Committed to an insane asylum in 1860 to keep her in line, Elizabeth Packard refused to be silenced and challenged the medical science of the day.
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Author:Moore, KateSummary: - Author:Moore, KateSummary:
From the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Radium Girls comes another dark and dramatic but ultimately uplifting tale of a forgotten woman whose inspirational journey sparked lasting change for...
- Author:Spears, BritneySummary:
Named a Best Book of the Year by Elle, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, NPR, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, and more! "In Britney Spears's memoir, she's stronger than ever." - The New York Times Over 2 million...
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Author:Cook, M. Bridget, Musser, RebeccaSummary:Rebecca Musser's shares the story of her struggle to escape the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints led by Rulon Jeffs and his son, Warren, and her subsequent decision to take the witness stand against the new...
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Author:Malla, PashaSummary:The Withdrawal Method is a remarkably inventive, assured, and smart collection from one of our best young writers, one who pairs emotional depth with great technical skill. These extraordinary stories peel back layers to reveal the...
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Author:West, LindySummary:Lindy West provides an incisive look at how patriarchy, intolerance, and misogyny have conquered politics and culture in America.
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Author:Jenoff, PamSummary:Life is a constant struggle for the impoverished eighteen-year-old Nowak twins as they raise their three young siblings in rural Poland under the shadow of the Nazi occupation. The constant threat of arrest for even the most minor...
- Author:Fadiman, AnneSummary:
A new memoir by the celebrated essayist that explores her relationship with her father, a lover of wine In The Wine Lover's Daughter, Anne Fadiman examines-with all her characteristic wit and feeling-her relationship with her father,...
- Author:Wouk, HermanSummary:
A Masterpiece of Historical Fiction-The Great Novel of America's "Greatest Generation" Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II, which begins with The Winds of War and continues in War and Remembrance, stands as the crowning...
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Author:Brinkley, DouglasSummary:Evaluates Theodore Roosevelt's role in launching modern conservationsim, identifying the contributions of such influences as James Audubon and John Muir while describing how Roosevelt's exposure to natural wonders in his early...
- Author:Taylor, BradSummary:
Taskforce operator Pike Logan and his partner Jennifer Cahill go against a Chechen suicide bomber intent on releasing a deadly, genetically mutated virus. Traversing the globe to stop this catastrophe, the two soon discover there is a...
- Author:Whitney, Brian, Fehr, ReneeSummary:
Renee Fehr knew, without a single doubt, that Gregory Houser killed her sister. Yet for twenty-seven years Houser walked free. Renee wouldn't rest until he was convicted for murder.
- Author:Pilkington, RichardSummary:
In 1971, authorities in Islamabad perpetrated mass atrocities in East Pakistan. How did the North Atlantic powers - the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada - respond? The West and the Birth of Bangladesh explores decision-making...
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Author:Coontz, StephanieSummary:Leave It to Beaver was not a documentary, a man's home has never been his castle, the 'male breadwinner marriage' is the least traditional family in history, and sexual assault was more common in the 1970s than today. Acclaimed...
- Author:Mazzetti, MarkSummary:
Presents a revelatory account of the transformation of the CIA and America's special forces into competing covert paramilitary agencies responsible for the defeat of Osama bin Laden and other strategic war efforts, offering insight into...
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Author:Baxter, Jean RaeSummary:This young adult historical novel focuses on Charlotte and her family, Loyalists who are forced to flee their home in the Mohawk Valley as a result of the violence of the “Sons of Liberty” during the American Revolution. At the...
- Author:O'Neill, RobertSummary:
Rob O'Neill and Dakota Meyer are two of the most decorated and recognized US service members: O'Neill killed the world's most wanted man, Osama bin Laden, and Meyer was the first living Marine to receive the Medal of...
- Author:Wine-Banks, JillSummary:
This program includes a prologue and epilogue read by the author. Obstruction of justice, the specter of impeachment, sexism at work, shocking revelations: Jill Wine-Banks takes us inside her trial by fire as a Watergate prosecutor. It...
- Author:Wilkerson, IsabelSummary:
In this beautifully written masterwork, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities,...
- Author:Hickey, Donald R.Summary:
Hickey explores the anti-war rioting in Baltimore; the pre-war skirmish between the Chesapeake and the H.M.S. Leopold; the cruise of the U.S.S. Essex in the Pacific; the attempted invasion and annexation of Canada; the battles with the...
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