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Queen Hortense, a life picture of the Napoleonic Era

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According to Wikipedia: "Luise Mühlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (18141873), a German writer best known for her works of historical fiction." ... Read more

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According to Wikipedia: "Luise Mühlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (18141873), a German writer best known for her works of historical fiction."
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Mysteries of Motion

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by Hortense Calisher ...

Hortense Calisher's excursion into science fiction: A rich portrait of the passengers aboard the first civilian space shuttleThe Citizen Courier is headed toward Island US, "the first public habitat in space." Aboard the ship resides a collection of diverse travelers. Narrator Tom Gilpin is a rich publisher, and he's joined by fellow journalist Veronica, as well as an industrialist, a Jewish ... Read more

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Hortense Calisher's excursion into science fiction: A rich portrait of the passengers aboard the first civilian space shuttleThe Citizen Courier is headed toward Island US, "the first public habitat in space." Aboard the ship resides a collection of diverse travelers. Narrator Tom Gilpin is a rich publisher, and he's joined by fellow journalist Veronica, as well as an industrialist, a Jewish
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Robert F. Kennedy

The Brother Within

by Robert E. Thompson, Hortense Myers ...

Robert F. Kennedy: The Brother Within, first published in 1962, is a lively account of the life and career of the younger brother of John F. Kennedy. Robert, or "RFK," part of the politically important Kennedy family of Massachusetts, served as the U.S. Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 (under his brother and then Lyndon Johnson); he was a dedicated supporter of civil rights for African-Americans ... Read more

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Robert F. Kennedy: The Brother Within, first published in 1962, is a lively account of the life and career of the younger brother of John F. Kennedy. Robert, or "RFK," part of the politically important Kennedy family of Massachusetts, served as the U.S. Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 (under his brother and then Lyndon Johnson); he was a dedicated supporter of civil rights for African-Americans
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False Entry

A Novel

by Hortense Calisher ...

In the vein of Eudora Welty and Charles Dickens, Hortense Calisher's astounding first novel examines a young man's detachment from the world—and his struggle to rejoin itPierre Goodman enjoys an idyllic childhood as the son of a widowed dressmaker in post–World War I England. But paradise is ripped from him at age ten when he and his mother immigrate to a small town in Alabama. Yearning to regain ... Read more

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In the vein of Eudora Welty and Charles Dickens, Hortense Calisher's astounding first novel examines a young man's detachment from the world—and his struggle to rejoin itPierre Goodman enjoys an idyllic childhood as the son of a widowed dressmaker in post–World War I England. But paradise is ripped from him at age ten when he and his mother immigrate to a small town in Alabama. Yearning to regain
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Hortense Hortons

The Rise of JavanGivonni, #1.2

by Givonni Richardson ...

Series Book 1.2 - The Rise of JavanGivonni
In a city where faith fights for breath and truth walks the thin line between sinner and saint, one woman dares to turn survival into scripture.Hortense Hortons is no preacher — she's a witness.Her words don't come from pulpits; they rise from the pavement, from the ashes of those who forgot how to believe.Through the rise of the Green Faith the fall of the Sanctuary Code and the silent return of ... Read more

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In a city where faith fights for breath and truth walks the thin line between sinner and saint, one woman dares to turn survival into scripture.Hortense Hortons is no preacher — she's a witness.Her words don't come from pulpits; they rise from the pavement, from the ashes of those who forgot how to believe.Through the rise of the Green Faith the fall of the Sanctuary Code and the silent return of
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In the Slammer with Carol Smith

A Novel

by Hortense Calisher ...

A finely observed and lovingly detailed portrait of a woman attempting to find a community and understand her own troubled historyAfter spending two decades in jails, psych wards, and halfway houses for her peripheral involvement in a radical students' bombing plot, thirty-six-year-old Carol Smith winds up squatting in a tattered space in Spanish Harlem. She spends the majority of her vagrant days ... Read more

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A finely observed and lovingly detailed portrait of a woman attempting to find a community and understand her own troubled historyAfter spending two decades in jails, psych wards, and halfway houses for her peripheral involvement in a radical students' bombing plot, thirty-six-year-old Carol Smith winds up squatting in a tattered space in Spanish Harlem. She spends the majority of her vagrant days
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Hortense J. Spillers

Subject, Abject, and Insurgent in Black Radical Thought

by Tendayi Sithole ...

Series series Living Existentialism
This book aims to show, in unique ways, in keeping with Spillers’s innovative thinking, how not to treat subject, abject, and insurgent in a typological fashion, or teleology, but to account for ways in which, in their distinctive forms, also related to one another as they confront and combat dehumanization.Hortense J. Spillers: Subject, Abject, and Insurgent Black Radical Thought bears witness to ... Read more

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This book aims to show, in unique ways, in keeping with Spillers’s innovative thinking, how not to treat subject, abject, and insurgent in a typological fashion, or teleology, but to account for ways in which, in their distinctive forms, also related to one another as they confront and combat dehumanization.Hortense J. Spillers: Subject, Abject, and Insurgent Black Radical Thought bears witness to
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Miss Hortense and the Last Rites

A Mystery

by Mel Pennant ...

Series Book 2 - Miss Hortense
The second mystery starring the colorful members of the Bigglesweigh Pardner, which finds Miss Hortense and her friends grappling with the question, “What happens when a man who can’t die, dies?”When the second scariest man in the neighborhood barges into your home with a gun and a demand, the average person might try to run or bargain—but not Miss Hortense. Hailing from Jamaica and settled in the ... Read more

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The second mystery starring the colorful members of the Bigglesweigh Pardner, which finds Miss Hortense and her friends grappling with the question, “What happens when a man who can’t die, dies?”When the second scariest man in the neighborhood barges into your home with a gun and a demand, the average person might try to run or bargain—but not Miss Hortense. Hailing from Jamaica and settled in the
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The Collected Stories of Hortense Calisher

by Hortense Calisher ...

Finalist for the National Book Award: Thirty-six stories by O. Henry Award–winning novelist Hortense CalisherThe Collected Stories of Hortense Calisher gathers short pieces that chart the author's best-loved themes of mindful consciousness and social worlds. This collection includes one of her well-known New Yorker stories, "In Greenwich There Are Many Gravelled Walks," in which a young man drops ... Read more

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Finalist for the National Book Award: Thirty-six stories by O. Henry Award–winning novelist Hortense CalisherThe Collected Stories of Hortense Calisher gathers short pieces that chart the author's best-loved themes of mindful consciousness and social worlds. This collection includes one of her well-known New Yorker stories, "In Greenwich There Are Many Gravelled Walks," in which a young man drops
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Hortense

by John S. C. Abbott ...

According to Wikipedia: "Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 5 May 1821) later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. Born in Corsica and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France, Bonaparte rose to prominence under the First French Republic and led successful campaigns against the First ... Read more

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According to Wikipedia: "Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 5 May 1821) later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. Born in Corsica and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France, Bonaparte rose to prominence under the First French Republic and led successful campaigns against the First
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Hortense

by John S. C. Abbott ...

"Hortense" by John S. C. Abbott is a captivating novel that explores the complexities of love, identity, and societal expectations. The story revolves around the titular character, Hortense, who navigates the challenges of her environment while seeking her true self. Abbott's rich prose and vivid characterizations bring to life the struggles and triumphs of Hortense, making her journey relatable ... Read more

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"Hortense" by John S. C. Abbott is a captivating novel that explores the complexities of love, identity, and societal expectations. The story revolves around the titular character, Hortense, who navigates the challenges of her environment while seeking her true self. Abbott's rich prose and vivid characterizations bring to life the struggles and triumphs of Hortense, making her journey relatable
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A Murder for Miss Hortense

A Mystery

by Mel Pennant ...

Series Book 1 - Miss Hortense
“A beautiful novel, suffused with fondness and wit. . . . A real triumph!”—Alexander McCall SmithRetired nurse, avid gardener, and renowned cake maker Miss Hortense has lived in Bigglesweigh, a quiet suburb of Birmingham, England, since she emigrated from Jamaica in 1960. She takes great pride in her home, starching her lace curtains bright white, and she can tell if she’s being shortchanged on ... Read more

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“A beautiful novel, suffused with fondness and wit. . . . A real triumph!”—Alexander McCall SmithRetired nurse, avid gardener, and renowned cake maker Miss Hortense has lived in Bigglesweigh, a quiet suburb of Birmingham, England, since she emigrated from Jamaica in 1960. She takes great pride in her home, starching her lace curtains bright white, and she can tell if she’s being shortchanged on
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