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The keeper of lost art : a novel / by Morelli, Laura,author.;

During World War II, a girl makes an unbreakable connection with a boy sheltering in her family's Tuscan villa, where the treasures of the Uffizi Galleries are hidden. A moving coming-of-age story about the power of art in wartime, based on true events-- Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Art treasures in war; Cultural property; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Young women;

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Inuit relocations : colonial policies and practices, Inuit resilience and resistance / by Tester, Frank J.,author.; Zawadski, Krista Ulujuk,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."The traditional life of Inuit of Canada's North, affected early on by contact with whalers and the development of the fur trade. Changes to the lives of Inuit following the Second World War, including the relocation of Inuit, resulting in separation from family and culture and deaths from starvation, contagious diseases and appalling living conditions as Inuit were forced to adapt from living off the land to permanent settlements. The relocation of Inuit children to settlement-based federal day schools. How Inuit fought back against these injustices to maintain their culture and language and contribute to the richness and diversity of Canadian culture."--

Subjects: Inuit; Inuit; Inuit;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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The war [videorecording (BLURAY)] : a Ken Burns film / by Arkin, Adam.; Botstein, Sarah.; Burns, Ken,1953-; Cannavale, Bobby.; Conway, Kevin.; David, Keith.; Hanks, Tom.; Holtz, Rebecca.; Jackson, Samuel L.; Lucas, Josh.; McCormick, Carolyn.; Novick, Lynn.; Wahlberg, Robert.; Wallach, Eli,1915-; Ward, Geoffrey C.; American Lives II Film Project.; Florentine Films.; PBS Home Video.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm); WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.);

Disc 1. Necessary war -- disc 2. When things get tough ; Deadly calling -- disc 3. Pride of our nation -- disc 4. Fubar -- disc 5. Ghost front -- disc 6. World without war.Cinematography, Buddy Squires ; editors, Paul Barnes, Erik Ewers, Tricia Reidy ; original music, Wynton Marsalis.Narrated by Keith David, with Tom Hanks, Josh Lucas, Bobby Cannavale, Samuel L. Jackson, Eli Wallach, Adam Arkin, Kevin Conway, Rebecca Holtz, Carolyn McCormick, Robert Wahlberg.Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.E.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital.

Subjects: City dwellers; Documentary television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;

© c2012., PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2

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The Flash. [graphic novel] / by Adams, Jeremy(Screenwriter),author.; Acuña, Serg,illustrator.; Banning, Matt,illustrator.; Clarke, Taurin,illustrator.; Cruz, Roger,illustrator.; Delpeche, Patricio,colorist.; Diaz, Wellington,illustrator.; Estherren, Lisandro,illustrator.; Guerrero, Luis(Colorist),colorist.; Herms, Matt,1985-colorist.; Kambadais, George,1984-illustrator.; Leigh, Rob,letterer.; Nalty, Rebecca,colorist.; Pasarin, Fernando,illustrator.; Paz, Jason,illustrator.; Ryan, Matt,illustrator.;

"As any super-speedster worth their salt will tell you, time can move pretty slow for the incredibly fast. A lot can happen in sixty seconds ... So what happens when an entire armada of conquering speedster aliens shows up on Earth's doorstep? The most intense battle the Earth has ever waged in the span of 60 seconds begins! Collects The Flash #790-796 and The Flash: One-Minute War Special #1"--

Subjects: Graphic novels.; Superhero comics.; Flash (Fictitious character);

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Thrawn ascendancy. by Zahn, Timothy,author.;

"When a mysterious enemy strikes at the very foundation of the Ascendancy by widening the rifts between the Nine Ruling Families and Forty Great Houses, Thrawn and his allies must decide what matters most--the security of their family or the survival ofthe Ascendancy itself"--

Subjects: Science fiction.; Space operas (Fiction); Extraterrestrial beings; Space warfare; Soldiers; Life on other planets;

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And the devil makes five / by Richards, Dusty.;

When a shadowy gang of conspirators bent on assassinating Mexico's legendary resistance leader bring the war to his family's stagecoach station, lifelong patriot Joe O'Malley shows them another deadly force of resistance.

Subjects: Western fiction.; Assassins; Conspiracies; Stagecoach lines; Frontier and pioneer life;

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Antiques Roadshow World War One in 100 family treasures / by Atterbury, Paul,author.;

To mark the centenary of the start of World War I, the Antiques Roadshow team filmed a series of specials at the Somme, where the public brought in their family's war memorabilia and photographs. These 'antiques' weren't financially valuable, or in some cases even very beautiful, but the stories that came attached to these momentoes were priceless. This text takes 100 of the most fascinating and moving stories and shows how they fit in to the wider history that was occurring around them.

Subjects: Antiques roadshow (Television program : Great Britain); World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918.;

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Clementine : the life of Mrs. Winston Churchill / by Purnell, Sonia,author.; Purnell, Sonia.First lady.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.A portrait of Winston Churchill's extraordinary wife and her lesser-known role in World War II discusses her relationship with political mentor Eleanor Roosevelt, her role in safeguarding Churchill's health throughout key historical events, and her controversial family priorities.

Subjects: Churchill, Clementine, 1885-1977.; Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.; Prime ministers' spouses;

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The tailor project : how 2,500 Holocaust survivors found a new life in Canada / by Knight, Andrea,author.; Bryck, Nicole,author.; Draper, Paula,author.; Troper, Harold,1942-writer of foreword.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239).The remarkable story of approximately 2,500 Jewish tailors and their families who immigrated to Canada between 1948 and 1949 through the Garment Workers' Scheme in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Researchers interviewed nearly 100 tailors and their families.

Subjects: Biographies.; Holocaust survivors' families; Holocaust survivors; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Tailors; World War, 1939-1945;

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Your presence is mandatory : a novel / by Vasilyuk, Sasha,author.;

"A riveting debut novel of family secrets, based on real events, about a Jewish, Ukrainian veteran with a secret that could land him in the gulag, and his wife and children who are forced to live in the shadow of all he has not told them. Yefim Shulman, husband, father, grandfather, and war veteran, was beloved by his family and his coworkers. But in the days after his death, his widow finds an old letter to the KGB in his briefcase. Yefim had a lifelong secret, and his confession letter reveals what he'd hidden from all who knew him. Your Presence Is Mandatory moves between Yefim's struggles as a Ukrainian Jew in Hitler's Germany, his years concealing from the Soviet authorities and his family the choices he made to survive the war, and the effect his coverup had on the lives of his wife Nina and two children in Donbas, Ukraine between WWII and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. From Germany's prison camps and forced labor system to the Soviet culture of pride and paranoia, Sasha Vasilyuk grapples with the crushing weight of history on one family, and what grace they find in the course of their survival"--

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Families; Family secrets; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Veterans; World War, 1939-1945;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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