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September 17 : a novel / by Lewis, Amanda.;
September 17 is a harrowing fictionalized account of the WWII sinking of the City of Bernares, a ship which was secretly transporting ninety British children to safety in Canada, after being torpedoes by a German U-boat.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; City of Benares (Ship); World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Survival at sea;
© c2013., Red Deer Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The water will come : rising seas, sinking cities, and the remaking of the civilized world / by Goodell, Jeff,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Sea level.; Tides.; Storm surges.; Climatic changes; Coast changes.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Amazon woman : facing fears, chasing dreams, and a quest to kayak the world's largest river from source to sea / by Gaechter, Darcy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Part memoir, part feminist manifesto, Amazon Woman shows what incredible feats we are capable of and will encourage people, especially women, across all backgrounds and ages to find the courage and strength to live the life they've imagined. This 148-day journey began on Darcy Gaetcher's 35th birthday. She sold her successful outdoor adventure business, upsetting her partner and boyfriend of twelve years and getting them both fired in the process. The emotional waters that would fester and erupt on the ensuing journey were often more challenging to navigate than the mighty river itself. With blistered lips and irradiated fingernails, Darcy would tackle raging Class Five whitewater for twenty-five days straight, barely surviving a dynamite-filled canyon being prepared for a new hydroelectric plan. She and her two companions would encounter illegal loggers, narco-traffickers, murderous Shining Path rebels, and ruthless poachers in the black market trade in endangered species. They would plead for mercy at the hands of the murderous Asháninka people who were convinced that they had come to steal their children's organs. In a desperate attempt meant to give her some pretense of control, Darcy even cut off all her hair before entering Peru's notoriously dangerous Red Zone in hopes of passing for a boy and being seen as less of a target. At once a heart-pounding adventure and a celebration of pushing personal limits, Amazon Woman speaks to all of us feeling trapped by our desk-bound, online society. This a story of finding the courage and strength to challenge nature, cultures, social norms, and oneself.
Subjects: Biographies.; Gaechter, Darcy; Kayakers; Kayaking;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The last lifeboat / by Gaynor, Hazel,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Inspired by a remarkable true story, a young teacher evacuates children to safety across perilous waters, in a moving and triumphant new novel from New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor. 1940, Kent: Alice King is not brave or daring-she's happiest finding adventure through the safe pages of books. But times of war demand courage, and as the threat of German invasion looms, a plane crash near her home awakens a strength in Alice she'd long forgotten. Determined to do her part, she finds a role perfectly suited to her experience as a schoolteacher-to help evacuate Britain's children overseas. 1940, London: Lily Nichols once dreamed of using her mathematical talents for more than tabulating the cost of groceries, but life, and love, charted her a different course. With two lively children and a loving husband, Lily's humble home is her world, until war tears everything asunder. With her husband gone and bombs raining down, Lily is faced with an impossible choice: keep her son and daughter close, knowing she may not be able to protect them, or enroll them in a risky evacuation scheme, where safety awaits so very far away. When a Nazi U-boat torpedoes the S. S. Carlisle carrying a ship of children to Canada, a single lifeboat is left adrift in the storm-tossed Atlantic. Alice and Lily, strangers to each other-one on land, the other at sea-will quickly become one another's very best hope as their lives are fatefully entwined"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Evacuation of civilians; Mother and child; Survival at sea; Women teachers; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The sea / by Brezzi, Sara.;
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Subjects: Marine animals; Vocabulary;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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World War I / by Green, Robert,1969-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The reason why -- The western front-the center of the storm -- War on the sea and in the air -- War in the near east -- War on the eastern front-the old world crumbles -- America on the march -- Versailles and after.
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918;
© 2008., Lucent,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Along the infinite sea / by Williams, Beatriz.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Love stories.; Romantic suspense fiction.; Family secrets; Sisters; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Part of their world / by Risco, Elle D.; Lee, Brittney.;
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Subjects: Sea stories.; Ariel (Fictitious character : Disney); Mermaids;
© c2013., Disney Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Our planet / by Fothergill, Alastair,author.; Attenborough, David,1926-writer of foreword.; Pearce, Fred,author.; Scholey, Keith,1957-author.;
Subjects: Landscape photography.; Nature; Photography in geography.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Under the sea / by Littleboy, Molly.; Perera, María.;
Young readers will love to peek through the pages of this busy book to discover fun facts about the world beneath the waves!
Subjects: Board books.; Marine animals; Ocean;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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