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  • Gertrude Stein

    An Afterlife

    by Francesca Wade ...
    A Washington Post Top 10 Book of the YearFresh Air Top 10 Book of the YearThis critically acclaimed, “superb” (The Washington Post) biography of one of the most influential and mythologized literary figures of the 20th century examines both Gertrude Stein’s life and her partner’s emergence from the shadows after her death, in the decades-long fight to ensure her legacy.Gertrude Stein’s salo... ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Square Haunting

    Five Writers in London Between the Wars

    by Francesca Wade ...
    **A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE • “A beautiful and deeply moving book.”—Sally Rooney, author of Normal PeopleAn engrossing group portrait of five women writers, including Virginia Woolf, who moved to London’s Mecklenburgh Square in search of new freedom in their lives and work.**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY POPMATTERS“I like this London ... Read more

    Was $14.99 USD Now $7.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Lament for Julia

    by Susan Taubes ...
    A celestial overseer observes—and is continually confounded by—a young woman’s path into adulthood in this uncanny and darkly humorous novel, unpublished until now and accompanied by a selection of the author’s stories.Susan Taubes’s novella “Lament for Julia” is the story of a young woman coming of age in the twentieth century as seen through the eyes of a sexless spirit who supposes himself to ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • A Sultry Month

    Scenes of London Literary Life in 1846: 'Sizzles and steams . . . Beautifully written.' (The Times)

    by Alethea Hayter ...
    Wine and dine with Victorian London's literati in a heatwave in one of the first ever group biographies, introduced by Francesca Wade (author of Square Haunting).Though she loved the heat she could do nothing but lie on the sofa and drink lemonade and read Monte Cristo .'One of the most illuminating and insufficiently praised books of the last 60 years.' Observer'Never be... ... Read more

    $15.59 USD

  • Every Day is To-Day

    Essential Writings

    by Gertrude Stein, Francesca Wade ...
    Series Book 15 - Essential Stories
    A gorgeous new collection featuring 26 of Gertrude Stein's most enrapturing and essential short writings--a carefully curated, accessible entry point into her best and most joyful worksBetween the French-flapped covers of this elegant paperback collection, readers will rediscover Gertrude Stein as the bearer of a joyfully radical literary vision. A bold experimenter, her writing sparks with ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    Square Haunting

    Five Writers in London Between the Wars

    by Francesca Wade ...
    Narrated by Corrie James ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 9 min

    Mecklenburgh Square has always been a radical address. Nestled in the heart of Bloomsbury, these townhouses have borne witness to the lives of some of the century's most revolutionary cultural figures—many of whom were extraordinary women. United by their desire to experiment with new ways of living—and therefore of being—these authors and thinkers were trailblazers in their commitment to creative ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Gertrude Stein

    An Afterlife

    by Francesca Wade ...
    Narrated by Francesca Wade ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 26 min

    A Washington Post Top 10 Book of the YearFresh Air Top 10 Book of the YearThis critically acclaimed, “superb” (The Washington Post) biography of one of the most influential and mythologized literary figures of the 20th century examines both Gertrude Stein’s life and her partner’s emergence from the shadows after her death, in the decades-long fight to ensure her legacy.Gertrude Stein’s salo... ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Ambassador

    Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

    by Susan Ronald ...
    Narrated by Victor Bevine ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 57 min

    Acclaimed biographer Susan Ronald reveals the truth about Joseph P. Kennedy's shockingly controversial tenure as Ambassador to Great Britain on the eve of World War II.On February 18, 1938, Joseph P. Kennedy was sworn in as US Ambassador to the Court of St. James. To say his appointment to the most prestigious and strategic diplomatic post in the world shocked the Establishment was an ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

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    Romantic Outlaws

    The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley

    by Charlotte Gordon ...
    Narrated by Susan Lyons ...

    Unabridged

    22 hours 31 min

    Charlotte Gordon's new work is a fresh look at the lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley, who together comprise one of the most illustrious and inspiring mother-daughter pairs in history. Wollstonecraft published the first full articulation of women's rights in 1792, risking her reputation and sometimes her life in pursuit of her radical goals, while her daughter Mary Shelley wrote the ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

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    What Are You Looking At?

    The Surprising, Shocking, and Sometimes Strange Story of 150 Years of Modern Art

    by Will Gompertz ...
    Narrated by Matthew Waterson ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 59 min

    For skeptics, art lovers, and the millions of us who visit art galleries every year—and are confused—What Are You Looking At? by former director of London's Tate Gallery Will Gompertz is a wonderfully lively, accessible narrative history of Modern Art, from Impressionism to the present day.What is modern art? Who started it? Why do we either love it or loathe it? And why is it such big money? Join ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    After the North Pole

    A Story of Survival, Mythmaking, and Melting Ice

    by Erling Kagge ...
    Narrated by Atli Gunnarsson ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 26 min

    The Norwegian explorer, philosopher and acclaimed writer tells of his historic 58-day journey to the North Pole on skis in this provocative memoir that is a profound meditation on nature and the history of explorers' obsession.The North Pole looms large in our collective psyche—the ultimate Otherland in a world mapped and traversed. It is the center of our planet’s rotation, one of the places that ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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    The Reopening of the Western Mind

    The Resurgence of Intellectual Life from the End of Antiquity to the Dawn of the Enlightenment

    by Charles Freeman ...
    Narrated by Mark Bramhall ...

    Unabridged

    27 hours 37 min

    A monumental and exhilarating history of European thought from the end of Antiquity to the beginning of the Enlightenment—500 to 1700 AD—tracing the arc of intellectual history as it evolved, setting the stage for the modern era.Charles Freeman, lauded historical scholar and author of The Closing of the Western Mind (“A triumph”—The Times [London]), explores the rebirth of Western thought in the ... Read more

    $32.50 USD

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