Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women...
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Author: Sandberg, SherylSummary:
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Author: Cabot, Meg.Summary:
During the days before her sixteenth birthday, Mia records in her diary her fear that her grandmother and friends may be planning to throw an extravagant Sweet Sixteen party.
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Author: Skloot, RebeccaSummary:
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in...
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Author: Hislop, VictoriaSummary:
"Thessaloniki, Greece, 1917: As Dimitri Komninos is born, a fire sweeps through the thriving multicultural city where Christians, Jews, and Muslims live side by side. It is the first of many...
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Author: Duhigg, CharlesSummary:
Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed.
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Author: Crothers, Tim.Summary:
Biography of a female chess grandmaster from a poor family in Uganda.
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Author: Solo, HopeSummary:
Hope Solo is the face of the modern female athlete. She is fearless, outspoken, and the best in the world at what she does: protecting the goal of the U.S. women's soccer team. Her outsized talent...
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Author: Haruf, KentSummary:
The interwoven lives of a community in Colorado. The characters include two cattle farmers who take in a girl, thrown out of her house for becoming pregnant. The novel describes the girl's impact...
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Author: Macintyre, BenSummary:
On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishingly low rate of casualties. D-Day was a stunning military accomplishment, but it was also a...
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Author: Factor, MallorySummary:
A highly critical examination of government employee unions in the United States.
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Author: Hedges, ChrisSummary:
A review of five locations in the United States where economic choices beyond their control have resulted in catastrophic social conditions.
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Author: Gerritsen, TessSummary:
Be careful who you love ... Be careful who you trust ... Be careful what you know ... Note: Some graphic content.
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Author: Perry, AnneSummary:
As commander of the River Police, Monk is accustomed to violent death, but the mutilated female body found on Limehouse Pier one chilly December morning moves him with horror and pity. The victim'...
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Author: Chabon, MichaelSummary:
In this novel the author takes us to Telegraph Avenue. It is a story that explores the profoundly intertwined lives of two Oakland, California families, one black and one white. Here he creates a...
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Author: Woodward, BobSummary:
This book examines the struggle between President Obama and the United States Congress to manage federal spending and tax policy for the three and one half years between 2009 and the summer of...