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  • The Doctors Blackwell

    How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine

    **New York Times BestsellerFinalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Biography"Janice P. Nimura has resurrected Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell in all their feisty, thrilling, trailblazing splendor." —Stacy Schiff**Elizabeth Blackwell believed from an early age that she was destined for a mission beyond the scope of "ordinary" womanhood. Though the world at first recoiled at the notion of a woman ... En savoir plus

    $17.49 CAD

  • Daughters of the Samurai

    A Journey from East to West and Back

    **A Seattle Times Best Book of the YearA Buzzfeed Best Nonfiction Book of the Year"Nimura paints history in cinematic strokes and brings a forgotten story to vivid, unforgettable life." —Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha**In 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the United States. Their mission: learn Western ways and return to help nurture a new generation of ... En savoir plus

    $18.19 CAD

  • A Daughter of the Samurai

    Memoir of a Remarkable Asian-American Woman

    "Her life was a bridge from the nineteenth century to the twentieth, from the time-hallowed beauty and rigidity of a samurai household to the disorienting, forward-looking freedoms of the West." —Janice P. Nimura, from the foreword.This is the story of one woman's remarkable life successfully navigating two very different cultures—the first memoir of an Asian-American woman.Beautifully told, this ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

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  • The American Diary of a Japanese Girl

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  • A Furious Sky

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    Washington Post • 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2020Finalist • Kirkus Prize for NonfictionKirkus Reviews • Best Nonfiction Books of 2020Library Journal • Best Science & Technology Books of 2020Booklist • 10 Top Sci-Tech Books of 2020New York Times Book Review • Editor's ChoiceWith A Furious Sky, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin tells the history of America itself ... ... En savoir plus

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  • Impossible Monsters

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