their independence."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Miller, Christopher; Ukraine Conflict, 2014-;
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This book will bury me : a novel / by Winstead, Ashley,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From the national bestselling author of In My Dreams I Hold a Knife and Midnight is the Darkest Hour comes a chilling, compulsive story of five amateur sleuths, whose hunt for an elusive killer catapults them into danger as the world watches. It's the most famous crime in modern history. But only she knows the true story. After the unexpected death of her father, college student Jane Sharp longs for a distraction from her grief. She becomes obsessed with true crime, befriending armchair detectives who teach her how to hunt killers from afar. In this morbid internet underground, Jane finds friendship, purpose, and even glory ... So when news of the shocking deaths of three college girls in Delphine, Idaho takes the world by storm, and sleuths everywhere race to solve the crimes, Jane and her friends are determined to beat them. But the case turns out to be stranger than anyone expected. Details don't add up, the police are cagey, and there seems to be more media hype and internet theorizing than actual evidence. When Jane and her sleuths take a step closer, they find that every answer only begs more questions, and begin to suspect their killer may be smarter and more prolific than any they've faced before. Placing themselves in the center of the story starts to feel more and more like walking into a trap ... Told one year after the astounding events that concluded the case and left the world reeling, when Jane has finally decided to break her silence about what really happened, she tells the true story of the Delphine Massacres. And what she has to confess will shock even the most seasoned true crime fans."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Grief; Murder; Private investigators; Women college students;
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This Book Will Bury Me A Novel [electronic resource] : by Winstead, Ashley.aut; CloudLibrary;
From the nationally bestselling author of In My Dreams I Hold a Knife and Midnight Is the Darkest Hour comes a chilling, compulsive story of five amateur sleuths whose hunt for an elusive killer catapults them into danger as the world watches It’s the most famous crime in modern history. But only she knows the true story. After the unexpected death of her father, college student Jane Sharp longs for a distraction from her grief. She becomes obsessed with true crime, befriending armchair detectives who teach her how to hunt killers from afar. In this morbid internet underground, Jane finds friendship, purpose and even glory. So when news of the shocking deaths of three college girls in Delphine, Idaho, takes the world by storm, and sleuths everywhere race to solve the crimes, Jane and her friends are determined to beat them. But the case turns out to be stranger than anyone expected. Details don’t make sense, the police are cagey, and there seems to be more media hype and internet theorizing than actual evidence. When Jane and her sleuths take a step closer, they find that every answer only leads to more questions. Something’s not adding up, and they begin to suspect their killer may be smarter and more prolific than any murderer they’ve faced before. Placing themselves in the centre of the story starts to feel more and more like walking into a trap. One year after the astounding events that concluded the case and left the world reeling, Jane decides to break her silence and reveal the true story behind the Delphine Massacres. And what she has to confess will shock even the most seasoned true crime fans.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Amateur Sleuth; Psychological; Crime;
© 2025., HarperCollins Canada,
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The Regency years : during which Jane Austen writes, Napoleon fights, Byron makes love, and Britain becomes modern / by Morrison, Robert,1961-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-336) and index."A surprising history of the era that brought our modern world decisively into view. Though the Victorians are often credited with ushering in our modern era, the seeds were planted in the years before. The Regency (1811- 1820) began when the profligate Prince of Wales replaced his insane father, George III, as Britain's ruler; around the regent surged a society of evangelicalism and hedonism, elegance and brutality, exuberance and despair. The arts showcased extraordinary writers and painters such as Austen, Byron, the Shelleys, Constable, and Turner. Science gave us the steam locomotive and the blueprint for the modern computer. Yet the dark side of the modern era was visible in the poverty, slavery, pornography, opium, and gothic imaginings that birthed Frankenstein. And all the while, the British Empire fought in foreign lands: the Napoleonic Wars in Europe and the War of 1812 in the United States. Exploring these crosscurrents, Robert Morrison illuminates the profound ways this period shaped and indelibly marked the modern world."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Regency; Arts;
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Checkmate in Berlin : the Cold War showdown that shaped the modern world / by Milton, Giles,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The lively, immersive story of the race to seize Berlin in the aftermath of World War II that fired the starting gun for the Cold War"--
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Cold War.;
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DNA for Native American genealogy / by Estes, Roberta,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Millions of people have family stories involving Native American, First Nations, or indigenous American heritage. Those legends encourage people to take DNA tests to shed light on the stories and discover the identity of Native American ancestors. It is important to first understand the circumstances that have allowed your Native ancestors to become lost in time. Estes starts by discussing how DNA works, how much of your native ancestor's DNA you might expect to inherit, and how to find that DNA. She explains the tools offered by testing companies, and also focuses on which haplogroups are found in specific tribes."--Adapted from Introduction.
Subjects: Genetic genealogy.; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; First Nations; First Nations; First Nations;
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Anansi's gold : the man who looted the west, outfoxed Washington, and swindled the world / by Yeebo, Yepoka,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The astounding, never-before-told story of how an audacious Ghanaian con artist pulled off one of the 20th century's longest-running and most spectacular frauds. When Ghana won its independence from Britain in 1957, it instantly became a target for home-grown opportunists and rapacious Western interests determined to snatch any assets that colonialism hadn't already stripped. A CIA-funded military junta ousted the new nation's inspiring president, Kwame Nkrumah, then falsely accused him of hiding the country's gold overseas. Into this big lie stepped one of history's most charismatic scammers, a con man to rival the trickster god Anansi. Born into poverty in Ghana and trained in the United States, John Ackah Blay-Miezah declared himself custodian of an alleged Nkrumah trust fund worth billions. You, too, could claim a piece--if only you would "invest" in Blay-Miezah's fictitious efforts to release the equally fictitious fund. Over the 1970s and '80s, he and his accomplices--including Ghanaian state officials and Nixon's former attorney general--scammed hundreds of millions of dollars out of thousands of believers. Blay-Miezah lived in luxury, deceiving Philadelphia lawyers, London financiers, and Seoul businessmen alike, all while eluding his FBI pursuers. American prosecutors called his scam "one of the most fascinating--and lucrative--in modern history." In Anansi's Gold, Yepoka Yeebo chases Blay-Miezah's ever-wilder trail and discovers, at long last, what really happened to Ghana's missing wealth. She unfolds a riveting account of Cold War entanglements, international finance, and postcolonial betrayal, revealing how what we call "history" writes itself into being, one lie at a time."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; True crime stories.; Blay-Miezah, John Ackah.; Fraud; Swindlers and swindling;
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The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen [electronic resource] : by Azar, Shokoofeh.aut; CloudLibrary;
From International Booker Prize and National Book Award finalist Shokoofeh Azar, comes a stylistically audacious and emotionally powerful novel about one large, complicated family and a love affair lasting decades. Spanning fifty years in the history of modern Iran, this lush, layered story embraces politics and family, revolution and reconstruction, loss and love as it recounts the colorful destinies of twelve children who get lost one long-ago night inside a mysterious palace. Azar’s first novel, The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree (Europa Editions, 2020), was shortlisted for the Stella Prize for Fiction and the International Booker Prize; it was longlisted for the PEN America Award and the National Book Award for Translated Literature. In Azar’s new novel, each lost child’s story unfolds against the backdrop of immense cultural and political transformation; lovers must survive war, revolution, and rigid social strictures to keep their love alive; family bonds are tested, especially those indissoluble connections between the living and the dead. The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen is also the moving story of one family’s efforts to preserve the richness of Iranian culture in the face of Islamic hegemony following the 1979 revolution.General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Magical Realism; Sagas; Family Life;
© 2025., Europa Editions,
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Unforgotten. [videorecording] / by Ahluwalia, Jassa,1990-actor.; Bhaskar, Sanjeev,1964-actor.; De Glanville, Guy,television producer.; Egan, Peter,1947-actor.; Hancock, Sheila,1933-actor.; Lang, Chris(Christopher),creator,screenwriter.; Long, Jordan,1974-actor.; Mackenzie, Alastair,1970-actor.; Main, Carolina,actor.; Nyman, Andy,actor.; Reeves, Lewis,1988-actor.; Sharma, Phaldut,actor.; Walker, Nicola,actor.; White, Liz,1979-actor.; Wilson, Andy,1958-television director.; ITV Studios,production company.; Mainstreet Pictures,production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.;
Sanjeev Bhaskar, Jordan Long, Carolina Main, Nicola Walker, Lewis Reeves, Peter Egan, Hiten Patel, Pippa Nixon, Jassa Ahluwalia, Michelle Bonnard, Georgia Mackenzie.The detectives are on a mission to uncover the mystery behind an unsolved murder that occurred 39 years ago. Beneath the ground of a demolished house, the bones of the victim are found. With this evidence, the modern police team opens a case to unearth the history that has remained buried for decades. Four main suspects emerge, and as their dark past is unraveled, the truth behind the events of the crime is finally revealed.14A.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Detective and mystery television programs.; Television cop shows.; Television crime shows.; Television programs.; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Criminal investigation; Murder; Police;
For private home use only.
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For the good of the game : the inside story of the surprising and dramatic transformation of Major League Baseball / by Selig, Bud,1934-author.; Rogers, Phil,author.;
In 'For the Good of the Game', part baseball story, part business saga, and part memoir, longtime Commissioner of Major League Baseball, Bud Selig, provides an unprecedented look inside professional baseball today, focusing on how he helped bring the game into the modern age and revealing his interactions with players, managers, fellow owners, and fans nationwide.
Subjects: Autoiographies.; Biographies.; Selig, Bud, 1934-; Major League Baseball (Organization); Baseball commissioners; Baseball;
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