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Graves of ice : the lost Franklin expedition / by Wilson, John(John Alexander),1951-author.;
Fourteen-year-old George Chambers is aboard the HMS Erebus, one of two ships under the command of Sir John Franklin on his quest to discover the Northwest Passage. But when the Erebus and Terror are trapped in ice, more than 100 members of the crew die of scurvy, starvation and freezing. Only George and Commander James Fitzjames remain alive, and as starvation weakens him, George recalls the events that led him to join Franklin's expedition into Canada's desolate North. Perhaps the story he tells will be all that survives of Franklin's doomed Arctic expedition.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847;
© c2014., Scholastic Canada,
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Endurance : Shackleton's incredible voyage / by Lansing, Alfred,author.; Hurley, Frank,1885-1962,photographer.; Philbrick, Nathaniel,writer of introduction.;
"Bound for Antarctica, where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton planned to cross on foot the last uncharted continent, the Endurance set sail from England in August 1914. In January 1915, after battling its way for six weeks through a thousand miles of pack ice and now only a day's sail short of its destination, the Endurance became locked in an island of ice. For ten months the ice-moored Endurance drifted northwest before it was finally crushed. But for Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men the ordeal had barely begun. It would end only after a near-miraculous journey by Shackleton and a skeleton crew through over 850 miles of the South Atlantic's heaviest seas to the closest outpost of civilization. This astonishing tale of survival by Shackleton and all twenty-seven of his men for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as Time magazine put it, "defined heroism." Alfred Lansing's brilliantly narrated book has long been acknowledged as the definitive account of the Endurance's fateful trip"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922; Endurance (Ship); Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917);
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Dr Seuss' how the Grinch stole Christmas [videorecording]. by Carrey, Jim; Tambor, Jeffrey; Baranski, Christine; Shannon, Molly; Hopkins, Sir Anthony;
Director, Ron Howard.Jeffrey Tambor, Jim Carrey, Christine Baranski, Molly Shannon, Sir Anthony Hopkins.Why is The Grinch such a grouch? No one seems to know, until little Cindy Lou Who takes matters into her own hands and turns both Whoville and The Grinch's world upside down, inside out and funny side up in her search for the true meaning of Christmas. Bonus material included.MPAA rating: PG.DVD.
Subjects: Children's.; Children's films.; Holidays.;
© 2009., Universal,
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Dr Seuss' how the Grinch stole Christmas [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Carrey, Jim; Tambor, Jeffrey; Baranski, Christine; Shannon, Molly; Hopkins, Sir Anthony;
Director, Ron Howard.Jeffrey Tambor, Jim Carrey, Christine Baranski, Molly Shannon, Sir Anthony Hopkins.Why is The Grinch such a grouch? No one seems to know, until little Cindy Lou Who takes matters into her own hands and turns both Whoville and The Grinch's world upside down, inside out and funny side up in her search for the true meaning of Christmas. Bonus material included.MPAA rating: PG.Blu-ray.
Subjects: Children's.; Children's films.; Holidays.;
© 2009., Universal,
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Fires in the dark : healing the unquiet mind / by Jamison, Kay R.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The acclaimed author of The Unquiet Mind considers the age-old quest for relief from psychic pain and the role of the gifted healer in the journey back to health. "To treat, even to cure, is not always to heal." In this expansive cultural history of the treatment and healing of suffering, Kay Jamison writes about what makes an effective healer, and the role of imagination and memory in the regeneration of the mind. From the trauma of the bloodiest battlefields of the twentieth century to her own experience with bipolar disease, Jamison demonstrates how extraordinary psychotherapy can be when administered properly and explores the clinical reality that healing the mind requires, for both doctor and patient. She draws on the cases of W.H.R. Rivers, the renowned doctor who treated shell-shocked WWI soldiers, on the long history of physical treatments for mental distress and the ancient role of religion and myth in healing, and she looks at the heroic figures in our artistic culture who have healed us as a people, such as Paul Robeson. Fires in the Dark is a beautiful meditation on the quest and adventure of true healing"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Jamison, Kay R.; Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919.; Rivers, W. H. R. (William Halse Rivers), 1864-1922.; Mental illness; Psychotherapy;
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Monarch of the glen. [videorecording] / by Bennett, Edward.; Briers, Richard.; Chaplin, Michael.; Hampshire, Susan,1942-; Leonard, Niall.; MacKenzie, Alastair.; MacKenzie, Compton,Sir,1883-1972.Monarch of the glen.Videorecording.; Pitt, Nick.; BBC Video (Firm); British Broadcasting Corporation.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Produced by Nick Pitt; directed by Edward Bennett; written by Michael Chaplin, Niall Leonard; music by Simon Brint.Richard Briers, Susan Hampshire, Alastair MacKenzie.Meet handsome Archie MacDonald, a reluctant young Scottish laird torn between his trendy London life and the call of his wild highland ancestry. You'll be seduced by breathtaking scenery, marvelously original and amusing scripts, and eccentric, thoroughly lovable characters.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: MacKenzie, Compton, Sir, 1883-1972.; Fathers and sons; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2010., BBC Video ; Distributed by Warner Home Video,
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The ship beneath the ice : the discovery of Shackleton's Endurance / by Bound, Mensun,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-403).A renowned marine biologist presents this extraordinary firsthand account of the discovery of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance--a century to the day after Shackleton's death--that captures the intrepid spirit that joins two mariners across the centuries, both of whom accomplished the impossible.
Subjects: Biographies.; Illustrated works.; Personal narratives.; Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922.; Bound, Mensun.; Endurance (Ship); Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917); Shipwrecks; Underwater archaeology;
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The lord of the rings : The return of the king / by Wood, Elijah; Mortensen, Viggo; Mckellen, Sir Ian; Rhys-Davies, John; Bloom, Orlando; Tolkien, J. R. R.;
Director, Peter Jackson.Viggo Mortensen, John Rhys-Davies, Elijah Wood, Sir Ian Mckellen, Orlando Bloom.This third installment finds Middle-Earth on the verge of great change. Frodo and Sam are approaching Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring and a massive battle is about to ensue that will determine the fate of Middle Earth.CHVRS rating: 14A.Blu-ray.
Subjects: Adventure.; Academy Award Winners.; Action / Adventure.;
© 2010., New Line Home Video,
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Monarch of the glen. [videorecording] / by Bennett, Edward.; Briers, Richard.; Chaplin, Michael.; Hampshire, Susan,1942-; Leonard, Niall.; MacKenzie, Alastair.; MacKenzie, Compton,Sir,1883-1972.Monarch of the glen.Videorecording.; Pitt, Nick.; BBC Video (Firm); British Broadcasting Corporation.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Produced by Nick Pitt; directed by Edward Bennett; written by Michael Chaplin, Niall Leonard; music by Simon Brint.Richard Briers, Susan Hampshire, Alastair MacKenzie.Meet handsome Archie MacDonald, a reluctant young Scottish laird torn between his trendy London life and the call of his wild highland ancestry. You'll be seduced by breathtaking scenery, marvelously original and amusing scripts, and eccentric, thoroughly lovable characters.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: MacKenzie, Compton, Sir, 1883-1972.; Families; Fathers and sons; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2010., Warner Home Video ; Distributed by Warner Home Video,
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Ice ghosts : the epic hunt for the lost Franklin Expedition / by Watson, Paul,1959-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The true story of the greatest mystery of Arctic exploration and the rare mix of marine science and Inuit knowledge that led to the shipwreck's recent discovery. Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the Franklin Expedition--whose two ships and crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice--with the modern tale of the scientists, divers, and local Inuit behind the incredible discovery of the flagship's wreck in 2014. Paul Watson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was on the icebreaker that led the discovery expedition, tells a fast-paced historical adventure story: Sir John Franklin and the crew of the HMS Erebus and Terror setting off in search of the fabled Northwest Passage, the hazards they encountered and the reasons they were forced to abandon ship hundreds of miles from the nearest outpost of Western civilization, and the decades of searching that turned up only rumours of cannibalism and a few scattered papers and bones until a combination of faith in Inuit lore and the latest science yielded a discovery for the ages."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847.; Erebus (Ship); Terror (Ship); Inuit;
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