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Walking the Nile / by Wood, Levison,1982-author.;
A former British paratrooper, photographer, and explorer documents his nine-month, four-thousand-mile journey by foot along the Nile, discussing life-threatening natural and cultural encounters in six different nations and the loss of a colleague during the journey.
Subjects: Wood, Levison, 1982-;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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At the river's edge / by Stewart, Mariah.;
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Subjects: Love stories.; Career changes; Restaurants; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);
© 2014., Ballantine Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The lady of the rivers / by Gregory, Philippa.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, 1416?-1472; Nobility;
© c2011., Simon & Schuster,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A river of golden bones / by Mulford, A. K.,author.;
Twins Calla and Briar have spent their entire lives hiding from the powerful sorceress who destroyed their kingdom ... and from the humans who don't know they are Wolves. Each twin has their own purpose in life: Briar's is to marry the prince of an ally pack and save the Golden Court. Calla's purpose is to remain a secret, her twin's shadow ... the backup plan. No one knows who Calla truly is except for her childhood friend -- and sister's betrothed -- the distractingly handsome Prince Grae. But when Calla and Briar journey out of hiding for Briar's wedding, all of their well-made plans go awry. The evil sorceress is back with another sleeping curse for the last heir to the Golden Court. Calla must step out of the shadows to save their sister, their kingdom, and their own legacy. Continuing to hide as a human and denying who she truly is, Calla embarks on a quest across the realm, discovering a whole world she never knew existed. Outside the confines of rigid Wolf society, Calla begins to wonder: who could she be if she dared to try?
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Queer fiction.; Novels.; Gender-nonconforming people; Magic; Magicians; Quests (Expeditions); Royal houses; Twins; Werewolves;
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Bridge on the River Kwai [videorecording (DVD)] by Lean, David,1908; Holden, William,1918-198; Guinness, Alec,1914; Hawkins, Jack,1910-197; Hayakawa, Sesshū,1889-1973; Boulle, Pierre,1912-Pont de la rivière Kwaï.English;
Director of photography, Jack Hildyard; editor, Peter Taylor; music, Malcolm Arnold.William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald.British soldiers are forced by the Japanese to build a strategic railroad bridge, while the British High Command has instructed a commando team to destroy it.CHV rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG.DVD, Dolby digital.NTSC 1.Academy Awards: Best Picture; Best Screenplay, Carl Foreman (credited as Michael Wilson); Best Director, David Lean; Best Cinematography, Jack Hildyard; Best Score, Malcolm Arnold; Best Actor, Alec Guinness. Academy Award nomination: Best Supporting Actor, Sessue Hayakawa.
Subjects: Burma-Siam Railroad; World War, 1939-1945; War films; Feature films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired;
© [2000], c1985., Columbia Tristar Home Video,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Is a river alive? / by Macfarlane, Robert,1976-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-345) and index."From the celebrated nature writer, observer and advocate Robert Macfarlane, a brilliant, immersive and paradigm-shifting book that says an emphatic yes to the question it asks. Robert Macfarlane writes, "At the heart of Is A River Alive? is a single, powerful idea: that rivers, forests, glaciers and mountains are living beings, and that as such they have rights that should be recognized both in imagination and in law. The river has the right to flow unimpeded to the sea; the old-growth forest the right not to be felled; the mountain the right not to be disembowelled for coal." This idea -- known as the Rights of Nature -- is driving a conceptual and legal revolution, largely led by Indigenous and non-white activists who are succeeding at challenging the Western legal system to think beyond the idea of nature as material for humans to exploit to a future where regarding all of nature as a living entity may ensure our survival. The book flows like water, from the mountains to the sea, following three major journeys Macfarlane undertakes with local activists: to Ecuador where a recent court decision protects the ancient cedars of the cloud forests from Canadian mining activity; to India, where the fight to revive rivers that start in the glaciers of the Himalayas and empty into the ocean and polluted lagoons of Chennai is not yet won; and to northeastern Quebec where in 2021 an alliance between the local Innu nation and the regional municipal council declared the Mutehekau (Magpie) River a living being, with legal rights. Along with the voices of his fellow travellers, Macfarlane's own voice and incomparable gifts of expression carry immeasurable power to open hearts, spark conversations and challenge perspectives, making Is A River Alive? not only a wondrous literary experience but a powerful rallying cry in the environmental justice movement"--
Subjects: Macfarlane, Robert, 1976-; Environmentalism.; Rights of nature.; Rivers; Rivers;
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The tree and the river / by Becker, Aaron,1974-;
"In an alternate past--or possible future--a mighty tree stands on the banks of a winding river, bearing silent witness to the flow of time and change. A family farms the fertile valley. Soon, a village sprouts, and not long after, a town. Residents learn to harness the water, the wind, and the animals in order to survive and thrive. The growing population becomes ever more industrious and clever, bending nature itself to their will and their ambition: redirecting rivers, harvesting lumber, reshaping the land, even extending daylight itself..."--
Subjects: Wordless picture books.; Picture books.; Trees; Time; Nature;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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I talk like a river [yoto card] : Yoto card / by Scott, Jordan,1978-; Smith, Sydney,1980-illustrator.;
Read by Jordan Scott.For use with a Yoto Player, the Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.What if words got stuck in the back of your mouth when you tried to speak? A powerful and uplifting story about what it’s like to feel isolated. Through this powerful and ultimately uplifting story, poet Jordan Scott uses his own experiences to reveal what it?s like to be a child who feels isolated.Ages 4 to 8.System requirements: 1 Yoto Player smart speaker or Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Sound recordings.; Stuttering; Schools; Fathers and sons; Preloaded audiobook.; Yoto audio card.;
© 2021., Yoto Inc.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Return to the river : reflections on life choices during a pandemic / by Pelzer, David J.,author.;
From #1 international bestselling author, speaker, and humanitarian Dave Pelzer comes the next chapter in his life--how, after spending decades saving others in the military, as a fire captain, and an internationally acclaimed advocate, he needs to confront a way to save himself. On the surface, Dave Pelzer's life seems like an action movie--he's walked the red carpet with celebrities and stood shoulder to shoulder with soldiers in Iraq; he's flown top-secret missions for the U.S. Air Force, obtaining the rank of chief, and battled wildfires in California as a volunteer fire captain. And now--on the eve of the 50-year anniversary of this rescue from horrific childhood of abuse and into the safety of the foster care system--he reflects on the battles he's fighting in his own heart. From a lifetime spent serving and saving others, can he learn how to serve and save himself? Banished to his basement at age five, Dave Pelzer had cried a river of tears before most children learned to tie their shoes. His now classic books, A Child Called "It" and The Lost Boy, chronicled how he was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who nearly killed him multiple times. But despite the odds stacked against him, he rose to become a #1 New York Times bestselling author, inspirational speaker, and internationally recognized humanitarian. After fighting for years to vanquish his pain and to channel it into service for others, Pelzer sifts through the psychological rubble of a life that has seemingly crumbled around him. What he shares is deeply transformative and unflinchingly honest. In his struggle to simply survive, he never learned how to just be. Reeling from the loss of a love--and a broken spirit--Pelzer must reconcile his life choices and free himself of blame and shame to find peace and renewed purpose. Amidst the towering redwood trees and the serenity of his childhood utopia of the Russian River, Pelzer reflects on having the courage to move forward in your life, the peace to accept yourself, the vulnerability to strip yourself of facades, and to find the tenacity to carry on when life doesn't turn out the way you planned. For anyone who has been hurt, victimized, or feels alone, there is hope and there is always a way to rewrite your own story. Pelzer's soulful and inspiring story will remind you to keep your faith, live with gratitude, and find the well of resilience deep within you.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Pelzer, David J.; Adult child abuse victims; Choice (Psychology); COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; Resilience (Personality trait); Self-acceptance.; Self-esteem.; Self-realization.;
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Down the river unto the sea / by Mosley, Walter,author.;
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Private investigators; Judicial error; Police corruption;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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