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A history of the world in 500 walks / by Baxter, Sarah.;
"From geologic upheavals and mad kings to trade routes and saints' ways, this book relates the tales behind the top 500 walks that have shaped our society. It's easy to imagine traveling back in time as you read about convicts and conquistadores, silk traders and Buddhists who have hiked along routes for purposes as varied as the terrain they covered. From prehistory to the present day, take a grand tour of world events at eye-level perspective with accounts that combine knowledgeable commentary with practical detail. You may even be inspired to lace up your own boots!"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Walking; Hiking; Trails; Historic sites; World history.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Cold earth / by Cleeves, Ann,author.;
In the dark days of a Shetland winter, torrential rain triggers a landslide that crosses the main Lerwick-Sumburgh road and sweeps down to the sea. At the burial of his old friend Magnus Tait, Jimmy Perez watches the flood of mud and peaty water smash through a croft house in its path. Everyone thinks the croft is uninhabited, but in the wreckage he finds the body of a dark-haired woman wearing a red silk dress. In his mind, she shares his Mediterranean ancestry and soon he becomes obsessed with tracing her identity. Then it emerges that she was already dead before the landslide hit the house. Perez knows he must find out who she was, and how she died.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Perez, Jimmy (Fictitious character); Murder; Police;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Free, fair and alive : the insurgent power of the commons / by Bollier, David,author.; Helfrich, Silke,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Free, Fair, and Alive is a penetrating cultural critique, table-pounding political treatise, and practical playbook for "commoning"--free, self-organizing systems ranging from alternative currencies to open-source everything. It presents a bold and compelling alternative to the dead-end, predatory market-state system."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Commons.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Crocheted scarves and cowls : 35 colorful and contemporary crochet patterns / by Trench, Nicki,author.;
It takes no time at all to crochet a cowl or a scarf, and some of these are super-fast, using chunky yarns and a big hook. Nicki Trench has created a wide range of contemporary designs, with a variety of stitches and fashionable colors, so you'll really stand out from the crowd. Start with the soft and cozy pom pom scarf or the bright shell stitch scarf in red, yellow, and peach. Not every scarf or cowl has to just be for winter! The pretty silk lace scarf and the cool Mexican-inspired tasseled scarf can be worn all year round. There are also handy stash-busters such as the patchwork scarf and the horizontal striped cowl. Whether you want to match your scarf to your outfit or give them as gifts, there's something for everyone in Crocheted Scarves and Cowls.
Subjects: Crocheting; Scarves;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Horizons : a global history of science / by Poskett, James,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A radical retelling of the history of science-The Silk Roads for science We are told that modern science was invented in Europe, the product of great minds like Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein. But this is wrong. The history of science is not, and has never been, a uniquely European endeavour. Copernicus relied on mathematical techniques borrowed from Arabic and Persian texts. When Newton set out the laws of motion, he relied on astronomical observations made in India and Africa. When Darwin was writing On the Origin of Species, he consulted a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopaedia. And when Einstein was studying quantum mechanics, he was inspired by the young Bengali physicist, Satyendra Nath Bose. Horizons pushes the history of science beyond Europe, exploring the ways in which scientists from Africa, America, Asia and the Pacific fit into this global story.
Subjects: Science;
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Knitting light : 20 mostly seamless tops, tees, and more for warm weather wear / by Greene, Marie(Marie E.),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Seamless knits aren't just for the colder seasons! Let Marie Greene show you the lighter side of knitted garments, with this collection of 20 top-down designs in her signature, timeless style. Filled to the brim with patterns for covetable tops, tees, tanks and more-all made in light, breathable fibers with an emphasis on plant-based blends-this book will have you whipping up and wearing gorgeous handmade garments year-round. Whether you've worked with non-wool fibers before or not, have no fear! Marie provides helpful tips and tricks for knitting with every fiber featured in the book, from cotton and linen to hemp, silk, rayon and more. She'll also guide you through finding your perfect fit, for flawlessly fitting garments that will take your warm weather wardrobe to enviable heights.
Subjects: Patterns (Instructional works); Pattern books.; Knitting.; Knitting; Knitwear.; Knitting;
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Dark hope / by Feehan, Christine,author.;
"Immortal passions rage as evil grows in this gripping novel in Christine Feehan's #1 New York Times bestselling Carpathian series. Silke Vriese Reinders knows a war is coming. The demon slayer has seen it over and over again in the cards -- and the battle won't be just for the survival of her remote village but for all mankind. Silke knows the only way to win will be with the help of the Carpathians. A fact that fills her with trepidation, as she is fated to be the lifemate to one of the ancient supernatural warriors -- bound to a complete stranger and responsible for his soul. One of the oldest, most dangerous Carpathians, Benedek Kovak is more beast than man. He's been locked away for centuries, and the only thing that has stopped him from becoming one of the monsters he's sworn to defeat is the thought of his lifemate. When Benedek senses the impending danger, he sets out to find her before it's too late. But their enemy has laid a trap that pushes him closer to turning than ever before. For so long Benedek has felt nothing. Now, some dark art is compelling him to indulge in cravings he thought were long buried. He has no hope that anyone can restore what's left of his tainted soul, but Silke is nothing like he imagined. Perhaps she's strong enough to fight back the darkness. Perhaps together they can defeat an adversary hell-bent on destroying them all ... "--
Subjects: Vampire fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Romance fiction.; Gothic fiction.; Novels.; Good and evil; Immortalism; Man-woman relationships; Tarot cards; Vampires;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Vikings. [videorecording] / by Hirst, Michael,1952-creator,screenwriter.; Ludwig, Alexander,1992-actor.; Skarsgård, Gustaf,actor.; Standen, Clive,actor.; Winnick, Katheryn,actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Take 5 Productions,production company.;
Katheryn Winnick, Clive Standen, Gustaf Skarsgard, Alexander Ludwig.Season six returns following the battle between brothers which has left Bjorn victorious and a hero to the people who have been under the tyrannical rule of Ivar for so long. As the new leader of Kattegat, Bjorn struggles to fill his late father's shoes as king while facing several dilemmas and wrestling with the idea that power overshadows morals. Meanwhile, Ivar, searching for a new path to separate him from his past, is seen traveling along The Silk Road, eventually leading him to Russia. He meets his match in Prince Oleg (Danila Kozlovsky), a ruthless and unpredictable Russian ruler, who shocks even Ivar with his merciless actions. Lagertha has her own agenda - to live a quieter and less public life on her own farm, but new dangers lurk close to home. This season, the Vikings continue to take over Scandinavia as Ubbe (Jordan Patrick Smith) and Torvi (Georgia Hirst) travel to Iceland to uncover the mystery circling around Floki's (Gustaf Skarsgård) disappearance and Hvitserk (Marco Ilsø) pursues his personal vendetta against Ivar.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Action and adventure television programs.; Television programs.; Lagertha (Legendary character); Ívarr, -approximately 873; Vikings; Vikings; Women, Viking;
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Oceans of fate : peace and peril aboard the steamship Empress of Asia / by Black, Dan,1957-author.; Delgado, James P.,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The remarkable story of how one ship -- doomed by war -- intersected lives and crossed into history. Completed in 1913 for Canadian Pacific, the Empress of Asia plied the oceans for nearly thirty years. Built for peacetime travel, she saw wartime service as an armed merchant cruiser and troopship before Japanese dive bombers destroyed her off Singapore in 1942. Through the Roaring Twenties and Great Depression, she brought continents and people together, delivering mail and multi-million-dollar consignments of silk. As a luxurious passenger liner, she was a "Greyhound of the Pacific," encountering enormous storms and smashing transpacific speed records. From stokehold to bridge, steerage to first-class staterooms, she steamed with a kaleidoscope of lives, including courageous and recalcitrant crew, immigrants and refugees seeking a better life or relief from disaster, drug smugglers and weapons dealers, and the idle and not-so idle rich. This is the dramatic story of how one ship -- and the lives of her passengers and crew -- intersected during a tumultuous period of world history, culminating in her destruction off Singapore at the height of the Second World War"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Empress of Asia (Steamship); Armed merchant ships; Merchant marine; Ocean liners; Passenger ships; World War, 1914-1918;
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Bitcoin billionaires : a true story of genius, betrayal, and redemption / by Mezrich, Ben,1969-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Ben Mezrich's 2009 bestseller The Accidental Billionaires is the definitive account of Facebook's founding and the basis for the Academy Award-winning film The Social Network. Two of the story's iconic characters are Harvard students Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss: identical twins, Olympic rowers, and foils to Mark Zuckerberg. Bitcoin Billionaires is the story of the brothers' redemption and revenge in the wake of their epic legal battle with Facebook. Planning to start careers as venture capitalists, the brothers quickly discover that no one will take their money after their fight with Zuckerberg. While nursing their wounds in Ibiza, they accidentally run into an eccentric character who tells them about a brand-new idea: cryptocurrency. Immersing themselves in what is then an obscure and sometimes sinister world, they begin to realize "crypto" is, in their own words, "either the next big thing or total bulls--t." There's nothing left to do but make a bet. From the Silk Road to the halls of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bitcoin Billionaires will take us on a wild and surprising ride while illuminating a tantalizing economic future. On November 26, 2017, the Winklevoss brothers became the first bitcoin billionaires. Here's the story of how they got there--as only Ben Mezrich could tell it.
Subjects: Winklevoss, Tyler.; Winklevoss, Cameron.; Bitcoin.; Venture capital.; Entrepreneurship.;
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