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The world is full of women we don't know whose stories have been overlooked or airbrushed from history. Often faced with limited life choices, this book proudly showcases those women who took matters into their own hands and became forces to be reckoned with. These are women you SHOULD know about. Love them or loathe them, they made their mark. From cross dressing soldiers to scheming mistresses and courtesans, Warriors and Wenches offers up an indulgent...
102) Under the paper moon
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Five years after working for the Office of Strategic Services with Nick, whom she gets close to until the World War II' end brings with it an act of deep betrayal, former spy Evelyn, now working as a PI, finds herself back in Nick's orbit when her latest case brings the war to her doorstep.
103) Settle for more
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Megyn Kelly, one of the most respected, hardest-hitting TV journalists in America, speaks candidly about her decision to "settle for more" -- a motto she credits as having changed her life, and the reason she abandoned a thriving legal career to follow her dream in the news business. She opens up about Donald Trump's feud with her, and the challenges she has faced as a professional woman and working mother. A deeply personal and surprising account,...
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"This picture book compiles biographies of 11 different princesses, highlighting who they truly are: diplomats, engineers, activists, athletes, and so much more. It focuses on their achievements and contributions, situating them as active members in the global and local community. From Nigeria to Japan, Saudi Arabia to Sweden, and Thailand to Tonga. This picture book takes readers on a trip that spans the whole world."--
105) Who Burned My Chicken Soup: Practical Life Lessons for Self Proclaimed Bad Bi@#S, Divas, Girl Bosses
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"Ladies, gentlemen, and mythical creatures of the world, gather 'round for a groundbreaking announcement! Introducing ""Who Burned My Chicken Soup...Practical Life Lessons for Self Proclaimed Bad Bi$%#, Divas, Girl Bosses, and Other Mythical Creatures"" - the self-help book that's here to shake things up and keep it real! Tired of traditional self-help fluff? Looking for guidance that's as honest and poignant as your best girlfriend's advice? This...
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From Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author Elaine Viets-the thrilling mystery series about one woman trying to make a living... while other people are making a killing.
If there's one thing the very wealthy might value even more than their money, it's their precious pets. So when local socialite Trish Barrymore hires Helen Hawthorne and Phil Sagemont to recover her beloved show cat-named January's Jubilee Justine-from her ex-husband Mortimer, the...
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"There's a dark cloud over Sunny Jim's Safety First Parasailing and Stand-Up Paddleboarding business on Florida's Riggs Beach--especially after one of his clients is killed in a tragic paddleboarding mishap. Sunny Jim is sure it was no accident, and he hires Helen and Phil to find the murderer."--
108) And she was: a novel
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Sweeping across centuries and into the Aleutian Islands of Alaska's Bering Sea, And She Was begins with a decision and a broken taboo when three starving Aleut mothers decide to take their fate into their own hands. Two hundred and fifty years later, by the time Brandy, a floundering, trashy, Latin-spewing cocktail waitress, steps ashore in the 1980s, Unalaska Island has absorbed their dark secret-a secret that is both salvation and shame.
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110) The body in the cast
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The Body in the Cast, the fifth volume in Katherine Hall Page's cozy mystery series featuring amateur sleuth Faith Fairchild
Hollywood has come to town - and Faith Fairchild has to feed it! Hired to cater meals for the movie crew that is filming a modern-day version of The Scarlet Letter in the tiny New England village of Aleford, Faith is eager to treat the talented tantrum-throwers to the best of her culinary delights.
But an accusation that...
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Jo Ravens is thirty-two, divorced, and stuck in a rut. She wants a new career, and she wants to lose the sixty pounds she packed on after her divorce. Her knack for finding dead bodies points her in the right direction for a career change, while her sister's exuberance for weight loss gimmicks enables both of them to try new, creative ways to shed pounds.When Jo crashes her bike in a construction site, she lands on a naked girl with a knife in her...
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Lydia Casselberry's world comes undone when she discovers that her husband of almost forty years is having an affair. Needing time to grieve and to decide whether to continue the marriage, she decides to flee from her Tampa home to a place she hasn't been in decades – her family's lodge in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. She tells no one where she is going, but writes two notes saying she needs to be alone. One is to her best friend; the other her husband...
113) Alegría
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Alegría no quiere ser como su madre. Ha crecido al borde de un abismo y se aferra a sus estudios y a su trabajo para no caer en él. Pero llega Mario, criado a base de golpes y humillaciones, tan fuerte y a la vez tan frágil. Abraza como un rosal, que huele bien y se clava en la piel. Al primer pinchazo, Alegría intenta zafarse, pero el rosal se ha transformado en zarza. Ya no sabe salir. Ese mundo nuevo-de camaradería adolescente, tardes en la...
114) Big Easy Hunter
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Susan is deliriously happy with her life with Mick, her friends, and her new position with Slimmers Weight Loss. The residents of Carbide City, however, are fearful when a serial rapist eludes police, and a burglar breaks into homes in the middle of the night while the occupants are sleeping. When several of the theft victims name Susan as the thief, she is happy to head out of town with Darby to attend a wedding in New Orleans. But once there, Susan...
115) Maple Leaf Hunter
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Susan has written a children's book. She has a romantic weekend planned with Mick in Niagara Falls and Toronto before her big meeting with the publisher. When Mick's old college buddy invites them to come to his lodge for a visit, they decide to stay in Canada for the week. Darby, Nate, and Alex want in on the fishing action, and the group is soon on their way in an RV.A strange occurrence at the mall before they leave town sets off alarm bells for...
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"It is August, 1645, one year since York fell into Puritan hands. As the city suffers through a brutal summer heat, Bridget Hodgson and Martha Hawkins are drawn into a murder investigation more frightening than their last. In order to appease God's wrath--and end the heat-wave--the city's overlords have launched a brutal campaign to whip the city's sinners into godliness. But for someone in York, this is not enough. First a prostitute and her client...
117) A storybook wedding
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"Watch out for karaoke mishaps that result in a fake engagement...because weddings are forever... When librarian Cecily Jane Allerton and hotshot struggling author Nate Ellis are caught in a compromising position during their MFA program, they decide to get married to keep the haters from destroying their careers. To the horror of Cecily's family, which is a big fan of big white weddings, they elope to City Hall. Now they're back on Block Island,...
118) Feminist fairy tales
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A rewrite of 28 classic fairy tales from a feminist point of view. Thus Aladdin becomes Ala Dean and uses the lamp to ask for moral, rather than material riches, while Red Riding Hood becomes White Riding Hood and sides with the wolf. Each story is accompanied by a foreword giving its origin. By the author of The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets.
119) Savage Collision
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He's everything she didn't know she wanted. She's everything he thought he could never have. The last thing I expect when I walk into The Hawkeye Club is to fall head over heels in lust. It's supposed to be a rescue mission. I have to get my baby sister off the pole, into some clothes, and out of the grasp of the pussy peddler who somehow manipulated her into stripping. But the moment I see Savage Hawke and verbally spar with him, my ability to remain...
120) A Life of Suicides
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This trio of deeply entwined stories feature the same character, Rebecca. Each story highlights a different point in her life, and in each one Rebecca decides to die.From the perspective of killer and victim, each story is intimately portrayed in emotional and horrific detail-focusing on the harrowing and tragic act of suicide. 'If you're like me and hoping to better understand what someone could be thinking about before taking their own life - this...
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