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Elphie A Wicked Childhood [electronic resource] : by Maguire, Gregory.aut; CloudLibrary;
What happened to young Elphaba before her witchy powers took hold in Wicked? Almost 30 years after the publication of the original novel, for the first time Gregory Maguire reveals the story of prickly young Elphie, the future Wicked Witch of the West—setting the stage for the blockbuster international phenomenon that is Wicked: The Musical. Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, will grow to have a feisty and somewhat uncompromising character in adult life. But she is always a one-off, from her infancy; Elphie is the riveting coming-of-age story of a very peculiar and relatable young girl. Young Elphie is shaped and molded by the behaviors of her promiscuous mother, Melena, and her pious father, Frex. She suffers ordinary childhood jealousies when her sister, saintly Nessarose, and brother, junior felon Shell, arrive. She first encounters the mistreatment of the Animal populations of Oz, which live adjacent to but not intertwined with human settlements, haunted by a Monkey and receiving aid from Dwarf Bears. She thrashes through her first bruising attempts at friendship, a possible lifeline from her tricky family life. And she gleans the benefits of an education, haphazard though it must be—until she arrives at the doors of Shiz University, about to meet the radiant creature that is Galinda. Elphie is destined to be a witch; she bears the markings from childhood—most evidently in her green skin but more obscurely and profoundly in her cunning and perhaps amoral behaviors, as she seeks to make do, to slip by, to sneak out, to endure, and to aspire.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Contemporary; Epic; Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology;
© 2025., HarperCollins,
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Death in Paradise: S9. by O'Hanlon, Ardal,actor.; Legastelois, Aude,actor.; Warrington, Don,actor.; Wadia, Nina,actor.; Little, Ralf,actor.; Amos, Shyko,actor.; Bakare, Tobi,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Ardal O'Hanlon, Aude Legastelois, Don Warrington, Nina Wadia, Ralf Little, Shyko Amos, Tobi BakareOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2020.Detective Inspector Jack Mooney is joined by new DS, Madeleine Dumas, and tasked with solving more crimes on the glorious Caribbean island of Saint Marie. From an apparent serial killer on the loose on New Year's Eve, to a man stabbed during a survival weekend on a deserted tropical island, the cases are more baffling than ever. An unexpected romantic encounter prompts some soul-searching for Jack as Detective Inspector Neville Parker is reluctantly dispatched to Saint Marie to investigate the suspicious death of a woman from his home city, Manchester.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.;
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Death in paradise. [videorecording] / by Bakare, Tobi,actor.; Bennett, Edward,1979-film director.; Bourgine, Elisabeth,actor.; Cooke, Audrey,film director.; Francas, Yvonne,television producer.; Hill, Polly,film producer.; Jobert, Josephine,actor.; John-Jules, Danny,actor.; Marshall, Kris,1974-actor.; Martins, Sara,1977-actor.; Signy, Richard,television director.; Simonsz, Roger,film director.; Thorogood, Robert,creator.; Warrington, Don,actor.; BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.; British Broadcasting Corporation,publisher,broadcaster.; British Broadcasting Corporation.; Red Planet Pictures (Firm),production company.;
Kris Marshall, Sara Martins, Danny John-Jules, Josephine Jobert, Sharon D. Clarke, Don Gilet.A British cop is out of his element after he is sent to the tiny island of Sainte Marie to solve a murder case.With a new team firmly in place, DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall, Love Actually) is finally settled on the beautiful island of Saint Marie. Feeling as though something is still missing from his life, Goodman enlists DS Florence Cassell (Josephine Jobert, Summer Crush) to help him crack the complexities of the dating world.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Fiction television programs.; Television cop shows.; Television crime shows.; Television series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Criminal investigation; Culture shock; Murder; Police;
For private home use only.
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Ribbons of scarlet : a novel of the French Revolution's women / by Quinn, Kate,author.; Dray, Stephanie,author.; Kamoie, Laura Croghan,author.; Knight, Eliza,author.; Perinot, Sophie,author.; Webb, Heather,1976 December 30-author.; Pataki, Allison,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references.In late eighteenth-century France, women do not have a place in politics. But as the tide of revolution rises, women from gilded salons to the streets of Paris decide otherwise-- upending a world order that has long oppressed them. Blue-blooded Sophie de Grouchy believes in democracy, education, and equal rights for women, and marries the only man in Paris who agrees. Emboldened to fight the injustices of King Louis XVI, Sophie aims to prove that an educated populace can govern itself-- but one of her students, fruit-seller Louise Audu, is hungrier for bread and vengeance than learning. When the Bastille falls and Louise leads a women's march to Versailles, the monarchy is forced to bend, but not without a fight. The king's pious sister Princess Elisabeth takes a stand to defend her brother, spirit her family to safety, and restore the old order, even at the risk of her head. But when fanatics use the newspapers to twist the revolution's ideals into a new tyranny, even the women who toppled the monarchy are threatened by the guillotine. Putting her faith in the pen, brilliant political wife Manon Roland tries to write a way out of France's blood-soaked Reign of Terror while pike-bearing Pauline Leon and steely Charlotte Corday embrace violence as the only way to save the nation. With justice corrupted by revenge, all the women must make impossible choices to survive-- unless unlikely heroine and courtesan's daughter Emilie de Sainte-Amaranthe can sway the man who controls France's fate: the fearsome Robespierre.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Women;
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Without a trace : a novel / by Steel, Danielle,author.;
After surviving a car accident off the Normandy coast, Charles Vincent, trapped in a loveless marriage, meets Aude Saint-Martin with whom he forms an instant connection as she nurses him back to health and decides, in a split second, to fight for a chance at happiness--whatever the cost.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Adultery; Man-woman relationships; Married men; Traffic accidents;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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Without a trace [text (large print)] : a novel / by Steel, Danielle,author.;
After surviving a car accident off the Normandy coast, Charles Vincent, trapped in a loveless marriage, meets Aude Saint-Martin with whom he forms an instant connection as she nurses him back to health and decides, in a split second, to fight for a chance at happiness--whatever the cost.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Large type books.; Novels.; Adultery; Man-woman relationships; Married men; Traffic accidents;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Highfire : a novel / by Colfer, Eoin,author.;
"In the days of yore, he flew the skies and scorched angry mobs--now he hides from swamp tour boats and rises only with the greatest reluctance from his Laz-Z-Boy recliner. Laying low in the bayou, this once-magnificent fire breather has been reduced to lighting Marlboros with nose sparks, swilling Absolut in a Flashdance T-shirt, and binging Netflix in a fishing shack. For centuries, he struck fear in hearts far and wide as Wyvern, Lord Highfire of the Highfire Eyrie--now he goes by Vern. However ... he has survived, unlike the rest. He is the last of his kind, the last dragon. Still, no amount of vodka can drown the loneliness in his molten core. Vern's glory days are long gone. Or are they? A canny Cajun swamp rat, young Everett Squib Moreau does what he can to survive, trying not to break the heart of his saintly single mother. He's finally decided to work for a shady smuggler--but on his first night, he witnesses his boss murdered by a crooked constable. Regence Hooke is not just a dirty cop, he's a despicable human being--who happens to want Squib's momma in the worst way. When Hooke goes after his hidden witness with a grenade launcher, Squib finds himself airlifted from certain death by ... a dragon? The swamp can make strange bedfellows, and rather than be fried alive so the dragon can keep his secret, Squib strikes a deal with the scaly apex predator. He can act as his go-between (aka familiar)--fetch his vodka, keep him company, etc.--in exchange for protection from Hooke. Soon the three of them are careening headlong toward a combustible confrontation. There's about to be a fiery reckoning, in which either dragons finally go extinct--or Vern's glory days are back."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Dragons;
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Nurse Jackie. [videorecording] / by Cannavale, Bobby.; Falco, Edie.; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm.; Alliance Films.; Lions Gate Television (Firm);
Disc 1. Kettle-kettle-black-black -- Disneyland sucks -- The wall -- Slow growing monsters.Disc 2. One-armed Jacks -- No-kimono-zone -- Day of the iguana -- Chaud & froid.Disc 3. Are those feathers -- Handle your scandal.Edie Falco, Bobby Cannavale.Jackie comes to realize that both karma and sobriety can be a bitch. In addition to finally confronting her addiction, Jackie's street smarts and sardonic wit are tested even further by an ambitious new hospital administrator (Bobby Cannavale), determined to run a tight ship and keep Jackie in line.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen presentation ; 2.0 Dolby Digital, 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Chronic pain in women; Dark comedy television programs.; Hospitals; Hospitals; Medical television programs.; Nurses; Nurses; Television comedies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2013., Distributed by Alliance Films,
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Nothing more to tell / by McManus, Karen M.;
Four years ago, Brynn left Saint Ambrose School following the shocking murder of her favorite teacher--a story that made headlines after the teacher's body was found by three Saint Ambrose students in the woods behind their school. The case was never solved. Now that Brynn is moving home and starting her dream internship at a true-crime show, she's determined to find out what really happened. The kids who found Mr. Larkin are her way in, and her ex-best friend, Tripp Talbot, was one of them. Without his account of events, the other two kids might have gone down for Mr. Larkin's murder. They've never forgotten what Tripp did for them that day. Just like he hasn't forgotten that everything he told the police was a lie. Digging into the past is bound to shake up the present, and as Brynn begins to investigate what happened in the woods that day, she begins to uncover secrets that might change everything--about Saint Ambrose, about Mr. Larkin, and about her ex-best friend, Tripp Talbot. Four years ago someone got away with murder. The most terrifying part is that they never left.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Murder; Secrecy; Teachers; Journalism; Internship programs; High schools;
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Finding Jesus : faith, fact, forgery : six holy objects that tell the remarkable story of the gospels / by Gibson, David,1969-;
Includes bibliographical references.John the Baptist: rival Messiah, bones of contention -- The James Ossuary: the hand of God or the crime of the century? -- Mary Magdalene: prostitute, apostle, saint or Jesus's wife? -- The gospel of Judas: Christianity's ultimate whodunit -- The true cross: enough to fill a ship -- The shroud and the sudarium: Jesus of history, Jesus of mystery.
Subjects: Jesus Christ;
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