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Dunkirk [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Nolan, Christopher,1970-film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Thomas, Emma(Motion picture producer),film producer.; Whitehead, Fionn,actor.; Glynn-Carney, Tom,actor.; Lowden, Jack,1990-actor.; Styles, Harry,1994-actor.; Keoghan, Barry,actor.; Rylance, Mark,actor.; Branagh, Kenneth,actor.; Murphy, Cillian,1976-actor.; Hardy, Tom,1977-actor.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ),presenter.; Syncopy (Firm),production company.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy.A World War II action thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from the French city of Dunkirk before Nazi forces can take hold.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.20:1, 1.78:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, DTS-HD Digital surround 5.1 DVS, Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; War films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940; World War, 1939-1945;
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A shout in the ruins : a novel / by Powers, Kevin,author.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Slavery; Race relations;

The river we remember : a novel / by Krueger, William Kent,author.;
On Memorial Day, as the people of Jewel, Minnesota gather to remember and honor the sacrifice of so many sons in the wars of the past, the half-clothed body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster River, dead from a shotgun blast. Investigation of the murder falls to Sheriff Brody Dern, a highly decorated war hero who still carries the physical and emotional scars from his military service. Even before Dern has the results of the autopsy, vicious rumors begin to circulate that the killer must be Noah Bluestone, a Native American WWII veteran who has recently returned to Jewel with a Japanese wife. As suspicions and accusations mount and the town teeters on the edge of more violence, Dern struggles not only to find the truth of Quinn's murder but also put to rest the demons from his own past. Caught up in the torrent of anger that sweeps through Jewel are a war widow and her adolescent son, the intrepid publisher of the local newspaper, an aging deputy, and a crusading female lawyer, all of whom struggle with their own tragic histories and harbor secrets that Quinn's death threatens to expose.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Indigenous peoples; Memorial Day; Murder; Psychic trauma; Sheriffs; Veterans; World War, 1939-1945;

The river we remember [sound recording] : a novel / by Krueger, William Kent,author.; Wilson, C. J.,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by CJ Wilson.On Memorial Day, as the people of Jewel, Minnesota gather to remember and honor the sacrifice of so many sons in the wars of the past, the half-clothed body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster River, dead from a shotgun blast. Investigation of the murder falls to Sheriff Brody Dern, a highly decorated war hero who still carries the physical and emotional scars from his military service. Even before Dern has the results of the autopsy, vicious rumors begin to circulate that the killer must be Noah Bluestone, a Native American WWII veteran who has recently returned to Jewel with a Japanese wife. As suspicions and accusations mount and the town teeters on the edge of more violence, Dern struggles not only to find the truth of Quinn's murder but also put to rest the demons from his own past. Caught up in the torrent of anger that sweeps through Jewel are a war widow and her adolescent son, the intrepid publisher of the local newspaper, an aging deputy, and a crusading female lawyer, all of whom struggle with their own tragic histories and harbor secrets that Quinn's death threatens to expose.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Indigenous peoples; Memorial Day; Murder; Psychic trauma; Sheriffs; Veterans; World War, 1939-1945;

Pokémon. [videorecording] / by Ōtani, Ikue,1965-voice actor.; Yamashita, Daiki,1989-voice actor.; Toyoguchi, Megumi,voice actor.; VIZ Media,production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.;
Ikue Ôtani, Daiki Yamashita, Megumi Toyoguchi.In this animated adventure, our heroes head to Sinnoh to learn about the region's past. After receiving a mysterious message from the Mythical Pokémon Arceus, they meet up with Brock, and the group heads to Mount Coronet to investigate. There, they find a rampaging Heatran and the commanders of Team Galactic, who are determined to find their missing leader by opening a gate between dimensions. Joined by a trio of Legendary Pokémon and Sinnoh Champion Cynthia, our heroes must give it their all to stop Sinnoh from being destroyed!Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Children's television programs.; Action and adventure television programs.; Animated television programs.; Television mini-series.; Pikachu (Fictitious characters); Pokémon (Fictitious characters); Heroes; Imaginary wars and battles;
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Sira / by Dueñas, María,1964-author.; Bruni, Simón,translator.;
Former seamstress turned couturier turned spy Sira Quiroga is finally ready to embrace serenity with her British diplomat husband, Marcus, and the upcoming prospect of motherhood. But tranquility proves elusive. Fate has other plans for Sira. Installed in Jerusalem under the British Mandate, and enmeshed in the murky world of shady operators, political menace, and catastrophic violence, Sira finds her future with Marcus put to the ultimate test. Forced to reinvent herself again, Sira travels to England and adopts a new identity as a journalist dispatched to Spain. But as her skills at cunning duplicity are put into play, the ghosts of her past follow, bent on wreaking havoc in her life. Moving from turbulent Jerusalem and austere London to Franco's Madrid and colonial Tangier, and peopled with formidable real-life historical figures, Sira cuts an unforgettable path through the danger, stratagems, chaos, and promise of some of the most momentous events of the postwar era.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Mothers; Nineteen forties; Spaniards; Women journalists; Women spies; World War, 1939-1945;

A man of his own / by Wilson, Susan,1951-;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Disabled veterans; Dogs; Human-animal relationships; Life change events; Service dogs;

The ashfire king / by Abdullah, Chelsea,author.;
"After fleeing a patricidal prince, legendary merchant Loulie al-Nazari and banished prince Mazen bin Malik find themselves in the realm of jinn. But instead of sanctuary, they find a world on the cusp of collapse. The jinn cities, long sheltered beneath the Sandsea by the magic of its kings, are sinking. Amid the turmoil, political alliances are forming, and rebellion is on the rise. When Loulie assists a dissenter-one of her bodyguard's old comrades-she puts herself in the center of a centuries-old war. Trapped in a world that isn't her own and wielding magic that belongs to a fallen king, Loulie must decide: Will she carry on someone else's legacy or carve out her own?"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Imaginary places; Imaginary wars and battles; Jinn; Magic; Man-woman relationships; Merchants; Princes; Quests (Expeditions); Women merchants;

Mrs. Roosevelt's confidante : a Maggie Hope mystery / by MacNeal, Susan Elia,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: THE PRIME MINISTER'S SECRET AGENT. December 1941. In this latest riveting mystery, England's most daring spy, Maggie Hope, travels across the pond to America, where a looming scandal poses a grave threat to the White House and the Allied cause.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962; Women spies; Cryptographers; World War, 1939-1945;

Sunflower sisters [sound recording] : a novel / by Kelly, Martha Hall,author,narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by multiple narrators, with a note read by the author.Union nurse Georgeanna Woolsey travels with her sister to Gettysburg, where they cross paths with a slave-turned-army conscript and her cruel plantation mistress.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Nurses; Sisters; Women slaves;

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