Katherine Parkinson
4) The Kennedys
Series
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
It's 1978, and Brenda, Tony and Emma Kennedy move to Jessop Road estate, in Stevenage. Brenda aspires to the 'middle class' lifestyle, and is excited about the opportunity for social development the estate offers; they can host middle class dinner parties, drive middle class cars and do middle class small talk with their new middle class neighbours. Brenda and Tony's 10 year old daughter Emma is Brenda's hope for the future of feminism and Tony's...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Two siblings, Nessa and Ephra Stein, children of a zionist arms procurer, now run a foundation aiming to reduce the conflict through increasing Palestine's economic prosperity. When Nessa's foundation is about to announce a major business contract with a prominent Palestinian businessman, he is found dead in an apparent suicide. As doubt circles around his cause of death, an international investigation turns into a manhunt.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
As the hit sci-fi drama returns, one year has passed since the synths began to gain consciousness. Fighting to survive in a world that hates and fears them, the synth community starts to fracture, risking all hope for peace and stability with humans.
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Twelve-year-old Norman Foreman and his best friend, Jax, are a legendary comedic duo in waiting, with a plan to take their act all the way to the Edinburgh Fringe. But when Jax dies, Norman decides the only fitting tribute is to perform at the festival himself. The problem is, Norman's not the funny one. Jax was. There's also another, far more colossal objective on Norman's new plan that his single mom, Sadie, wasn't ready for: he wants to find the...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When Georgia Pritchett found herself lost for words - a bit of a predicament for a comedy writer - she booked an appointment with a therapist, who suggested that she try writing down some of the things that worried her. The therapist probably meant a light, mid-week grocery-list's worth of worries. Instead, Georgia wrote this book. From fretting about the monsters under her bed as a child (Were they comfy enough?) to agonizing about making too much...
Author
Series
Discworld volume 29
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Wickedly satirical . . . nothing short of brilliant." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The 31st entry in Sir Terry Pratchett's internationally bestselling Discworld series about the art of war and the brave women who wage it.
War has come to Discworld. The homes and businesses throughout the duchy of Borogravia limp along, doing the best they can without their men, sent to fight their age-old
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