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Fall of Shane MacKade Fall of Shane MacKade Nora Roberts Shane MacKade loved women. But he hadn't met one yet who had him whistling the wedding march. Until Dr. Rebecca Knight. Problem was, the pretty lady was too busy hunting legends on the MacKade land t… OL111434W
Crossing Washington Square Crossing Washington Square Joanne Rendell A story of two strong-willed and passionate women who are compelled to unite their senses and sensibilities, from the author of The Professors’ Wives’ Club.Professor Diana Monroe is a highly respecte… OL12035493W
13 1/2 13 1/2 Nevada Barr In 1971, the state of Minnesota was rocked by the "Butcher Boy" incident, as coverage of a family brutally murdered by one of their own swept across newspapers and television screens nationwide. Now,… OL134386W
A Discovery of Witches A Discovery of Witches Deborah E. Harkness **An epic, richly inventive, historically sweeping, magical romance.** When historian Diana Bishop opens an alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, it's an unwelcome intrusion of magic into… OL15456729W
Honest doubt Honest doubt Amanda Cross Professor Charles Haycock is dead from a hearty dose of his own heart medication. The mystery is not why Haycock was murdered-very few could stomach the woman-hating prof?but who did the deed. Estell… OL15826639W
Thinking with theory in qualitative research Thinking with theory in qualitative research Alecia Youngblood Jackson "This book uses a common data set and utilizes various theoretical perspectives through which to view data. "Plugging in" the theory and the data produces a variety of readings through the applicatio… OL16014495W
Leaving the world Leaving the world Douglas Kennedy Years after vowing to herself and her parents to never marry, have children and lead the resentful life they chose, Jane, now a Harvard professor, becomes pregnant unexpectedly Resolved as she's been… OL16288824W
A weekend with Mr. Darcy A weekend with Mr. Darcy Victoria Connelly Dr Katherine Roberts is a lecturer at Oxford University and an expert on all things Austen. But she has a guilty secret; a love of racy Regency novels by Lorna Warwick. She's even struck up a long-di… OL16298384W
Terms of surrender Terms of surrender Leslie Kelly "Subject: Danny Wilkes, navy pilot. Current status: On shore rotation. Very intrigued by a sassy visiting lecturer ... Mission: Enter the astronaut training program. Obstacle: Marissa Marshall, Ph.D.… OL16454943W
Zane Zane Brenda Jackson "No woman walks away from Zane Westmoreland. But when Channing Hastings does just that, it leaves the rancher reeling--and then she returns to town, engaged! Zane will do whatever it takes to show he… OL17685206W
Nobody's baby but mine Nobody's baby but mine Susan Elizabeth Phillips Genius physics professor Dr. Jane Darlington desperately wants a baby. But finding a father won't be easy. Jane's super-intelligence made her feel like a freak when she was growing up, and she's dete… OL17715W
Houses of stone Houses of stone Barbara Michaels It is a find of inestimable value for Karen Holloway. The battered manuscript she holds in her hand—written in the nineteenth century and bearing the mysterious attribution "Ismene"—could prove a boo… OL1960287W
Our lady of the prairie Our lady of the prairie Thisbe Nissen,Thisbe Nissen "A sharp and bitingly funny novel about a professor whose calm-ish midwestern life gives way to a vortex of crises--and her attempts to salvage the pieces without going to pieces herself...In the spa… OL19728992W
By the book By the book Julia Sonneborn "An English professor struggling for tenure discovers that her ex-fiance has just become the president of her college--and her new boss--in this whip-smart modern retelling of Jane Austen's classic P… OL19737123W
The water witch The water witch Juliet Dark Half-witch/half-fey Callie McFay, a professor of gothic literature, must protect her friends and colleagues at the Fairwick college from fey and witches alike. To stave off disaster, Callie enlists D… OL19962321W
Infamous Infamous Suzanne Brockmann When history professor Alison Carter became a consultant to the film version of the Wild West legend she'd dedicated her career to researching, she couldn't possibly know that she would not only get … OL20457854W
Supporting multiculturalism and gender diversity in university settings Supporting multiculturalism and gender diversity in university settings Molly Y. Zhou "This book examines the experiences of some female leaders and what they learned in their rise through education and academia, by highlighting stories of feminism, race, and what it means to use thes… OL22315666W
Utterly heartless Utterly heartless Jan Underwood "Who would kill a college Latin professor and cut her heart out? A jealous colleague? A union-busting dean? Or a student driven to violence by the treacheries of Latin syntax? Linnea Nil wakes up dea… OL24163768W
Killing the Shadows Killing the Shadows Val McDermid Fiona Cameron, academic psychologist, used to help the police track serial offenders. She vowed never to work again for the Met when they ignored her advice but, when her friend's fellow crime noveli… OL58100W
Things I've Been Silent About Things I've Been Silent About Azar Nafisi I started making a list in my diary entitled "Things I Have Been Silent About." Under it I wrote: "Falling in Love in Tehran. Going to Parties in Tehran. Watching the Marx Brothers in Tehran. Reading… OL5959823W
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