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What have we here? : portraits of a life / by Williams, Billy Dee,1937-author.;
In 'What Have We Here?', film legend Billy Dee Williams recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades-a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from 'Brian's Song' to Lando in the 'Star Wars' universe-unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed. In this intimate, joyful, and inspiring memoir, Williams reflects on his love of painting; his love of women; his full embrace of life; on being a husband and father; and on all that has sustained and carried him through a lifetime of dreams and adventure.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Williams, Billy Dee, 1937-; African American actors;
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The Voyage Home. by Barker, Pat.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: THE WOMEN OF TROY, ISBN 9780385546690. This third installment of the 'Troy' series follows the young Ritsa and the unpredictable Cassandra on their perilous return journey to Mycenae. Cassandra has acquired the powers of prophecy, and warns of the carnage that awaits the Greek warrior king Agamemnon. But its the ongoing ire between Queen Clytemnestra and Agamemnon that could prove fatal for everyone.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; FICTION / Historical / General; FICTION / War & Military;
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The ship of brides : a novel / by Moyes, Jojo,1969-author.;
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You and One Plus One, in an earlier work available in the U.S. for the first time, a post-WWII story of the war brides who crossed the seas by the thousands to face their unknown futures. 1946. World War II has ended and all over the world, young women are beginning to fulfill the promises made to the men they wed in wartime. In Sydney, Australia, four women join 650 other war brides on an extraordinary voyage to England-aboard HMS Victoria, which still carries not just arms and aircraft but a thousand naval officers. Rules are strictly enforced, from the aircraft carrier's captain down to the lowliest young deckhand. But the men and the brides will find their lives intertwined despite the Navy's ironclad sanctions. And for Frances Mackenzie, the complicated young woman whose past comes back to haunt her far from home, the journey will change her life in ways she never could have predicted -- forever"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; War fiction.; War brides; World War, 1939-1945;
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The grammarians / by Schine, Cathleen,author.;
"Laurel and Daphne Wolfe, identical, inseparable redheaded twins, share an obsession with words. As adults making their way in 1980s Manhattan, their verbal infatuation begins to push them apart. Their fraying twinship finally shreds completely when the sisters go to war over custody of their most prized family heirloom: Merriam Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition."--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Distribution of decedents' estates; Families; Grammarians; Identical twins; Sisters; Twins; Women journalists; Women poets;
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The secret messenger / by Robotham, Mandy,author.;
Venice, 1943: The world is at war, and Stella Jilani is leading a double life. By day she works in the lion's den as a typist for the Reich; by night, she risks her life as a messenger for the Italian resistance. Against all odds, Stella must impart Nazi secrets, smuggle essential supplies and produce an underground newspaper on her beloved typewriter. But when German commander General Breugal becomes suspicious, it seems he will stop at nothing to find the mole, and Stella knows her future could be in jeopardy. London, 2017: Years later, Luisa Belmont finds a mysterious old typewriter in her attic. Determined to find out who it belonged to, Luisa delves into the past and uncovers a story of fierce love, unimaginable sacrifice and, ultimately, the worst kind of betrayal. Set between German-occupied 1940s Venice and modern-day London, this is a fascinating tale of the bravery of everyday women in the darkest corners of WWII.
Subjects: War fiction.; Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Shadow in the cloud [videorecording] / by Koale, Beulah,1992-actor.; Liang, Roseanne,film director.; Moretz, Chloë,1997-actor.; Mulvey, Callan,1975-actor.; Robinson, Nick,1995-actor.; Smith, Taylor John,1995-actor.; Vertical Entertainment,publisher.;
Chloe Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale, Taylor John Smith, Callan Mulvey.In the throes of World War II, Captain Maude Garrett joins the all-male crew of a B-17 bomber with a top-secret package. Caught off guard by the presence of a woman on a military flight, the crew tests Maude's every move. Just as her quick wit is winning them over, strange happenings and holes in her backstory incite paranoia surrounding her true mission. But this crew has more to fear; lurking in the shadows, something sinister is tearing at the heart of the plane. Trapped between an oncoming air ambush and an evil lurking within, Maude must push beyond her limits to save the hapless crew and protect her mysterious cargo.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Action and adventure films.; Monster films.; War films.; Feature films.; World War, 1939-1945; Women soldiers; B-17 bomber; Monsters; Man-woman relationships;
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If you find this, I'm already dead [graphic novel] / by Kindt, Matt,author,illustrator.; Campbell, Jim(Letterer),letterer.; Crabtree, Bill(Comic book colorist),colorist.; McDaid, Dan,illustrator.;
"Robin is a big city reporter, embedded with US Marines heading to the hostile pocket universe called Terminus. Ten minutes in, the entire marine squad is wiped out and she has to survive (and report) on her own. Terminus is full of cosmic wonders--and sci-fi 'gods' that are in the middle of a political power struggle. The language is alien, and the politics are deadly. Can she survive long enough to figure out what's going on and get home to tell the story?"--
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Science fiction comics.; Women war correspondents; Embedded war correspondents; Extraterrestrial beings; Life on other planets; Survival;
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The American agent / by Winspear, Jacqueline,1955-author.;
When Catherine Saxon, an American correspondent reporting on the war in Europe, is found murdered in her London digs, news of her death is concealed by British authorities. Serving as a linchpin between Scotland Yard and the Secret Service, Robert MacFarlane pays a visit to Maisie Dobbs, seeking her help. He is accompanied by an agent from the US Department of Justice--Mark Scott, the American who helped Maisie get out of Hitler's Munich in 1938. MacFarlane asks Maisie to work with Scott to uncover the truth about Saxon's death. As the Germans unleash the full terror of their blitzkrieg upon the British Isles, raining death and destruction from the skies, Maisie must balance the demands of solving this dangerous case with her need to protect Anna, the young evacuee she has grown to love and wants to adopt. Entangled in an investigation linked to the power of wartime propaganda and American political intrigue being played out in Britain, Maisie will face losing her dearest friend--and the possibility that she might be falling in love again.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Dobbs, Maisie (Fictitious character); World War, 1939-1945; Murder; Women private investigators;
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The prisoner in the castle / by MacNeal, Susan Elia,author.;
"American-born spy and code-breaker extraordinaire Maggie Hope must solve a baffling series of murders among a group of captive agents on an isolated Scottish island as the acclaimed World War II mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Susan Elia MacNeal continues. Maggie Hope is being held prisoner on a remote Scottish island with other SOE agents who know too much for the enemy's comfort. All the spies on the island are trained to kill--and when they start dropping off one-by-one, Maggie needs to find the murderer ... before she becomes the next victim"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Spy fiction.; Historical fiction.; Women spies; World War, 1939-1945; Prisoners; Murder;
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Sisters of the sky / by Kortchik, Lana,author.;
"October 1941: As war rages in the Soviet Union, Nina is devastated as she watches her younger brother being sent off to the front. She has witnessed so many soldiers go to war and never return, and with her father already on the battlefield, her brother is her only family left. Sick of feeling helpless and determined to fight for her motherland, Nina and her best friend Katya decide to volunteer for the first female-only aviation regiment, led by the legendary pilot Marina Raskova. But fighting a war is nothing like they expected, and soon the battle lines are no longer restricted to the front - a forbidden love begins to blossom, and Nina is faced with the ultimate betrayal. Will Nina and her loved ones make it out alive?"--Back cover.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; Soviet Union. Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily; Man-woman relationships; Women air pilots; World War, 1939-1945;
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