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The miniaturist [videorecording] / by Brownlow, John(Screenwriter),screenwriter.; Garai, Romola,1982-actor.; Hassell, Alex,1980-actor.; Morales, Guillem,1975-television director.; Scourfield, Gethin,television producer.; Squires, Hayley,actor.; Taylor-Joy, Anya,1996-actor.; television adaptation of (work):Burton, Jessie,1982-Miniaturist.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.;
Anya Taylor-joy, Romola Garai, Hayley Squires, Alex Hassell, Caolan Byrne, Sally Messham.A young woman moves to 17th century Amsterdam and hires a mysterious local miniaturist to furnish the dollhouse she received from her merchant husband as present, but the lifelike miniatures somehow start eerily foreshadowing her fate.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; stereo.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Historical television programs.; Television mini-series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Merchants; Man-woman relationships; Miniature painters; Young women;
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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;
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The Resistance Painter. by Jonathan, Kath.;
Spanning from Warsaw 1930 to Toronto 2011, 'The Resistance Painter' is a debut novel that examines the little-known story of Polands extraordinary WWll resistance army and the contemporary lives of two artists, grandmother and granddaughter, which are inextricably entwined. Kath Jonathan lives in Toronto, ON.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Historical fiction.; FICTION / Historical / General; FICTION / Historical / World War II; FICTION / Women;
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Young woman and the sea : how Trudy Ederle conquered the English Channel and inspired the world / by Stout, Glenn,1958-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."By age twenty, at the height of the Jazz Age, Trudy Ederle was the most accomplished swimmer in the world. She'd won Olympic gold and set a host of world records. but the greatest challenge remained: the English Channel. Only a few swimmers, none of them women, had ever made the treacherous twenty-one mile crossing. Trudy's failed first attempt seemed to confirm what many naysayers believed: no woman could possibly accomplish such a thing. In 1926, Ederle proved them wrong ... "--Back cover.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Ederle, Gertrude, 1906-2003.; Long distance swimming; Swimmers; Women swimmers;
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Accidentally Amy. by Painter, Lynn.;
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Subjects: Romance fiction.; FICTION / Romance / Contemporary; FICTION / Romance / Romantic Comedy; FICTION / Women;
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Claude Monet / by Nichols, Catherine.; Monet, Claude,1840-1926.;
Discusses the life, work, and legacy of nineteenth-century French Impressionist artist Claude Monet.A painter of light -- Growing up by the sea -- Becoming a painter -- The army and early studies -- Early paintings -- Women in the garden -- Life in London -- A new movement -- Sad times -- A home in Giverny -- Haystacks and poplars -- The changing light -- A water garden.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Literature.; Biographies.; Juvenile works.; Biographies.; Literature.; Monet, Claude, 1840-1926; Monet, Claude, 1840-1926.; Monet, Claude, 1840-1926; Painters; Artists.; Painting, French.; Painters.;
© 2006., Rosen Pub. Group's PowerKids Press,
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The women I think about at night : traveling the paths of my heroes / by Kankimäki, Mia,1971-author.; Robinson, Douglas,1954-translator.; translation of:Kankimäki, Mia,1971-Naiset joita ajattelen öisin.English.;
Includes bibliographical references."What can a forty-something childless woman do? Bored with her life and feeling stuck, Mia Kankimäki leaves her job, sells her apartment, and decides to travel the world, following the paths of the female explorers and artists from history who have long inspired her. She flies to Tanzania and then to Kenya to see where Karen Blixen--of Out of Africa--fame lived in the 1920s. In Japan, Mia attempts to cure her depression while researching Yayoi Kusama, the contemporary artist who has voluntarily lived in a psychiatric hospital for decades. In Italy, Mia spends her days looking for the works of forgotten Renaissance women painters of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, and finally finds her heroines in the portraits of Sofonisba Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana, and Artemisia Gentileschi. If these women could make it in the world hundreds of years ago, why can't Mia?"--Amazon.
Subjects: Biographies.; Kankimäki, Mia, 1971-; Depression in women.; Travel; Women travelers.; Women;
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An unrecognized contribution : women and their work in 19th-century Toronto / by Muir, Elizabeth Gillan,1934-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Celebrating women's contributions to early Toronto. Women in nineteenth-century Toronto were integral to the life of the growing city. They contributed to the city's commerce and were owners of stores, factories, brickworks, market gardens, hotels, and taverns; as musicians, painters, and writers, they were a large part of the city's cultural life; and as nurses, doctors, religious workers, and activists they strengthened the city's safety net for those who were most in need. Their stories are told in this wide-ranging collection of biographies, the result of Muir's search of early street directories, the first city histories, personal diaries, and other documents, highlighting scores of women and the work they undertook during a period of great change for the city."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Women employees; Women employees; Women; Women; Women; Women; Women;
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Six Days in Bombay. by Joshi, Alka.;
'Six Days in Bombay' follows a young Anglo-Indian nurse who embarks on a journey from her home in Bombay, through Prague, Florence, Paris, and London, to uncover a mystery and prove her innocence after a famous painter dies in her care. #diversity.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Historical fiction.; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Women; FICTION / World Literature / Asia (General);
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Rosarita. by Desai, Anita.;
On holiday in Mexico, Bonita is approached by an elderly woman who claims to have known Bonita's mother when she was a painter and visiting Mexico. But her mother isn't a painter, and she has never been to Mexico. Days later, Bonita seeks out the woman whom she calls the Trickster, and follows her on a tour of what may, or may not, have been her mothers past, forcing her to confront questions of truth and identity.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Women; FICTION / World Literature / India / 21st Century;
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