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Janet Wallach

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in Brooklyn, New York, The United States

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Average rating: 3.75 · 8,623 ratings · 1,092 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors

	Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia 3.81 avg rating — 6,143 ratings — published 1996 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age 3.50 avg rating — 1,342 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flirting with Danger: The Mysterious Life of Marguerite Harrison, Socialite Spy 3.81 avg rating — 647 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seraglio 3.58 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 2003 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chanel: Her style and her life 3.44 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arafat: In the Eyes of the Beholder 3.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1990 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Working Wardrobe 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1981 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Looks That Work really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1986 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Great persons, like great empires, leave their mark on history.”
― Janet Wallach, Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia

tags: history

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“Then, as now, archaelogists and writers ventured where others feared to tread.”
― Janet Wallach, Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia

tags: archaelogists, history, writers

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“No one had asked her to marry him, nor was there someone she wished to wed. Not that she did not enjoy the company of young men; She did. But her sharp tongue sliced through their egos and her intellectual thirst quickly soaked up what drops of knowledge they shed.”
― Janet Wallach, Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia

tags: dominance, history, women

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Reading Behind Bars: A True Story of Literature, Law, and Life as a Prison Librarian

by Jill Grunenwald

12 votes, 24.5%

The Quiet Zone: Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence

by Stephen Kurczy

11 votes, 22.4%

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

by Patrick Radden Keefe

8 votes, 16.3%

I Miss You When I Blink: Essays

by Mary Laura Philpott

7 votes, 14.3%

The Richest Woman in America: The Life and Times of Hetty Green

by Janet Wallach

4 votes, 8.2%

Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet

by Chelsea Wald

4 votes, 8.2%

Redemption at Hacksaw Ridge

by Booton Herndon

3 votes, 6.1%

49 total votes

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