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Juvenile Call No: Fic Pra Edition: First Edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch Summary Note: "In an alternative version of Victorian London, a seventeen-year-old Dodger, a cunning and cheeky street urchin, unexpectedly rises in life when he saves a mysterious girl, meets Charles Dickens, and unintentionally puts a stop to the murders of Sweeney Todd"--.
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2021., Adult, McClelland & Stewart Call No: Fic Toi Edition: Hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: At the turn of the twentieth century in a provincial German city, a young boy, Thomas Mann, grows up with a conservative, conventional father and an exotic and unpredictable Brazilian mother. He hides both his artistic aspirations and his homosexual desires from his father, and his sexuality from everyone. He longs for the charismatic, beautiful, rich, cultured young Jewish man, but marries his twin sister. He longs for a boy he sees on a beach in Venice and writes a novel about him. He has six children, is the most successful novelist of his time, wins the Nobel Prize and is expected to lead the condemnation of Hitler. His oldest daughter and son share lovers. They are leaders of Bohemianism and of the anti-Nazi movement. This stunning combination of German propriety and Bohemian revolution goes hand in hand for decades. We see the rise of Hitler, the forced exile of a swath of German writers and artists, Mann's narrow escape to America, his sojourn at Princeton, along with fellow exile Einstein, and his final move to LA in the late 40s where he presided over an astonishing community of writers, artists and musicians, including Brecht and Shoenberg, even as his children court tragedy.
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℗2019., Simon & Schuster Audio Edition: Unabridged. Connect to this eAudiobook title Summary Note: "Engrossing, beautiful, and deeply imaginative, Out of Darkness, Shining Light is a novel that lends voice to those who appeared only as footnotes in history, yet whose final, brave act of loyalty and respect changed the course of it. An incredible and important book by a masterful writer."--Yaa Gyasi, author of Homegoing "This is how we carried out of Africa the poor broken body of Bwana Daudi, the Doctor, David Livingstone, so that he could be borne across the sea and buried in his own land." So begins Petina Gappah's powerful novel of exploration and adventure in nineteenth-century Africa-the captivating story of the loyal men and women who carried explorer and missionary Dr. Livingstone's body, his papers and maps, fifteen hundred miles across the continent of Africa, so his remains could be returned home to England and his work preserved there. Narrated by Halima, the doctor's sharp-tongued cook, and Jacob Wainwright, a rigidly pious freed slave, this is a story that encompasses all of the hypocrisy of slavery and colonization-the hypocrisy at the core of the human heart-while celebrating resilience, loyalty, and love.
![Out of darkness, shining light [eAudiobook] : a novel](/Library/images/~imageCT101077.JPG "Out of darkness, shining light [eAudiobook] : a novel")
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2020., Adult, HarperCollins Call No: Fic Don Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Dublin, 1918: three days in a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu. Nurse Julia Power, Doctor Kathleen Lynn, and volunteer helper Birdie Sweeney change each other's lives in unexpected ways. They lose patients to the baffling pandemic, but they also shepherd new life into a fearful world. Emma Donoghue once again finds the light in the darkness in this new classic of hope and survival against all odds. Donoghue lives in London, ON.
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2020., Adult, HarperCollins Connect to this eBook title Summary Note: Dublin, 1918: three days in a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu. Nurse Julia Power, Doctor Kathleen Lynn, and volunteer helper Birdie Sweeney change each other's lives in unexpected ways. They lose patients to the baffling pandemic, but they also shepherd new life into a fearful world. Emma Donoghue once again finds the light in the darkness in this new classic of hope and survival against all odds. Donoghue lives in London, ON.
![The Pull of the Stars [eBook] : A Novel](/Library/images/~imageCT101133.JPG "The Pull of the Stars [eBook] : A Novel")
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By Cusk, Rachel2021., Adult, HarperCollins Call No: Fic Cus Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In 'Second Place', M, a mother on the brink of rebellion, invites a painter to stay with her and her family at their modest cottage. When historical catastrophe upends daily life, the strange group is resigned to the indoors, and fissures soon begin to form. The painters quietly demonic presence wreaks havoc with M, plunging her into existential disarray. As secrets, alliances and private desires come to light, she is forced to choose between her deepest impulses: to comply or to rebel completely. Rachel Cusk lives in Toronto, ON.
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By Joshi, Alka2021., Adult, Mira Books Call No: Fic Jos Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The year is 1969 and Lakshmi's protege, Malik is now an educated young man apprenticed at the Jaipur Palace and working on building a public movie house when he becomes ensnared in a smuggling scheme that threatens all he aspires to, including the woman he loves. 'The Secret Keeper of Jaipur' is the follow-up to 'The Henna Artist' (9780778309451), which was a Reese's Book Club Pick, as well as a PW, Globe and Mail, and Toronto Star Bestseller, along with being named a Top 10 Book of the Year by Indigo.
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2017., Avon Books/HarperCollins Publishers Connect to this eBook title Series Title: Bridgerton series Volume: book 6.Summary Note: In every life there is a turning point . . .A moment so tremendous, so sharp and breathtaking, that one knows one's life will never be the same. For Michael Stirling, London's most infamous rake, that moment came the first time he laid eyes on Francesca Bridgerton.After a lifetime of chasing women, of smiling slyly as they chased him, of allowing himself to be caught but never permitting his heart to become engaged, he took one look at Francesca Bridgerton and fell so fast and hard into love it was a wonder he managed to remain standing. Unfortunately for Michael, however, Francesca's surname was to remain Bridgerton for only a mere thirty-six hours longer?the occasion of their meeting was, lamentably, a supper celebrating her imminent wedding to his cousin.But that was then . . . Now Michael is the earl and Francesca is free, but still she thinks of him as nothing other than her dear friend and confidant. Michael dares not speak to her of his love . . . until one dangerous night, when she steps innocently into his arms and passion proves stronger than even the most wicked of secrets . . .
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