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"The astonishing story of Dr. Josephine Janina Mehlberg--a Jewish mathematician who saved thousands of lives in Nazi-occupied Poland by masquerading as a Polish aristocrat--drawing on Mehlberg's own unpublished memoir. World War II and the Holocaust have given rise to many stories of resistance and rescue, but The Counterfeit Countess is unique. It tells the remarkable, unknown story of "Countess Janina Suchodolska," a Jewish woman who rescued more...
Author
Series
Martini Club volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Former spy Maggie Bird came to the seaside village of Purity, Maine, eager to put the past behind her after a mission went tragically wrong. These days, she's living quietly on her chicken farm, still wary of blowback from the events that forced her early retirement. But when a body turns up in Maggie's driveway, she knows it's a message from former foes who haven't forgotten her. Maggie turns to her local circle of old friends -- all retirees from...
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Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[©2009]
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1 videodisc (368 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD (4 3/4 in.)
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English
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Christmas in wonderland: After finding a large sum of money in a mall that they hope will make their holiday brighter, two kids find themselves on the run from the counterfeiters who made the money and want it back!
A hobo's Christmas: A man who deserted his family and lived a hobo's life for 25 years decides it's time to go home. His best friend on the road warns him that the past is best left alone, but he wants to find out for himself. His son...
65) The ghost orchid
Author
Series
Alex Delaware novels volume 39
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English
Description
LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis sees it all the time: Reinvention's a way of life in a city fueled by fantasy. But try as you might to erase the person you once were, there are those who will never forget the past . . . and who can still find you. A pool boy enters a secluded Bel Air property and discovers two bodies floating in the bright blue water: Gio Aggiunta, the playboy heir to an Italian shoe empire, and a gorgeous, even wealthier neighbor...
66) 'Saviors'
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Publisher
Reprise
Pub. Date
[2024]
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1 audio disc (approximately 46 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Amazingly, Saviors represents Green Day's 14th studio album, yet somehow this enduring power trio, Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool, and Mike Dirnt, remain devoted to their defiant craft that has fueled their career-long destruction of every boundary bestowed on the genre, and landed three East Bay punks in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. The album was recorded in both London and Los Angeles under the audacious ear and Rock prowess of Green Day's longtime...
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Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xvi, 381 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 24 cm
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English
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"His epic narrative begins with Rupert Brooke, "the handsomest young man in England" and perhaps its most famous young poet in the halcyon days of the Edwardian Age, and ends five years later with Wilfred Owen, killed in action at twenty-five, only one week before the armistice. With bitter irony, Owen's mother received the telegram informing her of his death on November 11, just as church bells tolled to celebrate the war's end. Korda's dramatic...
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"Posnanski writes of major moments that created legends, and of forgotten moments almost lost to time. It's Willie Mays's catch, Babe Ruth's called shot, and Kirk Gibson's limping home run; the slickest steals; the biggest bombs; and the most triumphant no-hitters. But these are also moments raw with the humanity of the game, the unheralded heroes, the mesmerizing mistakes drenched in pine tar, and every story, from the immortal to the obscure, is...
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Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
1994.
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xiv, 497 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
Description
To examine the sacrifice of culture at the hands of technology, Critchfield travels to Poland, Indonesia, South Korea, and India to illustrate the closing of the urban-rural population gap and to assess the changed values and altered lives global villagers now inherit.
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Publisher
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2019.
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xx, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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Can what you eat determine how long, and how well, you live? Longo says yes-- and lays out a simple solution to living to a healthy old age through nutrition. The key is combining an healthy everyday eating plan with the scientifically engineered fasting-mimicking diet, or FMD, done just 3-4 times a year. By following this diet low in proteins and sugars and rich in healthy fats and plant-based foods, you'll lose weight, extend your lifespan and live...
71) Jules
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Jules follows Milton who lives a quiet life of routine in a small western Pennsylvania town, but finds his day upended when a UFO and its extra-terrestrial passenger crash land in his backyard. Before long, Milton develops a close relationship with the extra-terrestrial he calls "Jules." Things become complicated when two neighbors discover Jules and the government quickly closes in. What follows is a funny, wildly inventive ride as the three neighbors...
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xiv, 318 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
Description
Recreating everyday life in a mid-fourteenth century rural English village, the author focuses on the experiences of ordinary villagers as they lived and died during the Black Death (1345-50). Hatcher describes the day-to-day existence of people struggling with the tragic effects of the plague.
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (175 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ten years after college, our Pitch Perfect hero Bumper Allen lives a boring existence working as a security guard for his alma mater and singing a capella as a hobby with the less-than-eager Tonehangers. But after a surprise phone call from an old acquaintance, Pieter, Bumper is convinced he can make his musical dreams of becoming a pop star come true by dropping everything and moving to Berlin. With the help of an entourage of German collaborators,...
74) Thanksgiving
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Series
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Pebble, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Thanksgiving is the day people give thanks for the blessings in their lives. It's also a time to gather with family and friends to enjoy traditional foods like turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. Celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, this American holiday has been around since the 1620s. From the very first celebration to today's parades, food, and football, learn about this festive holiday's traditions and history"--
75) Golda
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
On October 6th, 1973, under cover of darkness, on Israel's holiest day and during the month of Ramadan, the combined forces of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan begin a surprise attack on the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. Outnumbered and outgunned, Israel's only female Prime Minister, Golda Meir, confronts the immediate, clear, and present danger of a ticking timebomb that she hoped never to face. Surrounded, isolated, and frustrated by the infighting...
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Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
58 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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"On June 19, 1865, a Union soldier traveled to Texas to tell the enslaved people who lived there that they were free--that slavery was now illegal in every state. The people danced and sang in celebration of their freedom. Today, we pay tribute to this historical day with a special holiday on June 19 called Juneteenth. This colorfully illustrated story takes kids on an exciting journey through all the events that led up to the first Juneteenth, the...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to combat the effects of aging in just five minutes a day. Each short period of stretching, strength-building, and specialized breathing contributes to greater flexibility, strength, and mental clarity. After years spent teaching and practicing, Peggy has designed a way of incorporating yoga into our daily lives.
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Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
viii, 374 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"Anybody can get lucky. Nobody controls the odds like Billy Walters. Widely regarded as "the Michael Jordan of sports betting," Walters is a living legend in Las Vegas and among sports bettors worldwide. With an unmatched winning streak of thirty-six consecutive years, Walters has become fabulously wealthy by placing hundreds of millions of dollars a year in gross wagers, including one Super Bowl bet of $3.5 million alone. Competitors desperate to...
79) The mission
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The film follows four young Mormon missionaries as they leave their homes and families in Nephi, Utah, and journey to Finland for an eigthteen-month stay. Before they leave Utah, they are told that their lives will be forever changed by their mission, and as we follow them we see how true this is, and in how many unexpected ways.
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Publisher
Blackstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
2011
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13 audio discs (960 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Araceli is the live-in maid at the residence of the prominent Torres-Thompson family and one of three Mexican employees on the premises. However, she is the last employee standing when the recession takes its toll on the family's resources. One day, Araceli awakes to find the house abandoned, except for the two Torres-Thompson boys. With the boys' parents unreachable, it's up to Araceli to care for them.
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