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Books 51 - 60 of 96 next » by Louann Brizendine
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Although initially turned off by the title, The Female Brain was one the most revealing gender studies I have ever read. More a case for feminism than a case for gender superiority, Brizendine explores the physiological reasons behind the differences in... (read more) Your Price $8.00 Used - Trade Paper 
by Mariane Pearl
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Mariane Pearl started traveling the globe for Glamour magazine in 2006 to profile courageous women and show that hope is stronger than fear. During the first year of writing her monthly "Global Diary" column, Pearl logged nearly 100,000 miles and met 12... (read more) Used - Hardcover
by Rajaa Alsanea
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A bold new voice from Saudi Arabia spins a fascinating tale of four young women attempting to navigate the narrow straits between love, desire, fulfillment, and Islamic tradition In her debut novel Rajaa Alsanea reveals the social, romantic, and sexual... (read more) Used - Hardcover
by Carrie Adams
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Heartwarming, dark, funny, and almost too true to bear, Adamss extraordinary novel speaks to all women whove wondered about the competing attractions of being single and getting hitched for life. Are marriage and children the happy-ever-after many claim,... (read more) New - Hardcover
by Ani Difranco
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“She’s got the gift of lyrical precision—nothing cuts to the core quite like the resolution of DiFranco rhyme.”—Billboard With eight Grammy nominations, a gold record, and sales of over 4.5 million, Ani DiFranco is one of... (read more) Sale - Hardcover
by Christina Baker Kline
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Angela Russo is thirty-three years old and single, stuck in a job she doesn't love and a life that seems, somehow, to have just happened. Though she inherited a flair for Italian cooking from her grandmother, she never has the time; for the past six... (read more) Used - Hardcover
by Edwidge Danticat
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One of Haiti's most acclaimed native daughters returns to her homeland to celebrate her first Carnival, taking readers on a journey beyond the hedonistic surface and into the heart of the celebration. She also explores the area's hills and rainforests... (read more) Your Price $9.00 Used - Hardcover
by Edwidge Danticat
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From the universally acclaimed author of Breath, Eyes, Memory and Krik? Krak!, a brilliant, deeply moving work of fiction that explores the world of a “dew breaker”—a torturer—a man whose brutal crimes in the country of his birth... (read more) Your Price $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Sent in 2006 by the Salvation Army to bear witness to the work they were doing in response to the AIDS pandemic, Rhidian Brook, his wife, and two children follow a trail of devastation through communities still shattered and being broken by the disease... (read more) New - Trade Paper
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