Summary: Seven elderly women and their bus driver band together to survive when their bus breaks down in the Quebec countryside. As they draw closer, the women begin to share stories from their pasts.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 1990
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA STRSummary: Women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences inside an Estonian smoke sauna. Cleansing their bodies and baring their souls, they embrace the healing power of sisterhood. Anna Hints' Sundance-winning documentary celebrates the centuries-old smoke sauna tradition, recognized on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SMOReuckert, Veronica
Summary: In Outspoken, Veronica Rueckert—a Peabody Award–winning former host at Wisconsin Public Radio, trained opera singer, and communications coach—teaches women to recognize the value of their voices and tap into their inherent power, potential, and capacity for self-expression. Detailing how to communicate in meetings, converse around the dinner table, and dominate political debates, Outspoken...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harperbusiness 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.2242 RUEPsaki, Jen
Summary: "Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons she's learned on her path to success and offers unique yet universal advice about how to be a more effective communicator in any situation. Not many White House Press Secretaries capture the nation's interest the way Jen Psaki did. Refreshingly candid and clear, Psaki quickly became known for her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PSAKI, JEN PSA1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PSAKI, JEN PSA
Lim, Dion
Summary: If the workplace is a battlefield for women, this is the playbook they need. Women face unique circumstances on their road to success, no matter age or experience, what their goals are, or industry. Make Your Moment addresses a wide range of career and workplace scenarios and "microinteractions" you must master if you care about succeeding in business. This book covers crucial career skills...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGrawHill 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.101 LIMJohansen, Iris
Summary: When an enemy from her past threatens to return, Margaret Douglas must go on the run. But danger is in hot pursuit, and Margaret finds herself matching wits with a man who refuses to be stopped. Turning from the hunted to the hunter, Margaret must use everything she has to not only survive, but defeat evil and prove she's no easy target.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JOHDe Azevedo, Julie
Summary: "Many women find it difficult to stand up for themselves, but for women who are prone to anxiety and avoidance, it is especially difficult. Grounded in attachment theory, this is an essential guide to help women identify their thoughts and feelings, balance their emotions, communicate their needs, and set healthy boundaries to improve their lives"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 DEAStanborough, Rebecca
Summary: Discover 25 women who shattered the glass ceiling, each in their own way. In politics, government, the business world, and more, these women show us that ambition, perserverance, and hard work go a long way.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Compass Point Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J920 STARunyan, Aimie K.
Summary: "December 1917. As World War I rages in Europe, twenty-four-year-old Ruby Wagner, the jewel in a prominent Philadelphia family, prepares for her upcoming wedding to a society scion. Like her life so far, it's all been carefully arranged. But when her beloved older brother is killed in combat, Ruby follows her heart and answers the Army Signal Corps' call for women operators to help overseas. As...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUNCastillo, Linda
Summary: Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates a gruesome murder that reveals a little-known chapter of early Amish history in this next riveting installment of the bestselling series by Linda Castillo. Newlywed Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is awakened by an urgent midnight call summoning her to a suspicious fire in the woods. When she arrives at the scene, she discovers a charred body....
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Products, LLC 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Ethically-challenged attorney Alan Shore settles in at a wealthy and powerful legal firm that focuses primarily on civil cases. With some help from veteran attorney Denny Crane, Shore quickly makes his mark winning cases no one would take. In doing so, he develops a rival in his colleague Brad Chase, who has been assigned to the office partly to keep an eye on the increasingly eccentric (and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Wallmark, Laurie
Summary: Shares the life of the actress and inventor, detailing how she developed a groundbreaking communications system that still remains essential to the security of today's technology.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LAMCobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth
Summary: "In World War I, telephones linked commanding generals with soldiers in muddy trenches. A woman in uniform connected almost every one of their calls, speeding the orders that won the war. Like other soldiers, the "Hello Girls" swore the Army oath and stayed for the duration. A few were graduates of elite colleges. Most were ordinary, enterprising young women motivated by patriotism and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2017