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Into Thin Air

A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer ...

Narrated by Jon Krakauer ...

Abridged

5 hours 58 min

When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six ... Read more

$19.95 CAD

When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six
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Our Voice of Fire

A Memoir of a Warrior Rising

by Brandi Morin ...

Unabridged

5 hours 9 min

Winner, 2024 Writers' Union of Canada Freedom to Read AwardWinner, 2023 Wilfrid Eggleston Award for NonfictionFinalist, 2023 R****akuten Kobo Emerging Writer PrizeA wildfire of a debut memoir by internationally recognized French/Cree/Iroquois journalist Brandi Morin set to transform the narrative around Indigenous Peoples.Brandi Morin is known for her clear-eyed and empathetic reporting on ... Read more

$34.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Winner, 2024 Writers' Union of Canada Freedom to Read AwardWinner, 2023 Wilfrid Eggleston Award for NonfictionFinalist, 2023 R****akuten Kobo Emerging Writer PrizeA wildfire of a debut memoir by internationally recognized French/Cree/Iroquois journalist Brandi Morin set to transform the narrative around Indigenous Peoples.Brandi Morin is known for her clear-eyed and empathetic reporting on
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The Finest Hotel in Kabul

A People's History of Afghanistan

by Lyse Doucet ...

Narrated by Lyse Doucet ...

Unabridged

13 hours 52 min

**AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2026 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2026 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICEThe story of a hotel. The story of a nation.**When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan’s first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to the world.More than fifty years on, ... Read more

$39.00 CAD

**AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2026 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2026 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICEThe story of a hotel. The story of a nation.**When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan’s first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to the world.More than fifty years on,
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Audition

A Memoir

by Barbara Walters ...

Narrated by Bernadette Dunne ...

Unabridged

26 hours 46 min

Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me: “I want to be you.” My stock reply is always: “Then you have to take the whole package.”And now, at last, the most important woman in the history of television journalism gives us that “whole package,” in her inspiring and riveting memoir. After more than forty years of interviewing heads of state, world leaders, movie stars, criminals, ... Read more

$37.95 CAD

Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me: “I want to be you.” My stock reply is always: “Then you have to take the whole package.”And now, at last, the most important woman in the history of television journalism gives us that “whole package,” in her inspiring and riveting memoir. After more than forty years of interviewing heads of state, world leaders, movie stars, criminals,
... Read more
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Audition

A Memoir

by Barbara Walters ...

Narrated by Barbara Walters ...

Abridged

5 hours 51 min

Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me:“I want to be you.” My stock reply is always: “Then you have to take the whole package.”And now, at last, the most important woman in the history of television journalism gives us that “whole package,” in her inspiring and riveting memoir. After more than forty years of interviewing heads of state, world leaders, movie stars, criminals, ... Read more

$17.00 CAD

Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me:“I want to be you.” My stock reply is always: “Then you have to take the whole package.”And now, at last, the most important woman in the history of television journalism gives us that “whole package,” in her inspiring and riveting memoir. After more than forty years of interviewing heads of state, world leaders, movie stars, criminals,
... Read more
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Book of Lives

A Memoir of Sorts

by Margaret Atwood ...

Narrated by Margaret Atwood ...

Unabridged

25 hours 36 min

How does one of the greatest storytellers of our time write her own life? The long-awaited memoir from one of our most lauded and influential cultural figures.“Every writer is at least two beings: the one who lives, and the one who writes. Though everything written must have passed through their minds, or mind, they are not the same.”Raised by ruggedly independent, scientifically minded parents ... Read more

$45.00 CAD

How does one of the greatest storytellers of our time write her own life? The long-awaited memoir from one of our most lauded and influential cultural figures.“Every writer is at least two beings: the one who lives, and the one who writes. Though everything written must have passed through their minds, or mind, they are not the same.”Raised by ruggedly independent, scientifically minded parents
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The Glass Castle

A Memoir

by Jeannette Walls ...

Narrated by Jeannette Walls ...

Unabridged

10 hours 25 min

Now a major motion picture from Lionsgate starring Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts. MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST The perennially bestselling, extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, “nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world’s most gifted storytellers. The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Now a major motion picture from Lionsgate starring Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts. MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST The perennially bestselling, extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, “nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world’s most gifted storytellers. The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption,
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We Breed Lions

Confronting Canada's Troubled Hockey Culture

by Rick Westhead ...

Narrated by Rick Westhead, Stephen Brunt ...

Unabridged

12 hours 57 min

**AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE 2026 BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICYFINALIST FOR THE 2026 HERITAGE TORONTO BOOK AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 TRILLIUM BOOK AWARDA hard-hitting and powerful look at hockey's moment of reckoning in Canada, and the ways in which a game that is so universally loved has been rocked in recent years by court cases involving sexual assault and startling ... Read more

$38.00 CAD

**AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE 2026 BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICYFINALIST FOR THE 2026 HERITAGE TORONTO BOOK AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 TRILLIUM BOOK AWARDA hard-hitting and powerful look at hockey's moment of reckoning in Canada, and the ways in which a game that is so universally loved has been rocked in recent years by court cases involving sexual assault and startling
... Read more
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Dust Tracks on a Road

An Autobiography

by Zora Neale Hurston ...

Narrated by Bahni Turpin ...

Unabridged

11 hours 22 min

“Warm, witty, imaginative.... This is a rich and winning book.”—The New YorkerDust Tracks on a Road is the bold, poignant, and funny autobiography of novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, one of American literature’s most compelling and influential authors. Hurston’s powerful novels of the South—including Jonah’s Gourd Vine and, most famously, Their Eyes Were Watching God ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

“Warm, witty, imaginative.... This is a rich and winning book.”—The New YorkerDust Tracks on a Road is the bold, poignant, and funny autobiography of novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, one of American literature’s most compelling and influential authors. Hurston’s powerful novels of the South—including Jonah’s Gourd Vine and, most famously, Their Eyes Were Watching God
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How to Lose Your Mother

A Daughter's Memoir

by Molly Jong-Fast ...

Narrated by Molly Jong-Fast ...

Unabridged

6 hours 55 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2025“With propulsive humor and perspective on her annus horribilis, Jong-Fast achieves the memoir’s transformative work of alchemy, arming us all with lines so good you won’t just want to underline them, you will want to cut them out to share.” —The Washington Post“This raw, intimate memoir is a stunning portrait of ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2025“With propulsive humor and perspective on her annus horribilis, Jong-Fast achieves the memoir’s transformative work of alchemy, arming us all with lines so good you won’t just want to underline them, you will want to cut them out to share.” —The Washington Post“This raw, intimate memoir is a stunning portrait of
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La cloche de détresse

by Sylvia Plath ...

Narrated by Constance Dollé ...

Unabridged

8 hours 24 min

"Je me rendais bien compte que, cet été, quelque chose en moi ne tournait pas rond." Lauréate d’un concours de poésie, Esther Greenwood découvre New York l’été de ses dix-neuf ans. Étourdie par les cocktails, la mode, les flirts et les amitiés fugaces, elle découvre la vie mondaine. Censée s’amuser comme jamais, elle s’ennuie et se trouve progressivement assaillie par des pensées morbides. De ... Read more

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"Je me rendais bien compte que, cet été, quelque chose en moi ne tournait pas rond." Lauréate d’un concours de poésie, Esther Greenwood découvre New York l’été de ses dix-neuf ans. Étourdie par les cocktails, la mode, les flirts et les amitiés fugaces, elle découvre la vie mondaine. Censée s’amuser comme jamais, elle s’ennuie et se trouve progressivement assaillie par des pensées morbides. De
... Read more
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Positive Obsession

The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler

by Susana M. Morris ...

Narrated by Karen Murray ...

Unabridged

8 hours 48 min

A magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers, situating her alongside the key historical and social moments that shaped her work.As the first Black woman to consistently write and publish in the field of science fiction, Octavia Butler was a trailblazer. With her deft pen, she created stories speculating the devolution of the American empire, using it as an ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

A magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers, situating her alongside the key historical and social moments that shaped her work.As the first Black woman to consistently write and publish in the field of science fiction, Octavia Butler was a trailblazer. With her deft pen, she created stories speculating the devolution of the American empire, using it as an
... Read more
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C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity

A Biography

by George M. Marsden ...

Narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie ...

Series series Lives of the Great Religious Books
Unabridged

5 hours 26 min

Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis's eloquent and winsome defense of the Christian faith, originated as a series of BBC radio talks broadcast during the dark days of World War Two. Here is the story of the extraordinary life and afterlife of this influential and much-beloved book. George Marsden describes how Lewis gradually went from being an atheist to a committed Anglican--famously converting to ... Read more

$26.10 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis's eloquent and winsome defense of the Christian faith, originated as a series of BBC radio talks broadcast during the dark days of World War Two. Here is the story of the extraordinary life and afterlife of this influential and much-beloved book. George Marsden describes how Lewis gradually went from being an atheist to a committed Anglican--famously converting to
... Read more
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

Essays and Arguments

by David Foster Wallace ...

Narrated by Paul Garcia ...

Unabridged

17 hours 46 min

These widely acclaimed essays from the besteselling author of Infinite Jest — on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more — established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation.In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern ... Read more

$50.99 CAD

These widely acclaimed essays from the besteselling author of Infinite Jest — on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more — established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation.In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern
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The Start, 1904–1930

by William L. Shirer ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Twentieth Century Journey Series
Unabridged

22 hours 9 min

William L. Shirer was a CBS foreign correspondent and renowned author of New York Times bestselling nonfiction about World War II, and this is the first part of his three-part autobiography.A renowned journalist and author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William L. Shirer chronicles his own life story in a personal history that parallels the greater historical events for which he served ... Read more

$41.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

William L. Shirer was a CBS foreign correspondent and renowned author of New York Times bestselling nonfiction about World War II, and this is the first part of his three-part autobiography.A renowned journalist and author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William L. Shirer chronicles his own life story in a personal history that parallels the greater historical events for which he served
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Mémoire de fille

by Annie Ernaux ...

Narrated by Dominique Reymond ...

Unabridged

3 hours 38 min

"J’ai voulu l’oublier cette fille. L’oublier vraiment, c’est-à-dire ne plus avoir envie d’écrire sur elle. Ne plus penser que je dois écrire sur elle, son désir, sa folie, son idiotie et son orgueil, sa faim et son sang tari. Je n’y suis jamais parvenue." Dans Mémoire de fille, Annie Ernaux replonge dans l’été 1958, celui de sa première nuit avec un homme, à la colonie de S dans l’Orne. Nuit dont ... Read more

$26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"J’ai voulu l’oublier cette fille. L’oublier vraiment, c’est-à-dire ne plus avoir envie d’écrire sur elle. Ne plus penser que je dois écrire sur elle, son désir, sa folie, son idiotie et son orgueil, sa faim et son sang tari. Je n’y suis jamais parvenue." Dans Mémoire de fille, Annie Ernaux replonge dans l’été 1958, celui de sa première nuit avec un homme, à la colonie de S dans l’Orne. Nuit dont
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Coyote

The Dramatic Lives of Sam Shepard

by Robert M. Dowling ...

Narrated by Stephen Graybill ...

Unabridged

13 hours 33 min

A revelatory, magisterial biography of Sam Shepard—the dark, rugged genius of modern American theater and film, “the poet laureate of America’s emotional badlands” (Jack Kroll).Sam Shepard was a true American original. A theater and film icon who lived life on a mythic scale, Shepard became an embodiment of the fierce independence and wild freedom of the American West. Taking us from the creative ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

A revelatory, magisterial biography of Sam Shepard—the dark, rugged genius of modern American theater and film, “the poet laureate of America’s emotional badlands” (Jack Kroll).Sam Shepard was a true American original. A theater and film icon who lived life on a mythic scale, Shepard became an embodiment of the fierce independence and wild freedom of the American West. Taking us from the creative
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Devotion

by Patti Smith ...

Narrated by Patti Smith ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Why I Write Series
Unabridged

2 hours 8 min

From the renowned artist and author Patti Smith, an inspired exploration of the nature of creative invention.A work of creative brilliance may seem like magic—its source a mystery, its impact unexpectedly stirring. How does an artist accomplish such an achievement, connecting deeply with an audience never met? In this groundbreaking book, one of our culture’s beloved artists offers a detailed ... Read more

$20.54 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

From the renowned artist and author Patti Smith, an inspired exploration of the nature of creative invention.A work of creative brilliance may seem like magic—its source a mystery, its impact unexpectedly stirring. How does an artist accomplish such an achievement, connecting deeply with an audience never met? In this groundbreaking book, one of our culture’s beloved artists offers a detailed
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Дорогое наше лето

by Чхве Джиын ...

Narrated by Яна Медведева ...

Series series Бестселлеры Non-Fiction
Unabridged

3 hours 19 min

В Южной Корее Чхве Джиын называют «нашей самой любимой поэтессой»: такую широкую популярность принес ей первый сборник стихотворений («Весенние ночи подходят к концу, поэзия слишком коротка»). «Дорогое наше лето» — первая книга прозы Чхве Джиын, в которой она делится самыми сокровенными переживаниями: рассказывает о детстве, о любимой бабушке, о трагической смерти отца... Это поэтическое признание ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

В Южной Корее Чхве Джиын называют «нашей самой любимой поэтессой»: такую широкую популярность принес ей первый сборник стихотворений («Весенние ночи подходят к концу, поэзия слишком коротка»). «Дорогое наше лето» — первая книга прозы Чхве Джиын, в которой она делится самыми сокровенными переживаниями: рассказывает о детстве, о любимой бабушке, о трагической смерти отца... Это поэтическое признание
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Василий Ян: Дервиш из созвездия Плеяд

by Иван Просветов ...

Narrated by Андрей Паньшин ...

Series series ЖИЛ
Unabridged

10 hours 51 min

Путешественник, чиновник особых поручений, учитель, корреспондент, агент влияния, редактор белогвардейской газеты, экономист, писатель, лауреат Сталинской премии — Василий Ян будто прожил десять жизней. Но, став классиком советского исторического романа (наиболее известен "Чингиз-хан"), он скрывал правду о себе. Его биография — рассказ о выборе пути и неотвратимости судьбы, о том, как человечность ... Read more

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Путешественник, чиновник особых поручений, учитель, корреспондент, агент влияния, редактор белогвардейской газеты, экономист, писатель, лауреат Сталинской премии — Василий Ян будто прожил десять жизней. Но, став классиком советского исторического романа (наиболее известен "Чингиз-хан"), он скрывал правду о себе. Его биография — рассказ о выборе пути и неотвратимости судьбы, о том, как человечность
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Oscar Wilde

A Life

by Matthew Sturgis ...

Narrated by John Pirkis ...

Unabridged

34 hours 27 min

**The fullest, most textural, most accurate—most human—account of Oscar Wilde's unique and dazzling life—based on extensive new research and newly discovered materials, from Wilde's personal letters and transcripts of his first trial to newly uncovered papers of his early romantic (and dangerous) escapades and the two-year prison term that shattered his soul and his life."Simply the best modern ... Read more

$47.00 CAD

**The fullest, most textural, most accurate—most human—account of Oscar Wilde's unique and dazzling life—based on extensive new research and newly discovered materials, from Wilde's personal letters and transcripts of his first trial to newly uncovered papers of his early romantic (and dangerous) escapades and the two-year prison term that shattered his soul and his life."Simply the best modern
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The Fellowship

The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams

by Philip Zaleski, Carol Zaleski ...

Narrated by John Curless ...

Unabridged

26 hours 31 min

A stirring group biography of the Inklings, the Oxford writing club featuring J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis C.S. Lewis is the twentieth century's most widely read Christian writer and J.R.R. Tolkien its most beloved mythmaker. For three decades, they and their closest associates formed a literary club known as the Inklings, which met weekly in Lewis's Oxford rooms and a nearby pub. They read ... Read more

$49.46 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A stirring group biography of the Inklings, the Oxford writing club featuring J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis C.S. Lewis is the twentieth century's most widely read Christian writer and J.R.R. Tolkien its most beloved mythmaker. For three decades, they and their closest associates formed a literary club known as the Inklings, which met weekly in Lewis's Oxford rooms and a nearby pub. They read
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Vastaa kysymykseen, Koko Hubara

by Noora Nuotio, Sisko Savonlahti ...

Narrated by Sisko Savonlahti ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Vastaa kysymykseen
Unabridged

1 hour 1 min

Onko lapsen saaminen parasta, mitä ihmiselle voi tapahtua? Kirjailija Koko Hubara aloitti Suomessa keskustelun kulttuurisesta omimisesta ja rodullistamisesta. Nyt hän puhuu äitiydestä tavalla, joka saa tuntemattomatkin avautumaan hänelle. Mikä äitiydessä kiehtoo, ja miksi siihen liittyy edelleen niin paljon tabuja? HopLopissa kirjojaan kirjoittava Hubara kertoo myös, mitä hän ajattelee nykyisestä ... Read more

$24.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Onko lapsen saaminen parasta, mitä ihmiselle voi tapahtua? Kirjailija Koko Hubara aloitti Suomessa keskustelun kulttuurisesta omimisesta ja rodullistamisesta. Nyt hän puhuu äitiydestä tavalla, joka saa tuntemattomatkin avautumaan hänelle. Mikä äitiydessä kiehtoo, ja miksi siihen liittyy edelleen niin paljon tabuja? HopLopissa kirjojaan kirjoittava Hubara kertoo myös, mitä hän ajattelee nykyisestä
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The Mutual Admiration Society

How Dorothy L. Sayers and Her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women

by Mo Moulton ...

Narrated by Lorna Bennett ...

Unabridged

14 hours 29 min

A group biography of renowned crime novelist Dorothy L. Sayers and the Oxford women who stood at the vanguard of equal rightsDorothy L. Sayers is now famous for her Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane detective series, but she was equally well known during her life for an essay asking “Are Women Human?” Women’s rights were expanding rapidly during Sayers’s lifetime; she and her friends were some of ... Read more

$32.15 CAD

A group biography of renowned crime novelist Dorothy L. Sayers and the Oxford women who stood at the vanguard of equal rightsDorothy L. Sayers is now famous for her Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane detective series, but she was equally well known during her life for an essay asking “Are Women Human?” Women’s rights were expanding rapidly during Sayers’s lifetime; she and her friends were some of
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