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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Les années	Annie Ernaux	"Available in English for the first time, the latest astonishing, bestselling, and award-winning book by Annie Ernaux. The Years is a personal narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through the le…	OL102389W
One writer's beginnings	Eudora Welty	In a "continuous thread of revelation" Eudora Welty sketches her autobiography and tells us how her family and her surroundings contributed to the shaping not only of her personality but of her writi…	OL113976W
In the Night Room	Peter Straub	In the wake of a grotesque accident, a famous children’s book author realizes that the most basic facts of her existence, including her existence itself, have come into question. Willy Patrick, th…	OL114300W
The last generation	Cherríe Moraga	A classic work by award-winning author Cherríe Moraga, The Last Generation is an electric mix of prose and poetry that continues conversations started in the beloved books This Bridge Called My Back:…	OL11639101W
Just us girls	Wendy Rountree	vi, 124 p. ; 23 cm	OL11913918W
Heretical Hellenism	Shanyn Fiske	"The prevailing assumption regarding the Victorians' relationship to ancient Greece is that Greek knowledge constituted an exclusive discourse within elite male domains. Heretical Hellenism: Women Wr…	OL11938188W
Circle	Victoria Chang	Taking its concept of concentricity from the eponymous Ralph Waldo Emerson essay, <em>Circle</em>, the first collection from Victoria Chang, adopts the shape as a trope for gender, family, and histor…	OL11967487W
Salvinia Molesta	Victoria Chang	Victoria Chang's collection takes its title from what many call "the worst weed in the world," a plant so rapidly and uncontrollably invasive that it is illegal to sell or possess in the United State…	OL11967488W
BRONTE ENCYCLOPEDIA	Robert Barnard	A Bronte Encyclopedia is an A- Z encyclopedia of the most notable literary family of the 19th century highlighting original literary insights and the significant people and places that influenced the…	OL12999355W
A fairly honourable defeat	Iris Murdoch	"One of Iris Murdoch’s more successful novels, A Fairly Honourable Defeat combines elements of realism and allegory to create a commentary on the moral shortcomings of the individual and society. The…	OL1326383W
Seeking enlightenment-- hat by hat	Nevada Barr	A refreshingly honest spiritual exploration from the New York Times bestselling author of the Anna Pigeon novels.A refreshingly honest spiritual exploration from the New York Times bestselling author…	OL134407W
Daring bride	Jane Peart	Craig Cavanaugh opened his briefcase and drew out the folder containing the manuscript. It was getting dark when he finished reading. No question, he thought, Kitty Traherne can write. Her face came …	OL14854050W
Robeson Street	Fanny Howe	“‘Breath’ is the real gift of these poems, an aura that Fanny Howe works to refine until it dazzles . . . The aura of wonder, an evanescent glow felt in life’s best moments, when they seem to point b…	OL14912523W
Wuthering Heights et autres romans (Agnes Grey / Professor / Wuthering Heights)	Charlotte Brontë,Emily Brontë,Anne Brontë	Contains: Agnes Grey Professor [Wuthering Heights](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL21177W)	OL14948695W
Wicked beast	Tawny Taylor	Take Me. Tempt Me. Tame Me. Cailey Holm is definitely not a cat person—in fact, she’s terrified of felines in all forms. Creating a sexy were-lion as the hero of her latest erotic romance was suppos…	OL14950982W
We Speak Your Names	Pearl Cleage	For centuries, African American women have been remaking the world, giving testament to the power of hope, courage, and resilience. But it took the inspired generosity of Oprah Winfrey to honor fully…	OL151640W
Fist of the Spider Woman	Amber Dawn	Traditional horror has often portrayed female characters in direct relation to their sexual role according to men, such as the lascivious victim or innocent heroine; even vampy, powerful female villa…	OL15169421W
13 Estampas de mujeres mexicanas	Maria Marcelina Canche Pool	Historias familiares y personales, heroicas, anecdoticas, luchas, logros: reflexiones de una mujer al borde de la muerte por un error medico; vivencias de abuso sexual e incesto; proceso de superacio…	OL15174623W
This Heart of Mine	Susan Elizabeth Phillips	Molly Somerville knows she has a reputation for trouble. She did give away her fifteen-million-dollar inheritance, but, hey, nobody's perfect. Still, if anyone has an almost perfect life, it's Molly.…	OL15715369W
Renegade Poetics	Evie Shockley	Beginning with a deceptively simple question—What do we mean when we designate behaviors, values, or forms of expression as “black”?—Evie Shockley’s <em>Renegade Poetics</em> separates what we think …	OL15916935W