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For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire, and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink

by Sarah Rose

Published: 2010-12

Paperback: 280 pages

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Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the East India Company engaged him to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China - territory forbidden to foreigners - to steal the closely guarded secrets of tea. For centuries, China had been the world's...

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For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History

by Sarah Rose

Published: 2011-02-22

Paperback: 272 pages

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"If ever there was a book to read in the company of a nice cuppa, this is it." -The Washington Post In the dramatic story of one of the greatest acts of corporate espionage ever committed, Sarah Rose recounts the fascinating, unlikely circumstances surrounding a turning point in economic...

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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf

by Ntozake Shange

Published: 1997-09-01

Paperback: 64 pages

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From its inception in California in 1974 to its highly acclaimed critical success at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and on Broadway, the Obie Award-winning for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf has excited, inspired, and transformed audiences all over the cou...

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For Every Action: There Are Consequences

by Gail M Baugniet

Published: 2011-03-03

Paperback: 354 pages

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Synopsis:26-year old Pepper Bibeau deals with a few unresolved personal problems while she plugs away at her new job as an insurance investigator for a Wisconsin-based company. She's ten months out of the Army after a 12-month tour of Vietnam with the Army Nurse Corps, experiencing what wa...

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For Everything a Season: Simple Musings on Living Well

by Philip Gulley

Published: 2007-04-24

Paperback: 224 pages

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Filled with a cast of lovable, quirky characters, punctuated with simple wonders, the everyday truths found in this book offer much needed clarity to our own befuddled world. No matter where you live, no matter what your season, come along for the journey.When Philip Gulley began writing n...

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For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts Advice to Women

by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English

Published: 2005-01-04

Paperback: 432 pages

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A provocative new perspective on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other.

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For Keeps: Women Tell the Truth About Their Bodies, Growing Older, and Acceptance

by Victoria Zackheim

Published: 2007-11-28

Paperback: 290 pages

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Is an inspirational collection by top women writers on their relationships with their bodies. It explores with awe and intelligence the surprises and challenges of our bodies — whether caused by illness, aging, injury, or life circumstances — that make us rethink the way we see ourselves, and even...

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For Laci

Published: 2006

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For Love of Livvy

by JM Griffin

Published: 2009-10-08

Paperback: 248 pages

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After her favorite aunt is found dead and an alarming box is mysteriously left on the doorstep of her aunt's house now legally hers, Lavinia Esposito wants explanations. But, having cleared the package of explosives, the local cops are dumbounded by the precious stones which came without an explanation,...

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For Matrimonial Purposes

by Kavita Daswani

Published: 2004-06-29

Paperback: 288 pages

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Anju wants a husband. Equally important, her entire family wants Anju to have a husband. Her life in Bombay, where a marriage can be arranged in a matter of hours, is almost solely devoted to this quest, with her anxious mother hauling her from holy site to holy site in order to consult an...