Mark Helprin
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"One winter night, Peter Lake--master mechanic and second-story man--attempts to rob a fortress-like mansion on the Upper West Side. Though he thinks it is empty , the daughter of the house is home. Thus begins the affair between a middle-aged Irish burglar and Beverly Penn, a young girl dying of consumption. It is a love so powerful that Peter Lake, a simple and uneducated man, will be driven to stop time and bring back the dead."--
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mark Helprin, the #1 New York Times, bestselling author of Winterâs Tale and A Soldier of the Great War, presents a fast-paced, beautifully written novel about the majesty of the sea; a life dedicated to duty, honor, and country; and the gift of falling in love.
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A Navy captain near the end of a decorated career, Stephen Rensselaer is disciplined, intelligent, and determined to always do whatâs...
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A Navy captain near the end of a decorated career, Stephen Rensselaer is disciplined, intelligent, and determined to always do whatâs...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventy-four-year-old Jules Lacour--a maître at Paris-Sorbonne, cellist, widower, veteran of the war in Algeria, and child of the Holocaust--must find a balance between his strong obligations to the past and the attractions and beauties of life and love in the present.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xiii, 493 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A Navy captain near the end of a decorated career, Stephen Rensselaer is disciplined, intelligent, and determined to always do what's right. In defending the development of a new variant of warship, he makes an enemy of the president of the United States, who assigns him to command the doomed line's only prototype--Athena, Patrol Coastal 15--with the intent to humiliate a man who should have been an admiral. Rather than resign, Rensselaer takes the...
6) Swan Lake
Author
Series
Swan Lake trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
1989.
Physical Desc
80 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A young prince and his beloved Odette struggle to protect themselves and their infant daughter from the evil Von Rothbart in this adaptation of the classic ballet.
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
366 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Sixteen stories feature such characters as a British paratrooper on a mission behind enemy lines, a teenage Hasidic Jew who joins the 1958 Yankees, and a September 11th widow who receives a gift from the contractor working on her apartment.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
879 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A Navy captain near the end of a decorated career, Stephen Rensselaer is disciplined, intelligent, and determined always to do what's right. In defending the development of a new variant of warship, he makes an enemy of the President of the United States, who assigns him to command the doomed line's only prototype--Athena, Patrol Coastal 15--with the intent to humiliate a man who should have been an admiral. Rather than resign, Rensselaer takes the...
11) Winter's tale
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in a mythic New York City and spanning more than a century, follow a story of miracles, crossed destinies, and the age-old battle between good and evil.
13) Winter's tale
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in a mythic early 20th century New York City, burglar Peter Lake must defeat evil and stop time to save his love, Beverly Penn.
