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An award-winning foreign correspondent who contributed to a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times series reveals the secret Afghan custom of disguising girls as boys to improve their prospects, discussing its political and social significance as well as the experiences of its practitioners.
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Two rival drag kings competing for a crown might just win each other's hearts. When eighteen-year-old Briar Vincent's mental health takes a turn for the worst, her parents send her to spend the summer in New York City with her older brother, Beau, also known as the drag queen Bow Regard. Backstage at the gay bar where Beau performs, Briar just wants to be a fly on the wall, but she can't stand by when the cute but conceited drag king Spencer Read...
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"A madcap adventure through a tight-knit world of drag performers making art and mayhem in the greatest city on earth. Ten years ago, an aimless coat check girl better known today as Merrie Cherry sweet-talked her boss into giving her $100 to host a drag show at a Brooklyn dive bar. Soon, kids like Aja were kicking their way into the scene, sneaking into clubs, pocketing their tips to help mom pay the mortgage, and sharing the stage with electric...
6) Newsprints
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Blue is an orphan who disguises herself as a newsboy. There's a war going on, and girls are expected to help the struggling economy by selling cookies. But Blue loves living and working at the Bugle, the only paper in town that tells the truth. And what's printed in the newspapers now matters more than ever. But Blue struggles with her secret, and worries that if her friends and adopted family at the Bugle find out that she's a girl, she'll lose everything...
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A man impersonating a woman on stage? Piece of cake. But a woman whose livelihood depends on pretending to be a man who pretends to be a woman? Now you've got problems! An out-of-work singer conspires to pose as a female impersonator in order to get work on the Paris cabaret circuit.
9) Sworn virgin
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A young woman named Hana who lives in an Albanian village ruled by men, takes an oath of eternal virginity to live as a "sworn virgin" becoming Mark, so she can live free as a man. Years later, restless and feeling imprisoned by his choice, Mark leaves for Italy to visit his sister and family. There, he explores the unexpected pleasures of attraction and the body and decides to abandon Mark, rediscovering herself (himself) as Hana, to become a new...
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"Ottilie Colter and her brother, Gully, have always fended for themselves. So when Gully goes missing one night, Ottilie sets out to find him - and soon makes a horrible discovery. Gully has been forcibly recruited bythe Narroway Hunt, a secretive male-only organisation that hunts savage, blight-spreading monsters called 'dredretches'. Disguising herself as a boy, Ottilie infiltrates the Hunt - but quickly realises that taking her brother home won't...
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Raised in the British colony of Valparaíso, Chile, English orphan Eliza Sommers meets and falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquín Andieta, a lowly clerk with ambitious dreams. When gold is discovered in the hills of northern California, Chileans, including Joaquín, head north to seek their fortune. Eliza, pregnant with Joaquín's child, leaves behind everything she knows to follow her lover. In the rough-and-tumble world of San...
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A SECRET HUNT. A SECRET HERO. Ottilie Colter is the first girl ever to join the secretive, boys-only Narroway Hunt - and she's determined that she won't be the last. The Hunt trains children to kill ruthless monsters known as dredretches, but now it's under threat. Dredretches have invaded Fort Fiory, and no-one is safe - especially not the girls who live there, but aren't allowed to fight. Ottilie must convince the Hunt to train the girls - but with...
14) Prince Freya: 1
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"To save her kingdom, a simple village girl must live a royal lie. The powerful kingdom of Sigurd has slowly been conquering all the lands that share its borders, and now it has turned its voracious attention to the small, resource-rich Tyr. Tyr cannot hope to match Sigurd in strength, so in order to survive, it must rely on the intelligence, skill and cunning of its prince and his loyal knights. But should their prince fall, so too shall Tyr... Freya...
15) Prince Freya: 2
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Freya finds her charade as Prince Edvard difficult to maintain as she battles her own crushing grief and treacherous Tyrish nobles. With the help of her dear friend Alek and her new guardian Sir Julius, however, she's determined not to give up. But will her new resolve and impulsive nature send her straight into the jaws of danger?!
16) Prince Freya: 10
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"Queen Mariam and the people of Asha have seized the upper hand against Lord Gleb and his Siguardian troops in the fight for their freedom--but just when it looks as though victory is within their grasp, Emperor Dimitri himself arrives with reinforcements. If Freya is to have any hope of helping her people win this battle, she'll need to escape the clutches of the Indigo Knight before it's too late."--Back cover.
17) Prince Freya: 3
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"To save her kingdom, a simple village girl must live a royal lie.The powerful kingdom of Sigurd has slowly been conquering all the lands that share its borders, and now it has turned its voracious attention to the small, resource-rich Tyr. Tyr cannot hope to match Sigurd in strength, so in order to survive, it must rely on the intelligence, skill and cunning of its prince and his loyal knights. But should their prince fall, so too shall Tyr... Freya...
18) Prince Freya: 7
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The fate of Nacht hangs in the balance as Freya and Edda confront a cornered Queen Sophie. With the life of the infant crown prince at stake, the only weapon they have left is the truth. But will that be enough to wrest control from Sophie before the Sigurdian reinforcements reach the fort?!
19) Prince Freya: 8
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"Freya and her knights have traveled to Asha to rekindle Tyr's ancient alliance with the desert kingdom. But the royal family of Asha has long since capitulated to Sigurdian rule rather than risk bloody war. Will old ties and ever-increasing Sigurdian oppression be enough to convince the Ashans to risk their country and their lives?"--