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Women of Will: The Remarkable Evolution of Shakespeare's Female Characters

by Tina Packer

Published: 2016-03-08

Paperback: 352 pages

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Women of Will is a fierce and funny exploration of Shakespeare’s understanding of the feminine. Tina Packer, one of our foremost Shakespeare experts, shows that Shakespeare began, in his early comedies, by writing women as shrews to be tamed or as sweet little things with no independence...

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Hugs

by Lawrence Williams

Published: 2017-08-15

Paperback: 272 pages

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It is 1989 when Steve and Gina Wilson learn that their precious little boy, Taylor, has a little known behaviorial disorder. Desperate for answers about the perplexing disorder called autism, Steve sets out on a determined quest to find a way to communicate with Taylor.While battling depre...

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The Fressingfield Witch

by Jacqueline Beard

Published: 2017-10-19

Paperback: 228 pages

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Scores of innocent women were executed during the 1645 Suffolk witch trials. Death and uncertainty stalked the land. Fast forward to 1890 and two mysterious deaths in the village of Fressingfield stir up rumours of witchcraft again. Lawrence Harpham is dispatched from Bury St Edmunds to investigate,...

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Still Me: A Novel

by Jojo Moyes

Published: 2018-01-30

Hardcover: 400 pages

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Look out for Moyes’ next book, The Peacock Emporium, coming soon!   From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Jojo Moyes, the next book featuring her iconic heroine of Me Before You and After You, Louisa Clark. Louisa Clark arrives in New York ready to start a new life, confi...

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Red Jacket

by Pamela Mordecai

Published: 2015-02-28

Paperback: 464 pages

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Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize 2015 - Short-listed Growing up on the Caribbean island of St. Chris, Grace Carpenter never feels like she really belongs. Although her large, extended family is black, she is a redibo. Her skin is copper-coloured, her hair is red, and her eyes are gre...

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Bear's Winter Party

by Deborah Hodge

Published: 2016-09-13

Hardcover: 32 pages

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Bear loves his forest home, but sometimes he gets lonely. It’s hard being the biggest animal around. As the days grow shorter and autumn turns to winter, Bear springs into action and comes up with a festive plan to make friends with all the other forest creatures.Bear makes invitations f...

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To the Back of Beyond

by Peter Stamm

Published: 2017-10-03

Paperback: 160 pages

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Man Booker Prize nominee Peter Stamm explores in his sixth novel what it means to be in the middle of nowhere, in mind and in body.Happily married with two children and a comfortable home in a Swiss town, Thomas and Astrid enjoy a glass of wine in their garden on a night like any other. Ca...

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Save Me

by Kristyn Kusek Lewis

Published: 2014-12-30

Paperback: 288 pages

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Daphne Mitchell has always believed in cause and effect, right and wrong, good and bad. The good: her dream job as a doctor; Owen, her childhood sweetheart and now husband; the beautiful farmhouse they're restoring together. In fact, most of her life has been good--until the day Owen comes...

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The Means: A Novel

by Douglas Brunt

Published: 2014-09-16

Hardcover: 352 pages

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Part Primary Colors, part House of Cards, The Means takes you deep into high-stakes politics where everyone has something to hide.Tom Pauley is a conservative trial attorney in Durham, NC, who is tapped by GOP leaders to campaign for the Governor's mansion. His bold style makes him a favor...

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Jeb and Dash: A Diary of Gay Life, 1918-1945

Published: 1993-11-01

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It occurred to me today with something of a shock how horrible it would be for this diary of mine to be pawed over and read unsympathetically after I am dead, by those incapable of understanding... And then the thought of the one thing even more dreadful and terrible than that - for my dia...