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The woman with no name : a novel / by Blake, Audrey,author.;
"On a warm night in September, Yvonne Rudellat's house is bombed. Almost everything she owns is destroyed. Yvonne has no one left. She and her husband have long been estranged; her daughter, Jackie, is married and occupied with war work. Yvonne is no use to anyone-older, diminutive, always overlooked. As she prepares to take her own life, fate offers her a new path. Almost no one believes she can do it. She is a woman, unaccustomed to this form of danger. She is too old, too frail for such deadly work. But Britain is on the brink of losing the war, and so she is sent, as an experiment more than anything else, to train as a Special Operative Executive. All too soon, she finds herself alone in the country that was once her home. Her mission: set Europe ablaze and clear the way for the women who come after"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Rudellat, Yvonne, 1897-1945; Great Britain. Special Operations Executive; World War, 1939-1945;
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The Change A Novel [electronic resource] : by Miller, Kirsten.aut; CloudLibrary;
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK  "The Change is like a guttural rage scream (and somehow a soft, tearful hug) of a book, and I couldn't have loved it any more." --Emily Henry Big Little Lies meets The Witches of Eastwick—a gloriously entertaining and knife-sharp revenge fantasy about three women whose midlife crisis brings unexpected new powers—putting them on a collision course with the evil that lurks in their wealthy beach town.  "A roar of rage, a pacy page-turner, I loved it with all my broken heart. Read it. You’ll love it."--New York Times bestselling author Marian Keyes "Miller triumphs...THE CHANGE is that rare treat: a suspenseful story with great pacing, memorable characters, and an engaging voice. Fantastic in every way, this fierce anthem against misogyny is a smash."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A pointed, punchy, and potent thriller...wry and clever, serious and exacting, and masterfully suspenseful."--Booklist (starred review) In the Long Island oceanfront community of Mattauk, three different women discover that midlife changes bring a whole new type of empowerment… After Nessa James’s husband dies and her twin daughters leave for college, she’s left all alone in a trim white house not far from the ocean. In the quiet of her late forties, the former nurse begins to hear voices. It doesn’t take long for Nessa to realize that the voices calling out to her belong to the dead—a gift she’s inherited from her grandmother, which comes with special responsibilities. On the cusp of 50, suave advertising director Harriett Osborne has just witnessed the implosion of her lucrative career and her marriage. She hasn’t left her house in months, and from the outside, it appears as if she and her garden have both gone to seed. But Harriett’s life is far from over—in fact, she’s undergone a stunning and very welcome metamorphosis. Ambitious former executive Jo Levison has spent thirty long years at war with her body. The free-floating rage and hot flashes that arrive with the beginning of menopause feel like the very last straw—until she realizes she has the ability to channel them, and finally comes into her power. Guided by voices only Nessa can hear, the trio of women discover a teenage girl whose body was abandoned beside a remote beach. The police have written the victim off as a drug-addicted sex worker, but the women refuse to buy into the official narrative. Their investigation into the girl’s murder leads to more bodies, and to the town’s most exclusive and isolated enclave, a world of stupendous wealth where the rules don’t apply. With their newfound powers, Jo, Nessa, and Harriett will take matters into their own hands…
Subjects: Electronic books.; Magical Realism; Contemporary; Contemporary Women; Ghost; Women Sleuths; Occult & Supernatural; Horror; Suspense; Crime;
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Blackness is a gift I can give her : on race, community, and Black women in hockey / by Hess, R. Renee,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From the founder of Black Girl Hockey Club, a collection of deeply insightful and piercing essays that aims to shed light on the history of Black excellence--in all forms--in hockey, and how we can all do better when it comes to recognizing--and upheaving--systemic and institutionalized racism. Growing up, R. Renee Hess didn't care about hockey. In fact, she was barely aware of it. She was born and raised in Southern California, hardly a hotbed for the game, despite the state having three NHL teams. But, as Hess puts it, she is "a fan of being a fan," and when she found herself stuck in traffic after a hockey game, the streets filled with screams and cheers, something sparked within her. Ever since Hess made that discovery, she has been actively trying to bust the myth that "Black folks don't like hockey." In this collection, Hess shares her hockey origin story--how she came to understand the lack of authentic engagement in hockey culture with the Black community, and her journey to becoming a true game changer. But, as an academic, Hess knows that her singular viewpoint can't tell the full story, so she reached out to former hockey players, league executives, activists, fans, media, and to the parents and youth shaping the future of the game. We hear directly from players such as Sarah Nurse, Saroya Tinker, and Angela James; from trailblazers like Bernice Carnegie; and from the less-heralded, but equally urgent collective of Black Girl Hockey Club scholarship awardees and their families, emphasizing the importance of community and support. The result is a hockey book truly unlike any other. With essays that touch on representation and harmful stereotypes, the many nuanced aspects of biracial identity, on being the "lonely only," and the virtues of a lively group chat, Blackness Is a Gift I Can Give Her reads as a love letter to Black women everywhere, as well as a scathing ode to a game that Hess loves, even if it doesn't always love her back."--
Subjects: Essays.; Hockey players, Black.; Race.; Hockey;
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The collector : a novel / by Hancock, Anne Mette,1979-author.; translation of:Hancock, Anne Mette,1979-Mercedes-snittet.English.;
"When 10-year-old Lukas disappears from his Copenhagen school, police investigators discover that the boy had a peculiar obsession with pareidolia--a phenomenon that makes him see faces in random things. A photo on his phone posted just hours before his disappearance shows an old barn door that resembles a face. Journalist Heloise Kaldan thinks she recognizes the barn--but from where? When Luke's blood-flecked jacket is found in the moat at Copenhagen's Citadel, DNA evidence points to Thomas Strand, an ex-soldier suffering from severe PTSD. But then Strand turns up dead in his apartment, shot in the head execution style. What did the last person to see Lukas really witness that morning in the school yard? Was it really Lukas, or an optical illusion?"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Missing children; Murder; Women journalists;
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The mother of all Degrassi : a memoir / by Schuyler, Linda,author.;
"When a young schoolteacher decides to teach her Grade 8 class about filmmaking and creates a documentary that ends up being broadcast internationally, she sets in motion a career of storytelling for an age group largely ignored by TV executives ... and creates one of the most-loved television franchises of all time. Includes fabulous behind-the-scenes photos and stories for Degrassi fans. Linda Schuyler, co-creator and executive producer of the long-running Degrassi series, shares her personal stories about the grit and determination necessary to make it as a woman entrepreneur in the bourgeoning independent Canadian television industry of the early 1980s. After surviving a near-fatal car accident in 1968, Linda found her life continuing to veer in unexpected directions, ultimately leading her to use her innate abilities as an educator to become a successful storyteller and businesswoman. Linda's deep fondness for teenagers has made her a champion for adolescents. In The Mother of All Degrassi, she shares her strong belief that television is all about story, and good story is all about making the political personal. Through anecdotes and introspection--and some great behind-the-scenes stories for Degrassi fans--Linda examines her philosophy to dream big, think small, meet life head-on, and always keep an open heart."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Schuyler, Linda.; Degrassi television programs.; Television producers and directors; Women television producers and directors;
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A perilous undertaking : a Veronica Speedwell mystery / by Raybourn, Deanna,author.;
"Veronica Speedwell returns in a brand new adventure from Deanna Raybourn, the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries. London, 1887. Victorian adventuress and butterfly hunter Veronica Speedwell receives an invitation to visitthe Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women. There she meets the mysterious Lady Sundridge, who begs her to take on an impossible task saving society art patron Miles Ramsforth from execution. Accused of the brutal murder of his artist mistress Artemisia, Ramsforth will face the hangman's noose in a week's time if Veronica cannot find the real killer. But Lady Sundridge is not all that she seems, and unmasking her true identity is only the first of the many secrets Veronica must uncover. Together with her natural historian colleague Stoker, Veronica races against time to find the true murderer -- a ruthless villain who not only took Artemisia's life in cold blood but is happy to see Ramsforth hang for the crime. From a Bohemian artists' colony to a royal palace to a subterranean grotto with a decadent history, the investigation proves to be a very perilous undertaking indeed"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Women private investigators;
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Single-minded / by Daily, Lisa,author.;
"Alex has planned and executed her life with laser focus since she first met her future husband at the play-doh table on the first day of kindergarten. They have a terrific life, a gorgeous house on the bay, and fantastic careers they love. There's only one problem: Alex's husband Michael is gay, a fact he neglected to mention in the 23 years since they first met. Now, Alex's perfectly planned life has completely fallen apart, her biological clock is starting to feel like the timer on a nuclear device, and she finds herself drooling over her completely-dreamy-but-definitely-off-limits client, a star chef opening a hot new restaurant. Armed with dating guidance from her oddball collection of advisers--including her gay ex-husband, a foul-mouthed political consultant, a perkily masochistic yogi, and a pot-smoking octogenarian--Alex navigates the booby-trapped world of modern dating, in her search for a second chance at love"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Dating (Social customs); Divorce; Women;
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The many daughters of Afong Moy : a novel / by Ford, Jamie,author.;
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet comes a powerful novel about the love that binds one family of women across generations. Dorothy Moy breaks her own heart for a living. As Seattle's former poet laureate, that's how she describes channeling her dissociative episodes and mental breakdowns into her art. But when her five-year-old daughter, Annabel, exhibits the same behavior and begins remembering things and events she has never experienced, Dorothy believes the past has truly come to haunt the present. If she doesn't take radical steps, her daughter will be doomed to face the same debilitating depression that has marked her life. Through epigenetic therapy-an experimental treatment designed to mitigate inherited trauma-Dorothy intimately connects with the past generations of women in her family: Faye Moy, a nurse in Burma serving with the Flying Tigers; Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman to set foot in America; Zoe Moy, a student in England at a famous school with no rules; Lai King Moy, a girl quarantined in San Francisco during a plague epidemic; and Greta Moy, a tech executive with a unique dating app. Through reliving their painful stories, Dorothy comes to understand the true cost of inherited pain. As the past bleeds into the present, Dorothy discovers that trauma isn't the only thing she's inherited. A stranger is searching for her in each time period. A stranger who's loved her through all of her genetic memories. And that person is most certainly not her current husband, Louis. To protect her daughter's future, Dorothy must break the cycle and find a way to cross time and resolve all past traumas, to find the love that has long been waiting, and find peace for Annabel. Even if it means she must sacrifice her only chance at life and happiness"--
Subjects: Epic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Chinese American women; Families; Mental illness; Mothers and daughters; Psychic trauma; Women;
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Jamestown. [videorecording] / by Alexander, John,television director.; Battrick, Naomi,actor.; Beauvoir, Sue de,television producer.; Beesley, Max,actor.; Colwell, Rachel,actor.; Cox, Claire,actor.; Dooley, Shaun,actor.; Ferran, Patsy,actor.; Flemyng, Jason,actor.; Gallagher, Bill,creator,screenwriter.; Gorman, Burn,actor.; Kelly, Dean Lennox,actor.; Lee, Bwilym,actor.; Martin, Stuart,actor.; Ogunbiyi, Abiola,actor.; Pitts, Tony,actor.; Queypo, Kalani,actor.; Roskell, Luke,actor.; Rundle, Sophie,actor.; Salim, Abubakar,actor.; Starr, Ben,actor.; Stokoe, Matt,actor.; Supernault, Roseanne,actor.; Trujillo, Raoul,actor.; Waddington, Steven,actor.; Walsh, Niamh,actor.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company,broadcaster.;
Writer, creator, Bill Gallagher ; producer, Sue De Beauvoir ; directors, John Alexander, Sam Donovan, Davis Evans, Bill Galagher, Andy Hay, David Moore, Paul Wilmshurst.Naomi Battrick, Max Beesley, Rachel Colwell, Claire Cox, Shaun Dooley, Patsy Ferran, Jason Flemyng, Burn Gorman, Dean Lennox Kelly, Bwilym Lee, Stuart Martin, Abiola Ogunbiyi, Tony Pitts, Kalani Queypo, Luke Roskell, Sophie Rundle, Abubakar Salim, Ben Starr, Matt Stokoe, Roseanne Supernault, Raoul Trujillo, Steven Waddington, Niamh Walsh.1619. The British colony of Jamestown, Virginia is shaken up when the first women in twelve years land in this breathtaking wilderness. While love triangles, bitter rivalries, and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents and the native inhabitants, the Pamunkey, they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; stereo.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Historical television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Man-woman relationships; Wilderness survival;
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Miss Scarlet & the Duke. [videorecording] / by Belton, Cathy,actor.; Daniels, Tomás,composer (expression); Doyle, Kevin,1961-actor.; Dunning, Nick,1959-actor.; Edwards, Ben(Screenwriter),screenwriter.; Evans, Richard(Actor),actor.; Farrell, Aaron,television producer.; Gleeson, Russell,director of photography.; Gower, Andrew,1989-actor.; Kabia, Ansu,actor.; Kearns, Tony,editor of moving image work.; Malone, Matthew,actor.; Martin, Stuart,1986-actor.; McGuirk, Eoin,editor of moving image work.; Midwinter, Danny,actor.; New, Rachael,creator,screenwriter,television producer.; O'Dwyer, Declan,television director.; Phillips, Kate(Actor),actor.; A + E Networks International,production company.; Bandidos Yanquis (Firm),production company.; Eighty Seven Films,production company.; Element 8 Entertainment,production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),publisher.;
Director of photography, Russell Gleeson ; editors, Tony Kearns (episodes 1-2 and 6) and Eoin McGuirk (episodes 3-5) ; music, Tomás Daniels.Kate Phillips, Stuart Martin, Ansu Kabia, Andrew Gower, Cathy Belton, Danny Midwinter, Nick Dunning, Richard Evans, Kevin Doyle, Matthew Malone.Originally broadcast on UK television as a television series in 2020; later broadcast in 2021 on PBS as episodes of the television program "Masterpiece."Eliza Scarlet joins forces with a Scotland Yard inspector to solve crime in nineteenth century London.With her inquisitive mind, Miss Eliza Scarlet has always been more interested in running her late father's detective agency than behaving like a proper lady, much to the chagrin of family friend Inspector William Wellington of Scotland Yard ... also known as The Duke. But nothing has prepared her for the dangers she is about to face as a woman in the murder investigation trade.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Criminal investigation; Murder; Police; Women private investigators;
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