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- Two wheels good : the history and mystery of the bicycle / by Rosen, Jody,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The bicycle is a vestige of the Victorian era, seemingly out of pace with our age of smartphones and ridesharing apps and driverless cars. Yet we live on a bicycle planet. Across the world, more people travel by bicycle than by any other form of transportation. Almost anyone can learn to ride a bike--and nearly everyone does. In Two Wheels Good, writer and critic Jody Rosen reshapes our understanding of this ubiquitous machine, an ever-present force in humanity's life and dreamlife--and a flashpoint in culture wars--for more for than two hundred years. Combining history, reportage, travelogue, and memoir, Rosen sweeps across centuries and around the globe, unfolding the bicycle's saga from its invention in 1817 to its present-day renaissance as a "green machine," an emblem of sustainability in a world afflicted by pandemic and climate change. Readers meet unforgettable characters: feminist rebels who steered bikes to the barricades in the 1890s, a prospector who pedaled across the frozen Yukon to join the Klondike gold rush, a Bhutanese king who races mountain bikes in the Himalayas, a cycle rickshaw driver who navigates the seething streets of the world's fastest-growing megacity, astronauts who ride a floating bicycle in zero gravity aboard the International Space Station"--
- Subjects: Bicycles; Cycling;
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- Sticks and scones / by Alexander, Ellie,author.;
It's late spring in Juliet's charming hamlet, Ashland, Oregon. Spotted deer are nibbling on lush green grasses in Lithia Park, the Japanese maples are blooming, and Torte is baking a bevy of spring delights -- lemon curd cupcakes, mini coconut cream pies, grapefruit tartlets, and chocolate dipped almond Tuiles. Meanwhile, her friend Lance, the artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, is taking center stage with his new theater troupe -- the Fair Verona Players. Their performance in Uva's vineyard promises to be a modern, gender-bending twist on "The Taming of the Shrew," but as the curtain rises, so do the strange occurrences. Stage mishaps and internal bickering threaten to derail the production. But as the curtain rises, the real show begins when the leading actor, Jimmy Paxton, meets his final curtain call. Now, Jules is not only in the mix, but she's going to need to craft the perfect recipe for solving this theatrical whodunit.
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Novels.; Bakers; Caterers and catering; Murder; Pastry; Theater;
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- The Man in Black And Other Stories [electronic resource] : by Griffiths, Elly.aut; cloudLibrary;
From the internationally bestselling author of the Ruth Galloway Mysteries, an eclectic, thrilling collection of short stories, featuring many characters that readers have come to know and love. Elly Griffiths has always written short stories to experiment with different voices and genres as well as to explore what some of her fictional creations such as Ruth Galloway, Harbinder Kaur, and Max Mephisto might have done outside of the novels. The Man in Black gathers these bite-sized tales all together in one splendid volume. There are ghost stories, cozy mysteries, tales of psychological suspense, and poignant vignettes of love and loss. In the title story, Ruth Galloway crosses paths with a mysterious man in a bookstore, setting in motion a rescue mission that hinges on the legends and lore of Norfolk. Looking into the past, a young magician in 1920s Leeds wonders just what happened to his missing landlady in “Max Mephisto and the Disappearing Act.” In “Justice Jones and the Etherphone,” a witty girl detective investigates the dire prediction of a fortune teller in dreary postwar London. A flashback in time reveals Harbinder Kaur as a Detective Sergeant surviving her first day on the job at Shoreham DCI. To celebrate the holidays, Ruth gets her very first Christmas tree, and her beloved cat narrates his own seasonal story in “Flint’s Fireside Tale.” And readers can armchair travel with stories set on the Amalfi Coast, in Capri, and in Egypt as Ruth and DCI Nelson experience their very own version of Death on the Nile. The Man in Black illustrates the breadth and variety of Elly Griffiths’s talent for blood-chilling, page-turning stories all with her trademark humor and heart. 
- Subjects: Electronic books.; Collections & Anthologies; Cozy; Historical; Police Procedural; Women Sleuths; Short Stories (single author);
- © 2024., HarperCollins,
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- Miss Fisher's murder mysteries. [videorecording] / by Andrikidis, Peter,television director.; Banas, John,screenwriter.; Cameron, Ken,1946-television director.; Coleman, Elizabeth,screenwriter.; Corbett, Chris,screenwriter.; Cox, Deb,television producer,screenwriter.; Cummings, Ashleigh,1992-actor.; Davies, Sian,television director.; Davis, Essie,actor.; Dean, Ysabelle,screenwriter.; Dunphy, Kristen,screenwriter.; Eagger, Fiona,television producer.; Eames, Declan,television director.; Johnstone-Burt, Hugo,actor.; Margolyes, Miriam,actor.; Masters, Sue,television producer.; Millar, Catherine,television director.; Offen, Michelle,screenwriter.; Page, Nathan,actor.; Sklan, Carole,television producer.; Tilse, Tony,television director.; Tolhurst, Mia,screenwriter.; Television adaptation of (work) :Greenwood, Kerry.Phryne Fisher mystery.; ABC Television Network,film distributor.; Acorn Media (Firm),film distributor.; All 3 Media International (Firm),film distributor.; Australian Broadcasting Corporation,production company.; Every Cloud (Firm),production company.; Film Victoria,production company.; Screen Australia,production company.;
Director of photography, Roger Lanser ; production designer, Robert Perkins ; costume designer, Marion Boyce ; editor, Steve Evans, Nathan Wild ; composer, Greg J. Walker.Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Ashleigh Cummings, Miriam Margolyes.Follow the Honorable Phryne (fry-nee) Fisher through the back alleys, shady markets, and jazz clubs of late 1920s Melbourne. A glamorous lady detective in a mostly male world, she goes about her work with a pear-handled pistol and dagger-sharp wit, leaving a trail of male admirers in her wake.PG.DVD, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby digital stereo.
- Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Fisher, Phryne (Fictitious character); Nineteen twenties; Women private investigators;
- For private home use only.
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- A novel murder : a novel / by Nevin, E. C.,author.;
"In the quaint English town of Hoslewit, the biggest names in crime writing have congregated to celebrate all things bookish and murderous. Author Jane Hepburn is determined to make her time at the Killer Lines festival worthwhile. This is her chance to change her fortunes and make her fictional Detective Baker a household name. And if she has to resort to sneaking into the book tent after hours to rearrange some books so hers are front and center, so be it. But when Jane encounters the dead body of renowned (and reviled) literary agent Carrie Marks, the festival takes on a decidedly different tone. Joined by Carrie's newest client, debut novelist Natasha Martez, and the agency's hapless intern, Daniel Thurston, Jane decides to put her fictional sleuthing skills to use in the real world-she's going to solve the murder. But the list of suspects is long: seemingly everyone at the festival has a motive to kill Carrie, and the more Jane and her new friends investigate, the closer they come to a dangerous truth-one that's stranger than fiction"--
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Novels.; Cities and towns; Festivals; Murder; Suspects (Criminal investigation); Women authors; Women private investigators;
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- The embodied mind : understanding the mysteries of cellular memory, consciousness, and our bodies / by Verny, Thomas R.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In The Embodied Mind, internationally renowned psychiatrist Dr. Thomas R. Verny sets out to redefine our concept of the mind and consciousness. He brilliantly compiles new research that points to the mind's ties to every part of the body.
- Subjects: Mind and body.; Systemic memory hypothesis.;
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- Breath [videorecording] / by Baker, Simon,1969-film producer,screenwriter,film director,actor.; Blake, Rachael,actor.; Debicki, Elizabeth,actor.; Hilton, Jamie,film producer.; Johnson, Mark,1945 December 27-film producer.; Lee, Gerard,screenwriter.; Roxburgh, Richard,actor.; Williams, Tom(Film producer),film producer.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Winton, Tim.Breath.; FilmRise (Firm),publisher.;
Simon Baker, Elizabeth Debicki, Richard Roxburgh, Rachael Blake, Jacek Koman.Based on Tim Winton's award-winning and international bestselling novel set in mid-70s coastal Australia. Two teenage boys, hungry for discovery, form an unlikely friendship with a mysterious older adventurer who pushes them to take risks that will have a lasting and profound impact on their lives.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Coming-of-age films.; Sports films.; Male friendship; Surfing; Teenage boys;
- For private home use only.
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- Breath [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Baker, Simon,1969-film producer,screenwriter,film director,actor.; Blake, Rachael,actor.; Debicki, Elizabeth,actor.; Hilton, Jamie,film producer.; Johnson, Mark,1945 December 27-film producer.; Lee, Gerard,screenwriter.; Roxburgh, Richard,actor.; Williams, Tom(Film producer),film producer.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Winton, Tim.Breath.; FilmRise (Firm),publisher.;
Simon Baker, Elizabeth Debicki, Richard Roxburgh, Rachael Blake, Jacek Koman.Based on Tim Winton's award-winning and international bestselling novel set in mid-70s coastal Australia. Two teenage boys, hungry for discovery, form an unlikely friendship with a mysterious older adventurer who pushes them to take risks that will have a lasting and profound impact on their lives.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Coming-of-age films.; Sports films.; Male friendship; Surfing; Teenage boys;
- For private home use only.
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- Betrayal at Blackthorn Park / by Kelly, Julia,1986-author.;
"With mystery, intrigue, and the hints of romance international bestselling author Julia Kelly is known for, Evelyne Redfern returns in Betrayal at Blackthorn Park. Freshly graduated from a rigorous training program in all things spy craft, former typist Evelyne Redfern is eager for her first assignment as a field agent helping Britain win the war. However, when she learns her first task is performing a simple security test at Blackthorn Park, a requisitioned manor house in the sleepy Sussex countryside, she can't help her initial disappointment. Making matters worse, her handler is to be David Poole, a fellow agent who manages to be both strait-laced and dashing in annoyingly equal measure. However, Evelyne soon realizes that Blackthorn Park is more than meets the eye, and an upcoming visit from Winston Churchill means that security at the secret weapons research and development facility is of the utmost importance. When Evelyne discovers Blackthorn Park's chief engineer dead in his office, her simple assignment becomes more complicated. Evelyne must use all of her-and David's-detection skills to root out who is responsible and uncover layers of deception that could change the course of the war"--
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Betrayal; Deception; Intelligence service; Man-woman relationships; Murder; Women spies; World War, 1939-1945;
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- The Comfort of Ghosts [electronic resource] : by Winspear, Jacqueline.aut; cloudLibrary;
A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! The Comfort of Ghosts completes Jacqueline Winspear’s ground-breaking and internationally bestselling series. “An outstanding historical series.”—The New York Times “Winspear is a brilliant writer, mixing the history and the mystery with the psychology of criminals and victims.”—The Historical Novel Society Psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs unravels a profound mystery from her past in a war-torn nation grappling with its future. London, 1945: Four adolescent orphans with a dark wartime history are squatting in a vacant Belgravia mansion—the owners having fled London under heavy Luftwaffe bombing. Psychologist and Investigator Maisie Dobbs visits the mansion on behalf of the owners and discovers that a demobilized soldier, gravely ill and reeling from his experiences overseas, has taken shelter with the group. Maisie’s quest to bring comfort to the youngsters and the ailing soldier brings to light a decades-old mystery concerning Maisie’s first husband, James Compton, who was killed while piloting an experimental fighter aircraft. As Maisie unravels the threads of her dead husband’s life, she is forced to examine her own painful past and question beliefs she has always accepted as true. The award-winning Maisie Dobbs series has garnered hundreds of thousands of followers, readers drawn to a woman who is of her time, yet familiar in ours—and who inspires with her resilience and capacity for endurance. This final assignment of her own choosing not only opens a new future for Maisie and her family, but serves as a  fascinating portrayal of the challenges facing the people of Britain at the close of the Second World War.
- Subjects: Electronic books.; Traditional; Women Sleuths; Historical;
- © 2024., Soho Press,
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