Women

Maria Mies' achievements include developing groundbreaking praxis and theory around the concept of "housewifisation", the violence of colonisation and profound writings about ecofeminism. She fights the Multilateral Agreement of Investment, she fights...

One of only four girls from the 160 children in her primary school to pass the eleven plus, Sylvia Vetta was the first in her family to enjoy higher education and got to enjoy that post-WWII wonder: upward mobility. While battling racism in Smethwick in...

In this inspiring and diverse book, Sam Maggs lends her signature wit and warmth to profiles of some of history's most influential female forces. Spanning art, science, politics, activism, and sport, these girl squads show just how essential female...

The Diary of Anne Frank is a seminal piece of twentieth century literature. It recounts the tragic and moving story of a young Jewish teenager faced with the horrors of Nazism. In it, Anne establishes a bond with her readers that transcends both time and...

Now in trade paperback, A Homemade Life is a memoir composed of recipes and stories from acclaimed blogger, Molly Wizenberg. Molly's fresh and modern recipes--sometimes decedent, sometimes healthful-- appeal to the growing number of people tired of the...

A full-color illustrated collection of riveting, inspiring, and stereotype-shattering stories that reveal the beauty, diversity, and strength of Muslim women both past and present. Tired of seeing Muslim women portrayed as weak, sheltered, and limited,...

The female vocalists who pioneered the disco genre in the '70s and early '80s were an extraordinarily talented group who dazzled the world with an exciting blend of elegance, soulful passion and gutsy fire. In this book of original interviews, 32 of...

Whether in front of the camera or behind it, Candice Vadala understood herself as both an artist and an entrepreneur. As Candida Royalle (1950-2015)-underground actress, porn star, producer of adult movies, and staunch feminist-she made a business of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802145420Author Mary Crow DogFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061725487Author Harriet BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint William Morrow & CompanyPublisher William Morrow & CompanyWeight(grams) 213g

Eunice Lipton was a fledging art historian when she first became intrigued by Victorine Meurent, the nineteenth-century model who appeared in Edouard Manet's most famous paintings, only to vanish from history in a haze of degrading hearsay. But had this...

Girls on Film: Witty Life Lessons from Alicia Malone#1 Best Seller in Photography Criticism & Essays, Movie Guides & Reviews, Movie ReferenceWith humor and honesty, Girls on Film looks at the good, the bad, and the unfairly written women in film. This...

All In My Head is a memoir by a woman who in her early fifties received a life-shattering diagnosis. It is about her determined search for effective treatment, the birth of a campaign to get proper data and funding for research into glioblastoma (GBM),...

She was a friend, lover, and confidante of charismatic Spanish American independence hero Simon Bolivar and, after her death, a nationalist icon in her own right. Yet authors generally have chosen either to romanticize Manuela Saenz or to discount her...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316449212Author Emma Copley EisenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 206mm *...

The fame of Joan of Arc began in her lifetime and, though it has dipped a little now and then, she has never vanished from view. Her image acts as a seismograph for the shifts and settlings of personal and political ideals: Joan of Arc is the heroine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671447489Author Joanna StrattonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 462g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307473417Author Bob SpitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 131mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307473417Author Bob SpitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 131mm...

In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off down the Colorado River, accompanied by an ambitious expedition leader and three amateur boatmen. With its churning rapids, sheer cliffs and boat-shattering boulders, the Colorado...

'It's not me then?' she says. A little bit of my heart breaks, and I struggle to swallow down the lump in my throat. 'No Jane, it's not you. You were right.' Why won't he ever let you use his phone? Why is he always going on about that girl...

Patti Eddington always knew she was adopted, and her beloved parents seemed amenable enough to questions—but she never wanted to hurt them by expressing curiosity, so she didn’t. The story of her mother cutting off and dying her hair when she was a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250036810Author Keith BadmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780717803682Author Errol FlynnFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S.Publisher International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956792082Author Joanna MurphyFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Heretics PressPublisher Heretics PressWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143039235Author Vera BrittainFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 454g

Known by many as the greatest dancer of her time, Isadora Duncan was the matriarch of creative self-expression. A pioneer in the dance world and the women's movement, her name is synonymous with originality, spontaneity, and intrigue. She was the first...

Known by many as the greatest dancer of her time, Isadora Duncan was the matriarch of creative self-expression. A pioneer in the dance world and the women's movement, her name is synonymous with originality, spontaneity, and intrigue. She was the first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807070734Author Catalina De ErausoFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 136mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853985778Author Baharieh Rouhani Ma'aniFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint George RonaldPublisher George Ronald Publisher

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451698220Author Glennon Doyle MeltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306832130Author Pardis MahdaviFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 157mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857986177Author Yassmin Abdel-MagiedFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House AustraliaPublisher Random House AustraliaWeight(grams)...

'You can reinvent yourself, you can change, you can grow, you can regress, you can be any number of things at any particular time. Please give yourself permission to do that, and be equally as open-minded to others who choose to do the same. Because...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950863198Author Suzan KanooFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint ForbesbooksPublisher ForbesbooksDimensions(mm) 235mm * 159mm * 19mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594483691Author Paula UruburuFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 365gDimensions(mm) 208mm...

At 22, Kate Mulgrew gave birth to a daughter. Having already signed the adoption papers, she was allowed only a fleeting glimpse of her child. Three days later, she returned to work as the star of a popular soap opera. Twenty years later, she went in...

Born in Arkansas to a family of modest means, Helen Gurley Brown worked at countless secretarial jobs and was an advertising executive before writing the 1962 international bestseller Sex and the Single Girl, marrying the love of her life, becoming the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692711354Author Lindsay FischerFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint House on SunsetPublisher House on SunsetWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...