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The downsized veggie garden : how to garden small wherever you live, whatever your space / by Copsey, Kate,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Small is beautiful, and integrating a small, easy-to-manage garden into hectic everyday life is easy. In The Downsized Veggie Garden, low maintenance is the mantra. And so is making smart, creative use of the space we have -- whether it's outdoors, indoors, in-ground, in containers, on a balcony railing ... or even going vertical. Garden expert Kate Copsey takes the reader season-by-season, plant-by-plant, with essential tips about soil, seed-starting, plant choices, non-chemical fertilizing, watering, choosing the right containers, veggie garden planning and planting, and much more. This fully illustrated book is a one-stop guide for the beginner gardener or the downsizing gardener.
Subjects: Vegetable gardening.; Small gardens.;
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Black roots : a beginner's guide to tracing the African American family tree / by Burroughs, Tony,1948-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In Black Roots", Tony Burroughs-who traced his own family back seven generations--addresses the particular obstacles African Americans face in genealogical research, including the legacy of slavery and segregation. Burroughs describes what types of records to look for, where to find them, and how to analyze them. He offers problem-solving techniques, and tips on organizing records, interviewing family members, and writing the history itself.
Subjects: Family histories.; African Americans;
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Remembrance [videorecording] / by Damięcki, Mateusz,1981-; Dwyer, Alice,1988-actor.; Justice, Anna,film director.; Manzel, Dagmar,actor.; Corinth Films,publisher.; Film Movement (Firm),publisher.;
Alice Dwyer, Dagmar Manzel, Mateusz Damiecki.Remembrance depicts a remarkable love story that blossomed amidst the terror of a German concentration camp in 1944 Poland. This impossible passion fuels the courage of a Polish prisoner who manages to rescue his Jewish girlfriend. Against all odds, they escape the camp and survive a treacherous journey to freedom. But during the chaos of the end of the war, they are forcibly separated and each is convinced that the other has died. More than thirty years later in New York, the happily married 52-year-old woman accidentally finds out that her former Polish lover is still alive. And she has to see him again.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Foreign films.; Motion pictures, German.; Feature films.; Escapes; Nazis; Concentration camps; Political prisoners; Man-woman relationships;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Bitterroots / by Box, C. J.,author.;
"Former police officer Cassie Dewell is trying to start over with her own private investigation firm. Guilty about not seeing her son and exhausted by the nights on stakeout, Cassie is nonetheless managing ... until an old friend calls in a favor: she wants Cassie to help exonerate a man accused of assaulting a young girl from an influential family. Against her own better judgment, Cassie agrees. But out in the Big Sky Country of Montana, twisted family loyalty runs as deep as the ties to the land, and there's always something more to the story. As Cassie attempts to uncover the truth, she must fight against the ghosts of her own past that threaten to pull her back under"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Dewell, Cassie (Fictitious character); Women private investigators; Rape; Rich people; Families; Loyalty;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Murder in the locked library / by Adams, Ellery.;
With her twins, Fitzgerald and Hemingway, back in school, Jane Steward can finally focus on her work again--managing Storyton Hall, and breaking ground on the resort's latest attraction: a luxurious, relaxing spa named in honor of Walt Whitman. But when the earth is dug up to start laying the spa's foundation, something else comes to the surface--a collection of unusual bones and the ragged remnants of a very old book. The attendees of the Rare Book Conference are eager to assist Jane with this unexpected historical mystery--until a visitor meets an untimely end in the Henry James Library. As the questions--and suspects--start stacking up, Jane will have to uncover a killer before more unhappy endings ensue...
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Resorts; Murder;
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The railway man [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Firth, Colin,1960-; Irvine, Jeremy,1990-; Kidman, Nicole,1967-; Lomax, Eric.Railway man.Videorecording.; Sanada, Hiroyuki,1960-; Skarsgård, Stellan.; Teplitzky, Jonathan.; Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.; Weinstein Company Home Entertainment (Firm);
Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgård, Hiroyuki Sanada.Based on an autobiography, this film tells the true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering the psychological trauma of his wartime experiences, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Accompanied by his best friend, Lomax returns to the scene of his torture and manages to track down his captor, Japanese officer Takashi Nagase, from the prison camp, in an attempt to let go of a lifetime of bitterness and hate.14A.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 5.1 DTS-HD Digital surround.
Subjects: Lomax, Eric; Lomax, Eric.; Burma-Siam Railroad; Biographical films.; Feature films.; Prisoners of war; Prisoners of war; War films.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2014., Weinstein Company Home Entertainment : Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.,
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The White Lotus. [videorecording] / by Abraham, F. Murray,actor.; Coolidge, Jennifer,actor.; Dimarco, Adam,actor.; White, Mike,1970-television director.; Home Box Office (Firm),production company,broadcaster.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.;
F. Murray Abraham, Jennifer Coolidge, Adam Dimarco, Meghann Fahy, Beatrice Granṇ, Jonathan Gries, Tom Hollander, Sabrina Impacciatore, Michael Imperioli, Theo James, Aubrey Plaza, Haley Lu Richardson, Will Sharpe.Season Two follows various hotel guests over a week, but with each passing day, a darker side of the picture-perfect travelers, hotel employees, and idyllic locale emerges. At its Sicily location, the White Lotus welcomes two couples trying to decide if they're friends or enemies, a three-generation Italian American family exploring its Sicilian roots, and a White Lotus VIP traveling with her husband (and assistant) in tow. Behind the scenes, the hotel's professional but prickly manager tries to keep two young locals, each striving to get ahead by different means out of her luxury establishment.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Television comedies.; Television programs.; Resorts; Hospitality; Resorts; Rich people; Service industries workers; Vacations;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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When the bubble bursts : surviving the Canadian real estate crash / by MacBeth, Hilliard,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Starting in 2008, investors upset by the stock market collapse started to see real estate as a "safe haven" investment. While talking with numerous clients, investment manager Hilliard MacBeth realized that Canadians have far too much of their investment capital and savings tied up in expensive real estate when better opportunities are about to appear in other asset classes. He argues that Canada is in the midst of a real estate bubble, and there will soon be a crash in house prices. What can Canadians do to prepare financially for retirement and take advantage of the "once in a lifetime" buying opportunity that will follow the bubble bursting? All these answers can be found in this newly updated edition of When the Bubble Bursts."--
Subjects: Housing; Real estate investment;
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Unraveling Eleven / by Chisholm, Jerri.;
In Compound Eleven, freedom fromy tyranny is impossible. Her name is Eve Hamilton, and she has managed the impossible. She is free. Until just like that, it is wrenched from her graps. And this time, the corridors of the dark undergound city are even more dangerous than ever before. But her brief taste of freedom has left her with somthing useful, somehting powerful, something that terrifies the leaders of Compound Eleven. And now she has a monster inside. One she will need to learn to control, and fast, or she will lose everything and everyone she holds dear. Starting with Wren Edelman. The one boy who has taught her that anything is possible if they stick together. But will that matter if she becomes the very thing he fears the most.LSC
Subjects: Science fiction.; Dystopias.; Environmental disasters; Teenagers; Civilization, Subterranean; Future, The; Survival; Social classes; Government, Resistance to;
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No escape claws / by Ryan, Sofie,1958-;
It's fall in North Harbor, Maine, where Sarah owns a charming secondhand shop and sells lovingly refurbished items of all kinds. The shop is always bustling--and not just because a quirky team of senior-citizen detectives works out of it and manages to get in even more trouble than Sarah's rough-and-tumble rescue cat, Elvis. A cold case heats up when young Mallory Pearson appears at the shop. Mallory's father is in prison for negligence after her stepmother's mysterious death, but Mallory believes he is innocent and asks the in-house detectives to take on the case. With Sarah and Elvis lending a paw, the detectives decide to try to give Mallory's father a second chance of his own.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Grayson, Sarah (Fictitious character); Cat owners; Secondhand trade; Businesswomen; Murder;
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