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BFFs: The Radical Potential of Female Friendship by Anahit Behrooz
RRP: $14.63$9.63Friendships can be the foundation of our earliest memories and most formative moments. But why are they often seen as secondary to romantic, or familial connection, something to age out of and take a back seat to other relationships? BFFs is an... -
Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate by Leila Ahmed
RRP: $31.18$25.74A classic, pioneering account of the lives of women in Islamic history, republished for a new generation This pioneering study of the social and political lives of Muslim women has shaped a whole generation of scholarship. In it, Leila Ahmed explores the... -
It's Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race by Mariam Khan
RRP: $21.43$14.64It's Not About the Burqa is an anthology of frank and insightful essays by Muslim women about the contemporary Muslim female experience.'Passionate, angry, self-effacing, nuanced and utterly compelling in every single way' - Nikesh Shukla, editor of The... -
The Trouble With Women by Jacky Fleming
RRP: $25.33$19.11Can women be geniuses? Or are their arms too short? Why did we only learn about three women at school? What were all the others doing?'Brilliantly, mordantly funny and extremely clever... There isn't a man, woman or child who wouldn't benefit from... -
Wild Irish Women: Extraordinary Lives from History by Marian Broderick
RRP: $27.28$21.35From patriots to pirates, warriors to writers, and mistresses to male impersonators, this book looks at the unorthodox lives of inspiring Irish women. In times when women were expected to marry and have children, they travelled the world and sought... -
Goddesses in Everywoman: Powerful Archetypes in Women's Lives by Jean Shinoda Bolen 9780062321121
RRP: $21.43$14.14Jean Shinoda Bolen's celebrated work of female psychology that uses seven archetypical goddesses to describing behavior patterns and personality traits, as relevant and timeless today as when it was first published thirty years ago. Myths are... -
Feminism for Women: The Real Route to Liberation by Julie Bindel 9781472132628
RRP: $19.48$13.26'Timely, necessary and important' J.K. Rowling'[This book is] guaranteed to remind us what we have still to fight for. I can't think of a single person who wouldn't benefit from reading it' Observer'Bindel is a rock star of second-wave feminism . . . an... -
Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes by Elizabeth Lesser
RRP: $25.33$16.54What story would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? And what about the fate of Cassandra who was blessed with knowing the future but cursed so that no one believed her? What if women had been the... -
The Woman Writer: The History of the Society of Women Writers and Journalists by Sylvia Kent 9780752451596
RRP: $29.23$22.00Since its creation in 1894 by Joseph Snell Wood, the Society of Women Writers & Journalists has attracted the company of many famous women writers, journalists, poets and playwrights. From its early days when at least 200 women applied to join, the... -
No Visible Bruises: what we don't know about domestic violence can kill us by Rachel Louise Snyder
RRP: $19.48$13.07NEW AND UPDATED - A NEW YORK TIMES, ECONOMIST, AND ESQUIRE BOOK OF THE YEAR. Love, desire, intimacy - we all know what these are meant to look like. But what happens when they descend into violence? Award-winning journalist Rachel Louise Snyder once... -
Readings in Chinese Women’s Philosophical and Feminist Thought: From the Late 13th to Early 21st Century by Professor Ann A. Pang-White
RRP: $64.33$60.94Readings in Chinese Women's Philosophical and Feminist Thought gathers 40 original writings on women by 32 authors (many of whom are women) from the Yuan dynasty to the Republics, an important 700-year historical period during which women's learning in... -
Strong Female Lead: Lessons from Women in Power by Arwa Mahdawi 9781529360677
RRP: $21.43$14.43'Fascinating . . . the most incredible argument for why a female model of leadership might actually be the more powerful and sustainable one' Scarlett Curtis'A bold, rigorous and lyrical work which feels both timely and essential' Musa Okwonga, author of... -
Brown Girl Like Me: The Essential Guidebook and Manifesto for South Asian Girls and Women by Jaspreet Kaur
RRP: $19.48$13.86You might feel that this fight is too big for you. How on earth can you dismantle so many complex, long-standing systems of oppression? My answer: piece by piece.Brown Girl Like Me is an inspiring memoir and empowering manifesto that equips women with... -
A Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East by Tiziano Terzani 9780006550716
RRP: $25.33$16.54Warned by a fortune-teller not to risk flying, the author - a seasoned correspondent - took to travelling by rail, road and sea. Consulting fortune-tellers and shamans wherever he went, he learnt to understand and respect older ways of life and beliefs... -
Jennifer Blood Omnibus TPB by Garth Ennis 9781524108625
RRP: $70.18$45.06Meet Jennifer Fellows, your average suburban housewife. Every day she makes breakfast, takes the kids to school, cleans the house, naps for an hour or two, makes dinner, puts the kids to bed, and kisses her husband goodnight then hopes the drugs she gave... -
British Women Missionaries in Bengal, 1793-1861 by Sutapa Dutta 9781783087266
RRP: $136.50$128.62'British Women Missionaries in Bengal, 1793-1861' looks at the arrival of the early British women missionaries in Bengal, especially when travelling to India or working in missions was neither a spontaneous nor an acceptable career decision for white... -
WHY AREN'T WE TALKING ABOUT THIS?!: An Inclusive Illustrated Guide to Life in 100+ Questions by Hazel Mead 9781529902617
RRP: $37.03$26.54'Informative and bold' Dr Karen Gurney | 'Compassionate, artistic, tasteful' Joshua FletcherWhat is the most personal thing you've asked the Internet? Illustrator Hazel Mead turns to Google to uncover what we secretly ask search bars about our... -
100 Nasty Women of History: Brilliant, badass and completely fearless women everyone should know by Hannah Jewell
RRP: $21.43$14.43'Vital reading' STYLIST'...hooting with laughter - what a swashbuckler that Hannah Jewell is' MARINA HYDE'Because 100 Nasty Women is so easy to read and witty, I didn't expect it to be the life changing, important book that I'm discovering it to be'... -
Game On: The Unstoppable Rise of Women's Sport - Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year by Sue Anstiss
RRP: $25.33$16.77Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2022Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2021In recent years, the landscape for women's sport has finally begun to shift. We've seen significant increases in investment, spectators... -
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou 9780349005997
RRP: $29.23$19.11Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope,... -
Communion: The Female Search for Love by Bell Hooks 9780060938291
RRP: $21.43$14.14Renowned visionary and theorist bell hooks began her exploration of the meaning of love in American culture with the critically acclaimed All About Love: New Visions. She continued her national dialogue with the bestselling Salvation: Black People and... -
Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O'Meara
RRP: $29.23$25.99Winner of the 2022 James Beard Book Award A Guardian Best History and Politics Book of 2022 Selected as one of the 25 Best Cookbooks of 2022 in Delicious Magazine Nominated for the 2022 Spirited Awards This is the forgotten history of women making,... -
Womanhood: The Bare Reality by Laura Dodsworth 9781780664651
RRP: $39.00$28.65100 women bare all in an empowering collection of photographs and interviews about Womanhood. Vagina, vulva, lady garden, pussy, beaver, cunt, fanny... whatever you call it most women have no idea what's 'down there'. Culturally and personally, no... -
Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women by Helena Kennedy
RRP: $21.43$15.15Two women a week are killed by a spouse or partner. Every seven minutes a woman is raped. Now is the time for change.'Fascinating and chilling' Caroline Criado Perez, bestselling author of Invisible Women Helena Kennedy, one of our most eminent lawyers... -
The Bonds of Love: Psychoanalysis, Feminism and the Problems of Domination by Jessica Benjamin
RRP: $81.90$58.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394757308Author Jessica BenjaminFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Pantheon Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm)... -
Complaint! by Sara Ahmed
RRP: $52.63$44.56In Complaint! Sara Ahmed examines what we can learn about power from those who complain about abuses of power. Drawing on oral and written testimonies from academics and students who have made complaints about harassment, bullying, and unequal working... -
Intercourse by Andrea Dworkin
RRP: $27.28$17.94Andrea Dworkin, once called Feminism's Malcolm X," has been worshipped, reviled, criticized, and analyzed-but never ignored. The power of her writing, the passion of her ideals, and the ferocity of her intellect have spurred the arguments and activism... -
The Woman They Could Not Silence: one woman, her incredible fight for freedom, and the men who tried to make her disappear by Kate Moore
RRP: $21.43$14.27From the internationally bestselling author of The Radium Girls comes a dark but ultimately uplifting tale of a woman whose incredible journey still resonates today. Elizabeth Packard was an ordinary Victorian housewife and mother of six. That was,... -
Damaged Goods: The Rise and Fall of Sir Philip Green (The Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller) by Oliver Shah
RRP: $19.48$13.86DISCOVER THE SHOCKING TRUTH BEHIND THE BUSINESS AND LIFESTYLE OF SIR PHILIP GREEN In this jaw-dropping expose, Oliver Shah uncovers the truth behind one of Britain's biggest business scandals, following Sir Philip Green's journey to the big time, the... -
Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore by Bettany Hughes 9781845952143
RRP: $48.75$35.14As soon as men began to write, they made Helen of Troy their subject; for nearly three thousand years she has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty and a reminder of the terrible power that beauty can wield. Because of her double marriage to... -
Women of the Right Spirit: Paid Organisers of the Women's Social and Political Union (Wspu), 1904-18 by Krista Cowman
RRP: $38.98$32.02This book is the first investigation on how official organizers built and sustained the national militant campaign of the Women's Social and Political Union between 1903 and 1918. Whilst the overall policy of the Union was devised by an ever-decreasing... -
Mothers of the Mind: The Remarkable Women Who Shaped Virginia Woolf, Agatha Christie and Sylvia Plath by Rachel Trethewey 9781803991894
RRP: $48.75$35.39'The relationship between my grandmother and her mother was very important and indeed crucial to her childhood and the very early days of her writing ... So, to have more insight into this particular aspect of my grandmother's early life is very valuable... -
A History of Islam in 21 Women by Hossein Kamaly 9781786078780
RRP: $19.48$12.50Khadija was the first believer, to whom the Prophet Muhammad often turned for advice. At a time when strongmen quickly seized power from any female Muslim ruler, Arwa of Yemen reigned alone for five decades. In nineteenth-century Russia, Mukhlisa Bubi... -
Women + Patterns + Plants: A Self-Care Coloring Book by Sarina Mantle
RRP: $23.38$15.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912634392Author Sarina MantleFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Liminal 11Publisher Liminal 11 -
The Whole Woman by Dr. Germaine Greer
RRP: $25.33$17.73THIRTY YEARS AFTER THE FEMALE EUNUCH, GERMAINE GREER RETURNS TO THE SUBJECT OF FEMINISM, WITH THE BOOK SHE VOWED SHE WOULD NEVER WRITE.Germaine Greer proclaims that the time has come to get angry again! Modern feminism has become the victim of... -
On Violence and On Violence Against Women by Jacqueline Rose 9780571332724
RRP: $25.33$16.69A blazingly insightful, provocative study of violence against women from the peerless feminist critic. 'To read Rose is to understand that there is no border between us and the world; it is an invitation to a radical kind of responsibility.'NEW YORK... -
Sensible Ecstasy: Mysticism, Sexual Difference, and the Demands of History by Amy Hollywood 9780226349527
RRP: $52.65$52.40Sensible Ecstasy investigates the attraction to excessive forms of mysticism among twentieth-century French intellectuals and demonstrates the work that the figure of the mystic does for these thinkers. With special attention to Georges Bataille, Simone... -
Women in the Qur'an: An Emancipatory Reading by Asma Lamrabet
$26.33Today, the issue of Muslim women is held hostage between two extreme perceptions: that of a rigid and conservative Islamic approach and that of a Western ethnocentric and Islamophobic approach. These two perceptions lead to an impasse in which it is... -
Brown Girl Like Me by Jaspreet Kaur
RRP: $33.13$23.95You might feel that this fight is too big for you. How on earth can you dismantle so many complex, long-standing systems of oppression? My answer: piece by piece.Brown Girl Like Me is an inspiring memoir and empowering manifesto that equips women with... -
Heart Of The Race: Black Women's Lives in Britain by Beverley Bryan
RRP: $23.38$22.05Heart of the Race is a powerful corrective to a version of Britain's history from which black women have long been excluded. It reclaims and records black women's place in that history, documenting their day-to-day struggles, their experiences of...