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Three Summers by Yvonne Pepin

Yvonne Pepin | Three Summers | A sequel to Cabin Journal, adventures in the Oregon wilderness and her travels through ‘inner space’. ‘Document my encounters, my realizations and inc

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Black Interest Religion & Spirituality

Called Out by Janet Boynes

Janet Boynes | Called Out | Janet Boynes leads readers through her inspiring testimony, from her decision to try the homosexual lifestyle, to the trauma and pain she suffered dur

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Intertwined Live by Lois W. Banner

Lois W. Banner | Intertwined Live | ‘A biography of two eminent twentieth-century American women. Close friends for much of their lives, Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead met at Barnard Co

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Grier Rated

Here Lies the Heart by Mercedes De Acosta

Mercedes De Acosta | Here Lies the Heart | A murky combination of refinement, confusion, and a desperate faith in the occult, is this autobiography of Mercedes de Acosta, writer, society woman,

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Irrepressible by Emily Bingham

Emily Bingham | Irrepressible | ‘Raised like a princess in one of the most powerful families in the American South, Henrietta was offered the helm of a publishing empire. Instead, sh

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The Gay 100 by Paul Russell

Paul Russell | The Gay 100 | What do William Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, and Oscar Wilde have in common? For one thing, each of their works is most like being dramatized some

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Dancing With Demons by Penny Valentine; Vicki Wickham

Penny Valentine; Vicki Wickham | Dancing With Demons | As a child, in a desperate effort to get the attention of her parents, Mary O’Brien would place her hands on the boiler until they burned. As an adult

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Willa Cather (Lives of Notable Gay Men and Lesbians) by Sharon O’Brien

Sharon O’Brien | Willa Cather (Lives of Notable Gay Men and Lesbians) | This is the first biography of Willa Cather to explore thoroughly the connections between her artistic and her psychological growth.

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Nancy Mitford by Harold Acton

Harold Acton | Nancy Mitford | Nancy Mitford was the eldest and most famous of the Mitfords. A relentless tease, she wrote subtle but wildly satirical novels such as Love in a Cold

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Entertainment Film and Television

Lea’s Book Of Rules For The World by Lea DeLaria; Maggie Cassella

Lea DeLaria; Maggie Cassella | Lea’s Book Of Rules For The World | Rule #10: Learn all the rules…then break them. Lea DeLaria has been breaking rules all her life. Now she offers some of her own…. Cross Howard Ste