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The American Libraries collection includes material contributed from across the United States. Institutions range from the Library of Congress to many local public libraries. As a whole, this collection of material brings holdings that cover many facets of American life and scholarship into the public domain. Significant portions of this collection have been generously sponsored by Microsoft, Yahoo!, The Sloan Foundation, and others.

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"---and ladies of the club"
by Santmyer, Helen Hooven, 1895-
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Topics: Women, City and town life
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"Doc" : the rape of the town of Lovell
by Olsen, Jack
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"A true story of sexual oppression, denial, and outrage"--Jacket subtitle
Topics: Story, John, Rape, Physicians, Mormon women, Secrecy
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"I'm not good enough"-- and other lies women tell themselves
by Sharon Jaynes
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Topics: Women -- Religious aspects -- Christianity, Self-perception -- Religious aspects -- Christianity,...
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101 nights of grrrreat sex : secret seductions for fun loving couples
by Corn, Laura
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Topics: Sex instruction for women, Sex instruction for men
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1st to die : a novel
by Patterson, James, 1947-
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Topics: Women detectives, Women in the professions, Female friendship, Serial murders
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50 ways to improve women's lives : the essential women's guide for achieving equality, health, and success
by National Council of Women's Organizations
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-167)
Topics: Women, Women, Women's rights, Feminism, Social action
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A baby changes everything
by Ferrarella, Marie
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Includes bonus material: Behind the scenes; The writing life ; excerpt from: In the arms of the law, by Peggy Moreland
Topics: Romance - General, Fiction / General, General, Fiction - Romance, Fiction, Ranchers, Ranch life,...
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A big storm knocked it over : a novel
by Colwin, Laurie
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Originally published: New York : HarperCollins, c1993
Topic: Women
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A billionaire and a baby
by Ferrarella, Marie
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Topics: Romance, Fiction, Fiction - Romance, Romance: Modern, Romance - Adult, Fiction / Romance / Adult,...
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A Caribbean mystery
by Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
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"Would you like to see a picture of a murderer?" So asks a stranger of Miss Jane Marple while she is vacationing on luxurious St. Honore. Before she has a chance to answer, the mystery man vanishes, only to be found dead the following day. Now Miss Marple is asking the questions: What happened to the curious photo: Why is the hotelier prone to nightmares? Why doesn't the most-talked-about guest, a reclusive millionaire, ever leave his room? Any why is Miss Marple fearing for her own...
Topics: Marple, Jane (Fictitious character), Women detectives, Detective and mystery stories
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A century of higher education for American women
by Newcomer, Mabel, b. 1891
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Topic: Women
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A Christmas wedding wager
by Styles, Michelle
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"Victorian"--Spine
Topics: Single women, Businessmen
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A clinical guide for the care of older women : primary and preventive care
by Byyny, Richard L; Speroff, Leon, 1935-
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Topics: Older women, Geriatrics, Women's Health, Bejaardenzorg, Vrouwen, Veroudering (biologie,...
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A dance through time
by Kurland, Lynn
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Topics: Time travel, Women authors
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A darker justice
by Bissell, Sallie
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"For Assistant District Attorney Mary Crow, the misty mountains of Little Jump Off, North Carolina, still echo with secrets hidden in shallow graves. Now, at the request of the FBI, she is called back from Atlanta to her childhood home for a matter both professional ...and deeply personal."--Jacket
Topics: Women, Judges, Public prosecutors, Wilderness areas, Women lawyers
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A daughter of Isis : the autobiography of Nawal El Saadawi
by Saʻdāwī, Nawāl
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294 p. ; 24 cm
Topics: Saʻdāwī, Nawāl, Women authors, Arab -- Egypt -- Biography, Women physicians -- Egypt --...
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A distant dawn
by Peart, Jane
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233 p. ; 21 cm
Topic: Women pioneers -- Fiction
Source: Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control)
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A father's gift
by Edwards, Andrea
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Topics: Divorced women, Single fathers
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A girl's guide to taking over the world : writings from the girl zine revolution
by Taormino, Tristan, 1971-; Green, Karen
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Topics: American prose literature, Young women, Young women, Feminism, American prose literature, Feminism,...
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A gown of Spanish lace
by Oke, Janette, 1935-
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Topics: Frontier and pioneer life, Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Women pioneers
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A harmless ruse
by Lord, Alexandra
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Topic: Young women
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A history of women in the West
by Duby, Georges; Perrot, Michelle; Pantel, Pauline Schmitt
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Translation of: Storia delle donne in Occidente
Topics: Women, Women, Vrouwen, WOMEN, HISTORY, WOMEN'S STATUS, WESTERN CIVILIZATION, Frau, Women Social...
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A home of her own
by Connors, Cathleen
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Topics: Widows, Pregnant women, First loves
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A husband for Helen
by Street, Mary
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Topics: General, Romance - General, Fiction, Fiction - General, Romance: Modern, Inheritance and...
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A literature of their own : British women novelists from Brontë to Lessing
by Showalter, Elaine
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Bibliography: p. 351-365
Topics: English fiction, English fiction, English fiction, Women and literature, Women novelists, English,...
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A little yuletide murder : a Murder, she wrote mystery : a novel
by Bain, Donald, 1935-
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"Based on the Universal television series created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson & William Link."
Topics: Fletcher, Jessica (Fictitious character), Women detectives, Women novelists
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A man like Mac
by Robinson, Fay
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Topics: Women runners, Rehabilitation, Paraplegics, Romance
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A murder is announced
by Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
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Topics: Marple, Jane (Fictitious character), Women detectives, Detective and mystery stories, English,...
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A murder is announced
by Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
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The notice in the Chipping Gazette was rather small, but it served admirably well-by sundown everyone was gathered at Little Paddocks for sherry and a game of murder
Topics: Marple, Jane (Fictitious character), Women detectives, Marple, Jane (Fictitious character), Women...
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A presumption of death
by Paton Walsh, Jill, 1937-; Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh), 1893-1957
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Mystery written by Jill Paton Walsh based on Dorothy Sayers's descriptions of the Wimseys coping with wartime conditions in 1940
Topics: Women's Land Army (Great Britain), Vane, Harriet (Fictitious character), Wimsey, Peter, Lord...
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A quiet revolution : the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America
by Ahmed, Leila
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viii, 352 p. ; 25 cm
Topics: Hijab (Islamic clothing) -- Middle East, Hijab (Islamic clothing) -- United States, Veils -- Middle...
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A room of one's own
by Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941
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140 pages ; 21 cm
Topics: Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941, Literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc,...
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A room of one's own
by Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941; Gubar, Susan, 1944-
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-145)
Topics: Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941, Literature, Women and literature, Women authors, Authorship, FICTION /...
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A seal upon my heart; autobiographies of twenty sisters
by Kane, George Louis, 1911- ed
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Topic: Monasticism and religious orders for women
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A season in Eden
by Chance, Megan
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Topic: Married women
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A shooting star
by Stegner, Wallace Earle, 1909-1993
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Beautiful but bored wife of a doctor who lives in idle luxury on an old estate south of San Francisco, tries to escape from herself through a series of love affairs
Topics: Man-woman relationships, Adultery, Women
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A Thousand Bones
by PJ Parrish
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Topics: Mystery And Suspense Fiction, Fiction, Fiction - Espionage / Thriller, Mystery/Suspense, Suspense,...
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A touch of betrayal
by Palmer, Catherine, 1956-
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While on a business trip to find inspiration for a line of exotic fabrics, a woman's well-ordered plans are shattered by news of a financial disaster and an attempt on her life
Topics: Adventure / thriller, Crime & mystery, Religion, Fiction - General, General, Christianity -...
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A town called Christmas
by Alexander, Carrie
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Topics: Air pilots, Military, Pregnant women
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A verdict of love
by Mills, Jenna
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Includes preview of: The billionaire drifter (p. [243]-248)
Topics: Investment bankers, Single mothers, Women lawyers, First loves, Bank robberies, Paternity
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A vindication of the rights of woman
by Mary Wollstonecraft
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Topics: Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797., Women -- Education -- Great Britain., Women's rights -- Great...
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A voice in the wind
by Rivers, Francine, 1947-
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Torn by the love for a handsome aristocrat, a young slave girl clings to her faith in the living God for deliverance from the forces of decadent Rome
Topics: Church history, Women slaves
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A woman after God's own heart
by George, Elizabeth, 1944-
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-269)
Topic: Christian women
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A woman's age
by Billington, Rachel
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Topic: Women
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A woman's guide to overcoming sexual fear & pain
by Goodwin, Aurelie Jones; Agronin, Marc E
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Topics: Sexual desire disorders, Anorgasmy, Dyspareunia, Sex instruction for women
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A World of women : anthropological studies of women in the societies of the world
by Bourguignon, Erika, 1924-
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"A J.F. Bergin Publishers book."
Topics: Women, Social change
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A writer's diary : being extracts from the diary of Virginia Woolf
by Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941
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x, 356 p. ; 22 cm
Topics: Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Diaries, Women novelists, English -- 20th century -- Diaries
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A year of beauty and health
by Sassoon, Beverly; Sassoon, Vidal, joint author; Duhé, Camillé, joint author
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A Fireside book
Topics: Beauty, Personal, Women
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Abs of steel : flatter, firmer abs in just four weeks
by Hart, Leisa; Neporent, Liz
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Includes index
Topics: Exercise for women, Abdomen
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Active birth
by Janet Balaskas
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Topics: Active childbirth., Exercise for women.
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Addicted to shopping and other issues women have with money
by O'Connor, Karen, 1938-
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Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Psychology, Religion, Finance, Personal, Christian Life, Psychoneuroses, Religion - Christian...
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Addictions au féminin
by Facy, Françoise
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187 p.
Topics: type of use, female sex, descriptive epidemiology, consumption, alcohol, mother, pregnancy,...
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Advanced sex tips for girls : this time it's personal
by Heimel, Cynthia, 1947-
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Originally published: London : Simon & Schuster, 2002
Topics: Humour, Sex & sexuality, American Satire And Humor, English, Humor, USA, Form - Essays, Topic -...
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Agatha Christie
by Wagoner, Mary
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Includes index
Topics: Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -, History and criticism, Detective and mystery...
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Agatha Raisin and the day the floods came
by Beaton, M. C
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Topics: Raisin, Agatha (Fictitious character), Women private investigators, Women private investigators,...
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Alcoholism and women : the background and the psychology
by Bauer, Jan, 1943-
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-136) and index
Topics: Women, Alcoholism, Women, Women alcoholics, Femmes, Alcoolisme, Femmes, Femmes alcooliques, HEALTH...
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All night long
by Krentz, Jayne Ann
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Includes excerpt from Amanda Quick's next novel: Second sight (p. [324]-359)
Topics: Murder victims' families, Women journalists, Hotelkeepers
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All's fair
by Reisser, Anne N
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Topic: Women air pilots
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Altar of Eden
by Rollins, James
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Topics: Women veterinarians, Terrorism, Animal genetic engineering
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Amaryllis
by Castle, Jayne; Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
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Recently cut off from her home planet with the rest of her colony, psychic detective Amaryllis Lark is approached by Lucas Trent, the head of Lodestar Exploration, to help him expose a corporate thief
Topics: Life on other planets, Psychics, Women detectives
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Amber's wedding
by Wood, Sara
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Topics: Weddings, Pregnant women
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American women in jazz : 1900 to the present : their words, lives, and music
by Placksin, Sally
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Bibliography: p. [323]-324
Topics: Jazz musicians, Jazz, Women musicians, Women composers
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Amy Carmichael : for the children of India
by Wellman, Sam
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [207])
Topics: Carmichael, Amy, 1867-1951, Dohnavur Fellowship, Women missionaries, Women missionaries
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An echo in the darkness
by Rivers, Francine, 1947-
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Topics: Church history, Women slaves
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An improper aristocrat
by Marlowe, Deb
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"Rapscallion! Rake! Wanderer! Adventurer! All accusations that the Earl of Treyford acknowledges with pride. The scandalous son of a disgraced mother, he has no time for the pretty niceties of the ton, nor the simpering debutantes who populate its ballrooms. He has returned to England to aid an "aging" spinster facing an undefined danger. But Miss Latimer's dark and sultry beauty, her fascinating mix of knowledge and innocence, arouse far more than his protective instincts. Can...
Topics: Aristocracy (Social class), Single women, Family secrets
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And babies make four
by Ferrarella, Marie; Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
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"Silhouette special edition."
Topics: Divorced women, Pregnant women, Businessmen, First loves
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Angels in my hair : a memoir
by Byrne, Lorna
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Through different eyes -- The gatekeepers -- Stairway to heaven -- Why do you hide from me? -- Elijah -- Absorbing the pain of others -- A creature without a soul -- The intermediary -- The angel of death -- The bombers -- The angel of mother's love -- Country cottage -- Telling Joe -- I never knew I had a guardian angel -- The power of prayer -- The tunnel -- Three knocks on the window -- Isn't Lorna lucky-- -- "I'm here, I'm here--here I am!" -- The golden chain -- I need some...
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Topics: Byrne, Lorna, Women mystics, Religious biography
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Anna Hastings : the story of a Washington newspaperperson! : A novel
by Drury, Allen
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Topic: Women journalists
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Vol 10: Anne Frank : life in hiding
by Hurwitz, Johanna; Rosenberry, Vera, ill
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"A JPS young biography"--Jacket
Topics: Frank, Anne, 1929-1945, Frank, Anne, 1929-1945, Jews, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Jews,...
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Any Thursday
by Webb, Peggy
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Topics: Women biologists, Journalists
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Anything is possible : a selection of eleven women poets
by None
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186 pages : 24 cm
Topics: Canadian poetry -- Women authors, Canadian poetry -- 20th century, Canadian poetry, Anthologie,...
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Around the world with Mrs. Pollifax
by Gilman, Dorothy, 1923-
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"Mystery Guild Lost Classics Omnibus"--cover
Topics: Pollifax, Emily (Fictitious character), Intelligence service, Women spies
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Ascent of woman
by Borgese, Elisabeth Mann
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Includes bibliography and index
Topics: Women, Collectivism, Individualism
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Ashes in the wind
by Woodiwiss, Kathleen E
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An enthralling tale of romantic ectasty and tumultuous adventure
Topics: American Civil War (1861-1865), Young women, Soldiers, Romance fiction, Civil War, New Orleans,...
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Ashes in the wind
by Woodiwiss, Kathleen E
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Topics: Love stories, Young women, Soldiers

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