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Dana Diaz is an aspiring stand-up comedian--a woman in a man's world. When she meets a tough computer programmer named Amanda Dorn, the two bond over their struggles in boys' club professions. Dana confides that she's recently been harassed and assaulted while in L.A., and Amanda comes up with a plan: they should go after each other's assailants, Strangers on a Train-style. But Dana finds that revenge, however sweet, draws her into a more complicated...
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"For centuries, women were denied equal access to money and the freedom and power that came with it. They were restricted from owning property or transacting in real estate. Even well into the 20th century, women could not take out their own loans or own bank accounts without their husband's permission. They could be fired for getting married or pregnant, and if they still had a job, they could be kept from certain roles, restricted from working longer...
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Leigh Collier ha trabajado duro para construir lo que parece una vida normal. Ella es una abogada defensora prometedora en un prestigioso bufete de abogados en Atlanta, haría cualquier cosa por su hija Maddy, de dieciséis años, y se las está arreglando para ser una madre exitosa en una pandemia después de una separación amistosa de su esposo Walter. ero la vida cotidiana de Leigh enmascara una infancia que nadie debería tener que soportar ......
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From Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author of the Dead End Job mysteries—the first novel in a gritty series featuring a no-nonsense female journalist who follows her stories wherever they may lead...especially if they lead to big trouble.
As a columnist for the St. Louis City Gazette, Francesca Vierling is a six-foot-tall beauty with brains and a talent for finding unusual and interesting subjects. The colorful people of her city...
As a columnist for the St. Louis City Gazette, Francesca Vierling is a six-foot-tall beauty with brains and a talent for finding unusual and interesting subjects. The colorful people of her city...
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Llamarse Luce no es nada fácil, sobre todo si tu carácter no es precisamente el más luminoso. Pero peor aún es apellidarse Di Notte, una de las muchas bromas del calamidad de su padre. Si además vives en Nápoles e ir a trabajar en Vespa se convierte cada día en una aventura, si eres abogada, licenciada cum laude, pero en la oficina solo te encargas del papeleo, y si tu familia es un desastre... Es comprensible que, de vez en cuando, se te inflen...
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"Esther Markstrom and her artist mother have always been proud of their ancestor, painter Francisco Vella. They even run a small museum and gallery dedicated to raising awareness of his scandalously underappreciated work. But when Esther reconnects with her former art history professor, she finds her once-solid family history on shaky ground as questions arise about Vella's greatest work--a portrait entitled The Lady with the Dark Hair. In 1879, Catalan...
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Dogs Are Better Than Men
• They never brag about their ex's stunning cleavage.
• They don't moan or sulk if you're a half-hour late.
• They never tell you a Brazilian would really turn them on.
After her most recent disaster with the King of the Unrepentant Jerks, Isabel "Izzy" Palmer is finally convinced that the only male she truly needs in her life is Henry, her lovable part wolfhound, part who-knows-what. Henry's faithful, he adores her...
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Pages - Book 3, by EA Harwik - A modern family saga. ------ ISBN: 9780980677652Pages - Book 3 is the story of two the younger Page siblings, Peta and Jamie. Unlike their older brother David. Peta and Jamie are the product of a privileged boarding school education.The Pages trilogy will question and define the boundaries of normal in modern society. Where secrets challenge the fabric of friendship and family. --------- Book 1 - ISBN: 9780980677621...
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"Margarita, escritora de éxito, vuelve a su ciudad natal para vaciar la casa de sus padres, un piso de los años 60 en un barrio obrero. Mientras, los medios de comunicación retransmiten la exhumación del cadáver de Franco, que marcó la vida de tantas generaciones de españoles. De las cuatro personas que vivieron en la casa, solo queda Margarita. Su abuela, su madre y su padre han ido muriendo por ese orden. Es hija única y debe realizar la...
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Since childhood, Rosa Fiore -- daughter of a sultry Sicilian matriarch and her hapless husband -- found solace in her family's kitchen. La Cucina, the heart of the family's lush estate, was a place where generations of Fiore women prepared sumptuous feasts and where the drama of extended family life was played out around the age-old table.
When Rosa was a teenager, her own cooking became the stuff of legend in this small community that takes pride...
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Cemetery tour guide Pepper Martin never imagined she'd get to meet rock legend Damon Curtis, the bad boy poet who made millions of teenage girls scream. After all, he kicked the bucket years before she was born. But thanks to her newfound ability to chat up the dead, Pepper's got a front row seat perfect for swooning over the still-sexy Damon's latest lyrics. He's convinced that his former bandmate Vinnie Pallucci murdered him back in '71, and he's...
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Over the past few decades, the roles women play in public life have evolved significantly, as have the pressures that come with needing to do it all, have it all, and be all things to all people. And with this progress, misogyny has evolved as well. Today's discrimination is more subtle and indirect, expressed in double standards, microaggressions, and impossible expectations. In other ways, sexism has gotten more brash and repulsive as women have...
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From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Under Baxter's protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices...
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A family epic laced with authenticity, wit and unforgettable characters. Liz O'Reilly has a husband in Vietnam, 4 kids under the age of 12 (and one on the way), and a burgeoning crush on the family priest. An unconventional love story.
It's Summer 1967 and Mike O'Reilly's just shipped out to Vietnam. Liz O'Reilly is trying to keep it all together for their four kids – 6 year old Deb–Deb (who believes she is an otter), 8 year
...15) Yaya and the sea
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On the first day of spring, a young New Yorker, with her mother and aunts, takes the train to the ocean to make an offering of flowers and fruit to Mama Ocean, thanking her for her magnificence, and welcoming the new year.
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A Christmas Romance Novel
Genius billionaire Galen Dunne knows many things, and one of those things is that love does not exist. Relationships are fleeting, and time isn't to be wasted on trying to make something work that was doomed from the start.
Homeless street urchin from London Ariel Pendragon knows very little, but the one thing she's sure of is that there's a true love for every person on the planet. Life is all about love, and every person...
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I could make her. Or break her. I plan to do both...
I don't like the word 'no.' Especially when the word comes from the lips of the curviest, most gorgeous blonde I've ever seen. Elizabeth Downing thinks she can give me the brush-off. Maybe because she has no idea what kind of cold, ruthless bastard she's dealing with.
Or that I own the best art gallery in town.
She wants to sell her paintings. I can make that happen. She wants to support her disabled...
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When Mitsy Howard first moved into Appledore House, she didn't know what to expect from a residential care home other than an escape from loneliness, housework, and the daily chores.
In The Enduring Curiosity of Mitsy Howard - A Walk in the Mill, Mitsy Howard - In the Dark, and What Mitsy Did Next she discovers new friendships and many different interests and projects to keep herself occupied and entertained.
The Complete Mitsy Howard follows...
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Bestselling and award-winning author-illustrator Marissa Moss tells the gripping story of America's first female cryptanalyst, Elizebeth Smith Friedman, who busted Nazi spy rings.
Praised for her accessible blend of narrative nonfiction with graphic novel-style chapter openers in The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner, Marissa Moss's Spying on Spies: How Elizebeth Smith Friedman Broke the Nazis' Secret Codes is another fascinating...
20) Secrets
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Mary returns to the new life she has forged for herself as she recovers from a serious injury. But as her wealth increases, so do the violent attacks against her.As Drake struggles to maintain control over her, he realises he has badly underestimated her intelligence.Desperate to keep control over her life and her business affairs, Mary puts her complete trust in a man she knows might be a spy for Drake.Feeling totally alone, she gives her love to...
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