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Author
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Ballantine books trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
1 kit in a cloth bag ; (34 x 48 cm) + 1 folder
Language
English
Description
This book is based on the real-life story of a New York socialite who championed a group of concentration camp survivors known as the Rabbits ... Caroline Ferriday is a former Broadway actress and liaison to the French consulate whose life is forever changed when Hitler's army invades Poland in September 1939--and then sets its sights on France. An ocean away from Caroline, Kasia Kuzmerick, a Polish teenager, senses her carefree youth disappearing...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
8 books (223 pages ; 22 cm), 1 reading guide ; in canvas bag (45 x 36 cm)
Language
English
Description
"Can three scrappy, single women of varied ages find happiness in a new travel business specializing in casino junkets? Or are all bets off when a murder is discovered after the tour bus arrives at the casino hotel? At fifty years of age Betty Chance found herself unemployed, divorced and penniless. Her husband of twenty-seven years had left her for an older, fatter woman (the one who covered his gambling debts). With her pretty niece Lori she opens...
16963) Nellie in the news
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Lexile measure
GN 520L
Physical Desc
48 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Rosie Freedman is a gifted young African American girl who drops out of school when her family falls on hard times. It is only when she meets Nellie Bly, a journalist on an amazing mission, that Rosie starts to dream again"--Cover verso. Includes factual information about the status of women in 19th-century America, Nellie Bly, Jules Verne, and famous journeys around the world.
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
8 books (212, 16 pages ; 24 cm), in a cloth bag ; 38 x 46 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Marjorie Herrera Lewis's debut historical novel the inspiring true story of high school teacher Tylene Wilson--a woman who surprises everyone as she breaks with tradition to become the first high school football coach in Texas--comes to life. Football is the heartbeat of Brownwood, Texas. Every Friday night for as long as assistant principal Tylene Wilson can remember, the entire town has gathered in the stands, cheering their boys on. Each September...
Author
Series
Maisie Dobbs novel volume 1
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
8 books (304 pages), in a cloth bag ; 38 x 46 cm.
Language
English
Description
Maisie Dobbs got her start as a maid in an aristocratic London household when she was thirteen. Her employer, suffragette Lady Rowan Compton, soon became her patron, taking the remarkably bright youngster under her wing. Lady Rowan's friend, Maurice Blanche, often retained as an investigator by the European elite, recognized Maisie's intuitive gifts and helped her earn admission to the prestigious Girton College in Cambridge, where Maisie planned...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
1 kit in a cloth bag ; (40 x 49 cm) + 1 folder
Language
English
Description
"Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? ...Summoned to Evelyns luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show...
16967) Binge box: Julia Roberts
Publisher
[Midwest Tape]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (787 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. ; in 1 multi-disc DVD case
Language
English
Description
A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
Notting Hill: The life of a simple bookshop owner changes when the most famous star in the world walks into his shop and buys a book.
Erin Brockovich: A brash former beauty queen and single mom talks her way into a job at a small L.A. law firm and begins investigating mysterious illnesses.
Steel magnolias: This is the story of six women and their friendship,...
16968) The lady in the van
Author
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
2 CDs (1 hr., 25 min.) : digital ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
In the 1970s, an eccentric old lady called Miss Shepherd lived in an old van opposite Bennett's house in Camden. That is until new parking regulations come into force -and he suggests moving the van onto his driveway. This odd relationship - not quite a friendship - lasted for 20 years until Miss Shepherd's death.
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
10 books (233 pages ; color illustrations) in a cloth bag ; (35 x 44 cm) + 1 folder
Language
English
Description
"Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful--and very awkward--hearing aid. The Phonic Ear gives Cece the ability to hear--sometimes...
Publisher
[Midwest Tape]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (562 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. ; in 1 multi-disc DVD case
Language
English
Description
A collection of DVDs featuring five royal-themed films into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
The King's speech: This is the story of King George VI of Britian, his impromptu ascension to the throne, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.
Victoria & Abdul: Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Mary Queen of Scots: Queen of France at sixteen,...