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Product Description: After earning an M.A. in Comparative Literature, Louise Rafkin, facing a career choice, took the road less traveled. She became a housecleaner. The money was better than teaching, the lifestyle intriguing for someone with an insatiable curiosity about her fellow human beings...read more

Hardcover:

9781565121621, titled "Other People's Dirt: A Housecleaner's Curious Adventures" | Algonquin Books, January 5, 1998, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The author offers an intimate, quirky tour of her clients' lives through the evidence of their habitats and relates the offbeat stories of other cleaners to the rich, famous, and strange

Paperback:

9780452280816, titled "Other People's Dirt: A Housecleaner's Curious Adventures" | Plume, May 1, 1999, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: An accomplished writer and housecleaner takes readers on an intimate, quirky tour of her clients' lives through the evidence of their habitats and relates the offbeat stories of other cleaners to the rich, famous, and strange.

Miscellaneous:

9781605149882, titled "Other People's Dirt: A Housecleaner's Curious Adventures" | Unabridged edition (Findaway World Llc, June 1, 2008), cover price $34.99 | About this edition: After earning an M.

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In a valuable resource, several sons and daughters of lesbians candidly discuss their experiences growing up, offering hope to other families of gays and lesbians.

Paperback:

9788472902954 | Bellaterra S.A. Ediciones, September 30, 2005, cover price $1.59 | About this edition: In a valuable resource, several sons and daughters of lesbians candidly discuss their experiences growing up, offering hope to other families of gays and lesbians.

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An anthology of 34 stories about women who learned their daughters were lesbians covers issues of family, community, religion, grandchildren, bisexuality, transgenderism, and much, much more.
By Louise Rafkin (editor)

Hardcover:

9781573440516 | 2 rev sub edition (Cleis Pr, June 1, 1996), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Coming out to mom is a lesbian rite of passage.
9780939416127 | Cleis Pr, March 1, 1987, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Coming out to mom is a lesbian rite of passage.

Paperback:

9781573441278 | 3 rev exp edition (Cleis Pr, April 1, 2001), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: An anthology of 34 stories about women who learned their daughters were lesbians covers issues of family, community, religion, grandchildren, bisexuality, transgenderism, and much, much more.
9781573440509 | 2nd edition (Cleis Pr, April 1, 1996), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Twenty-five mothers of lesbians share their complex feelings about families, community, religion, grandchildren, and coming out in a candid study that reflects divergent attitudes toward their daughters' sexual choices.
9780939416134 | Cleis Pr, January 1, 1987, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Coming out to mom is a lesbian rite of passage.

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An introduction to the martial arts explores the true nature, history, and philosophy of martial arts, summarizing the legends and people who have contributed to the centuries-old traditions

Prebinding:

9780613024464, titled "The Tiger's Eye, the Bird's Fist" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $21.65 | About this edition: An introduction to the martial arts explores the true nature, history, and philosophy of martial arts, summarizing the legends and people who have contributed to the centuries-old traditions

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Quotations from cats offer a glimpse into their dreams, from falling into a bathtub to putting together catnip parties with other cats

Hardcover:

9780836278729 | Andrews McMeel Pub, April 1, 1999, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Quotations from cats offer a glimpse into their dreams, from falling into a bathtub to putting together catnip parties with other cats

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Quotations from dogs offer a glimpse into their dreams, from winning a dog show to being stuck at a desk job

Hardcover:

9780836267747 | Andrews McMeel Pub, October 1, 1998, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Quotations from dogs offer a glimpse into their dreams, from winning a dog show to being stuck at a desk job

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Product Description: What started out as a quick way to earn a living became a curious preoccupation with all things clean . . . and messy. Other People's Dirt is an irreverent look at the untidy business of life.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781885408235 | Unabridged edition (Listen & Live Audio, May 1, 1998), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: What started out as a quick way to earn a living became a curious preoccupation with all things clean .

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A fascinating introduction to the martial arts explores the true nature, history, and philosophy of martial arts, summarizing the legends and people who have contributed to the centuries-old traditions. Original.
By Leslie McGrath (illustrator) and Louise Rafkin

Paperback:

9780316734646 | Little Brown & Co, April 1, 1997, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: An introduction to the martial arts explores the true nature, history, and philosophy of martial arts, summarizing the legends and people who have contributed to the centuries-old traditions

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A noted self-defense expert offers safety tips for runners and athletes, as well as advice on reporting date rape, handling sexual harassment, living and traveling alone, and other safety issues. Reprint.

Paperback:

9780061011344 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, September 1, 1996), cover price $5.99 | also contains First Corinthians: Order in the Church | About this edition: States that most crimes committed against women can be prevented, and offers practical tips on traveling alone, avoiding date rape, using an ATM, owning a weapon, and combatting sexual harassment
9780062512116 | Harpercollins, August 1, 1995, cover price $9.00 | About this edition: States that most crimes committed against women can be prevented, and offers practical tips on traveling alone, avoiding date rape, using an ATM, owning a weapon, and combatting sexual harassment

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This collection of fiction and nonfiction from a noted lesbian author portrays the ups and downs of lesbian life in the 1990s. Original.

Hardcover:

9780939416608 | Cleis Pr, October 1, 1992, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: This collection of fiction and nonfiction from a noted lesbian author portrays the ups and downs of lesbian life in the 1990s.

Paperback:

9780939416615 | Cleis Pr, November 1, 1992, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: This collection of fiction and nonfiction from a noted lesbian author portrays the ups and downs of lesbian life in the 1990s.

Product Description: Book by
By Louise Rafkin (editor)

Hardcover:

9780939416400 | 1 edition (Cleis Pr, November 1, 1990), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Book by

Paperback:

9780939416417 | 1 edition (Cleis Pr, November 1, 1990), cover price $9.95

Product Description: Academic, Scholarly, Research
By Louise Rafkin (editor)

Paperback:

9780939416158 | Cleis Pr, March 1, 1989, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Academic, Scholarly, Research

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