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The covenant of water : a novel / by Verghese, Abraham,1955-author.;
"From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller Cutting for Stone, which has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for over two years. Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India's Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning-and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala's long-existing Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time. From this unforgettable new beginning, the young girl--and future matriarch, known as Big Ammachi--will witness unthinkable changes over the span of her extraordinary life, full of joy and triumph as well as hardship and loss, her faith and love the only constants. A shimmering evocation of a bygone India and of the passage of time itself, The Covenant of Water is a hymn to progress in medicine and to human understanding, and a humbling testament to the difficulties undergone by past generations for the sake of those alive today. Imbued with humor, deep emotion, and the essence of life, it is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Drowning; Families;
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Macbeth [videorecording] / by Annis, Francesca,1945-; Archard, Bernard,1916-2008.; Bayler, Terence,actor.; Braunsberg, Andrew,film producer.; Bromley, Sydney,1909-1987.; Chase, Stephan,1947-; Davis, Noel,1927-2002.; Finch, Jon,1941-2012,actor.; Hefner, Hugh M.(Hugh Marston),1926-film producer.; Laurence, Andrew,actor.; Pearson, Richard,1918-2011.; Polanski, Roman,screenwriter,film director.; Selby, Nicholas,1925-; Shakespeare, William,1564-1616.Macbeth.Videorecording.; Shaw, Martin,1945-; Shelley, Paul,1942-; Stride, John,1936-; Tynan, Kenneth,1927-1980,screenwriter.; Criterion Collection (Firm);
Director of photography, Gil Taylor ; production designer, Wilfrid Shingleton ; costume designer, Anthony Mendleson ; music by The Third Ear Band ; editor, Alistair McIntyre ; art director, Fred Carter ; fight director, William Hobbs ; choreographer, Sally Gilpin.Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, John Stride, Nicholas Selby, Terence Bayler, Stephan Chase, Paul Shelley, Noel Davis, Richard Pearson, Andrew Laurence, Bernard Archard.Roman Polanski imbues his unflinchingly violent adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy of ruthless ambition and murder in medieval Scotland with grit and dramatic intensity. Jon Finch and Francesca Annis star as a decorated warrior rising in the ranks and his driven wife, scheming together to take the throne by any means.R.DVD, widescreen (2.35:1); 2.0 stereo.
Subjects: Macbeth, King of Scotland, active 11th century; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Feature films.; Murder; Regicides;
© 2014., Criterion Collection,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Market for murder / by Graham, Heather,author.;
"Scotland has a dead body problem. Another one. And in the wake of a similar spate of tribute killings, Special Agents Luke Kendrick and Carly MacDonald know they have their work cut out for them. Working along side a new team of agents, the partners have more questions than answers when the crime scenes yield little evidence. In the style of infamous killers Burke and Hare, it appears victims are being moved to a secondary location, where they're dissected and sold for spare parts. With the clock ticking on every organ being harvested, the members of Blackbird know the killers must be near at hand, and soon discover that they're also being closed in on. As questions begin to arise about the newest additions to their team, Luke and Carly are running out of time--and people they can trust--to catch the killers before the agents themselves are the next to be put on ice"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Castles; Government investigators; Man-woman relationships; Organ trafficking; Serial murder investigation; Serial murderers;
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Shatter the bones [sound recording] / by MacBride, Stuart.; Worsley, Steve.;
Read by Steve Worsley.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Audiobooks.; Kidnapping; McRae, Logan (Fictitious character); Police; Reality television programs;
© p2011., Harper Audio,
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The prince / by Ashe, Katharine.;
Libby Shaw is determined to become a member of Edinburgh's all-male Royal College of Surgeons. Disguising herself as a man, she attends the surgical theater and nearly fools everyone. Forced to leave his home as a boy, famed portraitist Ziyaeddin is secretly the exiled prince of a distant realm. When he first met Libby, he memorized every detail of her face and drew her. But her perfect lips gave him trouble--the same lips he now longs to kiss. When Libby asks his help to hide her feminine identity from the world, Ziyaeddin agrees on one condition: she must sit for him to paint--as a woman. But what begins as a daring scheme could send them both hurtling toward danger...and an unparalleled love.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Disguise; Princes;
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Wild mountain thyme [videorecording] / by Blunt, Emily,actor.; Dornan, Jamie,1982-actor.; Hamm, Jon,1971-actor.; McGuinness, Lydia,actor.; Molloy, Dearbhla,actor.; Ryan, Danielle,actor.; Shanley, John Patrick,film director,screenwriter.; Tenney, Jon,1961-actor.; Walken, Christopher,1943-actor.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Emily Blunt, Jon Hamm, Jamie Dornan, Christopher Walken, Jon Tenney, Danielle Ryan, Lydia Mcguinness, Dearbhla Molloy.Headstrong farmer Rosemary Muldoon has her heart set on winning her neighbor Anthony Reilly's love. The problem is, Anthony seems to have inherited a family curse, and remains oblivious to his beautiful admirer. Stung by his father Tony's plans to sell the family farm to his nephew. Anthony is jolted into pursuing his dreams in this comedic, moving and wildly romantic tale.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Romantic comedy films.; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Neighbors; Families;
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To die in June / by Parks, Alan,author.;
"A woman enters a Glasgow police station to report her son missing, but no record can be found of the boy. When Detective Harry McCoy, seconded from the cop shop across town, discovers the family is part of the cultish Church of Christ's Suffering, he suspects there is more to Michael's disappearance than meets the eye. Meanwhile reports arrive of a string of poisonings of down-and-outs across the city. The dead are men who few barely notice, let alone care about--but, as McCoy is painfully aware, among this desperate community is his own father. Even as McCoy searches for the missing boy, he must conceal from his colleagues the real reason for his presence--to investigate corruption in the station. Some folk pray for justice. Detective Harry McCoy hasn't got time to wait."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Noir fiction.; Novels.; Cults; Homeless persons; Missing children; Murder; Police; Police corruption;
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The wild coast / by Anderson, Lin,author.;
"When forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod is brought in to analyse a shallow grave on Scotland's west coast, she is disturbed by a bundle of twigs crafted into a stickman and left in the victim's mouth. Then, when a young woman is reported missing from a nearby campsite with another sinister figurine left in her van, it seems that someone is targeting wild campers. An idyllic coastline known for providing peace and serenity, now the area is a hunting ground. As her investigation proceeds, Rhona is forced to reconsider her closest bonds. Rumours of sexual assault offences by serving police officers are circling in Glasgow, which may include her trusted colleague DS Michael McNab. Could it be true, or is someone looking to put him out of action? All the while a young woman's life is on the line and the clock is ticking."--Publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; MacLeod, Rhona (Fictitious character); Missing persons; Sexual assault; Campers (Persons); Malicious accusation; Murder; Police; Women forensic scientists;
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Black Widow / by Brookmyre, Christopher,1968-author.;
Diana Jager is clever, strong and successful, a skilled surgeon and fierce campaigner via her blog about sexism. Yet it takes only hours for her life to crumble when her personal details are released on the internet as revenge for her writing. Then she meets Peter. He's kind, generous and knows nothing about her past: the second chance she has been waiting for. Within six months, they are married. Within six more, Peter is dead - and Diana on trial for his murder, a nightmare end to their fairytale romance. But Peter's sister Lucy doesn't believe in fairytales, and tasks maverick reporter Jack Parlabane with discovering the dark truth behind the woman the media is calling Black Widow.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Parlabane, Jack (Fictitious character); Investigative reporting;
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Z. Rex / by Cole, Stephen,1971-;
From Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Edinburgh, Scotland, thirteen-year-old Adam Adlar must elude police while being hunted by a dinosaur come-to-life from a virtual reality game invented by his father, who has gone missing.LSC
Subjects: Science fiction.; Dinosaurs; Virtual reality; Fathers and sons;
© c2009., Penguin Group,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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