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Herland

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Published: 2013-04-14

Paperback: 82 pages

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Delightfully humorous account of a feminist utopia in which 3 male explorers stumble upon an all-female society isolated in a distant part of the earth. Early 20th-century vehicle for Gilman's then-unconventional views of male-female behavior, motherhood, individuality, sense of community, sexuality,...

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The Herland Trilogy: Moving the Mountain, Herland, with Her in Ourland

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Published: 2011-11-10

Paperback: 352 pages

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Moving the Mountain is the first book in Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman's well known trilogy. The second book in the trilogy is her land mark classic Herland. Moving Mountain delivers Gilman's program for reforming society. She concentrates on measures of rationality and efficiency that could be instituted...

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She

by H. Rider Haggard

Published: 2014-03-10

Paperback: 120 pages

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One of H. Rider Haggard's most famous and powerful works, She is a classic that should be read by all.

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Growing Up (Signet)

by Russell Baker

Published: 1992-06-02

Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages

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This Pulitzer Prize-winner is "the saddest, funniest, most tragical yet comical picture of coming of age in the U.S.A. in the Depresson years and World War II that has ever been written."—Harrison Salisbury.

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The Paying Guests

by Sarah Waters

Published: 2014-09-16

Hardcover: 576 pages

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The New York Times bestselling novel that has been called “a tour de force” (Wall Street Journal), “unputdownable” (The Washington Post), “a delicious hothouse of a novel” (USA Today), “effortless” (The Economist), “seductive” (Vanity Fair) and “pitch perfect” (Salo...

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Beijing Bastard: Into the Wilds of a Changing China

by Val Wang

Published: 2014-10-30

Hardcover: 352 pages

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A humorous and moving coming-of-age story that brings a unique, not-quite-outsider’s perspective to China’s shift from ancient empire to modern superpower   Raised in a strict Chinese-American household in the suburbs, Val Wang dutifully got good grades, took piano lessons, and perfo...

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Havisham: A Novel

by Ronald Frame

Published: 2013-11-05

Hardcover: 368 pages

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HAVISHAM IS THE ASTONISHING PRELUDE TO CHARLES DICKENS'S GREAT EXPECTATIONS.Before she became the immortal and haunting Miss Havisham of Great Expectations, she was Catherine, a young woman with all of her dreams ahead of her. Spry, imperious, she is the daughter of a wealthy brewer. But s...

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The Drop

by Dennis Lehane

Published: 2014-09-02

Hardcover: 208 pages

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Dennis Lehane returns to the streets of Mystic River with this love story wrapped in a crime story wrapped in a journey of faith—the basis for the major motion picture The Drop, from Fox Searchlight Pictures directed by Michaël Roskam, screenplay by Dennis Lehane, and starring Tom Hardy...

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The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food

by Jennifer 8. Lee

Published: 2009-03-23

Paperback: 320 pages

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FEATURED ON TED.com and The Colbert Report.If you think McDonald's is the most ubiquitous restaurant experience in America, consider that there are more Chinese restaurants in America than McDonalds, Burger Kings, and Wendy's combined. Former New York Times reporter and Chinese-American (o...

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Green Shadows, White Whale: A Novel of Ray Bradbury's Adventures Making Moby Dick with John Huston in Ireland

by Ray Bradbury

Published: 2002-10-01

Paperback: 256 pages

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In 1953, the brilliant but terrifying titan of cinema John Huston summons the young writer Ray Bradbury to Ireland. The apprehensive scribe's quest is to capture on paper the fiercest of all literary beasts -- Moby Dick -- in the form of a workable screenplay so the great director can begi...