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"Dr. Oliver Harding, a tenured professor of English, is long settled into the routines of a divorced, aging academic. But his quiet, staid life is upended by his new colleague, Ruhaba Khan, a dynamic Pakistani Muslim law professor. Ruhaba unexpectedly ignites Oliver's long-dormant passions, a secret desire that quickly tips towards obsession after her teenaged nephew, Adil Alam, arrives from France to stay with her. Getting to know them, Oliver tries...
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"Girls in New America must have a chaperone with them at all times . Because of this, Stella is never alone. She can't go out by herself or learn about the world. She can't even spend time with boys except at formal Visitations. Still, Stella feels lucky that her chaperone, Sister Helen, is like a friend to her. And then the unthinkable happens. Sister Helen dies suddenly, and Stella feels lost. Especially when she's assigned a new chaperone just...
3) Blue ticket
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Calla knows how the lottery works. Everyone does. On the day of your first bleed, you report to the station to learn what kind of woman you will be. A white ticket grants you marriage and children. A blue ticket grants you a career and freedom. You are relieved of the terrible burden of choice. And once you've taken your ticket, there is no going back. But what if the life you're given is the wrong one? When Calla, a blue ticket woman, begins to question...
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El libro de cabecera de una nueva generaci n. Ampar ndose en la coartada del terrorismo isl mico, unos pol ticos te cratas se hacen con el poder y, como primera medida, suprimen la libertad de prensa y los derechos de las mujeres. Esta trama, inquietante y oscura, que bien podr a encontrarse en cualquier obra actual, pertenece en realidad a esta novela escrita por Margaret Atwood a principios de los ochenta, en la que la afamada autora canadiense...
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Women's war volume 2
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"In this feminist fantasy series, the ability to do magic has given women control over their own bodies. But as the patriarchy starts to fall, they must now learn to rule as women, not men. Alys may be the acknowledged queen of Women's Well--the fledgling colony where women hold equal status with men--but she cares little for politics in the wake of an appalling personal tragedy. It is grief that rules her now. But the world continues to turn. In...
6) The auction
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In a society where babies have become a source of government income, laws designed to push up the birth rate are enacted that strip women of the most basic of human rights: The right to choose when to have a child, the right to choose who to marry, and the right to raise her biological child. Logical computer programmer Jane overindulges at a graduation party, winds up pregnant, and is forced to marry a near-stranger. Drama queen Angelica bets a...
7) The cows
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COW n./ka?/ A piece of meat; born to breed; past its sell-by-date; one of the herd. Women don't have to fall into a stereotype. The cows is a powerful novel about three women. In all the noise of modern life, each needs to find their own voice. It's about friendship and being female. It's bold and brilliant. It's searingly perceptive. It's about never following the herd. And everyone is going to be talking about it.
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"Elizabeth Zott es madre soltera y renuente estrella del programa de cocina de televisi̤n m̀s seguido de Estados Unidos. El enfoque inusual de Elizabeth para cocinar, combinar una cucharada de ̀cido ačtico con una pizca de cloruro de sodio, resulta revolucionario. Sin embargo, a medida que su ̌xito aumenta lo hacen tambǐn sus enemigos, porque Elizabeth no s̤lo est̀ ensęando a las mujeres a cocinar sino tambǐn desafìndolas a alterar el orden...
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"Eliza Bright was living the dream as an elite video game coder at Fancy Dog Games when her private life suddenly became public. But is Eliza Bright a brilliant, self-taught coder bravely calling out the toxic masculinity and chauvinism that pervades her workplace and industry? Or, is Eliza Bright a woman who needs to be destroyed to protect "the sanctity of gaming culture"? It depends on who you ask... When Eliza reports an incident of workplace...
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Mazun novels volume 1
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In modern, beautiful Green City, the capital of Southwest Asia, gender selection, war, and disease have brought the ratio of men to women to alarmingly low levels. The government uses terror and technology to control its people, and now females must take multiple husbands to have children as quickly as possible. Yet there are some who resist, women who live in an underground collective and refuse to be part of the system. Secretly protected by the...
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Every family has its secrets. But hers could destroy everything he's built. Just when everything was perfect... Robert Spencer was living the dream: a gorgeous wife, Margaret, and a career that was headed straight to the top of his profession. Just one fabulous party, and he'd have the social standing to go with it. It all went wrong. Margaret refuses to buy into Robert's dream, and one day she's gone, leaving only a cryptic note. When a large bank...
12) Los testamentos
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En esta brillante secuela de The Maid's Tale, la aclamada autora Margaret Atwood responde las preguntas que han cautivado a los lectores durante decadas. Subo y penetro en la oscuridad del interior; o luz Cuando las puertas de la furgoneta se cerraron de golpe despues de Offred al final de The Maid's Tale, los lectores no tenian forma de saber cual seria su futuro: libertad, prision o muerte. Con la publicacion de Los Testamentos, la espera ha terminado....
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"Świat, który stał się piekłem dla kobiet. Freda jest Podrczn w Republice Gilead. Może opuszczać dom swojego Komendanta i jego Żony tylko raz dziennie, aby pójść na targ, gdzie wszystkie napisy zostały zastpione przez obrazki, bo Podrcznym już nie wolno czytać. Co miesic musi pokornie leżeć i modlić si, aby jej zarzdca j zapłodnił, bo w czasach malejcego przyrostu naturalnego tylko ciżarne Podrczne maj jakś wartość. Ale Freda...
17) Scary monsters
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This profoundly original exploration of racism, misogyny, and ageism turns the novel upside down, just as migration has upended the characters' lives.
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The contest between men and women escalates to a new battlefield -- genetics. Legislators mandate a testosterone- lowering food supplement to reduce violence and make gun control unnecessary. The blowback assumes epic proportions. Nadia Holkam -- a pawn in the battle -- desperately seeks her true identity. Diana Holkam discovers companies are using her twin sister as a template for the perfect subordinate female in an experiment aimed at turning all...
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"Leo zdaje się mieć idealne życie: luksusowy apartament, najdroższe auta, garnitury szyte na miarę i niezwykle intratną pracę w roli profesjonalnego uwodziciela. Potrzebę bliskości i ciepła zastępuje mu seks bez zobowiązań. Jego chorobliwa wręcz nienawiść do kobiet staje się metodą zarabiania dużych pieniędzy. Ta bezlitosna krucjata ma swoje korzenie w tragicznych wydarzeniach sprzed lat. Gdy na jego drodze staje kolejna ofiara...
20) Testamenty
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"Najgłośniejsza powieść 2019 roku już w Polsce! Margaret Atwood po ponad trzydziestu latach wraca do świata ze swojej najsłynniejszej powieści Opowieść Podręcznej. I to w jakim stylu! Za Testamenty pisarka zdobyła Nagrodę Bookera. Zawsze mówiłam "nie", gdy proszono mnie o napisanie drugiej części. Ale jako że zaczęliśmy zbliżać się do Gileadu, zamiast się od niego oddalać, ponownie to przemyślałam - powiedziała autorka...