Deakin, Roger

Summary: "Considered a masterpiece of nature writing, and the book that launched the international wild swimming movement, Roger Deakin's Waterlog is a fascinating and inspiring journey into the aquatic world that surrounds us. In an attempt to discover his islandnation from a new perspective, Roger Deakin embarks from his home in Suffolk to swim Britain-the seas, rivers, lakes, ponds, pools, streams,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tin House 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 797.2 DEA

Cornwell, Bernard.

Summary: Lured back to the army from a rural idyll, Sharpe's career culminates in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1990

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COR

Summary: On the eve of World War II, Roy, a British officer, revisits Waterloo Bridge where he and Myra met and fell in love during an air raid at the beginning of World War I. Heartbroken after Roy was reportedly killed in action, Myra turned to prostitution to make her way. The report, however, was false, and when Roy returns from a POW camp, Myra's shattered spirit may no longer hold any room for...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WAT

Summary: For the 200th anniversary of Waterloo, Lord of the Rings actor Sean Bean tells the story of one of history's bloodiest battles through the eyes of the soldiers who fought it.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SEA

Summary: When Sharpe hears of Napoleon's return from exile he goes back to the Army. Placed on staff of the incompetent Prince of Orange he reunites with the Chosen Men and organises the defences for the Battle of Waterloo.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BFS Video 1997

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SHA

Edwards, Martin

Summary: Harry Devlin receives a fake newspaper notice announcing his death on Midsummer's Eve. Subsequent threatening messages lead him to take the less-than-a-week deadline seriously.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Poison Pen Press 2008

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EDW

Uncle Earl (Musical group)

Contents: Black-eyed Susie (1:48) -- Last goodbye (3:38) -- One true (2:29) -- Wish I had my time again (2:31) -- My little carpenter (3:42) -- My epitaph (3:15) -- Buonaparte (:44) -- Bony on the Isle of St. Helena (4:07) -- Sisters of the road (1:19) -- Streak o' lean, streak o' fat (3:46) -- D & P blues (3:30) -- Birds were singing of you (3:22) -- Wallflower (3:08) -- Drinker born (3:19) -- Easy in...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Records 2007

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY Uncle

Grayson, Emily.

Summary: Maude Latham, who falls in love with her married literature tutor, finds herself living through World War II as a trauma nurse in a hospital, and as the war progresses, Maude questions everything she knows about Stephen Kendall, the man she loves.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003

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

Summary: A maverick British officer lives a life of adventure during the Napoleonic wars.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BFS Video 2009

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SHA