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"Shortly before World War II, Chi Chi Donatelli and Saverio Armandonada meet one summer on the Jersey shore and fall in love. Both are talented and ambitious, and both share the dream of becoming singers for the legendary orchestras of the time: Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman. They're soon married, and it isn't long before Chiara and Tony find that their careers are on the way up as they navigate the glamorous worlds of night clubs, radio,...
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A Pentecost and Parker mystery volume 2
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"READERS OF ANTHONY HOROWITZ AND JACQUELINE WINSPEAR, WITH A DASH OF AGATHA CHRISTIE, step right up! Murder Under Her Skin is a delightfully hardboiled high-wire act starring two daring heroines dead set on justice. Someone's put a blade in the back of the Amazing Tattooed Woman, and Willowjean "Will" Parker's former knife-throwing mentor has been stitched up for the crime. To uncover the truth, Will and her boss, world-famous detective Lillian Pentecost...
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Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Language
English
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In 1942 London, Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend Watson track down a serial killer, Crimson Jack, who is murdering women on the exact dates of the infamous Jack the Ripper killings of 1888.
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English
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"1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla is the girl who has everything--beauty, wealth, and the dashing Prince Philip of Greece sending her roses--but she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl, and puts her fluent German to use as a translator of...
5) Trumbo
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (2 hours, 5 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explores screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's fight against the U.S. government and studio bosses after he and other Hollywood figures were blacklisted for their political beliefs during the 1940s.
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Wealthy, beautiful NaneƩ was born with a spirit of adventure. For her, learning to fly is freedom. When German tanks roll across the border and into Paris, this woman with an adorable dog and a generous heart joins the resistance. Known as the Postmistress because she delivers information to those in hiding, NaneƩ uses her charms and skill to house the hunted and deliver them to safety. Photographer Edouard Moss has escaped Germany with his young...