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Great Britain Great Britain History 20th century Drama Great Britain History Elizabeth II, 1952- Drama Great Britain Politics and government Drama Kings and rulers Man-woman relationships Drama Princesses Great Britain Drama Queens Queens Great Britain Drama Women Political activity Great Britain DramaGigliotti, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: "Explore one of the most prominent names from British royal history with this biography of Queen Elizabeth II. Kids will learn about her rise to become the current queen of the United Kingdom"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2023
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Summary: When professional typist Letitia Glover is desperate to learn more about the fate of her twin sister Flossie, Enola enlists the help of her brother Sherlock and her friend Tewky to investigate Flossie's husband, the sudden death of his first wife, and the mysterious appearance of a black barouche.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SPRHopkinson, Deborah
Summary: "Ruth David was growing up in a small village in Germany when Adolf Hitler rose to power in the 1930s. Under the Nazi Party, Jewish families like Ruth's experienced rising anti-Semitic restrictions and attacks. Just going to school became dangerous. By November 1938, anti-Semitism erupted into Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, and unleashed a wave of violence and forced arrests. Days...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 HOPDemetrios, Heather
Summary: "To say Virginia "Dindy" Hall was ambitious would be an understatement. She was that girl at your high school who makes everyone else look like a slacker, no matter how hard they're working. But how many of them can say they've been on Nazi Germany's Most Wanted list? At a time when most women were expected to becomes wives and mothers, Virginia craved adventure. And with the world gearing up...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 GOIHerman, Gail
Summary: Recounts the journey made by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkey to the peak of Mount Everest, the highest location on Earth, highlighting how they used teamwork to make it to the top.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.54 HERPrice, Tirzah
Summary: Eighteen-year-old aspiring chemist Elinor Dashwood and her younger sister Marianne, a budding detective, work together to solve the mystery of their father's murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen 2022
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Summary: "The impact of the Norman Conquest in England can't be overstated. After William of Normandy conquered the Anglo-Saxons in 1066, the very culture of England changed, from the social structure to the written language. This carefully researched and accessible volume explains the Normans' strategy, significant events on and off the battlefield, and the key figures to know about this momentous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 942.02 ROESummers, Portia
Summary: The legend of King Arthur has been told for generations. It epitomizes a mythical time when kings and knights lived in castles and went on quests, when damsels needed saving, and magic lurked around every corner. This book will bring the legend of King Arthur to light and allow readers to learn about the different stories that surround King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Readers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 942 SUMOsborne, Mary Pope
Summary: The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to Elizabethan England, where they meet William Shakespeare himself--one of the greatest writers of all time! But Mr. Shakespeare is having a hard time with his latest show. Are Jack and Annie ready to make a big entrance? Or will it be curtains for Shakespeare?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Professor Alice Roberts uses archaeological discoveries to piece together a turning point in Britain's history. The key to her quest is the excavation of a stone palace in Cornwall, long believed to be the birthplace of the King Arthur legend. Was Arthur in fact ruler of a prosperous trading village, and the defender of the native Britons against the Anglo-Saxons?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECWilliams, J. T.
Summary: Presents the extraordinary life stories of fourteen Black British people and their contributions to the worlds of literature, theater, journalism, politics, medicine, sport, and music.Carefully researched and eloquently written by children’s author J.T. Williams, Bright Stars of Black British History brings to life historical figures from Tudor England to the present day. Written in both an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WILSummary: Season two follows Queen Elizabeth through the late 1950s and early '60s as she struggles to navigate a world that's changing around her. She must face the challenges of a new era, from the Suez Canal crisis to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, while preserving both the monarchy and her marriage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Crown 2018Summary: The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne... a new era is dawning. Queen Elizabeth II is a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Crown 2017Summary: "An important and timely anthology of Black British writing, edited and curated by the authors of the highly acclaimed, ground-breaking Slay In Your Lane. Slay in Your Lane Presents: Loud Black Girls features essays from the diverse voices of twenty established and emerging Black British writers."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 4th Estate 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820 LOUFunaro, Gregory.
Summary: In Victorian England Grubb, an orphan about twelve years old, escapes his life of drudgery as a chimney sweep's apprentice and finds himself in a very strange house filled with magical objects and creatures, but soon he learns that there are dark forces seeking his new master.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FUNSummary: This videodisc presents the rarely dramatized, tumultuous early years of King Henry VIII's nearly 40 year, omnipotent reign (1509-1547). In addition to his famous female consorts and 20+ year marriage to Catherine of Aragon and to the infamous dalliance with Anne Boleyn, the series delves in to Henry's most notable political relationship and the deconstruction of the Roman Catholic Church in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TudorsSummary: In 1837, a diminutive, neglected teenager is crowned Queen Victoria, navigates the scandal, corruption, and political intrigues of the Court, and soon rises to become the most powerful woman in the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Victioria 2017Copies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD VIC NOT RATEDManiscalco, Kerri
Summary: Seventeen year old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. Between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life. Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine. When her work on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MANBrandreth, Gyles Daubeney
Summary: This is the story of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - the longest-serving consort to the longest-reigning sovereign in British history. It is an extraordinary story, told with unique insight and authority by an author who knew the prince for more than forty years. Philip - elusive, complex, controversial, challenging, often humorous, sometimes irascible - is the man Elizabeth II once...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coronet 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PHILIP, PRINCE BRAHoward, Amalie
Summary: "Lady Ela Dalvi knows the exact moment her life was forever changed--when her best friend, Poppy, betrayed her without qualm over a boy, the son of a duke. She was sent away in disgrace, her reputation ruined. Nearly three years later, eighteen-year-old Ela is consumed with bitterness and a desire for . . . revenge. Her enemy is quickly joining the crème de la crème of high society while she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Joy Revolution 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HOWSummary: Follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped the second half of the twentieth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Crown 2021Copies Available at Fife Lake
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CROHarkup, Kathryn
Summary: "The adventures of James Bond have thrilled readers since Ian Fleming's novel Casino Royale was published in 1953, and when the movie of Dr No was released in 1962, Bond quickly became the world's favourite secret agent. Science and technology have always been central to the plots that make up the world of Bond, and in Superspy Science Kathryn Harkup explores the full range of 007's exploits...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Sigma 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 HARGlass, Charles
Summary: "A brilliant and poignant history of the friendship between two great war poets, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, alongside a narrative investigation of the origins of PTSD and the literary response to World War I. From the moment war broke out across Europe in 1914, the world entered a new, unparalleled era of modern warfare. Soldiers faced relentless machine gun shelling, incredible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023