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The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder / by Grann, David,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as "the prize of all the oceans," it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing 2500 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes. But then ... six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they had a very different story to tell. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes--they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous captain and his henchmen. It became clear that while stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death--for whomever the court found guilty could hang. The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by one of our greatest nonfiction writers. Grann's recreation of the hidden world on a British warship rivals the work of Patrick O'Brian, his portrayal of the castaways' desperate straits stands up to the classics of survival writing such as The Endurance, and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller. As always with Grann's work, the incredible twists of the narrative hold the reader spellbound. Most powerfully, he unearths the deeper meaning of the events, showing that it was not only the Wager's captain and crew who were on trial--it was the very idea of empire"--
Subjects: Wager (Ship); Mutiny; Shipwreck victims; Shipwreck victims; Shipwrecks;
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The Christmas wager / by Cassidy, Holly,author.;
"One rivalry. Eight days until Christmas. Let the holiday games begin. When L.A.-based real estate developer Bella Ross arrives in the sleepy mountain town of Maple Falls, she has one mission: to acquire the local failing Christmas shop, Always Noelle, securing the promotion of her dreams. Nothing can get in her way. Except the shop owner's stubborn grandson, Jesse Harrison. Both refuse to budge, until an unlikely wager is struck: Bella and Jesse will compete in the Maple Falls Holiday Games, an annual tradition of eccentric feats of strength and skills. Winner decides the selling price. They'll give each other a run for their money, but as the competition heats up, Bella and Jesse's icy feelings toward each other begin to thaw. It'll take a Christmas miracle for them to admit there's a spark, but what if it's just another game?"--
Subjects: Christmas fiction.; Romance fiction.; Novels.; Christmas stories; Contests; Man-woman relationships; Real estate developers; Stores, Retail;
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The headmaster's wager / by Lam, Vincent.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.;
© c2012., Doubleday Canada,
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A wager at midnight / by Riley, Vanessa,author.;
Scarlett Wilcox is willing to live out her life as a spinster if it means being able to continue her medical research to help a friend in need. After all, few husbands would tolerate her dressing as a man to attend lectures at the Royal Academy of Science. If the Duke of Torrance finds her such a specimen, she'll agree to a marriage in name only, much to the dismay of her elder sister, the Viscountess. When she's unmasked at a lecture on ophthalmology, Scarlett prepares to be disgraced, but she's saved by Trinidadian-born physician Stephen Carew who claims her as a cousin. Dedicated to caring for his community, Stephen has no wish to marry a frivolous and privileged lady, no matter how many fall for his disarming accent and seductive charm. But Scarlett proves the opposite of any he's ever met before. Yet the pressure to marry blinds them both to the chemistry growing between them, pitting their brilliant minds against their reluctant hearts--as the Duke and Viscountess await with bated breath to see who will win ... A WAGER AT MIDNIGHT.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Recipes.; Novels.; Deception; Man-woman relationships; Medicine; Nobility; Physicians; Regency;
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A cowboy Christmas miracle / by Brown, Carolyn,1948-;
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Subjects: Love stories.; Christmas stories.; Cowboys; Wagers;
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Betting on you / by Painter, Lynn,author.;
When they first meet, Bailey and Charlie cannot stand one another, but when they met a year later as coworkers, Charlie secretly bets a colleague he can get Bailey to go out with him, and their relationship gets more complicated as they get closer and closer.014+.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Friendship; Interpersonal relations; Occupations; Wagers; Friendship; Interpersonal relations; Occupations; Wagers;
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Uncut gems [videorecording] / by Weeknd,1990-actor.; Aranbayev, Jonathan,actor.; Bear-McClard, Sebastian,film producer.; Bogosian, Eric,actor.; Bronstein, Ronald,screenwriter.; Bush, Eli,film producer.; Fisher, Noa,actor.; Fox, Julia,actor.; Francesa, Mike,actor.; Garnett, Kevin,1976-actor.; Hirsch, Judd,actor.; Menzel, Idina,actor.; Richards, Keith William,actor.; Rudin, Scott,1958-film producer.; Safdie, Benny,film director,screenwriter.; Safdie, Josh,film director,screenwriter.; Sandler, Adam,actor.; Stanfield, Lakeith,1991-actor.; A24 (Firm),presenter.; Elara Pictures,production company.; Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Director of photography, Darius Khondji ; editors, Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie ; music, Daniel Lopatin.Adam Sandler, Lakeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, Eric Bogosian, Judd Hirsch, Keith William Richards, Mike Francesa, Jonathan Aranbayev, Noa Fisher, Abel Tesfaye.A charismatic jeweler makes a high-stakes bet that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. In a precarious high-wire act, he must balance business, family, and adversaries on all sides in pursuit of the ultimate win.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R; for pervasive strong language, violence, some sexual content and brief drug use.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Crime films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Compulsive gamblers; Middle-aged men; Wagers; Jewelers;
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Just some stupid love story / by Doyle, Katelyn,author.;
"A rom-com screenwriter who doesn't believe in love or soulmates and a hopelessly romantic divorce attorney who does are forced together at their high school reunion fifteen years after their messy breakup and who, during a charged exchange, make a bet on the outcome of five relationships-including their own-over the next five years with the winner to be declared the ultimate authority on true love"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Class reunions; Lawyers; Love; Man-woman relationships; Wagers; Women screenwriters;
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Around the world in 80 days. [videorecording] / by Barron, Steve,1956-television director.; Beeson, Charles,television director.; Benesch, Leonie,1991-actor.; Kelly, Brian,television director.; Koma, Ibrahim,actor.; Mcaleese, Peter,television producer.; Pharoah, Ashley,screenwriter,creator.; Ranson, Caleb,screenwriter,creator.; Tennant, David,1971-actor.; Watkins, Jason,1966-actor.; television adaptation of (work):Verne, Jules,1828-1905.Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours.English.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.;
David Tennant, Ibrahim Koma, Leonie Benesch, Jason Watkins, Peter Sullivan, Anthony Flanagan, Loic Djani, Andre Penvern, Giovanni Scifoni, Cristian De Vegori, Simone Marco Flavio Coppo.London, 1872. Phileas Fogg lives a comfortable but utterly unfulfilling life in London, spending every day at his club with his friends Fortescue and Bellamy. But when he receives a hand-delivered postcard, with only the word 'COWARD' written on the back, it turns his world upside down.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA Rating: PG.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fogg, Phileas (Fictitious character); Voyages and travels; Voyages around the world; Wagers;
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Crossing over / by Davidowitz, Stacy.;
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Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Tomboys; Geeks (Computer enthusiasts); Robots; Wagers; Camps; Summer;
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