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Parachute Women

Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones

by Elizabeth Winder ...

**Discover the true story of the four women who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to help shape and curate the image of The Rolling Stones—perfect for fans of Girls Like Us."A vivid portrait ... Gossipy, entertaining, and quite right in insisting on the central role of women in making an iconic band iconic." —Kirkus Reviews**The Rolling Stones have long been considered one of the greatest rock ... Read more

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**Discover the true story of the four women who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to help shape and curate the image of The Rolling Stones—perfect for fans of Girls Like Us."A vivid portrait ... Gossipy, entertaining, and quite right in insisting on the central role of women in making an iconic band iconic." —Kirkus Reviews**The Rolling Stones have long been considered one of the greatest rock
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Pain, Parties, Work

Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

by Elizabeth Winder ...

"An illuminating biography . . . which floods clarifying light on a chapter of the poet's early life that Plath painted in jaundiced tones in The Bell Jar." — The New York Times, Sunday Styles FeatureOn May 31, 1953, twenty-year-old Sylvia Plath arrived in New York City for a one-month stint at "the intellectual fashion magazine" Mademoiselle to be a guest editor for its prestigious annual college ... Read more

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"An illuminating biography . . . which floods clarifying light on a chapter of the poet's early life that Plath painted in jaundiced tones in The Bell Jar." — The New York Times, Sunday Styles FeatureOn May 31, 1953, twenty-year-old Sylvia Plath arrived in New York City for a one-month stint at "the intellectual fashion magazine" Mademoiselle to be a guest editor for its prestigious annual college
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Marilyn in Manhattan

Her Year of Joy

by Elizabeth Winder ...

"A glittering, poignant tribute to one of America's most stylish icons as well as its most stylish city." —Kate Betts, New York Times–bestselling author of My Paris Dream and Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of StyleIn November of 1954 a young woman dressed plainly in a white oxford, dark sunglasses and a black pageboy wig boards a midnight flight from Los Angeles to New York. As the ... Read more

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"A glittering, poignant tribute to one of America's most stylish icons as well as its most stylish city." —Kate Betts, New York Times–bestselling author of My Paris Dream and Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of StyleIn November of 1954 a young woman dressed plainly in a white oxford, dark sunglasses and a black pageboy wig boards a midnight flight from Los Angeles to New York. As the
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Parachute Women

Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones

by Elizabeth Winder ...

Narrated by Angelina Rocca ...

Unabridged

7 hours 57 min

**Discover the true story of the four women who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to help shape and curate the image of The Rolling Stones—perfect for fans of Girls Like Us."A vivid portrait ... Gossipy, entertaining, and quite right in insisting on the central role of women in making an iconic band iconic." —Kirkus Reviews**The Rolling Stones have long been considered one of the greatest rock ... Read more

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**Discover the true story of the four women who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to help shape and curate the image of The Rolling Stones—perfect for fans of Girls Like Us."A vivid portrait ... Gossipy, entertaining, and quite right in insisting on the central role of women in making an iconic band iconic." —Kirkus Reviews**The Rolling Stones have long been considered one of the greatest rock
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Global Meat

Social and Environmental Consequences of the Expanding Meat Industry

Edited by Bill Winders, Elizabeth Ransom ...

Series series Food, Health, and the Environment
The growth of the global meat industry and the implications for climate change, food insecurity, workers' rights, the treatment of animals, and other issues.Global meat production and consumption have risen sharply and steadily over the past five decades, with per capita meat consumption almost doubling since 1960. The expanding global meat industry, meanwhile, driven by new trade policies and ... Read more

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The growth of the global meat industry and the implications for climate change, food insecurity, workers' rights, the treatment of animals, and other issues.Global meat production and consumption have risen sharply and steadily over the past five decades, with per capita meat consumption almost doubling since 1960. The expanding global meat industry, meanwhile, driven by new trade policies and
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Pain, Parties, Work

Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

by Elizabeth Winder ...

Narrated by Xe Sands ...

Unabridged

5 hours 29 min

"I dreamed of New York, I am going there."On May 31, 1953, twenty-year-old Sylvia Plath arrived in New York City for a one-month stint at "the intellectual fashion magazine" Mademoiselle to be a guest editor for its prestigious annual college issue. Over the next twenty-six days, the bright, blond New England collegian lived at the Barbizon Hotel, attended Balanchine ballets, watched a game at ... Read more

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"I dreamed of New York, I am going there."On May 31, 1953, twenty-year-old Sylvia Plath arrived in New York City for a one-month stint at "the intellectual fashion magazine" Mademoiselle to be a guest editor for its prestigious annual college issue. Over the next twenty-six days, the bright, blond New England collegian lived at the Barbizon Hotel, attended Balanchine ballets, watched a game at
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Whose Story Is This?

Old Conflicts, New Chapters

by Rebecca Solnit ...

Narrated by Kirsten Potter ...

Unabridged

5 hours 23 min

New feminist essays for the #MeToo era from the internationally bestselling author of Men Explain Things to Me.Who gets to shape the narrative of our times? The current moment is a battle royale over that foundational power, one in which women, people of color, and non-straight people are telling other versions, and white people and men (and particularly, white men) are trying to hang onto the old ... Read more

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New feminist essays for the #MeToo era from the internationally bestselling author of Men Explain Things to Me.Who gets to shape the narrative of our times? The current moment is a battle royale over that foundational power, one in which women, people of color, and non-straight people are telling other versions, and white people and men (and particularly, white men) are trying to hang onto the old
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The Survivors

A Story of War, Inheritance, and Healing

by Adam Frankel ...

Narrated by Adam Frankel, Rob Shapiro ...

Unabridged

8 hours 34 min

A memoir of family, the Holocaust, trauma, and identity, in which Adam Frankel, a former Obama speechwriter, must come to terms with the legacy of his family’s painful past and discover who he is in the wake of a life-changing revelation about his own origins.“The Survivors is an astonishingly beautiful and profoundly moving book. Frankel’s haunting search to unravel the mysteries of his family is ... Read more

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A memoir of family, the Holocaust, trauma, and identity, in which Adam Frankel, a former Obama speechwriter, must come to terms with the legacy of his family’s painful past and discover who he is in the wake of a life-changing revelation about his own origins.“The Survivors is an astonishingly beautiful and profoundly moving book. Frankel’s haunting search to unravel the mysteries of his family is
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Breaking van Gogh

Saint-Rémy, Forgery, and the $95 Million Fake at the Met

by James Ottar Grundvig ...

Narrated by Jeff Cummings ...

Unabridged

7 hours 53 min

In Breaking van Gogh, James Grundvig investigates the history and authenticity of van Gogh’s iconic Wheat Field with Cypresses, currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Relying on a vast array of techniques from the study of the painter’s biography and personal correspondence to the examination of the painting’s style and technical characteristics, Grundvig proves that ... Read more

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In Breaking van Gogh, James Grundvig investigates the history and authenticity of van Gogh’s iconic Wheat Field with Cypresses, currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Relying on a vast array of techniques from the study of the painter’s biography and personal correspondence to the examination of the painting’s style and technical characteristics, Grundvig proves that
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Proof!

How the World Became Geometrical

by Amir Alexander ...

Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

Unabridged

10 hours 47 min

An eye-opening narrative of how geometric principles fundamentally shaped our worldOne night in 1661, Nicholas Fouquet, a superintendent under Louis XIV, was arrested. His crime was peculiar: he had dared to construct a grand geometrical garden. In doing so, he violated an irrefutable hierarchy: that geometry, in its perfection, was a testament to divine right. The elegant, symmetrical designs ... Read more

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An eye-opening narrative of how geometric principles fundamentally shaped our worldOne night in 1661, Nicholas Fouquet, a superintendent under Louis XIV, was arrested. His crime was peculiar: he had dared to construct a grand geometrical garden. In doing so, he violated an irrefutable hierarchy: that geometry, in its perfection, was a testament to divine right. The elegant, symmetrical designs
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The Girl on the Balcony

Olivia Hussey Finds Life after Romeo & Juliet

by Olivia Hussey, Alexander Martin ...

Narrated by Carol Monda ...

Unabridged

9 hours 52 min

In 1968, Olivia Hussey became one of the most famous faces in the world, immortalized as the definitive Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo & Juliet. Now the iconic girl on the balcony shares the ups and downs of her truly remarkable life and career …At only sixteen-years-old, she was an internationally celebrated overnight discovery. The part was an opportunity of a lifetime for a simple girl ... Read more

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In 1968, Olivia Hussey became one of the most famous faces in the world, immortalized as the definitive Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo & Juliet. Now the iconic girl on the balcony shares the ups and downs of her truly remarkable life and career …At only sixteen-years-old, she was an internationally celebrated overnight discovery. The part was an opportunity of a lifetime for a simple girl
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You’re Gonna Die Alone (& Other Excellent News)

by Devrie Brynn Donalson ...

Narrated by Devrie Brynn Donalson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 26 min

A refreshingly honest, wonderfully humorous, and entirely inspiring exploration of change, fear, and what it really means to be alone, from everyone’s favorite TikTok oracle, Devrie Donalson.Dear Reader Just Doing Your Best,Give me a minute, and I’ll tell you a story.I’ll tell you about my junior high soulmate, my haunted house, and running away to Scotland to lose my virginity. I’ll tell you ... Read more

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A refreshingly honest, wonderfully humorous, and entirely inspiring exploration of change, fear, and what it really means to be alone, from everyone’s favorite TikTok oracle, Devrie Donalson.Dear Reader Just Doing Your Best,Give me a minute, and I’ll tell you a story.I’ll tell you about my junior high soulmate, my haunted house, and running away to Scotland to lose my virginity. I’ll tell you
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