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Come in spinner [videorecording] : the loves and lives of women in wartime / by Benyon, Lissa.; Chapman, Jan.; Clarke, Justine,1971-; Cusack, Dymphna.; Enright, Nicholas,1950-; Harrow, Lisa.; James, Florence.; Marchand, Robert.; Marshall, Bryan,1938-; BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd.;
Bryan Marshall, Lisa Harrow, Justine Clarke, Gary Sweet, Kerry Armstrong.This Australian drama set during the Second World War is a story of one week in the lives of three remarkable women who run a beauty salon in the posh South Pacific Hotel.PG.
Subjects: Beauty shops; Made-for-TV movies.; Nineteen forties; Television mini-series.; War television programs.; Women; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2013., BFS Entertainment & Multimedia,

Dunkirk : the history behind the motion picture / by Levine, Joshua,1970-;
Includes bibliographical references.LSC
Subjects: Dunkirk (Motion picture); Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;

Twilight Time. by Hughes, John,film director.; Antidote Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Antidote Films in 2024.TWILIGHT TIME is a gripping profile of one of the world’s greatest scholars of military strategy and defence, the Australian professor Desmond Ball-–the man who unflinchingly examined Cold War nuclear strategy and advocated for the sovereign defence of Australia.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Science.; Australians.; Foreign study.; Military history..; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.; Nuclear weapons.; Cold War.; Political participation.; Nuclear energy.; Australia.;

The Chilbury Ladies' Choir [sound recording] : a novel / by Ryan, Jennifer,author.; Glaister, Gabrielle,1960-narrator.; Kirman, Laura,narrator.; Wilde, Imogen,narrator.; Andoh, Adjoa,narrator.; Clegg, Tom,narrator.; Grady, Mike,narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Gabrielle Glaister, Laura Kirman, Imogen Wilde, Adjoa Andoh, Tom Clegg, and Mike Grady.Through letters and journals, The Chilbury Ladies' Choir unfolds the struggles, affairs, deceptions, and triumphs of a village choir during World War II.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Choirs (Music); Women's choirs; World War, 1939-1945;

The Arabs : a history / by Rogan, Eugene L.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Arab nationalism.; Petroleum industry and trade; Islam and politics; Imperialism.;

The princess and the scoundrel / by Revis, Beth,author.;
Spending their honeymoon on a luxury vessel journeying to the most wondrous worlds in the galaxy, Han Solo and Princess Leia soon discover that the war is not over as the remnants of the Empire still cling to power, bringing the fight to them.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Novels.; Organa, Leia (Fictitious character); Solo, Han (Fictitious character); Government, Resistance to; Interstellar travel; Life on other planets; Space warfare;

Hestia strikes a match / by Grillo, Christine,1969-author.;
"Set amid the devastation of a new American civil war, Hestia Strikes a Match is the slyly funny story of a woman looking for love and friendship, even as the world collapses"--
Subjects: Novels.; Interpersonal relations; Self-actualization (Psychology) in women; Single women;

Parable of the talents / by Butler, Octavia E.,author.;
Laura Olamina's daughter, Larkin, describes the broken and alienated world of 2032, as war racks the North American continent and an ultra-conservative religious crusader becomes president.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Political fiction.; Young women; Twenty-first century;

In the garden of the righteous : the heroes who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust / by Hurowitz, Richard,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-426) and index.A collection of inspiring profiles pay tribute to the incredible deeds of the Righteous Among the Nations, little-known heroes who saved countless lives during the Holocaust.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust; World War, 1939-1945;

Magdalena : river of dreams / by Davis, Wade,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The award winning writer, photographer, filmmaker, and ethnographer--a longtime Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society--recounts an enthralling journey down Colombia's Magdalena River that illuminates the country's rebirth after decades of political violence, drug cartels, and guerrilla warfare"--