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“lynn povich”

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  • The Good Girls Revolt

    How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace

    by Lynn Povich ...
    It was the 1960s -- a time of economic boom and social strife. Young women poured into the workplace, but the "Help Wanted" ads were segregated by gender and the "Mad Men" office culture was rife with sexual stereotyping and discrimination.Lynn Povich was one of the lucky ones, landing a job at Newsweek, renowned for its cutting-edge coverage of civil rights and the "Swinging Sixties." Nora Ephron ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • Capital Dames

    The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868

    by Cokie Roberts ...
    In this engrossing and informative companion to her New York Times bestsellers Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty, Cokie Roberts marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War by offering a riveting look at Washington, D.C. and the experiences, influence, and contributions of its women during this momentous period of American history.With the outbreak of the Civil War, the small, social Southern ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Breaking the Code

    A Father's Secret, a Daughter's Journey, and the Question That Changed Everything

    by Karen Fisher-Alaniz, Karen Fisher-Alaniz ...
    On his 81st birthday, without explanation, Karen Fisher-Alaniz's father placed two weathered notebooks on her lap. Inside were more than 400 pages of letters he'd written to his parents during WWII. She began reading them, and the more she read, the more she discovered about the man she never knew.They began to meet for lunch every week, for her to ask him questions, and him to provide the answers ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD

  • 740 Park

    The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building

    by Michael Gross ...
    For seventy-five years, it’s been Manhattan’s richest apartment building, and one of the most lusted-after addresses in the world. One apartment had 37 rooms, 14 bathrooms, 43 closets, 11 working fireplaces, a private elevator, and his-and-hers saunas; another at one time had a live-in service staff of 16. To this day, it is steeped in the purest luxury, the kind most of us could only imagine, ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster

    by Scott Wilbanks ...
    Annabelle Aster doesn't bow to convention—not even that of space and time—which makes the 1890s Kansas wheat field that has appeared in her modern-day San Francisco garden easy to accept. Even more peculiar is Elsbeth, the truculent schoolmarm who sends Annie letters through the mysterious brass mailbox perched on the picket fence that now divides their two worlds.Annie and Elsbeth's search for an ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • The Book of Lost Fragrances

    A Novel of Suspense

    by M. J. Rose ...
    A spellbinding historical suspense novel from internationally bestselling author M.J. Rose, The Book of Lost Fragrances is a seductive blend of historical mystery, reincarnation, and Parisian suspense about a mythologist racing to uncover an ancient perfume powerful enough to prove past lives—and dangerous enough to kill for.A Secret Worth Dying For…Jac L’Etoile has always been haunted by visions ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Daily Rituals

    How Artists Work

    by Mason Currey ...
    More than 150 inspired—and inspiring—novelists, poets, playwrights, painters, philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians on how they subtly maneuver the many (self-inflicted) obstacles and (self-imposed) daily rituals to get done the work they love to do.Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in 1912, “time is short, my strength is limited ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Honest Truth About Dishonesty

    How We Lie to Everyone--Especially Ourselves

    by Dan Ariely ...
    “A lively tour through the impulses that cause many of us to cheat, the book offers especially keen insights into the ways in which we cut corners while still thinking of ourselves as moral people.” — TimeDan Ariely, behavioral economist and New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality, returns with a thought-provoking work that challenges our ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • This Town

    Two Parties and a Funeral--Plus Plenty of Valet Parking!--in America's Gilded Capital

    by Mark Leibovich ...
    **A #1 New York Times bestsellerA gripping expose that delves into the heart of Washington D.C., and the intersection of big politics, big money, big media, and big vanity**Through the eyes of author Mark Leibovich, we discover how the funeral for a beloved newsman becomes the social event of the year; how political reporters are fetishized for their ability to get their names into the predawn e ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • The Whiskey Rebels

    A Novel

    by David Liss ...
    David Liss’s bestselling historical thrillers, including A Conspiracy of Paper and The Coffee Trader, have been called remarkable and rousing: the perfect combination of scrupulous research and breathless excitement. Now Liss delivers his best novel yet in an entirely new setting–America in the years after the Revolution, an unstable nation where desperate schemers vie for wealth, power, and a ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • What the Lady Wants

    A Novel of Marshall Field and the Gilded Age

    by Renée Rosen ...
    In late-nineteenth-century Chicago, visionary retail tycoon Marshall Field made his fortune wooing women customers with his famous motto: “Give the lady what she wants.” His legendary charm also won the heart of socialite Delia Spencer and led to an infamous love affair.The night of the Great Fire, as seventeen-year-old Delia watches the flames rise and consume what was the pioneer town of Chicago ... Read more

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  • One Salt Sea

    by Seanan McGuire ...
    Series Book 5 - October Daye
    New York Times-bestselling October Daye series • Hugo Award-winning author Seanan McGuire • "Top of my urban-paranormal series list!" —Felicia DayOctober "Toby" Daye is finally doing all right—and that inevitably means it's time for things to take a turn for the worse. Someone has kidnapped the sons of the Duchess Dianda Lorden, regent of the Undersea Duchy of Saltmist.To prevent a war between ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD