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Summary: "The exposure of the body through representations of the nude was one of the most controversial issues in Victorian art. In an era that witnessed a broader audience for art and the development of new reproductive technologies, the nude was implicated in a variety of debates concerning public health and morals, which meant it could not be comfortably contained within the confines of high...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill Publications 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 704.9 EXP

Gigliotti, Jim

Summary: Describes the life of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain from 1837 to 1901, and the social and political conditions in Great Britain during her lifetime.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Miller, Judith

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: M. Beazley 1993

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 747.20 MIL

Summary: Shows how to decorate bedrooms, baths, and other private spaces in the home in a subtle and soothing country style.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hearst Books 1992

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747.88 INT

Pomada, Elizabeth.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1989

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728.37 POM

Chandler, David Leon.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1978

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 CHA

Price, Steve

Summary: "Riding With Cochise brings the violent drama of the American Southwest to life through the eyes of the legendary Apache chieftain Cochise and three other tribal leaders, Geronimo, Victorio, and Mangas Coloradas. Relying largely on the oral histories told by relatives of these great warriors as well as personal diaries of others who were involved, veteran author Steve Price takes the reader...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.004 PRI

Summary: Lucy Worsley re-stages the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, including the most important elements of the ceremony and the celebrations, scouring archival materials and Queen Victoria's diaries for the details. Lucy also tells the story of Victoria and Albert's courtship and engagement as she reveals how this one extraordinary event helped to invent modern marriage.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2019

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

Summary: "Ready to go away? The experts at Fodor's are here to help. We're bringing you the very best of Vancouver and Victoria, including Granville Island, Whistler, Salt Spring Island, and more. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure that you have all the essential information to plan a perfect trip and make the most of your time"--Page 4 of cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.11 VAN

Leevers, Jo

Summary: "The ultimate design bible for the Victorian home, placing period features and 19th-century design in context and exploring how today's designers are adapting these houses in innovative ways for contemporary lifestyles. Loved for their period character, Victorian homes aren't always suited to modern living. Victorian Modern is the ultimate design bible to help you make sense of those inherited...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 2023

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 747 LEE

Alexander, Jeff

Summary: "The St. Lawrence Seaway was considered one of the world's greatest engineering achievements when it opened in 1959. The $1 billion project-a series of locks, canals, and dams that tamed the ferocious St. Lawrence River-opened the Great Lakes to the global shipping industry. Linking ports on lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario to shipping hubs on the world's seven seas increased...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2009

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1 available in Local Author, Call number: 577.63 ALE

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Transport Alexander

Kolosov, Jacqueline A.

Summary: Examines the life of the nineteenth century feminist, Victoria Woodhull, who was a selected as the presidential candidate for the Equal Rights Party in 1872.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan Reynolds 2000

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB WOODHULL MCL

Packard, Jerrold M.

Summary: Packard closely examines a generation of royal women who were dominated by their mother, married off more for political advantage than for love, and finally passed over entirely with the accession of their brother to the throne.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1998

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B VICTORIA PAC

Mihalti, Eric Michael

Summary: Covers U.S. and Canadian models of Ford Crown Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis, for model years 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Haynes Pub. Group 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 Ford Crown Victoria

Keneally, Thomas.

Summary: In this first volume of a unique history of Australia where people are always centre stage, bestselling author Thomas Keneally brings to life the vast range of characters who have formed our national story. Convicts and Aborigines, settlers and soldiers, patriots and reformers, bushrangers and gold seekers, it is from their lives and their stories that he has woven a vibrant history to do full...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Allen & Unwin 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 994 KEN

Contents: Necklines -- Fastenings -- Cuffs, edgings and seams -- Contrasting fabrics, linings and pockets -- Pleats and gathers -- Applied decoration.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: V&A 2002

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 391.009 CRI

Summary: "Ready to go away? The experts at Fodor's are here to help. We're bringing you the very best of Africa, including Kenya's Masai Mara, Tanzania's Serengeti, Botswana's Kwando Reserve, and more. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure that you have all the essential information to plan a perfect trip and make the most of your time"--Page 4 of cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands 2023

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL AFRICA

Baird, Julia (Julia Woodlands)

Summary: A magnificent biography of Queen Victoria by International New York Times columnist Julia Baird. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, 'Victoria: The Queen' is a stunning new portrait of the real woman behind the myth - a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience. When Victoria was born, in 1819, the world was a very different place. Revolution would...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 VICTORIA, QUEEN BAI

Green, Robert

Summary: A biography of the nineteenth-century queen who ruled Britain longer than any other monarch.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: F. Watts 1998

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 VIC

Sheridan, Sara

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Summary: More than 16 million viewers watched the first season of the Masterpiece presentation of Victoria, created and written by Daisy Goodwin--the highest-rated PBS drama in twenty years, second only to Downton Abbey. But what happened after the Queen married her handsome prince? Did they live happily ever after, or did their marriage, like so many royal marriages past and present, fizzle into a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GOO

Wilson, A. N.

Summary: In this companion biography to the acclaimed "Victoria", A.N. Wilson offers a deeply textured and ambitious portrait of Prince Albert, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the royal consort's birth.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALBERT, PRINCE WIL

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B ALBERT WIL

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio Albert

Pomada, Elizabeth.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Studio Books 1994

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 728.37 POM

Rothman, Joshua D.

Summary: "In The Ledger and the Chain, prize-winning historian Joshua D. Rothman tells the disturbing story of the Franklin and Armfield company and the men who built it into the largest and most powerful slave trading company in the United States. In so doing, he reveals the central importance of the domestic slave trade to the development of American capitalism and the expansion of the American...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books, Hachette Book Group 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 ROT

Clare, Cassandra.

Summary: Tessa Fell's search for her missing brother leads her into Victorian London's supernatural underworld, where she must learn to trust the demon-killing Shadowhunters if she wants to learn to control her powers and find her brother.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2012

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 INF

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