• Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World (Women in History Book, Book of Women Who Changed the World)

    Looking for coffee table books that do more than look great on your table? Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World, delivers on both counts. Featuring 100 women who made history, it's a book you can be proud to display in your home.Aphra Behn, first female professional writer. Sojourner Truth, women's rights activist and abolitionist. Ada Lovelace, first computer programmer. Marie Curie, first woman to win the Nobel Prize. Joan Jett, godmother of punk. The 100 revolutionary women highlighted in this gorgeously illustrated book were bad in the best sense of the ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1452153930
    • ASIN: 1452153930
    • ISBN: 9781452153933
    • Brand: Chronicle
    • Manufacturer: Chronicle Books

  • Educated: A Memoir

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • BILL GATES’S HOLIDAY READING LIST • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE’S AWARD IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE’S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK • FINALIST FOR THE PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES BOOK PRIZENAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • O: ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0399590501
    • ASIN: 0399590501
    • Brand: Random House
    • Manufacturer: Random House

  • A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II


    • ASIN: 073522529X
    • ASIN: 073522529X
    • ISBN: 073522529X
    • Manufacturer: Viking

  • The Nightingale: A Novel

    A #1 New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, and soon to be a major motion picture, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation. France, 1939 - In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn't believe that the Nazis will invade France … but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. When a German captain requisitions Vianne's home, she a... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1250080401
    • UPC: 753922637631
    • ASIN: 1250080401
    • ISBN: 1250080401
    • Brand: St. Martin's Griffin
    • Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin

  • The Lyra Novels: Shadow Magic, Daughter of Witches, The Harp of Imach Thyssel, Caught in Crystal, and The Raven Ring

    “High-style fantasy and adventure” in the complete Lyra series by the author of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles (The New York Times).Shadow Magic: While Alkyra’s noblemen squabble, an ancient enemy, the Lithmern, raises an army. And as the head of the Noble House of Brenn attempts to organize an alliance, the princess Alethia celebrates her twentieth birthday. She is quick-witted, beautiful, and handy with a throwing knife. But on the next night, she passes through a dark corridor on her way to the banquet hall, and never emerges from the shadows. The Lithmern have kidnapped the princess... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B0092G1BOC
    • ASIN: B0092G1BOC
    • Manufacturer: Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy

  • Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Pantheon Graphic Library)

    A New York Times Notable Book A Time Magazine “Best Comix of the Year” A San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times Best-seller Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s graphic memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 037571457X
    • ASIN: 037571457X
    • ISBN: 037571457X
    • Brand: Pantheon
    • Manufacturer: Pantheon

  • Deborah, Golda, and Me: Being Female and Jewish in America

    A leading feminist activist, author, and nationally known lecturer writes of her struggle to integrate a feminist head with a Jewish heart.

    • ASIN: 0385425120
    • ASIN: 0385425120
    • ISBN: 0385425120
    • Manufacturer: Anchor

  • Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster

    The bestselling author delves into his past and discovers the inspiring story of his grandmother’s extraordinary life She was black and a woman and a prosecutor, a graduate of Smith College and the granddaughter of slaves, as dazzlingly unlikely a combination as one could imagine in New York of the 1930s―and without the strategy she devised, Lucky Luciano, the most powerful Mafia boss in history, would never have been convicted. When special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey selected twenty lawyers to help him clean up the city’s underworld, she was the only member of his team who was not a whi... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1250121973
    • ASIN: 1250121973
    • ISBN: 1250121973
    • Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

  • Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History

    Educational and inspirational, this gift-worthy New York Times bestseller from the authors of Rad American Women A-Z, is a bold, illustrated collection of 40 biographical profiles showcasing extraordinary women from across the globe.  Rad Women Worldwide tells fresh, engaging, and amazing tales of perseverance and radical success by pairing well-researched and riveting biographies with powerful and expressive cut-paper portraits. The book features an array of diverse figures from 430 BCE to 2016, spanning 31 countries around the world, from Hatshepsut (the great female king who ruled ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0399578862
    • ASIN: 0399578862
    • ISBN: 9780399578861
    • Brand: Kate Schatz Miriam Klein Stahl
    • Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press

  • Pirates in Peril: A Made in Savannah Cozy Mystery (Made in Savannah Cozy Mysteries Series Book 10)

    After a friend and now business partner is suspected of attacking a competitor and leaving him for dead, Carlita and Mercedes dive in with their own investigation to help clear his name and also save their investment. Read all of Hope Callaghan's Cozy Mysteries FREE with Kindle Unlimited!"If you like clean cozy mysteries that keep you guessing until the end, you’ll love Hope Callaghan’s Books!”“Pirates in Peril” is Book 10 in the Made in Savannah Cozy Mysteries SeriesBONUS: RECIPE INCLUDED! --------------------------Carlita Garlucci has her hands full preparing for the opening of he... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B07DVQ8ZR3
    • ASIN: B07DVQ8ZR3

  • CIRCE

    "A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story," this #1 New York Times bestseller is "both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right" (Alexandra Alter, The New York Times).In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child--not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power--the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into mo... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0316556343
    • ASIN: 0316556343
    • ISBN: 0316556343
    • Brand: Little, Brown and Company
    • Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

  • The Island of Sea Women: A Novel

    A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island.Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook’s mother. As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a life of excitement and responsibility but also danger. Despite their love for ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1501154850
    • ASIN: 1501154850
    • ISBN: 1501154850
    • Brand: Scribner
    • Manufacturer: Scribner

  • Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London

    FINALIST FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAYA New York Times Notable Book of 2017The flâneur is the quintessentially masculine figure of privilege and leisure who strides the capitals of the world with abandon. But it is the flâneuse who captures the imagination of the cultural critic Lauren Elkin. In her wonderfully gender-bending new book, the flâneuse is a “determined, resourceful individual keenly attuned to the creative potential of the city and the liberating possibilities of a good walk.” Virginia Woolf called it “street haunting”; Holly Golightl... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0374537437
    • ASIN: 0374537437
    • ISBN: 0374537437
    • Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

  • Their Eyes Were Watching God

    A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick“A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don’t know how to live properly.” —Zadie SmithOne of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love story with the wit and pathos found only in the writing of Zora Neale Hurston. Out of print for almost thirty years—due largely to initial audiences’ rejection of its strong black female protagonist—Hur... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0061120065
    • ASIN: 0061120065
    • ISBN: 0061120065
    • Brand: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
    • Manufacturer: Amistad

  • Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in That Order)

    Historically, major women artists have been excluded from the mainstream art canon. Aligned with the resurgence of feminism in pop culture, Broad Strokes offers an entertaining corrective to that omission. Art historian Bridget Quinn delves into the lives and careers of 15 brilliant female artists in text that's smart, feisty, educational, and an enjoyable read. Replete with beautiful reproductions of the artists' works and contemporary portraits of each artist by renowned illustrator Lisa Congdon, this is art history from 1600 to the present day for the modern art lover, reader, and feminist.... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1452152365
    • ASIN: 1452152365
    • ISBN: 1452152365
    • Brand: CHRONICLE
    • Manufacturer: Chronicle Books

  • Woman's Best Friend : Women Writers on the Dogs in Their Lives

    They may be known as man's best friend, but as the writers in this poignant, funny, and dramatic collection know, there's no gender divide when it comes to canines. Whether walking down the street, gathering

    • UPC: 38180280

  • This Is Not Chick Lit : Original Stories by America's Best Women Writers

    A celebration of some of America's finest contemporaary, provocative writers, featuring new short stories by Francince Prose, Curtis Sittenfeld, and Jennifer Egan. This is not Chick Lit is a much needed reminder that, for even

    • UPC: 4935440
    • Rating: 3.0

  • 100 Greatest Wedding Poems and Readings : The Most Romantic Readings from the Best Writers in History

    It can be tricky to find the perfect words to celebrate your perfect day. You may want a poem for your wedding to celebrate love, friendship, commitment, joy, family, togetherness or any one of a

    • UPC: 290878924

  • Hidden in History: The Untold Stories of Female Artists, Musicians, and Writers - eBook

    Of the few historical shortlists women make as influencers in the arts, the same few names are recognized, making the catalogue of powerful and gifted females feel like an small and exclusive club. The truth

    • UPC: 160073465

  • The Female Reader : Or Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose and Verse; Selected from the Best Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads; For the Improvement of Young Women:

    by Mr. Cresswick, Teacher of Elocution [Or Rather, by Mary Wollstonecraft: To Which Is Prefixed a Preface, Containing Some Hints on Female

    • UPC: 289259163

  • Ms. Murder : The Best Mysteries Featuring Women Detectives, by the Top Women Writers.

    From Edwardian London to sleek modern Chicago, from discerning academics to gun-toting P.I.'s, "Ms. Murder" presents the best by the best. The detectives in these stories are shrewd, sophisticated, even hard-boiled. Amateur or professional, they

    • UPC: 53676070

  • The Female Reader; Or Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose and Verse; Selected from the Best Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads; For the Improvement of Young Women. by Mr. Cresswick, ...

    The Female Reader; Or Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose and Verse; Selected from the Best Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads; For the Improvement

    • UPC: 921006243

  • The Female Prose Writers of America

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as

    • UPC: 999159268

  • Memoirs of Eminent Female Writers, of All Ages and Countries

    Memoirs of Eminent Female Writers, of All Ages and

    • UPC: 605132713

  • A Perpetual Memorandum, and Universal Pocket-Book, for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Men of Business Together with the Complete Art of Angling : The Whole Collected from the Best Writers

    Perpetual Memorandum, and Universal Pocket-book, for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Men of Business Together With the Complete Art of

    • UPC: 539256899

  • Female Authors Who Made History | Biography

    21 Top Women Writers Who Literally Changed the World ...

    10 Most Influential Black Female Authors