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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;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Travel & Spa
- Mode of access: Internet.
- Subjects: Travel & Culture; For Women; Health & Fitness;
- © , RS Planner Media
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- The sky beneath us / by Valpy, Fiona,author.;
- 1927. Violet Mackenzie-Grant is embarking on her dream of studying at the Edinburgh School of Gardening for Women. She doesn't yet know that it's a journey that will take her to Kathmandu and beyond, deep into captivating landscapes and cultures that are worlds away from everything and everyone she's left behind in Scotland. 2020. Daisy Laverock has dreamed of retracing the footsteps of her great-great-aunt Violet ever since discovering her long-lost journals, whose accounts of plant hunting in the 1930s inspired Daisy's own career. Divorced, and facing an empty nest, Daisy decides to embark on the trip of a lifetime. She arrives in Nepal, ready to start trekking in the shadow of Everest. But fate, and the pandemic, have other plans. Stranded and alone, Daisy must fall back on the kindness of strangers, taking inspiration from Violet's determination and resilience to keep going in the darkest of times. As she gradually pieces together the fragments of Violet's story and uncovers long-held secrets, can Daisy finally reveal a path forward to her own future?
- Subjects: Novels.; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; Secrecy; Women travelers;
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- The unlikely adventures of the Shergill sisters : a novel / by Jaswal, Balli Kaur,author.;
- The British-born Shergill sisters-- Rajni, Jezmeen, and Shirnia-- barely got along growing up, and as adults have grown even further apart. But on her deathbed, their mother voices one last wish: that her daughters will make a pilgrimage together to the Golden Temple in Amritsar to carry out her final rites. After a trip to India with her mother as a teenager, Rajni vowed never to return. But she's always been a dutiful daughter, and cannot, even now, refuse her mother's request. Struggling actress Jezmeen has just been publicly fired from her television job, so the trip to India is a welcome break to help her pick up the pieces of her broken career. Shirina's in-laws are pushing her to make a pivotal decision about her married life; time away will help her decide whether to meekly obey, or to bravely stand up for herself for the first time. Arriving in India, these sisters will make unexpected discoveries about themselves, their mother, and their lives-- and learn the real story behind the trip Rajni took with their Mother long ago-- a momentous journey that resulted in Mum never being able to return to India again.
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Sisters; Panjabis (South Asian people); Women travelers;
- Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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IMPERIUM
- Mode of access: Internet.
- Subjects: Automotive; For Men; Fashion; Travel & Culture; For Women;
- © , Xanadu Luxury Group
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Beyond the Magazine (Russian)
- Mode of access: Internet.
- Subjects: For Men; Travel & Culture; For Women; Art; LGBTQ;
- © , Beyond the Rules Srl
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Beyond the Magazine (Chinese)
- Mode of access: Internet.
- Subjects: For Men; Travel & Culture; For Women; Art; LGBTQ;
- © , Beyond the Rules Srl
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- Never leave the dogs behind : a memoir / by Madia, Brianna,author.;
- "The author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Very Long continues her story with this deeply honest, moving account of a woman walking the line between independence and isolation when she moves to the Southwest desert with nothing and no one but her four dogs"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Travel writing.; Personal narratives.; Madia, Brianna; Nomads; Women travelers;
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Beyond the Magazine
- Mode of access: Internet.
- Subjects: For Men; Fashion; Travel & Culture; For Women; Art; LGBTQ; Design;
- © , Beyond the Rules Srl
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- A quantum love story : a novel / by Chen, Mike,author.;
- "Grieving her best friend's recent death, neuroscientist Mariana Pineda's ready to give up everything to start anew. Even her career--after one last week consulting at a top secret particle accelerator. Except the strangest thing happens: a man stops her ... and claims they've met before. Carter Cho knows who she is, why she's mourning, why she's there. And he needs Mariana to remember everything he's saying. But just as they figure out this new life, everything changes. Because Carter's memories of the time loop are slowly disappearing. And their only chance at happiness is breaking out of the loop--forever"--
- Subjects: Time-travel fiction.; Novels.; Man-woman relationships; Memory; Time travel; Women scientists;
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