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Historical Novels with Strong Women

How well do you know your historical fiction? See if you can identify these seven historical novels featuring strong women that BookBrowse has reviewed.
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First Lines of Pulitzer Prize-Winners

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Quiz: Collective Nouns for Birds

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Before They Were Famous Authors

Before they became famous for their writing, what unexpected jobs did Harper Lee, John Grisham, Kurt Vonnegut, Franz Kafka, J.D. Salinger, Vladimir Nabokov and Douglas Adams do?
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Pen Names of Famous Authors

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English Literary Locations

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