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6101) The opera sisters
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
8 audio discs (10 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A novel based on the true story of the Cook sisters, who smuggled valuables out of 1930s Nazi Germany to finance a daring, secret operation to help Jews find hope for a new life in England.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (7.7 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the spirit of Mindy Kaling, Kelly Oxford, and Sarah Silverman, a compulsively readable and outrageously funny memoir of growing up as a fish out of water, finding your voice, and embracing your inner crazy-person, from popular actress, writer, and comedian Bonnie McFarlaneIt took Bonnie McFarlane a lot of time, effort, and tequila to get to where she is today. Before she starred on Last Comic Standing and directed her own films, she was an inappropriately...
Author
Series
Wild rescuers volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
3 audio discs (3 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Stacy was raised by wolves. She's never needed humans to survive and, from what she sees of humans, they're dangerous and unpredictable. For as long as she can remember, Stacy's pack of six powerful, playful wolves have been her only family. Together, Stacy's pack patrols the forest to keep other animals safe, relying on her wits and each wolf's unique abilities to accomplish risky rescue missions. But as the forest changes and new dangers begin lurking,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
9 audio discs (11 hr., 30 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hayley Nolan explores for the first time the full, uncensored evidence of Anne Boleyn's life and relationship with Henry VIII, revealing the shocking suppression of a powerful woman. She may have been silenced for centuries, but this urgent book ensures Anne Boleyn's voice is being heard now.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (7 hrs., 45 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story of her life, including what it took to work at NASA, help land the first man on the moon, and live through a century of turmoil and change.
Author
Language
English
Description
Documents how a betrayed Elizabeth Stuart, the daughter of James I, raised her four daughters in exile during the Dutch Golden Age, tracing how their stories shaped a three-decade war and fulfilled the promises of their great-grandmother, Mary Queen of Scots.
"From the great courts, glittering palaces, and war-ravaged battlefields of the seventeenth century comes the story of four spirited sisters and their glamorous mother, Elizabeth Stuart, granddaughter...
6108) Fair game
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
6 sound discs (approximately 7 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The woman at the center of the Bush administration's CIA leak scandal breaks her silence as she describes her role as an undercover CIA operative, her training and experiences, her efforts to protect her children, and her battle with the CIA to reveal the truth.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"An American aristocrat--a descendant of founding father John Jay--Susan Mary Alsop (1918-2004) with her husband, Joe Alsop, brought together the movers and shakers of not just the United States but the world. Henry Kissinger remarked that more agreements were concluded in her living room than in the White House. Born in Rome, brought up in Argentina and the United States, Susan Mary arrived in Paris in 1945 to join her first husband, Bill Patten....
6111) La Orden del Temple
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
3 sound discs (approximately 3.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
After four masked horsemen in Templar garb interrupt the opening of the Treasures of the Vatican exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and seize an ancient encoder, archaeologist Tess Chaykin and FBI antiterrorist agent Sean Ryan join forces to unravel the enigma.
6114) Good vibrations
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Follows a girl and her dog as they make their way down to the beach, sharing good vibrations all along the way in this picture book presentation of the 1966 Beach Boys song.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
History is filled with stories of women accused of witchcraft, of fearsome girls with arcane knowledge. Toil & Trouble features fifteen stories of girls embracing their power, reclaiming their destinies and using their magic to create, to curse, to cure - and to kill. ... This collection reveals a universal truth: there's nothing more powerful than a teenage girl who believes in herself.
6116) I see London
Author
Series
International School volume Book 1
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
7 audio discs (9 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Maggie Carpenter moves to London, she meets Hugh and is soon riding around in a Ferrari, living the high life. But there's Samir. Now she's torn between her dream guy and the one always in her thoughts.
6117) The Irish princess
Author
Language
English
Description
Raised in a family at the center of the struggle for Irish home rule, young Irish noblewoman Elizabeth Fitzgerald, known as "Gera", flees to England as most of her relatives are imprisoned or executed. Entering court politics first as a lady-in-waiting to Henry's doomed fifth queen and later wife to highly placed courtier Sir Anthony Browne, her desire for revenge and the reinstatement of her family is balanced by respect for the disinherited princesses...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A lush, engrossing tale of love, deception and scandal in the 18th century French court of King Louis XV. Against the tumult of 18th century France, King Louis XV has tired of courtly intrigues and becomes a connoisseur of innocence. On the grounds of the Palace of Versailles lies Deer Park, a hunting ground that also offers another pleasure: a mansion where his young mistresses are housed. But when these girls first arrive at Deer Park, it is under...
6119) Beautiful wild
Author
Language
English
Description
"Vida Hazzard can see her future: aboard the heralded "Millionaire's Ship of the West," she'll charm the young scion Fitzhugh Farrar, resulting in a proposal of marriage. But Vida didn't plan on Fitz's best friend Sal, a rough-around-the-edges boy with a talent for getting under her skin. Nor did she anticipate a hurricane dashing their ship to pieces, along with her dreams. Stranded on an island with both Fitz and Sal, Vida is torn between the...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (7 hr., 30 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As featured on the popular Facebook page of the same name with over 500k devoted followers, an inspiring memoir chronicling the remarkable cross-country journey of the effervescent 90-year-old Miss Norma, who in the face of terminal illness chooses to hit the road in an RV with her son, daughter-in-law, and 73-pound poodle Ringo, and say "yes" to all that life offers--and teaches us how to really live.When Miss Norma was diagnosed with uterine cancer...
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