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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson | Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? | Magnificent . . . A tour de force of literature and love.’–Vogue

‘Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is raucous. It hums with a dark ref

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Profiles in Gay and Lesbian Courage by Troy D. Perry; Thomas L.P. Swicegood

Troy D. Perry; Thomas L.P. Swicegood | Profiles in Gay and Lesbian Courage | Biographies of 8 frontline gays in the battle against bigotry among politicians, the police and military, and religious organizations.

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Six Records of a Floating Life (Penguin Classics) by Shen Fu

Shen Fu | Six Records of a Floating Life (Penguin Classics) | Six Records of a Floating Life (1809) is an extraordinary blend of autobiography, love story and social document written by a man who was educated as

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Indomitable by Joanne Passet

Joanne Passet | Indomitable | “Whatever else will be said about her–and you can bet there will be plenty, because Barbara was no stranger to controversy–the one thing that is tru

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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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Les Femmes Preferent Les Femmes by Elula Perrin

Elula Perrin | Les Femmes Preferent Les Femmes | ‘I love woman, women, passionately, profoundly, exclusively.’ As owner of the elegantly notorious club Katmandou of Paris, Elula Perrin reigns over th

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Mad In Pursuit by Violette Leduc; Derek Coltman

Violette Leduc; Derek Coltman | Mad In Pursuit | In the second remarkable volume of her life story, Mad In Pursuit, the war is finally over. A new generation of writers has appeared in Paris, among t

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The Other Side of Paradise by Staceyann Chin

Staceyann Chin | The Other Side of Paradise | ‘No one knew Staceyann’s mother was pregnant until a dangerously small baby was born on the floor of her grandmother’s house in Lottery, Jamaica, on C

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Dear Sammy by Gertrude Stein; Samuel M. Steward; Alice B. Toklas

Gertrude Stein; Samuel M. Steward; Alice B. Toklas | Dear Sammy | Letters to Steward from the famous expatriate pair, dating from the 1930s through 1966, reflect a true friendship among the correspondents, the striki

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Portrait Of A Marriage by Nigel Nicolson

Nigel Nicolson | Portrait Of A Marriage | Vita Sackville-West, novelist, poet, and biographer, is best known as the friend of Virginia Woolf, who transformed her into an androgynous time-trave