M.'s bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 14 Sep 2021 18:29:22 -0700 60 M.'s bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[In Pursuit of Love: One Woman’s Journey from Trafficked to Triumphant]]> 52291649 Through her own gripping story of escape from human trafficking, Rebecca Bender teaches us what trafficking in America looks like - and what we can do about it - as she reveals the light of God in even the darkest places. In Pursuit of Love is a riveting read that will give you the confidence to pursue your own purpose and take you on a journey to places you never thought possible.

Born and raised in a small Oregon town, all-American girl Rebecca Bender was a varsity athlete and honor roll student with a promising future. Then a predator pretending to be her boyfriend lured her into a web of lies that sent her down a path she never imagined possible.

For nearly six years, Rebecca was sold across the underground world of sex trafficking in Las Vegas. She was branded, beaten, told when to sleep and what to wear, and traded between traffickers. Forced into a dark sisterhood, Rebecca formed bonds with her trafficker and three other women, creating a false sense of family. During that time, God began revealing himself to her. And in the midst of her exploitation, she found the hope she needed to survive.

After a federal raid, Rebecca escaped. Her life was forever changed as she felt the embrace of her heavenly Father guiding her to healing and wholeness. Rebecca soon began to use her own experiences to change the lives of others as she went back into the darkest places she had known - assisting FBI, VICE, and law enforcement across the country in some of their most difficult cases.

Through Rebecca's incredible story of redemption, we remember that our past does not have to determine our destiny.]]> 288 Rebecca Bender 0310356857 M. 5 4.44 2020 In Pursuit of Love: One Woman’s Journey from Trafficked to Triumphant
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Yes! An unapologetic, detailed yet not sensationalized look at this important topic.
]]> <![CDATA[Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again]]> 29434
A journalist's provocative, spellbinding account of her eighteen months spent undercover will transform the way we think about what it means to be a man

Following in the tradition of John Howard Griffin (Black Like Me) and Barbara Ehrenreich (Nickel and Dimed), Norah Vincent absorbed a cultural experience and reported back on what she observed incognito. For more than a year and a half she ventured into the world as Ned, with an ever-present five o'clock shadow, a crew cut, wire-rim glasses, and her own size 11 1/2 shoes—a perfect disguise that enabled her to observe the world of men as an insider. The result is a sympathetic, shrewd, and thrilling tour de force of immersion journalism that's destined to challenge preconceptions and attract enormous attention.

With her buddies on the bowling league she enjoyed the rough and rewarding embrace of male camaraderie undetectable to an outsider. A stint in a high-octane sales job taught her the gut-wrenching pressures endured by men who would do anything to succeed. She frequented sex clubs, dated women hungry for love but bitter about men, and infiltrated all-male communities as hermetically sealed as a men's therapy group, and even a monastery. Narrated in her utterly captivating prose style and with exquisite insight, humor, empathy, nuance, and at great personal cost, Norah uses her intimate firsthand experience to explore the many remarkable mysteries of gender identity as well as who men are apart from and in relation to women. Far from becoming bitter or outraged, Vincent ended her journey astounded—and exhausted—by the rigid codes and rituals of masculinity. Having gone where no woman (who wasn't an aspiring or actual transsexual) has gone for any significant length of time, let alone eighteen months, Norah Vincent's surprising account is an enthralling reading experience and a revelatory piece of anecdotally based gender analysis that is sure to spark fierce and fascinating conversation.]]> 290 Norah Vincent 0670034665 M. 3 3.39 2006 Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again
author: Norah Vincent
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I wanted to like this book more than I did. While the premise is interesting, I'm not sure anyone passing ever can know what it's like to be the real thing.
]]> <![CDATA[Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World]]> 40876575 Universal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today.

After working all day at jobs we often dislike, we buy things we don't need. Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian, reminds us it needn't be this way—and in some places it isn't. Rutger Bregman's TED Talk about universal basic income seemed impossibly radical when he delivered it in 2014. A quarter of a million views later, the subject of that video is being seriously considered by leading economists and government leaders the world over. It's just one of the many utopian ideas that Bregman proves is possible today.

Utopia for Realists is one of those rare books that takes you by surprise and challenges what you think can happen. From a Canadian city that once completely eradicated poverty, to Richard Nixon's near implementation of a basic income for millions of Americans, Bregman takes us on a journey through history, and beyond the traditional left-right divides, as he champions ideas whose time have come.

Every progressive milestone of civilization—from the end of slavery to the beginning of democracy—was once considered a utopian fantasy. Bregman's book, both challenging and bracing, demonstrates that new utopian ideas, like the elimination of poverty and the creation of the fifteen-hour workweek, can become a reality in our lifetime. Being unrealistic and unreasonable can in fact make the impossible inevitable, and it is the only way to build the ideal world.]]> 262 Rutger Bregman 0316471909 M. 5 Wow. Wow. Wow. 4.24 2014 Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
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Wow. Wow. Wow.
]]> <![CDATA[How To Be FREE! (Trade Paperback Slims by Cristina Salat Book 40)]]> 46045457 38 Cristina Salat M. 5 5.00 How To Be FREE! (Trade Paperback Slims by Cristina Salat Book 40)
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Fun glimpse into how one person tackles success and setbacks. Flavored with obscure quotes from the famed, the ordinary, and the infamous. A quick even inspiring read.
]]> <![CDATA[The B.I.G.: (aka Andrew Daniel Basiago Time Traveler For President) (Trade Paperback Slims by Cristina Salat)]]> 50433237 38 Cristina Salat 1727439597 M. 5 5.00 The B.I.G.: (aka Andrew Daniel Basiago Time Traveler For President) (Trade Paperback Slims by Cristina Salat)
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Oddly endearing. Laugh out loud funny in spots if a certain type of humor appeals. Concise. Surprisingly earnest and thoughtful.
]]> <![CDATA[Write For A Living: A Brief Treasure Map by Author, Ex-New York Editor, Filmmaker, Musician, Artist Sanctuary Founder Cristina Salat]]> 29754899 5 Cristina Salat M. 5 4.00 Write For A Living: A Brief Treasure Map by Author, Ex-New York Editor, Filmmaker, Musician, Artist Sanctuary Founder Cristina Salat
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Short and sweet. One writer's look at what it takes to keep at it.
]]> <![CDATA[Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization]]> 33025 Underworld takes you on a remarkable journey to the bottom of the ocean in a thrilling hunt for ancient ruins that have never been found—until now.

In this explosive new work of archaeological detection, bestselling author and renowned explorer Graham Hancock embarks on a captivating underwater voyage to find the ruins of a mythical lost civilization hidden for thousands of years beneath the world’s oceans. Guided by cutting-edge science, innovative computer-mapping techniques, and the latest archaeological scholarship, Hancock examines the mystery at the end of the last Ice Age and delivers astonishing revelations that challenge our long-held views about the existence of a sunken universe built on the ocean floor.

Filled with exhilarating accounts of his own participation in dives off the coast of Japan, as well as in the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Arabian Sea, we watch as Hancock discovers underwater ruins exactly where the ancient myths say they should be—submerged kingdoms that archaeologists never thought existed. You will be captivated by Underworld, a provocative book that is both a compelling piece of hard evidence for a fascinating forgotten episode in human history and a completely new explanation for the origins of civilization as we know it.]]> 784 Graham Hancock 1400049512 M. 5 3.93 2002 Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization
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I think this might be my favorite Graham Hancock book. It's fun to travel with him under seas across the world seeking and finding lost pyramids, columns, and statues indicating other human civilizations were once here a very long time ago.
]]> <![CDATA[Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind]]> 53324 Acknowledgements
Part 1: Visions
1: Plant that enables men to see the dead
2: Greatest riddle of archeology
3: Vine of souls
Part 2: Caves
4: Therianthropy
5: Riddles of the caves
6: Shabby academy
7: Searching for a Rosetta Stone
8: Code in the mind
9: Serpents of the Drakensberg
10: Wounded healer
Part 3: Beings
11: Voyage into the supernatural
12: Shamans in the sky
13: Spirit love
14: Secret commonwealth
15: Here is a thing that will carry me away
16: Dancers between worlds
Part 4: Codes
17: Turning in to channel DMT
18: Amongst the machine elves
19: Ancient teachers in our DNA?
20: Hurricane in the junkyard
Part 5: Religions
21: Hidden Shamans
22: Flesh of the Gods
Part 6: Mysteries
23: Doors leading to another world
Appendices
Critics & criticisms of David Lewis-Williams' Neuropsychological theory of rock & cave art
Psilocybe semilanceata-a hallucinogenic mushroom native to Europe / Roy Watlng
Interview with Rick Strassman
References
Index]]> 480 Graham Hancock 1932857400 M. 5 4.25 2005 Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind
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Excellent. Fascinating research and premises explored! Led me to many of the author's additional books.
]]> Entangled 7857727 448 Graham Hancock 1846055539 M. 3 3.82 2010 Entangled
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Usually love Graham Hancock books and listening to his talks on YT. This book was too violent for me.
]]> <![CDATA[The David Icke Guide to the Global Conspiracy: And How to End It]]> 1781245 629 David Icke 0953881083 M. 5 4.01 2007 The David Icke Guide to the Global Conspiracy: And How to End It
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I started with this one of the very many David Icke books there are and it blew me away. So many connections. The world isn't just made up of random chaos. It's planned insanity. That means the insanity can be stopped.
]]> <![CDATA[I am me I am free: The Robots' Guide to Freedom]]> 640468 208 David Icke 0952614758 M. 5 3.93 1996 I am me I am free: The Robots' Guide to Freedom
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This guy has been around for a long time, saying metaphysical things. And also controversial things. Many of which seem to have the odd coincidence of later being proved true. Worth giving him a read. Start here. Less overwhelming than his fatter tomes.
]]> <![CDATA[Infinite Love is the Only Truth: Everything Else is Illusion]]> 664325 236 David Icke 0953881067 M. 5 4.08 2005 Infinite Love is the Only Truth: Everything Else is Illusion
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Excellent. Intense. Enlightening.
]]> No Modernism Without Lesbians 40780947
Modernism happened in Paris, and these women were Paris. Shocking, free, blatant, they weren't just expats. They'd grouped together to create their own world, far from the restrictions of home. They were talented, often well-off, and lesbian. They answered to no one but themselves. Among them, for example, was Sylvia Beach, the American who set up the legendary Shakespeare & Co in 1919 and published Joyce's Ulysses when nobody else dared to, as well as Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness which was burned in Britain. The shop became the unofficial meeting place of the Modernists. Gertrude Stein, Beach's friend, bought the work of her friends � Matisse, Cézanne, Picasso, Gauguin � when they were young and unknown. Hemingway, Scott Fitzerald, Paul Bowles and others gravitated to the shop and to the world around these women.

Told in the spirit of Stein's Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, or Hemingway's A Moveable Feast, this book is as colourful and exuberant as the women themselves.]]> 438 Diana Souhami M. 5 3.73 2020 No Modernism Without Lesbians
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The description says it all. This is a book about important, impactful historical figures who were "talented, often well-off, and lesbian. They answered to no one but themselves." What I also found fascinating was people exploring transgenderism & polyamory long before the specific vocabulary we have today existed. Kudos to the author for all the research this must have entailed!
]]> The Gingerbread Girl 1793995
2 Audio CDs / 2 Hours

~]]> 2 Stephen King 0743571185 M. 5 3.66 2008 The Gingerbread Girl
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Chilling, with substance. Mare Winningham does a particularly good job reading. Her voice is soothing, until it isn't.
]]> <![CDATA[Home Is Where You're Happy: A Collection of Stories Essays & Life Snippets]]> 28102256 162 Cristina Salat 1310873135 M. 5 5.00 Home Is Where You're Happy: A Collection of Stories Essays & Life Snippets
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Fascinating with a side of touching + inspiration.
]]> <![CDATA[The Lethal Dose (Murder By Medicine is No Accident Book 1)]]> 19427433
Dr Daniels' 30 year journey of developing Natural Healing wisdom and know how is a gripping read with humor adventure and revelations. Before you even think of keeping another medical appointment, read this. Dr Daniels shares her experience with immunizations, antibiotics and blood thinners to name a few. The detailed and lively examples make this a must read. Dr Daniels even includes a guide to powerful Natural remedies that allowed her to stop using antibiotics in her medical practice once she observed how ineffective they were. A real page -turner that could save your life. Find out why your doctor is prescribing the Lethal Dose.]]> 95 Jennifer Daniels M. 5 Awesome, informative read. 4.68 2013 The Lethal Dose (Murder By Medicine is No Accident Book 1)
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Awesome, informative read.
]]> <![CDATA[Hawaii: Heaven or Hell?: The real scoop about Living in Paradise! (Experience Hawaii)]]> 30617507 36 Cristina Salat 1533679851 M. 5 5.00 Hawaii: Heaven or Hell?: The real scoop about Living in Paradise! (Experience Hawaii)
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A real look at how intense it can be to live on an active volcano that everyone else presumes to be paradise. Precise, concise, told with loving, personal details. Exceedingly timely in 2018 in light of what Pele has been up to there! Still makes me want to go visit, however more respectfully and with less illusions than the typical tourist I might have been.
]]> The Hitler Poems 14324721 84 Janet C. Phelan 1413496970 M. 0 to-read 2.00 2005 The Hitler Poems
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]]> <![CDATA[Running from Safety: An Adventure of the Spirit]]> 29949
In this exhilarating adventure, Richard and Dickie probe the timeless questions both need answered if either is to be Why does growing spiritually mean never growing up? Can we peacefully coexist with the consequences of our choices? Why is it that only by running from safety can we make our wildest dreams take flight?]]> 368 Richard Bach 0385315287 M. 0 to-read 3.83 1994 Running from Safety: An Adventure of the Spirit
author: Richard Bach
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average rating: 3.83
book published: 1994
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]]> <![CDATA[Writer Ferrets: Chasing the Muse (The Ferret Chronicles, #3)]]> 265262 189 Richard Bach 0743526422 M. 2 3.93 2002 Writer Ferrets: Chasing the Muse (The Ferret Chronicles, #3)
author: Richard Bach
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average rating: 3.93
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I wanted to like this but didn't.
]]> One 265264 320 Richard Bach 0330311735 M. 3 3.98 1988 One
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The information is good but the story is weird and it drags.
]]> <![CDATA[The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story]]> 29948 400 Richard Bach 0061148482 M. 5 3.90 1982 The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story
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This is probably my favorite Richard Bach book.
]]> <![CDATA[Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah]]> 29946
In Illusions, Richard Bach takes to the air to discover the ageless truths that give our souls wings: that people don't need airplanes to soar...that even the darkest clouds have meaning once we lift ourselves above them... and that messiahs can be found in the unlikeliest places � like hay fields, one-traffic-light midwestern towns, and most of all, deep within ourselves.]]> 144 Richard Bach M. 5 4.16 1977 Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
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I've read this one multiple times.
]]> Jonathan Livingston Seagull 71728
Jonathan Livingston Seagull is no ordinary bird. He believes it is every gull's right to fly, to reach the ultimate freedom of challenge and discovery, finding his greatest reward in teaching younger gulls the joy of flight and the power of dreams. The special 20th anniversary release of this spiritual classic!]]> 112 Richard Bach 0743278909 M. 4 A classic. 3.87 1970 Jonathan Livingston Seagull
author: Richard Bach
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A classic.
]]> <![CDATA[And the Truth Shall Set You Free]]> 664328 518 David Icke 0952614715 M. 5 3.88 1996 And the Truth Shall Set You Free
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This book starts off reminding you that you're Infinite Consciousness so nothing is outside your grasp and then plunges into the mess the world is in, hoping you'll step up to do something about it! Very worth reading.
]]> <![CDATA[The Best Thing That Can Happen to a Croissant]]> 477441 The Best Thing That Can Happen to a Croissant, an easy-riding, reluctant-detective story. Tusset's prodigious talents as both a satirist and creator of one of the most hilarious underachievers in recent memory make this an exquisitely entertaining read.]]> 496 Pablo Tusset 1841957151 M. 4 3.57 2001 The Best Thing That Can Happen to a Croissant
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I love that the main character is an unapologetic slacker who drinks too much, carouses too much, and is a philosopher.
]]> <![CDATA[Living In Secret/Esoterica/Paradise Found: A Gathering The Dreamcatchers Series Trilogy!]]> 40915465 694 Cristina Salat 1534987355 M. 5 Best trilogy ever! 5.00 Living In Secret/Esoterica/Paradise Found: A Gathering The Dreamcatchers Series Trilogy!
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Best trilogy ever!
]]> <![CDATA[Paradise Found: A 'Gathering The Dreamcatchers' Novel]]> 40685466 396 Cristina Salat 1535559020 M. 5 3.62 Paradise Found: A 'Gathering The Dreamcatchers' Novel
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I think this might be the best book I've ever read. So good I have the entire series. It's rare a book makes you care so much about the world and what can be done to fix it. Also an atypical love story!
]]> The Paying Guests 20821087
With the arrival of Lilian and Leonard Barber, a modern young couple of the “clerk class,� the routines of the house will be shaken up in unexpected ways. Little do the Wrays know just how profoundly their new tenants will alter the course of Frances’s life—or, as passions mount and frustration gathers, how far-reaching, and how devastating, the disturbances will be.]]> 564 Sarah Waters 1594633118 M. 5 3.42 2014 The Paying Guests
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When I find an author I like I tend to read everything they have. While some of this author's books are too dark for me, this one is great, like Tipping The Velvet which I loved. Even though there is a death, the love story in this novel gets most of the attention and it's a good one!
]]> <![CDATA[Hawaii Triptych: Hawaii: Heaven or Hell?, Magic in Hawaii, and Hawaii Can Be Paradise COMBO edition!]]> 33034026 56 Cristina Salat 1539835944 M. 5 5.00 Hawaii Triptych: Hawaii: Heaven or Hell?, Magic in Hawaii, and Hawaii Can Be Paradise COMBO edition!
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Enjoyed Hawaii Heaven or Hell first, then found this triptych that looks at life on an active volcano from three angles: busting stereotypes, encouraging magic, and a real sense of what it means to cast your lot in with a place others call paradise. This book is especially timely in 2018 in light of what Pele has been up to in Hawaii. Still plan to go visit and I will, however more respectfully and with less illusions than the typical tourist I might have been.
]]> <![CDATA[Hawaii: Heaven or Hell?: The real scoop about Living in Paradise! (Experience Hawaii)]]> 30190385 38 Cristina Salat M. 5 3.80 Hawaii: Heaven or Hell?: The real scoop about Living in Paradise! (Experience Hawaii)
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A real look at how intense it can be to live on an active volcano that everyone else presumes to be paradise. Precise, concise, told with loving, personal details. Exceedingly timely in 2018 in light of what Pele has been up to there! Still makes me want to go visit, however more respectfully and with less illusions than the typical tourist I might have been.
]]> <![CDATA[It Doesn't Have to Be Like This : Green Politics Explained]]> 664342 224 David Icke 1854250337 M. 5 4.19 1990 It Doesn't Have to Be Like This : Green Politics Explained
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average rating: 4.19
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The author's works have ranged far and wide from this early title, so it's interesting to see how his thoughts developed over time. Always nice when a book's ideas hold up almost 30 years later!
]]> <![CDATA[Outercourse (Be-Ing on Account of My Time/Space)]]> 1053710 This extraordinary book - the resplendent philosophical autobiography of the world's foremost Radical Feminist philosopher - offers an imaginative chronicle of Momentous Moments in Mary Daly's A-mazing Voyage. Daly sees her work as that of a Pirate Righteously Plundering treasures of knowledge that have been stolen and hidden from women. In this inventive blend of autobiography and visionary philosophy, she reveals her struggles to Smuggle back these treasures and to distinguish them from their mindbinding trappings. As Daly unfolds her Be-Dazzling Voyage, sparkling with true adventure stories and philosophical insights, she invites readers to Time travel with her across the vast Realm of the Subliminal Sea into Four Spiral Galaxies. This is a courageous journey which involves leaping beyond the mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual walls of patriarchy and, through the process of Re-membering, coming into the fullness of the Expanding Now. Outercourse brilliantly recounts Daly's debunking of patriarchal thought and blazes new paths to freedom by enabling women to Dis-cover the hidden connections that make Sense of their Lives.]]> 464 Mary Daly 0062502077 M. 5 3.59 1992 Outercourse (Be-Ing on Account of My Time/Space)
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A deep dive into why things are the way they are and how one woman invented new ways of Being at a time the norm considered it impossible for anyone female to become a philosopher.
]]> Esoterica 30809272 Cristina Salat 1310046476 M. 5 3.44 Esoterica
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This is an awesome book! Found it, devoured it, went to look for the book it was a sequel of (Living In Secret, also good)! Written in a really easy to digest way. What's interesting is the novel covers a lot of ground from how men/fathers can be when things don't go their way to what girls can and are doing about it. I liked thinking about how the world could be better. Perfect for the Me Too generation of any age!
]]> Fingersmith 8913370
One day, the most beloved thief of all arrives—Gentleman, an elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a naĂŻve gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Maud’s vast inheritance. Once the inheritance is secured, Maud will be disposed of—passed off as mad, and madeĚýto live out the rest of her days in a lunatic asylum.

With dreams of paying back the kindness of her adopted family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, Sue begins to pity her helpless mark and care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways...But no one and nothing is as it seems in this Dickensian novel of thrills and reversals.]]> 592 Sarah Waters 1101057025 M. 4 4.05 2002 Fingersmith
author: Sarah Waters
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]]> Tipping the Velvet 25104465 472 Sarah Waters M. 5 4.12 1998 Tipping the Velvet
author: Sarah Waters
name: M.
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1998
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]]> <![CDATA[Living In Secret/Esoterica Combo: The original 'Gathering The Dreamcatchers' novel + its thought-provoking sequel]]> 31178190 367 Cristina Salat M. 5 5.00 Living In Secret/Esoterica Combo: The original 'Gathering The Dreamcatchers' novel + its thought-provoking sequel
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]]> <![CDATA[After Titanic: Things forever changed April 14th, 1912 (Trade Paperback Slims by Cristina Salat)]]> 29515139 15 Cristina Salat M. 5 3.71 After Titanic: Things forever changed April 14th, 1912 (Trade Paperback Slims by Cristina Salat)
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]]> Peanut's Emergency 3043447 32 Cristina Salat 1570914400 M. 5 3.94 2002 Peanut's Emergency
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average rating: 3.94
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rating: 5
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]]> Living in Secret 1921458 192 Cristina Salat 0916020029 M. 5 4.00 1993 Living in Secret
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> Annie on My Mind 595375 Ěý
Of the author and the book, the Margaret A. Edwards Award committee said, “Using a fluid, readable style, Garden opens a window through which readers can find courage to be true to themselves.”]]> 234 Nancy Garden 0374404143 M. 5 4.02 1982 Annie on My Mind
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average rating: 4.02
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rating: 5
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]]> I'll Give You the Sun 20820994
Years later, they are barely speaking. Something has happened to change the twins in different yet equally devastating ways... but then Jude meets an intriguing, irresistible boy and a mysterious new mentor. The early years are Noah's to tell; the later years are Jude's. But they each have only half the story, and if they can only find their way back to one another, they'll have a chance to remake their world.

This radiant, award-winning novel from the acclaimed author of The Sky Is Everywhere will leave you breathless and teary and laughing—often all at once.

Printz Award Winner Stonewall Honor Book.]]> 371 Jandy Nelson 0803734964 M. 5 4.14 2014 I'll Give You the Sun
author: Jandy Nelson
name: M.
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)]]> 41865
First, Edward was a vampire.

Second, there was a part of him - and I didn't know how dominant that part might be - that thirsted for my blood.

And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.

Deeply seductive and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight is a love story with bite.]]> 498 Stephenie Meyer 0316015849 M. 4 3.66 2005 Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
author: Stephenie Meyer
name: M.
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> The Fault in Our Stars 11870085
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.]]> 313 John Green M. 5 4.13 2012 The Fault in Our Stars
author: John Green
name: M.
average rating: 4.13
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)]]> 2767052
Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . .

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.]]> 374 Suzanne Collins M. 4 4.34 2008 The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: M.
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)]]> 10818853 Ěý
Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires.

Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.

This book is intended for mature audiences.]]> 356 E.L. James 1612130291 M. 3 3.68 2011 Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
author: E.L. James
name: M.
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1)]]> 452306
But Tibby says they’re great. She'd love to have them. Lena and Bridget also think they’re fabulous. Lena decides that they should all try them on. Whoever they fit best will get them.

Nobody knows why, but the pants fit everyone perfectly. Even Carmen (who never thinks she looks good in anything) thinks she looks good in the pants. Over a few bags of cheese puffs, they decide to form a sisterhood and take the vow of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants . . . the next morning, they say good-bye.

And then the journey of the pants � and the most memorable summer of their lives � begins.]]> 294 Ann Brashares 0385729332 M. 4 3.85 2001 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1)
author: Ann Brashares
name: M.
average rating: 3.85
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Secrets of a Shoe Addict (Shoe Addict, #2)]]> 2141830

Every woman has a secret. The question is: How far will she go to make sure it stays secret?

Abbey Walsh never wanted anyone to find out about her shady past. After all, she's the wife of a minister now, living an exemplary life. That is, until someone shows up from her past with blackmail in mind . . .

Tiffany Vanderslice Dreyer never dreamed that she'd find herself up to her new designer sunglasses in credit card debt from one mad moment of a shopping spree. She's an upstanding wife and mother with the perfect marriage . . . right?

Loreen Murphy hadn't meant to hire a male prostitute in Las Vegas. It was all just a big, stupid, and expensive misunderstanding. . . .

Abbey, Tiffany, and Loreen are each in need of thousands of dollars and fast. Tiffany's sister, Sandra, has the perfect idea. It's fast, it's easy, it's legal, and it's the secret that kept her shoe addiction alive. It's the perfect plan. . . .

In this deliciously sassy novel, three very different women bond when they find themselves in more than one kind of trouble. It's the story of how sometimes you have a secret that can get you in---and out---of dire straits. It's about romance, friendship, kids, revenge, affairs, and, most of all, a love of the well-heeled things in life.

]]> 340 Beth Harbison 0312348266 M. 4 3.75 2008 Secrets of a Shoe Addict (Shoe Addict, #2)
author: Beth Harbison
name: M.
average rating: 3.75
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rating: 4
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]]> In Her Shoes 14758 Maggie is drop dead gorgeous and irresistible to men. She's going to make it big as a TV presenter, or a singer...or an actress. All she needs is a lucky break. What she doesn't need is her uptight sister Rose interfering in her life. If only Rose would lighten-up, have some fun - and learn how to use a pair of tweezers. Rose and Maggie think they have nothing in common but a childhood tragedy, shared DNA and the same size feet, but they are about to find out that they're more alike than they'd ever believe.]]> 537 Jennifer Weiner 0743495667 M. 4 3.83 2002 In Her Shoes
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name: M.
average rating: 3.83
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rating: 4
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]]> Orphan Train 15818107 This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780061950728, found here.

The author of Bird in Hand and The Way Life Should Be delivers her most ambitious and powerful novel to date: a captivating story of two very different women who build an unexpected friendship: a 91-year-old woman with a hidden past as an orphan-train rider and the teenage girl whose own troubled adolescence leads her to seek answers to questions no one has ever thought to ask.

Nearly eighteen, Molly Ayer knows she has one last chance. Just months from "aging out" of the child welfare system, and close to being kicked out of her foster home, a community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping her out of juvie and worse.

Vivian Daly has lived a quiet life on the coast of Maine. But in her attic, hidden in trunks, are vestiges of a turbulent past. As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly discovers that she and Vivian aren't as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck and chance.

The closer Molly grows to Vivian, the more she discovers parallels to her own life. A Penobscot Indian, she, too, is an outsider being raised by strangers, and she, too, has unanswered questions about the past. As her emotional barriers begin to crumble, Molly discovers that she has the power to help Vivian find answers to mysteries that have haunted her for her entire life - answers that will ultimately free them both.

Rich in detail and epic in scope, Orphan Train is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of second chances, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are.]]> 278 Christina Baker Kline M. 4 4.18 2013 Orphan Train
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]]> The Nanny Diaries (Nanny, #1) 228333 306 Emma McLaughlin 0312291639 M. 4 3.47 2002 The Nanny Diaries (Nanny, #1)
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]]> Big Little Lies 19486412
A murder . . . a tragic accident . . . or just parents behaving badly?
What’s indisputable is that someone is dead.
But who did what?

Big Little Lies follows three women, each at a crossroads:

Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She’s funny and biting, passionate, she remembers everything and forgives no one. Her ex-husband and his yogi new wife have moved into her beloved beachside community, and their daughter is in the same kindergarten class as Madeline’s youngest (how is this possible?). And to top it all off, Madeline’s teenage daughter seems to be choosing Madeline’s ex-husband over her. (How. Is. This. Possible?).

Celeste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare. While she may seem a bit flustered at times, who wouldn’t be, with those rambunctious twin boys? Now that the boys are starting school, Celeste and her husband look set to become the king and queen of the school parent body. But royalty often comes at a price, and Celeste is grappling with how much more she is willing to pay.

New to town, single mom Jane is so young that another mother mistakes her for the nanny. Jane is sad beyond her years and harbors secret doubts about her son. But why? While Madeline and Celeste soon take Jane under their wing, none of them realizes how the arrival of Jane and her inscrutable little boy will affect them all.

Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive.]]> 458 Liane Moriarty 0399167064 M. 4 4.24 2014 Big Little Lies
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name: M.
average rating: 4.24
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Good in Bed (Cannie Shapiro, #1)]]> 14748
For twenty-eight years, things have been tripping along nicely for Cannie Shapiro. Sure, her mother has come charging out of the closet, and her father has long since dropped out of her world. But she loves her friends, her rat terrier, Nifkin, and her job as pop culture reporter for The Philadelphia Examiner. She's even made a tenuous peace with her plus-size body.

But the day she opens up a national women's magazine and sees the words "Loving a Larger Woman" above her ex-boyfriend's byline, Cannie is plunged into misery...and the most amazing year of her life. From Philadelphia to Hollywood and back home again, she charts a new course for herself: mourning her losses, facing her past, and figuring out who she is and who she can become.]]> 376 Jennifer Weiner 0743418174 M. 5 3.76 2002 Good in Bed (Cannie Shapiro, #1)
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average rating: 3.76
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]]> <![CDATA[The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing]]> 33926 The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing maps the progress of Jane Rosenal as she sets out on a personal and spirited expedition through the perilous terrain of sex, love, and relationships as well as the treacherous waters of the workplace. With an unforgettable comic touch, Melissa Bank skillfully teases out issues of the heart; puts a new spin on the mating dance; and captures what it's like to be a young woman coming of age in America today.]]> 274 Melissa Bank 0143035479 M. 5 3.36 1998 The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
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average rating: 3.36
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]]> <![CDATA[The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada, #1)]]> 5139
Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job “a million girls would die for.� Hired as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful editor of Runway magazine, Andrea finds herself in an office that shouts Prada! Armani! Versace! at every turn, a world populated by impossibly thin, heart-wrenchingly stylish women and beautiful men clad in fine-ribbed turtlenecks and tight leather pants that show off their lifelong dedication to the gym. With breathtaking ease, Miranda can turn each and every one of these hip sophisticates into a scared, whimpering child.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA gives a rich and hilarious new meaning to complaints about “The Boss from Hell.� Narrated in Andrea’s smart, refreshingly disarming voice, it traces a deep, dark, devilish view of life at the top only hinted at in gossip columns and over Cosmopolitans at the trendiest cocktail parties. From sending the latest, not-yet-in-stores Harry Potter to Miranda’s children in Paris by private jet, to locating an unnamed antique store where Miranda had at some point admired a vintage dresser, to serving lattes to Miranda at precisely the piping hot temperature she prefers, Andrea is sorely tested each and every day—and often late into the night with orders barked over the phone. She puts up with it all by keeping her eyes on the prize: a recommendation from Miranda that will get Andrea a top job at any magazine of her choosing. As things escalate from the merely unacceptable to the downright outrageous, however, Andrea begins to realize that the job a million girls would die for may just kill her. And even if she survives, she has to decide whether or not the job is worth the price of her soul.]]> 384 Lauren Weisberger 0307275558 M. 4 3.82 2003 The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada, #1)
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average rating: 3.82
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]]> <![CDATA[The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity]]> 615570 The Artist’s Way is the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, millions of readers have found it to be an invaluable guide to living the artist’s life. Still as vital today—or perhaps even more so—than it was when it was first published one decade ago, it is a powerfully provocative and inspiring work. In a new introduction to the book, Julia Cameron reflects upon the impact of The Artist’s Way and describes the work she has done during the last decade and the new insights into the creative process that she has gained. Updated and expanded, this anniversary edition reframes The Artist’s Way for a new century.]]> 237 Julia Cameron 1585421464 M. 5 3.93 2002 The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
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]]> Girl with a Pearl Earring 2865
Girl with a Pearl Earring centers on Vermeer's prosperous Delft household during the 1660s. When Griet, the novel's quietly perceptive heroine, is hired as a servant, turmoil follows. First, the 16-year-old narrator becomes increasingly intimate with her master. Then Vermeer employs her as his assistant—and ultimately has Griet sit for him as a model.]]> 233 Tracy Chevalier 0452287022 M. 5 3.93 1999 Girl with a Pearl Earring
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name: M.
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1999
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]]> <![CDATA[The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain]]> 627206 Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain was first published in 1979, it hit the New York Times bestseller list within two weeks and stayed there for more than a year. In 1989, when Dr. Betty Edwards revised the book, it went straight to the Times list again. Now Dr. Edwards celebrates the twentieth anniversary of her classic book with a second revised edition.Over the last decade, Dr. Edwards has refined her material through teaching hundreds of workshops and seminars. Truly The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, this edition includes:


the very latest developments in brain research
new material on using drawing techniques in the corporate world and in education
instruction on self-expression through drawing
an updated section on using color
detailed information on using the five basic skills of drawing for problem solving]]> 291 Betty Edwards 0874774241 M. 5 3.86 1979 The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
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name: M.
average rating: 3.86
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