Watkins, Paul
Summary: After barely surviving his tour as a mountaineer in the Italian Alps of the Second World War, William Bromley settled down and made a quiet life for himself: teaching history at a London boarding school, reading, a few drinks at the pub on Friday nights. That all ends when a soldier from William's mountain regiment reappears, calling in a bargain struck during the war. William must return to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WATWatkins, Paul
Summary: Archangel is classic storytelling on a cutting-edge theme--environmental terrorism. In the remote forests of Maine, a powerful businessman is clearing forests as quickly as he can, logging thousands of trees before they can be protected by preservation laws. A young environmental radical is determined to stop him with the help of an idealistic reporter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WATWatkins, Paul
Summary: At the turn of World War II, David Halifax is a young American painter who receives a scholarship to come to Paris and work under the tutelage of the mysterious and brilliant Russian painter, Alexander Pankratov. Getting more than he bargained for, Halifax is quickly subjected to Pankratov's rigid will, and beguiled by the quiet, nude model who poses before them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador USA 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WATEastland, Sam, (Paul Watkins)
Summary: A soldier returns from the frontline of battle to report that Inspector Pekkala's charred body has been found at the site of an ambush. But Stalin refuses to believe that the indomitable Pekkala is dead. On Stalin's orders, Pekkala's assistant Kirov travels deep into the forests of Western Russia, following a trail of clues to a wilderness where partisans wage a brutal campaign against the Nazi...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EASEastland, Sam, (Paul Watkins)
Summary: Recalled out of exile in Siberia on condition that he solve the mystery of the Romanov family murders, Pekkala, once the Tsar's most trusted ally, is partnered with the brother who betrayed him before discovering a dark secret that he realizes should stay hidden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EASEastland, Sam, (Paul Watkins)
Summary: The German Army begins to shatter before the advancing Soviet forces in 1944. Two Russian soldiers burrow into the crypt of a German church, where, clutched in the hands of a priest's skeleton, they discover a priceless icon last seen in the grasp of Rasputin, the mad monk who mesmerized the Romanovs. When news of the discovery reaches Moscow, Stalin calls upon his most trusted investigator,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: OPUS 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EASEastland, Sam, (Paul Watkins)
Summary: Inspector Pekkala investigates the death of a top Russian military engineer who was building a formidable weapon, a case with ties to dangerous secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EASEastland, Sam, (Paul Watkins)
Summary: "April, 1945. East of Berlin, the Red Army stands poised to unleash its final assault upon the ruined capital of Hitler's Thousand Year Reich. To the north, at a lonely outpost near the Baltic Sea, German scientists perfect a guidance system for the mighty V2 rocket, which has already caused massive damage to the cities of London and Antwerp. This device, known only by the codename Diamond...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Opus 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EASSummary: The DVD introduces a brand new Wiggly character, Shirley Shawn the Unicorn. The children will love hearing about and dancing around with this 'scrumptious' unicorn! The wide styles of music on this DVD reflect the diversity of the wonderful art form that ballet is! Hope is that this brand new and fun Wiggly music inspires the child listeners' imagination to dress up like the characters in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WIGSummary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN RANHawkins, Paula
Summary: "When a young man is found gruesomely murdered on a London houseboat, it triggers questions about three women who knew him. Laura is the troubled one-night stand last seen in the victim's home. Carla is his grief-stricken aunt, already mourning the recent death of yet another family member. And Miriam is the nosy neighbor clearly keeping secrets from the police. Three women with separate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2021