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Book SynopsisOlivia Newton-John exudes star power and timeless glamour. She has sold 60 million records around the world, topped the charts in the US and the UK four times, and is known all over the world for her role as Sandy opposite John Travolta in Grease. But behind the successful singing and film career lies the story of a remarkable survivor. Olivia''s life has been repeatedly touched by trauma, heartache, personal tragedy and her own life-threatening cancer. Tim Ewbank''s revealing biography charts the highs and lows of her career, and the personal crises that have affected her personal life - but never defeated her.

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Book SynopsisIn this updated second edition, author Simon St.Laurent shows you how to write simple Erlang programs by teaching you one skill at a time. By the end of your journey, you'll understand why Erlang is ideal for concurrency and resilience.

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Book SynopsisWhy were so many authors of the greatest works of literature consumed by alcoholism? In The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing takes a journey across America, examining the links between creativity and drink in the overlapping work and lives of six extraordinary men: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, John Berryman, John Cheever and Raymond Carver. From Hemingway's Key West to Williams's New Orleans, Laing pieces together a topographical map of alcoholism, and strips away the tangle of mythology to reveal the terrible price creativity can exert.Trade ReviewOne of the best books I've read about the creative uses of adversity: frightening but perversely inspiring -- HILARY MANTELA work of art, with a voice and a mood all its own. * * Nick Hornby * *Original, brave and very moving . . . Her insights shine with beauty yet are shaded by sympathy and compassion * * Observer * *A terrific writer * * The Times * *Full of insight, compassion and unexpected beauty * * Guardian * *Haunting . . . a moving, troubling, gorgeously written book * * Independent on Sunday, Paperbacks of the Year * *Beguiling, beautifully written . . . brilliant and original -- JOHN CAREY * * The Sunday Times * *Beguiling and incisive * * New York Times * *Laing's prose is lucid and exuberant * * Financial Times * *Laing is a brilliant wordsmith and this is a beautifully accomplished book * * Independent * *

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Book SynopsisFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism#1 Book of the Year from Brain PickingsNamed a best book of the year by NPR, Newsweek, Slate, Pop Sugar, Marie Claire, Elle, Publishers Weekly, and Lit HubA dazzling work of biography, memoir, and cultural criticism on the subject of loneliness, told through the lives of iconic artists, by the acclaimed author of The Trip to Echo Spring.When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid-thirties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by the most shameful of experiences, she began to explore the lonely city by way of art. Moving from Edward Hopper's Nighthawks to Andy Warhol's Time Capsules, from Henry Darger's hoarding to David Wojnarowicz's AIDS activism, Laing conducts an electric, dazzling investigation into what it means to be alone, illuminating not only the cause

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Book SynopsisIn Theatre of Anger, Olivia Landry offers a provocative new vision of anger as more than just hate and violence. Studying the work of a new generation of transnational theatre practitioners in Berlin, she illuminates how anger can be an affirmative and critical tool in the project of social justice and resistance. To develop her theory of anger, Landry delves into philosophical texts, theatre history, and Black feminist theory from Aristotle, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, and Bertolt Brecht to Audre Lorde, bell hooks, and Sara Ahmed. Landry focuses not only on the social and political significance of the theatre of anger and the ways in which it rages against racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, sexism, and homophobia, but also on its aesthetic and theoretical innovation. Through readings of key works, Theatre of Anger asks what it means in our present world to construct political theatre.Trade Review"Olivia Landry's original study of the theatre of anger as a distinct genre makes an important and timely contribution to German studies, theatre studies, and to postcolonial and critical race studies. Scholars and students in these fields will find much to admire in the way she brings these fields into conversation." -- Katrin Sieg, Georgetown University * Monatshefte *"Theatre of Anger is a confident and highly readable book, which stages a complex, multi-faceted take on its subject matter. It is well argued, engaging, and informative throughout, managing several trajectories of argument and exploration in a way that remains clear, helpful, and illuminating." -- Sophie Nield, Royal Holloway, University of London * Comparative Drama *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Glossary of Plays Introduction: Theatre of Anger as Theatre of Desintegration 1. In Defence of Anger: From a History of Social Justice to the Theatre 2. Get Deutsch or Die Tryin’; or, Confronting a History of Exclusion and Violence 3. Staging “Muslim Rage” 4. Documentaries of Outrage 5. Salzmann’s Angry Youths 6. “Theatre of the Twenty-First Century”: An Interview with Sasha Marianna Salzmann Conclusion: Anger in the Future Sense Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOlivia is an absolute delight! A gorgeous little pig who likes to dress-up, sing songs, dance, think, snooze (sometimes) and is even quite good at building sandcastles. Her days are filled with the wonderful minutia that makes up a small child''s life and, at the end of them, when she snuggles up in bed and her mother reads her a story (or three) Olivia the little pig, feels very full of love. Olivia is an absolute gem of a book - a modern classic.

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Book SynopsisDorothy Strachey (1865-1960) was the sister of the novelist Lytton Strachey and a prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group. She was André Gide's main English translator. Olivia, originally published under a pseudonym, is her only novel.Trade ReviewPerfectly captures the breathless excitement of adolescent passion * Sarah Waters *A remarkable novel which is unique in its presentation of the female mind and emotions in teachers and pupils at a girls' school. It has a strange combination of strength and delicacy * The Times *It is the story of an overheated emotional glasshouse, of an awakening and febrile yearnings, of the anguished decoding of tiny signals of intention from the beloved, of fervid alliances and bitter jealousies between two factions of girls, and the falling out of the two teachers they adore, with a shattering conclusion * Guardian *The chapter from Dorothy Strachey's Olivia, which deals with the well-worn topic of a schoolgirl's love for her teacher, seems fresh and beautifully done -- Julie Burchill * Sunday Times *A narrative of sheer emotion... Olivia achieves the purity of classic tragedy * New York Times Book Review *

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Book SynopsisThree women vying for success and wealth - the fabulous new glam read from the author of VINTAGE and PRICELESSTrade Review'The raunch factor is daringly high: in true Eighties bonkbuster tradition' * Daily Mail on PRICELESS *'It's another top bonkbuster from Ms Darling' * Closer on PRICELESS *'Settle back with a glass of wine and enjoy' * Daily Express on PRICELESS *'This frisky novel has something for everyone' **** * OK!/Hot Stars on PRICELESS *'Escape into the glamorous, moneyed world of international fine art . . . there's plenty of intrigue, sparkling sex and champagne on offer, so enjoy!' * Woman's Day, Australia on PRICELESS *Hugely enjoyable; definitely a novel to grace your beach bag this summer. * Daily Mail on VINTAGE *'This 21st century bonkbuster is a great excuse to hole up with a glass of bubbly' * Eve on VINTAGE *

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Book SynopsisBlack children who''ve experienced systemic racism are more likely to experience stress, anger, anxiety, and depression-all of which can negatively impact their school life, home, and community. In this much-needed resource, race and mental health expert Erlanger Turner offers parents evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) skills to help their kids cope with race-based stress and promote resilience and healing.A powerful, step-by-step guide to help your child foster strength and resilience when faced with racial stress.Has your child experienced racial aggression, bullying, or harassment? Have they been discriminated against in the classroom, in extracurricular activities, or amongst peers? Have they ever asked you why they are treated differently? If so, you are not alone. Discrimination and racism in society are a constant stressor and painful topic of conversation for many Black families. As a parent, you want to protect your child from these injustices

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Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZEChosen as 'BOOK OF THE YEAR' by Observer, Guardian, Telegraph, Irish Times, New Statesman, Times Literary Supplement, HeraldWhen Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid-thirties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by this most shameful of experiences, she began to explore the lonely city by way of art. Moving fluidly between the works and lives of some of the city's most compelling artists, Laing conducts an electric, dazzling investigation into what it means to be alone, illuminating not only the causes of loneliness but also how it might be resisted and redeemed.Trade ReviewTriumphant . . . A brave writer whose books open up fundamental questions about life and art * * Telegraph * *Luminously wise and deeply compassionate . . . A fierce and essential work -- HELEN MACDONALD, author of H IS FOR HAWKWonderfully freewheeling . . . Constantly surprising . . . Inspired * * Guardian * *The Lonely City is a stunning homage to how extreme loneliness can make us more hospitable to the strangeness of others - to the risks and innovations of art and artists. Laing has written a classic that will be cherished for years to come -- DEBORAH LEVY, author of SWIMMING HOMEA new kind of literature . . . Endlessly, compulsively fascinating * * New Statesman * *Unusually brave . . . Sublime * * The Times * *Laing cuts close to the bone of a universal yet often unrelatable state * * Financial Times * *A gifted critic and biographer . . . a fascinating, eerie piece of writing * * Sunday Times * *One of the finest writers of the new non-fiction . . . Compelling and original * * Harpers Bazaar * *Exhilarating . . . beautifully integrated, original, compassionate * * Independent * *The Lonely City is continually unexpected, stimulating and beautifully structured. I am in awe of Olivia Laing's insights, braininess and that something that feels like recklessness until it lands -- PETER CAREYA remarkable combination of personal mediation and psychological and artistic inquiry, The Lonely City is always superbly written, fascinating and often sharply moving. Ultimately the book has a paradoxical effect: at the same time as it makes one aware of one's own inescapable solitude, it leaves one feeling less alone -- ADAM FOULDS, author of The Quickening MazeBlisteringly precise . . . Her gift as a critic is her ability to imaginatively sympathize with her subjects in a way that allows the art and life of the artist to go on radiating meaning after the book is closed * * Elle * *Smart and oddly consoling . . . Laing makes the topic her own * * New York Times Book Review * *Considered, authoritative, evocative, empathetic, and full of insight . . . To join Laing in that atmosphere is to enter a world that is at once dark and lambent, and in which loneliness features not just as an eternal fall, but as one of the treasures of what it is to be fully, briefly, human -- MATTHEW ADAMS * * The National * *An uncommonly observant hybrid of memoir, history and cultural criticism . . . a book of extraordinary compassion and insight * * San Francisco Chronicle * *Remarkable . . . a memoir, an essay and a group biography all in one, which takes a difficult, almost taboo subject and deftly turns it over anew * * Evening Standard * *A devastating and intimate examination of urban loneliness. With a unique voice, and painstaking research, Laing explores the dark side of our cities as well as the redemptive power of communities -- GAVIN FRANCIS, author of Adventures in Human BeingAccessible, bright and endlessly thought-provoking . . . a commentator of exceptional heart and voice * * Irish Independent * *Magical . . . reminding us of how it feels to be lonely, this book gently affirms our connectedness * * Boston Globe * *Connecting becomes less intimidating if the fear of failure is removed. This brave book is a step in that direction * * Economist * *Intensely involving and affecting . . . Laing's superb study extends far beyond art criticism * * The Lady * *Part memoir, part treatise on art and geography, Olivia Laing's book looks at loneliness and how public spaces and especially art can cure or calm this very modern condition * * Red * *

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Book Synopsis'Intensely moving, vital and artful' - Guardian'A dizzying ride . . . both timely and beguiling' - Sunday TimesFrom the award-winning author of Crudo, this is an exhilarating and eminently readable study of the long struggle for bodily freedom – from gay rights and sexual liberation to feminism and the civil rights movement.Drawing on her own experiences in protest and travelling from Weimar Berlin to the prisons of McCarthy-era America, Laing grapples with some of the most significant and complicated figures of the past century, among them Nina Simone, Sigmund Freud, Susan Sontag and Malcolm X.At a time when basic rights are once again in danger, Everybody is a crucial examination of the forces arranged against freedom – and a celebration of how ordinary human bodies can resist oppression and reshape the world.Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize.'An ambitious, absorbing achievement that will make your brain hum' – Evening Standard 'Sets her alongside the likes of Arundhati Roy, John Berger and James Baldwin' – Financial Times Trade ReviewAn ambitious, absorbing achievement that will make your brain hum * Evening Standard *Astonishing . . . I love this book -- Esmé Weijun Wang, author of The Collected SchizophreniasLaing’s gift for weaving big ideas together with lyrical prose sets her alongside the likes of Arundhati Roy, John Berger and James Baldwin. In other words, she is among the most significant voices of our time * Financial Times *Intensely moving, vital and artful -- Josh Cohen * Guardian *Radically subversive * The Times Literary Supplement *Laing has written a piercing book. That she has no final answer to the problem of freedom does not detract from her achievement. Indeed, she encourages us all to ask new questions to discover how it feels, and what it means, to be free. -- Aziz Huq * Washington Post *Laing is a truly thrilling thinker, with an impressively roving intellectual eye * Telegraph *Andrea Dworkin, Sontag, Malcolm X, Freud – they speak to us and come alive again, but we aren’t asked to decide if they are good or bad; we can listen to their thoughts and ideas. It’s a revelation in an age when we seem endlessly to judge and condemn our artists and thinkers -- Chantal Joffe * Guardian *Even as she glides between subjects and themes, Laing remains anchored by the bond between the body and personhood. In a standout chapter, she claims that the harm of violence is not the work it does to transform subjects into objects, but the incompletion of that work: the soul becomes a “ruin with a human face” * New Yorker *Bristles with energy and understanding as it charts the body’s pleasures and pains, its fragilities, and endurance in the long 20th century . . . This really is a book for everybody -- Lisa Appignanesi, author of Mad, Bad and SadA dizzying ride . . . both timely and beguiling * The Sunday Times *A quintessential book for the precarious moment we’ve found ourselves in * Washington Post *Olivia Laing writes so well and engagingly -- Philippa Perry, author of How to Stay SaneOlivia Laing’s mind is a thrill to watch -- Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, author of The Fact of a BodyThrough [Laing’s] incisive lens, the body—that knot of mind, matter, culture, and society that we dwell inescapably within—becomes almost impossibly fascinating -- Alexandra Kleeman, author of You Too Can Have a Body Like MineA new book by Olivia Laing is always cause for celebration and Everybody: A Book About Freedom is no exception * Frieze *A provocative inquiry into the body’s power and vulnerability . . . casting fresh light on the unending struggles for freedom and autonomy -- Jenn Shapland, author of My Autobiography of Carson McCullersBrainy, open-hearted and bold -- Sarah Schulman, author of Conflict Is Not Abuse and Let the Record ShowLaing is radically empathetic, a writer-activist * Vulture *A free-wheeling and joyful exploration -- Jack Halberstam, author of Gaga FeminismAt a time in which all of our bodies have made us so strangely isolated and dangerous to each other, Everybody is especially resonant; and shows us just how important it is to explore our sexual identity in order to know who we really are -- Julia Blackburn, author of Time SongsImpassioned and provocative . . . This lucid foray into some of life’s deepest questions astonishes * Publishers Weekly, starred review *Intellectually vigorous and emotionally stirring * Kirkus, Starred Review *Everybody possesses a looseness, richness, and abundance of originality . . . One does not expect a political study to perform such sharp close readings of art and literature, or to describe emotions so elegantly. Line by line and thought by thought, Laing writes with surgical discipline * New Yorker *

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Book Synopsis"A timeless queer love story and a meditation on power, capitalism, and the flow of history . . . This novel is a revelation and a joy. Anna North, New York Times bestselling author of OutlawedA classic in the making: a mesmerizing novel about marriage and ambition, sexuality and secrecy, and the true costs of building an empire.At the turn of the 20th century, Vivian Lesperance is determined to flee her origins in Utica, New York, and avoid repeating her parents' dull, limited life. When she meets Oscar Schmidt, a middle manager at a soap company, Vivian finds a partner she can guide to build the life she wantsnot least because, more interested in men himself, Oscar will leave Vivian to tend to her own romances with women. But Vivian's plans require capital, so the two pair up with Squire Clancey, scion of an old American fortune. Together they found Clancey & Schmidt, a preeminent manufacturer of soap, perfume, and candles. When Oscar and Squire fall in love, the trio form a new kind of partnership. Vivian reaches the pinnacle of her power building Clancey & Schmidt into an empire of personal care products while operating behind the image of both men. But exposure threatens, and all three partners are made aware of how much they have to lose. For readers of Hernan Diaz's Trust and Colm Tóibín's The Magician, with echoes of Gustave Flaubert and E.M. Forster, Mutual Interest is a beguiling story of queer romance, empire, and power.

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Book SynopsisThe Eldest Girl is a family drama spanning three generations. It moves between the 1960s with Tom, fresh off the boat from England who falls in love with the seemingly unattainable Ngahere, and 2010 where Cassius, their son, is grieving the death of his wife, Mere, and barely able to parent their children.

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Book Synopsis'Her gallery of personages is huge, her scene painting superb, her pathos controlled, her humour quiet and civilised' Anthony Burgess'So glittering is the overall parade - and so entertaining the surface - that the trilogy remains excitingly vivid; it amuses, it diverts and it informs, and to do these things so elegantly is no small achievement' Sunday Times'A fantastically tart and readable account of life in eastern Europe at the start of the war' Sarah WatersThe Balkan Trilogy is the story of a marriage and of a war, a vast, teeming, and complex masterpiece in which Olivia Manning brings the uncertainty and adventure of civilian existence under political and military siege to vibrant life.At the heart of the trilogy are newly-weds Guy and Harriet Pringle, who arrive in Bucharest - the so-called Paris of the East - in the autumn of 1939, just weeks after the German invasion of Poland. Guy's lecturing job awaits, alongside friends and the ever-ardent Sophie - but for Harriet, alone and naive, it's a strange new life. Other surprises follow: Romania joins the Axis, and before long German soldiers overrun the capital. The Pringles flee south to Greece, part of a group of refugees made up of White Russians, journalists, con artists, and dignitaries. In Athens, however, the couple will face a new challenge of their own...Trade ReviewMagnificent ... full of wit, sharp insight and vivid description. * The Times *A fantastically tart and readable account of life in eastern Europe at the start of war -- Sarah WatersSo glittering is the overall parade- and so entertaining the surface that the trilogy remains excitingly vivid; it amuses, it diverts and it informs, and to do these things so elegantly is no small achievement. * Sunday Times *Wonderfully entertaining * Observer *One must salute the brilliance ... the exactness of sights and sounds, the precise touches of light and scent, the gestures and entrances * Guardian *

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Book Synopsis"Astute and consistently surprising critic" (NPR) Olivia Laing investigates the body and its discontents through the great freedom movements of the twentieth century.Trade Review"A quintessential book for the precarious moment we’ve found ourselves in... [M]ultilayered and masterfully structured... Everybody should be required reading for anyone who cares about not just where we are now, but the future." -- Michele Filgate - Washington Post"Revelatory... Dreaming beyond conventional wisdom and restrictive visions, Laing emboldens us to seek liberation across difference in the face of turmoil. Everybody is a galvanizing book during a time of incredible hesitation." -- Lauren LeBlanc - Boston Globe" A fleet, gracious tour of bodily distress and joy... Laing writes in great looping sentences, both precise and evocative." -- Annalisa Quinn - NPR"Daring and complicated... The method of Everybody [is] framed as an extended conversation between the author and her sources, in which De Sade blurs into Reich, who blurs into Sontag, and back again. The key to all this movement is that it also invites us to participate in the conversation" -- David L. Ulin - Los Angeles Times"A beautiful, strange and sprawling meditation on the relationship between the body and freedom." -- Sophie McBain - New Statesman"We are lucky to be living in the time of Olivia Laing... [T]o spend time with Laing as she works through a topic, finding the unlikeliest of connective ideas wherever she looks, is to come away with a view of the world that—if not exactly clearer—is strange and rich and profound." -- Jonny Diamond - Literary Hub"This is an astonishing project, written with equal parts stirring passion and capable intellect. Laing puts into words experiences I had never before seen in print, and the world is better for it. I love this book." -- Esmé Weijun Wang, author of The Collected Schizophrenias"Everybody is a riveting and fascinating innovative historiography of twentieth century Euro-American radical thought…Brainy, open-hearted, and bold." -- Sarah Schulman, author of Let the Record Show"Laing's finely crafted blend of incisive memoir and biography vitalize this unique chronicle of the endless struggle 'to be free of oppression based on the kind of body' one inhabits, a work of fresh and dynamic analysis and revelation." -- Booklist (starred review)"Laing creates a penetrating examination of the political and cultural meanings ascribed to bodies as well as the relationships of bodies to power and freedom... Intellectually vigorous and emotionally stirring." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Impassioned and provocative... This lucid foray into some of life's deepest questions astonishes." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)"[Laing] masterfully shares stories of fascinating artists and historical figures... Her net, in short, is breathtakingly, ambitiously wide... Everybody is a nonpareil study that delights the intellect." -- BookPage"A freewheeling and joyful exploration of the works and lives of a range of artists and thinkers who brought libidinal and creative energy together with spectacular results. Laing’s particular gift lies in her unique ability to line up unlikely juxtapositions—of artists, ideas, and works—and then draw clear and illuminating insights from such constellations. What her earlier work did for loneliness, this book does for liberation" -- Jack Halberstam, author of Gaga Feminism"Reading Everybody felt like hanging out with my absolute smartest friend having, somehow, the precise conversation I need to have in this historical moment. Olivia Laing’s mind is a thrill to watch, and the connections she draws between the body, sex, art, and freedom made the world around me buzz with new depth and possibility, connections revealed and illuminated. Rare is the book that makes you feel more alive just in reading it, but Everybody does just that." -- Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, author of The Fact of a Body"A provocative inquiry into the body’s power and vulnerability, Everybody combines deep research, historical gossip, unsung queer lives, and deliciously readable prose. Laing reckons with her own gender and embodiment alongside major and minor theorists, artists, and activists, casting fresh light on the unending struggles for freedom and autonomy" -- Jenn Shapland, author of National Book Award finalist My Autobiography of Carson McCullers"Laing’s Everybody animates flesh with the incandescent force of histories both individual and collective. Through her incisive lens, the body—that knot of mind, matter, culture, and society that we dwell inescapably within—becomes almost impossibly fascinating." -- Alexandra Kleeman, author of You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine

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Book SynopsisCoincidiendo con el 130 aniversario de la publicación de Huckleberry Finn, el clásico de Mark Twain, Impedimenta recupera la adaptación al cómic de una de las novelas fundacionales de la literatura norteamericana.Publicada por la prestigiosa editorial Suhrkamp en Alemania, la acción se traslada de las orillas del Mississippi a la ciudad de Halle, en la antigua Alemania Oriental, bañada por el río Saale. Una fábula atemporal, divertida, brillantísima, que bajo el pincel de Olivia Vieweg alcanza cotas difícilmente superables.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Close reading and interpretation of the language of the tale is one of The Empress in the Pepper Chamber's greatest accomplishments, which allow Milburn to carry out the most definitive proof yet of the dating of Zhao Feiyan waizhuan...The fine distinctions Milburn makes in her examination of language and objects of material culture are examples of topnotch scholarship." * Nan Nu: Men, Women and Gender in China *"In this slim volume, Olivia Milburn introduces an important "alternative history" of one of the most fascinating women in Chinese history...The Empress in the Pepper Chamber is a tremendous contribution to the field." * Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR) *

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