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When Trish Cunningham and her oldest stepson, Tommy, find Four Oaks High School's English teacher dead in the band room, the suspect list is lengthy. Georgia Winters had a number of enemies - including Tommy Cunningham. Trish pulls out her notebook to collect clues, but Detective Eric Scott pointedly asks her to mind her own business. Despite his warnings, Trish jumps in and becomes embroiled in a mystery that could become her swan song.
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Criterion collection volume 778
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Italiano
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On the day of a huge rally celebrating Hitler's visit to Rome, which underscored the infamous alliance between the Nazis and Mussolini's fascist regime, a brief encounter between a weary housewife and a radio announcer unfolds into an intimate drama.
230) Hilda
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Español
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In her youth, Mrs. Lemarchand was an activist, but she married wealthy Mr. Lemarchand and became a homemaker. With the coming of the new maid, Hilda, and her involvement in a documentary about the actions of Tlatelolco in 1968, Mrs. Lemarchand's identity crisis is increased to the border of madness.
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Criterion collection volume 603
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English
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Disc 1. In which we serve. The story of the H.M.S. Torrin, a British naval ship, from its construction through its destruction in World War II. As the surviving crew cling to life boats and wreckage awaiting rescue, they flashback to their homes and loved ones and in so doing recall just why they are fighting and whom they are fighting for. Disc 2. This happy breed. The story of a London family from 1919 to 1939, and their struggle to maintain a stable...
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"In this memoir of travel and love, a fiercely independent American woman finds everything she ever wanted in the most unexpected place. Shufu. In Japanese it means "housewife," and it's the last thing Tracy Slater ever thought she'd call herself. A writer and academic, Tracy had carefully constructed a life she loved in her beloved hometown of Boston. But everything was upended when she fell head over heels for the most unlikely mate: a Japanese...
234) Klub kłamców
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Polish
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Natalie jest asystentką w elitarnej szkole prywatnej w miasteczku w stanie Kolorado. Jej wielkim marzeniem jest prowadzenie takie życia, jakie prowadzą marki uczniów szkoły, z którymi codziennie ma do czynienia. Jedną z nich jest na przykład Brooke, czyli dziedziczka ogromnego majątku, które do szaleństwa kocha swoją córkę i nieustannie zdradza swojego męża. Inną jest zaś Asha, czyli nadopiekuńcza matka, która podejrzewa swojego...
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Coal miner's daughter: The story of country singer Loretta Lynn.
The best little whorehouse in Texas: The town sheriff and regular patron attempts to save the legendary Chicken Ranch from a television preacher.
Smokey and the bandit: A trucker takes on a runaway bride and a trailer full of beer with a sheriff in hot pursuit.
Fried green tomatoes: An unhappy housewife befriends an elderly woman in a nursing home and hears her remarkable story.
236) Czas porzucenia
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Polish
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"Czas porzucenia" to powieść obyczajowa skupiająca się na kobiecej psychice, uczuciach i relacjach, które buduje bohaterka, a które wywierają na nią ogromny wpływ. Olga zbliża się powoli do czterdziestki. Mieszka w Neapolu, ma poukładane życie i, jak jej się wydaje, kochającą rodzinę. Jeszcze podczas studiów zrezygnowała ze swojej literackiej kariery, by poświęcić się najbliższym i zawsze wiernie trwać u boku męża. Pewnego...
238) Crónicas del desamor
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Las tres piezas tienen como protagonista a una mujer, y las tres indagan en el dolor femenino con mano firme, sin concesiones al sentimentalismo, poniendo al descubierto con frialdad eso que a menudo las mujeres sienten y piensan, sin atreverse a contarlo. El amor molesto narra la relación de Delia con su madre Amelia. Los días del abandono es la más conocida por el público internacional. Cuenta la historia de una mujer joven, madre de dos hijos,...
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Chicago, 1968. As the city and the nation are on the brink of political upheaval, suburban housewife Joy and her husband and daughter are living the all-American dream. But Joy's tranquil world is shattered when her life-threatening pregnancy forces her to navigate a medical establishment unwilling to help. This impossible situation leads Joy to the 'Janes,' an underground network providing the only available alternative, helmed by fierce advocates...
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