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What are you reading? Dragon's Library is a catalog of every book I read, along with a short review and a link to purchase the book at Amazon. I primarily review children's books, speculative fiction, classic literature, and non-fiction books on biology

Recent Posts Tagged With 'gender'

• Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body

  Posted on Sunday July 20th, 2008 at 17:20 in adolescents, gender, Identity, non-fiction

  Author: Courtney E. MartinFirst line: Eating disorders affect more than 7 million American girls and women, and up to 70 million people worldwide.Why you should read this book: Examining the intersect...

• Pippi Longstocking

  Posted on Monday July 14th, 2008 at 19:04 in animals, children, classic, fiction, freaks, gender, Identity, Pirates, unusual

  Author: Astrid LindgrenFirst line: On the outskirts of a tiny little town was a neglected garden.Why you should read this book: For over sixty years, children have delighted in the antics of the indep...

• Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America

  Posted on Friday July 11th, 2008 at 15:44 in class, equality, gender, history, non-fiction, water

  Author: Jeff WiltseFirst line: In 1898 Boston's mayor Josiah Quincy send Daniel Kearns, secretary of the city's bath commission, to study Philadelphia's bathing pools.Why you should read this book: Th...

• Happy Birthday, Wanda June

  Posted on Monday May 26th, 2008 at 02:04 in death, gender, Plays, war

  Author: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. First line: How do you do. My name is Penelope Ryan. This is a simple-minded play about men who enjoy killing--and those who don't.Why you should read this book: Balancing...

• Becoming a Woman: A Biography of Christine Jorgensen

  Posted on Saturday May 24th, 2008 at 15:20 in biography, gender, non-fiction

  Author: Richard F. DocterFirst line: On February 27, 1988, 150 cross dressers, many of them in shimmering floor-length formals, downed a cocktail or two in the gilded banquet room of Chicago's Ramada ...

• Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA

  Posted on Monday May 19th, 2008 at 17:02 in analysis, biography, equality, gender, judaism, non-fiction

  Author: Brenda MaddoxFirst line: The family into which Rosalind Elsie Franklin was born on 25 July 1920, stood high in Anglo-Jewry.Why you should read this book: Intensely researched and details, this...

• Players in Pigtails

  Posted on Thursday April 17th, 2008 at 17:18 in equality, gender, historical fiction

  Author: Shana CoreyFirst line: Katie Casey wasn't good at being a girl...Why you should read this book: Inspired the film A League of Their Own and by learning that the old ballpark favorite "Take Me ...

• Words to Our Now: Imagination and Dissent

  Posted on Wednesday April 16th, 2008 at 21:42 in equality, gender, memoir, non-fiction, sexuality

  Author: Thomas GlaveFirst line: As we step from the car out onto the ground that is still muddy from last night's gentle rain, feeling it sucking at our feet as we imprint our soles on it, a light bre...

• A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present

  Posted on Wednesday April 16th, 2008 at 16:50 in classic, democracy, Enlightenment, equality, gender, non-fiction

  Author: Howard ZinnFirst line: Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages on the island's big beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange boat.Why...