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- Wicked Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West [electronic resource] : by Maguire, Gregory.aut; cloudLibrary;
The New York Times bestseller and basis for the Tony-winning hit musical, soon to be a major motion picture starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande With millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire’s Wicked is established not only as a commentary on our time but as a novel to revisit for years to come. Wicked relishes the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, while playing sleight of hand with our collective memories of the 1939 MGM film starring Margaret Hamilton (and Judy Garland). In this fast-paced, fantastically real, and supremely entertaining novel, Maguire has populated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own imagination.  Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz’s most promising young citizens. But Elphaba’s Oz is no utopia. The Wizard’s secret police are everywhere. Animals—those creatures with voices, souls, and minds—are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals—even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas.  Recognized as an iconoclastic tour de force on its initial publication, the novel has inspired the blockbuster musical of the same name—one of the longest-running plays in Broadway history. Popular, indeed. But while the novel’s distant cousins hail from the traditions of magical realism, mythopoeic fantasy, and sprawling nineteenth-century sagas of moral urgency, Maguire’s Wicked is as unique as its green-skinned witch. 
- Subjects: Electronic books.; Romantic; Literary; Contemporary; Media Tie-In; Epic; Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; Horror;
- © 2009., HarperCollins,
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- Near abroad : Putin, the West, and the contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus / by Toal, Gerard,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Vladimir Putin's intervention into the Georgia/South Ossetia conflict in summer 2008 was quickly recognized by Western critics as an attempt by Russia to increase its presence and power in the "near abroad", or the independent states of the former Soviet Union that Russia still regards as its wards. Though the global economic recession that began in 2008 moved the incident to the back of the world's mind, Russia surged to the forefront again six years later when they invaded the heavily Russian Crimea in Ukraine and annexed it. In contrast to the earlier Georgia episode, this new conflict has generated a crisis of global proportions, forcing European countries to rethink their relationship with Russia and their reliance on it for energy supplies, as Russia was now squeezing natural gas from what is technically Ukraine. In Near Abroad, the eminent political geographer Gerard Toal analyzes Russia's recent offensive actions in the near abroad, focusing in particular on the ways in which both the West and Russia have relied on Cold War-era rhetorical and emotional tropes that distort as much as they clarify. In response to Russian aggression, US critics quickly turned to tried-and-true concepts like "spheres of influence" to condemn the Kremlin. Russia in turn has brought back its long tradition of criticizing western liberalism and degeneracy to grandly rationalize its behavior in what are essentially local border skirmishes. It is this tendency to resort to the frames of earlier eras that has led the conflicts to "jump scales," moving from the regional to the global level in short order. The ambiguities and contradictions that result when nations marshal traditional geopolitical arguments-rooted in geography, territory, and old understandings of distance-further contributes to the escalation of these conflicts. Indeed, Russia's belligerence toward Georgia stemmed from concern about its possible entry into NATO, an organization of states thousands of miles away. American hawks also strained credulity by portraying Georgia as a nearby ally in need of assistance. Similarly, the threat of NATO to the Ukraine looms large in the Kremlin's thinking, and many Ukrainians themselves self-identify with the West despite their location in Eastern Europe."--
- Subjects: Geopolitics; Geopolitics; Geopolitics; South Ossetia War, 2008.;
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- A history of France / by Norwich, John Julius,1929-2018,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Chronicles the history of France, from Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul in the mid-first century BC to the end of World War II.
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- A devil is waiting / by Higgins, Jack,1929-;
"A devil is indeed waiting. The President is coming to London, but not to an entirely warm welcome. A fanatical mullah is offering a blessing to anyone who will assassinate the President, and though most London Muslims think the mullah has crossed the line, a few think otherwise. Urgently, Sean Dillon, General Charles Ferguson, and the rest of the small band known as the "Prime Minister's private army" are called in, augmented by an extraordinary new recruit, an intelligence captain and Afghan war hero named Sara Gideon. She has her own deep contacts, but the more she investigates, the more she discovers herself in a very dark place indeed. For the assassination plan is only the beginning."--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects: Suspense fiction.; United States. President; Americans; Terrorism;
- © c2012., G.P. Putnam's Sons,
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- Le brahmane et le tigre ingrat : une histoire / by Horsfield, Alan.; Mancini, Rob.;
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- Subjects: Brahmanes; Tigre; Contes; Brahmans; Tiger; Tales;
- © c2005., Groupe Beauchemin,
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- L'homme sur le dos d'un tigre / by Randell, Beverley,1931-; Reynolds, Pat.;
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- Subjects: Céramistes; Tigre; Contes; Potters; Tiger; Tales;
- © c2004., Groupe Beauchemin,
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- C'est mon tour! / by Feuti, Norman.; Fortin, Isabelle.;
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- Subjects: Hérissons; Cochon d'inde; Hedgehogs; Guinea pigs; French language materials.;
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- Rebecka Martinsson. [videorecording] / by Ahlqvist, Daniel,television producer.; Edfeldt, Fredrik,1972-television director.; Engdahl, Niklas,1974-actor.; Engström, Henrik,screenwriter.; Engvoll, Ida,1985-actor.; Esmaili, Ardalan,1986-actor.; Fröler, Samuel,1957-actor.; Grosin, Mattias,1966-screenwriter.; Inde, Jonas,actor.; Lind, Lars,1935-actor.; Melander, Eva,1974-actor.; Öhrman, Jakob,1984-actor.; Oredsson, Thomas,1946-actor.; Röör, Gunilla,1959-actor.; Virtanen, Ville,1961-actor.; Acorn Media (Firm),publisher.; RLJ Entertainment,distributor.; Yellow Bird Rights,production company.;
Director of photography, Petrus Sjövik ; ediotr, Hanna Lejonkvist ; composers, Dan Berridge, Matthew Bourne.Ida Engvoll, Eva Melander, Jakob Öhrman, Gunilla Röör, Jonas Inde, Niklas Engdahl, Ville Virtanen, Ardalan Esmaili, Lars Lind, Thomas Oredsson, Samuel Fröler.Prosecutor Rebecka Martinsson returns to her roots in Kiruna, to attend the funeral of the priest that had administered her confirmation. Her plan was to travel with a return ticket, but Rebecka stayed. Now several years have passed, and when we return to Rebecka in season 2 her anxieties about truly fitting in and if she made the right choice have grown worse.14A.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital stereophonic.
- Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Foreign television programs.; Murder; Police; Women lawyers;
- For private home use only.
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Y Magazine
Mode of access: Internet.
- Subjects: Computers & Technology;
- © , Y Magazine
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Nova
Mode of access: Internet.
- Subjects: Entertainment & TV;
- © , PT PRIMA INFOSARANA MEDIA
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