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61) Paula
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English
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The autobiography of Isabel Allende written for her daughter, Paula, who has slipped into a coma.
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Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House
Pub. Date
1999
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English
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Explores the life and career of controversial turn-of-the-century French author Colette, discussing her ambiguous sexuality, her marriages and affairs, her writings, and her later work as owner of a beauty institute.
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English
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WE WANT OUR BODIES BACK URGES BLACK WOMEN TO DEMAND BETTER FROM MEN.-ESSENCE MASTER POET JESSICA CARE MOORE GIFTS US THIS LATEST COLLECTION OF SHARP, SMART AND DEFIANT PIECES.-MS. MAGAZINE BOOKS BY BLACK WOMEN WE CAN'T WAIT TO READ IN 2020 -REFINERY29 A dazzling full-length collection of verse from one of the leading poets of our time. Over the past two decades, jessica Care moore has become a cultural force as a poet, performer, publisher, activist,...
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English
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"Here, in these four crisp essays, Ferrante offers a rare look at the origins of her literary powers. She writes about her influences, her struggles, and her formation as both a reader and a writer; she describes the perils of "bad language" and suggests ways in which it has long excluded women's truth; she proposes a choral fusion of feminine talent as she brilliantly discourses on the work of Emily Dickinson, Gertrude Stein, Ingeborg Bachmann, and...
70) Swimming pool
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
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English
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While vacationing at her publisher's summer house, a mystery writer meetshis unusual daughter.
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[Name of publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Documentary about the iconic writer, poet, performer and activist who overcame racism and devastating abuse to become one of our culture�s greatest voices. Rare footage and photos unveil an intimate and often unknown view of her public and personal life with the power of her own words.
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Open Road Distribution
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Spanning the years 1853-1933-beginning with conveyance by oxcart and ending with air travel-this series of dramatic monologues tells the story of Helen Walsh and Thomas Hodgson, whose families trekked the trails of the great migration to the West. Helen and Thomas get married, and together, tame the remote corners of the wilderness by means of their imperishable love and a clear, well-beaten path.
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Harlequin
Pub. Date
2007.
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English
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Italian executive Roberto Romeo seems very taken by his pretty sales assistant. So as the snow falls and the Christmas festivities begin, he sets about finding a new role for her… as his fiancée! THE TYCOON'S CHRISTMAS ENGAGEMENT by Rebecca Winters Annie can scarcely believe it when her dynamic boss, Mitch Reynolds, bestows a kiss beneath the Christmas party mistletoe. Could the tycoon really be thinking about making Annie's Christmas dreams come...
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English
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"Jascha and Lilka escape separately from the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942. Reunited years later, they live in London where Jascha has become a celebrated writer, feted for his dark tales about his war adventures. One day, forty years after the war, Jascha receives a letter inviting him to give a reading in Warsaw. He tells Lilka that nothing remains of the city they knew; she is nostalgic for the city of her childhood. Traveling by train through a frozen...
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Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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A groundbreaking collection of poetry, personal narratives, and art from refugee youth around the world. Foreword by actor and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller. Beginning in 2018, Ahmed M. Badr -- an Iraqi-American poet and former refugee -- traveled to Greece, Trinidad & Tobago, and Syracuse, New York, holding storytelling workshops with hundreds of displaced youth: those living in and outside of camps, as well as those adjusting to life after...
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English
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"Like many six-year-olds, Mira Jacob's half-Jewish, half-Indian son, Z, has questions about everything. At first they are innocuous enough, but as tensions from the 2016 election spread from the media into his own family, they become much, much more complicated. Trying to answer him honestly, Mira has to think back to where she's gotten her own answers: her most formative conversations about race, color, sexuality, and, of course, love. Written with...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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Six novels in one volume by today s most outstanding female writers includes The Magician s Assistant , Those Who Save Us , and more. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and Bel Canto , to the multiple award-winning author of This Must Be the Place , this collection gathers a half-dozen top-notch literary talents in a treasure trove for fiction lovers. Included: Almost by Elizabeth Benedict chronicles the attempt of writer...
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