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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The year is 1921. Lesley Hamlyn and her husband, Robert, a lawyer and war veteran, are living at Cassowary House on the Straits Settlement of Penang. When "Willie" Somerset Maugham, a famed writer and old friend of Robert's, arrives for an extended visit with his secretary Gerald, the pair threatens a rift that could alter more lives than one. Maugham, one of the great novelists of his day, is beleaguered: Having long hidden his homosexuality, his...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxix, 515 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines the mid-19th-century Afghan war as a tragic result of neocolonial ambition, cultural collision and hubris, drawing on previously untapped primary sources to explore such topics as the reestablishment of a puppet-leader Shah, the conflict's brutal human toll and the similarities between the war and present-day challenges.
83) Wilderness wife
Author
Publisher
Chilton Book Co
Pub. Date
[1976]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
177 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
335 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the critically acclaimed biographies Diana Mosley and The Viceroy's Daughters comes a fascinating, hugely entertaining account of the Victorian women who traveled halfway around the world on the hunt for a husband. By the late nineteenth century, Britain's colonial reign seemed to know no limit--and India was the sparkling jewel in the Imperial crown. Many of Her Majesty's best and brightest young men departed for the Raj to make...
85) Mary of Mile 18
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Thirtieth anniversary edition.
Physical Desc
37 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Mary finds a small puppy which her father will not let her keep, but the puppy refuses to abandon Mary.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1931, Molly and her younger cousins, Gracie and Daisy, were three half-caste children from Western Australia who were taken from their parents under government edict and sent to an institution, were taught to forget their families, their culture, and re-invent themselves as members of "white" Australian society. The three girls begin an epic journey back to Western Australia, travelling 1,500 miles on foot with no food or water, and navigating...
87) Clive of India
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1975.
Physical Desc
xvi, 377 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
88) The general
Author
Series
CHERUB novels volume 10
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The world's largest urban warfare training compound stands in the desert near Las Vegas. Forty British commandos are being hunted by an entire American battalion. But their commander has an ace up his sleeve, he plans to smuggle in ten CHERUB agents and fight the best war game ever.
Author
Language
English
Description
"1855: Virginia Reeve is summoned by an eccentric Brit with a compelling offer. Lady Jane Franklin wants her to lead a dozen women into the Arctic in search of the ships of her husband's lost expedition, and she's willing to pay handsomely. All four search attempts Lady Franklin has sponsored have failed. She has decided only a radical new approach can succeed: let women make the decisions. Lady Franklin will disavow all knowledge of the expedition...
90) Keeping time
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A heartfelt story of a widow's journey from Liverpool to New York in search of her first love, and the mishaps and surprises that occur as she spends time with her extended family.
Daisy Phillips is tired of being treated like an old lady. Sure, there was that incident with the lawn mower and the mud. And she did get trapped at the top of a ladder. But that doesn’t make her incapable of living on her own, as her son Dennis seems
...91) Sabu!
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (286 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Elephant Boy: A young mahout leads the British on an expedition through the jungle.
The drum: A young prince goes into hiding with colonial forces after his nefarious uncle murders his maharaja father.
Jungle book: Mowgli is a boy raised by wolves who can communicate with all the beasts of the jungle, friend or foe, and who gradually acclimates to civilization with the help of his long-lost mother and a beautiful village girl.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"When Victor Narraway, Thomas Pitt's close friend and former boss, and his new wife, Lady Vespasia, travel to Jerusalem for a Christmas holiday, Vespasia cannot shake the feeling that they are being watched. Then, an old man leaves a mysterious envelope for Narraway--and is murdered soon after. But it is only when the couple is ambushed the following morning that they realize they are in grave danger. Armed only with the instructions from the message...
93) Classic
Author
Publisher
BBC Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
318 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
These are my wonderful brand-new recipes - timeless classics, simple British dishes and delicious, modern favourites to tempt family and friends. With my trusted tips and techniques for quick, easy and foolproof cooking, in Classic I'll show you how to make the very best food in my own special, no-fuss way.
Author
Language
English
Description
Jeff Shaara has enthralled readers with his New York Times bestselling novels set during the Civil War and the American Revolution. Now the acclaimed author turns to World War I, bringing to life the sweeping, emotional story of the war that devastated a generation and established America as a world power.
Spring 1916: the horror of a stalemate on Europe’s western front. France and Great Britain are on one side of the barbed wire,...
Spring 1916: the horror of a stalemate on Europe’s western front. France and Great Britain are on one side of the barbed wire,...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adela Quested is a plucky young woman who journeys from England with the free-spirited Mrs. Moore. Flouting convention, the two women accompany the handsome Dr. Azis on a tour of the mysterious Marabar Caves. But things turn ugly when Adela returns scratched and bloodied from the expedition. As British authorities urge her to press charges against Aziz, the line separating truth and fantasy begin to blur.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As a boy he preferred reading sea stories to doing homework and, at age 16, became an apprentice seaman. Subsequently, Ernest Shackleton's incredible journeys to the South Pole in the early 1900s made him one of the most famous explorers of modern times. His courage in the face of dangerous conditions and unforeseeable tragedies reveal the great leader that he was. His historic 1914 journey aboard the Endurance has all the drama of an action movie"--...
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