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Sunday Jews Sunday Jews Hortense Calisher From the Publisher: In this new novel, Calisher explores a family united in blood yet divided by ideas. The elder son Charles hopes to be a Supreme Court justice; the family beauty Nell has children… OL15153374W
Edith Wharton Edith Wharton Hermione Lee From Hermione Lee, the internationally acclaimed, award-winning biographer of Virginia Woolf and Willa Cather, comes a superb reexamination of one of the most famous American women of letters.Delving… OL16025713W
After the vote was won After the vote was won Katherine H. Adams "Because scholars have traditionally only examined the efforts of American suffragettes in relation to electoral politics, the history books have missed the story of what these women sought to achiev… OL16980916W
Femmenism and the Mexican woman intellectual from Sor Juana to Poniatowska Femmenism and the Mexican woman intellectual from Sor Juana to Poniatowska Emily Hind "There is a large portion of young women in both US and Mexican university classrooms today who do not self-identify as feminists. Hind makes steps to correct this and draws on poetry, short stories,… OL16991816W
Inventing herself Inventing herself Elaine Showalter "With sources as diverse as A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Scream 2, Inventing Herself is an expansive and timely exploration of women who possess a boundless determination to alter the wor… OL24679403W
Sunday Jews Sunday Jews Hortense Calisher "Sunday Jews explores a family united in blood yet divided by ideas. Charles, the eldest son, hopes to be a Supreme Court justice; family beauty Nell has children by different lovers; art expert Erik… OL2671364W
L'âge de la conversation L'âge de la conversation Benedet Craveri,Eliane Deschamps-Pria Portrait du monde littéraire des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, "l'âge d'or de la conversation." OL28595789W
The bluestocking The bluestocking David Delman x, 287 p. ; 22 cm OL3950590W
The Sheik's Arranged Marriage (Desert Rogues, No. 2) The Sheik's Arranged Marriage (Desert Rogues, No. 2) Susan Mallery Man-shy American Heidi McKinley winces when the king himself insists she marry--and make heirs with--his sinfully sexy royal son! For Prince Jamal was a legendary lover, an expert on erotic intrigue.… OL5685226W
Howards End Howards End E. M. Forster Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster about social conventions, codes of conduct and relationships in turn-of-the-century England. A strong-willed and intelligent woman refuses to allow the pretens… OL88881W