Fortunes of jaded women

Fortunes of Jaded Women

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Fortunes of Feminism

Charts the history of women's liberation and calls for a revitalized feminism

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Little Women

The four March sisters - Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth - live in financial hardship in New England with their mother, while their father has been drafted to fight in the Civil War. As the four come of age and their distinct personalities develop, destiny has contrasting fortunes in store for them - in the form of marriage, career, European travel or fatal illness - but the bonds ...

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Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 20th Century

The follow-up to Hannah's Story, this recounts the fortunes of Hannah's female descendants into the 20th century and the enduring challenges they face

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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead (0753541645)

Kniha - autor Sheryl Sandberg, 230 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Paperback edition of this provocative and inspiring work on overcoming the obstacles facing women on the path to leadership, from "Fortune"'s 10th Most Powerful Woman in Business. Updated with the latest statistics.

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Bring Up the Bodies

Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012, the 2012 Costa Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction. With this historic win for 'Bring Up the Bodies', Hilary Mantel becomes the first British author and the first woman to be awarded two Man Booker Prizes (her first was for 'Wolf Hall' in 2009). By 1535 Thomas Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry VIII...

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Psyche and Eros

In this utterly transporting retelling of Greek mythology, the god of desire is cursed to fall for a spirited young mortal woman, but if she looks upon his face they will be parted forever-an epic adventure and love story for the ages, sure to satisfy fans of Madeline Miller and V.E. SchwabWhat happens when a god of love falls in love?A prophecy claims that Psyche, prince...

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The Ghost Ship - Mosse Kate

Anotace: Piracy. Romance. Revenge. Across the seas of the seventeenth century, two seafarers are forced to fight for their lives. The sequel to The City of Tears, The Ghost Ship is the third novel in The Joubert Family Chronicles from bestselling author Kate Mosse. The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water. It is known only as the Ghost Sh...

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Wind/Pinball Two Novels - Haruki Murakami

Anotace: Haruki Murakami`s first two novels, available for the first time in English outside Japan. With a new introduction by the author. 'If you`re the sort of guy who raids the refrigerators of silent kitchens at three o`clock in the morning, you can only write accordingly. That`s who I am.' Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 are Haruki Murakami`s earliest novels. T...

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Wind/ Pinball : Two Novels - Haruki Murakami

<p>Haruki Murakami's first two novels, available for the first time in English outside Japan. With a new introduction by the author. 'If you're the sort of guy who raids the refrigerators of silent kitchens at three o'clock in the morning, you can only write accordingly. That's who I am.' Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 are Haruki Murakami's earliest novels...

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Miguel Rio Branco: Maldicidade - Miguel Rio Branco

<p>Miguel Rio Branco unites more than four decades of work across several major cities into one astonishing poetic statement on urban life. Eschewing city landmarks or aspirational ideals, Rio Branco turns his lens to common threads of struggle in metropolises around the globe. Maldicidade is a collection in which all urban dwellers will find something of themselves...

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