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Women in Power
Motherless Brooklyn; The Fortress of Solitude
Jonathan Lethem


Classical stories about women who wield power, from the Amazons to Dido to Cleopatra. These tales testify to the long history of women in power and help us forge new paths for female empowerment.

In honor of the 25th anniversary of Motherless Brooklyn — a hardcover omnibus edition of two of the most acclaimed novels by one of America’s most inventive novelists.

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Women in Power
Women in Power
Thoughts from the Ice-Drinker's Studio
Thoughts from the Ice-Drinker’s Studio
Liang Qichao
Men of Maize
Men of Maize
Miguel Ángel Asturias
Waiting
Waiting
Ha Jin
The Betrothed
The Betrothed
Alessandro Manzoni
In This Sign
In This Sign
Joanne Greenberg
Motherless Brooklyn; The Fortress of Solitude
Motherless Brooklyn; The Fortress of Solitude
Jonathan Lethem
Technical Slip
Technical Slip
John Wyndham
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
The Princess of 72nd Street
The Princess of 72nd Street
Elaine Kraf
The Trial
The Trial
Franz Kafka
The Castle
The Castle
Franz Kafka
Mutual Aid
Mutual Aid
Peter Kropotkin
The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories
The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories
The Cosmography and Geography of Africa
The Cosmography and Geography of Africa
Johannes Leo Africanus
The Dawn of Modern Cosmology
The Dawn of Modern Cosmology
The Fire Next Time; Nobody Knows My Name; No Name in the Street; The Devil Finds Work
The Fire Next Time; Nobody Knows My Name; No Name in the Street; The Devil Finds Work
James Baldwin
The Case of Lizzie Borden and Other Writings
The Case of Lizzie Borden and Other Writings
Elizabeth Garver Jordan
The Knockout Artist
The Knockout Artist
Harry Crews
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Orlando
Orlando
Virginia Woolf
The Penguin Book of Demons
The Penguin Book of Demons
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
Bambi
Bambi
Felix Salten
Cold Mountain Poems
Cold Mountain Poems
Hanshan
Dogeaters
Dogeaters
Jessica Hagedorn
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Haruki Murakami
Clay Walls
Clay Walls
Kim Ronyoung
The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories
The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories

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Waiting
Waiting
Ha Jin
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Thornton Wilder
The Transit of Venus
The Transit of Venus
Shirley Hazzard
The Famished Road
The Famished Road
Ben Okri
Independent People
Independent People
Halldor Laxness
Beloved
Beloved
Toni Morrison
A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres
Jane Smiley
Possession
Possession
A. S. Byatt
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago
Boris Pasternak
The English Patient
The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Edmund Morris
My Name Is Red
My Name Is Red
Orhan Pamuk
Stories
Stories
Doris Lessing
Shadow Country
Shadow Country
Peter Matthiessen
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez
The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti
The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Carried Away
Carried Away
Alice Munro
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