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A fascinating portrait of life as an educator on a remote, rugged Scottish island at the turn of the twentieth century.
These are the memoirs of a teacher from England who became headmaster of Garrynemonie School in South Uist in the 1890s. At that time, the Hebrides were as remote and forbidding to mainlanders as the Antarctic is today, and this particular island was one of the poorest districts in the Outer Hebrides. Roads were no more than...
48942) Killing the Hydra
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At the peak of Rome's might a dragon is born among eagles, an heir to a line both blessed and cursed by the Gods for ages.
In Killing the Hydra, Lucius Metellus Anguis returns to North Africa, determined to investigate the death of his centurion and root out the treason that has infiltrated the ranks of his cohort. With his wife, Adara, safe in Athens, Lucius finds himself alone on a dangerous road back to the legionary base at Lambaesis. Praetorian...
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The final instalment in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force series is here…
With Jess newly promoted to Filterer Officer at RAF Fighter Command HQ, she is delighted to be reunited with Evie and May. However, now that they can enjoy socialising in London, Jess fears her friends will discover the secret she keeps there.
When Jess bumps into Milan unexpectedly, sparks are reignited - did she make a mistake, finishing with him in Amberton? But matters...
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A French Resistance Leader. A Desire For Home. A Search For guidance.London, England, 1943French Resistance Leader Mary-Madeline Hall sits in St Paul's Cathedral. She fears returning to France. She seeks guidance.Mary's choice determines the outcome of the war.An enthralling, imaginative, unputdownable story guaranteed to hook readers from word one. You'll love this story!
48945) Plutarch's Lives, Vol. III
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Plutarch's "Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans", often simply referred to as "Plutarch's Lives", is a series of biographies of notable ancient Greek and Roman figures most likely written at the beginning of the second century AD. Instead of simply writing histories, Plutarch explores the effect that character, good or bad, had on the lives and careers of these famous men, to which end the people treated are ordered in pairs in an attempt to highlight...
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An aviator's true story of WWII air combat, including two dramatic weeks in the skies above the besieged island of Malta.
Twenty-five thousand feet above Malta-that is where the Spitfires intercepted the Messerschmitts, Macchis, and Reggianes as they swept eastward in their droves, screening the big Junkers with their bomb loads as they pummeled the island beneath: the most bombed patch of ground in the world.
One of those Spitfire pilots was...
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Theodosia Throckmorton books volume 4
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An intrepid girl must return a magical artifact to its rightful home in this archeological fantasy adventure for young readers.
Eleven-year-old Theodosia Throckmorton is once again setting off for Egypt-this time to return an Emerald Tablet that contains some of the ancient world's most guarded secrets. Accompanied by her cat, Isis (smuggled along in a basket), Theo plans to return the artifact, then explore the mysteries surrounding her own birth...
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On January 21, 2017, five million people in 82 countries and on all seven continents stood up with one voice. The Women's March began with one cause, women's rights, but quickly became a movement around the many issues that were hotly debated during the 2016 U.S. presidential race-immigration, health care, environmental protections, LGBTQ rights, racial justice, freedom of religion, and workers' rights, among others. In the mere 66 days between the...
48949) Mi Conde Por Siempre
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El verdadero amor es para los cuentos de hadas. Al menos eso es lo que cree la señorita Hannah Knight. Sus años de formación estuvieron llenos de dificultades, pero ella siempre lleva consigo un recuerdo, incluso en los momentos más oscuros. El verano que pasó en el Castillo de Manchester donde comenzó a soñar con un feliz para siempre en los brazos del hombre que sostiene su corazón. La guerra ha dejado a Garrick Edwards cínico. Nunca esperó...
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The author of Haunted Illinois visits the criminal history of the Windy City neighborhood where mobsters and murderers plied their trades.
In 1929, Chicago gangster Al Capone arranged a special St. Valentine's Day delivery for his favorite arch enemies: a massacre. Seven North Side mobsters were left dead. Yet random killings and bizarre murders were not unfamiliar in Chicago. Tales of the city's most violent and puzzling murders make this gripping...
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This memoir is based on a true story and accurate historical details. None of the characters are fictional. I was born in 1942 near the infamous beaches of Normandy. At the time, my great aunt on my father's side, Charlotte Aline Virmoux, called Aline, was 47 years old. She and her husband Louis were active members in a French Resistance network. During my younger years I met her on several occasions and heard about her experiences in the Ravensbrück...
48952) Mémoires
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Extrait: "C'est à l'âge de trente ans que M. Philarète Chasles a déjà eu la pensée d'écrire ses mémoires! Ne se croyant pas destiné à une longue vie, peut-être même doué d'une seconde vue, il prévoyait la mort subite inattendue qui le foudroya à Venise."
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Reflexiones académicas sobre la Primera Guerra Mundial, en particular, en lo referente a su vinculación con el Perú.
Al cumplirse cien años del inicio de la Primera Guerra Mundial, la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, junto a su Instituto de Estudios Internacionales (IDEI), han creído conveniente llevar adelante una publicación colectiva destinada a reflexionar, desde una perspectiva académica, sobre esta conflagración global, en...
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Full-color series-six bios in one!
Profiles is so much more than just your typical biography series. The next book in this six-in-one, full-color bio series will focus on Civil Champions--some of the incredible women who worked tirelessly to ensure equal rights for all. Kids will learn all of the biographical information they need to know--background, family, education, accomplishments, etc., about: Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ida...
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Adèle Parker assiste à la mort brutale de l'auteure bien connue, Emilie Botton, au salon du Livre de Paris. Cette dernière présentait une biographie de l'artiste peintre Marguerite Pernay. Entraînée à enquêter sur cette mort, Adèle retrouve le fantasque Jules Bernier. Ils découvriront ce qu'Emilie Botton n'aurait jamais dû apprendre sur la vie de l'illustre artiste. Du passé au présent, de Paris à la mystérieuse maison aux volets verts...
48956) Waves Breaking Over Ys
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The mermaid Lí Ban has long studied humans, fascinated by their culture and strange ways. But when she begins to have dreams in which she lived a human life, she decides she must have once lived in the surface world, in a past life. Determined to regain what she has lost, she makes a dangerous bargain, trading her tongue for legs. But the bargain has a catch: she must win the heart of the man once she once saved from drowning. If he should ever wed...
48957) Intestinal Fortitude
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Part autobiographical and part expose, Intestinal Fortitude weaves Earl Llewellyn Goldmann's battles with physical injury, alcohol abuse, depression, and recovery even as he succeeds as a basketball standout, teacher, and coach.
In this compassionate and moving memoir of vignettes, Earl reveals how a not-so-ordinary young man with great potential from a small town on the Oregon Coast, faced repeated trauma and stress in his life. His brave, truthful,...
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Une fiche de référence sur La Bataille d'Alger, un chef-d'oeuvre de Gillo Pontecorvo.
La Bataille d'Alger est adaptée du livre de Yacef Saadi, co-producteur du film et interprète de son propre rle de commandant du F.L.N. Ce film ne comporte aucune image d'archives, mais se réfère à des faits authentiques.
Un ouvrage conçu par des spécialistes du cinéma pour tout savoir sur La Bataille d'Alger de Gillo Pontecorvo.
A PROPOS DES FICHES CINEMA...
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Before the media circus of Britney, Paris, and our modern obsession with celebrity, there were the Bright Young People, a voraciously pleasure-seeking band of bohemian party-givers and blue-blooded socialites who romped through the gossip columns of 1920s London. Evelyn Waugh immortalized their slang, their pranks, and their tragedies in his novels, and over the next half century, many-from Cecil Beaton to Nancy Mitford and John Betjeman-would become...
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"I devoured this book. It's just phenomenal." - Goodreads Reviewer A must-read romantic fantasy that can be read as a stand-alone.The Reaper, a notorious sea captain, haunts Brynn's memories. When she wakes on his infamous ship, battered, broken, and with nothing else to lose, she vows her revenge.But the gods of old play wicked games, and when Brynn and the Reaper are stranded together, destiny weaves an epic love story of pain, passion, and jaw-dropping...
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