Search:

Results 1 to 10 of 32 |

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;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
unAPI

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;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

The headmaster's wager / by Lam, Vincent.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.;
© c2012., Doubleday Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

A cowboy Christmas miracle / by Brown, Carolyn,1948-;
LSC
Subjects: Love stories.; Christmas stories.; Cowboys; Wagers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

The rancher's wager ; & Take me, cowboy / by Yates, Maisey.;
The rancher's wager -- Take me, cowboy.This wealthy rancher has placed his bet...And it's winner takes all! No one gets under Jackson Cooper's skin like fellow ranch owner Cricket Maxfield. Now, facing off at a charity poker game, the stakes get personal. Jackson finds himself on the losing end... And paying up means being the ranch hand at Cricket's beck and call. In close quarters, tempers flare--and the fire between them ignites into a passion that won't be ignored....Includes a bonus story, Take Me, Cowboy! When tomboy Anna Brown's brothers bet she'll be dateless at a charity auction, she turns to a makeover--and her way-too-sexy best friend--to prove them wrong.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Ranchers; Cowboys;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

The gameshouse / by North, Claire,author.;
The World Fantasy Award-winning author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August presents a mesmerizing tale of a gambling house whose deadly games of chance and skill control the fate of empires. Everyone has heard of the Gameshouse. But few know all its secrets. It is the place where fortunes can be made and lost through chess, backgammon - every game under the sun. But those whom fortune favors may be invited to compete in the higher league ... a league where the games played are of politics and empires, of economics and kings. It is a league where Capture the Castle involves real castles, where hide and seek takes place on the scale of a continent. Among those worthy of competing in the higher league, three unusually talented contestants play for the highest stakes of all.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Novellas.; Gambling; Gamblers; Wagers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

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;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

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;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

The final strife : a novel / by El-Arifi, Saara,author.;
"Sylah dreams of days growing up in the resistance, being told she would spark a revolution that would free the Empire from the red-blooded ruling classes' tyranny. That spark was extinguished the day she watched her family murdered before her eyes. Anoor has been told she's nothing, no one, a disappointment by the only person who matters: her mother, the most powerful ruler in the Empire. But dust always rises in a storm. Hassa moves through the world unseen by upper classes, so she knows what it means to be invisible. But invisibility has its uses: It can hide the most dangerous of secrets, secrets that can reignite a revolution. As the Empire begins a set of trials of combat and skill designed to find its new leaders, the stage is set for blood to flow, power to shift, and cities to burn"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Magic; Revolutions; Secrecy; Wager of battle; Women revolutionaries;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Say no to the duke / by James, Eloisa.;
Lady Betsy Wilde's first season was triumphant by any measure, and a duke has proposed--but before marriage, she longs for one last adventure. No gentleman would agree to her scandalous plan--but Lord Jeremy Roden is no gentleman. He offers a wager. If she wins a billiards game, he'll provide the breeches. If he wins...she is his, for one wild night. But what happens when Jeremy realizes that one night will never be enough? In the most important battle of his life, he'll have to convince Betsy to say no to the duke.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Aristocracy (Social class); Wagers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Results 1 to 10 of 32 |