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101) The waitress
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jenna is unhappily married. She squirrels away money and is hoping to win a pie-baking contest so, with the prize money, she'll have enough cash to leave her husband Earl. She finds herself pregnant and her plans are thrown awry. She bakes phenomenal pies at Joe's diner, listens to old Joe's wisdom, tolerates her sour boss Cal, is friends with her fellow waitresses, Dawn and Becky. She, also, finds a mutual attraction with the new doctor in town....
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"Jackie Kennedy was beautiful, sophisticated, and contemplating leaving her ambitious young senator husband while recovering from the birth of a stillborn child. So when she's offered a holiday on the luxurious yacht owned by billionaire Ari Onassis, she says yes. Maria Callas is at the height of her operatic career and widely considered to be the finest soprano in the world. And then she's introduced to Aristotle Onassis, the world's richest man...
103) Jude the obscure
Pub. Date
[2006], c1971
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 270 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jude Fawley is a poor stone carver who is tricked into a loveless marriage and ultimately forced to give up his dreams of a university education. After his wife deserts him, he begins a scandalous relationship with his cousin Sue Bridehead.
104) Out of Africa
Pub. Date
2010, c1985
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (161 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The fascinating true story of Karen Blixen, a strong-willed woman who, with her philandering husband, runs a coffee plantation in Kenya, circa 1914. To her astonishment, she soon discovers herself falling in love with the land, its people and a mysterious white hunter.
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Series
Jack Swyteck novels volume 18
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"Jack Swyteck's latest client is Grammy-winning popstar Imani Nichols, who urges fans to pirate her music because her royalties go mostly to ex-husband Shaky Nichols. The result is blazing litigation and the indictment of both for the long-ago murder of Imani's extramarital lover."--
107) Beach house memories
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Series
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
x, 385 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
In this tale that explores the themes of class, women's rights and domestic abuse in the 1970s American South, the author returns to her classic Southern setting in the Isle of Palms with the sequel to her novel The Beach House. As Olivia, "Lovie" Rutledge sits on the porch of her charming beach house and looks out over the ocean, the old woman reflects on the difficult choices she made many years earlier, during the summer that changed her life....
108) Staying true
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
xxi, 214 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
Description
In this candid and compelling memoir, the first lady of South Carolina reveals the private ordeal behind her very public betrayal--and offers inspiration for anyone struggling to keep faith during life's most trying times.
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Daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, Katherine of Aragon has been fated her whole life to marry Prince Arthur of England. When they meet and are married, the match becomes as passionate as it is politically expedient. But tragically, Arthur falls ill and extracts from his young bride a deathbed promise to marry his brother Henry, become Queen, and fulfill their dreams and her destiny.
110) 23 1/2 lies
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
9 audio discs (approximately 10 hr., 45 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
23 1/2 lies: Lindsay Boxer's estranged father is gunned down execution-style, and her investigation uncovers life-altering truths.
Fallen Ranger: To Rory Yates, being a Texas Ranger means absolute loyalty to the badge. But he's put through the ultimate test when an armored car robbery suspect might be an ex-Ranger gone rogue.
Watch your back: When a starving artist is paid to expose his client's cheating wife, can he paint the picture that will...
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