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Laughing in the Dark: from colored girl to woman of color - a journey from passion to power.

Gaines, Patrice, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Anchor, (1995). 1st PB ptg. VG lg sz PB. Gaines' twisted path to find her place as a confident black female in a world that values whiteness & maleness. Back cover has uneven appearance near top, bottom corner creased.

Why Can't Sharon Kowalski Come Home?.

Thompson, Karen & Julie Andrzejewski, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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San Francisco, Spinsters/Aunt Lute, (1988). 1st ed. VG PB.

Touching the Rock: an experience of blindness.

Hull, John M., · 1990 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Pantheon, (1990). 1st Amer ed. VG in G DJ. A recently remarried university lecturer in midcareer was forced to acknowlege that the dark areas of his vision have. finally overwhelmed his field of vision. From that point on as he later wrote, "I began to take up residence in...

Willa: the life of Willa Cather.

Robinson, Phyllis C., · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Holt Rinehart Winston, (1984). 1st ptg thus. G PB. She wrote classic novels of the American frontier yet livedin NY City. Cover crease, glue remnants fep,. She had passionate attachments to other women but in her work there are few portrayals of affection or even friendshi...

Peter Sellers: authorized biography.

Walker, Alexander, preface by Lynne Frederick Sellers, · 1981 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Macmillan, (1981). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. From early "Goon Show" days to memorable British film comedies like I'm All Right jack to farcical Pink Panther. Sl edge wear. Author Walker has stripped aside concealing layers of Sellers to reveal his remarkable range & incredible...

Conversations with Louise Erdrich & Michael Dorris.

Chavkin, Allan & Nancy Feyl Chavkin, edited by, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Jackson, Univ Press of Mississippi, (1994). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. Marriage is a process of coming to trust the other person over the years, and it's the same thing with our writing. Owner notations in pencil fep.

The Fortunes of Mitchell Kennerley Bookman.

Bruccoli, Matthew J., · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1986). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ.

In My Hands: memories of a holocaust rescuer.

Opdyke, Irene Gut, · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Anchor, (2001). 1st ed thus. VG PB. Brutally abused & left for dead by Russian soldiers, Irene escaped the German occupied territory & smuggled secrets & food. to Jews in the ghetto, transported work camp prisoners to a forest enclave & ultimately hid a dozen Jews in the h...

No Time to Die.

Tilberis, Liz, · 1998 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Boston, Little Brown, (1998). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Harper's Bazaar's editor-in-chief battles cancer. DJ edge tear, price sticker back of DJ.

An American Idyll: the life of Carleton H. Parker.

Parker, Cornelia Stratton, · 1919 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Boston, Atlantic Monthly, 1919. G. A woman recounts her husband's life & why she loved him. Few spots on pages, binding soiled, edge wear, owner name fep. Owner notations.

Love and Freedom: my unexpected life in Prague.

Shawcross, epilogue by Jan Kavan, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Hill & Wang, (1988). 1st Amer ed. VG in VG DJ. In 1945 Kavan married a Czech communist in England & went to live in Prague. Her husband became a diplomat & was implicated. in the slansky show trials of the early 50s & sentenced to 25 years in prison. She worked to support ...

Jarhead: a Marine's chronicle of the Gulf War & other battles.

Swofford, Anthony, · 2003 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Scribner, (2003). 7th ptg. VG in VG DJ.

Change Me into Zeus's Daughter.

Moss, Barbara Robinette, · 2000 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Touchstone, (2000). 1st ptg. VG PB. Growing up poor & undaunted in the red hills of Alabama with an alcholic father & a humble, heroic mother. Owner name.

A Different Drummer: my 30 years with Ronald Reagan.

Deaver, Michael K., foreword by Nancy Reagan, · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, HarperCollins, (2001). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ.

Sleeping Arrangements.

Cunningham, Laura Shaine, · 2000 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Riverhead, (2000). 1st ptg thus. VG PB. 10 yr old Lily's living room is furnished with a gold lame Castro convertible & 2 pink bathmats. She lives with a senile. woman & two bachelors, one of whom cooks popcorn for breakfast wearing a pink hairnet. But Lily is living a ble...

Dreams of the Kalahari.

Slaughter, Carolyn, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Fireside, (1988). 1st PB ptg. VG PB. Emily is a bright, strong-willed daughter of rigid & unloving British colonial parents.

My Father Bertrand Russell.

Tait, Katharine, · 1975 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1975). 1st ed 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. What was it like having Bertrand Russell for a father?.

Ancestors: 900 years in the life of a Chinese family.

Ching, Frank, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Morrow, (1988). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Ching traces his family back 34 generations to the poet Oin Guan, founder of the Ching clan. Owner inscription fep.

Two-Part Invention: the story of a marriage.

L'Engle, Madeleine, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Farrar Straus & Giroux, (1988). 1st ed. G in VG DJ. Corners creased, one page corner repaired, owner notations.

Ministry of Music: The Life of William Rogers Chapman.

Caswell, Mina Holway, · 1938 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Portland, ME, Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1938. VG. Blue binding, gilt decoration & lettering. Owner name fep, edge wear, spots back cover & spine.