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1811: the apex of Napoleon's empire. Two French travellers meet en route to Italy -- he playing truant from his official responsibilities, she bent on escaping her empty life. Initially hostile, they discover unexpected affinities when their paths cross again. She opens his mind ...
"When three boys all run away from home to try and live like pirates, life is easy at first. Then they meet Bonnie-Ann who trains them like real pirates. But their real talent turns out to be more musical"-- Provided by publisher.
"This edited collection brings together contributions that explore ethics in linked data initiatives. Discussions about linked data and its potential are often utopian and technophiliac, rarely examining darker implications or harmful consequences. Since technology cannot exist o...
Thanks to an unforeseen mishap, Mr. and Mrs. Korda are nowhere to be found when their family-run restaurant is scheduled to open its doors for its first night of business. It falls to the Korda children -- Rebecca, Sam, and Max -- to hold down the fort in their parents' absence. ...
A painting of an early settlement farmyard with a woman knitting outside and children playing outside while the father plows the field.
A collection of eight films produced in the 1940s and 1950s embodying the prevalent social perceptions of women in this period. Titles include: How They Saw Us: Women at War (1942): This British film accepts women's participation in the war effort as a natural outgrowth of their ...
A painting of a winter scene with men talking over some merchandise and dogs running around.
A drawing of several men and women dressed in nineteenth century costume in a train car.
A collection of Christmas stories by such authors as Carolyn Haywood, Joan Aiken, and Roger Duvoisin.
A black and white photograph of a ceremony to celebrate the first train in Vancouver. The ceremony is taking place beside a body of water that has train tracks running through it.