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The Secret Keeper [electronic resource] : by Graham, Genevieve.aut; cloudLibrary;
From USA TODAY and internationally bestselling author Genevieve Graham comes a gripping World War II novel about two sisters who join the war effort—one as a codebreaker and the other as a pilot—and the secrets that threaten to tear them apart. Perfect for fans of The Rose Code and The Nightingale. Twin sisters Dot and Dash Wilson share many things, and while they are practically inseparable, they are nothing alike. Dot is fascinated by books, puzzles, and Morse code, a language taught to both girls by their father, a WWI veteran. Dash’s days are filled with fixing engines, dancing with friends, and dreaming of flying airplanes. Almost always at their side is their best friend Gus—until war breaks out and he enlists in the army, deploying to an unknown front. Determined to do their duty, both girls join the WRENS, Dash as a mechanic and Dot as a typist. Before long, Dot’s fixation on patterns and numbers takes her from HMCS Coverdale, a covert listening and codebreaking station working with Bletchley Park in England, to Camp X, a top-secret spy school. But when personal tragedy strikes the family, Dot’s oath of secrecy causes a rift between the sisters. Eager to leave her pain behind, Dash jumps at the opportunity to train as a pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary, where she risks her life to ferry aircraft and troops across the battlefields of Europe. Meanwhile Dot is drawn into the Allies’ preparations for D-Day. But Dot’s loyalties are put to the test once more when someone close to her goes missing in Nazi-occupied territory. With everyone’s eyes on Operation Overlord, Dot must use every skill at her disposal to save those she loves before it’s too late. Inspired by the real-life stories of women in World War II, The Secret Keeper is an extraordinary novel about the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood and the light of courage during the darkest of nights.
Subjects: Electronic books.; 20th Century; Contemporary Women;
© 2024., Simon & Schuster,
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Where the sky begins : a novel / by Bowen, Rhys,author.;
London, 1940. Bombs fall and Josie Banks's world crumbles around her. Her overbearing husband, Stan, is unreachable, called to service. Her home, a ruin of rubble and ash. Josie's beloved tearoom boss has been killed, and Josie herself is injured, with nothing left and nowhere to go. Evacuated to the English countryside, Josie ends up at the estate of the aristocratic Miss Harcourt, a reluctant host to the survivors of the Blitz. Awed as she is by the magnificent landscape, Josie sees opportunity. Josie convinces Miss Harcourt to let her open a humble tea shop, seeing it as a chance for everyone to begin again. When Josie meets Mike Johnson, a handsome Canadian pilot stationed at a neighboring bomber base, a growing intimacy brings her an inner peace she's never felt before. Then Stan returns from the war. Now a threat looms larger than anyone imagined. And a dangerous secret is about to upend Josie's life again. Her newfound courage will be put to the test if she is to emerge, like a survivor, triumphant.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Man-woman relationships; Secrecy; Tearooms; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); World War, 1939-1945;
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The victory garden / by Bowen, Rhys,author.;
As the Great War continues to take its toll, headstrong twenty-one-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to contribute to the war effort. She is convinced by a cheeky and handsome Australian pilot that she can do more, and it is not long before she falls in love with him and accepts his proposal of marriage. When he is sent back to the front, Emily volunteers as a "land girl," tending to the neglected grounds of a large Devonshire estate. It's here that Emily discovers the long-forgotten journals of a medicine woman who devoted her life to her herbal garden. The journals inspire Emily, and in the wake of devastating news, they are her saving grace. Emily's lover has not only died a hero but has left her terrified -- and with child. Since no one knows that Emily was never married, she adopts the charade of a war widow. As Emily learns more about the volatile power of healing with herbs, the found journals will bring her to the brink of disaster, but may open a path to her destiny." -- Dust jacket flap.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Victory gardens; World War, 1914-1918; Pregnancy;
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The astronaut wives club : a true story / by Koppel, Lily,author.;
"As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American royalty. They had tea with Jackie Kennedy, appeared on the cover of Life magazine, and quickly grew into fashion icons. Annie Glenn, with her picture-perfect marriage, was the envy of the other wives; platinum-blonde Rene Carpenter was proclaimed JFK's favorite; and licensed pilot Trudy Cooper arrived on base with a secret. Together with the other wives they formed the Astronaut Wives Club, meeting regularly to provide support and friendship. Many became next-door neighbors and helped to raise each other's children by day, while going to glam parties at night. As their celebrity rose-and as divorce and tragic death began to touch their lives-they continued to rally together, and the wives have now been friends for more than fifty years. THE ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB tells the real story of the women who stood beside some of the biggest heroes in American history"--
Subjects: Astronautics; Astronauts' spouses; Women;
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50 giggly wiggly silly songs [sound recording (CD)].
Disk 1 : Old MacDonald had a farm -- I can wiggle -- Smelly feet -- It's silly time -- Can you swing your arms -- Do your ears hang low -- BINGO - Down by the bay -- Five little skunks -- I have a wiggly jiggly tooth -- A sailor went to sea -- I met a bear -- This old man -- If you're happy and you know it -- Bought me a cat -- Betty bunny -- A little cat, cat, cat -- Alphabet rock -- John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt -- Look at the monkeys -- Sing-a-ling -- What color are you wearing -- Skip to my Lou -- Duck, duck, goose -- Up and at 'em. Disk two : Ten in the bed -- A frog went a-courtin' -- A pilot flies her plane, plane, plane -- ABC nursery rhyme game -- Can you name that animal sound -- Days of the week -- How many ducks -- If I only had a dog - It's time to clean up -- Jump rope rhyme -- Let everyone clap hands -- Make new friends -- Old MacDonald's letter farm -- Say "please" and "thank you" -- Shortnin' bread -- Sing through the year -- Ten little fish -- The crawdad song -- Did you ever see a lassie -- My aunt came back -- Playmate -- Silly shapes -- Something about alligators -- There no one like me -- Time for bed.
Subjects: Children's songs;
© p2006., Twin Sisters,
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The kiss quotient / by Hoang, Helen,author.;
"A heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that proves one thing: there's not enough data in the world to predict what will make your heart tick. Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases--a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with, and way less experience in the dating department than the average thirty-year-old. It doesn't help that Stella has Asperger's and French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. Her conclusion: she needs lots of practice--with a professional. Which is why she hires escort Michael Phan. The Vietnamese and Swedish stunner can't afford to turn down Stella's offer, and agrees to help her check off all the boxes on her lesson plan--from foreplay to more-than-missionary position ... Before long, Stella not only learns to appreciate his kisses, but crave all of the other things he's making her feel. Their no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. And the pattern that emerges will convince Stella that love is the best kind of logic ..."--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Women mathematicians; Asperger's syndrome; Escort services; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Welcome to Dunder Mifflin : the ultimate oral history of The office / by Baumgartner, Brian,author.; Daniels, Greg,writer of foreword.; Silverman, Benjamin,1970-author.;
"The official oral history book of The Office, featuring exclusive interviews with every major player and never-before-seen photos, pulling back the curtain on the absurdity and genius that went in to creating this unstoppable force in American popular culture and why it continues to resonate with audiences today"--
Subjects: Office (Television program : U.S.); Television actors and actresses; Situation comedies (Television programs); Television remakes;
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The last night in London / by White, Karen(Karen S.),author.;
"New York Times bestselling author Karen White weaves a story of friendship past and present, love, and betrayal that moves between war-torn London during the Blitz and the present day. London, 1939. In a city on the brink of war, beautiful and ambitious Eva Harlow and her best friend, sweet Southerner Precious Dubose, are young models on the rise--and a duo as close as sisters. But when Eva falls in love with Graham St. John, an aristocrat and former pilot, she finds herself slipping into a web of intrigue, spies, and secrets. Her journey will test the limits of her friendship with Precious--and the mettle of all Britons as the Blitz devastates their world, snatching in an instant all they hold dear. Eighty years later, in 2019, journalist Maddie Warner, whose life has been marked by the tragic loss of her mother, comes to London to interview Precious. Maddie has been careful to close herself off to love, but in Precious she recognizes someone whose grief rivals her own--and whose wisdom may teach Maddie how to navigate her relationship with Colin, Precious's shy and handsome surrogate nephew. But first Maddie will have to unravel Precious's many secrets--the unremembered acts of glory, love, and betrayal that have haunted her for more than fifty years"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Female friendship; Man-woman relationships; Models (Persons); Women journalists; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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It takes two [electronic resource]. by Sony Computer Entertainment.;
Game.Embark on the craziest journey of your life in it takes two, a genre-bending platform adventure created purely for co-op. Invite a friend to join for free with friends Pass** and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Play as the clashing couple Cody and may, two humans turned into Dolls by a magic spell. Together, trapped in a fantastical world where the unpredictable hides around every corner, they are reluctantly challenged with saving their fractured relationship. Master unique and connected character abilities in every new level. Help each other across an abundance of unexpected obstacles and laugh-out-loud moments. Kick gangster squirrels' furry Tails, pilot a pair of underpants, DJ a buzzing night club, and bobsleigh through a magical Snow globe. Embrace a heartfelt and hilarious story, where narrative and gameplay are interwoven in a uniquely metaphorical experience. It takes two is developed by the award-winning studio hazelight, the industry-leader of cooperative play. They are about to take you on a wild and wondrous ride where only one thing is for certain: we're better together.ESRB Content Rating: T, Teen (Animated blood, comic mischief, fantasy violence, language).Blu-ray disc compatible with Playstation 4 console ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p ; in game surround sound ; 2 player co-op online multiplayer (paid subscription and broadband internet connection required) ; 40 GB storage required ; online play optional ; PS4 Pro enhanced ; PS5 upgrade available.
Subjects: Sony video games.; Platform video games.; 3D video games.; Arcade-style video games.; Adventure video games.; Video games.; Playstation 4 (Video game console); Video games.; Computer games.; It takes two (Game); Adventure and adventurers; Computer adventure games;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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No country for love / by Trofimov, Yaroslav,author.;
Seventeen-year-old Deborah Rosenbaum, ambitious and in love with literature, arrives in the capital of the new Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Kharkiv, 1930, to make her own fate as a modern woman. The stale and forbidding ways of the past are out; it's a new dawn, the Soviet era, where skyscrapers go up overnight. Deborah finds work and meets a dashing young officer named Samuel who is training to become a fighter pilot. They fall in love, and begin to become part of Ukraine's new cultural elite. But Deborah's prospects, and Ukraine's, soon dim. Famine rolls through the over-harvested countryside, and any deviation from Moscow-dictated ideology is punished by disappearance: without warning, Samuel is sentenced to ten years' hard labour. Deborah is on her own with a baby. And this is only the beginning. As advancing Nazi armies move through Ukraine during World War II, its yellow fields of wheat run red with blood. Forced to renounce the man she loves, her identity and even her name, Debora also learns to endure, manipulate and resist. No Country for Love follows the hard choices Debora makes as Ukraine, caught between two totalitarian ideologies, turns into the deadliest place in the world -- while she tries to protect those she loves most."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; World War, 1939-1945; Young women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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