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“georgina ferry”

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  • 50 Women in Technology

    by Georgina Ferry, Georgina Ferry, Ines Almeida, Ines Almeida ...
    Women have fought their way to the top in fields that have been male dominated for years. Yet, they still face challenges. 50 Women in Technology sheds light on the work of forgotten pioneers who defied expectations and includes 25 exclusive interviews with women at the forefront today. 50 Women in Technology is a full-colour book celebrating female pioneers and trailblazers in STEM. It features ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

    Patterns, Proteins and Peace: A Life in Science

    by Georgina Ferry ...
    *Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize and the Marsh Biography Award*The definitive biography of chemist Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, the only British woman to win a Nobel prize in the sciences to date.Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910–1994) was passionate in her quest to understand the molecules of the living body. She won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1964 for her work on penicillin and Vitamin B12 ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • A Better World is Possible

    The Gatsby Charitable Foundation and Social Progress

    by Georgina Ferry ...
    On 17 March 1967, the 26-year-old David Sainsbury wrote out a cheque for £5 and established the trust which would become the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Gatsby's purpose was ambitious: to make the world a better place by taking on some of the social, economic and scientific challenges that face humanity.In recent years, Gatsby has spent around £50m annually on charitable activities, and by its ... Read more

    $20.09 USD

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    When Cookie Figowitz, the cook for a party of volatile fur trappers trekking through the Oregon Territory in the 1820s, joins up with the refugee Henry Brown, the two begin a wild ride that takes them from the virgin territory of the West all the way to China and back again. One hundred and sixty years later, Tina Plank, an unhappy teenager, meets Trixie, a girl with a troubled past, and the two ... Read more

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  • The Confessions of Frances Godwin

    by Robert Hellenga ...
    The Confessions of Frances Godwin is the fictional memoir of a retired high school Latin teacher looking back on a life of trying to do her best amidst transgressions-starting with her affair with Paul, whom she later marries. Now that Paul is dead and she's retired, Frances Godwin thinks her story is over-but of course the rest of her life is full of surprises, including the truly shocking turn ... Read more

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  • Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong

    Reopening the Case of The Hound of the Baskervilles

    by Pierre Bayard ...
    In his brilliant reinvestigation of the classic case of The Hound of the Baskervilles, Pierre Bayard uses the last thoughts of the murder victim as his key to unravel the mystery, leading the reader to the astonishing conclusion that Holmes-and, in fact, Arthur Conan Doyle-got things all wrong. Part intellectual entertainment, part love letter to crime novels, and part crime novel in itself, ... Read more

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  • In the Company of Angels

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    by Thomas E. Kennedy ...
    In the Company of Angels is the powerful story of two damaged souls trying to find their way from darkness toward light.Imprisoned and tortured for months by Pinochet's henchmen for teaching political poetry to his students, Bernardo Greene is visited by two angels, who promise him that he will survive to experience beauty and love once again. Months later, at the Torture Rehabilitation Center in ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Gone Shopping

    The Story of Shirley Pitts - Queen of Thieves

    by Lorraine Gamman ...
    Voted one of The Guardian's top 10 best crime books of all time and one of the best true crime books ever written according to StylistShirley Pitts, the eldest of six children was born upside down on 24 November 1934. Her 'career' began by thieving bread off doorsteps and coal from coal carts. Her father's bungled attempts at black marketeering and her dipsomaniac mother's inadequacies made ... Read more

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  • What the Dog Did

    by Emily Yoffe ...
    Dave Barry meets The Secret Lives of Dogs in Emily Yoffe's funny and insightful look at all things canine. Filled with adventures of heroic dogs, lovable and lazy dogs, malodorous dogs, phlegmatic and incontinent dogs, What the Dog Did delivers some of the most outlandish and certainly the funniest dog stories on record. ... Read more

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  • Copycat

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    by Gillian White ...
    An unhealthy friendship takes a sinister turn in this psychological suspense novel perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl.Martha and Jennie live next door to each other in a small suburban neighborhood. Martha is everything Jennie isn't—attractive, outgoing, and popular, with a handsome husband and perfect children. So Jennie is honored when Martha befriends her, even if—behind Jennie's ... Read more

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  • Miss Buncle's Book

    by D.E. Stevenson ...
    Can one quiet woman's imagination shake an entire village? In this delightful classic of British fiction, the pen truly is mightier than the gossip.Originally published in 1934 and newly embraced by modern readers, Miss Buncle's Book is a timeless novel of quiet rebellion, unexpected transformation, and the magic of seeing—and being seen. Beloved for its dry humor, unforgettable cast, and loving ... Read more

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  • The Art of Unpacking Your Life

    by Shireen Jilla ...
    Twenty years ago, they were the best of friends. When Connie invites her university gang on the holiday of a lifetime - a safari in the Kalahari - they have little in common anymore. Is getting them back together a terrible mistake?Despite the undercurrent of tension, they are drawn into the adventure and begin to enjoy each other again, a million miles away from their daily concerns. They finally ... Read more

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