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121) Wah-wah
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Film based on the experiences of actor/director Richard E. Grant during the late 1960s in the British colonial community in Swaziland as that country was becoming independent. Portrays a community occupied with booze and adultery in an attempt to stave off boredom. Follows the divorce of young Ralphie's parents and his adjustment when he returns from boarding school two years later to find that his alcoholic father has married an American stewardess....
122) The far country
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A doctor for Hitler's army escapes to Australia to begin a new life. Romance blooms with a young Englishwoman but the secret of his past threatens their happiness.
123) One eagle soaring
Author
Publisher
Harbour Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This simple story explores counting and numbers as the reader is introduced to West Coast animals.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Call Ava romantic, but she thinks love should be found in the real world, not on apps that filter men by height, job, or astrological sign. She believes in feelings, not algorithms. So after a recent breakup and dating app debacle, she decides to put love on hold and escapes to a remote writers' retreat in coastal Italy. She's determined to finish writing the novel she's been fantasizing about, even though it means leaving her close-knit group of...
125) A good man in Africa
Author
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
c1981.
Language
English
Description
In the small African republic of Kinjanja, British diplomat Morgan Leafy bumbles heavily through his job. His love of women, his fondness for drink, and his loathing for the country prove formidable obstacles on his road to any kind of success. But when he becomes an operative in Operation Kingpin and is charged with monitoring the front runner in Kinjanjas national elections, Morgan senses an opportunity to achieve real professional recognition...
Author
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Desi Kitchen is a unique culinary roadmap to the food of the Indian subcontinent in Britain today, with chapters covering regions from all over the UK and the desi communities that call each one home. Packed with recipes, stories and authentic voices, the book travels from the Pakistani community of Glasgow to the Nepali community of Kent and explores delicious dishes. Sarah Woods, herself a second-generation Punjabi, has brought together this collection...
128) Dragonswood
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
In AD 1192 on Wilde Island, Tess, the daughter of a cruel blacksmith, is accused of witchcraft and must flee, but when she meets a handsome and enigmatic warden of Dragonswood who offers her shelter, she does not realize that he too harbors a secret that may finally bring about peace among the races of dragon, human, and fairy.
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 64
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 59
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 33
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
132) A girl and her pig
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The English chef behind such New York restaurants as The Spotted Pig, The Breslin, and the John Dory shares recipes and techniques that combine her working-class English background with a flair for seasonal and meaty dishes using fresh ingredients.
133) The sockeye mother
Author
Publisher
Highwater Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"To the Gitxsan people of Northwestern British Columbia, the sockeye salmon is more than just a source of food. Over its life cycle, it nourishes the very land and forests that the Skeena River runs through and where the Gitxsan make their home. The Sockeye Mother explores how the animals, water, soil, and seasons are all intertwined."--Provided by the publisher.
134) The highest of hopes
Author
Series
Canadian crossings volume 2
Language
English
Description
After her beloved grandfather's death, Emmaline Moore is shocked to discover that her "deceased" father is actually living in Canada. Having no other family, Emma decides she must find him, and so embarks on a journey across the ocean, accompanied by her best friend, Jonathan. Unfortunately, Randall Moore and his well-to-do family aren't thrilled by her arrival, fearing her sudden appearance will hinder his chance at becoming mayor of Toronto in 1919....
Author
Publisher
Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"An explosive examination of the missing and murdered Indigenous women of Highway 16, and a searing indictment of the society that failed them. For decades, women--overwhelmingly from Indigenous backgrounds--have gone missing or been found murdered along an isolated stretch of highway in northwestern B.C. The highway is called the Highway of Tears by locals, and it has come to symbolize a national crisis. In Highway of Tears, Jessica McDiarmid meticulously...
Author
Series
Pink carnation volume 6
Language
English
Description
Sent to India to weather the scandal of her hasty marriage, Lady Penelope finds herself in the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad, where she encounters freedom and deception before her athletic talents draw the attentions of Captain Alex Reid and a dangerous spy.
137) Naughty in Nice
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Nice to recover the Queen's stolen snuff box, Lady Georgiana Rannoch participates in a Coco Chanel fashion show where a necklace also belonging to the Queen goes missing, forcing her to search for both priceless items and solve a murder.
139) Shoot!: a novel
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's
Pub. Date
c1994.
Language
English
Description
Cowboys and Indians, sometimes one and the same, occupy the rugged landscape of the late nineteenthcentury British Columbia interior in George Bowering's Shoot! Meet the McLean Gang brothers Allan, Charlie, and Archie and their sidekick Alex Hare. Halfbreeds who grew up bitter outcasts, rejected by both white and Indian worlds, they roam the ranch country around Kamloops on a wild spree of cattle rustling, robbery, and mayhem....
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