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"The North American prairie is an ecological marvel. One cubic yard of prairie sod contains so many organisms that it rivals the tropical rainforest for biological diversity. And like the rainforest, it showcases nature's prodigious talent for...
"A groundbreaking and deeply personal exploration of Tribal enrollment, and what it means to be Native American in the United States "Candid, unflinching....Her thorough excavation of the painful history that gave rise to rigid enrollment policies...
"In Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend Warner tells of an aging spinster's struggle to break away from her controlling family--a classic story that she treats with cool feminist intelligence, while adding a dimension of the supernatural and strange....
"I think this should be required reading (except that everything in this book argues against required anything) for middle-aged women. And for women who might one day become middle-aged."
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"A subtly powerful, sublime book hidden under the simple narrative of a spinster's life in late1800's England. Amazingly quotable. A must-read for any fans of Virginia Woolf."
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