![]() ![]() ![]() Almost there, dear, the older woman murmured to Paislee before turning to check on the sixty students aboard for the Fordythe Primary class field trip. Martin, Brody’s P6 teacher, peered over her tortoiseshell glasses in reproof at the oblivious driver. ![]() Paislee Shaw gritted her teeth as the school bus jounced over a crack in the paved road, and wished for a wee bit more padding to protect her bum from the hard plastic seat. ![]() With suspects sprouting up like weeds, Paislee may need to hedge her bets until she can determine who is trying to lead her down the garden path. Gruff DI Mack Zeffer is on the case, but Paislee also has a stake in flushing out the shooter. It’s not her missing landlord, but Lady Leery’s nephew, Charles Thomson. Unfortunately, the only one killed is a man Paislee sees falling out of the hedges after being shot. So Paislee volunteers to chaperone in the hopes of tracking down Shawn and killing two birds with one stone. Shawn is heir to the Leery Estate, which Brody’s class will be visiting on a field trip. Paislee’s custom sweater and yarn business, Cashmere Crush, is the sole support for not only the single mum and her ten-year-old son Brody, but also her eccentric Gramps and Wallace, their black Scottish terrier.So when her landlord, Shawn Marcus, serves her an eviction notice and then pulls a disappearing act, she’ll go to any lengths to find the man and reason with him. In the charming Scottish shire of Nairn, sweater shop owner Paislee Shaw must root out a garden variety killer. ![]()
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5/24/2023 0 Comments The rose code by kate quinn![]() ![]() ![]() One is nameless, a codebreaker who supposedly suffered a nervous breakdown after her love affair with a married BP colleague collapsed-the woman was sent to an asylum in fear that she would divulge secret information in her broken state. "Beth Finch is a fictional composite of two very real women. ![]() Women enjoyed a level of equality with male coworkers that they were unlikely to get on the outside for years or decades homosexual members tended to be tacitly acknowledged and accepted people who would today be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder could work without being forced to mask their neurodivergence." "The codebreakers worked hard and played hard, and veterans remember finding an open-mindedness at BP that was sorely lacking in ordinary life. Yakki the Yakkicorn To anyone curious, here are the most related parts of the author's note: "The codebreakers worked hard and played hard, and veterans remember finding a …more To anyone curious, here are the most related parts of the author's note: ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Elinor cleghorn unwell women![]() In Unwell Women, Elinor Cleghorn traces the almost unbelievable history of how medicine has failed women by treating their bodies as alien and other, often to perilous effect. As Elinor learned to live with her unpredictable disease she turned to history for answers, and found an enraging legacy of suffering, mystification, and misdiagnosis. She was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease after a long period of being told her symptoms were anything from psychosomatic to a possible pregnancy. ![]() ![]() A trailblazing, conversation-starting history of women's health-from the earliest medical ideas about women's illnesses to hormones and autoimmune diseases-brought together in a fascinating sweeping narrative.Įlinor Cleghorn became an unwell woman ten years ago. ![]() ![]() I received immediate responses from quite a few people, and the novella The Governess Affair was the winner. The Governess Affair is a novella of about 32,500 words. It occurred to me that I have been following Courtney Milan on Twitter even though I’d never read any of her books, so I put out a call on the CBR Facebook page for suggestions on where to begin with Milan’s work. He'll have to choose between the life that he needs, and the woman he is coming to love. ![]() But everything he has worked for depends upon seeing her gone. Unfortunately, fair means don't work on Serena, and as he comes to know her, he discovers that he can't bear to use foul ones. When his employer orders him to get rid of the pestering governess by fair means or foul, it's just another day at the office. Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts. Hugo Marshall is a man of ruthless ambition-a characteristic that has served him well, elevating the coal miner's son to the right hand man of a duke. By: Courtney Milan Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins 4.5 (975 ratings) Try for 0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. ![]() But she can't stop trying-not with her entire future at stake.He cannot give in. The formidable former pugilist has a black reputation for handling all the duke's dirty business, and when the duke turns her case over to him, she doesn't stand a chance. It's his merciless man of business-the man known as the Wolf of Clermont. ![]() Unable to find new work, she's demanding compensation from the man who got her sacked: a petty, selfish, swinish duke. Three months ago, governess Serena Barton was let go from her position. A new series from New York Times bestselling author Courtney Milan. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Irritable Hearts by Gabriel Mac![]() She had initially gone to Thailand in 2006 to teach English and spent six weeks in the country where she learned more about the Karen refugee crisis. In 2010, McClelland published For Us Surrender Is Out of the Question: A Story from Burma's Never-Ending War, which was about her experience in Thailand and accounts of the refugee crisis of those fleeing nearby Burma. She has been described variously as trustworthy by Newsweek, "a total bad-ass" by The American Prospect, and "a profane young bisexual" by The Wall Street Journal. She has appeared MSNBC, PBS, NPR, Democracy Now!, the BBC, and Al Jazeera. McClelland worked on extensive coverage of 2010's Deepwater Horizon oil spill. ![]() McClelland has covered both domestic and foreign stories, with international locations including Thailand, Haiti, Australia, Burma, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Bhutan. From 2010 to 2013 she was a Human Rights reporter, a position that was created for McClelland. Careerįrom 2007 to 2013, McClelland worked at Mother Jones, where she began as an intern, working her way up from fact checker and copy editor until she was published as a writer. ![]() In 2006, she received an MFA from University of New Orleans in nonfiction. in English and psychology from The Ohio State University. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments The feminine mystique sparknotes![]() Radical feminism sees women as a collective group that has been and is still being oppressed by men. Radical feminists theorize new ways to think and apprehend the relationships between men and women so that women can be liberated. ![]() Radical feminism requires global change of the system. They aim to address the root causes of oppression through systemic change and activism, rather than through legislative or economic change. Radical feminists thus see patriarchy as the root cause of inequality between men and women and they seek to up-root this. The definition of the word ‘radical’ means ‘of or relating to the root’. Radical feminists believe that the cause of gender inequality is based on men’s need or desire to control women. Radical feminism is a branch of feminism that seeks to dismantle the traditional patriarchal power and gender roles that keep women oppressed.
5/24/2023 0 Comments The Coal Elf by Maria DeVivo![]() ![]() ![]() This author has a brilliant way of writing. ![]() ![]() Reader Advisory: Witch of the Red Thorn contains violence, gore, Satanic rituals, and graphic sexual situations Fear soon turns to anger as fingers point in every direction to snuff out the source who has once again brought witchcraft into their midst.Ĭan Barbara control the demons within her to assure the town’s safety? Or will the mob force Barbara and the new Reverend to atone for the sinister magic devouring New Haven Harbor? As shadows loom over the quiet seaside town, the simple townsfolk grow frightened. But on their journey, Barbara soon discovers she is part of a larger design - a plan that has been in the making since the dawn of time. When a series of grisly occurrences tear through the town, Barbara and the new Reverend join together to wade through the carnage. Intense thoughts and feelings she has never experienced before stir inside, drawing her close to the strange man. Dutiful Christian wife Barbara Flynn is immediately affected by the new pastor's presence. The residents of New Haven Harbor, Massachusetts think they've escaped the madness of the Salem Witch Trials, but when a new Reverend is dispatched to their church to take over for their aging vicar, they soon realize the darkness is far from over. Three years after the Salem Witch Trials, a new evil awakens to terrorize an unsuspecting town. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments You know me well david levithan![]() This is an ownvoices book and you can tell. I really liked the focus on the formative years of identity, and how being in that stage of your life where you're trying to find yourself is complicated so much by also trying to understand your queer identity. I related to them both a lot, but also felt quite Seen because it's really rare to have queer friends in books. I always say queer people travel in packs and the friendship between the two really resonated with me. The friendship between Mark and Kate was my favourite thing about this. Kate is in love with a girl she barely knows, and Mark is in love wish his best best friend Ryan who may or may not know. They run into eachother in the city one night and realise, over one wild night, that they do have some things on common. You Know Me Well follows Kate and Mark, who sit next to eachother in class and never talk. ![]() I read it pretty much in one sitting and enjoyed all of it so much. ![]() ![]() I loved the friendship between Mark and Kate, a lesbian and gay character and just how this whole book played out. To be honest, this was the exact kind of queer book I needed and I didn't even realise that until I read it. ![]() This book had the most iconic mlm/wlw solidarity and I am HERE FOR IT. I'm ready to find myself, but I'm not ready for you to know what I find” “I'm ready to love myself, but I'm not ready to lose you. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments Haddix sent series![]() Haddix and her husband, Doug, now live in Columbus, Ohio, with their two children. Her books have been honored with New York Times bestseller status, the International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award American Library Association Best Book and Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers notations and more than a dozen state reader’s choice awards. ![]() She also wrote Into the Gauntlet, the tenth book in the 39 Clues series. Dunphrey Leaving Fishers Just Ella Turnabout Takeoffs and Landings The Girl with 500 Middle Names Because of Anya Escape from Memory Say What? The House on the Gulf Double Identity Dexter the Tough Uprising Palace of Mirrors Claim to Fame the Shadow Children series and the Missing series. She has since written more than 25 books for kids and teens, including Running Out of Time Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Before her first book was published, she worked as a newspaper copy editor in Fort Wayne, Indiana a newspaper reporter in Indianapolis and a community college instructor and freelance writer in Danville, Illinois. ![]() She graduated from Miami University (of Ohio) with degrees in English/journalism, English/creative writing and history. ![]() ![]() Margaret Peterson Haddix grew up on a farm near Washington Court House, Ohio. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As this is a middle grade book - you know things will all work out in the end. Ari, and sometimes her brother too, get support from some unexpected people. But a boy in her grade who she'd never paid any attention to seems eager to befriend her, in spite of her body odor and greasy hair. Her best friends at school begin to shun her, as she is often unclean and distracted. At first it isn't too bad spending a few nights with one of Gage's friends here or there, but in time, they've worn out their welcome and become street people.Īll the while, Ari, once a shining academic star at her elementary school, is struggling to keep up her grades, and losing hope that she will be accepted to a prestigious local middle school that she's been dreaming would be her next step. ![]() And when Gage turns 18 (and this is where the book starts) he lies to Janna and tells her he has an apartment lined up, and he's moving out - and taking Ari with him.īut he doesn't have an apartment, or a job. But Gage and Janna butted head constantly. When Ari and her older brother Gage were left orphans upon the death of their mother, they came under the guardianship of Janna. ![]() |