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1) The Women
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Praise for Fatal: A captivating read from one of my favourite authors Praise for Dishonour: A thrilling and gripping novel Praise for Trapped: Gritty and gripping – by a star in the making Praise for Poison: A cracking good read Bestseller Jacqui Rose returns with The Women – whether they are serving time or trying to get out, hell hath no fury like these women inmates of a notorious and hard-hitting prison. Perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers...
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Miriam has one year to uncover Heachley Hall's unimaginable past and a secret that only women can discover.
The life of a freelance illustrator will never rake in the millions so when twenty-eight year old Miriam discovers she's the sole surviving heir to her great-aunt's fortune, she can't believe her luck. She dreams of selling her poky city flat and buying a studio.
But great fortune comes with an unbreakable contract. To earn her inheritance,...
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When Tina's nephew, Ronnie is killed, she is left to care for his siblings and to solve a series of mysterious murders involving only black men. Investigating each murder thrusts her and her team into a world of deities, demons, and fallen angels, leading Tina to battle a serial killer beyond this realm.
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"The book I most often give as a gift to cheer people up." -Hilary Mantel
"Tart, beguiling, witty and compassionate, Madeleine St. John's novel is a literary boost for the spirits." -Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air
"A deceptively smart comic gem." –The New York Times Book Review
"Witty and delicious." –People
The women in black, so named for the black frocks they wear while working at Goode's department store, are busy selling ladies'...
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Three powerful novels from the feminist scholar who wrote one of the bestselling books of the late twentieth century, The Women's Room. Through the eyes of Stacey (née Anastasia), a divorced feminist New York photographer, we get to know her mother, Bella, a remarkable woman, wife, and mother. The daughter of Polish immigrants, Bella, who renamed herself Belle, clawed her way out of poverty and settled into a middle-class existence. Shifting perspectives...
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As this book shows, the women of the Durham coalfield played an equal role in shaping daily life and trajectories of history in the region, just as women today are building their own futures in communities around the world.' - Hillary Rodham Clinton
The final book in a series charting the true family history of a Durham coal-mining family, which started in the 1830s
The Second World War took its toll on all sections of society. The appeal...
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What's love to do with anything? ….Immersed in her herbal laboratory, Lady Felicity secretly yearns for a dashing, romantic love straight from a gothic novel. So when her brother's houseguest, Lord Andover, presses her hands to his chest, and proposes, she is too stunned to take in his words of undying love. Words he surely spoke. Didn't he? Oh, drat, she should have listened.Victims of misguided and inept medical men, Lord Andover's father and...
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To celebrate Women's History Month in March, we present an expansive collection of stirring stories of great female heroes throughout history. The mysterious allure of Cleopatra and Shonda Rhimes, the stunning brilliance of Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie, the audacity of Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks, the graceful power of Serena Williams and Greta Thunberg. A must-have SIP for any parent hoping to inspire a daughter to greatness.
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Merryn Fenner había esperado durante diez años para satisfacer su sed de venganza contra el misterioso y atractivo Garrick Northesk, duque de Farne.
El mismo duque que empañó el buen nombre de su familia y posteriormente la arruinó. La intención de Merryn era devolverle el favor encontrando al verdadero heredero del ducado y desheredando a Garrick.
Sin embargo, cuando por culpa de un accidente la reputación de Merryn se vio comprometida, ella...
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Tras su divorcio, Lottie Cummings, una de las damas más célebres de la sociedad londinense, tuvo que convertirse en cortesana. Hasta que un peligroso libertino decidió rescatarla haciéndole una escandalosa oferta.
Ethan Ryder, oficial del ejército de Napoleón, fue apresado y trasladado a Inglaterra como prisionero de guerra. Una vez en libertad bajo fianza, Ethan comenzó a planificar el más audaz de sus golpes. Pero para ello necesitaba la...
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In 1970s Iraq, the Ba'ath Party was at the height of its influence in the Middle East and popularity throughout the West. But a group of activists recognized the disastrous potential of the regime as its charismatic leader, Saddam Hussein, came to power. Haifa Zangana was among those who resisted Saddam's rule, a small group of whom were captured and imprisoned at Abu Ghraib. Now, from a distance of time and place, Zangana writes about her incarceration,...
12) Deseada
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De Teresa, marquesa viuda de Darent, se rumoreaba que había agotado a sus cuatro difuntos maridos con sus insaciables necesidades. No era de sorprender por ello que cada libertino de la alta sociedad deseara acostarse con ella. Si supieran... Por medio de inteligentes matrimonios con hombres que no le habían exigido intimidad física alguna, Tess había podido conservar una cierta inocencia en asuntos de cama. Pero ahora se encontraba a punto de...
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Después de sufrir incontables infidelidades durante su matrimonio, lady Joanna Ware estaba acostumbrada a los escándalos. Pero nada la había preparado para la impactante noticia de que su difunto marido le había legado como herencia una hija ilegítima, tanto a ella como a su colega lord Alex Grant. Mientras los rumores corren desenfrenadamente por la alta sociedad de la capital, Joanna y Alex viajan al Ártico para reclamar a la huérfana. Batallando...
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La peligrosamente seductora, y pecaminosamente bella, Susanna Burney era la persona más buscada en los círculos de la alta sociedad londinense como rompe relaciones. Pagada por padres adinerados que querían separar a sus hijos de mujeres a las que no consideraban convenientes, jamás había fallado en su misión de distraer al futuro prometido. Hasta que su última misión la obligó a encontrarse cara a cara con el hombre que en el pasado le había...
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2022.
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An award-winning film about the 1979 Three Mile Island meltdown – the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history – and its aftermath. Featuring Jane Fonda, the film uncovers the never-before-told stories of four intrepid homemakers who take their local community's case against the plant operator all the way to the Supreme Court – and a young female journalist who's caught in the radioactive crossfire.
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"Three women led a fashion revolution and turned themselves into international style celebrities. Joséphine Bonaparte, future Empress of France; Térézia Tallien, the most beautiful woman in Europe; and Juliette Récamier, muse of intellectuals, had nothing left to lose. After surviving incarceration and forced incestuous marriage during the worst violence of the French Revolution of 1789, they dared sartorial revolt. Together, Joséphine and Térézia...
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In this essential work, Eleanor Fitzsimons reframes Oscar Wilde's story and his legacy through the women in his life, including such scintillating figures as Florence Balcombe; actress Lillie Langtry; and his tragic and witty niece, Dolly, who, like Wilde, loved fast cars, cocaine, and foreign women. Fresh, revealing, and entertaining, full of fascinating detail and anecdotes, Wilde's Women relates the untold story of how a beloved writer and libertine...
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Angela Gregory is considered by many the doyenne of Louisiana sculpture and is a notable twentieth century American sculptor. In A Dream and a Chisel, Angela Gregory and Nancy Penrose explore Gregory's desire, even as a teenager, to learn the art of cutting stone and to become a sculptor. Through sheer grit and persistence, Gregory achieved her dream of studying with French artist Antoine Bourdelle, one of Auguste Rodin's most trusted assistants and...
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A portrait of America's most interesting yet overlooked women.
In the midst of a historic "birth dearth," why do some 5 percent of American women choose to defy the demographic norm by bearing five or more children? Hannah's Children is a compelling portrait of these overlooked but fascinating mothers who, like the biblical Hannah, see their children as their purpose, their contribution, and their greatest blessing. The social scientist Catherine...
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