Search:

Results 11 to 20 of 104 | « previous |

An American marriage / by Jones, Tayari,author.;
"Newlyweds Celestial and Roy, the living embodiment of the New South, are settling into the routine of their life together when Roy is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. An insightful look into the lives of people who are bound and separated by forces beyond their control"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; African American families; African Americans; False imprisonment; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Other people's summers / by Morgan, Sarah(Romance fiction writer),author.;
In school, Milly Beckett and Nicole Raven were as close as sisters. Now, years later, a gulf separates them, and not just because of the different spheres they inhabit. Nicole is a global superstar with the world at her fingertips, but when scandal breaks, she turns to the only person she trusts. Fresh from a painful divorce and struggling to balance her work and raising her daughter alone, Milly is tempted to refuse her friend's plea for help. Nicole wasn't there for her when she needed her most, and that's hard to forgive. But Nicole is desperate and Milly agrees to give her the sanctuary she needs. Against a stunning Lake District backdrop, stilted small talk gradually gives way to soul-deep revelations as the two women slowly find their way back to one another. Living with Milly gives Nicole a glimpse of a different path for herself, and Milly starts to see a life beyond her divorce, including the possibility of a new romance. But Nicole can't stay hidden forever--and neither can the secret she's been keeping from Milly, a secret that threatens both her future happiness and the fragile bond between them.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Actresses; Divorced women; Female friendship; Friendship; Secrecy; Single mothers;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
unAPI

The age of walls : how barriers between nations are changing our world / by Marshall, Tim,1959-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-264) and index."Tim Marshall ... analyzes the most urgent and tenacious topics in global politics and international relations by examining the borders, walls, and boundaries that divide countries and their populations. The globe has always been a world of walls, from the Great Wall of China to Hadrian's Wall to the Berlin Wall. But a new age of isolationism and economic nationalism is upon us, visible not just in Trump's obsession with building a wall on the Mexico border or in Britain's Brexit vote but in many other places as well. China has the great Firewall, holding back Western culture. Europe's countries are walling themselves against immigrants, terrorism, and currency issues. South Africa has heavily gated communities, and massive walls or fences separate people in the Middle East, Korea, Sudan, India, and other places around the world. In fact, at least sixty-five countries, more than a third of the world's nation-states, have barriers along their borders. There are many reasons why walls go up, because we are divided in many ways: wealth, race, religion, and politics, to name a few. Understanding what is behind these divisions is essential to understanding much of what's going on in the world today"--
Subjects: World politics.; Geopolitics.; Walls.; Boundaries.; Border security.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

The mind electric : a neurologist on the strangeness and wonder of our brains / by Anand, Pria,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In this collection of medical tales a neurologist reckons with the stories we tell about our brains, and the stories our brains tell us. A girl believes she has been struck blind for stealing a kiss. A mother watches helplessly as each of her children is replaced by a changeling. A woman is haunted each month by the same four chords of a single song. In neurology, illness is inextricably linked with narrative, the clues to unravelling these mysteries hidden in both the details of a patient's story and the tells of their body. Stories are etched into the very structure of our brains, coded so deeply that the impulse for storytelling survives and even surges after the most devastating injuries. But our brains are also porous -- the stories they concoct shaped by cultural narratives about bodies and illness that permeate the minds of doctors and patients alike. In the history of medicine, some stories are heard, while others -- the narratives of women, of Black and brown people, of displaced people, of disempowered people -- are too often dismissed. In The Mind Electric, neurologist Pria Anand reveals -- through case study, history, fable, and memoir -- all that the medical establishment has overlooked: the complexity and wonder of brains in health and in extremis, and the vast grey area between sanity and insanity, doctor and patient, and illness and wellness, each separated from the next by the thin veneer of a different story. Moving from the Boston hospital where she treats her patients, to her childhood years in India, to Isla Providencia in the Caribbean and to the Republic of Guinea in West Africa, she demonstrates again and again the compelling paradox at the heart of neurology: that even the most peculiar symptoms can show us something universal about ourselves as humans.
Subjects: Brain; Brain; Mental illness.; Neurology.; Neurosciences.; Racism in medicine.; Sexism in medicine.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

The cowboy says yes / by Fox, Addison.;
"Hadley Wayne is known all over America as The Cowgirl Gourmet. A beloved star on The Cooking Network, the success of her show has turned her sleepy Montana ranching community into a Hollywood backlot and everyone knows all about her perfect life with her perfect rancher husband--but it's not real. Zack Wayne has never felt further apart from his wife, even while they play up an ideal marriage for the cameras. They're living separate lives in separate bedrooms. The love he has for Hadley is still there, underneath mountains of resentment, but he doesn't know if their marriage can last for much longer. He can't keep up with the façade anymore, for the cameras or Hadley"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Romance fiction.; Women cooks; Ranchers; Married people;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Ready to Retire? : The New Reality of Retirement and What You and Your Spouse Need to Know / by Green, Lyndsay.;
Includes bibliographical references.This book will explore issues that have been given short shrift by the mass media and in retirement literature. The interviewees will include the newly retired, those working part-time, and the fully retired, and represent a range of income and education levels and professional and personal circumstances. The author will also be interviewing their partners. By helping couples think about retirement the way they do, the author hopes to separate fiction from fact and free people's minds to reimagine retirement.
Subjects: Aging; Aging; Older people; Retirement; Retirement; Retirement; Role models;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

CEO of everything : flying solo and soaring / by Vaz-Oxlade, Gail E.,1959-author.; Ryce, Victoria,author.;
We live in a world of growing singleness. While lots of attention is being paid to senior singles, less has been given to younger women and men who find themselves suddenly single - through separation or divorce or through the death of a partner - or to those who come to the realization that perhaps partnership isn't in the cards and they need to start planning for themselves. Single women make up more than half the population of Canadian women. And they're facing financial and life challenges for which they're unprepared. CEO of Everything maps out the territory that singles find themselves in and guides readers through topics that form the new land of singleness. Jobs once shared by two now fall on the shoulders of one. And as if life isn't busy enough, the state of singleness means you get to do it all, all day and every day. This book will help readers decide what's urgent, what's important and what they can afford to just let go unattended.
Subjects: Finance, Personal.; Single people; Single people;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Medicine unbundled : a journey through the minefields of indigenous health care / by Geddes, Gary,1940-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."An investigative exploration of the separate "Indian hospitals" that existed in Canada for many decades, told through memoir, archival research, and interviews with survivors."--
Subjects: Discrimination in medical care; Hospitals; Native peoples; Native peoples; Native peoples;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Mixed : a colorful story / by Chung, Arree.;
Each believing that their hue is the best, the three primary colors live in separate parts of the city until Yellow and Blue meet, fall in love, and decide to mix.LSC
Subjects: Racially mixed people; Segregation; Toleration; Colors; Interracial marriage;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Don't let him in / by Jewell, Lisa,author.;
"A novel following three woman who have seemingly separate lives and the one man connecting them all"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Adultery; Grief; Man-woman relationships; Married people; Mothers and daughters; Secrecy; Truthfulness and falsehood; Widows;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 5
unAPI

Results 11 to 20 of 104 | « previous |