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Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity

by Julia Serano

Published: 2007-05-14

Paperback: 408 pages

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A provocative manifesto, Whipping Girl tells the powerful story of Julia Serano, a transsexual woman whose supremely intelligent writing reflects her diverse background as a lesbian transgender activist and professional biologist. Serano shares her experiences and observations?both pre- an...

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The Strangler Vine (A Blake and Avery Novel)

by M.J. Carter

Published: 2015-03-31

Hardcover: 384 pages

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2014 FINALIST FOR THE CWA JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER AWARD Set in the untamed wilds of nineteenth-century colonial India, a dazzling historical thriller introducing an unforgettable investigative pair.   India, 1837: William Avery ...

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Moscow - 2042

by Vladimir Voinovich

Published: 1990-09-24

Paperback: 444 pages

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The year is 1982, just two years before that made famous by Orwell. An exiled Soviet writer discovers that a German travel agency is booking flights through a time warp to a variety of tempting sites and dates in the future. Moscow? The year 2042? How can he resist? Afterword by the Author...

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The Word Exchange

by Alena Graedon

Published: 2015-02-03

Paperback: 384 pages

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Books, libraries, and newspapers have at last become things of the past. Now handheld Memes allow for constant communication and entertainment. They can even anticipate our needs, dialing the doctor before we know we’re sick, or prompting us with words we can’t recall. Yet a few dedica...

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The Rivers Run Dry (A Raleigh Harmon Novel)

by Sibella Giorello

Published: 2009-03-01

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When a routine case turns deadly, forensic geologist Raleigh Harmon finds her career on the rocks . . . and her life at stake. Special Agent Raleigh Harmon is good at her job, but not as good at bureau politics. As one of the few females on the team, she finds herself in a strange land wh...

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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: An Unauthorized Autobiography

by Chuck Barris

Published: 2002-11-27

Paperback: 240 pages

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Suspense, excess, danger, and exuberant fun come together in Chuck Barris's unlikely autobiography- the tale of a wildly amboyant '70s television producer nationally known as the host of The Gong Show. What most people don't know is that Barris also spent close to two decades as a decorated covert assassin...

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Servants of the Map: Stories

by Andrea Barrett

Published: 2003-02-17

Paperback: 320 pages

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"Luminous....Each [story] is rich and independent and beautiful and should draw Barrett many new admirers."?Publishers Weekly, starred review Ranging across two centuries, and from the western Himalaya to an Adirondack village, these wonderfully imagined stories and novellas travel the ter...

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The Fourth Queen: A Novel

by Debbie Taylor

Published: 2003-11-18

Hardcover: 345 pages

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A lush historical epic, The Fourth Queen is the story of one woman’s struggle for power and love in the court of the eighteenth-century Emperor of Morocco. Poetically intense and sensual, it marks the debut of a gifted new author.Beautiful Helen Gloag is determined to escape the cycle of...

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The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness

by Jerome Groopman

Published: 2005-01-11

Paperback: 272 pages

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Why do some people find and sustain hope during difficult circumstances, while others do not? What can we learn from those who do, and how is their example applicable to our own lives? The Anatomy of Hope is a journey of inspiring discovery, spanning some thirty years of Dr. Jerome Groopma...

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Why the Devil Chose New England for His Work: Stories

by Jason Brown

Published: 2007-11-10

Paperback: 276 pages

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?Everything Natalie said seemed, to herself, to have been said better by him. He was less fond of speaking, however, than he was of hitting people in the face, which seemed a more likely source of her love to those of us who knew him,” begins Jason Brown’s linked collection of beautifu...