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Fly Girls
Fly Girls

Keith O'Brien

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER "Exhilarating." —New York Times Book Review "Riveting." —People"Keith O'Brien has brought these women—mostly long-hidden and forgotten—back into the light where they belong. And he's done it with grace, sensitivity and a cinematic eye for detail that...
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis

Lynn Vincent

Instant New York Times Bestseller A human drama unlike any other—the riveting and definitive full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history. "GRIPPING...THIS YARN HAS IT ALL." —USA TODAY"A WONDERFUL BOOK." —Christian Science Monitor"ENTHRALLING." —Kirkus Reviews...
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Stories from Trailblazing Women Lawyers
Stories from Trailblazing Women Lawyers

Jill Norgren

The captivating story of how a diverse group of women, including Janet Reno and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, broke the glass ceiling and changed the modern legal professionIn Stories from Trailblazing Women Lawyers, award-winning legal historian Jill Norgren curates the oral histories of one hundred...
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The Metaphysical Club
The Metaphysical Club

Louis Menand

Hardly a club in the conventional sense, the organization referred to in the title of this superb literary hybrid—part history, part biography, part philosophy—consisted of four members and probably existed for less than nine months. Yet its impact upon American intellectual life remains...
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