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The story of a fascinating beacon in women's history, an ordinary woman who overcame tradition and hostility to ris

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The Discovery of Jeanne Baret
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First published in 1931, this is the first unabridged English translation of the documents pertaining to the trial of Jo

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In a brilliant, definitive history of one of the most significant and controversial medical events of modern times, awar

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Eine Heilige, waffenklirrend, im Männersitz reitend und das französische Heer anführend, hat auf den ersten Blick schon

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"A discussion of the historical development of our ideas of time as they relate to nature, human nature and society

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Aristotle's convincing philosophy is likely to have shaped (even indirectly) many of our current beliefs, prejudice

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Jeanne Corbin typifies the female militants of the first generation of Canadian Communists. Andrée Lévesque's power

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