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“a quick read, an often sarcastic and easily relatable tome for anyone who appreciates a woman with cojones.”

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Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity is a collection of essays by Julia Serano originally released in 2007.

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“Anna May’s is not exactly a rags-to-riches story, but it did start with dirty clothes, laboring as a young girl in her family’s laundry business in Los Angeles.

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“the definitive book on Spanish cookery.”

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The Fine Art of Literary Fist-Fighting . . . is often a graceful blend of memoir and history.”

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Emily Raboteau is a 47-year-old Black woman of mixed race, who lives in the Bronx, NY, with her husband and two adolescent sons.

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"A fascinating portrait of a man who left his mark all over present-day Israel in his great buildings and an even bigger mark on Christian imagination."

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“What does matter, for us and for the rest of the world’s species, is to remember that ‘We are not doomed. We can build a better future for everyone.

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Mistress of Life and Death is a very upsetting account, but a necessary one. As the author writes . . .

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“In carefully crafted words, Dubus III both records and enacts his transcendence of the often brutal facts of his upbringing and our time.”

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“The author keeps The Watchmaker’s Daughter a simple, unadorned story that makes the events even more horrific and universal—especially for our times.”

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“‘I became convinced that we must create a world in which no one is super rich—that there must be a cap on the amount of wealth any one person can have.

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Starflower is a true labor of love celebrating resilience, girlhood, and the profoundly transformative power of art.”

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“For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.”

—Rudyard Kipling, from the poem “The Female of the Species.”

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Modern Poetry by Diane Seuss presents readers with an autobiographical collection of poems that delve into the life experiences of the poet.

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“Kalayjian keeps suspense in his entertaining story in telling what might have otherwise been a dry history.”

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“provid[es] a detailed record of the 1924 Washington Senators and the roles of Clark Griffith, Walter Johnson, and Bucky Harris in fulfilling its destiny.”

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Grief Is for People is an eloquent, pensive, and deeply moving paean to a best friend.”

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“For those who don't know Spinoza and for those who do, Buruma offers a truly illuminating book. . . .

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What makes a successful political revolution? Are revolutions driven from the top down or bottom up?

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There are many children’s biographies about Marie Curie, so this one called Determined Dreamer: The Story of Marie Curie, had to bring something new to the table in order to get published.

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“The subject is handled well by an expert who produces a highly readable and intimate history.”

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“An interesting aspect raised in the book is the role that adoption agencies . . . play in placing children.

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Adam’s Peak, high above a rain forest in Sri Lanka (the former Ceylon or Serendib), rises 7,559 feet from sea level.

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