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"From Joan of Arc to Queen Elizabeth I, to Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, to Sally Ride and Jennifer Aniston, history is full of women without children. Some chose to forgo reproduction in order to pursue intellectually satisfying work-a tension noted by medieval European nuns, 1970s women's liberationists, and modern professionals alike. Some refused to bring children into a world beset by famine, pollution, or climate change. For others, childlessness...
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The true story of the three women behind Sybil, the famous multiple-personality case.
Sybil. The 1973 nonfiction blockbuster and the TV movie based on it became both a pop phenomenon and a revolutionary force in the psychotherapy industry. The book rocketed multiple personality disorder into public consciousness. Nathan presents proof that the allegedly true story was largely fabricated. What really powered the legend was a trio of women: the willing...
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Forget everything you think you know about strength, strategy and success. This brilliant adaptation of the ancient masterpiece The Art of War shows women how to use Sun Tzu’s philosophy to win in every aspect of life.
Would you like to transform your weaknesses into strengths? Succeed at work without compromising your ethics? Integrate your style and personal philosophy into every action you take? If so, this book...
Would you like to transform your weaknesses into strengths? Succeed at work without compromising your ethics? Integrate your style and personal philosophy into every action you take? If so, this book...
65) The pain nurse
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Jon Talton staked out the Southwest in his award-winning David Mapstone mysteries. The Washington Post called Concrete Desert, "more intelligent and rewarding than most contemporary mysteries." And author John Lescroart labeled Arizona Dreams, "a pure delight," saying that Mapstone is "one of the most compelling characters in the mystery scene in several years."
Now Jon Talton turns to a gritty hospital in a Midwestern city seething with
...66) Dead end street
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Two members of a local neighborhood rescue program, Tyrone and Cherisse, inform Nell that her society owns an abandoned row house in a run-down area of Philadelphia and insist on taking her to see the property before its date with the wrecking ball. Soon after they arrive, Cherisse is fatally shot and Tyrone is badly injured, leaving Nell determined to find answers.
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"Meg Meeker, M.D., acclaimed author of Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, now turns to an equally powerful relationship in the family: the one between mother and son. From the moment a mother holds her newborn son, his eyes tell her that she is his world. But often, as he grows up, the boy who needs her simultaneously pushes her away. Calling upon thirty years of experience as a pediatrician, Meg Meeker, M.D., a highly sought after national speaker,...
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Throughout her life, Alexandra Penney's worst fear was becoming a bag lady. Even as she worked several jobs while raising a son as a single mother, wrote a multimillion-dollar bestselling advice book, and became editor in chief of Self magazine, she was haunted by the image of herself alone, bankrupt, and living on the street. She even went to therapy in an attempt to alleviate the nagging in her mind that told her that all she had worked for could...
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"Dennis Lehane meets Smilla's Sense of Snow: a big discovery in the world of female suspense, about an edgy young woman with the rare ability to withstand extreme conditions Elisabeth Elo's debut novel introduces Pirio Kasparov, a Boston-bred tough-talking girl with an acerbic wit and a moral compass that points due north. When the fishing boat Pirio is on is rammed by a freighter, she finds herself abandoned in the North Atlantic. Somehow, she survives...
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Janet Malcolm delves into the psychopathology of journalism using a strange and unprecedented lawsuit as her larger-than-life example, the lawsuit of Jeffrey MacDonald, a convicted murderer, against Joe McGinniss, the author of Fatal Vision. Examining the always uneasy, sometimes tragic relationship that exists between journalist and subject, Malcolm finds that neither journalist nor subject can avoid the moral impasse that is built into the journalistic...
71) Watch your back
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Baltimore novels (Karen Rose) volume 4
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Baltimore Homicide Detective Stevie Mazzetti has suffered losses no woman should have to endure. And, despite it all, she's still a fighter. When she learns that her ex partner might have miscarried justice, she's determined to put the past to rights, even when she becomes a target. It's former Marine Clay Maynards job to see the risk in every situation, but he doesn't have to look hard to find the danger surrounding Stevie. Since the minute he first...
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A few years after losing his wife and young son in a tragic accident, Alaska state trooper Liam Campbell has finally begun to make a new life in Newenham, a remote fishing village of proud, independent natives where the currents of loyalty, fear, and violence run deep. Campbell's latest investigation into a seemingly routine homicide a robbery gone bad--becomes something else when the first murder is followed by a second then a third.
73) So sure of death
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Alaskan State Trooper Liam Campbell must solve the murder of seven family members in the small village of Newenham. There are many suspects, but finding the real murderer proves difficult.
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"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matt. 11:28) Women are overcommitted, overconnected, overburdened, and overwhelmed. Their lives are full, but oddly, their souls are empty. They are aching for a bold challenge-one that will bring rest to their longing souls. Rest Assured is for the daring women who truly want to disrupt their current patterns and see lasting change. Divided into two parts, Rest Assured...
76) Fire and ice
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Alaska state trooper Liam Campbell has been demoted and transferred to the small town Newenham--an ice-bound fishing town with a six-bed jail and a saloon that doubles as a courtroom. Campbell never expected his new job to be easy, but finding his ex-lover crouched over a headless body on the tarmac is a hell of a way to get off the plane.
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Have you ever felt invisible? Taken advantage of? Reluctant (or unable) to articulate what you really want? If so, join the club. The nice girls club. Nice girls-that's right, girls-are those who are more concerned with pleasing others than with addressing their own needs and who haven't yet learned how to overcome the childhood messages and cultural stereotypes that are keeping them from getting their voices heard, their needs met, and the lives...
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Hollows (Kim Harrison) volume 16
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"Rachel Morgan must keep her friends close-and her enemies closer-in the next Hollows novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison. Rachel Morgan, witch-born demon, has one unspoken rule: take chances, but pay for them yourself. With it, she has turned enemies into allies, found her place with her demon kin, and stepped up as the subrosa of Cincinnati-responsible for keeping the paranormal community at peace and in line. Life is ......
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An American expatriate living in London explores the historical and cultural differences between American and British versions of English, covering snacking habits, overall collective personalities, dating and sex, drinking and raising kids. --Publisher's description.
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Kate Shugak mysteries volume 23
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When the body of a man shot gangland style is found in the wreckage of a mid-air collision in the Alaskan wilderness, Kate Shugak, as the investigation reaches to the highest levels of the government, is determined to find the truth, risking her life and the lives of those she loves most.