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|  | Life So Far by Betty Friedan
In this memoir, the author of THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE--which many see as the beginning of the women's liberation movement--writes of her childhood in Peoria, Illinois, her college years at Smith, and her early struggles as a female reporter and a wife in the '50s. She tells how THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE was written and how the women's movement grew and weathered both internal and external attacks over several decades. AUTHOR: Betty Friedan
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction 
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 | The Awakening & Other Stories by Judith Baxter, Kate Chopin, Kaye Gibbons, Nina Baym, Pamela Knights
Kate Chopin's novel is a probing psychological study of a woman who, oppressed by family life and her romantic difficulties, drowns herself in the ocean. It is also an examination of a particular culture at the end of the 19th century: the aristocratic society of southern Louisiana. Condemned at the time it was written, THE AWAKENING has been valued in later years for its unflinching honesty and sexual frankness. AUTHOR: Judith Baxter, Kate Chopin, Kaye Gibbons, Nina Baym, Pamela Knights
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | King's Fifth by Samuel Bryant, Scott O'Dell
In this novel set in the early 1540s, seven people travel across what is now known as the American Southwest in search of the legendary golden cities of Cibola. Captain Mendoza and three of his soldiers seek treasure, Father Francisco dreams of all the souls he can save on his journey, Estaban de Sandoval, a mapmaker, goes to draw out the land for his Spanish king and Zia, an Indian girl, accompanies the men as their guide. This historical novel explores the history of the Spanish conquistadors and how many of them were corrupted by their lust for gold. AUTHOR: Samuel Bryant, Scott O'Dell
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | O Holy Night by Johann M. Moser
Here's the most diverse, comprehensive, and beautiful collection of Christmas poetry ever! A beautifully edited compendium of the Nativity poetry of Christendom . Publishers Weekly AUTHOR: Johann M. Moser
PUBLISHER: Sophia Institute Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Surviving Love by Elizabeth Ash Velez, Mary Esselman
Poems by Louise Gluck, Philip Larkin, Sharon Olds, and William Carlos Williams are among those culled here in the service of mending the heart. AUTHOR: Elizabeth Ash Velez, Mary Esselman
PUBLISHER: Warner Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Summer by Edith Wharton, Elizabeth Ammons, Flo Gibson, Marilyn French
Wharton called this companion novel to Ethan Frome, hot Ethan. The heroine, Charity Royall (unlike Ethan Frome), is determined to experience passion and engages in a tempestuous love affair with Lucius Harney, a young man who has drifted into the Berkshires during his college vacation. Eventually, Charity becomes pregnant. The novel reflects the easing of Wharton's stern moral judgements, and is one of the first novels to deal honestly with a young woman's sexual awakening. The author stated of her own work, I do not remember ever visualizing with more intensity the inner scene, or the creatures peopling it. AUTHOR: Edith Wharton, Elizabeth Ammons, Flo Gibson, Marilyn French
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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