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The golden girls. [videorecording] / by Arthur, Beatrice.; Getty, Estelle.; McClanahan, Rue.; White, Betty,1922-; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm); Touchstone Home Video (Firm);
Beatrice Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty.Complete your collection with the seventh and final season of the award-winning series THE GOLDEN GIRLS. Beatrice Arthur, Rue McClanahan, Betty White and Estelle Getty are back for more laughter, friendship and fun, along with one last helping of cheesecake. Enjoy every moment of Season Seven in this unforgettable DVD set, capped off with bonus material. The girls travel to Atlanta to save Blanche's family estate, Dorothy tries out to be a contestant on "Jeopardy!", Rose's investigative journalism gets her friends in hot water with the police and Sophia has a run-in with the Pope. With a nostalgic retrospective and terrific guest stars like Leslie Nielsen, Merv Griffin and Alex Trebek, the girls go out with a bang. From the hilarious season opener to the tearful farewell, THE GOLDEN GIRLS: THE COMPLETE SEVENTH SEASON is a fitting conclusion to one of the most beloved series of all time.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, dual-layer format; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereophonic.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Divorced women; Female friendship; Older women; Roommates; Widows;
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A country escape / by Fforde, Katie,author.;
Fran has just moved in to a beautiful but very run-down farm in the Cotswolds, currently owned by an old aunt who has told Fran that if she manages to turn the place around in a year, the farm will be hers. But Fran knows nothing about farming. She's going to need a lot of help from her best friend, and also from her wealthy and very eligible neighbour, who might just have his own reasons for being so supportive. Is it the farm he is interested in? Or Fran herself?
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Chick lit.; Farmers; Self-realization; Man-woman relationships; Single women; Rich people;
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Butter honey pig bread / by Ekwuyasi, Francesca,1990-author.;
"An intergenerational saga about three Nigerian women: a novel about food, family, and forgiveness. Spanning three continents, Butter Honey Pig Bread tells the interconnected stories of three Nigerian women: Kambirinachi and her twin daughters, Kehinde and Taiye. Kambirinachi believes that she is an Ogbanje, or an Abiku, a non-human spirit that plagues a family with misfortune by being born and then dying in childhood to cause a human mother misery. She has made the unnatural choice of staying alive to love her human family but lives in fear of the consequences of her decision. Kambirinachi and her daughters become estranged from one another because of a trauma that Kehinde experiences in childhood, which leads her to move away and cut off all contact. She ultimately finds her path as an artist and seeks to raise a family of her own, despite her fear that she won't be a good mother. Meanwhile, Taiye is plagued by guilt for what her sister suffered and also runs away, attempting to fill the void of that lost relationship with casual flings with women. She eventually discovers a way out of her stifling loneliness through a passion for food and cooking. But now, after more than a decade of living apart, Taiye and Kehinde have returned home to Lagos. It is here that the three women must face each other and address the wounds of the past if they are to reconcile and move forward. For readers of African diasporic authors such as Teju Cole and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Butter Honey Pig Bread is a story of choices and their consequences, of motherhood, of the malleable line between the spirit and the mind, of finding new homes and mending old ones, of voracious appetites, of queer love, of friendship, faith, and above all, family."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Families; Mothers and daughters;
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Robert B. Parker's Someone to watch over me [sound recording] / by Atkins, Ace,author.; Mantegna, Joe,narrator.; Parker, Robert B.,1932-2010,creator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Joe Mantegna."In the latest thriller featuring the legendary Boston PI, Spenser and his young protégé Mattie Sullivan take on billionaire money manager running a network of underaged girls for his rich and powerful clients. Ten years ago, Spenser helped a teenage girl named Mattie Sullivan find her mother's killer and take down an infamous Southie crime boss. Now Mattie--a college student with a side job working for the tough but tender private eye--dreams of being an investigator herself. Her first big case involves a fifteen-year-old girl assaulted by a much older man at one of Boston's most prestigious private clubs. The girl, Chloe Turner, only wants the safe return of her laptop and backpack. But like her mentor and boss, Mattie has a knack for asking the right questions of the wrong people. Soon Spenser and Mattie find ties between the exploitation of dozens of other girls from working class families to an eccentric billionaire and his sadistic henchwoman with a mansion on Commonwealth Avenue. The mystery man's wealth, power and connections extend well beyond Massachusetts - maybe even beyond the United States. Spenser and trusted ally Hawk must again watch out for Mattie as she unravels a massive sex-trafficking ring that will take them from Boston to Boca Raton to the Bahamas, crossing paths with local toughs, a highly-trained security company, and an old enemy of Spenser's--the Gray Man--for a final epic showdown."--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Audiobooks.; Spenser (Fictitious character); Human trafficking; Private investigators; Women;
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Trouble island : a novel / by Short, Sharon Gwyn,author.;
"A gripping new novel inspired by a real place and events from the author's family, Trouble Island is the standalone suspense debut from historical mystery writer Sharon Short. Many miles from anywhere in the middle of Lake Erie, Trouble Island serves as a stop-off for gangsters as they run between America and Canada. The remote isle is also the permanent home to two women: Aurelia Escalante, who serves as a maid to Rosita, lady of the mansion and wife to the notorious prohibition gangster, Eddie McGee. In the freezing winter of 1932, the women anticipate the arrival of Eddie and his strange coterie: his right-hand man, a doctor, a cousin, a famous actor, and a rival gangster who Rosita believes murdered their only son. Aurelia wants nothing more than to escape Trouble Island, but she is hiding a secret of her own. She is in fact not a maid, but a gangster's wife in hiding, as she runs from the murder she committed five years ago. Her friend Rosita took her in under this guise, but it has become clear that Rosita wants to keep Aurelia right where she is. Shortly after the group of criminals, celebrities, and scoundrels arrive, Rosita suddenly disappears. Aurelia plans her getaway, going to the shore to retrieve her box of hidden treasures, but instead finds Rosita's body in the water. Someone has made sure Aurelia was the one to find her. An ice storm makes unexpected landfall, cutting Trouble Island off from both mainlands, and with more than one murderer among them. Both a gripping locked room mystery, and a transporting, evocative portrait of a woman in crisis, Trouble Island marks the enthralling standalone suspense debut from Sharon Short, promising to be her breakout novel, inspired by a real island in Lake Erie, and true events from her own rich family history"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Islands; Murder; Nineteen thirties; Organized crime;
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Killing Time An Agatha Raisin Mystery [electronic resource] : by Beaton, M. C..aut; Green, R.W..aut; cloudLibrary;
Beloved New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin—the star of her own hit T.V. series—is back on the case again. Agatha Raisin’s private detective agency has their work cut out for them when a series of shop burglaries disturbs their quiet Cotswolds village. When the break-ins take a violent turn and a murder occurs, it's all hands on deck to find the killer. As if that weren't keeping Agatha busy enough, Sir Charles Fraith has called on her to help stage a glamorous promotional extravaganza on the grounds of his ancestral home, Barfield House. When Agatha begins to receive death threats and narrowly avoids being kidnapped, she takes advantage of a previously arranged trip to Mallorca with her recent paramour, former police officer John Glass, to lie low for a while. Can Agatha track down whoever it is that wants her dead, nail the murderer, and keep her romance alive too? It's a race against the clock as the Cotswolds' favorite PI rushes to put the pieces together before the seconds run out.General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Cozy; Women Sleuths;
© 2024., St. Martin's Publishing Group,
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Lilies [videorecording] / by Fairfax, Ferdinand.; Gartside, Kate.; Goldby, Roger.; Harvey, Jonathan,1968-; Hayes, Kerrie.; Hennessy, Jennifer.; Kelly, Brian.; McCardie, Brian.; McKee, Iain.; Moore, David.; Moyer, Stephen.; Rigby, Daniel.; Rowe, Leanne.; Skinns, Chrissy.; Thomas, Heidi,1967-; Tyldesley, Catherine.; Williams, Scot.; Acorn Media (Firm); All 3 Media International (Firm); BBC Northern Ireland.; British Broadcasting Corporation.; World Productions (Firm : London, England);
v. 1. (ep. 1-3). The chit behind King Billy ; The Thunderbolt ; The white charger -- v. 2. (ep. 4-6). The tallyman ; The sea ; The release -- v. 3. (ep. 7-8). The serpent ; The reckoning ; Bonus featurette Lilies: Behind the scenes.Director of photography, James Aspinall ; editing, David Martin, Les Healey, Dave Thrasher ; original music, Kevin Sargent.Kerrie Hayes, Leanne Rowe, Catherine Tyldesley, Brian McCardie, Daniel Rigby, Scot Williams, Stephen Moyer, Jennifer Hennessy, Iain McKee.Iris, May, and Ruby are sisters living in Liverpool after WWI. Dutiful, devout Iris runs the household efficiently in place of their deceased mother. Wayward, dreamy May works as a maid but longs to act. And feisty, ambitious Ruby sells corsets to keep the family afloat. With their overbearing father and war-tormented brother, they struggle through poverty, passions, and profound disappointments.PG.DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.
Subjects: Families; Sisters; Television programs.; Women; Working class women;
© 2014., Distributed by Acorn Media,
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Book of queens : the true story of the Middle Eastern horsewomen who fought the War on Terror / by Mahdavi, Pardis,1978-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Book of Queens reaches back centuries to the Persian Empire and a woman disguised as a man, facing an invading army, protected only by light armor and the stallion she sat astride. Mahdavi draws a thread from past to present: from her fearless Iranian grandmother, who guided survivors of domestic violence to independent mountain colonies in Afghanistan where the women, led by a general named Mina, became their country's first line of defense from marauding warlords. To the female warriors who helped train and breed the horses used by US Green Berets when they touched down in October 2001, with a mission but insufficient intelligence on the ground--women whose contributions were then forgotten. Pardis Mahdavi chases the legacy of Caspian horses and the women whose lives are saved by them, drawing on decades of research, newly-discovered diaries, and exclusive military sources. Among those intersecting stories is that of American Louise Firouz, who helped bring the breed back from the brink of extinction, connecting Virginia traders to British royals to the son of the Shah. Firouz's life is forever changed when she meets Mahdavi's own family, who run an unusual smuggling operation in addition to raising horses in a wild bid for freedom. Book of Queens is an epic tale of hidden women whose communal knowledge was instrumental in saving an animal as ancient as civilization, and who were the genesis of their own liberation"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Firouz, Louise.; Caspian horse; Horsemen and horsewomen; War horses; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Women soldiers;
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The big fix / by James, Holly(Novelist),author.;
"When bookish Penny Collins reluctantly lets her sister drag her to an estate sale at a neighbor's house, she's hoping for a little diversion rummaging through dusty antiques. Instead, she ends up in a public squabble over candlesticks with the deceased owner's nephew,Anthony--right before a dead body tumbles out of a closet. Penny's plan for the summer involved finalizing tenure at the university where she's a computer sciences professor. Instead, she's suddenly on the run with a man she barely knows, scaling walls, evading bullets, and accidentally stabbing henchmen. It seems the wrong people have got it in their heads that she's Anthony's girlfriend and, by association, in possession of something they desperately need--and will do anything to get"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Novels.; College teachers; Crisis management; Man-woman relationships; Mistaken identity; Secrecy; Sexual attraction; Women college teachers;
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A Most Puzzling Murder A quirky, humorous locked room murder mystery with riddles and puzzles for the reader to solve [electronic resource] : by Marais, Bianca.aut; CloudLibrary;
How do you solve a murder that hasn't happened yet? Destiny Whip is a former child prodigy, world-renowned enigmatologist and very, very alone. A life filled with loss has made her a recluse, an existence she’s content to endure until a letter arrives inviting her to interview for the position of Scruffmore family historian. Not only does an internet search for the name yield almost nothing, it’s a role she never applied to in the first place! She decodes the invitation's hidden message with ease, and its promise to reveal her family secrets proves too powerful a draw for the orphaned Destiny, who soon finds herself on Eerie Island. It’s a place whose inhabitants are almost as inhospitable as the tempestuous weather. The Scruffmores themselves turn out to be not much better, a snarled mess of secrets and motives connected by their mistrust for one another. Their newly arrived guest proves to be just as much an enigma to them as they are to her. While Destiny slowly works to unravel the mysteries hidden throughout the ominous castle, she struggles to interpret disturbing nightly visions of what is to come. In the midst of cryptic ciphers, hidden passages, and the family’s magical line of succession, Destiny is certain of two things: one of the Scruffmores is going to die and she’s running out of time to stop it. Interspersed with riddles and puzzles that both Destiny and the reader must solve, A Most Puzzling Murder is a one-of-a-kind mystery that will leave you guessing and gasping until the very last page!  General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Magical Realism; Amateur Sleuth; Contemporary Women;
© 2025., MIRA Books,
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