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Jane Austen's Wardrobe
Hilary Davidson - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Hilary Davidson delves into the clothing of one of the world's great authors, providing unique and intimate insight into her everyday life and material world What did Jane Austen wear? Acclaimed dress historian and Austen expert Hilary Davidson reveals, for the first time, the wardrobe... |
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Black Friend: Essays
Ziwe - Abrams Image
Format: Hardcover
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The debut collection of personal essays by comedy's most iconic voice . Ziwe made a name for herself by asking guests like Alyssa Milano, Fran Lebowitz, and Chet Hanks direct questions. In Black Friend, she turns her incisive perspective on both herself and the culture at large. Throughout... |
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Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night
Lisa Belkin - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book for May 2023. The multigenerational tale of three families whose paths collide one summer night in 1960 with the murder of a police officer.Independence Day weekend, 1960: a young cop is murdered, shocking his close-knit community in Stamford, Connecticut.... |
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All I Want Is Loving You: Popular Female Singers of the 1950s (American Made Music Series)
Steve Bergsman - University Press of Mississippi
Format: Hardcover
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In All I Want Is Loving You: Popular Female Singers of the 1950s, author Steve Bergsman focuses on the white, female artists of the 1950s, a time that predated the chart-topping girl groups of the early 1960s. These popular performers, many of whom graduated out of the big bands of the 1940s,... |
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Steven Spielberg All the Films: The Story Behind Every Movie, Episode, and Short
Arnaud Devillard - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Hardcover
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A first-of-its-kind deep dive into Steven Spielberg's decades-long career, covering everything from early short films and television episodes to each of his more than 30 feature length-films.. Organized chronologically and covering every short film, television episode, and blockbuster... |
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Women Who Won
Ros Ball - Unbound
Format: Hardcover
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Did you know that Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka was the first woman in the world to become a democratically elected prime minister? That Tina Anselmi of Italy was a wartime resistance fighter who became the first woman to serve as a cabinet minister? Or that Sylvie Kinigi of Burundi... |
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The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women
Lisa Perrin - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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A feast for the senses, this sumptuously illustrated book will introduce you to some of the most infamous women throughout world history, united by their shared taste for poison. Welcome to the League of Lady Poisoners.. This riveting and well-researched volume by Lisa Perrin weaves together... |
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