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Panhandling Papers by Kady; Kady Van Deurs

Kady; Kady Van Deurs | Panhandling Papers | Spanning the ’70s and ’80s, these writings by the author of The Notebooks That Emma Gave Me recall the Women’s Pentagon Actions and the Peace Camp at

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The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister by Anne Lister; Helena Whitbread

Anne Lister; Helena Whitbread | The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister | These remarkable diaries are a piece of lost lesbian history. Anne Lister defied the role of womanhood seen in the novels of Jane Austen: she was bold

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If I Could Write This in Fire by Michelle Cliff

Michelle Cliff | If I Could Write This in Fire | Born in a Jamaica still under British rule, the acclaimed and influential writer Michelle Cliff embraced her many identities, shaped by her experience

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Directed By Dorothy Arzner by Judith Mayne

Judith Mayne | Directed By Dorothy Arzner | Dorothy Arzner was the exception in Hollywood film history?the one woman who succeeded as a director, in a career that spanned three decades. In Part

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Nancy Mitford by Harold Acton

Harold Acton | Nancy Mitford | What was Nancy Mitford’s wicked sense of humour really like? The writer and poet Harold Acton was-like Nancy Mitford herself-one of the Bright Young T

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Miss Marks and Miss Woolley by Anna Mary Wells

Anna Mary Wells | Miss Marks and Miss Woolley | ‘Some alumnae of Mount Holyoke College are buzzing about a forthcoming biography of Mary Emma Woolley, the college’s president from 1900 to 1937.

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Bessie by Chris Albertson

Chris Albertson | Bessie | A biography of Bessie Smith, the great singer known as the ‘Empress of the Blues’. Considered by many to be the greatest blues singer of all time, Bes

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Truly Wilde by Joan Schenkar

Joan Schenkar | Truly Wilde | Born a scant three months after her uncle Oscar’s notorious arrest, raised in the shadow of the greatest scandal of the turn of the twentieth century,

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My Point…And I Do Have One by Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres | My Point…And I Do Have One | In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ellen DeGeneres shares her hilarious take on everything from our most baffling human foibles–including how we be

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Blue Windows by Barbara Wilson (2)

Barbara Wilson (2) | Blue Windows | From Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Church of Christian Science, to Deepak Chopra, Americans have struggled with the connection between health an