Women's Studies

This is a selection of our Women's Studies section. To find a specific book or author, or just to browse, please use the search box.

The Dancer from Khiva: One Muslim Woman's Quest for Freedom - trade paperback
By Bibish - $16.50 - add to cart

An unflinchingly honest memoir, The Dancer from Khiva is a true story that offers remarkable insights into Central Asian culture through the harrowing experiences of a young girl. In a narrative...

 

Epilogue: A Memoir - hardcover
By Anne Roiphe - $26.95 - add to cart

Anne Roiphe was not quite seventy years old when her husband of nearly forty years unexpectedly passed away. But it was not until her daughters placed a personal ad in a literary journal that Roip...

 

Herstory 2009: The Canadian Women's Calendar - trade paperback
By - $12.95 - add to cart

Continuing its tradition of service to both the awareness of women's accomplishments, and the organization of their daily lives, Herstory: The Canadian Women's Calendar presents its 32nd edition. ...

 

The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal - hardcover
By Laurie Notaro - $23.00 - add to cart

The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club" returns with her first collection of all new essays and personal observations in three years--and her funniest ye...

 

Loose Girl: A Memoir - hardcover
By Kerry Cohen - $23.50 - add to cart

Kerry Cohen is eleven years old when she recognizes the power of her body in the leer of a grown man. Her parents are recently divorced and it doesn't take long before their lassitude and Kerry's d...

 

My Mother's Daughter: A Memoir - trade paperback
By Rona Maynard - $19.99 - add to cart

Personal memories of the sort her Chatelaine readers adored — a remarkable life story seen through the window of her relationship with her mother. Every woman’s relationship with her mother is s...

 

Myths of Male Dominance: Collected Articles on Women Cross-Culturally - trade paperback
By Eleanor B. Leacock - $20.00 - add to cart

"Highly recommended, both as a critically presented state-of-the-art discussion and as an account of how one's personal/political history informs the process of scientific inquiry."-Choice This ...

 

The Other Woman - trade paperback
By Victoria Zackheim - $15.50 - add to cart

An anthology collection of twenty-one essays that concern "the other woman"--either being her or having her wreak havoc on a marriage or relationship--now available as a trade paperback.From some o...

 

Smart Women Don't Retire, They Break Free: From Working Full-Time to Living Full-Time - hardcover
By Gail Rentsch - $27.99 - add to cart

For the amazing female pioneers who shattered the glass ceiling, a practical and inspiring guide to reinventing what's next.Boomer women have been trailblazers throughout their professional lives. ...

 

Spitfire Women of World War II - trade paperback
By Giles Whittell - $19.95 - add to cart

The story of the unsung heroines who flew the newest, fastest, aeroplanes in World War II -- mostly in southern England where the RAF was desperately short of pilots.

 

A Time of Our Own: In Celebration of Women Over Sixty - trade paperback
By Elinor Miller Greenberg And Fay W. Whitney - $18.95 - add to cart

The very concept of retirement is changing, especially among women. Today's mature female is a pacesetter, exemplifying a unique approach to work, service, and learning. These women, age 60 and old...

 

The Wishing Year: A House, a Man, My Soul A Memoir of Fulfilled Desire - hardcover
By Noelle Oxenhandler - $25.00 - add to cart

One New Year’s Day, Noelle Oxenhandler took stock of her life and found that she was alone after a long marriage, seemingly doomed to perpetual house rental and separated from the spiritual communi...