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Intimacies / by Kitamura, Katie M.,author.;
"An interpreter has come to The Hague to escape New York and work at the International Court. A woman of many languages and identities, she is looking for a place to finally call home. She's drawn into simmering personal dramas: her lover, Adriaan, is separated from his wife but still entangled in his marriage. Her friend Jana witnesses a seemingly random act of violence, a crime the interpreter becomes increasingly obsessed with as she befriends the victim's sister. And she's pulled into explosive political fires: her work interpreting for a former president accused of war crimes becomes precarious as their relationship is unbound by shifting language and meaning. This woman is the voice in the ear of many, but what command does that give her, and how vulnerable does that leave her? Her coolly impassioned views on power, love, and violence, are tested, both in her personal intimacies and in her role at the Court. She is soon pushed to the precipice, where betrayal and heartbreak threaten to overwhelm her; it is her drive towards truth, and love, that throws into stark relief what she wants from her life"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Identity (Psychology); Interpersonal relations; Life change events; Self-realization in women; Translators; Women translators;
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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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A woman of intelligence / by Tanabe, Karin,author.;
"From "a master of historical fiction" (NPR), Karin Tanabe's A Woman of Intelligence is an exhilarating tale of post-war New York City, and one remarkable woman's journey from the United Nations, to the cloistered drawing rooms of Manhattan society, to the secretive ranks of the FBI. A Fifth Avenue address, parties at the Plaza, two healthy sons, and the ideal husband: what looks like a perfect life for Katharina Edgeworth is anything but. It's 1954, and the post-war American dream has become a nightmare. A born and bred New Yorker, Katharina is the daughter of immigrants, Ivy-League-educated, and speaks four languages. As a single girl in 1940s Manhattan, she is a translator at the newly formed United Nations, devoting her days to her work and the promise of world peace-and her nights to cocktails and the promise of a good time. Now the wife of a beloved pediatric surgeon and heir to a shipping fortune, Katharina is trapped in a gilded cage, desperate to escape the constraints of domesticity. So when she is approached by the FBI and asked to join their ranks as an informant, Katharina seizes the opportunity. A man from her past has become a high-level Soviet spy, but no one has been able to infiltrate his circle. Enter Katharina, the perfect woman for the job. Navigating the demands of the FBI and the secrets of the KGB, she becomes a courier, carrying stolen government documents from D.C. to Manhattan. But as those closest to her lose their covers, and their lives, Katharina's secret soon threatens to ruin her. With the fast-paced twists of a classic spy thriller, and a nuanced depiction of female experience, A Woman of Intelligence shimmers with intrigue and desire"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; United Nations. General Assembly; Translators; Women spies;
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Woman at sea / by Poulain, Catherine,author.; translation of:Poulain, Catherine.Grand marin.English.;
Subjects: Sea fiction.; Autobiographical fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Women fishers; Young women; Fishing boats;
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Butter : a novel of food and murder / by Yuzuki, Asako,1981-author.; Barton, Polly(Translator),translator.; translation of:Yuzuki, Asako,1981-Butter.English.;
"The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Misogyny; Murder; Women cooks; Women journalists; Women serial murderers;
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Portrait in sepia : a novel / by Allende, Isabel,1942-; Peden, Margaret Sayers;
Subjects: Women; Women photographers; Grandmothers; Grandparent and child; Family; Historical fiction;
© c2001., HarperCollins,
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A spy in exile : a thriller / by De Shalit, Jonathan,author.; Cohen, Steven(Translator),translator.; De Shalit, Jonathan.Cadets.English.;
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Israel. Mosad le-modiʻin ṿe-tafḳidim meyuḥadim; Women intelligence officers; Intelligence officers; Special operations (Military science); Spies;
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The lost woman / by Blædel, Sara,author.; translation of:Blædel, Sara.Kvinden de meldte savnet.English.; Kline, Mark,1952-translator.;
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Women detectives;
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No refuge for women : the tragic fate of Syrian refugees / by Welser, Maria von.; McIntosh, Jamie.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.Journalist Maria von Welser reveals the stories of some of the Syrian women and children who make up over half of the population of refugee camps.LSC
Subjects: Women refugees; Refugee children; Refugees;
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13 women artists children should know / by Schümann, Bettina.; Michael, Jane.;
Sofonisba Anguissola -- Maria Sibylla Merian -- Mary Cassatt -- Elizabeth Armstrong Forbes -- Georgia O'Keeffe -- Lyubov Popova -- Tamara de Lempicka -- Frida Kahlo -- Louise Bourgeois -- Meret Oppenheim -- Niki de Saint Phalle -- Bridget Riley -- Cindy Sherman -- Glossary."This book introduces you to thirteen great women artists. You'll learn about the dreams they followed throughout their lives and discover how they were able to fulfill them. You'll find out where and when they lived, and what they managed to achieve with their art.
Subjects: Art; Women artists; Women in art;
© c2009., Prestel,
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