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Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920 by Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore

Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920

Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore

410 pages • 1996 • 1 edition

nonfiction history race challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
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Kate Remembered by A. Scott Berg

Kate Remembered

A. Scott Berg

384 pages • 2003 • 13 editions

nonfiction biography memoir informative slow-paced
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A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

454 pages • 1990 • 10 editions

nonfiction biography feminism health history informative reflective slow-paced
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Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg

Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man

Fannie Flagg

327 pages • 1981 • 17 editions

fiction funny reflective fast-paced
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Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Bel Canto

Ann Patchett

318 pages • 2001 • 58 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Bud, Not Buddy

Christopher Paul Curtis

256 pages • 1999 • 29 editions

fiction childrens historical middle grade emotional fast-paced
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Mr. Emerson's Wife by Amy Belding Brown

Mr. Emerson's Wife

Amy Belding Brown

328 pages • 2005 • 3 editions

fiction historical romance reflective slow-paced
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Erik Larson

336 pages • 1999 • 20 editions

nonfiction biography history science informative slow-paced
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Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo

182 pages • 2000 • 50 editions

fiction childrens classics middle grade emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
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Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America by John D'Emilio

Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America

John D'Emilio

466 pages • 1988 • 4 editions

nonfiction feminism history lgbtqia+ challenging informative slow-paced
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