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1) Untamed
Author
Language
English
Description
"There is a voice of longing inside every woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good mothers, daughters, partners, employees, citizens, and friends. We believe all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. We look at our lives, relationships, and world, and wonder: Wasn't it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Most people know Andrew McCarthy from his movie roles in Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, Weekend at Bernie's, and Less than Zero, and as a charter member of Hollywood's Brat Pack. That iconic group of ingenues and heartthrobs included Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, and Demi Moore, and has come to represent both a genre of film and an era of pop culture. In his memoir Brat: An '80s Story, McCarthy focuses his gaze on that singular moment...
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The heart of this television series is the generation gap between former hippie parents and their square offspring. This season highlights the culture gap between Steven and Elyse Keaton and their three children: staunchly Republican Alex, fashion-mad Mallory and precocious Jennifer, as they tackle pre-marital sex, women's rights, and alcoholism.
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Lillia, fifteen, flees Warsaw with her father and baby sister in 1940 to try to make a new start in Shanghai, China, but the conflict grows more intense as America and Japan become involved.--
"Warsaw, Poland. The year is 1940 and Lillia is 15 when her mother, Alenka, disappears and her father flees with Lillia and her younger sister, Naomi, to Shanghai, one of the few places that will accept Jews without visas. There they struggle to make a life;...
Author
Publisher
Orbis Books
Pub. Date
2001-<c2012>
Language
English
Description
:The first volume of this ground-breaking history traced the development of Christianity from its origins up to the midfifteenth century, and won immediate acclaim as a landmark in the unfolding understanding of World Christianity. In place of conventional Eurocentric treatments, this work assigned a rightful place to the peoples of Africa, Asia, and the Near East in the unfolding of Christianity, a religion constantly evolving in dialogue with new...