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To Calais, in ordinary time / by Meek, James,1962-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Three journeys. One road. England, 1348. A gentlewoman is fleeing an odious arranged marriage, a Scottish proctor is returning home to Avignon and a handsome young ploughman in search of adventure is on his way to volunteer with a company of archers. All come together on the road to Calais. Coming in their direction from across the Channel is the Black Death, the plague that will wipe out half of the population of Northern Europe. As the journey unfolds, overshadowed by the archers' past misdeeds and clerical warnings of the imminent end of the world, the wayfarers must confront the nature of their loves and desires."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Upper class; Clergy; Agricultural laborers; Voyages and travels; Black Death;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Himālaya : exploring the roof of the world / by Keay, John,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.More rugged and elevated than any other zone on earth, Himālaya embraces all of Tibet, plus six of the world's eight major mountain ranges and nearly all its highest peaks. Thirty-five percent of the global population depend on Himālaya's freshwater for crop irrigation, protein, and, increasingly, hydropower. It now sits seismically unstable, as tectonic plates consider to shift and the region remains gridlocked in a global debate surrounding climate change. Keay shows that, without our commitment to an ethos of respect for it confounding, fascinating features, Himālaya will soon cease to exist.
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The Prime Minister's Secret Agent / by MacNeal, Susan Elia,author.;
"Maggie Hope has returned from her undercover mission in Berlin with scars not just on her body but on her soul. Instead of going on another Special Operations assignment in war-torn Europe, she returns to one of her old spy training camps in western Scotland, this time as a teacher. But instead of the tedium Maggie is expecting, she's drawn against her will into another web of danger, this time involving a terrifying biological weapon secretly developed and stockpiled by Churchill for the anticipated Nazi invasion. Maggie's failure to solve a series of deadly poisonings could endanger the lives of the entire British civilian population--but what will be the cost of success?"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Undercover operations; Women spies; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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World without end [videorecording] / by Caton-Jones, Michael.; Chaplin, Ben.; Ellis, Howard.; Firth, Peter,1953-; Follett, Ken.World without endVideorecording.; Nixon, Cynthia.; Pielmeier, John.; Riley, Charlotte.; Weston-Jones, Tom.; Scott Free Productions.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm); Take 5 Productions.; Tandem Communications (Firm);
Cynthia Nixon, Ben Chaplin, Peter Firth, Charlotte Riley, Tom Weston-Jones.England is on the brink of a devastating war with France that will last over a hundred years. A terrible plague which will wipe out a third of Europe's population before it is done is spreading. Caris, a visionary young woman, struggles to rise above the suffering and oppression in order to lead her people out of the Dark Ages. With her lover Merthin, she builds a community in Kingsbridge that stands up to the church and the crown. Together, they unearth a dangerous secret and must fight to save their town from ruin, ultimately ushering in a new era of freedom, innovation and enlightenment.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 sound.
Subjects: Follett, Ken.; Great Britain; Black Death; Historical television programs.; Television mini-series.;
© c2012., Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The ghosts of Beatrice Bird / by Morgan, Louisa,1952-author.;
"1977: Beatrice Bird is a Ph.D. psychologist who has fled her home, her partner, and her practice in San Francisco for a remote and sparsely populated island. She sees as few people as she possibly can, not by choice but from necessity. Normally, Beatrice is plagued by ghosts, manifestations of the emotional baggage people carry with them, but on the island, she's free from their grief and sadness. Then she meets Anne Iredale, a thirty-two-year-old woman, who has lost everything that matters to her. For the first time in a long time, Beatrice's gift will be called on to help someone in need. The path to healing awaits both of them ... if Beatrice can find the courage to take the first step"--
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Paranormal fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; Ghosts; Grief; Islands; Women psychologists; Women;
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Tom Clancy's The Division. [electronic resource]. by Microsoft Corporation.;
Game.Seven months have passed since a deadly virus hit New York City and the rest of the world, crippling the population. When the virus hit, The Division, a unit of civilian sleeper agents, was activated as the last line of defense. Since then, Division agents have been fighting relentlessly to save what remains. For The Division, the stakes are higher than ever. Washington, D.C. -- the most heavily protected city on earth -- is at risk, leaving the entire nation on the brink of collapse. If Washington, D.C., is lost, then the nation falls. As a Division agent who has been in the field for seven months, you and your team are the last hope to stop the fall of society after the pandemic collapse.ESRB Content Rating: M, Mature, 17+ (blood, drug reference, intense violence, strong language).Blu-ray disc compatible with Xbox One console ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p/4K Ultra HD ; in game surround sound ; 2-12 player (2-8 player co-op) online multiplayer with leaderboards and voice (paid subscription and broadband internet connection required) ; 35 GB storage required ; online play required ; Xbox One X enhanced.
Subjects: Xbox video games.; Action video games.; Tactical role-playing video games.; Video games.; Xbox One (Video game console); Video games.; Computer games.; Tom Clancy's The Division 2 (Game); Computer adventure games;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Tom Clancy's The Division. [electronic resource]. by Sony Computer Entertainment.;
Game.Seven months have passed since a deadly virus hit New York City and the rest of the world, crippling the population. When the virus hit, The Division, a unit of civilian sleeper agents, was activated as the last line of defense. Since then, Division agents have been fighting relentlessly to save what remains. For The Division, the stakes are higher than ever. Washington, D.C. -- the most heavily protected city on earth -- is at risk, leaving the entire nation on the brink of collapse. If Washington, D.C., is lost, then the nation falls. As a Division agent who has been in the field for seven months, you and your team are the last hope to stop the fall of society after the pandemic collapse.ESRB Content Rating: M, Mature, 17+ (blood, drug reference, intense violence, strong language).Blu-ray disc compatible with Playstation 4 console ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p ; in game surround sound ; 2-12 player online multiplayer with leaderboards and voice (paid subscription and broadband internet connection required) ; 35 GB storage required ; online play required ; PS4 Pro enhanced.
Subjects: Action video games.; Tactical role-playing video games.; Video games.; Sony video games.; Playstation 4 (Video game console); Video games.; Computer games.; Tom Clancy's The Division 2 (Game); Computer adventure games;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Broken man on a Halifax pier / by Choyce, Lesley,1951-author.;
"A tale of one man's shipwrecked life and an unlikely crew of rescuers. Having lost his long-time journalism job and been swindled out of his life savings, fifty-five-year-old Charles Howard is standing by the edge of Halifax Harbour on a foggy morning contemplating his dismal future when Ramona Danforth interrupts his ritual of self-pity. And so begins a most interesting relationship. Charles and Ramona decide to travel to his childhood home, Stewart Harbour, a fishing village far down Nova Scotia's remote Eastern Shore populated by rugged individualists. Charles left the village immediately after graduating from high school and never looked back. Until now. The past soon catches up with him in ways he could never have imagined."--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Homecoming;
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Batman. [graphic novel] / by Ward, Christian(Christian J.),author,illustrator.; Otsmane-Elhaou, Hassan,letterer.;
"Buried deep beneath Gotham City there exists another Gotham. This Gotham Below is a living nightmare, populated by twisted mirrors of our Gotham's denizens, fueled by the fear and hatred flowing down from above. For decades, the doorway between the cities has been sealed and heavily guarded by the Court of Owls. But now the door swings wide, and the twisted version of the Dark Knight has escaped ... to trap and train a Robin of his own. Batman must form an uneasy alliance with the Court and its deadly allies to stop him--and to hold back the wave of twisted super-villains, nightmarish versions of his own nemeses, each one worse than the last, that's spilling into his streets!"--017+.
Subjects: Horror comics.; Graphic novels.; Superhero comics.; Batman (Fictitious character); Good and evil; Gotham City (Imaginary place);
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Henpocalypse!: Last Bride on Earth. by Cooke, Callie,actor.; Berrington, Elizabeth,actor.; O'Flynn, Kate,actor.; O'Rourke, Lauren,actor.; Haque, Mariam,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Callie Cooke, Elizabeth Berrington, Kate O'Flynn, Lauren O'Rourke, Mariam HaqueOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2023.A fractious gang of women on a hen-do have survived the apocalypse. But will they survive each other? The world’s population has been halved, and only a few survivors remain. Tucked away in a remote holiday cottage in Wales, a group of sort-of-friends on a Hen Do have escaped the virus. Now they’ll need to band together, take control of their limited resources and find a way to procreate (with a little help from ageing stripper Drew). On top of all that, they’ve got the hard-core Pilates group – holed up nearby – to contend with. But it’s not all doom and gloom! The end of the world is doing absolute wonders for everyone’s weight loss regimes.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.;
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