John Kelly
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Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xii, 397 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
This compelling new look at one of the worst disasters to strike humankind--the Great Irish Potato Famine--provides fresh material and analysis on the role that nineteenth-century evangelical Protestantism played in shaping British policies and on Britain's attempt to use the famine to reshape Irish society and character.
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Are you...
A dragon with indigestion?
A blob with a cold?
A yeti with a sore foot?
Then book an appointment with the MONSTER DOCTOR. No THING too small, no creature too big!
Ozzy is just an ordinary human boy—until he gets a job at the monster doctor's surgery! He's now spending his summer helping the doctor cure her strange and wonderful monster, patients, and he has to find a way to help her save the surgery...
The first in a howlingly hilarious...
3) The great mortality: an intimate history of the Black Death, the most devastating plague of all time
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"Powerful, rich with details, moving, humane, and full of important lessons for an age when weapons of mass destruction are loose among us." — Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb
The Great Plague is one of the most compelling events in human history—even more so now, when the notion of plague has never loomed larger as a contemporary public concern.
The
...5) Dubliners
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Series
Everyman's library volume 49
Description
A classic collection of the great literary pioneer's early work, the fifteen short stories evoke the character and atmosphere of the Irish city at the turn of the century.
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Araminta Spookie volume 7
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
160 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
Stranded overnight during a school trip to Skeleton Island, Araminta and her best friend Wanda must thwart a terrifying crew of pirate skeletons.
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Pub. Date
2021
Description
La vida secreta del niño por nacer presenta los resultados de dos décadas de investigación internacional sobre las primeras etapas de la vida. El conocimiento del Dr. Verny brinda a los padres una oportunidad sin precedentes para ayudar a sus hijos por nacer. Ahora pueden contribuir activamente a dar felicidad y seguridad a su hijo.
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Burt Munro, a Kiwi from far south New Zealand has been building and rebuilding his motorcycle for the last 40 years, dreaming of the day when he and the bike can go to Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats and see what they can really do. When Burt's heart goes bad on him, his dreaming is threatened to come to an end. Luckily, Burt is not ready to stop dreaming. He decides to mortgage his house and bring his dream to life. He and the motorcycle head for American...
9) Blackbird
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Lily and Paul summon their loved ones to their country house for one final gathering after Lily decides to end her life on her terms after a long battle with ALS. The couple is planning a loving weekend complete with holiday traditions, but the mood becomes strained when unresolved issues surface between Lily's daughters Jennifer and Anna. Joining the collective farewell is Lily's son in law, her lifelong friend, daughter's partner, and grandson.
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a classic English story, Cassandra Mortmain chronicles in her diary what happens to her eccentric family when a young American man inherits the local estate. The bittersweet love story that ensues is far more complicated than she ever imagines.
11) Small town crime
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An alcoholic ex-cop seeks justice for the murder of a teen prostitute.
12) Bringing up Baby
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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All the earnest paleontologist wants is an intercostal clavicle to complete his brontosaurus skeleton. What he gets is an out-of-control toboggan ride with a scatterbrained heiress nuts about him (or maybe just nuts).
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[2015]
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1 videodisc (124 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"The story of renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of: time. Together, they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine...