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Etty Hillesum: An Interupted Life the Diaries, 1941-1943 and Letters from Westerborkby Etty Hillesum, Eva HoffmanISBN 0805050876 (0-8050-5087-6)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Etty Hillesum: An Interupted Life the Diaries, 1941-1943 and Letters from Westerbork'Book summary:For the first time, Etty Hillesum's diary and letters appear together to give us the fullest possible portrait of this extraordinary woman in the midst of World War II. In the darkest years of Nazi occupation and genocide, Etty Hillesum remained a celebrant of life whose lucid intelligence, sympathy, and almost impossible gallantry were themselves a form of inner resistance. The adult counterpart to Anne Frank, Hillesum testifies to the possibility of awareness and compassion in the face of the most devastating challenge to one's humanity. She died at Auschwitz in 1943 at the age of twenty-nine.[via]More editions of Etty Hillesum: An Interupted Life the Diaries, 1941-1943 and Letters from Westerbork:
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Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum 1941-1943by Arnold J. Pomerans, Etty Hillesum, Klaas A. D. SmelikISBN 0802839592 (0-8028-3959-2)
Hardcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum 1941-1943'Book summary:Commissioned by the Etty Hillesum Foundation, "Etty" is the only complete, unabridged edition of the letters and diaries of a singular hero - and victim - of the Nazi Holocaust. This fascinating, profound, and often moving body of work reveals the interior life of a brilliant young Jewish woman. Born in January 1914, Etty Hillesum began her diary in 1941, nine months after Hitler invaded her home country of the Netherlands. The record she kept for the next two years contains arresting personal reflections and chronicles her social, intellectual, and - most significantly - spiritual growth. In addition to her ongoing search for God and truth, one of the most noted and instructive features of Etty's development was her recognition of, and her struggle to overcome, the disorder within her own being. It was her success in finally transcending her own sense of captivity within that allowed her to rise above cruel and fearsome circumstances without. Indeed, in the midst of the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust, Etty's writings reveal a woman who celebrated life and remained an undaunted example of courage, sympathy, and compassion. Letters that she wrote to friends during her internment at the Westerbork transit camp poignantly describe the day-to-day horrors that the Jewish prisoners faced. Nonetheless, Etty's courage and determination remained strong, allowing her to rise above the hate around her and express her irrepressible faith in humanity. As she wrote in her last letter, thrown from the train that took her to her death at Auschwitz, "We left the camp singing." Through this splendid edition of Etty's writing, edited by Klaas A. D. Smelik and translated by Arnold J. Pomerans, readers everywhere will resonate with the spirit of this remarkable woman. [via]
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Etty, a Diary, 1941-43by Etty HillesumISBN 0224021214 (0-224-02121-4)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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Every Eyeby Isobel English, Neville BraybrookeISBN 1574231995 (1-57423-199-5)
Hardcover, David R Godine Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Every Eye'Book summary:Isobel English, a novelist of the 1950s, wrote three brief books about adultery and damnation admired today by Muriel Spark and Beryl Bainbridge. Every Eye concerns Hattie, a woman not really at home anywhere, least of all among her manipulative family, which has assigned her the role of shabby-genteel London spinster. She has understood little about her existence, and about her strange, aborted love affair with a much older man the central mystery of her life. Now, while in Ibiza with her new young husband, the meaning of her past is becoming clear, its hidden patterns emerging from gray English shadows into the blazing Mediterranean sun. "It is in Ibiza that the story breaks free from its resentments," said Anita Brookner in praise of this remarkable neglected novel, "a lucidly written account of various kinds of confusion ... and a valuable lesson in where to look for freedom." [via]
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Flushby Virginia WoolfISBN 0140044531 (0-14-004453-1)
Softcover, Northwestern University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flush'Book summary:This story of Elizabeth Barrett Brownings cocker spaniel, Flush, enchants right from the opening pages. Although Flush has adventures of his own with bullying dogs, horrid maids, and robbers, he also provides the reader with a glimpse into Brownings life. Introduction by Trekkie Ritchie.[via]
The Goddess Within: A Guide to the Eternal Myths That Shape Women's Livesby Roger J. Woolger, Jennifer Barker WoolgerISBN 0449902870 (0-449-90287-0)
Softcover, Columbine Trade
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Going Underby Kathe KojaISBN 0374303932 (0-374-30393-2)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Going Under'Book summary:[via]Because all my life had been a chrysalis, with you, Ada and Marshall and our house; even though we did other things and saw other people, the summers at the lake, and all those homeschoolers' parties, it was still always just - us.
Hilly and her brother, Ivan, have been homeschooled by their parents. All their lives it has been just the two of them - Ivan and Hilly, brother and sister, pilot and copilot. Until Hilly breaks out of their cozy cocoon to work on the local high school literary magazine as an extracurricular activity. Ivan feels betrayed: it's no longer just the two of them. And when Hilly goes into a depression after the suicide of a friend she has made at the magazine, she drifts even further away from Ivan. Hilly's parents insist that she see a psychotherapist. Ivan steps in to help manage Hilly's recovery by taking her to and from her appointments but compounds the betrayal by establishing his own relationship with the manipulative therapist.
Through the alternating voices of Hilly and Ivan, and drawing on the myths of Persephone and Narcissus, Kathe Koja explores the souls of two teenagers caught in a world where love takes you deeper than you ever dreamed you'd go.More editions of Going Under:
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Hetty Dorvalby Ethel Wilson, Northrop FryeISBN 0771089538 (0-7710-8953-8)
Softcover, McClelland & Stewart
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hetty Dorval'Book summary:Seeking refuge from her mysterious past, the beautiful Mrs. Dorval arrives in a small British Columbia town at the confluence of the Fraser and Thompson Rivers. As Frankie Burnaby, the young schoolgirl Mrs. Dorval befriends, pieces together Hettys story, she begins to realize that her enigmatic idol is also a treacherous opponent.
Hetty Dorval, Wilsons first novel, is a wise and expertly crafted tale of innocence and experience. [via]More editions of Hetty Dorval:
The Home-Makerby Dorothy CanfieldISBN 1417917067 (1-4179-1706-7)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Home-Maker'Book summary:1924. The Home Maker is as relevant today as when it first appeared. It tells the story of Evangeline Knapp, the perfect, compulsive housekeeper, whose husband, Lester, is a poet and a dreamer. Suddenly, through a nearly fatal accident, their roles are reversed: Lester is confined to home in a wheelchair and his wife must work to support the family. The changes that take place between husband and wife, parents and children, are both fascinating and poignant. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. [via]
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeterby Helene P. FoleyISBN 0691014795 (0-691-01479-5)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Homeric Hymn to Demeter'Book summary:The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, composed in the late seventh or early sixth century B.C.E., is a key to understanding the psychological and religious world of ancient Greek women. The poem tells how Hades, lord of the underworld, abducted the goddess Persephone and how her grieving mother, Demeter, the goddess of grain, forced the gods to allow Persephone to return to her for part of each year. Helene Foley presents the Greek text and an annotated translation of this poem, together with selected essays that give the reader a rich understanding of the Hymn's structure and artistry, its role in the religious life of the ancient world, and its meaning for the modern world.
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An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943by Etty HillesumISBN 0671745557 (0-671-74555-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Life's Daughter - Death's Bride : Inner Transformations Through the Goddess Demeter-Persephoneby Kathie CarlsonISBN 087773903X (0-87773-903-X)
Hardcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
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London Child of the 1870'sby M. Vivian HughesISBN 0192812165 (0-19-281216-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Long Journey Home: Revisioning the Myth of Demeter and Persephone for Our Timeby Christine DowningISBN 1570626855 (1-57062-685-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Long Journey Home: Revisioning the Myth of Demeter and Persephone for Our Time'Book summary:The story of the mother-and-daughter goddesses Demeter and Persephone has seized the imagination of people in every age, from ancient times to the present. Considered today by many to be the archetypal myth for women, it touches on timeless themes in every life, such as the male-female relationship, love between women, initiations into puberty and old age, the mother-daughter bond, death, and ecological renewal. Christine Downing has combined essays, prose, poetry, and even performance art with her own insightful commentary to shed new light on the myth's ancient meanings and to offer new insights in its implications for contemporary men and women. [via]
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Softcover, Random House Inc
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Love Undergroundby Alicia FieldsISBN 0451215826 (0-451-21582-6)
Softcover, Signet Eclipse
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The New Houseby Lettice CooperISBN 0140161813 (0-14-016181-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Persephoneby Homero AridjisISBN 0394741757 (0-394-74175-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Persephone and the Pomegranateby Kris WaldherrISBN 0803711921 (0-8037-1192-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Persephone and the Pomegranate: A Myth from Greeceby Kris WaldherrISBN 0803711913 (0-8037-1191-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Persephone and the Springtimeby Margaret HodgesISBN 0316367869 (0-316-36786-9)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Persephone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religionby R. Gordon Wasson, Stella Kramrisch, Jonathan Ott, Carl A. P. RuckISBN 0300052669 (0-300-05266-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Psyche in a Dressby Francesca Lia BlockISBN 0060763728 (0-06-076372-8)
Hardcover, Joanna Cotler Books
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Reuben Sachs: A Sketchby Susan David Bernstein, Susan D. BernsteinISBN 1551115654 (1-55111-565-4)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteriesby R. Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann, Carl A. P. RuckISBN 091514820X (0-915148-20-X)
Hardcover, William Dailey Rare Books Ltd
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The Robber Bridegroomby Barry Moser, Eudora WeltyISBN 0151783187 (0-15-178318-7)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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The Robber Bridegroomby Eudora WeltyISBN 0156768070 (0-15-676807-0)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Thomas Hart Bentonby Matthew Baigell, Thomas Hart BentonISBN 0810920557 (0-8109-2055-7)
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Till We Have Facesby C. S. LewisISBN 0156904365 (0-15-690436-5)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Till We Have Faces'Book summary:At once more human and more mythic than his Perelandra trilogy, Lewis's short novel of love, faith, and transformation (both good and ill) offers the reader much food for thought in a compact, impressively rich story. Less heavy-handedly Christian-allegorical than Narnia, Till We Have Faces gives us characters who remind us of people we know facing choices and difficulties we recognize. This deceptively simple book takes on new depth with each rereading. [via]
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A Very Great Profession: The Woman's Novel 1914-39by Nicola BeaumanISBN 0860683095 (0-86068-309-5)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Victorian Chaise Loungeby Marghanita LaskiISBN 0897330978 (0-89733-097-8)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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White As Snowby Tanith LeeISBN 0312875495 (0-312-87549-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Wise Virginsby Leonard Sidney WoolfISBN 0151975116 (0-15-197511-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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