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"It's 1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters, and girls sell dances for a shilling a time. The notorious queen of this glittering world is Nellie Coker, ruthless but also ambitious to advance her six children, including the enigmatic eldest, Niven, whose character has...
Author
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 184 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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English
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Long overshadowed by the towering buildings of downtown San Antonio, the modest little Alamo still evokes tremendous feeling among Texans and, indeed, many other Americans. For Anglo Texans, the Alamo is the "Cradle of Texas Liberty" and a symbolic confirmation of Manifest Destiny. For Hispanic Texans, however, the Alamo has increasingly become a stolen symbol, its origin as a Spanish mission forgotten, its famous defeat used to exclude Hispanics...
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 301 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
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On November 20, 1979, the first morning of a new Muslim century, hundreds of gunmen stunned the world by seizing Islam's holiest shrine, the Grand Mosque in Mecca. These men came from more than a dozen countries, launching the first operation of global jihad in modern times. They believed that the Saudi royal family had become a craven servant of American infidels, and sought a return to the glory of uncompromising Islam. With nearly 100,000 worshippers...
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Series
Historical handbook volume no. 5
Pub. Date
1954
Edition
Rev.
Physical Desc
38 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st Anchor Books ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 301 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
On November 20, 1979, the first morning of a new Muslim century, hundreds of gunmen stunned the world by seizing Islam's holiest shrine, the Grand Mosque in Mecca. These men came from more than a dozen countries, launching the first operation of global jihad in modern times. They believed that the Saudi royal family had become a craven servant of American infidels, and sought a return to the glory of uncompromising Islam. With nearly 100,000 worshippers...
12) Ascendance of a bookworm: I'll do anything to become a librarian!.Part 2,Apprentice shrine maiden.4
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Publisher
J-Novel Club
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
341 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 19 cm
Language
English
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"The long winter comes to an end and vibrant spring returns to Ehrenfest. The temple swirls busily as attempts to control Myne's future escalate and the High Bishop, fueled by hate, shrouds the city in the darkness of his nefarious plots. But Myne just wants everything to stay the same. Her little brother has been born, she's making new books thanks to her progress making ink, and she wants nothing more than to just keep spending more heart-warming...
13) The unholy
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
[English, French, Portuguese or Spanish dialogue version]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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On the holiest weekend of the year comes a film that follows Alice, a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. As word spreads, people from near, and far flock to witness her miracles, a disgraced journalist hoping to revive his career visits the small New England town to investigate. When terrifying events begin to happen all around, he starts to question...
14) Shrines of power
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Series
Pub. Date
1978
Physical Desc
168 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm.
Language
English