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Queen Victoria : twenty-four days that changed her life / by Worsley, Lucy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.; Queens; Heads of state.; Kings, queens, rulers, etc.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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What Alice forgot / by Moriarty, Liane,author.;
Suffering an accident that causes her to forget the last ten years of her life, Alice is astonished to discover that she is thirty-nine years old, a mother of three children, and in the midst of an acrimonious divorce from a man she dearly loves.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Memory disorders; Amnesiacs; Life change events;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Eating to extinction : the world's rarest foods and why we need to save them / by Saladino, Dan,1970-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A global tour of some of the world's rarest and most endangered foods"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Agrobiodiversity conservation.; Agrobiodiversity.; Food industry and trade; Food supply; Food;
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Steampunk your wardrobe : easy projects to add Victorian flair to everyday fashions / by Taylor, Calista.;
Steampunk your Wardrobe offers do it yourself-ers and crafters an easy and comprehensive, step-by-step guide to capturing a steampunk aesthetic in their fashions. Start with simple, easy-to-make projects, such as embellishing clothing you may already have, and proceed to more complicated alterations. Included are projects for steampunk jewelry, accessories, and clothing.LSC
Subjects: Dress accessories.; Steampunk culture.;
© c2012., Fox Chapel Pub.,
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Femina : a new history of the Middle Ages, through the women written out of it / by Ramirez, Janina,1980-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Through examination of artefacts, writings, and possessions, this reappraisal of medieval femininity presents countless cases of influential women such as Jadwiga, the only female King in Europe, whose names were struck from history.
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval.; Feminism; Women; Women;
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The greedy gremlin / by West, Tracey,1965-; Bonet, Xavier,1979-;
Sprite and Violet are planning to tackle a particularly large pixie when their attention is diverted to the gremlin Jolt who likes to mess with electrical things, and who has trapped Violet's cousin, Leon, inside a video game; and it is up to the two of them to get Leon, and themselves, out of the game, and Jolt back where he belongs--if they can survive the infamous level eleven.Ages 6-8.Grades 2-3.LSC
Subjects: Fairies; Video games; Cousins; Friendship;
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The birdcage / by Chase, Eve,author.;
"When half-sisters Kat, Flora, and Lauren are unexpectedly summoned to Rock Point, their wild and remote Cornish summer home, it's not a welcome invitation. They haven't been back since that fateful summer twenty years ago--a summer they're desperate to forget. But when they arrive, it's clear they're not alone. Someone is lurking in the shadows, watching their every move. Someone who remembers exactly what they did ... Will the sisters be able to protect the dark past of Rock Point? Or are some secrets too powerful to remain under lock and key?"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Secrecy; Sisters;
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The drift : a novel / by Tudor, C. J.,author.;
A schoolbus careens over a hillside road, trapping Hannah and a handful of survivors, a brewing virus, and no way to call for help. Former detective, Meg awakens in a cable car suspended far above a snowstorm with no memory of how she got there. Carter and his ragtag compatriots manage what they can to survive - mostly manufacturing vaccines against a deadly virus in exchange for life's essentials. The imminent dangers faced by Hannah, Meg, and Carter are each one part of the puzzle. Lurking in their shadows is an even greater threat - one that threatens to consume all of humanity.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Apocalyptic fiction.; Novels.; Accident victims; Accidents; Blizzards; Survival;
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The Penguin history of modern China : the fall and rise of a great power, 1850 to the present / by Fenby, Jonathan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In 1850, China was the 'sick man of Asia'. Now it is set to become the most powerful nation on earth. This book shows how turbulent that journey has been. For 150 years China has endured as victim to brutality on an unmatched scale, to oppression, to war and to famine. This makes its current position as the newest and, arguably, most important global superpower all the more extraordinary.
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The snow hare / by Lichtarowicz, Paula,author.;
"Lena has lived a long, quiet life on her farm in Wales, with her husband and child at her side. But as her end approaches, memories long buried begin to return. Of her childhood in 1930s Poland, when she was determined to become a doctor. Of the first days of her marriage, reluctant wife to an army officer. Of the birth of her daughter, whose arrival changed everything. Memories less welcome return to her, too. Her Polish town, transformed overnight by the Soviets, and the war that doomed her family to the frigid work camps of the Siberian tundra. And buried in that blinding snow, amongst the darkness of survival, the most fragile memory of all: that of an unspeakably tender new love"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Memory; Older women; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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