Women
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Unflinching Courage: Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas
$18.99 Add to cartIn Unflinching Courage, former United States Senator and New York Times bestselling author Kay Bailey Hutchison brings to life the incredible stories of the resourceful and brave women who shaped the
- Author: Hutchison, Kay Bailey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0062130714
- Language: English
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Gilded Lily: Lily Safra: The Making of One of the World’s Wealthiest Widows
$18.99 Add to cart“Isabel Vincent has written a riveting account of the life of the international socialite and billionairess Lily Safra, allegedly the third richest woman in the world…. It’s a very good read.” — Do
- Author: Vincent, Isabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 28 2011
- ISBN10: 0061133949
- Language: English
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When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today
$27.99 Read moreNew and Noteworthy –New York Times Book Review
Must-Read Book of March –Entertainment Weekly
Best Books of March –HelloGiggles“Leaps at the throat of television history and takes down the patriarchy
- Author: Armstrong, Jennifer Keishin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 23, 2021
- ISBN10: 0062973304
- Language: English
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Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s
$29.95 Add to cartWhy is there no Native woman David Sedaris? Or Native Anne Lamott? Humor categories in publishing are packed with books by funny women and humorous sociocultural-political commentary–but no Native wo… [more below]
- Author: Midge, Tiffany
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1496215575
- Language: English
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Nothing Stays Put: The Life and Poetry of Amy Clampitt
$38.00 Read moreA NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR – LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 PLUTARCH AWARD – An evocative portrait of the beloved and acclaimed poet, whose late-in-life success took the literary world by storm.
“Clam… [more below]- Author: Spiegelman, Willard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0525658262
- Language: English
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Every Ounce of Courage: A Daughter’s Reflections On Her Mother’s Bravery
$16.99 Add to cartIt began with an unexpected phone call and a startling statement: “You don’t know me, but your mother saved my life.”
The late night conversation with an American World War II veteran revealed to Eliza
- Author: Besa-Quirino, Elizabeth Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: June 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987555002
- Language: English
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Fortitude: A PTSD Memoir
$14.99 Add to cartAnchored by ten years of unedited blog and journal entries, Fortitude illustrates a real-time account of an outwardly successful college student living with secrets of rape, childhood molestation, a c
- Author: Pooley, Apryl E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: September 30 2015
- ISBN10: 0692730028
- Language: English
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Woodswoman: Living Alone in the Adirondack Wilderness
$16.00 Add to cartEcologist Anne LaBastille created the life that many people dream about. When she and her husband divorced, she needed a place to live. Through luck and perseverance, she found the ideal spot: a 20-ac… [more below]
- Author: Labastille, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 11 1991
- ISBN10: 0140153349
- Language: English
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Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells
$27.00 Add to cartJournalist. Suffragist. Antilynching crusader. In 1862, Ida B. Wells was born enslaved in Holly Springs, Mississippi. In 2020, she won a Pulitzer Prize.
Ida B. Wells committed herself to the needs of- Author: Duster, Michelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1982129816
- Language: English
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It’s No Puzzle: a memoir in artifact
$20.00 Add to cartA dazzling array of starshot across the sky from the brilliant Cris Mazza, who reminds us again and again that we must not only hold the line when it comes to our individual and community worth, but e
- Author: Mazza, Cris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 15 2023
- ISBN10: 195600565X
- Language: English
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Moments That Matter: Forget Fear
$14.99 Add to cartStep into a world where emotions run deep and stories intertwine, as twenty distinct voices unite to bring you along on a journey that celebrates the beauty and complexity of the human experience. “Mo
- Author: Griffin, Marisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: September 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1962407314
- Language: English
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Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind
$18.99 Add to cartAfter enduring years of hunger, deprivation, and devastating loss at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, ten-year-old Loung Ung became the “lucky child,” the sibling chosen to accompany her eldest brother t
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Ung, Loung
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 11 2006
- ISBN10: 0060733950
- Language: English
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Surviving the Island of Grace 2nd Rev Ed.
$18.95 Add to cartAn inspiring memoir of one woman’s life on the far edge of America and her struggle to find home amid the isolation, work, risk and beauty of the Alaskan wilderness.
- Author: Fields, Leslie Leyland
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: July 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1603812709
- Language: English
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Between Blade and Bullet: The Mary Steinhauser Story
$28.99 Add to cartMary Steinhauser is the only peace officer in the history of penal institutions in Canada to willingly offer up her life in the service of her country. It was during a 1975 prison escape attempt and 4… [more below]
- Author: Franz, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1525588230
- Language: English
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When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People
$21.99 Add to cartThe Big Sick meets Dad is Fat in this funny and heartfelt New York Times bestselling memoir from writer, director, wife, and mother, Jeannie Gaffigan, as she reflects on the life-changing impact of he… [more below]
- Author: Gaffigan, Jeannie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1538751054
- Language: English
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The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family
$22.99 Add to cartThis is the story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the world wars. Jessica was a Communist; Debo became the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy was one of the … [more below]
- Author: Lovell, Mary S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: March 17 2003
- ISBN10: 0393324141
- Language: English
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Captive of the Labyrinth: Sarah L. Winchester, Heiress to the Rifle Fortune, Revised and Updated Edition
$27.95 Add to cartCaptive of the Labyrinth is reissued here to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of rifle heiress Sarah L. Winchester in 1922. After inheriting a vast fortune upon the death of her husband … [more below]
- Author: Ignoffo, Mary Jo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 332
- Publish Date: September 05 2022
- ISBN10: 0826222706
- Language: English
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Fever
$20.00 Add to cartA memoir made up of essays fragments, Fever, examines what it is to desire throughout all phases and states of life and being. Niziolek mixes plain language with poetic prose to interrogate trauma fro
- Author: Niziolek, Shilo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: October 07 2022
- ISBN10: 9798986078892
- Language: English
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There Is No Blue
$18.95 Add to cartTHE GLOBE AND MAIL: BOOKS TO READ IN FALL 2023
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Martha Baillie’s richly layered response to her mother’s passing, her f
- Author: Baillie, Martha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1552454746
- Language: English
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Calamity Jane: The Woman and the Legend
$44.93 Add to cartForget Doris Day singing on the stagecoach. Forget Robin Weigert’s gritty portrayal on HBO’s Deadwood. The real Calamity Jane was someone the likes of whom you’ve never encountered. That is, until now… [more below]
- Author: McLaird, James D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 378
- Publish Date: February 15 2012
- ISBN10: 0806142510
- Language: English
