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Bette Davis Black and White

by Julia A. Stern ...

Bette Davis's career becomes a vehicle for a deep examination of American race relations.Bette Davis was not only one of Hollywood's brightest stars, but also one of its most outspoken advocates on matters of race. In Bette Davis Black and White, Julia A. Stern explores this largely untold facet of Davis's brilliant career.Bette Davis Black and White analyzes four of Davis's best-known pictures— ... Read more

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Bette Davis's career becomes a vehicle for a deep examination of American race relations.Bette Davis was not only one of Hollywood's brightest stars, but also one of its most outspoken advocates on matters of race. In Bette Davis Black and White, Julia A. Stern explores this largely untold facet of Davis's brilliant career.Bette Davis Black and White analyzes four of Davis's best-known pictures—
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Mary Chesnut's Civil War Epic

by Julia A. Stern ...

A genteel southern intellectual, saloniste, and wife to a prominent colonel in Jefferson Davis’s inner circle, Mary Chesnut today is remembered best for her penetrating Civil War diary. Composed between 1861 and 1865 and revised thoroughly from the late 1870s until Chesnut’s death in 1886, the diary was published first in 1905, again in 1949, and later, to great acclaim, in 1981. This complicated ... Read more

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A genteel southern intellectual, saloniste, and wife to a prominent colonel in Jefferson Davis’s inner circle, Mary Chesnut today is remembered best for her penetrating Civil War diary. Composed between 1861 and 1865 and revised thoroughly from the late 1870s until Chesnut’s death in 1886, the diary was published first in 1905, again in 1949, and later, to great acclaim, in 1981. This complicated
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The Last Mermaid

by Dena Julia Stern ...

The Last Mermaid lives in a white tower... The year is 2143. The world’s population has fled the devastating effects of a mutated bacterium to the safety of giant malls. These towering communities, constructed with prescient foresight by a handful of wealthy elites, are the last hope for uncorrupted humanity. Within their utopian walls, human life survives and soldiers on. These massive structures ... Read more

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The Last Mermaid lives in a white tower... The year is 2143. The world’s population has fled the devastating effects of a mutated bacterium to the safety of giant malls. These towering communities, constructed with prescient foresight by a handful of wealthy elites, are the last hope for uncorrupted humanity. Within their utopian walls, human life survives and soldiers on. These massive structures
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American Culture, Canons, and the Case of Elizabeth Stoddard

by Ellen Weinauer, Sandra A. Zagarell, Margaret A. Amstutz, Paul Crumbley, Julia Stern, Susanna Ryan, Jaime Osterman Alves, Jennifer Putzi, Lisa Radinovsky, Lawrence Buell0 ...

Reconsiders the centrality of a remarkable American writer of the ante- and postbellum periodsElizabeth Stoddard was a gifted writer of fiction, poetry, and journalism; successfully published within her own lifetime; esteemed by such writers as William Dean Howells and Nathaniel Hawthorne; and situated at the epicenter of New York’s literary world. Nonetheless, she has been almost excluded from ... Read more

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Reconsiders the centrality of a remarkable American writer of the ante- and postbellum periodsElizabeth Stoddard was a gifted writer of fiction, poetry, and journalism; successfully published within her own lifetime; esteemed by such writers as William Dean Howells and Nathaniel Hawthorne; and situated at the epicenter of New York’s literary world. Nonetheless, she has been almost excluded from
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Visions of Glory

The Civil War in Word and Image

by James Berkey, Julia Stern, Jillian Spivey Caddell, Elizabeth Duquette, Eric Gardner, Sarah Gardner, Aston Gonzalez, Samuel Graber, Nathan Grant, Christopher Hager, Christopher Hanlon, Jeffrey Insko, Cody Marrs, Barbara McCaskill, Timothy Sweet, Kristen Treen, Jane E. Schultz, Martin T. Buinicki ...

Series Book 15 - UnCivil Wars
Visions of Glory brings together twenty-two images and twenty-two brisk essays, each essay connecting an image to the events that unfolded during a particular year of the Civil War. The book focuses on a diverse set of images that include a depiction of former slaves whipping their erstwhile overseer distributed by an African American publisher, a census graph published in the New York Times, and ... Read more

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Visions of Glory brings together twenty-two images and twenty-two brisk essays, each essay connecting an image to the events that unfolded during a particular year of the Civil War. The book focuses on a diverse set of images that include a depiction of former slaves whipping their erstwhile overseer distributed by an African American publisher, a census graph published in the New York Times, and
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The Study of Animal Languages

A Novel

by Lindsay Stern ...

Narrated by MacLeod Andrews, Julia Whelan ...

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5 hours 48 min

**"An unabashedly smart and affecting portrait of the strains of a marriage." —Ayana Mathis, author of The Twelve Tribes of HattieMeet Ivan and Prue: a married couple - both experts in language and communication - who nevertheless cannot seem to communicate with each other**Ivan is a tightly wound philosophy professor whose reverence for logic and order governs not only his academic interests, but ... Read more

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**"An unabashedly smart and affecting portrait of the strains of a marriage." —Ayana Mathis, author of The Twelve Tribes of HattieMeet Ivan and Prue: a married couple - both experts in language and communication - who nevertheless cannot seem to communicate with each other**Ivan is a tightly wound philosophy professor whose reverence for logic and order governs not only his academic interests, but
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The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters

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by Balli Kaur Jaswal ...

Narrated by Soneela Nankani, Deepti Gupta ...

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13 hours 10 min

The author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows follows her acclaimed America debut with this life-affirming, witty family drama—an Indian This Is Where I Leave You—about three Punjabi sisters embarking on a pilgrimage to their homeland to lay their mother to rest.The British-born Punjabi Shergill sisters—Rajni, Jezmeen, and Shirnia—were never close and ... Read more

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The author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows follows her acclaimed America debut with this life-affirming, witty family drama—an Indian This Is Where I Leave You—about three Punjabi sisters embarking on a pilgrimage to their homeland to lay their mother to rest.The British-born Punjabi Shergill sisters—Rajni, Jezmeen, and Shirnia—were never close and
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The Summer Wives

A Novel

by Beatriz Williams ...

Narrated by Kristin Kalbli ...

Unabridged

11 hours 47 min

New York Times bestselling author Beatriz Williams brings us the blockbuster novel of the season—an electrifying postwar fable of love, class, power, and redemption set among the inhabitants of an island off the New England coast . . .In the summer of 1951, Miranda Schuyler arrives on elite, secretive Winthrop Island as a schoolgirl from the margins of high society, still reeling from the loss of ... Read more

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New York Times bestselling author Beatriz Williams brings us the blockbuster novel of the season—an electrifying postwar fable of love, class, power, and redemption set among the inhabitants of an island off the New England coast . . .In the summer of 1951, Miranda Schuyler arrives on elite, secretive Winthrop Island as a schoolgirl from the margins of high society, still reeling from the loss of
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Mrs. Everything

A Novel

by Jennifer Weiner ...

Narrated by Ari Graynor, Beth Malone ...

Unabridged

16 hours 45 min

In this instant New York Times bestseller and “multigenerational narrative that’s nothing short of brilliant” (People), two sisters’ lives from the 1950s to the present are explored as they struggle to find their places—and be true to themselves—in a rapidly evolving world from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner.Jo and Bethie Kaufman were born into a world full of promise.Growing ... Read more

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In this instant New York Times bestseller and “multigenerational narrative that’s nothing short of brilliant” (People), two sisters’ lives from the 1950s to the present are explored as they struggle to find their places—and be true to themselves—in a rapidly evolving world from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner.Jo and Bethie Kaufman were born into a world full of promise.Growing
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Daisy Jones & The Six

A Novel

by Taylor Jenkins Reid ...

Narrated by Jennifer Beals, Benjamin Bratt, Judy Greer, Pablo Schreiber ...

Unabridged

9 hours 3 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup—from the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Malibu Rising, and Carrie Soto Is BackREESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • COMING SOON AS AN ORIGINAL STREAMING SERIES EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY REESE WITHERSPOONEveryone knows ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup—from the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Malibu Rising, and Carrie Soto Is BackREESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • COMING SOON AS AN ORIGINAL STREAMING SERIES EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY REESE WITHERSPOONEveryone knows
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Unsheltered

A Novel

by Barbara Kingsolver ...

Narrated by Barbara Kingsolver ...

Unabridged

16 hours 38 min

New York Times Bestseller • Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, O: The Oprah Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek“Kingsolver brilliantly captures both the price of profound change and how it can pave the way not only for future generations, but also for a radiant, unexpected expansion of the heart.... ... Read more

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New York Times Bestseller • Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, O: The Oprah Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek“Kingsolver brilliantly captures both the price of profound change and how it can pave the way not only for future generations, but also for a radiant, unexpected expansion of the heart....
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Nine Perfect Strangers

by Liane Moriarty ...

Narrated by Caroline Lee ...

Unabridged

16 hours 23 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, n**ow a Hulu original series**“If three characters were good in Big Little Lies, nine are even better in Nine Perfect Strangers.” —Lisa Scottoline, The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little LiesCould ten days at a health resort really change you forever? In Liane Moriarty’s lat... ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, n**ow a Hulu original series**“If three characters were good in Big Little Lies, nine are even better in Nine Perfect Strangers.” —Lisa Scottoline, The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little LiesCould ten days at a health resort really change you forever? In Liane Moriarty’s lat...
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