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Six car lengths behind an elephant : undercover & overwhelmed as a CIA wife and mother / by McCloy, Lillian,author.;
If youre married to a spy, the always fraught arena of a relationship turns into a positive minefield. What does that all-night absence mean? What can you begin to say to the kids? In Six Car Lengths Behind an Elephant, Lillian McCloy gives us the story of a life spent around secret intelligence that is funny and charming and in every wonderful sense, deeply spooky. This is the story John le Carr keeps out of his gripping bestsellers. - Pico Iyer. Weve all read the romanticized accounts of a CIA officers life overseas. Rarely do we ever get to read about the spys family. Six Car Lengths Behind an Elephant by Lillian McCloy is an engrossing, decades-long memoir of foreign life under deep cover for the CIA. McCloy reveals the intrigue, danger, and humor of clandestine life in her thoroughly entertaining account of a CIA familys nomadic lifestyle. Few living in the U.S. will ever encounter the unique trials and tribulations of the McCloy family, but what a fascinating read it is! - Alan B. Trabue, CIA (Ret.)
Subjects: Autobiographies.; McCloy, Frank.; McCloy, Lillian.; United States. Central Intelligence Agency.; Intelligence officers' spouses; Intelligence officers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Stumbling toward enlightenment : a wife's thirty-year journey with her Green Beret / by Davis, Polly B.,author.;
"Married to a Special Forces soldier during the height of the Vietnam War, Polly Davis was a soldier's wife with a difference: she often led, always followed, and sometimes fought alongside her Green Beret. Whether leaping out of airplanes, SCUBA diving off the coast of Massachusetts, hauling her family and their dogs over two continents, or battling a life-threatening disease, Davis' life story is superbly rich with courage, compassion, and a sly humor that overcomes all obstacles. Failure is not an option with this warm and enticing tale." [back cover]
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Davis, Polly B.; Davis, Thomas Hoyt, III; Army spouses; Officers' spouses;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The last Kashmiri rose : murder and mystery in the final days of the Raj / by Cleverly, Barbara.(CARDINAL)353835;
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Sandilands, Joe (Fictitious character); British; Officers' spouses; Police; Serial murders; Police.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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The last Kashmiri rose / by Cleverly, Barbara,author.(CARDINAL)353835;
Calcutta, 1922. In a land of saffron sunsets and blazing summer heat, an Englishwoman has been found dead, her wrists slit, her body floating in a bathtub of blood and water. But is it suicide or murder? The case falls to Scotland Yard inspector Joe Sandilands, who survived the horror of the Western Front and has endured six sultry months in English-ruled Calcutta. Sandilands is ordered to investigate and soon discovers that there have been other mysterious deaths, with sinister ties to the present case. Now, as the sovereignty of Britain is in decline and an insurgent India is on the rise, Sandilands must navigate the treacherous corridors of political decorum to bring a cunning killer to justice, knowing the next victim is already marked to die.
Subjects: Fiction.; Sandilands, Joe (Fictitious character); Police; British; Officers' spouses; Serial murders; Police.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Caty : a biography of Catharine Littlefield Greene / by Stegeman, John F.(CARDINAL)156583; Stegeman, Janet A.,1923-(CARDINAL)516319;
Bibliography: pages 221-226.
Subjects: Biographies.; Greene, Catharine Littlefield.; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.; Officers' spouses;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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King of greed / by Huang, Ana,author.(CARDINAL)898356;
"Powerful, brilliant, and ambitious, Dominic Davenport clawed his way up from nothing to become the King of Wall Street. He has everything-a beautiful home, a beautiful wife, and more money than he could spend in a lifetime. But no matter how much he accumulates, he's never satisfied. In his endless quest for more, he drives away the only person who saw him as enough. It isn't until she's gone that he realizes there may be more to life than riches and glory...but by then, it may be too late. Kind, intelligent, and thoughtful, Alessandra Davenport has played the role of trophy wife for years. She stood by her husband while he built an empire, but now that they've reached the top, she realizes he's no longer the man she fell for. When it becomes clear that she'll always come second to his work, she finally takes charge of her life and puts herself first-even if it means leaving the only man she's ever loved. But what she didn't count on was his refusal to let her go...or for him to fight for their marriage, no matter what it takes"--
Subjects: Erotic fiction.; Romance fiction.; Novels.; Marital conflict; Billionaires; Chief executive officers; Spouses; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 18
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When it was our war : a soldier's wife on the home front / by Suberman, Stella.(CARDINAL)650256;
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Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Suberman, Stella.; Suberman, Jack.; World War, 1939-1945; Air Force spouses; Officers' spouses; Bomber pilots;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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When it was our war [large print] : a soldier's wife in World War II / by Suberman, Stella.(CARDINAL)650256;
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Large print books.; Personal narratives.; Suberman, Jack.; Suberman, Stella.; Air Force spouses; Bomber pilots; Officers' spouses; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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The officers' wives / by Fleming, Thomas J.(CARDINAL)152090;
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; War fiction.; United States Military Academy; Officers' spouses; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Married people; Married people.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Private life [sound recording] : a novel / by Smiley, Jane.(CARDINAL)508967; Reading, Kate,narrator.(CARDINAL)529959; Reading, Kate.(CARDINAL)529959;
Read by Kate Reading.Margaret Mayfield is nearly an old maid at twenty-seven in post-Civil War Missouri when she marries Captain Andrew Jackson Jefferson Early. He's the most famous man their small town has ever produced: a naval officer and a brilliant astronomer, a genius who, according to the local paper, has changed the universe. Margaret's mother calls the match "a piece of luck."
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Audiobooks.; Audiobooks.; Military spouses; United States. Navy; Marriage; Psychological fiction.; Audiobooks.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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