women teachers

Clare Cassidy gets involved with a murder case when her closest friends get murdered with the only evidence being a line from her favorite book. Not knowing who to trust, she turns to her closest confident, her diary. But when she notices writing that isn't hers, Clare is certain that her favorite book has come to life.

"The train taking nineteen-year-old teacher Christy Huddleston from her home in Asheville, North Carolina, might as well be transporting her to another world. The Smoky Mountain community of Cutter Gap feels suspended in time, trapped by poverty, superstitions, and century-old traditions. But as Christy struggles to find acceptance in her new home, some see her - and her one-room school - as a threat to their way of life. Her faith is challenged and her heart is torn between two strong men with conflicting views about how to care for the families of the Cove. Yearning to make a difference, will Christy's determination and devotion be enough?"--Back cover.

"In 1999, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted to discriminating against women on its faculty, forcing institutions across the country to confront a problem they had long ignored: the need for more women at the top levels of science. Written by the journalist who broke the story for The Boston Globe, The Exceptions is the untold story of how sixteen highly accomplished women on the MIT faculty came together to do the work that triggered the historic admission"--Provided by the publisher.

"Detective Lindsay Boxer and her husband Joe Molinari team up to protect San Francisco from an international war criminal. . . For a trio of colleagues, an innocent night out after class ends in a deadly torture session. They vanish without a clue--until a body turns up. With the safety of San Francisco's entire school system as stake, Lindsay Boxer has never been under more pressure. To solve the School Night case, Lindsay turns to her best friend, investigative journalist Cindy Thomas, as the chief of police and the press clamor for an arrest. Together, Lindsay and Cindy take new approaches, and unexpected facts about the victims leave them stunned"--OCLC.

Aria lives in Atlanta and teaches literacy to less-fortunate young girls. Her life takes a turn for the worse when she realizes--or thinks she realizes--she is pregnant. The truth is going to make her reevaluate everything she ever thought about her life.

North Carolina deputy sheriff Miles Ryan, heartbroken over his wife's death in a hit-and-run accident two years earlier, considers love again when he meets his son's second-grade schoolteacher, Sarah--but he soon finds that his wife's death was anything but an accident and danger is not far away.

Blanche DuBois, a haggard and fragile southern beauty finds her pathetic last grasp at happiness cruelly destroyed in large part by her brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski.

"Detective Lindsay Boxer and her husband Joe Molinari team up to protect San Francisco from an international war criminal in the newest Women's Murder Club thriller. For a trio of colleagues, an innocent night out after class ends in a deadly torture session. They vanish without a clue -- until a body turns up. With the safety of San Francisco's entire school system as stake, Lindsay Boxer has never been under more pressure. To solve the School Night case, Lindsay turns to her best friend, investigative journalist Cindy Thomas, as the chief of police and the press clamor for an arrest. Together, Lindsay and Cindy take new approaches, and unexpected facts about the victims leave them stunned"--OCLC.

"[Provides teachers how to] Develop learning environments that help [African American] boys feel a a sense of belonging, nurturance, challenge, and love at school, change school culture so that [they]can show up in the wholeness of their selves, [and] overcome unconscious bias and forge authentic connections"--Amazon.

After losing his wife in a car accident, a distraught Miles Ryan is able to find love again with his son's teacher, but they soon realize they are linked by a shocking secret.