I read about some women of note too: Royal women like the wife of Charles I, Henrietta Maria (Cavalier Queen) andKatherineSwynford, the paramour of John of Gaunt. I read about literary women, such as poet Emily Dickinson (The Lonely House) and authorJane Austen, as well as women succeedi...
"Little Women","The Bluest Eye","Alice's Adventures in Wonderland","The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe","Jane Eyre","The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde","Flowers for Algernon","The Mysterious Affair at Styles","Tuesdays with Morrie","Slaughterhouse-Five","Siddhartha","The...
Another for the re-read shelf! We’d love your help. The book describes a history of life in the universe, dwarfing in scale Stapledon's previous book, Last and First Men (1930), a history of the human species over two billion years. “I'm in a weird place because the book is abo...
with whom I was lucky enough to grow up in Memphis, I realize they are all nobody’s fool. My mother was the same way. The women in my life have always been self-confident and self-reliant. They have a savvy, keen eye with regard...
My Dark Placesby James Ellroy is a gripping investigative autobiography examining the mysterious rape and unsolved murder of his mother. His mother's murder happened when Ellroy was just 10 years old, setting him up for a lifetime of obsession with women and murder mystery as chronicled in his...