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Austen, Jane 1775-1817 Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships Drama Novelists, English Novelists, English 19th century Biography Juvenile literature Novelists, English 20th century Biography Novelists, English Drama Public relations personnel Public relations personnel Drama Women novelists, EnglishWorsley, Lucy
Summary: "Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was "just" an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? Her life is fascinating for its mysteries and its passions and, as Lucy Worsley says, "She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern." She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHRISTIE, AGATHA WORCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B CHRISTIE WORGristwood, Sarah
Summary: "Interest in Beatrix Potter and her characters is undimmed, with the second Peter Rabbit film being released in summer 2021 and an exhibition at the V&A from February 2022, 'Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature'. Few people realise how extraordinary Beatrix Potter's own story is. She was a woman of contradictions. A sheltered Victorian daughter who grew into an astute modern businesswoman. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Trust Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 POTTER, BEATRIX GRIThompson, Laura
Summary: Nancy Mitford was, in the words of her sister Lady Diana Mosley, “very complex.” Her highly autobiographical early work, the biographies and novels of her more mature French period, her journalism, and the vast body of letters to her family, to friends such as Evelyn Waugh, and to the great love of her life, Gaston Palewski, all tell an intriguing story. Drawing from these, as well as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MITFORD, NANCY THOSantoni, Manuela
Summary: "Before she was the beloved author of Pride and Prejudice and other classic novels, Jane Austen was a young woman wrestling with society's expectations and challenges of the heart. Her own story involves choices that changed literary history--and perhaps even the choice to walk away from love. This graphic imagining of Jane Austen's youth includes her creative awakening and her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 921 AUSSummary: An original comedy series that takes a modern look at love and happiness through two people who haven't been successful with either. After a whirlwind courtship and devastating break-up, Jimmy and Gretchen struggle to move on while constantly being pulled back toward one another.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV YOUAckroyd, Peter
Summary: Presents a short biography of the author of "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White," two early masterpieces of mystery and detection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COLLINS, WILKIE ACKBenedict, Marie
Summary: In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the car—strange for a frigid night. Her World War I veteran husband and her daughter have no knowledge of her whereabouts, and England unleashes an unprecedented manhunt to find the up-and-coming mystery author. Eleven...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: FIC BEN Book Club Kit (8 paperbacks)Pliscou, Lisa
Summary: Colorful illustrations introduce the life and achievements of the nineteenth century novelist, revealing how her refusal to settle for the status quo led her to create some of the world's most beloved works.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 AUSSummary: Meet Gretchen and Jimmy. She's a cynical PR rep for rappers and he's a narcissistic British novelist. Impressed by each other's bad behavior at Jimmy's ex-girlfriend's wedding, they begin what they swear is a casual sexual relationship, until it turns out to be more than that.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: "Step into the world of Georgian England and learn more about the genteel life of this beloved author. Although Jane Austen's works were first published anonymously and brought her little personal recognition, today they are rarely out of print and have inspired movies, television shows and mini-series, literary anthologies, and many other adaptations all around the world. Her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB AUSTEN SPINDLEForrester, Viviane.
Summary: Winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt award for biography, this remarkable portrait sheds new light on Virginia Woolf's relationships with her family and friends and how they shaped her work. Forrester's biography draws on revelations about the author that often remain buried and carefully applies them to a narrative of her development and influence. Virginia Woolf: A Portrait blends...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WOOLF, VIRGINIA WOOSummary: In the second hilarious season of this audacious and witty comedy series, music biz PR rep Gretchen and struggling novelist Jimmy move in together. As domestic and career challenges take their toll on the cynical couple, Gretchen's depression inspires her to stalk her more together neighbors. And a visit from Jimmy's trashy, unsupportive family proves that for all his faults, Jimmy's the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV YOUSummary: After a whirlwind courtship and rough post-cohabitation period, Season Three finds Jimmy (Chris Geere) and Gretchen (Aya Cash) trying to keep the good times rolling while confronting the F- word ... "family". Meanwhile, Edgar (Desmin Borges) searches for therapy to combat his PTSD, and Lindsay (Kether Donohue) faces a big decision in this original comedy series that takes a modern look at love...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV YOUForsyth, Frederick
Summary: "From Frederick Forsyth, the grand master of international suspense, comes his most intriguing story ever--his own"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FORSYTH, FREDERICK FORLively, Penelope
Summary: "Penelope Lively has always been a keen gardener. This book is partly a memoir of her own life in gardens, and an exploration of gardens in literature and of other writers and their gardens"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 LIVELY, PENELOPE LIVPollack, Pam
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014