John Kelly
Author
Publisher
Cameron + Company
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
An uplifting tale of unlikely friendship. A pig seeking solace and a breathtaking vista in his home high above the valley, is crestfallen when a duck moves in to spoil his view -- until he realizes what he's been missing.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
xii, 397 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
This compelling new look at one of the worst disasters to strike humankind--the Great Irish Potato Famine--provides fresh material and analysis on the role that nineteenth-century evangelical Protestantism played in shaping British policies and on Britain's attempt to use the famine to reshape Irish society and character.
5) The great mortality: an intimate history of the Black Death, the most devastating plague of all time
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
xvii, 364 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
7) Pedro Prado
Author
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1974]
Physical Desc
154 pages 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
194 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Dublin, some years from now, and the President of the United States has just been assassinated during a state dinner in his honour. The official account has already taken hold but a hawk-eyed octogenarian named Monk, believing that there's nothing that cannot be known, has a version of his own -- a dark and twisted tale of both the watcher and the watched.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of: time. Together, they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine and...
17) Stan & Ollie
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
One of the world's great comedy teams set out on a variety hall tour of Britain in 1953. Diminished by age and with their golden era as the kings of Hollywood comedy now behind them, they face an uncertain future. As the charm and beauty of their performances shine through, they re-connect with their adoring fans. The tour becomes a hit, but Stan and Ollie can't quite shake the specter of Laurel and Hardy's past.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A plains drifter cowboy single-handedly rescues a local nun from a gang of attackers. After meeting a band of Mexican revolutionaries, who are resisting the French occupation of Mexico, the cowboy and Sister Sara decide to join forces with the freedom fighters and set off on a deadly mission to capture the enemy's garrison. But along the way the soft spoken hero discovers that the nun is not what she seems.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a classic English story, Cassandra Mortmain chronicles in her diary what happens to her eccentric family when a young American man inherits the local estate. The bittersweet love story that ensues is far more complicated than she ever imagines.