Jailed for Freedom: American Women Win the Vote
10 best books like Jailed for Freedom: American Women Win the Vote (Doris Stevens): The Curse of the Blue Figurine, The Mystery at Lilac Inn, The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall, Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, Little Failure, The Best American Travel Writing 2008, The Ruins of Us, The Case of the Condemned Cat, The Buddha's Way of Happiness: Healing Sorrow, Transforming Negative Emotion & Finding Well-Being in the Present Moment
The Curse of the Blue Figurine
| Author | John Bellairs |
| ISBN | 0142402583 |
the place: a small town. the time: America during the Korean war. the hero: little Johnny Dixon, bookish and fascinated by history, a fussy boy and a lonely one - his mother having recently died and his father off to war, leaving him in the care of his grandparents. Johnny is thoughtful and curious, which...
| Author | Carolyn Keene |
| ISBN | 1557091587 |
There was certainly a lot of action and danger for Nancy in The Mystery at Lilac Inn. As usual, multi-talented Nancy has no problem solving the case all while conveniently and artfully dodging danger. It certainly helps that luck and fate sure seem to be on her side. She always seems to have the right tools,...
| Author | Mary Elise Sarotte |
| ISBN | 0465064949 |
On the night of November 9, 1989, massive crowds surged toward the Berlin Wall, drawn by an announcement that caught the world by surprise: East Germans could now move freely to the West. The Wall—infamous symbol of divided Cold War Europe—seemed to be falling. But the opening of the gates that night...
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were two heroic women who vastly bettered the lives of a majority of American citizens. For more than fifty years they led the public battle to secure for women the most basic civil rights and helped establish a movement that would revolutionize American society....
| Author | Dinaw Mengestu |
| ISBN | 1594489408 |
A haunting and powerful first novel that views the streets of Washington, D.C. and Addis Ababa through the eyes of Sepha who, seventeen years ago, fled Ethiopia during the Revolution, and now runs a failing convenience store in a poor African-American neighborhood in Washington. Published as The...
| Author | Gary Shteyngart |
| ISBN | 0679643753 |
After three acclaimed novels—The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, Absurdistan, and Super Sad True Love Story—Gary Shteyngart turns to memoir in a candid, witty, deeply poignant account of his life so far. Shteyngart shares his American immigrant experience, moving back and forth through...
| Author | Anthony Bourdain |
| ISBN | 0618858644 |
In his introduction to The Best American Travel Writing 2008, editor Anthony Bourdain writes that the pieces that “spoke the loudest and most powerfully to me were usually evocative of the darker side, those moments fearful, sublime, and absurd; the small epiphanies familiar to the full-time traveler,...
| Author | Keija Parssinen |
| ISBN | 0062064487 |
More than two decades after moving to Saudi Arabia and marrying powerful Abdullah Baylani, American-born Rosalie learns that her husband has taken a second wife. That discovery plunges their family into chaos as Rosalie grapples with leaving Saudi Arabia, her life, and her family behind. Meanwhile,...
The Case of the Condemned Cat
| Author | E.W. Hildick |
| ISBN | 0671442368 |
Yes, I'm on a McGurk kick.
And I'm also watching Psych. Maybe Shawn Spencer got his great memory and observational skills by hanging out with a McGurk-like character. HIS FATHER. Then there's Gus, the hapless sidekick.
So yeah, not too much of a stretch there.
I think what...
The Buddha's Way of Happiness: Healing Sorrow, Transforming Negative Emotion & Finding Well-Being in the Present Moment
| Author | Thomas Bien |
| ISBN | 1572248696 |
Discover the Secrets to Happiness and Well-Being
The excitement you feel after hearing good news or achieving a goal is fleeting, but true happiness-that is, the warm feeling of deep contentment and joy-is lasting, and it can be yours in every moment. The Buddha's Way of Happiness is a...
| Author | James O'Reilly |
| ISBN | 1932361073 |
Travelers’ Tales China brings travelers — armchair or actual — a breadth and depth of experience from both new and well-known authors that will help make the China experience unforgettable and transforming. These pages cover 6,000 years of history up to modern-day socialist China, from the...
The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk
It started out pretty slow. And I cheated on this book by reading like 2 others over the time it took to read this. This started with Nancy Drew returning from her fabulous vacation in South Africa! La-de-da-da! Sees a man using the deaf's sign-language. Has credible knowledge of the deaf's sign language....
| Author | Carolyn Keene |
| ISBN | 0448095483 |
Nancy, Bess and George explore a peculiar house with its fantastically crooked staircase. A bizarre serpent picture, an unpredictable robot, a broken bridge over flaming water and a hidden room with poisoned portraits are among the unusual discoveries found on this strange property. The missing...
The Sign of the Twisted Candles
| Author | Carolyn Keene |
| ISBN | 0448095092 |
They are out of print now (I'm fortunate to own all but a couple they published) but Applewood Books turned back the hands of time and gave the real Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys back to readers with these facsimile editions. The reproduction of the original dust jackets conjured up images and phrases from...
| Author | Carolyn Keene |
| ISBN | 0448095157 |
A Ghostiing We Will Go
Nancy has a golf tournament to attend, and along with her is her she brings her girlfriends, her boyfriend Ned, and her father. How exiting, golf. Not! I remember loving this book when I was much younger, and while reading it I could see why. At least the golf tournament didn’t...
The Mystery at the Moss-covered Mansion
| Author | Carolyn Keene |
| ISBN | 1557092648 |
Nancy's father Carson Drew enlists her help in tracking down a missing heiress, and Nancy, Bess and George stumble upon a mysterious moss-covered mansion. The girls learn someone was murdered near the mansion and they hear strange noises coming from inside the building. Action bounds in this thrilling...
The Quest of the Missing Map
| Author | Carolyn Keene |
| ISBN | 1557092656 |
Well, I've read 19 of the Nancy Drew books - in order. It's interesting to see the progression from the 1930s and now into the 40s. I am beginning to pick out which Carolyn Keene was writing. I believe this was a new person writing. Although I did a bit of research and Mildred Wirth is credited for writing this...
Alcatraz! Alcatraz!: The Indian Occupation Of 1969 1971
| Author | Adam Fortunate Eagle |
| ISBN | 0930588517 |
In 1969, in an effort to draw attention to the poor treatment of Native people in the Bay Area (and nationally by association), a protest was organized in which the Bay Area Indian groups reclaimed the island of Alcatraz for the Indian people. Alcatraz was in a state of limbo, transitioning out of the federal...
