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Summary: A biography of Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret examines their early idyllic youth as the closest of sisters as well as their often fraught relationship after their father's death and Elizabeth's ascension to the throne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MORCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B WINDSOR SISTERS MORMorton, Andrew
Summary: Diana in Pursuit of Love includes previously unpublished details from the Diana-Morton tapes, it is based on wide-ranging research, and new and exclusive interviews. The definitive book on Diana, Pricess of Wales's last years, by the biographer she herself chose. When Andrew Morton's world-famous biography, Diana: Her True Story was first published, it caused a media frenzy, severely jolted the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Large Print Home Library 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 DIANA, PRINCESS MORMorton, Andrew
Summary: "In the summer of 1995, Monica Lewinsky, then twenty-one years old and fresh out of college, went to work as an unpaid intern at the White House. What happened next, as a vivacious young woman's "crush" on her boss led to her public humiliation and the impeachment of the President of the United States, has been documented in shocking detail."--BOOK JACKET. "But have we heard the true story?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1999
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 MORMorton, Andrew
Summary: "Renowned biographer Andrew Morton takes an in-depth look at Britain's longest reigning monarch, exploring the influence Queen Elizabeth had on both Britain and the rest of the world for much of the last century. From leading a nation struggling to restore itself after the devastation of the second World War to navigating the divisive political landscape of the present day, Queen Elizabeth was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELIZABETH II MORCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B QUEEN ELIZABETH MORMorton, Andrew
Summary: Before she was the woman who enticed a king from his throne, Bessie Wallis Warfield was a prudish girl from Baltimore. Morton shows how she transformed from a hard-nosed gold-digger to charming chatelaine, taking us through Wallis's romantic adventures in Washington, China, and London. "Before she became known as the woman who enticed a king from his throne and birthright, Bessie Wallis...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WINDSOR, WALLIS WARFIELD MORCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B WINDSOR MORMorton, Andrew
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 MORMorton, Andrew
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 CRUMorton, Andrew
Summary: Provides an inside look at Prince William and Kate Middleton, delving into their backgrounds, their meeting as students at the University of St Andrews, the ups and downs of their relationship, their engagement, and their wedding.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILLIAM & CATHERINE MORMorton, Andrew
Summary: Examines the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's relationship with Germany and possible Nazi sympathies, a German plot to make him puppet king of a defeated England, and efforts by the British and American governments to conceal the evidence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 MORMorton, Andrew
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1995
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 DIAMorton, Andrew
Summary: "When Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were set up by a mutual friend on a blind date in July 2016, little did they know that the resulting whirlwind romance would lead to their engagement in November 2017 and marriage in May 2018. Since then, our fascination with the woman who has smashed the royal mold has rocketed. So different from those coy brides of recent history, Meghan is confident,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARKLE, MEGHAN MORMorton, Mark Steven
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwood Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5941 COOMonson, Ander
Summary: Readers of physical books leave traces: marginalia, slips of paper, fingerprints, highlighting, inscriptions. All books have histories, and libraries are not just collections of books and databases but a medium of long-distance communication with other writers and readers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 MONNorton, Andre.
Summary: "Two masters of epic fantasy have combined in this brilliant collaboration to create a rousing tale of the sort that becomes an instant favorite. This is the story of Shann, a halfbreed born of the forbidden union of an Elvenlord father with a human mother. Her exiled mother dead, she was rescued and raised by dragons, a proud, ancient race who existed unbeknownst to elven or humankind." --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tom Doherty Associates 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NORNorton, Andre.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tom Doherty Associates 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NORNorton, Andre.
Summary: Young Wisteria draws on all of her magical abilities, which link her to the mysterious powers of nature, as she ventures into the wilderness seeking revenge on the nobleman who had destroyed her village and killed Lady Ewaren.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NORMonson, Ander
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sarabande Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction MonsonNorton, Andre.
Summary: Young Sarah Cunningham arrives in England in 1805 in search of a new life, only to be waylaid by magic and thrust into a parallel universe where she has been called to take over the life of her double, Lady Sarah Roxbury, a woman embroiled in the machinations of court intrigue and scandal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: TOR 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NORStrøksnes, Morten Andreas
Summary: In the great depths surrounding the remote Lofoten islands in Norway lives the Greenland shark. Twenty-six feet in length and weighing more than a tonne, it can live for 200 years. Its fluorescent green, parasite-covered eyes are said to hypnotise its prey, and its meat is so riddled with poison that, when consumed, it sends people into a hallucinatory trance. Armed with little more than their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Vintage Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STROKSNES, MORTEN STRMotion, Andrew
Summary: "Washed ashore after escaping Treasure Island, young Jim Hawkins and his companion Natty find themselves stranded on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Their ship, the Nightingale, has been destroyed, and besides one other crew member, they are the only survivors. Before they can even grasp the full scope of their predicament, they realize they are not alone on the beach. When a band of Native Americans...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOTMotion, Andrew
Summary: Set 20 years after Treasure Island, Natty, the daughter of Long John Silver, teams up with Hawkins' son, Jim, on a dangerous voyage to the legendary island in search of their fathers' hidden treasure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Pub. 2012