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Ben MarcusBen Marcus's books The Age of Wire and String and Notable American Women were considered "experimental" fiction because of his unconventional use of... Continue »
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100 Places Every Woman Should Go 100 Places Every Woman Should Go
by Stephanie Elizondo Griest
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With its breezy reviews and insightful advice, 100 Places Every Woman Should Go encourages women of any age to see the world — in a group, with a friend, or solo. Based on her own explorations of many countries, states, and regions, and on... (read more)
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Seasonal Fires: New and Selected Poems Seasonal Fires: New and Selected Poems
by Ingrid De Kok
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Ingrid de Kok's first book to be published in the United States is also the first volume to demonstrate the variety and continuity of de Kok’s work over the last 25 years. In South Africa and internationally, readers have recognized and responded... (read more)
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A Russian Diary: A Journalist's Final Account of Life, Corruption, and Death in Putin's Russia A Russian Diary: A Journalist's Final Account of Life, Corruption, and Death in Putin's Russia
by Anna Politkovskaya and Arch Tait
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Anna Politkovskaya, one of Russia's most fearless journalists, was gunned down in a contract killing in Moscow in the fall of 2006. Just before her death, Politkovskaya completed this searing, intimate record of life in Russia from the parliamentary... (read more)
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Women Who Light the Dark Women Who Light the Dark
by Paola Gianturco and Kravita N. Ramdas
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Across the world, local women are helping one another tackle the problems that darken their lives — domestic violence, sex trafficking, war, poverty, illiteracy, discrimination, inequality, malnutrition, disease. These women may lack material... (read more)
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The Girl with the Golden Shoes The Girl with the Golden Shoes
by Colin Channer
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Fiction. African-American Studies. Set in 1942 on the imagined island of San Carlos, a cultural cocktail of Trinidad, Cuba, and Jamaica, this is the story of Estrella Thompson, a headstrong fourteen year-old girl who's forced to fend for herself when she'... (read more)
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Wild Fire: Art as Activism Wild Fire: Art as Activism

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Angels in Africa: Portraits of Seven Extraordinary Women Angels in Africa: Portraits of Seven Extraordinary Women
by Kimberley Sevcik
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This arresting and important volume documents seven African women working to overcome devastating problems in their communities. Through dazzling photographs and first-person accounts, their stories reveal the strength of the human spirit: A Tutsi woman... (read more)
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Standing Up for Democracy in Burma (Women Changing the World) Aung San Suu Kyi: Standing Up for Democracy in Burma (Women Changing the World)

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Becoming Abigail: A Novel Becoming Abigail: A Novel
by Christopher Abani
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"Compelling and gorgeously written, this is a coming-of-age novella like no other. Chris Abani explores the depths of loss and exploitation with what can only be described as a knowing tenderness. An extraordinary, necessary book."—Cristina Garcia,... (read more)
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Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry
by Laura Maria Agustin
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This groundbreaking book explodes several myths: that selling sex is completely different from any other kind of work; that migrants who sell sex are passive victims; and that the multitude of people out to save them are without self-interest. Laura... (read more)
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