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Canadian books on 'best-loved' list *
Canadian author Carol Shields's latest novel Unless made it on to the top 10 of the United Kingdom's 50 best-loved books written by women in a list compiled by the Orange cellular telephone company.
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Carol Shields: 'I liked to think that women had found one another' *
In an interview, Carol Shields says she was astonished by the success of Dropped Threads, an anthology of women's writing, two years ago. Now, volume two arrives...
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Do gentlemen really prefer blondes? *
On the acknowledgments page of her entertaining historical treatise on blondness, British journalist Joanna Pitman informs us that few female academics wished to discuss the subject with her. "Perhaps," she writes, "they were unable to shake off associations with the dumb blonde."
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Escape from Intimacy ****
While critics may find Schaef's style somewhat controlling, proponents are likely to say it changed their lives -- especially if they see themselves in her work. A 12-step program to getting over your addiction to relationships.
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Find a Husband After 35 Using What I Learned at Harvard Business School: When cupid turns headhunter *
Can't find a romantic partner? Take some tips from a Harvard MBA grad on how to find the perfect match
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June Callwood, Canadian icon, dead at 82 *
June Callwood -- social activist, journalist, broadcaster and writer -- died early Saturday at the age of 82 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
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Living History -- Hillary Clinton's book due out *
After laying out a seven-figure advance for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's memoirs, her publishers are counting on seven-figure sales.
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Rosemary Brown: Mentor showed the way *
Rosemary Brown, the first black woman elected to a Canadian legislature, has died at her Vancouver home. She was 72.
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Study highlights a new kind of gender gap *
Girls' lack of confidence on computers could hamper their job hopes and wages
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The Adventurous life of Lola Montez *
Notorious as the King of Bavaria’s mistress, Lola Montez travelled the world and lectured on man, fashion and politics. Her recipes for cosmetics have been passed down for generations.
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The Ladies' Room Reader revisited ****
This book is ideal for a quick pick-up and put-down (if you can -- put it down that is) in the loo. Which also makes it a fun Valentine's gift for the girl-with a sense-of-the-bizarre.
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The porn queen's sad epiphany *
When Linda Lovelace, a woman best known for carnal abilities that rivalled Saracen the Sword Swallower's, published Ordeal, her third autobiography, in 1980, she triggered the coining of a phrase in porn circles known as "The Linda Syndrome."
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The Vision: Green Stone of Healing Book One (Garber review) ****
There must be legions of writers out there who read Dune and Lord of the Rings as children (and Harry Potter as adults) who said to themselves: "Hey, I can write a complex multi-volume story peopled with exotic, well-drawn characters and an air of magic and healing." C.L. Talmadge actually achieves this end with a fascinating first-of-a-series book. . .
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Valentines from the Doghouse *
In the doghouse because you've left Valentine's Day too late?
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Well-being and Breast Care *
They used to avoid it, but now masseurs are focusing attention on the breast -- for health reasons, writes JESSICA JOHNSON
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White Oleander (Keyes review) ****
White Oleander may actually be tolerable by moderately empathetic guys, and this is due solely to four excellent acting performances, the sort you get every year around about now, when studios start thinking about next year's Oscars. (Note to men dragged to the dreadful Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood: This one is light years better.)
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Good for the neshamah *
A small Jewish congregation takes a giant step today by allowing women to read from the Torah -- without a man by their side. MICHAEL VALPY reports.
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Heart disease killing women, study finds *
Despite its reputation as a man's problem, heart disease now kills significantly more women than men, according to a new international study.
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Motherhood's last taboo *
First came Chick Lit, those ditzy novels about giggling "girls" of 35 who couldn't pay their credit card bills, or find a guy, or whose stiletto heels got stuck in a sidewalk grating and they fell off their shoes flat onto their faces, which used to be their fortune but were now bleeding and broken. They were washed up, just like Chick Lit, which is long gone.
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Scratch one menopause myth *
A new study disputes the widely held notion that menopause makes women scatterbrained and forgetful.
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The Iron Ladies of England *
Current London exhibitions highlight the public's enduring fascination with women who ruled in a man's world: Elizabeth I and Margaret Thatcher.
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Why women live longer *
If men dropped their risky ways and bad habits they would live just as long as women, suggests a major new report on women's health.
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Why women live longer: It's behaviour, not biology *
Canadian women outlive their male counterparts, but if you scratch below the surface, the situation isn't quite so rosy: Women suffer far more physical disabilities and more mental illness, and they are far more likely to live in pain and poverty, a new report says.
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