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Linke, Dorit

Summary: Expelled from their secondary school in East Germany because of their rebellious attitudes, Hanna and Andreas plan to escape by swimming across the cold and choppy waters of the Baltic Sea in a harrowing twenty-five hour journey to freedom in West Germany. Hanna is an accomplished distance swimmer, Andreas is not, and the danger of being caught, drowning, or dying of exhaustion is very real--...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LIN

Summary: 13th century Danish spy Lars enters the tribal lands of the Baltic people, where he takes part in religious rites, cruel forays, gets high during the summer solstice, becomes the slave of Curonians and even fights for the Crusaders. Who really were the last pagans of Europe? It's a unique trip into the textures of the past and into the unknown lands of Baltic tribes.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BAL

Easter, Gerald

Summary: "On October 1771, a merchant ship out of Amsterdam, Vrouw Maria, crashed off the stormy Finnish coast, taking her historic cargo to the depths of the Baltic Sea. The vessel was delivering a dozen Dutch masterpiece paintings to Europe's most voracious collector: Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. Among the lost treasures was The Nursery, an oak-paneled triptych by Leiden fine painter...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2020

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Palmer, Alan Warwick.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 948.5 PAL

Woodman, Richard

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sheridan House 2000

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WOO

Zak, Zuza

Summary: "A culinary journey through Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania In the Baltics, two worlds meet: the Baltic Sea connects Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, bringing with it cultural exchange and culinary influences. All three Baltic capitals, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius, are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, steeped in history and culture. Amber & Rye explores this exciting part of Eastern Europe, guiding...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59479 ZAK

Maguire, Gregory

Summary: Hiddensee: An island of white sandy beaches, salt marshes, steep cliffs, and pine forests north of Berlin in the Baltic Sea. Godfather Drosselmeier, a one-eyed toy maker, presents a Nutcracker to Klara, his goddaughter. Klara is a young girl in distress on a dark winter evening ... and everyone however lonely or marginalized, has something precious to share.

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MAG

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