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Brazen and the beast / by MacLean, Sarah.;
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; Aristocracy (Social class); Man-woman relationships; Deals; Brothers; Love stories;
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Pack up your troubles / by Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia,author.;
"1919: The war is over, but peace is yet to come. As men are demobbed, women must give up positions that gave them freedom. Edward is given an important job at the Peace Conference in Paris, but it means more lonely months away from Beattie and his hoped-for reconciliation. Fred's unit is sent to the Rhine, and Cook feels a guilty relief that her uprooting has been postponed. Laura's friend Ransley volunteers for a further six months, and rather than go home, Laura finds a new outlet: conducting guided tours of the battlefields. In England there are strikes and unrest, hardship and widespread unemployment, and everywhere the sight of the wounded to remind the nation of what it has paid for peace. But as the first, difficult year post-war comes to an end, there are great changes afoot for the Hunter household, wonderful surprises, and the promise of a new start."-- Publisher description.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Families; Interpersonal relations; Veterans; World War, 1914-1918;
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The murder pit / by Finlay, Mick,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Where evil lies buried. 1896: Sherlock Holmes has once again hit the headlines, solving mysteries for the cream of aristocracy. But among the workhouses and pudding shops of South London, private detective William Arrowood is presented with far grittier, more violent and considerably less well-paid cases. Arrowood has no doubt who is the better detective, and when Mr. and Mrs. Barclay engage him to find their estranged daughter, Birdie, he's sure it won't be long before he and his assistant, Barnett, have tracked her down. But this seemingly simple missing-person case soon turns into a murder investigation. Far from the comfort of Baker Street, Arrowood's London is a city of unrelenting cruelty, where evil is waiting to be uncovered ..."--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Private investigators; Missing persons; Murder;
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A lady for a duke / by Hall, Alexis J.,author.;
"When Viola Caroll was presumed dead at Waterloo she took the opportunity to live, at last, as herself. But freedom does not come without a price, and Viola paid for hers with the loss of her wealth, her title, and her closest companion, Justin de Vere, the Duke of Gracewood. Only when their families reconnect, years after the war, does Viola learn how deep that loss truly was. Shattered without her, Gracewood has retreated so far into grief that Viola barely recognises her old friend in the lonely, brooding man he has become. As Viola strives to bring Gracewood back to himself, fresh desires give new names to old feelings. Feelings that would have been impossible once and may be impossible still, but which Viola cannot deny. Even if they cost her everything, all over again"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; Transgender fiction.; Novels.; Grief; Man-woman relationships; Nobility; Regency; Transgender people;
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The house of shadows / by Williams, Kate,1974-author.;
The de Witt family, who once lead an idyllic and privileged life, are struggling to piece together the shattered fragments of their lives in the aftermath of the Great War. In 1939, the world is on the verge of turmoil with the approaching storm of the Second World War. The fragile peace of the de Witt's world is threatened once again as the family must deal with the consequences of another devastating war.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Families; Family secrets; Life change events; World War, 1939-1945;
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Opinions : a decade of arguments, criticisms, and minding other people's business / by Gay, Roxane,author.;
"From beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, "a strikingly fresh cultural critic" (Washington Post) comes an exhilarating collection of her essays on culture, politics, and everything in between."--
Subjects: Essays.; Gay, Roxane.; American essays; Politics and culture;
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The storyteller's daughter / by Shah, Saira;
Subjects: Shah, Saira; Women; Women; Islam and politics;
© c2003., Alfred A. Knopf,
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Texas princess / by Thomas, Jodi.;
On the run from her brutal fiancé, Liberty Mayfield must find a way to stop the wedding without risking her father's life and, turning to a reclusive rancher for help, finds her destiny in his arms.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Western fiction.; Historical fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Ranchers; Ranch life; Frontier and pioneer life;
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A tuba to Cuba [videorecording] / by Herrington, T. G.,film director.; Clinch, Danny,film director.; Gabriel, Charlie,on-screen participant.; Harris, Walter,on-screen participant.; Jaffee, Ben,on-screen participant.; Blue Fox Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ben Jaffee, Charlie Gabriel, Walter Harris.The leader of New Orleans' famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band seeks to fulfill his late father's dream of retracing their musical roots to the shores of Cuba in search of the indigenous music that gave birth to New Orleans jazz. A Tuba to Cuba celebrates the triumph of the human spirit expressed through the universal language of music and challenges us to resolve to build bridges, not walls.E.DVD-R ; widescreen presentation ; 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Preservation Hall Jazz Band.; Jazz; Jazz; African Americans; Jazz musicians; Music and history; Music and history;
For private home use only.
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Returning light : thirty years of life on Skellig Michael / by Harris, Robert L.,author.;
""On Skellig Michael, thousands of birds appear and disappear, erecting towers, coming together in wings of movement which build and unravel over the empty sea. Often, no one else is there to stand beside me on the island. The mind wanders; links with the past are easily made; ancient ways of viewing things come alive." In 1987, Robert Harris happened upon an unusual job posting in the local paper--a new warden service was being set up on the island of Skellig Michael, and the deadline was imminent. Just weeks later he was on his way to set up camp in one of Ireland's most remote locations, unaware that he would be making that same journey every May for the next 30 years. Here he transports us to the otherworldly island, a place that is teeming with natural life, including curious puffins that like to visit his hut. From the precipice he has observed a coastline that is relatively unchanged for the last thousand years--a beacon of equilibrium in an ever-changing world. But the island can be fierce too. It's inhabitable for only five months of the year, and solitude can quickly become isolation as bad weather rolls in to create a veil between Skellig Michael and the rest of the world, when the dizzying terrain can become a very real threat to life. A beautiful and evocative work of nature writing, Returning Light is an extraordinary memoir about the profound effect a place can have on us, and how a remote location can bring with it a great sense of belonging."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Harris, Robert L.; Game wardens;
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