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How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran Publisher Comments Though they have the vote and the Pill and haven't been burned as witches since 1727, life isn't exactly a stroll down the catwalk for modern women. They are beset by uncertainties and questions: Why are they supposed to get Brazilians? Why do bras hurt?... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Queer and Pleasant Danger by Kate Bornstein Publisher Comments The true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology and leaves twelve years later to become the lovely lady she is today ... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins Publisher Comments Richard Dawkins transformed our view of God in his blockbuster, The God Delusion, which sold more than 2 million copies in English alone. He revolutionized the way we see natural selection in the seminal bestseller The Selfish Gene. Now, he launches a... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer Staff Pick List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Man down: Proof beyond a Reasonable Doubt That Women Are Better Cops, Drivers, Gamblers, Spies, World Leaders, Beer Tasters, Hedge Fund Managers, and Just about Everything Else by Dan Abrams Publisher Comments In a book chock full of trivia, the author argues that women are better than men in just about every way imaginable, from managing money to flying planes to living longer. 50,000 first printing.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $6.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Fat! So?: Because You Don't Have to Apologize for Your Size by Marilyn Wann Publisher Comments Fat? Chunky? Less than svelte? So what! In this hilarious and eye-opening book, fat and proud activist/zinester Marilyn Wann takes on Americas' biggest fearworse than the fear of public speaking or nuclear weaponsour fear of fat.Statistics... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Women's Ways of Knowing: The Development of Self, Voice, and Mind by Mary F Belenky Publisher Comments Despite the progress of the womens movement, many women still feel silenced in their families and schools. This moving and insightful bestseller, based on in-depth interviews with 135 women, explains why they feel this way. Updated with a new preface... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern by Carol Strickland Publisher Comments Like music, art is a universal language. Although looking at works of art is a pleasurable enough experience, to appreciate them fully requires certain skills and knowledge. --Carol Strickland, from the introduction to The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $13.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy Publisher Comments Meet the Female Chauvinist Pig -- the new brand of "empowered woman" who embraces "raunch culture" wherever she finds it. In her groundbreaking book, andlt;iandgt;New Yorkandlt;/iandgt; magazine writer Ariel Levy argues that, if male chauvinist pigs of... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade by Justin Spring Publisher Comments Drawn from the secret, never-before-seen diaries, journals, and sexual records of the novelist, poet, and university professor Samuel M. Steward, Secret Historian is a sensational reconstruction of one of the more extraordinary hidden lives of the... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men by Mara Hvistendahl Publisher Comments Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize A Slate Best Book of 2011 A Discover Magazine Best Book of 2011 Lianyungang, a booming port city, has China's most extreme gender ratio for children under four: 163 boys for every 100 girls. These numbers don't seem... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Cape Verdean Women and Globalization: The Politics of Gender, Culture, and Resistance by Katherine Carter Publisher Comments Offering valuable insights into social science methodology and practice, Cape Verde Women and Globalization employs critical ethnography and critical discourse analysis to explore what Cape Verdeans have to say about womens lives in the era of twenty... (read more) List Price $99.25 Your price: $39.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940 by George Chauncey Publisher Comments A fascinating look at a gay world that was not supposed to have existed, this book shows that gay life in prewar New York was not only remarkably visible but extensively integrated into the straight world.. Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth about Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage by Cathi Hanauer 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) List Price $13.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Rose: Love in Violent Times by Inga Muscio Publisher Comments With trademark precision and razor-sharp wit, Inga Muscio explores the impacts of passive violence, abuse, war, and cultural trauma on our most intimate lives in order to uncover a path toward healthy and imaginative sex and love. Rose breaks new ground... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The L Life: Extraordinary Lesbians Making a Difference by Erin Mchugh Publisher Comments There have been few cultural touchstones to open peoples eyes to everyday lesbian life—until now. Through fascinating interviews and stunning portrait photography, The L Life introduces us to the women who are changing our view of the world... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $8.25 Sale - Hardcover
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He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know by Jessica Valenti Synopsis Double standards are nothing new. Women deal with them every day. Take the common truism that women who sleep around are sluts while men are studs. Why is it that men grow distinguished and sexily gray as they age while women just get saggy and haggard... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Morning After by Cynthia Enloe Publisher Comments "Enloe contends that the U.S. military is masculine potency, writ large. But, what happens when the military begins to shrink? In pursuing this question, Enloe shows us the world through a feminist prism. Briskly paced and provocatively argued, The... (read more) List Price $31.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued Their Bosses and Changed the Workplace by Lynn Povich Publisher Comments It was the 1960s––a time of economic boom and social strife. Young women poured into the workplace, but the “Help Wanted” ads were segregated by gender and the “Mad Men” office culture was rife with sexual... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine (Plus) by Sue Monk Kidd Publisher Comments "I was amazed to find that I had no idea how to unfold my spiritual life in a feminine way. I was surprised, and, in fact, a little terrified, when I found myself in the middle of a feminist spiritual reawakening." ––Sue Monk Kidd For years... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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