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Madame Bovary's Ovaries
DeltaWhat can elephant seals tell us about Homer’s Iliad? How do gorillas illuminate the works of Shakespeare? What do bloodsucking bats have to do with...
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DeltaBrooklyn needs a saint. Ned Conti needs a stipend. So the struggling young historian agrees to trace the mysterious past of a Brooklyn nun for ev...
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DeltaShe vowed to find a better world for her children. Even if she had to make it herself.A sweeping epic of contemporary history by Pulitzer Prize-wi...
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Delta“A book that will leave few readers unmoved.”–San Francisco ChronicleShe was the quintessential queen: statuesque, regal, dazzlingly beautiful. Her...
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DeltaIn some states by law, in others by tradition, judges imposing a sentence of death complete the grim ritual with the words "May God have mercy on y...
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DeltaAn extraordinary, explicitly masculine journey, Men In Love develops a startlingly honest portrayal of what it means to be a man in contemporary Am...
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DeltaA Handbook for Relieving the Discomforts of PregnancyMassage is a sensuous, relaxing, and loving treatment that has the added bonus of being especi...
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DeltaIn her acclaimed New York Times bestseller, Motherless Daughters, Hope Edelman explored the profound and lasting effects of mother loss, as well as...
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DeltaWhen Nancy Friday began her research for My Mother/My Self in the early 1970’s no work existed that explored the unique interaction between mother ...
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DeltaA touching coming-of-age novel featuring a protagonist who’s the kind of girl every woman wishes she’d had as a best friend growing up Billie Weins...
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DeltaHe’d seen her somewhere once—he was sure of that. But the young woman gave no hint of recognition and before this could be explained, everything fe...
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Delta"We could bore ourselves to death, drink ourselves to death, or have a bit of an adventure..." It was absurd. It was foolhardy. And it was glorious...
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DeltaFrom Virginia to Florida in an English canal boat.Join the authors of “one of the most hilarious travel memoirs ever written”* on a wild odyssey ab...
View full detailsNarrow Dog to Indian River
DeltaFrom Virginia to Florida in an English canal boat.Join the authors of “one of the most hilarious travel memoirs ever written”* on a wild odyssey ab...
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DeltaIn the spellbinding new mystery by the master of “the clever twist,” a group of ex-RAF comrades journey to a Scottish castle for a reunion. But by ...
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Delta"I was ashamed. It was a confession of weakness. For years, depression meant the crazy house. As I look back at it, [my shame] just seems damned...
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DeltaDavid Kenyon Webster’s memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letter...
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DeltaAt a lush villa on the sun-soaked island of Madeira, Martin Radford is given a second chance. His life ruined by scandal, Martin holds in his hands...
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DeltaPiano Lessons is Noah Adams's delightful and moving chronicle of his fifty-second year--a year already filled with long, fast workdays and too litt...
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Delta"The world is a surreal pageant," writes Stephen Kuusisto. "Ahead of me the shapes and colors suggest the sails of Tristan's ship or an elephant's ...
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DeltaIncludes a foreword by Spike Lee, the screenplay for the film Poetic Justice (starring Janet Jackson), poetry by Maya Angelou, and sixteen pages of...
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Delta“A fascinating account of a beautiful and sadly misunderstood religion, Power of the Witch is a marvelous introduction to the magical and highly et...
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DeltaIt should be a time of joyous anticipation–the happiest time in a woman’s life. But for many women, the joys of pregnancy are clouded by feelings o...
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DeltaCWA Silver Dagger Award winner Morag Joss peers into the soul of a wounded family in this haunting, harrowing masterpiece of psychological suspense...
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