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Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms by Ralph Keyes

Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms

Ralph Keyes

278 pages • 2010 • 2 editions

nonfiction reference informative fast-paced
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Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine by

Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine

372 pages • 1 edition

nonfiction art feminism informative reflective slow-paced
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Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche by James Miller
Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche
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James Miller

Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche

James Miller

432 pages • 2011 • 4 editions

nonfiction biography history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique & American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s by Stephanie Coontz

A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique & American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s

Stephanie Coontz

248 pages • 2008 • 1 edition

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

Cleopatra: A Life

Stacy Schiff

368 pages • 2010 • 45 editions

nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced
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The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Vol. I: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Vol. I: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
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Arthur Conan Doyle

The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Vol. I: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

776 pages • 2001 • 1 edition

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I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech by Ralph Keyes

I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech

Ralph Keyes

310 pages • 2009 • 3 editions

nonfiction history reference informative lighthearted medium-paced
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Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East by

Words Without Borders

Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East

657 pages • 3 editions

fiction classics medium-paced
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An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin

An Object of Beauty

Steve Martin

304 pages • 2010 • 14 editions

fiction literary funny lighthearted medium-paced
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Travel as a Political Act by Rick Steves

Rick Steves

Travel as a Political Act

Rick Steves

209 pages • 10 editions

nonfiction essays history politics travel adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
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