Gilded
Author: Meyer, Marissa
Published: 2021
Call Number: F MEYER
Format: Books
Published: 2021
Call Number: F MEYER
Format: Books
Lies we never see : a novel
Author: Lindley, Michael, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F LINDLEY
Format: Books
Summary: "Charleston attorney Hanna Walsh finds her life in emotional and financial ruin when her husband is found murdered and a ruthless stranger thinks she's hiding millions he'll do anything to get back. Detective Alex Frank comes to Hanna's aid, but it may be too late to save what remains of her fragile life in this twisting story of mystery and suspense. An old letter and journal found in the attic of the family's beach house on Pawleys Island reveals Hanna's distant grandmother, who owned the same house as a young widow during the Civil War, suffered a similar path of emotional loss, crushing betrayal and financial hardship." --Back cover
Published: 2021
Call Number: F LINDLEY
Format: Books
Summary: "Charleston attorney Hanna Walsh finds her life in emotional and financial ruin when her husband is found murdered and a ruthless stranger thinks she's hiding millions he'll do anything to get back. Detective Alex Frank comes to Hanna's aid, but it may be too late to save what remains of her fragile life in this twisting story of mystery and suspense. An old letter and journal found in the attic of the family's beach house on Pawleys Island reveals Hanna's distant grandmother, who owned the same house as a young widow during the Civil War, suffered a similar path of emotional loss, crushing betrayal and financial hardship." --Back cover
Phoenix extravagant
Author: Lee, Yoon Ha, 1979- author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: F LEE
Format: Books
Summary: "Gyen Jebi isn't a fighter or a subversive. They just want to paint. One day they're jobless and desperate; the next, Jebi finds themself recruited by the Ministry of Armor to paint the mystical sigils that animate the occupying government's automaton soldiers. When Jebi discovers the depths of the Razanei government's horrifying crimes--and the awful source of the magical pigments they use--they find they can no longer stay out of politics. What they can do is steal Arazi, the ministry's mighty dragon automaton, and find a way to fight"--
Published: 2020
Call Number: F LEE
Format: Books
Summary: "Gyen Jebi isn't a fighter or a subversive. They just want to paint. One day they're jobless and desperate; the next, Jebi finds themself recruited by the Ministry of Armor to paint the mystical sigils that animate the occupying government's automaton soldiers. When Jebi discovers the depths of the Razanei government's horrifying crimes--and the awful source of the magical pigments they use--they find they can no longer stay out of politics. What they can do is steal Arazi, the ministry's mighty dragon automaton, and find a way to fight"--
The radium girls : the scary but true story of the poison that made people glow in the dark
Author: Moore, Kate (Writer and editor), author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 363.17 MOO
Format: Books
Summary: "Now adapted for young readers! The incredible true story of the young women exposed to the "wonder drug" radium and their struggle for justice"-- An inspiring and engaging historical nonfiction book for kids 9 to 12, this newly adapted young readers' edition of the acclaimed national bestseller tells the story of America's glowing girls and their brave fight for justice. Amid the excitement of the early twentieth century, hundreds of young women spend their days hard at work painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark radium paint. The painters consider themselves lucky--until they start suffering from a mysterious illness. As the corporations try to cover up a shocking secret, these shining girls suddenly find themselves at the center of a deadly scandal. The Radium Girls tells the unbelievable true story of these incredible women, whose determination to fight back saved countless lives.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 363.17 MOO
Format: Books
Summary: "Now adapted for young readers! The incredible true story of the young women exposed to the "wonder drug" radium and their struggle for justice"-- An inspiring and engaging historical nonfiction book for kids 9 to 12, this newly adapted young readers' edition of the acclaimed national bestseller tells the story of America's glowing girls and their brave fight for justice. Amid the excitement of the early twentieth century, hundreds of young women spend their days hard at work painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark radium paint. The painters consider themselves lucky--until they start suffering from a mysterious illness. As the corporations try to cover up a shocking secret, these shining girls suddenly find themselves at the center of a deadly scandal. The Radium Girls tells the unbelievable true story of these incredible women, whose determination to fight back saved countless lives.
Nomadland [large print] : surviving America in the twenty-first century
Author: Bruder, Jessica, author.
Published: 2018 2017
Call Number: 331.398
Format: Large print
Summary: From the North Dakota beet fields to California's National Forest campgrounds to Amazon's Texas CamperForce program, employers have discovered a new low-cost labor pool: transient older Americans. With Social security coming up short, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands, forming a growing community of migrant laborers dubbed "workampers." In a secondhand vehicle christened "Van Halen," Bruder hits the road to tell an eye-opening tale of the American economy's dark underbelly. --Back cover.
Published: 2018 2017
Call Number: 331.398
Format: Large print
Summary: From the North Dakota beet fields to California's National Forest campgrounds to Amazon's Texas CamperForce program, employers have discovered a new low-cost labor pool: transient older Americans. With Social security coming up short, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands, forming a growing community of migrant laborers dubbed "workampers." In a secondhand vehicle christened "Van Halen," Bruder hits the road to tell an eye-opening tale of the American economy's dark underbelly. --Back cover.
The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women
Author: Moore, Kate (Writer and editor) author.
Published: 2017 2016
Call Number: 363.17
Format: Books
Summary: As World War I raged across the globe, hundreds of young women toiled away at the radium-dial factories, where they painted clock faces with a mysterious new substance called radium. Assured by their bosses that the luminous material was safe, the women themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered from head to toe with the glowing dust. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" were considered the luckiest alive--until they began to fall mysteriously ill. As the fatal poison of the radium took hold, they found themselves embroiled in one of America's biggest scandals and a groundbreaking battle for workers' rights. The Radium Girls explores the strength of extraordinary women in the face of almost impossible circumstances and the astonishing legacy they left behind.
Published: 2017 2016
Call Number: 363.17
Format: Books
Summary: As World War I raged across the globe, hundreds of young women toiled away at the radium-dial factories, where they painted clock faces with a mysterious new substance called radium. Assured by their bosses that the luminous material was safe, the women themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered from head to toe with the glowing dust. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" were considered the luckiest alive--until they began to fall mysteriously ill. As the fatal poison of the radium took hold, they found themselves embroiled in one of America's biggest scandals and a groundbreaking battle for workers' rights. The Radium Girls explores the strength of extraordinary women in the face of almost impossible circumstances and the astonishing legacy they left behind.
A man called Ove : a novel
Author: Backman, Fredrik, 1981- author. Koch, Henning, 1962- translator.
Published: 2014
Call Number: F BACKMAN
Format: Books
Summary: A curmudgeon hides a terrible personal loss beneath a cranky and short-tempered exterior while clashing with new neighbors, a boisterous family whose chattiness and habits lead to unexpected friendship.
Published: 2014
Call Number: F BACKMAN
Format: Books
Summary: A curmudgeon hides a terrible personal loss beneath a cranky and short-tempered exterior while clashing with new neighbors, a boisterous family whose chattiness and habits lead to unexpected friendship.
The house of Gucci : a sensational story of murder, madness, glamour, and greed
Author: Forden, Sara Gay. author.
Published: 2001 2000
Call Number: B GUCCI
Format: Books
Summary: Chronicles the rollercoaster ride of Maurizio Gucci, from Guccio Gucci's leather shop in the early 1900s to the Investscorp takeover of the multimillion dollar corporation in 1993 and Maurizio's 1995 murder by his ex-wife. Did Patrizia Reggiani murder her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci, in 1995 because his spending was wildly out of control? Did she do it because her glamorous ex was preparing to marry his mistress? Or is there a possibility she didn't do it at all? Forden takes us behind the ascent, eventual collapse, and resurrection of the Gucci dynasty, and the trial, to expose the passions, the power and the vulnerabilities of the Gucci family. -- adapted from back cover
Published: 2001 2000
Call Number: B GUCCI
Format: Books
Summary: Chronicles the rollercoaster ride of Maurizio Gucci, from Guccio Gucci's leather shop in the early 1900s to the Investscorp takeover of the multimillion dollar corporation in 1993 and Maurizio's 1995 murder by his ex-wife. Did Patrizia Reggiani murder her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci, in 1995 because his spending was wildly out of control? Did she do it because her glamorous ex was preparing to marry his mistress? Or is there a possibility she didn't do it at all? Forden takes us behind the ascent, eventual collapse, and resurrection of the Gucci dynasty, and the trial, to expose the passions, the power and the vulnerabilities of the Gucci family. -- adapted from back cover
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