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Undiscovered Country by Kathryn C. Hulme

Kathryn C. Hulme | Undiscovered Country | This is a classic account of a group of women … who put their careers on hold to study privately with the spiritual teacher G. I. Gurdjieff. Known as

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Superstars: Twelve Lesbians Who Changed the World by Dell Richards

Dell Richards | Superstars: Twelve Lesbians Who Changed the World | Presents biographies of twelve lesbians who made important contributions to modern society, including Florence Nightingale, Jane Addams, Alice Hamilto

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So Long As There Are Women by Elula Perrin

Elula Perrin | So Long As There Are Women | A COLLECTION OF SENSITIVE, ANGRY, CANDID, AND, AT TIMES, BREATHLESSLY EROTIC CONFESSIONS IN WHICH PERRIN BRINGS TOGETHER THE STORIES OF NINE WOMEN – N

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The Other Mother by Nancy Abrams

Nancy Abrams | The Other Mother | ‘On a spring day in 1993, Nancy Abrams helped her daughter dress for day care, packed her lunch, and said good-bye. Next she drove to court, where she

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Picasso (Piccola Biblioteca 7) by Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein | Picasso (Piccola Biblioteca 7) | For more than a generation, Gertrude Stein’s Paris home at 27 rue de Fleurus was the center of a glittering coterie of artists and writers, one of who

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Gaslight by Carol Guess

Carol Guess | Gaslight | Carol Guess has composed, from glass-edged fragments of her life and her work as a creative artist, the mosaic of a woman who has fought to be her tru

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Nineteen Seventy-Nine by Rhona Cameron

Rhona Cameron | Nineteen Seventy-Nine | Nineteen Seventy-nine takes place in a small fishing town called Musselburgh, situated on the east coast of Scotland. It’s about a young girl who is v

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The Wrestling Party by Bett Williams

Bett Williams | The Wrestling Party |

‘When does desire turn into exploitation?’ Bett Williams asks, reflecting on a relationship she had with a seventeen-year-old girl when she was thi

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A Gambler’s Instinct by Milly S. Barranger

Milly S. Barranger | A Gambler’s Instinct | Broadway producer Cheryl Crawford (1902–1986) declared in her 1977 autobiography, “The theatre has been my life.” Crawford was notoriously circumspect

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Teaching The Cat To Sit by Michelle Theall

Michelle Theall | Teaching The Cat To Sit | Nuanced and poignant, heartrending and funny, Michelle Theall’s thoughtful memoir is a universal story about our quest for unconditional love from our