by Ayaan Hirsi Ali  Publisher Comments In this profoundly affecting memoir from the internationally renowned author of The Caged Virgin, Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells her astonishing life story, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya, to her intellectual awakening... (read more) Your Price $15.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies 
by Alice Sebold Synopsis In this candid memoir, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was transformed when, as an 18-year-old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten. Sebold tells of her road to recovery and how she ultimately managed to secure her attacker's arrest and... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by David Gilmour 
Powells.com Staff Pick What kind of father would allow his son to drop out of high school as long as the kid would agree to watch three movies of the father's choosing each week? Want to start an interesting conversation about parenting and education? Talk about what Gilmore... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your Price $15.39 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Diablo Cody Publisher Comments Decreed by David Letterman (tongue in cheek) on CBS TV's "The Late Show" to be the pick of "Dave's Book Club 2006," Candy Girl is the story of a young writer who dared to bare it all as a stripper. At the age of twenty-four, Diablo Cody decided there had... (read more) Your Price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Betsy Prioleau Publisher Comments In this road map to restoring feminine sexual power, Betsy Prioleau introduces and analyzes the stories and stratagems of historyas greatest seductresses. These are the women who ravished the worldafrom such classic figures as Cleopatra and Mae West to... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Dan Savage Publisher Comments In a time when much of the country sees red whenever the subject of gay marriage comes up, Dan Savageoutspoken author of the column Savage Love makes it personal. Dan Savages mother wants him to get married. His boyfriend, Terry, says no thanks because... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Judith Halberstam Synopsis Halberstam's marvelous new book combines fierce argumentation, vivid description, and astute as well as hilarious commentary. The author not only provides a powerful critique of common defenses and dismissals of 'postmodernism, ' but offers a... (read more) Your Price $20.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Rosanne Olson Publisher Comments Fifty-four portraits of women that are striking, beautiful, and real. The bodies in this book have been shaped by the full sweep of the feminine experience. They belong to 54 women from all over the country, ages 19 to 95, of all sizes and shapes... (read more) Your Price $17.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Wendy Maltz Publisher Comments Since the explosion of the Internet and other forms of digital technology, the number of people addicted to pornography has skyrocketed. But there has been a distinct lack of resources to help them until now. The Porn Trap is the first book to take a... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Amy Goldwasser Publisher Comments A vivid portrait of what it means to be a teenage girl in America today, from 58 of the country's finest, most credentialed writers on the subject If you're a teenage girl today, you live your life in words-in text and instant messages, on blogs and... (read more) Your Price $21.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Cristina Page
Publisher Comments A pithy polemic bolstered by solid research, intellectual heft, and firsthand reporting, this is a book poised to change the debate over reproductive rights in this country wholesale. As activist and writer Cristina Page shows, the gains made by birth... (read more) Your Price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Gayle Macdonald Publisher Comments The contributions to this collection are written by legal advocates, community activists and legal scholars. While the Introduction and Commentary provide a theoretical overview, the ten essays examine theories of intersectionality to demonstrate how... (read more) Your Price $19.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Cathi Hanauer
Powells.com Staff Pick Great essays like these give you an opportunity to look at the world through another person's eyes and re-examine your own experiences. The 26 included here take you on a journey through the a myriad women's lives. I laughed, I cried, I felt better about... (read more) Your Price $3.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Nora Ephron Publisher Comments With her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry sense of humor, Nora Ephron shares with us her ups and downs in I Feel Bad About My Neck, a candid, hilarious look at women who are getting older and dealing with the tribulations of... (read more) Your Price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Antonia Fraser Synopsis From Boadicea to Isabella of Spain, Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great, Indira Gandhi and Margaret Thatcher, this book analyzes the warrior queens, the women in history whose courage is contrasted with the weaknesses of the males around them.... (read more) Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
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