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English
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"Calcutta, 1923. When a Hindu theologian is found murdered in his home, the city is on the brink of all-out religious war. Can the officers of the Imperial Police Force--Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant "Surrender-Not" Banerjee--track down those responsible in time to stop a bloodbath? Set at a time of heightened political tension, beginning in atmospheric Calcutta and taking the detectives all the way to bustling Bombay, the latest instalment in...
2) Dark roads
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"For decades, people have been warned about the Cold Creek Highway. Hitchhikers have vanished along it over the years, and women have been known to have their cars break down... and never be seen again. When Hailey McBride decides to run away from an unbearable living situation, she thinks that her outdoor skills will help her disappear into the Cold Creek wilderness, and she counts on people thinking that she was the victim of the killer. One year...
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Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In a brilliant homage to Agatha Christie, critically acclaimed author Tasha Alexander sends Lady Emily to Egypt, both during British colonial rule and back in time to the era of the Pharaohs, in Secrets of the Nile..."--
Lord Bertram Deeley, a renowned amateur British collector of antiquities is entertaining his closest friends at a lavish cruise up the Nile to his home at Luxor when he collapses after offering a welcome toast. Deeley is a victim...
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Series
Lady Julia Grey volume 4
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
388 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lady Julia and her detective husband, Nicholas Brisbane, join Julia's siblings in tracking down a murderer in India. Set in 1889, the mystery explores India's colonial tensions.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 600 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set against the sweeping grandeur of the Himalayas and tea plantations of Northern India, this epic drama tells the rich and explosive story of the decline of the British Empire and the birth of modern India, from both sides of the experience.
6) Assegai
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
Description
Former soldier and big-game safari guide Leon Courtney is catapulted into fame for his bravery during a Teddy Roosevelt hunting tour, for which he is recruited to gather intelligence about a rebellion plot against Britain.
7) War cry
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Series
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
496 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
With his headstrong daughter Saffron pursuing her education in London at Oxford, Leon Courtney navigates the politics of colonial Kenya.
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Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
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.
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Publisher
Highwater Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Children go for a walk in the woods with their elders and discover the animals of British Columbia, their names in the Nekepmxcin or Halq'emeylem languages, and the teachings they have for us."--
Publisher
Fodor's Travel
Pub. Date
c2015
Edition
20th edition.
Physical Desc
768 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides information on accommodations, restaurants, attractions, outdoor activities, national parks, and shopping in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.
13) Black narcissus
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown & Co
Pub. Date
1939
Physical Desc
3 p. l., 3-294 p.; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Anglican Sisters are sent to a remote community in the Himalayas to establish a convent.
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Language
English
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"For decades, Indigenous women and girls have gone missing or been found murdered along an isolated stretch of highway in northwestern British Columbia. The corridor is known as the Highway of Tears, and it has come to symbolize a national crisis. Journalist Jessica McDiarmid meticulously investigates the devastating effect these tragedies have had on the families of the victims and their communities, and how systemic racism and indifference have...
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Series
Berrybender narratives volume 1
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
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Description
Journeying up the Missouri River in 1830, the wealthy Berrybenders encounter the challenges of the untamed American West before Tasmin Berrybender falls in love with frontiersman and part-time preacher Jim Snow.
16) Once a rebel
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English
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Lord George Gordon Audley had been Callista Brooke's best friend, and it was to Gordon she turned in desperation to avoid a loathsome arranged marriage. The repercussions of his gallant attempt ended with Callie in Jamaica, and Gordon on a one way trip to the penal colony of Australia. Now it's 1814, and Callie is in Washington, trapped in the battle between her native England and her adopted homeland. She is on the verge of losing everything, including...
Author
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
1898
Physical Desc
xviii, 300 p. ill., maps. 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Afridi tribe in India for 16 years, had received a subsidy from the government of British India for safeguarding the Khyber Pass. The tribesmen rose and captured all the posts in the Khyber causing a war with the British.
19) Captain Cook
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c1972
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
192 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
On the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook's successful navigation to the coast of Australia, this is Alistair MacLean's absorbing story of one of Britain's great national heroes, from his obscure beginnings to his sudden and violent death at the age of fifty-one.
When James Cook was hacked to death by Hawaiian islanders on 14 February 1779, he was already considered the greatest explorer of his age. Born in obscurity but gripped by a boundless passion...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Chronicles Churchill's life at the time of the Boer War when he was captured and taken prisoner. He pulled off a daring escape, after which he enlisted and then went back to liberate the others that had been captured with him. Millard presents an epic story of bravery, savagery and chance encounters with historical characters such as Rudyard Kipling and Mohandas Ghandi that would shape Churchill's future.