Topical/Women's History
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On Democracy
$17.99 Add to cartA New York Times Book Review New & Noteworthy Title
“For democracy’s weary champions, White’s time-tested prose is a shot of adrenaline” (Madeleine Albright).
“I am a member of a party of one, and I liv
- Author: White, E. B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 30 2020
- ISBN10: 0062905457
- Language: English
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Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America
$24.99 Add to cartA quippy and irreverent collection of illustrated profiles of the great American women who weren’t attractive, well-spoken, demure, or sinless enough to receive their rightful place in history, until … [more below]
- Author: Oneill, Therese
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1982199709
- Language: English
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Letters to My Weird Sisters: On Autism and Feminism
$16.99 Read moreAn autistic feminist author looks at women’s history, in search of her ‘weird sisters’.
It seemed to me that many of the moments when my autism had caused problems, or at least marked me out as diffe- Author: Limburg, Joanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1838950079
- Language: English
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The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book
$17.99 Add to cart“I’m drenched in cream, marinated in wine, basted in cognac, and thoroughly buttered by the end of The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book.” –Eula Biss, New York Times bestselling author of Having and Being Ha
- Author: Toklas, Alice B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 0063043807
- Language: English
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Burning the Breeze: Three Generations of Women in the American West
$24.95 Add to cartWILLA Literary Award Finalist in Creative Nonfiction
In the middle of the Great Depression, Montana native Julia Bennett arrived in New York City with no money and an
Finalist, Evans Handcart Award- Author: Hendrickson, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: September 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1496227921
- Language: English
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Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
$32.00 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dyna
- Author: Cooper, Anderson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 0063118327
- Language: English
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You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
$17.99 Add to cartFrom one of the world’s most celebrated and admired public figures, a wise and intimate book on how to get the most of out life.
Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier.
- Author: Roosevelt, Eleanor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 26 2011
- ISBN10: 0062061577
- Language: English
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All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
$28.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER – NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A renowned historian traces the life of a single object handed down through three generations of Black women to craft a “deeply layered and ins… [more below]
- Author: Miles, Tiya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 1984854992
- Language: English
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Ten Days in a Mad-House: A Graphic Adaptation
$19.99 Add to cartA NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY “BEST NEW COMIC OF 2022 FOR ADULTS” Beautifully adapted and rendered through piercing illustrations by acclaimed creators Brad Ricca and Courtney Sieh, Nellie Bly’s complete,… [more below]
- Author: Ricca, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1982140658
- Language: English
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The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins and the Fight for Women in Science
$18.99 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book
As late as 1999, women who succeeded in science were called “exceptional” as if it were unusual for them to be so bright. They were exceptional, not because they could su- Author: Zernike, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 1982131845
- Language: English
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Runnin’ with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen
$19.99 Add to cartThe manager who shepherded Van Halen from obscurity to rock stardom goes behind the scenes to tell the complete, unadulterated story of David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, and the legendary band that cha
- Author: Monk, Noel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 13 2018
- ISBN10: 006247412X
- Language: English
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Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity
$18.99 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Now in paperback–Peggy Orenstein, author of the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller Girls & Sex, turns her focus to the sexual lives of young men. “Eye-opening…. Every
- Author: Orenstein, Peggy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 09 2021
- ISBN10: 0062666983
- Language: English
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Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust–Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind’s Darkest Hour
$19.99 Add to cartA stirring testament to the strength of the human spirit and the power of music, Violins of Hope tells the remarkable stories of violins played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust, and the Israel
- Author: Grymes, James A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 12 2014
- ISBN10: 0062246836
- Language: English
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My Invented Country: A Memoir
$15.99 Add to cart“A stunningly intimate memoir. . . . Allende is that rare writer whose understanding of story matches her mastery of language.”–Entertainment Weekly
The revered New York Times bestselling author of Ho
- Author: Allende, Isabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 29 2020
- ISBN10: 0063021722
- Language: English
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The Women’s History of the Modern World: How Radicals, Rebels, and Everywomen Revolutionized the Last 200 Years
$19.99 Add to cartThe internationally bestselling author of Who Cooked the Last Supper? presents a wickedly witty and very current history of the extraordinary female rebels, reactionaries, and trailblazers who left th
- Author: Miles, Rosalind
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0062444034
- Language: English
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The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II
$20.00 Add to cart“With the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, women pilots went aloft to serve their nation. . . . A soaring tale in which, at long last, these daring World War II pilots gain the credit th… [more below]
- Author: Landdeck, Katherine Sharp
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 30 2021
- ISBN10: 1524762822
- Language: English
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Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies
$19.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Laura Thompson returns with Heiresses, a fascinating look at the lives of heiresses throughout history and the often tragic truth beneath the gilded surface.
Heiresse- Author: Thompson, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1250316340
- Language: English
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Stop Self-Sabotage: Six Steps to Unlock Your True Motivation, Harness Your Willpower, and Get Out of Your Own Way
$28.99 Add to cartAward-winning clinical psychologist and TV personality Dr. Judy Ho helps you stop the cycle of self-sabotage, clear a path to lasting happiness, and start living your best life in this a must-have gui
- Author: Ho Phd, Judy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 20 2019
- ISBN10: 0062874349
- Language: English
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Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound
$24.95 Add to cartWinner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Winner of the American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation
Winner of the PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Award
Winner of the MAAH- Author: Brooks, Daphne A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0674292200
- Language: English
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Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong
$17.99 Add to cartNATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD WINNER
The story of a climbing adventure gone wrong in a remote Alaskan mountain range, the impossible rescue attempt that followed, and the fraught cost of survival
In 2018,
- Author: Wejchert, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0063085534
- Language: English
