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Hiding her clandestine activities behind the persona of a model Nazi soldier's wife at the height of World War II, Sigrid Schroeder dreams of her former Jewish

In this brilliant and vivid study of life in New York City during the years between the creation of the republic and the Civil War, a distinguished historian ex

This book is the landmark study of candomblé, the Afro-Brazilian religion of Bahia, Brazil.

Christine de Pizan (c.1364-1430) was France's first professional woman of letters. Her pioneering Book of the City of Ladies begins when, feeling frustrated and

In dialogues with three celestial ladies, Reason, Rectitude, and Justice, Christine de Pizan (1365-ca. 1429) builds an allegorical fortified city for women usin