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One day I shall astonish the world / by Stibbe, Nina,author.;
"Susan and Norma have been best friends for years, at first thrust together by force of circumstance (a job at The Pin Cushion, a haberdashery shop in 1990s Leicestershire) and then by force of character (neither being particularly inclined to make friends with anyone else). But now, thirty years later, faced with a husband seeking immortality and Norma out of reach on a wave of professional glory, Susan begins to wonder whether she has made the right choices about life, love, work, and, most importantly, friendship."--Publisher.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; Life change events; Marriage; Self-realization in women; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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My name is Emilia del Valle : a novel / by Allende, Isabel,author.;
"In San Francisco in 1866, an Irish nun, abandoned following a torrid relationship with a Chilean aristocrat, gives birth to a daughter named Emilia del Valle. Raised by a loving stepfather, Emilia grows into an independent thinker and a self-sufficient young woman. To pursue her passion for writing, she is willing to defy societal norms. At the age of seventeen, she begins to publish pulp fiction using a man's pen name. When these fictional worlds can no longer satisfy her sense of adventure, she turns to journalism, convincing an editor at The Daily Examiner to hire her. There she is paired with another talented reporter, Eric Whelan. As she proves herself, her restlessness returns, until an opportunity arises to cover a brewing civil war in Chile. She seizes it, as does Eric, and while there, she meets her estranged father and delves into the violent confrontation in the country where her roots lie. As she and Eric discover love, the war escalates and Emilia finds herself in extreme danger, fearing for her life and questioning her identity and her destiny."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Absentee fathers; Civil war; Journalists; Man-woman relationships; Women authors;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The dreaming path : indigenous ideas to help us change the world / by Callaghan, Paul Raymond,1960-author.; Gordon, Paul Thomas,1961-author.;
"Drawing on ancient Aboriginal wisdom, a leading Indigenous Australian healer and an Elder show you how to find contentment, purpose, and healing by learning to reconnect with your story-and ultimately the universe"--
Subjects: Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology); Mythology, Aboriginal Australian.; Self-actualization (Psychology);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The power of I am [sound recording] : two words that will change your life today / by Osteen, Joel,author.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by the author.If people speak against themselves, they open the door for others to speak against them. Could it be that the negative things people say about themselves--the wrong I am--is keeping them from their destiny? From making their mark?
Subjects: Affirmations.; Audiobooks.; Self-confidence; Self-talk;
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Bitch : on the female of the species / by Cooke, Lucy,1970-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."It's a tale as old as time: the philandering man wants to chase sex with whomever, wherever, and at all costs-and to avoid supporting his offspring at all costs, too-while leaving a long-suffering wife to clean up his mess. You can find the idea in comedians' routines, inane self-help books, and any number of movies, novels, and television shows. It almost all comes from evolutionary biology and psychology, and the tale boils down to this: Females are naturally submissive, passive, and maternal, while males are necessarily dominant, competitive, and promiscuous. And as Lucy Cooke shows in Bitch, it's almost completely wrong. In its place, Cooke offers a new vision of the female sex: depending on which one you choose, you can find females that are inherently as promiscuous, competitive, strategically cooperative, ardent, aggressive, dominant, dynamic, complex and variable as evolutionary psychology's stereotypical male. So how did the idea of the passive female get so entrenched? Tracing biology from Darwin to today, Cooke shows how the men behind breakthrough theories in evolution have infused their ideas with a massive dose of societal sexism. Cooke surfs the work of two generations of feminist evolutionary biologists, showing how they've pushed back against the blinkered views of evolution's founding fathers to reveal the true diversity of nature. She meets with pioneering scientists--Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Jeanne Altmann, Mary-Jane West-Eberhard, Patricia Gowaty and more--following their work around the globe. From the dominant female lemurs of Madagascar to same-sex female albatross couples in Hawaii to female killer whale elders in the Salish sea, Cooke takes us on a journey through a side of nature that's much less binary, less heterosexual, and less sexist than we have been led to expect. Fierce, funny, and revolutionary, Bitch is a scientific manifesto that shows us an entirely new perspective on what it means to be a female animal, with serious implications for all of us today"--
Subjects: Females; Psychology, Comparative.; Sexual behavior in animals.; Sexual dimorphism (Animals); Social behavior in animals.; Women.; Women;
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The path / by Staake, Bob,1957-;
"On this playfully illustrated journey with Bob Staake, children and adults alike will discover an encouraging truth: our path through life is not only challenging and beautiful--it is all our own to discover and invent. You will walk. You will walk along a well-worn path that many people have taken--and long before you. So begins this inspirational journey over gentle, grassy hills, through fields of wildflowers, over raging rivers, up steep mountains, and even through a dark, chilly cave. When it splits in two, you will have to decide what to do next--and you'll create a path that's unique to you"--Publisher marketing.LSC
Subjects: Self-esteem; Self-esteem in children; Self-reliance; Self-confidence;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Summer secrets / by Green, Jane,1968-;
"June, 1998: At twenty seven, Catherine Coombs, also known as Cat, is struggling. She lives in London, works as a journalist, and parties hard. Her lunchtimes consist of several glasses of wine at the bar downstairs in the office, her evenings much the same, swigging the free booze and eating the free food at a different launch or party every night. When she discovers the identity of the father she never knew she had, it sends her into a spiral. She makes mistakes that cost her the budding friendship of the only women who have ever welcomed her. And nothing is ever the same after that. June, 2014: Cat has finally come to the end of herself. She no longer drinks. She wants to make amends to those she has hurt. Her quest takes her to Nantucket, to the gorgeous summer community where the women she once called family still live. Despite her sins, will they welcome her again? What Cat doesn't realize is that these women, her real father's daughters, have secrets of their own. As the past collides with the present, Cat must confront the darkest things in her own life and uncover the depths of someone's need for revenge"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Self-actualization (Psychology) in women; Self-realization in women; Familly secrets;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Spare [sound recording] / by Harry,Prince, Duke of Sussex,1984-author,narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by the author."It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow--and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling--and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is a landmark publication full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Audiobooks.; Autobiographies.; Harry, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1984-; Princes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Wise as fu*k [sound recording] : simple truths to guide you through the sh*tstorms of life / by Bishop, Gary John,author,narrator.; Harper Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by the author."From the New York Times bestselling author of Unfu*k Yourself, a handbook of compelling wisdom for whatever life throws at us"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Conduct of life.; Self-actualization (Psychology); Wisdom.;
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Start-up French [kit] : a fun-filled language program to help your child succeed in French! / by Beckerman, Howard.; Berlitz Publishing Company.;
How ya doin'? -- Ten minutes more -- On the bus -- You can borrow my heart -- Sweet -- Go for it! -- Hangin' at home -- Wha'chya gonna do? -- Time for love -- Without you.Provides a French language program for English speakers that uses disc jockeys and a radio-style musical background to teach the rhythms and patterns of informal spoken French.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; French language; French language; French language; French language; French language;
© p2006., Berlitz Pub.,
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