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The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women / by Moore, Kate(Writer and editor);
Includes bibliographical references, filmography, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Watch dial painters; Radium paint; Consumers' leagues; Industrial hygiene; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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A line in the sand / by Powers, Kevin,author.;
A former interpreter in Iraq who lost his wife and child in an assassination attempt discovers a dead body on the beach in Virginia and believes it is connected to his past.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Murder; Policewomen; Translators; Women journalists;
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D-Day girls : the spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War II / by Rose, Sarah,1974-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The dramatic, inspiring story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to sabotage the Nazis, shore up the Resistance, and pave the way for Allied victory in World War II."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Odette, 1912-1995.; Borrel, Andréé, 1919-1944.; Baissac, Lise de, 1905-2004.; World War, 1939-1945; Women spies; Women spies; Espionage, British; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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A private war [videorecording] / by Amel, Arash,screenwriter.; Dornan, Jamie,1982-actor.; George, Matthew,1966-film producer.; Heineman, Matthew,film director,film producer.; Hollander, Tom,1967-actor.; Iwanyk, Basil,film producer.; McMahon, Marissa,film producer.; Pike, Rosamund,1979-actor.; Theron, Charlize,film producer.; Tucci, Stanley,actor.; Aviron (Firm),presenter.; Denver & Delilah Films,production company.; Fyzz Facility (Firm),presenter.; Kamala Films,production company.; Savvy Media Holdings,production company.; Thunder Road Film,production company.; Tri G (Firm),presenter.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Music by H. Scott Salinas ; editor, Nick Fenton ; director of photography, Robert Richardson.Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Stanley Tucci, Tom Hollander, Faye Marsay, Greg Wise, Corey Johnson.In a world where journalism is under attack, Marie Colvin is one of the most admired war correspondents of today. She is fearless and rebellious, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe. After being hit by a grenade, she wears a distinctive eye patch and is still as comfortable with London's elite as she is confronting dictators. Her mission to show the true cost of war leads her, along with war photographer Paul Conroy, to embark on the most dangerous assignment of their lives.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for disturbing violent images, language throughout, and brief sexuality/nudity.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; War films.; Colvin, Marie; Conroy, Paul, 1964-; Women journalists; Women war correspondents; War photographers; War;
For private home use only.
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Little Women [videorecording]. by Danes, Claire; Sarandon, Susan; Ryder, Winona;
Claire Danes, Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder.Louisa May Alcott's Civil War story of four sisters who share their loves, their joys, and their sorrows.CHVRS rating: G.DVD.
Subjects: Drama.; Children's films.; Holidays.; Drama.;
© 0000., Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment,
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Loved and wanted : a memoir of choice, children, and womanhood / by Parravani, Christa,author.;
"A stressed family, an unplanned pregnancy, and a painful, if liberating, awakening from the author of the lauded memoir Her. Loved and Wanted is the passionate story of a woman's love for her children, and a poignant and bracing look at the difficult choices women in America are forced to make every day, in a nation where policies and a cultural war on women leave them without sufficient agency over their bodies, their futures, and even their hopes for their children's lives"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Parravani, Christa.; Women college teachers; Mothers; Reproductive rights; Women;
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A ballad of love and glory : a novel / by Grande, Reyna,author.;
"A Long Petal of the Sea meets Luis Alberto Urrea's The House of Broken Angels in this epic historical romance about a Mexican woman and an Irish-American soldier who fall in love in the thick of the Mexican-American War"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; Irish Americans; Man-woman relationships; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Nurses; Soldiers; Women healers;
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The light of days : the untold story of women resistance fighters in Hitler's ghettos / by Batalion, Judith,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."One of the most important untold stories of World War I.I. The light of days is a soaring landmark history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who helped weaponize Poland's Jewish youth groups to resist the Nazis. Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland--some still in their teens--became the nerves of a wide-ranging resistance network that fought the Nazis"--Jacket flap.
Subjects: Personal narratives.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews;
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The Venice sketchbook : a novel / by Bowen, Rhys,author.;
Inheriting her beloved great-aunt's sketchbook, a recently divorced woman uncovers mysteries about her great-aunt's star-crossed romance with a nobleman in World War II Venice.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Divorced women; Great-aunts; World War, 1939-1945;
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An unlikely spy : a novel / by Starford, Rebecca,1984-author.; revision of:Starford, Rebecca,1984-Imitator.;
"A twisting, sophisticated World War II novel following a spy who goes undercover as a part of MI5. But in chasing the secrets of others, how much will she lose of herself?"--
Subjects: Spy fiction.; Historical fiction.; Great Britain. MI5; Women spies; Undercover operations; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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