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The water cure : a novel / by Mackintosh, Sophie,author.;
"You are a girl. Your body is vulnerable. Men will break it if they can -- and out there, they absolutely will. Bodies must be controlled in order to be safe. Suffering will prepare you for the worst -- the cure is nothing compared to what you've been spared in the sickness. It takes a lot of love to hurt you like this." -- Page [4] of cover.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Women; Mothers and daughters; Sisters; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Femina : a new history of the Middle Ages, through the women written out of it / by Ramirez, Janina,1980-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Through examination of artefacts, writings, and possessions, this reappraisal of medieval femininity presents countless cases of influential women such as Jadwiga, the only female King in Europe, whose names were struck from history.
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval.; Feminism; Women; Women;
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The greedy gremlin / by West, Tracey,1965-; Bonet, Xavier,1979-;
Sprite and Violet are planning to tackle a particularly large pixie when their attention is diverted to the gremlin Jolt who likes to mess with electrical things, and who has trapped Violet's cousin, Leon, inside a video game; and it is up to the two of them to get Leon, and themselves, out of the game, and Jolt back where he belongs--if they can survive the infamous level eleven.Ages 6-8.Grades 2-3.LSC
Subjects: Fairies; Video games; Cousins; Friendship;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The birdcage / by Chase, Eve,author.;
"When half-sisters Kat, Flora, and Lauren are unexpectedly summoned to Rock Point, their wild and remote Cornish summer home, it's not a welcome invitation. They haven't been back since that fateful summer twenty years ago--a summer they're desperate to forget. But when they arrive, it's clear they're not alone. Someone is lurking in the shadows, watching their every move. Someone who remembers exactly what they did ... Will the sisters be able to protect the dark past of Rock Point? Or are some secrets too powerful to remain under lock and key?"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Secrecy; Sisters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The drift : a novel / by Tudor, C. J.,author.;
A schoolbus careens over a hillside road, trapping Hannah and a handful of survivors, a brewing virus, and no way to call for help. Former detective, Meg awakens in a cable car suspended far above a snowstorm with no memory of how she got there. Carter and his ragtag compatriots manage what they can to survive - mostly manufacturing vaccines against a deadly virus in exchange for life's essentials. The imminent dangers faced by Hannah, Meg, and Carter are each one part of the puzzle. Lurking in their shadows is an even greater threat - one that threatens to consume all of humanity.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Apocalyptic fiction.; Novels.; Accident victims; Accidents; Blizzards; Survival;
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The diviners / by Laurence, Margaret,1926-1987,author.;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Banned book sanctuary.; Women;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Penguin history of modern China : the fall and rise of a great power, 1850 to the present / by Fenby, Jonathan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In 1850, China was the 'sick man of Asia'. Now it is set to become the most powerful nation on earth. This book shows how turbulent that journey has been. For 150 years China has endured as victim to brutality on an unmatched scale, to oppression, to war and to famine. This makes its current position as the newest and, arguably, most important global superpower all the more extraordinary.
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The snow hare / by Lichtarowicz, Paula,author.;
"Lena has lived a long, quiet life on her farm in Wales, with her husband and child at her side. But as her end approaches, memories long buried begin to return. Of her childhood in 1930s Poland, when she was determined to become a doctor. Of the first days of her marriage, reluctant wife to an army officer. Of the birth of her daughter, whose arrival changed everything. Memories less welcome return to her, too. Her Polish town, transformed overnight by the Soviets, and the war that doomed her family to the frigid work camps of the Siberian tundra. And buried in that blinding snow, amongst the darkness of survival, the most fragile memory of all: that of an unspeakably tender new love"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Memory; Older women; World War, 1939-1945;
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The Bertie project / by McCall Smith, Alexander,1948-author.; McIntosh, Iain,illustrator.;
Bertie's respite from his overbearing mother, Irene, is over. She has returned from the Middle East, only to discover that her son has been exposed to the worst evils of cartoons, movies and Irn Bru, and her wrath falls upon her unfortunate husband, Stuart. Meanwhile, Bruce has fallen in love with someone other than himself; Big Lou wants to adopt her beloved Finlay; Matthew and Elspeth host the Duke of Johannesburg for supper and Bertie decides he wants to move out of Scotland Street altogether and live with his grandmother, Nicola. Can Irene and Stuart's marriage survive? Will Bruce's new found love last? And will Bertie really leave Scotland Street?
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Interpersonal relations; Neighbors;
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The marriage portrait / by O'Farrell, Maggie,1972-author.;
Florence, the 1550s. Lucrezia, third daughter of the grand duke, is comfortable with her obscure place in the palazzo. But when her older sister dies on the eve of her wedding, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: a duke is quick to request her hand in marriage. Having barely left girlhood behind, Lucrezia must now make her way in a troubled court whose customs are opaque and where her arrival is not universally welcomed. In the court's eyes, she has one duty: to provide the heir. Until then, for all of her rank and nobility, the new duchess' future hangs entirely in the balance.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio, 1533-1597; Medici, Lucrezia de', 1545-1561; Florence (Italy); Renaissance;
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