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Three women in fairly happy marriages, question the sacrifices they make, the choices to support their spouses, to take control of their own needs, and settle for the humdrum lifestyle they are accustomed to. Together they bond and make the changes in their lives that afford everyone some happiness and empowerment.
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"New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins is beloved for her heartfelt novels filled with humor and wisdom. Now, in her newest novel, Good Luck with That, she tackles an issue every woman deals with: body image and self-acceptance. Emerson, Georgia and Marley have been best friends ever since they met at a weight-loss camp as teens. When Emerson tragically passes away, she leaves one final wish for her best friends: to conquer the fears they...
3) Head Games
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Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018], p2018
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Unabridged.
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1 sound media player (11 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
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English
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Now that she's happily married-for-security, there's nothing Mercedes Crystal won't do to hold on to what she's got. She didn't sweat it when her rich husband had a down-and-dirty ego-boosting affair. But she won't stand for him falling in love with luscious Arizona Remington-or Arizona unleashing all kinds of shenanigans to keep him. And Mercedes' take-no-prisoners ways are just what her siblings need to take down all those out to game them . . .
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4) 22 seconds
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Women's murder club volume 22
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English
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"22 seconds...until Lindsay Boxer loses her badge--or her life. SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind. There's buzz of a last-ditch shipment of drugs and weapons crossing the Mexican border ahead of new restrictive gun laws. Before Lindsay can act, her top informant tips her to a case that hits disturbingly close to home. Former cops. Professional hits. All with the same warning scrawled on their bodies: You talk, you die. Now it's Lindsay's...
5) Desert Star
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LAPD detective Renee Ballard and Harry Bosch work together to hunt the killer who is Bosch's white whale --a man responsible for the murder of an entire family. A year has passed since LAPD detective Renee Ballard quit the force in the face of misogyny, demoralization, and endless red tape. Yet, after the chief of police himself tells her she can write her ticket within the department, Ballard takes back her badge, leaving the Late Show to rebuild...
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A powerful, vibrant novel about the life-changing weekend shared between two strangers, from the award-winning writer Roxane Gay calls "a consummate storyteller." On a rainy October night in Kentucky, recently divorced therapist Tallie Clark is on her way home when she spots a man precariously standing on the edge of a bridge. Without a second thought, Tallie pulls over and jumps out of the car into the pouring rain. She convinces the man to join...
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Women's murder club volume 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Gathering for a birthday celebration that is interrupted by a gruesome killing in public, the Women's Murder Club friends discover video evidence of a deadly plot against the city of San Francisco.
9) Point blank
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The Sisterhood volume 26
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"The members of the Sisterhood always stand together, and that includes aiding and protecting the men in their lives. Yoko's partner Harry Wong has received a phone call from his old schoolmate Jun Yu. Jun Yu resided at the same temple where Harry's daughter Lily was training, but they were all forced to evacuate. Jun Yu's managed to get his son out, but Lily is missing. And now Jun is trusting Harry to guard the most precious things in his life--...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Torn between the fantasies of her youth and the realities of a life marked by violence and abandonment, August reunites with a beloved old friend who challenges her to reconcile her past and come to terms with the difficulties that forced her to grow up too quickly.
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Dr. Georgia Young's wonderful life--great friends, family, and successful career--aren't enough to keep her from feeling stuck and restless. When she decides to make some major changes in her life, quitting her job as an optometrist, and moving house, she finds herself on a wild journey that may or may not include a second chance at love.
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Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Edicion completa.
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1 audio media player (10 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
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Español
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"En la comunidad Latina de Agua Mansa la gente acude a la Botanica Oshun en busca de amuletos, hierbas y consejos de la duena, Perla Portillo. Entre sus clientes se encuentran un empresario que intenta aceptar la muerte de su padre, un drogadicto que busca paz interior y una adolescente que trata de perder peso y encontrarse a si misma."--
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Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
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1 Wonderbook (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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Profiles ten women who fought hard to gain the right to vote in the United States, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, and Inez Milholland.
15) The horsewoman
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English
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Sharing the dream of being the best horsewoman in the world, Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe, mother and daughter champion riders, break their vow of never going up against each other when they both participate in the competitions leading up to the Olympics.
16) The Mighty Oak
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Tim O'Connor is paid to be violent. He plays for the El Paso Storm in the West Texas Hockey League. People call him Oak. He's been an enforcer for longer than his hip or shoulder or back have been able to hold together. He is a broken machine of gristle and rage. And he has been away from home for too long.
He's called back to Boston by his mother's death. There he confronts a life he failed to live, a daughter he doesn't know, and a body that is...
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Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Unabridged.
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1 audio media player (7.5 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
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English
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Delia Ephron tried to disconnect her late husbands landline and crashed her internet. After a prolonged battle with Verizon, she did what she always does. She wrote about it, channeling her grief and frustration into a New York Times op ed. Months later, she got an email to commiserate from a man shed had two dates with while in college, 54 years ago. She didnt remember him but he remembered her. After three weeks of mutually passionate emails and...
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Amanda Quick, the bestselling author of 'Til Death Do Us Part , transports readers to 1930s California, where glamour and seduction spawn a multitude of sins... When Hollywood moguls and stars want privacy, they head to an idyllic small town on the coast, where the exclusive Burning Cove Hotel caters to their every need. It's where reporter Irene Glasson finds herself staring down at a beautiful actress at the bottom of a pool... The dead woman had...
19) The blue flower
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Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
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Unabridged.
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1 audio media player (6 hr., 30 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
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English
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The Blue Flower is set in the age of Goethe, in the small towns and great universities of late eighteenth-century Germany. It tells the true story of Friedrich von Hardenberg, a passionate, impetuous student of philosophy who will later gain fame as the romantic poet Novalis. Fritz seeks his father's permission to wed his "heart's heart," his "spirit's guide"-a plain, simple child named Sophie von Kühn. It is an attachment that shocks his family...
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Unabridged.
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1 audio media player (approximately 11 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
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English
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"Long before Suzanne Collins created Katniss Everdeen and Octavia Butler wrote Parable of the Sower, there were many traditional folktales full of adventure, intrigue, and intrepid female characters. Feminist Folktales from Around the World collects these forgotten classics. Enjoy this collection of all four volumes."--
"Tatterhood features an introduction by Gayle Forman, the New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay. These twelves tales from...