Summary: When the battered body of a French student is found on Twickenham Green in London, hardworking and humble DCI Colin Sutton is appointed the lead detective on his first big case. Despite objections from his superiors, Sutton believes the young woman's murder may be connected to a previous attack and embarks on a quest to catch a serial killer. Realistically portraying the ins and outs of police...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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3 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MANCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ma 1Russell, Gareth
Summary: Takes us into every room of Hampton Court Palace-the stage of some of the most important events in British history, such as the commissioning of King James's version of the Bible and Queen Elizabeth II's coronation ball, illustrating what was at play politically, socially and economically at the time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 942.1 RUSBarker, Pat.
Summary: A British novel on family tensions whose protagonists include children from a couple's previous marriage and a dying grandfather who is reliving the horrors of World War I.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARThompson, Paul Matthew
Summary: The hilariously mismatched detective duo of Luella Shakespeare and grumpy Frank Hathaway return for ten more episodes of the hit mystery/comedy- drama set in beautiful Stratford-upon-Avon. One might think the birthplace of William Shakespeare would be safe from fraud, extortion, vice, identity theft, and ransom, but they would be wrong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SHASummary: A ten part detective series from the BBC about an oddball couple of private detectives named Luella Shakespeare and Frank Hathaway. Investigating crime in Stratford-upon-Avon, the duo quickly discover all is not as peaceful as it seems in this little theatre town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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3 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SHASummary: "From suspected ghosts to the torrid world of Shakespearian escorts, not to mention the fiendish passions and bitter rivalries of ballroom dancing, it's business as usual for the debt-laden ex-policeman and his much more credible partner-in-crime. And the pair also have demons of their own to wrestle with - Lu joins a slimming club and clashes with her sister, while Frank finds himself on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SHASummary: Private investigators Frank Hathaway and Luella Shakespeare continue their work investigating murder, kidnap, blackmail and infidelity in the English town of Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SHAGreen, Kristen
Summary: "While Confederate statues are brought down across the country, America is reckoning with its tumultuous past and the legacy of the darker chapters of our history. In The Devil's Half Acre, New York Times bestselling author Kristen Green draws on years ofdeep research to tell the extraordinary hidden story of young Mary Lumpkin, an enslaved woman who sought freedom and lit a path for liberation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LUMPKIN, MARY F. GRESetterfield, Diane
Summary: When the seemingly dead body of a child reanimates hours after arriving at an ancient inn on the Thames, three families try to claim her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SETSetterfield, Diane
Summary: "On a dark midwinter's night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, the regulars are telling stories when a wounded stranger enters carrying the lifeless body of a small child. Hours later, the girl stirs, takes a breath and returns to life. Many secrets must be revealed before the girl's identity can be known"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Setterfield 2019Swanson, Kara
Summary: "The truth about Neverland is far more dangerous than a fairy tale. Claire Kenton believes the world is too dark for magic to be real--since her twin brother was stolen away as a child. Now Claire's desperate search points to London... and a boy who shouldn't exist. Peter Pan is having a beastly time getting back to Neverland. Grounded in London and hunted by his own Lost Boys, Peter searches...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enclave Publishing, an imprint of Third Day Books LLC 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world. Your legacy is what you make of it."--Container.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Video Games, Call number: GAME PS4 HOGLawrence, Robyn Griggs.
Summary: Wabi-sabi is an ancient Japanese philosophy that focuses on appreciating the simple and letting go of the superficial. This book provides a history of the practice and detailed and illustrated guidelines on how to introduce wabi-sabi into your home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747.01 LAWCurzon, Clare.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS CurzoStewart, Melissa
Summary: "Animals adapt their behavior to the different phases of the moon"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Rebanks, James
Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of The Shepherd's Life chronicles his family's farm in England's Lake District across three generations, revealing through this intimate lens the profound global transformation of agriculture and of the human relationship to the land"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Custom House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 REBHill, Reginald.
Summary: In England, an unemployed black lathe operator tries his hand at detective work, using knowledge gained from the movies. No shortage of work here. In no time he's got half a dozen cases, from dope trafficking to murder. By the author of Pictures of Perfection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HILFitzgerald, Penelope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 1987
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FITTaylor, Andrew
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Publisher / Publication Date: Theia 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TAYContents: Satin Bowerbird -- American Alligator -- Jaguar -- Superb Lyrebird -- Three-humped Treehopper -- Yellow Buffalo Threehopper -- Capercaillie -- Franquet's Epauletted Bat -- Bowhead Whale -- Humpback Whale -- Knudsen's Frog -- Tungara Frog -- Smoky Jungle Frog -- Club-winged Manakin -- Black-and-gold Cotinga -- Red-ruffed Fruitcrow -- Capuchinbird -- Screaming Piha -- Bearded Manakin -- Greater...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology/Library of Natural Sounds 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INFORMATION MACAckroyd, Peter
Summary: In Thames: the Biography, Ackroyd writes about connections between the Thames and such historical figures as Julius Caesar and Henry VIII, and offers memorable portraits of the ordinary men and women who depend on the river for their livelihoods. He visits all the towns and villages along the river, from Oxfordshire to London, and describes the magnificent royal residences, as well as the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942.2 ACKAdler, Irene
Summary: In London, at Christmas time in 1870, a strange message in the classified ads leads the three young detectives to murders that appear to be connected with the Scarlet Rose Gang, whose leader was killed years before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Curzon, Clare.
Summary: The mysterious fall of a bed-ridden elderly woman from the seventh floor of an apartment building triggers an investigation, led by Superintendent Mike Yeadings and Sergeant Rosemary Zycynski.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2006