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Divorced, beheaded, survived : a feminist reinterpretation of the wives of Henry VIII / by Lindsey, Karen,1944-(CARDINAL)520369;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-221) and index.1160L
Subjects: Biographies.; Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547; Women; Queens; Feminism.; Women.; Womyn.; Feminism.; Women's movement.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Divorced, beheaded, died : the history of Britain's kings and queens in bite-sized chunks / by Flude, Kevin.(CARDINAL)565436;
Includes bibliographical references (page 169) and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Kings and rulers; Queens;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Henry VIII : royal beheader / by Price, Sean.(CARDINAL)664648;
Includes bibliographical references (page 128) and index.NC770LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Zashchita Luzhina : [romany] / by 880-01Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich,1899-1977.(CARDINAL)157659;
V knigu vkljucheny dva romana klassika literatury russkogo zarubezhja Vladimira Nabokova, v kotorykh poluchili originalnoe prelomlenie vazhnejshie dlja avtora temy potustoronnosti, bessmertija, prirody tvorcheskogo dara. V ZASCHITE LUZHINA (1929-1930) za peripetijami zhiznennoj istorii genialnogo i bezumnogo shakhmatista-emigranta postepenno otkryvajutsja tajnye uzory sudby, s kotoroj emu predstoit sygrat svoju glavnuju, rokovuju, beznadezhnuju igru. Geroj PRIGLASHENIJa NA KAZN (1934, opubl. 1935-1936), zhitel nenazvannoj strany Ts.Tsintsinnat, ustremlen v istinnuju, vysshuju realnost, v charujuschee tsarstvo snov, voobrazhenija i bezgranichnoj tvorcheskoj svobody.
Subjects: Fiction.; Chess; Beheading;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Invitation To A Beheading / by 880-01Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich,1899-1977author.(CARDINAL)157659; Nabokov, Dmitri,translator.(CARDINAL)732550;
"In an unnamed dream country, the young man Cincinnatus C. is condemned to death by beheading for "gnostical turpitude," an imaginary crime that defies definition. Cincinnatus spends his last days in an absurd jail, where he is visited by chimerical jailers, an executioner who masquerades as a fellow prisoner, and by his in-laws, who lug their furniture with them into his cell. When Cincinnatus is led out to be executed, he simply wills his executioners out of existence : they disappear, along with the whole world they inhabit"--
Subjects: Allegories.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Beheading; Death row inmates; Russian literature; Condamnés à mort; Décapitation;
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Banished, beheaded, or boiled in oil : a hair-raising history of crime and punishment throughout the ages! / by Tonge, Neil,author.(CARDINAL)681301; Morgan-Jones, Tom,illustrator.(CARDINAL)691092;
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.Crime and punishment -- Chilling China -- Gruesome Greeks -- It's all Greek to me! A Greek trial -- Revolting Romans -- Awful Aztecs -- Murderous Middle Ages -- Curious cases of criminal creatures -- Terrifying Tudors -- Troubled times -- Mechanical marvels of the modern age -- Vengeful Victorians -- School and punishment.980LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Crime; Punishment; Criminals;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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ISIS exposed [sound recording] : beheadings, slavery, and the hellish reality of radical Islam / by Stakelbeck, Erick,author.;
Read by Tom Perkins.An authority on the Middle East, Erick Stakelbeck provides in-depth information on the terrorist organization known as ISIS.
Subjects: IS (Organization); Terrorism; Security, International.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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ISIS exposed : beheadings, slavery, and the hellish reality of radical Islam / by Stakelbeck, Erick.(CARDINAL)396501;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-263) and index.Prologue : The Islamic state of Minnesota -- The caliphate returns -- Hell awaits : welcome to the Islamic state -- Target America : why you should care about ISIS -- Heartland horror : the American recruits -- Jihadi cool : hip-hoppin' and head choppin' -- London falling : the battle for Britain -- Amsterdamned : ISIS over Europe -- America fiddles and the world burns."Terrorism expert Erick Stakelbeck pulls back the curtain on ISIS, the violent terrorist organization spreading death and hate in the Middle East. The rise of ISIS took the White House by complete surprise: President Obama called the group "JV," then was forced to reassess when ISIS began executing innocent American journalists. Now radicalized Americans and Europeans are joining ISIS' ranks. So who is ISIS? How powerful are they, and are they a threat to the homeland? Stakelbeck, a veteran national security reporter and a leading authority on the Middle East, has produced the definitive guide to America's most recent and most frightening enemy. "--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: IS (Organization); Security, International.; Terrorism;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 9
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The betrayed [sound recording] / by Graham, Heather,author.(CARDINAL)344597; Daniels, Luke,narrator.(CARDINAL)562446; Brilliance Audio (Firm)(CARDINAL)539950;
Read by Luke Daniels.FBI agent Aiden has a dream of his old friend Richard. The very next day he's sent to Sleepy Hollow because Richard's gone missing. Maureen lives there and works with her dog to search for missing people. She finds Richard's head stuck on the Headless Horseman statue. Mo and Aiden work together to figure out who betrayed and killed Richard, and wants to kill them, too. They discover they both can talk to the dead, and share an intense attraction they hope to live long enough to enjoy!
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Sound recordings.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Murder; Beheading;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 10
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Medusa / by Nardo, Don,1947-(CARDINAL)781768; Steffens, Bradley,1955-(CARDINAL)774727;
Includes bibliographical references (page 40, 42-44) and index.Examines the myth of Medusa and the hero who beheaded her.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Medusa (Gorgon); Medusa (Gorgon); Monsters;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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