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  Translated Woman

  by Ruth Behar

  The tenth-anniversary edition of this classic book, with a new preface Translated Woman tells the story of an unforgettable encounter between Ruth Behar, a Cuban-American feminist anthropologist, and Esperanza Hernández, a Mexican street peddler. "A brave and unusual work. . . ." —The Boston Globe "A stunning critique. . . . Engrossing reading at the hands of a skillful interpreter." —The New York Times Book... (more)
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  Millstone

  by Margaret Drabble

  Margaret DrabbleÂ’s affecting novel, set in London during the 1960s, about a casual love affair, an unplanned pregnancy, and one young womanÂ’s decision to become a mother.
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  Haunts Haven

  by Joan Sowards

  When Callie Wilford inherits a century-old inn in southern Arizona, locals tell her of a ghost who "guards" the inn. But Callie doesn't believe in ghosts, and she plans to turn the inn into a bed and breakfast. Then things start to happen - strange, spooky things - and she begins to wonder if there is some truth to the ghost stories. If that weren't bad enough, Callie discovers a mysterious grave in the cellar. As... (more)
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  Sister Carrie : An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds, and Sources Criticism (Norton Critical Editions)

  by Theodore Dreiser, Donald Pizer

  This Norton Critical Edition features the 1900 Doubleday Page text of the novel. "Backgrounds and Sources" reprints excerpts from Dreiser's autobiographies, and a documentary account, drawn largely from Dreiser's correspondence with Frank Norris, Arthur Henry, Walter H.Page and F.N.Doubleday, discusses the supposed "suppression" of Sister Carrie by its first publisher. "Criticism" includes twelve essays that seek... (more)
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  Kitchen

  by Banana Yoshimoto

  With the publication of Kitchen, the dazzling English-language debut that is still her best-loved book, the literary world realized that Yoshimoto was a young writer of enduring talent whose work has quickly earned a place among the best of contemporary Japanese literature. Kitchen is an enchantingly original book that juxtaposes two tales about mothers, love, tragedy, and the power of the kitchen and home in... (more)
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  Agatha Raisin: Book 13

  Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate

  by M. C. Beaton

  Wretched after being dumped by her husband, bored with pottering about Carsely, and wishing every man would sod off, including her neighbor John Armitage, Agatha Raisin is unmoved by news of the captivating new curate. But when she meets the golden-haired, blue-eyed Tristan Delon, she is swept off her feet...along with nearly every other female in the village. Wrapped in brightly coloured dreams of the curate... (more)
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  The Loves of Faustyna: A Novel

  by Nina FitzPatrick

  In 1967 Faustyna embarks upon a riotous sexual odyssey that takes her up and down the social scale and across the political spectrum of Communist Poland in its dying decade. The ensuing years find Faustyna playing many roles--housewife, lover, mother and psychologist in a country that has gone mad. Advertising in literary publications.
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  Mr Skeffington (Virago Modern Classics)

  by Elizabeth

  Approaching the watershed of her fiftieth birthday, Fanny, having long ago divorced Mr. Skeffington and dismissed him from her thoughts, is surprised to find herself thinking of him. While attempting to understand this unwelcome invasion, she meets, through a series of coincidences and deliberate actions, all those other men whose hearts she has broken. But their lives have irrevocably changed ‹ and Fanny is no... (more)
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  The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot

  by Angus Wilson

  The story of a woman displaced from paradise. For Meg Eliot, life with her successful husband, Bill, was one of elegance and equilibrium. Suddenly, everything changes when Bill is the accidental victim of an assassin's bullet. The author also wrote "Hemlock and After" and "No Laughing Matter".
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  A Single Voice

  by Kristen McMain Oaks

  "Being alone is never easy, but being single in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints is a unique challenge," writes Kristen M. Oaks, wife of Elder Dallin H. Oaks. Whether they are nevermarried, divorced, or widowed, singles can often feel discounted and discouraged in a family- focused community. A Single Voice addresses these concerns and offers valuable insights, personal reflections (including the... (more)
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  Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army

  by Kayla Williams

  “Brave, honest, and necessary.”—Nancy Pearl, NPR Seattle Kayla Williams is one of the 15 percent of the U.S. Army that is female, and she is a great storyteller. With a voice that is “funny, frank and full of gritty details” ( New York Daily News ), she tells of enlisting under Clinton; of learning Arabic; of the sense of duty that fractured her relationships; of being surrounded by bravery and bigotry, sexism... (more)
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  Endurance: A Stardoc Novel (Stardoc (Paperback))

  by S. L. Viehl

  The further adventures of Cherijo, a genetically-enhanced human engineered to be the model of perfection-if she can survive....
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  Stardoc: Book 1

  Stardoc (Stardoc #1)

  by S. L. Viehl

  Dr. Cherijo Grey Veil leaves Earth and accepts a position as a physician at Kevarzanga-2's FreeClinic. Her surgical skills are desperately needed on a hostile frontier world with over 200 sentient species--and her understanding of alien physiology is nothing short of miraculous. But the truth behind her expertise is a secret which, if discovered, could have disastrous consequences between human and alien... (more)
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  Eternity Row:: A Stardoc Novel (Stardoc (Paperback))

  by S. L. Viehl

  Cherijo and her husband have found safety aboard the star vessel Sunlace. But they have promises to keep-promises that will endanger everything she ever fought for-including her solemn oath to protect life.
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  Shockball:: A Stardoc Novel

  by S. L. Viehl

  Cherijo Grey Veil is searching for a place where she'll be safe from the demented man who created her. But she soon finds that she can't just run from her past-she must destroy it... Fourth in the national bestselling series by "<A> master storyteller." ( Romantic Times )
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  Wide Sargasso Sea

  by Jean Rhys

  The fortieth anniversary reissue of the best-selling "tour de force" (Walter Allen, New York Times Book Review ). Jean Rhys's reputation was made upon the publication of this passionate and heartbreaking novel, in which she brings into the light one of fiction's most mysterious characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. A sensual and protected young woman, Antoinette Cosway... (more)
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  Agatha Raisin: Book 14

  Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House

  by M. C. Beaton

  Just back from an extended stay in London, Agatha Raisin finds herself greeted with torrential rains and an old, familiar feeling of boredom. When her handsome new neighbor, Paul Chatterton, shows up on her doorstep, she tries her best to ignore his obvious charms, but his sparkling black eyes and the promise of adventure soon lure her into another investigation. Paul has heard about Agatha's reputation as the... (more)
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  Agatha Raisin: Book 12

  Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came

  by M. C. Beaton

  Crankier than ever, Agatha Raisin wants to forget that her husband left her to enter a monastery-a turn of affairs more humiliating than when she caught him with a mistress. She feels abandoned, fat, frumpy, and absolutely furious. What are her options? She takes an island vacation and joins a Pilates class. But what finally lifts her spirits is finding a corpse. The dead girl is a member of Agatha's exercise... (more)