Century Girls, Paperback

The first, authorized biographical tribute to Charles Pierce, the foremost "male actress" of the 20th Century. Born in 1926, Pierce went from playi...

When Lutheran church leaders came from Norway in the middle of the nineteenth century, educational plans for each gender were based on deeply held ...

DescriptionIn the fourth and final book in the Before Watson series, Sherlock Holmes and his companion and assistant, Dr. Poppy Stamford, embark on...

Reducere. ``Country Girl is Edna O'Brien's exquisite account of her dashing, barrier-busting, up-and-down life.``--National Public Radio When Edna O'Brien's ...

Reducere. Hypatia of Alexandria was one of the most brilliant women who lived in the ancient world. Born in Alexandria, Egypt in the fourth century CE, Hypat...

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From the clamshell razors and homemade lye depilatories used in colonial America to the diode lasers and prescription pharmaceuticals available tod...

A new translation of Georges Simenon's devastating novel set on the French Riviera, book seventeen in the new Penguin Maigret series.It had a smell...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Cities of Dead: the highly anticipated third book in Alys Arden's spellbinding The Casquette Girls series. Old World witches collide...

Reducere. DescriptionTwelve-year-old Carrie is excited to spend the night at her best friend Betsy's house one Saturday night in the turn of the century Galv...

Description2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Finalist for 2016 Richard Wall Memorial Award by the Theatre Library Long listed for the 2017 Kra...

'London: A Pilgrimage' was conceived in 1868 by the journalist and playwright Blanchard Jerrold. Accompanied by the famous artist Gustave Dor , Jer...

Reducere. The Girl Scouts of America has evolved over the last hundred years from the original group of eighteen into an organization with thousands of membe...

Reducere. This flowing, instantly engaging narrative tells the story of Savannah from the hopeful arrival of its first permanent English settlers in 1733 to ...

"Respectful, unflinching, and eye-opening." --Kirkus Reviews "Historical fiction that not only depicts a cruel, horrifying reality but also the str...

Reducere. In the magical world of seventeenth-century Venice-lacework palaces flickering in gleaming waterways, opulence and decadence, creative liberty, and...

Reducere. Beautifully written and deeply researched, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments examines the revolution of black intimate life that unfolded in Phi...

Reducere. Written over a span of more than two decades, the essays by Iris Marion Young collected in this volume describe diverse aspects of women's lived bo...

Reducere. Millions of babies. All girls. Why?In a dark and divided dystopian America, an ambitious reporter must risk her life and reputation to find out why...

"A portrait of self-creation in the vein of F. Scott Fitzgerald", " (The Wall Street Journal) An Elegant Woman is "a rich exploration of legacy and...

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARESQUIRE - ELECTRIC LITERATURE - BUSTLE "Astoundingly original." --The New York Times Book Review From the author o...

Reducere. Remembering Rosie is about Block's childhood on a Wisconsin dairy farm in the mid-twentieth century. Growing up on the homestead with her parents a...

Reducere. Angels Over Moscow is an inspirational, first-person account of the life of American physician, Dr. Juliette Engel, who founded the non-profit Mira...

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Reducere. More than 40 years ago, three girls from the Detroit projects made the world 'Stop!' and take notice of their fresh harmonies and classy style. Cul...

Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century. Since its publication in 1947, it has been re...

Reducere. -Simply wonderful.- --Los Angeles Times Acclaimed writer Julia Alvarez's brilliant and buoyant and beloved first novel gives voice to four sisters ...

Reducere. Born in 1937 in a port city a thousand miles north of Shanghai, Adeline Yen Mah was the youngest child of an affluent Chinese family who enjoyed ra...

DescriptionThis American classic is as fresh and meaningful today as it was when it was first written in the mid-nineteenth century. Largely based ...

Reducere. A plucky "titian-haired" sleuth solved her first mystery in 1930. Eighty million books later, Nancy Drew has survived the Depression, World War II,...

Reducere. DescriptionBestselling author Suzanne Selfors brings heart and humor to Wish Upon a Sleepover, a middle-grade novel about a group of misfits who fi...

Reducere. DescriptionThis powerful and lyrical debut novel is to Syria what The Kite Runner was to Afghanistan; the story of two girls living eight hundred y...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom USA Today bestselling author, Leslie Langtry comes the next laugh-out-loud Merry Wrath Mystery... Summer is moving fast for ex-CIA ...

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Reducere. In the waning months of World War II, a Soviet regiment entered Auschwitz-Birkenau, Adolph Hitler's infamous concentration camp, and found seven th...

Reducere. The isolated Canadian River in the Texas Panhandle stretched before John Erickson and Bill Ellzey as they began a journey through time and what the...

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Reducere. Nell Stillman s road is not easy. When her boorish husband dies soon after they move to the small town of Harvester, Minnesota, Nell is alone, penn...

Before Bunny Yeager was old enough to be one, she fantasized about becoming a Pin-Up girl. She realized her dream and much more. After building a s...

Reducere. "I couldn't cook but I could sew. It would have been better the other way around." Trapped in Kansas at the turn of the twentieth century, Nell Pla...

Reducere. DescriptionLin Mills and Jill Finn are excited to spend six days at camp. Except, they cannot stand each other. And this could turn out to be a dis...

Set during the first half of the twentieth century, this is the story of the Brunis, a family of farmers from the Italian Padan Plain who have work...

Reducere. Much loved by generations of children, Our Island Story is a classic children's history of Britain from the Romans to the death of Queen Victoria. ...

Reducere. DescriptionMoving the Mountain is the first book in Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman's well known trilogy. Moving Mountain delivers Gilman's progra...

Reducere. Whether you love her, hate her, or love to hate her, Nellie Oleson is one of most recognizable literary figures of the 20th century. But Laura Inga...

Reducere. DescriptionA memoir of Betty White's first five decades on television--as irreverent and irresistible as the beloved actress herself. Betty White f...

Reducere. DescriptionSet in the impoverished and bustling Lower East Side of Manhattan at the turn of the 20th century, The God of Vengeance is a memorable u...

For the first time in one volume, Jean Plaidy's duet of Borgia novels brings to life the infamous, reckless, and passionate family in an unforgetta...

DescriptionIt's the classic girl detectives like you've never seen them before Daphne Blake and Velma Dinkley have a terrifying new mystery to solv...

Reducere. The author of Saint Everywhere is answering the call from fans for more reports from her quest to learn from some quietly extraordinary women-and a...

Reducere. The Golden Girls meet Dirty Harry...With a family wedding on the horizon, these feisty amateur sleuths vow to make it the shindig of the century in...

Reducere. DescriptionWinner of the Lambda Literary Award and the Ferro-Grumley Award: A beautiful novel about the strength of love and personal perseverance ...

Reducere. In 1924 eight young women drove across the American West in two Model T Fords. In nine weeks they traveled more than nine thousand unpaved miles on...

A chilling ghost story that is also a tale of exquisite psychological suspense, The Birthing House marks the debut of a writer whose first novel is...

In the early 19th century, when it was the policy of many of the poorhouses and workhouses to deter paupers from applying by making the conditions ...

"The Story of Beowulf Told to Children" is an Anglo-Saxon saga retold in excellent English prose, with the heroic qualities emphasized. H. E. Marsh...

Reducere. The Golden Girls meet Dirty Harry...With a family wedding on the horizon, these feisty amateur sleuths vow to make it the shindig of the century in...

Anna Held was America's most popular musical comedy star during the two decades preceding World War I. In the colorful world of New York theater du...

Reducere. If you are reading this, you are amazing. Seriously. Say it with me now: I am amazing.Little Book of Positivity for a Fabulous Teen Girl is an insp...

Reducere. DescriptionNew for 2019 An eye opening guide for men looking to avoid Ms. Wrong. A must have for women ready to evolve into Ms. Right. Finally, a b...

Reducere. "Chasing the Rising Sun" is the story of an American musical journey told by a prize-winning writer who traced one song in its many incarnations as...

Reducere. "I don't know how old I am.My earliest memory is something along the lines of fire good, ice bad, so I think I predate written history, but I don't...

*Includes quotes from Anne Frank's diary about life, love, religion, persecution, and more. *Includes pictures of important people and places in An...