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Laila Russell is an ordinary 15-year-old schoolgirl living in London with her father, who is morose over his wife's accidental death. In the spring of 1972, Laila spots a lost pocketbook on the Underground and returns it to Amanda Charles, a fashionable young woman employed by an aging rock star. With glam music on the rise, Chaz Bonapart is going out of style. His manager, Francis Guy, comes up with a plan to get him back in the game by feeding him...
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As the sun dipped below the horizon, casting its golden hues upon the tranquil beach of West Hampton Dunes, a figure emerged from the gentle surf. It was Charlotte Penrith, her blond locks shimmering in the fading light, cascading down her slender shoulders. Her lithe form, kissed by the summer sun, moved with a grace that mirrored the ebb and flow of the ocean waves.Dressed in a provocative red swimsuit, the fabric clung to her like a second skin,...
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Jordan's life is totally in control:Crushing it as an ER doc-they don't call her The Ice Queen for nothingAvoiding devil-spawn sister's wedding-RSVP'd HELL NOFantasizing about dreamy nurse Eli-a secret she will take to her graveEverything is in order…except for that big lie she just told her sister. Now Jordan needs a fake boyfriend to be her plus-one for a family gathering, and she puts all options on the table-a bachelor auction, a male escort,...
4) Fight Night
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Life is hard in the prison camp. There's back breaking work every day, and never enough food. But the inmates have formed a community of their own and they support each other as much as they can, even as the Commander does his best to break them down. Still, the work continues, even as the Commander's daughter has to be fitted for her prom dress. Even as a singing competition is offered as diversion for the Commander and his wife. Even as Even as...
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In our culture, Shakespeare's works are classics and his characters have achieved mythical status. But what did William Shakespeare consider to be the great myths and classics? And who were the empowering role models for his bold and unforgettable heroines? In plays and poems throughout his career, Shakespeare explored many facets of the divine feminine, including Greek and Roman goddesses- he nearly deified Queen Elizabeth. His characters...
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When Kinley Black becomes a roadie for Viciöus, beginning a foray into the unglamorous, male dominated world of heavy metal, she won't escape with her pride or heart intact. It's hard to be one of the guys… Ever since Kinley Black's metal band broke up, bringing her back to only being a co-owner of a metal fan site, she's been dying to get back into the music industry. The opportunity arrives when her interview with Quinn Mayne, lead singer of...
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The six women of the Knitting Circle meet every week to chat, eat cake, and make fabulous sweaters. Until the night they realize that they've all survived rape-and that not one of their assailants has suffered a single consequence. Enough is enough. The Knitting Circle becomes the Knitting Circle Rapist Annihilation Squad. They declare open season on rapists, with no licenses and no bag limits. With needles as their weapons, the revolution begins.
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After her mother is killed in a rare Northern Michigan tornado, Sadie Wixom is left with only her father and grandfather to guide her through the pitfalls of young adulthood. Hundreds of miles away in western Saskatchewan, Stefan Montegrand and his Indigenous family are forced off their land by multinational energy companies and flawed treaties. They are taken in temporarily by Sadie's aunt, a human rights activist who heads a cultural exchange program....
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A crown prince holds a secret. If he reveals it, he risks losing the throne. If he doesn't, he risks losing even more-love. In the mid-twentieth century, patriarchal norms abound in the Kingdom of Gulaz. Princess Maryam, dressed and treated as a boy since birth to ensure succession to the throne, is known to all as Prince Mahib. Life in Gulaz is peaceful until King Dariush's death. In his final moments, the king divulges a prophecy that forever changes...
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But the trauma of her ordeal is only just beginning. Plagued by nightmares and panic attacks, Emma struggles to regain her sense of normalcy and security. When new evidence raises doubts about Lucas' guilt, her own grip on reality threatens to unravel. Just as she is starting to rebuild her life, cryptic threats emerge from Lucas' secret followers determined to ensure his freedom.
11) Unholy Helix
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Three daring female scientists design giant ants in a Florida bio lab to terrorize America's big agribusinesses, which have caused ecological catastrophes. They genetically modify African fire ants and Brazilian bullet ants many times larger and with a lethal sting. Then they travel across the heartland and disseminate these highly destructive super-organisms that cause chaos and fear in the southern states.Real science, real action, real anti-hero...
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Un frère et une soeur en route vers le Sud. Un aubergiste maniaque et une pluie de morts violentes. Mais sous l'apparence du slasher, un imprévu choc des titans
Né en 1984 selon les manifestants – bien plus tt selon la police – Chris Anthem se réjouit que l'écriture ait un jour croisé son chemin. Ça lui évite de chercher un vrai travail. Quand ça lui chante, il envoie un nouveau bain de sang à son éditeur qui vous le livre tel quel....
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Worn down by life, 63-year-old Willie Copeland refuses to call 911 for her dying husband, Stan, launching herself into an unexpected coming-of-age journey. Without Stan and his constant needs, Willie happily settles into single life. But when her son, Jonathan, expresses suspicion about that night, she runs away to Vancouver Island for a long overdue reunion with her wild high school best friend, Roxanne. Fuelled by her sudden freedom, Willie embraces...
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Provides analysis of American playwrights whose works have a strong feminist message. Covers four eras, including feminist dramatists of colonial America, the suffrage plays of the early women's movement, the social protest dramas of the 1920s and 1930s, and the plays advocating equal rights from the late 1960s onward.
15) Kiss of Death
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"All it takes to earn a place at the table is a little help from the deadliest epidemic since the plague." It's 1918, in a Wellington that few people would recognise today, and two major events are about to collide: the signing of the Armistice to end World War I, and the soldier-borne plague we now call the Spanish flu. Into this comes Wellington's only female lawyer, leading her group of Sapphist friends as they attempt to strike a blow for women's...
16) Lady of Spades
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What if the death of your father means that you will be forced into marriage with a thuggish aristocrat? What would you do?Marry the bastard and hope you survive birthing children every year?Or would you escape?If so, where? For Men in Power are not kind to their womenfolk...
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Dr. Nari Wexler is recruited to clone flawless blonde girls in a laboratory on a remote island in the Philippines. She removes eggs from kidnapped Ukrainian girls and inserts goat genes into their genome so that the cloned babies will reach puberty in just sixteen months, like in goats. However the first batch of clones results in an unintended genetic defect-the babies are born with cloven goat feet.Shocked by the outcome, her boss insists she discard...
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This book is selection of my work as an author since the time I quit my tenured position as a university professor to become an independent writer. The selection includes both fictional books and a lone nonfiction piece, which is about the remarkable achievements of a friend who has maintained a menagerie of turtles for half a century. All these animals are conversant with the English language; some even write poetry. Many will read the nonfictional...
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They DID promise her a killer hen weekend...
Jeanie's getting married, and – despite her completely impossible four sisters – her best friends Clio and Amber are determined to give her a bachelorette weekend to remember. They're in matching pink T-shirts and the drinks are flowing...
But the night turns out to be unforgettable for all the wrong reasons when a girl turns up dead on the dancefloor. And – even though she's a stranger – she...
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"Once a liar, always a liar." Dalia kicks the rock into the lake, taking a deep breath. "And once a friend...twice the backstabber."***Following the wake of Julianna Robinson's, the ruling Queen Bee of Devington Private Institute, sudden death; four estranged students unite as one to destroy-or maybe even conceal- the infamous reign Julianna left them with. A reign that brought terror to many of the students; including her own twin, James Robinson,...
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