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Nina Simone

By: Nina Simone

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De briljante zangeres Nina Simone werd ondanks haar grote talent gedwarsboomd door haar eigen innerlijke tegenstellingen. Op het podium voelde en gedroeg Simone zich vrij en ongeremd. Tegelijkertijd had ze veel moeite haar artistieke ambitie te verenigen met haar toewijding aan de politieke burgerrechtenstrijd. In combinatie met haar grillige temperament leidde dit tot destructieve relaties, niet alleen met haar fans, maar ook met haar geliefde en dochter. Alan Light schreef op basis van jarenlange diepgaande research deze definitieve biografie. Hij gebruikte onder meer niet eerder gepubliceerde opnames van interviews. En zo ontstaat het beeld van de soms verdrietige en vaak verbijsterende wirwar van Nina Simones ware leven, een beeld dat Simone zelfs in haar eigen autobiografie nooit heeft willen tonen. Het resultaat is een aangrijpend, eerlijk en fascinerend portret.

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9401606773

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9789401606776

I Put A Spell On You

The Autobiography Of Nina Simone

By: Nina Simone

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I Put A Spell On You

The Autobiography Of Nina Simone

By: Nina Simone

The inimitable, gorgeously talented Nina Simone (1933-2003)--the "high priestess of soul"--sets the story of her tumultuous, passionate life straight in I Put a Spell on You. Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in small-town North Carolina, Nina Simone changed the face of both music and race relations in America. She struck a chord with bluesy jazz ballads like "Put a Little Sugar in My Bowl" and powerful protest songs such as "Mississippi Goddam" and "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black," the anthem of the American Civil Rights movement. Here are the many lives and loves of Nina Simone, recounted in her unshakable voice.

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Da Capo Press

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0306813270

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9780306813276

Of Cats and Men

Stories

By: Nina de Gramont

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Of Cats and Men

Stories

By: Nina de Gramont

Haughty Bengals, faithful Maine coons, and feral strays: These are the haunting familiars that animate Nina De Gramont's critically acclaimed debut collection of short fiction. Prowling through every story, these enigmatic creatures expose the hidden fears and passions of the female heart, and illuminate the profound truths of men and love. A young woman finds two dark surprises in her home: a magpie dismembered by her mischievous cat, and an unsettling glimpse of her fiancé’s secret inclinations... A pregnant housewife quietly suffers a visit from her troubled brother-in-law while her hidden anger comes to life in the suddenly hostile behavior of her docile house cat... A frustrated newlywed clings to the last vestige of her well-appointed upbringing--a pampered Himalayan high point--until a rangy stray cat shows her the true meaning of marriage... As clever, finessed, and keen as the feline disposition it celebrates, Of Cats and Men marks the arrival of an exciting new voice in fiction.

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Delta

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0307488993

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9780307488992

Harlequin Romance February 2024 Box Set

By: Nina Singh,Michele Renae,Ruby Basu,Justine Lewis

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Harlequin Romance February 2024 Box Set

By: Nina Singh,Michele Renae,Ruby Basu,Justine Lewis

Harlequin® Romance brings you a collection of four new titles, available now! Experience the rush of falling in love! This Harlequin® Romance box set includes: PART OF HIS ROYAL WORLD If the Fairy Tale Fits… By Nina Singh When Arielle rescues a gorgeous man from a boat crash, her life is turned upside down. Because the man she’s saved is Prince Riko! Their instantaneous chemistry soon becomes irresistible… But with Riko duty-bound to marry another royal, can Arielle ever truly be part of the prince’s world? CINDERELLA’S BILLION-DOLLAR INVITATION If the Fairy Tale Fits… By Michele Renae When billionaire Wolf—Ivy's most charming customer!—invites the barista to be his fake date at a glamorous ball, stepping out of her ordinary life is impossible to resist... As is his kiss! But what happens when Wolf wants her to be his Cinderella for more than one night? THEIR FAIRY TALE INDIA ESCAPE If the Fairy Tale Fits… By Ruby Basu Rina longs for independence. So, when tycoon Connor arrives to acquire her family’s company, she sees an opportunity to escape with him on a business trip to India. Their desire ignites the second they arrive! But can the spark between them last beyond their temporary adventure? BEAUTY AND THE PLAYBOY PRINCE If the Fairy Tale Fits… By Justine Lewis Simone’s quiet life is upended when best friend, Prince Eduoard, arrives at her Parisian bookshop to hide from a royal scandal. Trapped together until the storm blows over, their friendship unexpectedly gives way to indescribable passion! Simone knows it’s only temporary, but she can’t help dreaming of happy-ever-after…

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0369737830

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Roman Crazy

By: Alice Clayton,Nina Bocci

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Roman Crazy

By: Alice Clayton,Nina Bocci

A delicious, sexy, laugh-out-loud modern romance about a newly single woman and her journey to find love again, from New York Times bestselling author Alice Clayton and debut author Nina Bocci. Avery Bardot steps off the plane in Rome, looking for a fresh start. She’s left behind a soon-to-be ex-husband in Boston and plans to spend the summer with her best friend Daisy, licking her wounds—and perhaps a gelato or two. But when her American-expat friend throws her a welcome party on her first night, Avery’s thrown for a loop when she sees a man she never thought she’d see again: Italian architect Marcello Bianchi. Marcello was the man—the one who got away. And now her past is colliding with her present, a present where she should be mourning the loss of her marriage and—hey, that fettuccine is delicious! And so is Marcello… Slipping easily into the good life of summertime in Rome, Avery spends her days exploring a city that makes art historians swoon, and her nights swooning over her unexpected what was old is new again romance. It’s heady, it’s fevered, it’s wanton, and it’s crazy. But could this really be her new life? Or is it just a temporary reprieve before returning to the land of twin-set cardigans and crustless sandwiches? A celebration of great friendship, passionate romance, and wonderful food, Roman Crazy is a lighthearted story of second chances and living life to the fullest.

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Simon and Schuster

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1501117645

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9781501117640

How Shall We Sing?

A Mediterranean Journey Through a Jewish Family

By: Aline P'nina Tayar

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How Shall We Sing?

A Mediterranean Journey Through a Jewish Family

By: Aline P'nina Tayar

This autobiography deals with issues of identity and belonging. Traces the author's roots in the Eastern Mediterranean, and describes the Jewish neighbourhoods of Tunis, Tripoli and Maka where her family lived. Discusses the impact of the rise of Nazism, the creation of the state of Israel and the resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism as well as domestic and cultural details and interactions and the author's reactions to them. Includes a bibliography.

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Aline Tayar

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0330362119

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9780330362115

Starstruck

A Football Romance

By: Nina Erryck

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Starstruck

A Football Romance

By: Nina Erryck

Roland Degraft likes his life just the way it is. Hes got money, good looks, and a thriving football career and has no interest in love, marriage, and white picket fences. Until two girls breeze into his life in the most unconventional waysat least as far as Roland is concernedand he is thrown into a triple dilemma that threatens to change his life forever. Dilemma 1 He must make a choice. Getting this attracted to one girl is very disturbing, let alone two. Now he must make a choice, but based on what? Hes equally attracted to both of them. Dilemma 2 He must find the girl he chooses. One thing the girls have in commonthey both dont want him to find them. One uses the Internet as a shield, and the other uses the whole city. How does he find two girls who dont want to be found? Dilemma 3 He must make her starstruck. One girl thinks shes not good enough for him; the other believes shes too good for him. Either way, he must find a way to convince his choice that starstruck is the best thing to be.

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Partridge Publishing Africa

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1482801949

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9781482801941

Italian Communication on the Revolt in the Low Countries (1566-1648)

By: Nina Lamal

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Italian Communication on the Revolt in the Low Countries (1566-1648)

By: Nina Lamal

In this groundbreaking book, Nina Lamal provides a compelling account of Italian information and communication on the Revolt in the Low Countries, casting an entirely new light on the keen Italian interest and involvement in this protracted conflict.

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BRILL

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9004538070

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9789004538078

Futures & Ruins

Eighteenth-century Paris and the Art of Hubert Robert

By: Nina L. Dubin,Hubert Robert

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Futures & Ruins

Eighteenth-century Paris and the Art of Hubert Robert

By: Nina L. Dubin,Hubert Robert

In this timely and provocative study, Hubert Robert's paintings of urban ruins are interpreted as manifestations of a new consciousness of time, one shaped by the uncertainties of an economy characterized by the dread-inducing expansion of credit, frenzied speculation on the stock exchange, and bold ventures in real estate. As the favored artist of an enterprising Parisian elite, Robert is a prophetic case study of the intersections between aesthetics and modernity's dawning business culture. At the center of this lively narrative lie Robert's depictions of the ruins of Paris--macabre and spectacular paintings of fires and demolitions created on the eve of the French Revolution. Drawing on a vast range of materials, Futures & Ruins understands these artworks as harbingers of a modern appetite for destruction. The paintings are examined as expressions of the pleasures and perils of a risk economy. This captivating account--lavishly illustrated with rarely reproduced objects--recovers the critical significance of the eighteenth-century cult of ruins and of Robert's art for our times.

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Getty Publications

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1606060236

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9781606060230

The Way You Make Me Feel

Love in Black and Brown

By: Nina Sharma

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The Way You Make Me Feel

Love in Black and Brown

By: Nina Sharma

“Nina Sharma’s thoughtful debut is equal parts memoir, criticism, and long-ranging conversation with a new friend. A love story for the ruminative reader that is generous with both scrutiny and romance.” —Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award A hilarious and moving memoir in essays about love and allyship, told through one Asian and Black interracial relationship When Nina Sharma meets Quincy while hitching a ride to a friend’s Fourth of July barbecue, she spots a favorite book, Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior, in the back seat of his cramped car, and senses a sadness from him that’s all too familiar to her. She is immediately intrigued—who is this man? In The Way You Make Me Feel, Sharma chronicles her and Quincy’s love story, and in doing so, examines how their Black and Asian relationship becomes the lens through which she moves through and understands the world. In a series of sensual and sparkling essays, Sharma reckons with caste, race, colorism, and mental health, moving from her seemingly idyllic suburban childhood through her and Quincy’s early sweeping romance in the so-called postracial Obama years and onward to their marriage. Growing up, she hears her parents talk about the racism they experienced at the hands of white America—and as an adult, she confronts the complexities of American racism and the paradox of her family’s disappointment when she starts dating a Black man. While watching The Walking Dead, Sharma dives into the eerie parallels between the brutal death of Steven Yeun’s character and the murder of Vincent Chin. She examines the trailblazing Mira Nair film Mississippi Masala, revolutionary in its time for depicting a love story between an Indian woman and a Black man on screen, and considers why interracial relationships are so often assumed to include white people. And as she and Quincy decide whether to start a family, they imagine a universe in which Vice President Kamala Harris could possibly be their time-traveling daughter. Written with a keen critical eye and seamlessly weaving in history, pop culture, and politics, The Way You Make Me Feel reaffirms the idea that allyship is an act of true love.

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Penguin

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059349282X

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9780593492826

Skin Colour Politics

Whiteness and Beauty in India

By: Nina Kullrich

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Skin Colour Politics

Whiteness and Beauty in India

By: Nina Kullrich

The global practice of skin bleaching is predominantly understood as an internalized legacy of colonialism and an embodiment of Western ideals of beauty. This book offers a new perspective on fair skin preference in India: it challenges the assumption that desires for light skin are always a desire of whiteness. Rather than talking back to the colonial centre, skin colour politics reorganise and reinforce social distinctions in Indian societies, which are neither exclusively local nor global. Based on primary research conducted in Delhi, this multi-dimensional study shows how skin colour intersects with and reproduces other categories of social distinction – primarily gender, class, caste, race, region and religion. It historically embeds fairness as an Indian, precolonial yet transnational ideal of beauty. The bleached body emerges as an active and thus, potentially resistant part of negotiating social status within multiple power relations and complex beauty regimes. By mapping a whole geography of skin colours in India, this book shows how fair skin as a locally embedded beauty norm and whiteness as a global cultural imperative interrelate.

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Springer Nature

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3662649225

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9783662649220

Lost Wars

By: Nina James

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Lost Wars

By: Nina James

Morgan Tiller was self-made, assertive, and skeptical of all things romantic....until Tony. Now, successfully employed and engaged, Morgan begins to understand the happiness of her heart. When her world crashes, and her engagement abruptly ends, with only the mere mention of another woman as the cause, Morgan is devastated. Only with the support of her best friends, Jai and London, does Morgan find solace. Not to mention the opinions of her sordid, overbearing mother, Evelyn, who herself was cheated on by Morgans father, is Morgan left to pick up the pieces and carry on. Through her recovery, old flames will be revisited, sour relationships rekindled, and friendships tested. As lines are crossed, and secrets are unveiled, can those closest to Morgan prove true? Or will the scandals become too much to bear, leaving her to question all those she once held so dear. Sometimes lost wars are our greatest victory, but first we must surrender.

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Lulu.com

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0359879918

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9780359879915

Harlequin Romance September 2018 Box Set

By: Marion Lennox,Michelle Douglas,Nina Milne,Andrea Bolter

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Harlequin Romance September 2018 Box Set

By: Marion Lennox,Michelle Douglas,Nina Milne,Andrea Bolter

Harlequin® Romance brings you a collection of four new titles, available now! Experience the rush of falling in love! This Harlequin® Romance box set includes: #4631 ENGLISH LORD ON HER DOORSTEP by Marion Lennox Stranded with handsome stranger Bryn Morgan during a storm, Charlie can’t help seeking one night of comfort in his reassuring arms… The two forge a seemingly unbreakable bond—until morning brings the revelation that Bryn is in fact Lord Carlisle! #4632 THE MILLION POUND MARRIAGE DEAL by Michelle Douglas Billionaire playboy Will Trent-Paterson has just one year to get married. And his old friend Sophie Mitchell has the perfect temporary solution: she’ll marry him—for one million pounds! Only, Will soon realizes walking away from captivating Sophie isn’t going to be easy… #4633 CONVENIENTLY WED TO THE PRINCE by Nina Milne When Prince Stefan learns he might inherit land in his estranged principality, he discovers beguiling Holly Romano is also named in the will—and the land goes to whomever marries first… So they join forces and conveniently marry each other! #4634 THE ITALIAN’S RUNAWAY PRINCESS by Andrea Bolter With her arranged royal wedding only weeks away, Princess Luciana flees to Florence for a glimpse of life outside the palace walls…only to be rescued by guarded billionaire Gio Grassi! Could this chance encounter change the course of their lives—forever?

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1488089957

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9781488089954

Angelo Badalamenti's Soundtrack from Twin Peaks

By: Clare Nina Norelli

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Angelo Badalamenti's Soundtrack from Twin Peaks

By: Clare Nina Norelli

The first book to focus on the soundtrack of Twin Peaks, with publication timed alongside the series return.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501323016

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The Art of Time

Levinas, Ethics, and the Contemporary Peninsular Novel

By: Nina L Molinaro

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The Art of Time

Levinas, Ethics, and the Contemporary Peninsular Novel

By: Nina L Molinaro

Ethics, or the systematized set of inquiries and responses to the question “what should I do?” has infused the history of human narrative for more than two centuries. One of the foremost theorists of ethics during the twentieth century, Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) radicalized the discipline of philosophy by arguing that “the ethical” is the foundational moment for human subjectivity, and that human subjectivity underlies all of Western philosophy. Levinas’s voice is crucial to the resurging global attention to ethics because he grapples with the quintessential problem of alterity or “otherness,” which he conceptualizes as the articulation of, and prior responsibility to, difference in relation to the competing movement toward sameness. Academicians and journalists in Spain and abroad have recently fastened on an emerging cluster of peninsular writers who, they argue, pertain to a discernible literary generation, provisionally referred to as Generación X. These writers are distinct from their predecessors; they and their literary texts are closely related to the specific socio-political and historical circumstances in Spain and their novels relate stories of more and less proximity, more and less responsibility, and more and less temporality. In short, they trace the temporal movement of alterity through narrative. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

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Rutgers University Press

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168448135X

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9781684481354

The Little French Bistro

A Novel

By: Nina George

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The Little French Bistro

A Novel

By: Nina George

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop, an extraordinary novel about self-discovery and new beginnings. Marianne is stuck in a loveless, unhappy marriage. After forty-one years, she has reached her limit, and one evening in Paris she decides to take action. Following a dramatic moment on the banks of the Seine, Marianne leaves her life behind and sets out for the coast of Brittany, also known as “the end of the world.” Here she meets a cast of colorful and unforgettable locals who surprise her with their warm welcome, and the natural ease they all seem to have, taking pleasure in life’s small moments. And, as the parts of herself she had long forgotten return to her in this new world, Marianne learns it’s never too late to begin the search for what life should have been all along. With all the buoyant charm that made The Little Paris Bookshop a beloved bestseller, The Little French Bistro is a tale of second chances and a delightful embrace of the joys of life in France.

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Ballantine Books

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0451495594

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9780451495594

The Albatross

By: Nina Wan

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The Albatross

By: Nina Wan

The albatross is just about the rarest thing in golf - two shots on a par 5. A hole-in-one, anywhere on the course, is just a random event, a fluke. It's not your own doing. But an albatross . . . It's a thing of beauty. One. Two. It must be very deliberate, very thoughtful, one superb shot followed by another. You can say it's got to take a degree of belief. You've got to really want it, and aim for it, and try for it.' When Primrose makes an unplanned detour into a dilapidated suburban golf course called Whistles, she has no idea that the past will come rushing back at her, bringing every detail of her life into stark focus. At 36, her marriage is teetering from illness and infidelity. A visit from her commanding brother-in-law looms ominously on the horizon. And by a twist of fate, Peter, the boy she loved twenty years ago, is now living across the street. Primrose cannot escape the increasing demands to make a choice, between her first love and her marriage, duty and desire, fear and freedom. Slowly, the grounds of Whistles, and a sport she proves to be terrible at, become her meditation and cure. From a sparkling new Australian voice, The Albatross is a big-hearted, beautifully written and utterly engaging novel about first love, second chances and the most elusive shot in golf. Praise for The Albatross 'The Albatross is a sinewy, compelling vine of a novel, twining into unanticipated crevices and captivating the reader until the very last page. Brilliant. This is a spectacularly good book; funny, tense, observant, and equipped with a truly memorable heroine.' Annabel Crabb 'Nina Wan's shining debut has captivated both my mind and heart. It is such an important novel that should be widely read. It has been days since I have finished this book but Primrose Li remains alive to me and I know she will live on in many more readers to come.' Hannah Bent, bestselling author of When Things Are Alive They Hum 'The first thing you want to do when you finish The Albatross is find the nearest rooftop and shout, "Primrose!" It's an understatement to call her the narrator of this smart, beguiling novel. Its warmth and humour are her warmth and humour, as are its disquieting undertones... [This is] is a study in the art of the swerve - into Primrose's marriage, into her past, into brilliant discussions of potential and belonging and the everyday question of being happy, or not. There are secrets beneath all this, and the final mix is that rare book that manages to be both surprising and subtle - a quality that's utterly Primrosian.' VPLA Unpublished Manuscript Prize judges report

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Macmillan Publishers Aus.

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1761266616

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9781761266614

One Day I Shall Astonish the World

By: Nina Stibbe

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One Day I Shall Astonish the World

By: Nina Stibbe

From the beloved author of Love, Nina, a frank, tender, and poignantly funny story about the ebb and flow of female friendship over half a lifetime. Susan and Norma have been best friends for years, at first thrust together by force of circumstance (a job at The Pin Cushion, a haberdashery shop in 1990s Leicestershire) and then by force of character (neither being particularly inclined to make friends with anyone else). But now, thirty years later, faced with a husband seeking immortality and Norma out of reach on a wave of professional glory, Susan begins to wonder whether she has made the right choices about life, love, work, and, most importantly, friendship. Nina Stibbe's new novel is the story of the wonderful and sometimes surprising path of friendship: from its conspiratorial beginnings, along its irritating wrong turns, to its final gratifying destination.

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Little, Brown

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0316430323

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The Little Village of Book Lovers

A Novel

By: Nina George

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The Little Village of Book Lovers

A Novel

By: Nina George

A young woman with the extraordinary power to bring soulmates together searches for her own true love in this tender, lyrical standalone novel inspired by the “bona fide international hit” (The New York Times Book Review) The Little Paris Bookshop In Nina George’s New York Times bestseller The Little Paris Bookshop, beloved literary apothecary Jean Perdu is inspired to create a floating bookstore after reading a seminal pseudonymous novel about a young woman with a remarkable gift. The Little Village of Book Lovers is that novel. “Everyone knows me, but none can see me. I’m that thing you call love.” In a little town in the south of France in the 1960s, a dazzling encounter with Love itself changes the life of infant orphan Marie-Jeanne forever. As a girl, Marie-Jeanne realizes that she can see the marks Love has left on the people around her—tiny glowing lights on the faces and hands that shimmer more brightly when the one meant for them is near. Before long, Marie-Jeanne is playing matchmaker, bringing true loves together in her village. As she grows up, Marie-Jeanne helps her foster father, Francis, begin a mobile library that travels throughout the many small mountain towns in the region of Nyons. She finds herself bringing soulmates together every place they go—and there are always books that play a pivotal role in that quest. However, the only person that Marie-Jeanne can’t seem to find a soulmate for is herself. She has no glow of her own, though she waits and waits for it to appear. Everyone must have a soulmate, surely—but will Marie-Jeanne be able to recognize hers when Love finally comes her way?

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Random House

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0593157907

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9780593157909

Minerva’s French Sisters

Women of Science in Enlightenment France

By: Nina Rattner Gelbart

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Minerva’s French Sisters

Women of Science in Enlightenment France

By: Nina Rattner Gelbart

A fascinating collective biography of six female scientists in eighteenth-century France, whose stories were largely written out of history This book presents the stories of six intrepid Frenchwomen of science in the Enlightenment whose accomplishments—though celebrated in their lifetimes--have been generally omitted from subsequent studies of their period: mathematician and philosopher Elisabeth Ferrand, astronomer Nicole Reine Lepaute, field naturalist Jeanne Barret, garden botanist and illustrator Madeleine Françoise Basseporte, anatomist and inventor Marie-Marguerite Biheron, and chemist Geneviève d’Arconville. By adjusting our lens, we can find them. In a society where science was not yet an established profession for men, much less women, these six audacious and inspiring figures made their mark on their respective fields of science and on Enlightenment society, as they defied gender expectations and conventional norms. Their boldness and contributions to science were appreciated by such luminaries as Franklin, the philosophes, and many European monarchs. The book is written in an unorthodox style to match the women’s breaking of boundaries.

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361

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Yale University Press

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0300258437

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9780300258431

Navigating the Cultures of Health Care and Health Insurance

Highly skilled migrants in the U.S.

By: Nina Zeldes

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Navigating the Cultures of Health Care and Health Insurance

Highly skilled migrants in the U.S.

By: Nina Zeldes

What are the barriers preventing migrants from accessing and successfully utilizing health care in their new home country? Do these barriers vary across different migrant origin countries? And are they still a problem for highly skilled migrants, who often have well-paid jobs and health insurance provided by their employers? Based on field research conducted in the Washington D.C. area, Navigating the Cultures of Health Care and Health Insurance takes a mixed methods, qualitative and quantitative approach to the study of foreign patients’ utilization and assessment of health care in the US. Through interviews with both health care providers and patients, attitudes towards US health insurance and medical treatment are compared for migrants from three countries with very different cultural backgrounds and health insurance systems: Germany, India and Japan. Combined with an in-depth literature review, historical and contemporary surveys of health care across countries and analysis of health-related terms in the media, the results of this research indicate that foreign patients’ barriers to good health care persist despite access to health care services and insurance coverage, and reveal recurring transnational care seeking patterns, such as bringing medicines from abroad, delaying treatment for medical visits, insurance juggling and more. By describing their difficulties in integrating into the US health care system, the migrants in this study show the challenges and the potential for improvements in providing the care that migrants need in their new home.

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UCL Press

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1800083645

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Suspense at the Stroke of Midnight

A Collection of Thrillers from Midnight Ink

By: Maegan Beaumont,Nina Milton,Terri Nolan

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Suspense at the Stroke of Midnight

A Collection of Thrillers from Midnight Ink

By: Maegan Beaumont,Nina Milton,Terri Nolan

In this collection of thrilling mysteries, the stakes are high for three daring women who take on dangerous killers. From the gritty streets of San Francisco and Los Angeles to the Somerset moors of England, these novels are gripping page-turners that will keep you guessing until the end. Carved in Darkness Maegan Beaumont Book 1 of the Sabrina Vaughn Novels Fifteen years ago, Melissa Walker was raped, tortured, and left for dead, but she survived and started a new life as Sabrina Vaughn, a San Francisco homicide detective. When a childhood acquaintance tracks her down and asks for help catching the same monster who attacked her, Sabrina is plunged into another living nightmare. “Beaumont’s ability to keep the twists coming . . . is quite potent.”?— Library Journal (starred review) In the Moors Nina Milton Book 1 of the Shaman Mysteries Shamanic counselor Sabbie Dare doesn’t believe her client, Cliff Houghton, is capable of evil. But when he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a young boy, Sabbie travels deep into his subconscious and recovers forgotten memories. When another child goes missing, she must prove Cliff’s innocence and find the real killer. “Milton’s tale is riveting.” — Library Journal (starred review) Burden of Truth Terri Nolan Book 1 of the Birdie Keane Novels Investigative journalist Birdie Keane would give anything to see LAPD cop Matt Whelan, the love of her life, one more time. His sudden death has left her devastated and baffled. With dangerous forces closing in, Birdie races to decipher Matt’s last message for her. “An addictive read . . . Think Mario Puzo goes Irish.” — Library Journal

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