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Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA

by Brenda Maddox

Published: 2013-02-26

Kindle Edition: 400 pages

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In 1962, Maurice Wilkins, Francis Crick, and James Watson received the Nobel Prize, but it was Rosalind Franklin's data and photographs of DNA that led to their discovery.Brenda Maddox tells a powerful story of a remarkably single-minded, forthright, and tempestuous young woman who, at the...

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Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education

by Jane Robinson

Published: 2010-01-01

Paperback: 261 pages

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Jane Robinson's Bluestockings is the incredible story of the fight for female education in Britain. In 1869, when five women enrolled at university for the first time in British history, the average female brain was thought to be 150 grams lighter than a man's. Doctors warned that if women studied too...

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Indira Gandhi: A Personal and Political Biography

by Inder Malhotra

Published: 1991-04-15

Hardcover: 363 pages

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A portrait of the leader of one of the world's most populous nations

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Last Widow

by SLAUGHTER KARIN

Published: 1900

Paperback: 0 pages

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The Cassandra Project

by Jack McDevitt, Mike Resnick

Published: 2012-11-06

Hardcover: 400 pages

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Two science fiction masters—Jack McDevitt and Mike Resnick—team up to deliver a classic thriller in which one man uncovers the secret history of the US space program… Early in his career, Jerry Culpepper could never have been accused of being idealistic. Doing public relations—eve...

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The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed

by Sara G. Forden

Published: 2001-10-09

Paperback: 288 pages

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Did Patrizia Reggiani murder her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci, in 1995 because his spending was wildly out of control? Did she do it because her glamorous ex was preparing to marry his mistress, Paola Franchi? Or is there a possibility she didn't do it at all? In this gripping account of the...

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Another Song About the King: A Novel

by Kathryn Stern

Published: 2000-03-07

Hardcover: 288 pages

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In this stunning novel, a mother's desperate desire to be somebody, fueled by the memory of a date she once had with Elvis, provokes an intense rivalry with her daughter. Silvie Page, determined to escape the control and frustrations of her mother, has started her own life--she's moved to ...

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Puppet

by Joy Fielding

Published: 2005-01-04

Hardcover: 400 pages

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Enjoying her career while avoiding an unhappy past, high-powered attorney Amanda Travis receives the alarming news that her mother has been charged with murdering a stranger in a Toronto hotel, a situation that forces Amanda to confront her old demons. 75,000 first printing.

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A GREAT RECKONING (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel)

by Louise Penny

Published: 2017-05-02

Paperback: 400 pages

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Instant New York Times bestseller:#1 in Hardcover Fiction#1 in E-book Fiction#1 in Combined Print and E-book Fiction"Deep and grand and altogether extraordinary....Miraculous."?The Washington Post"Artful...Powerful...Magical."- The New York Times Book Review"Superb"- People“A Great Recko...

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My Father's Daughter: A Memoir

by Tina Sinatra

Published: 2000-10-10

Hardcover: 320 pages

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An engaging and largely sympathetic portrait of life in the Sinatra household by daughter Tina focuses on the his marriage to Barbara Marx Sinatra and his later years. 400,000 first printing.