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Hope and glory volume 2
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English
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Caroline Delacroix is at the pinnacle of Washington high society in her role as secretary to the first lady of the United States. But she's hiding a terrible secret. If she cannot untangle a web of foreign espionage, her brother will face execution for treason. Nathaniel Trask is the new head immediately suspicious of Caroline despite his overwhelming attraction to her quick wit and undeniable charm. Amid the glamorous pageantry of Gilded Age Washington,...
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In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut. In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place. Then she finds a strange book....
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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It's the early 1900s, and weather-beaten cowhand Hewey Calloway rides in from the vast Texas range after learning his brother's farm is in danger of foreclosure. Arriving in a nearby town, what the middle-aged roughrider finds amazes yet threatens him - automobiles and civilized society.
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"Beaten and left for dead in the English countryside, clergyman and reformer Tom Cross is rescued and nursed back to health by Miranda and Simon Thorne, reclusive siblings who seem to have as many secrets as he does. Tom has spent years helping the downtrodden in London while lying to everyone he meets, but now he's forced to slow down and confront his unexamined life. Miranda, a skilled artist, is haunted by her painful past and unable to imagine...
7) The 1900s
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Pub. Date
[1999]
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1160L
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128 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of the United States in the first decade of the twentieth century, including daily life, labor relations, the conservation movement, and transportation.
8) The 1900's
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[2004]
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48 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm.
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English
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Pub. Date
2021.
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First Kensington hardcover edition.
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280 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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"The talk of Edwardian society, strong-willed American ex-pat Stella Kendrick and her betrothed, Viscount "Lyndy" Lyndhurst, before they can walk down the aisle, must solve two very different crimes and identify a killer hiding among the elite wedding guests"--
1905. With her wedding to Viscount "Lyndy" Lyndhurst just days away, American ex-pat Stella Kendrick is the talk of Edwardian society. Between ornate bridal gown fittings and meetings with...
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"Luke Delacroix has the reputation of a charming man-about-town in Gilded Age Washington, DC. In reality, he is secretly carrying out an ambitious agenda in Congress. His current mission is to thwart the reelection of Congressman Clyde Magruder, his only real enemy in the world. But trouble begins when Luke meets Marianne Magruder, the congressman's only daughter, whose job as a government photographer gives her unprecedented access to sites throughout...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Following a whirlwind engagement to Viscount 'Lyndy' Lyndhurst, Stella Kendrick is finding her footing within an elite social circle in picturesque rural England. Outrage erupts and accusations fly after Lord Fairbrother's pony wins best in breed for the seventh consecutive year. When Stella and Lyndy discover his body floating in the river the next morning, it appears one of Stella's trusted new acquaintances may be a calculating killer. In the...
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2019.
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154 pages ; 19 cm
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English
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"At the turn of the twentieth century, as he composes a treatise on melancholy, Jacov Reinhardt sets off from his small Croatian village in search of his hero and unwitting mentor, Emiliano Gomez Carrasquilla, who is rumored to have disappeared into the South American jungle - not lost, mind you, but retired. Jacov's narcissistic preoccupation with melancholy consumes him, and as he desperately recounts the myth of his journey to his trusted but ailing...
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2000.
Edition
North American edition.
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32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Focuses on fashion during the first decades of the 20th century while charting the rise of the automobile, the birth of suffragettes, and the impact of World War I on couture.
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