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Stacy Schiff
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born
October 26, 1961
in Adams, Massachusetts, The United States
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Cleopatra
   3.51 avg rating — 13,713 ratings
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2010
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23 editions
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Vera
3.85 avg rating — 278 ratings
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1999
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17 editions
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A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
3.65 avg rating — 195 ratings
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2005
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Saint-Exupéry
3.58 avg rating — 62 ratings
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published
1994
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8 editions
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Dr Franklin Goes To France
3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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4 editions
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Vera: Missis Vladimir Nabokov
5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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2002
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Kleopatra biografia
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2012
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Sent Ėkzi︠u︡peri: Biografii︠a︡
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2003
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“[Cleopatra's] power has been made to derive from her sexuality, for obvious reason; as one of Caesar's murderers had noted, 'How much more attention people pay to their fears than to their memories!' It has always been preferable to attribute a woman's success to her beauty rather than to her brains, to reduce her to the sum of her sex life.”
― Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra
― Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra
“Power has for so long been a male construct that it distorted the shape of the first women who tried it on, only to find themselves in a sort of straitjacket.”
― Stacy Schiff
― Stacy Schiff
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Spotlighted Book Discussion Poll I - October 26, 2011
This is a poll that adds other books to our listing of potential non fiction books to discuss and also helps the moderators determine which one or ones are the most popular. Since we have many more group members than when we first started; voting in the polls is very important. There will be a series of polls. Many of these books have been recommended by group members but were either not selected before nor voted upon before.
Vote for the book that you would most like to read and/or is the book that you believe that would appeal to the most group members.
Note:
We have added some of the books nominated thus far but we have more to add to other polls. However, this poll was getting quite large.
However, if you do not see your favorite book on this list; then just comment or pop me a note and I will immediately add it to this poll.
You can always change your vote at any time; so nothing is lost. There are some books which have been nominated by the same author; however, skip over those if the particular author does not suit you and vote for your favorite or for one you or others might want to read.
Before making your selection, please try to look up your choice and make sure it really is a book you are interested in or you think others would be; do not be lured in by the title. Also, check out the author and what others have said about the book before you (reviewers who you trust). Then of course, make your selection.
And if you do not see your favorite, just contact me and I will add it to the poll.
This is a poll that adds other books to our listing of potential non fiction books to discuss and also helps the moderators determine which one or ones are the most popular. Since we have many more group members than when we first started; voting in the polls is very important. There will be a series of polls. Many of these books have been recommended by group members but were either not selected before nor voted upon before.
Vote for the book that you would most like to read and/or is the book that you believe that would appeal to the most group members.
Note:
We have added some of the books nominated thus far but we have more to add to other polls. However, this poll was getting quite large.
However, if you do not see your favorite book on this list; then just comment or pop me a note and I will immediately add it to this poll.
You can always change your vote at any time; so nothing is lost. There are some books which have been nominated by the same author; however, skip over those if the particular author does not suit you and vote for your favorite or for one you or others might want to read.
Before making your selection, please try to look up your choice and make sure it really is a book you are interested in or you think others would be; do not be lured in by the title. Also, check out the author and what others have said about the book before you (reviewers who you trust). Then of course, make your selection.
And if you do not see your favorite, just contact me and I will add it to the poll.
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Allison Hoover BartlettThe Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
by Robert W. MerryA Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent
by Edward DolnickThe Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society and the Birth of the Modern World
by Thomas LevensonNewton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist
by Lynn Hudson ParsonsThe Birth of Modern Politics: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams and the Election of 1828
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| History is Not Bo...: Group reads? | 10 | 38 | Nov 21, 2010 06:45am | |
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| 100 books in 2011 : February Challenge | 47 | 79 | Mar 01, 2011 03:48pm | |
| Every one's Choice: Winners for March | 35 | 19 | Mar 04, 2011 06:01am | |
| Me Time: APRIL NOMINATIONS | 10 | 13 | Mar 05, 2011 07:46pm | |
| Novel Ladies: Group Read Nominations - April 2011 | 27 | 29 | Mar 14, 2011 06:21pm | |
| Cover to Cover Ch...: Robin's Hopefully Lengthy List of 100+ Books (2011) | 14 | 35 | Mar 17, 2011 05:45pm | |
| Novel Ladies: March 2011 Challenge | 24 | 22 | Mar 30, 2011 03:11pm |
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