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-- Untold stories of 33 men buried in a Chilean mine, and the miracle that set them free2014., Adult, HarperCollins Canada ; Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: 363.11 T628d Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "When Chile's San Jose mine collapsed outside of Copiapo in August 2010, it trapped thirty-three miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking 69 days. Across the globe, we sat riveted to television news while journalists flocked to the Atacama Desert. The story of the miners buried below the earth's surface -- and the lives that led them there -- hasn't been heard until now. An emotionally textured account of the thirty-three men who came to think of the San Jose mine as a kind of coffin inflicting constant and thundering aural torment, and as a church where they sought redemption through prayer, while the world watched from above. An understanding of the families and personal histories that brought "los 33" to the mine, and the mystical and spiritual elements that surrounded working in such a dangerous place"--Provided by publisher.
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c2000., Image Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Gold Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Classic Chaplin (the Little Tramp) prospects for gold, gets involved with a dance hall girl, and deals with a burly competitor during the Yukon gold rush.
![The gold rush [DVD] (1942). Directed by Charlie Chaplin.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "The gold rush [DVD] (1942). Directed by Charlie Chaplin.")
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2003, c2001., Thomas Dunne Books Call No: Fic Rya Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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2019., HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Call No: Bio O11g Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Your Library Summary Note: On an island paradise in 1943, Sir Harry Oakes, gold mining tycoon, philanthropist and "richest man in the Empire," was murdered. The news of his death surged across the English-speaking world, from London, the Imperial centre, to the remote Canadian mining town of Kirkland Lake, in the Northern Ontario bush. The murder became celebrated as "the crime of the century." The layers of mystery deepened as the involvement of Oakes' son-in-law, Count Alfred de Marigny, came quickly to be questioned, as did the odd machinations of the Governor of the Bahamas, the former King Edward VIII. Despite a sensational trial, no murderer was ever convicted. Rumours were unrelenting about Oakes' missing fortune, and fascination with the Oakes story has persisted for decades. Award-winning biographer and popular historian Charlotte Gray explores, for the first time, the life of the man behind the scandal, a man who was both reviled and admired - from his early, hardscrabble days of mining exploration, to his explosion of wealth, to his grandiose gestures of philanthropy. And Gray brings fresh eyes to the bungled investigation and shocking trial in the remote colonial island streets, proposing an overlooked suspect in this long cold case. Murdered Midas is the story of the man behind the newspaper headlines, who, despite his wealth and position, was never able to have justice.
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c2010., Minotaur Books Call No: MYS Fic Sta Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Kate Shugak mysteries Volume: 17Summary Note: "When an abandoned pickup truck complete with suicide note leads a search party to find human remains that have clearly served as a snack for a bear, case closed - suicide by Alaska. But things get complicated when the dead man stumbles out of the wilderness and onto Kate's homestead weeks later. Kate and Trooper Jim Chopin must unravel the story of the man and the body, whoever he is, which is wrapped up in the politics of the Suulutaq Mine, a gold mine near Niniltna that is proving to be a breeding ground for trouble."--Fantastic Fiction website.
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2011., Metropolitan Opera Call No: DVD Opera Puccini-Fanciulla-2011 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Pucciniœs musical vision of the American West is vividly brought to life in Giancarlo Del Monacoœs atmospheric production. Deborah Voigt is Minnie, the girl of the title and owner of a bar in a Californian mining camp. Marcello Giordani sings Dick Johnson, the bandit-turned-lover hunted by the cynical sheriff Jack Rance (Lucio Gallo), who wants Minnie for himself. Complete with whiskey-drinking cowboys, gunplay, a poker game, and a snowstorm, La Fanciulla del West is Puccini at his most colorful.
