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2022.
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English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NEW YORK TIMES • 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
The Atlantic: 10 Best Books of 2022
Best Books of the Year: Washington Post, New Yorker, Salon, Foreign Affairs, New Statesman, Chicago Public Library, Vroman's
"[L]ike reading a great tragicomic Irish novel." —James Wood, The New Yorker
"Masterful . . . astonishing." —Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic
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2) Far north
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Series
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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Describes, in text and photographs, the vanishing culture of the Samis, the reindeer herders of Lapland.
3) Four plays
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English
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With an Introduction by Ellen Rees, Centre for Ibsen Studies, University of Oslo. The plays of Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) are critically acclaimed throughout the world. The father of modern drama, Ibsen broke with theatrical conventions and created a more realistic form of drama that used the stage as a forum for debating social problems, notably the rights of the individual, and the damaging effects of orthodoxy. This collection...
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Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"In 1989, four-year-old Natasha Kravchuk and her family entered the United States as refugees from Ukraine. Her mother was an amazing cook and spoiled her family with delicious meals, so Natasha never learned how to cook until she got married and had her own family to nurture. In 2009, she began blogging about the joy she discovered in creating and sharing recipes. Her audience exploded, connecting with her warmth and willingness to share both her...
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Publisher
Scribner
Language
English
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* NOW A NETFLIX FILM * AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR *
A spellbinding Swedish novel that follows a young indigenous woman as she struggles to defend her family's reindeer herd and culture amidst xenophobia, climate change, and a devious hunter whose targeted kills are considered mere theft in the eyes of the law.
On a winter day north of the Arctic Circle, nine-year-old Elsa—daughter of Sámi reindeer herders—sees...
A spellbinding Swedish novel that follows a young indigenous woman as she struggles to defend her family's reindeer herd and culture amidst xenophobia, climate change, and a devious hunter whose targeted kills are considered mere theft in the eyes of the law.
On a winter day north of the Arctic Circle, nine-year-old Elsa—daughter of Sámi reindeer herders—sees...
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"This original and enlightening book casts fresh light on Shakespeare by examining the lives of his relatives, friends, fellow-actors, collaborators and patrons both in their own right and in relation to his life. Well-known figures such as Richard Burbage, Ben Jonson and Thomas Middleton are freshly considered; little-known but relevant lives are brought to the fore, and revisionist views are expressed on such matters as Shakespeare's wealth, his...
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English
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The charms of the poems in A Shropshire Lad, published in 1896, continue to resonate today. Housman's first collection and his signature work, the poems here mix the styles of traditional English ballads and classical verse, and evoke the idyllic English countryside, explore the nature of friendship, bravery, and the passing of youth, among other themes.
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Distrib Films
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Français
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Veteran star Claude Brasseur plays the cantankerous Henri of the title in this riotous comedy of bad manners and good intentions. Bitterly opposed to the relationship between his son Paul and the flighty Valřie, Henri strikes upon a devious plan. He offers free board to attractive student Constance, who, desperate to make her own way, agrees to use her charms to drive the couple apart. What ensues is classic farce material with a whirlwind of uproarious...
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"A blisteringly original and wickedly funny collection of stories about the strange worlds that women inhabit and the parts that they must play. A sense of otherworldly menace is at work in the fiction of Nicole Flattery, but the threats are all too familiar. SHOW THEM A GOOD TIME tells the stories of women slotted away into restrictive roles: the celebrity's girlfriend, the widower's second wife, the lecherous professor's student, the corporate employee....
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Giant Pictures
Language
English
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This England women's football team was the feelgood story of the summer of 2022 and this film includes insightful behind-the-scenes access to the squad as they progressed through Euro 2022. From Alessia Russo's outrageous back-heeled goal against Sweden to Chloe Kelly's heroics in the final.
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English
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This annotated edition of the landmark inquiry into the women's role in society by one of the twentieth century's greatest thinkers, Viriginia Woolf's classic A Room of One's Own features an introduction by English and Women's Studies professor Susan Gubar, perfect for critical analysis in classrooms and beyond.
"A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."
In A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf imagines that Shakespeare...
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Alice volume 0
Language
English
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The art of Camille Rose Garcia complements the complete text of Carroll's classic story about a little girl who falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical characters.
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