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Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything by Geneen Roth Publisher Comments Geneen Roth's masterwork, Women Food and God explores the relationship between how we eat and how we see ourselves in the world.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir Publisher Comments Newly translated and unabridged in English for the first time, and brilliantly introduced by Judith Thurman, Simone de Beauvoir's masterpiece weaves together history, philosophy, economics, biology, and a host of other disciplines to analyze the Western... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $14.98 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 $13.95 Your price: $6.98 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, New York magazine writer Ariel Levy argues that, if male chauvinist pigs of years past thought of women... (read more) List Price $14.95 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: $12.50 Sale - Hardcover
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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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Fierce Attachments: A Memoir by Vivian Gornick Publisher Comments In this deeply etched and haunting memoir, Vivian Gornick tells the story of her lifelong battle with her mother for independence. There have been numerous books about mother and daughter, but none has dealt with this closest of filial relations as... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde Publisher Comments ZAMI is a fast-moving chronicle. From the authors vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lordes work is cyclical. It especially relates the linkage of women who have shaped her . .... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Sugarbabe by Holly Hill Publisher Comments “Attractive, professional, well-spoken, well-dressed 35-year-old woman seeks sugar daddy. I live in Darlinghurst on a 17th floor unit with fantastic skyline views to the harbor. The unit also features very discreet and secure undercover guest... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Elf Girl by Rev Jen Publisher Comments Meet Rev Jen. Patron saint of the uncool. Cheerleader for nonconformists, geeks, and oddballs the world over. From her tiny rent-controlled apartment on Manhattans hip Lower East Side, she holds court over a wacky cast of friends and lovers with an... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Invention of Pornography, 1500-1800: Obscenity and the Origins of Modernity by Lynn Hunt Publisher Comments In America today the debate over the censorship of pornography continues to call into question the values of a modern, democratic culture. The Invention of Pornography, a groundbreaking collection of critical essays, traces the history and uses of... (read more) List Price $44.95 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Monster Within: The Hidden Side of Motherhood by Barbara Almond Publisher Comments "Psychoanalysis has always addressed the monster within: conflicts, fears, and those unacceptable feelings of anger, envy, and hatred with which we all grapple. Such feelings are particularly scary for mothers, and Dr. Barbara Almond, an experienced... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $18.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Unraveled by Maria Housden Publisher Comments As a twelve-year-old girl, Maria Housden’s vision of a happy future included everything that society expects girls to yearn for: a home, a husband, and, of course, children. Life had other plans. Unraveled is Housden’s riveting and... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $4.25 Sale - Hardcover
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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 $29.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Pornified: How Pornography Is Damaging Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families by Pamela Paul Publisher Comments Strips porn of its culture-war claptrap . . . Pornified may stand as a Kinsey Report for our time.”San Francisco Chronicle Porn in America is everywherenot just in cybersex and Playboy but in popular video games, advice columns... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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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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Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme by Ivan E Coyote Publisher Comments Lambda Literary Award finalist American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book In the summer of 2009, butch writer and storyteller Ivan Coyote and gender researcher and femme dynamo Zena Sharman wrote down a wish-list of their favourite queer authors;... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Steven Petrow's Complete Gay & Lesbian Manners: The Definitive Guide to LGBT Life by Steven Petrow Publisher Comments Finally, the first big book of manners for the more than 15 million lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the United States and Canada and the people who love them, work with them, and live with them. Written by Steven Petrow, the go-to... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Dirty! Dirty! Dirty!: Of Playboys, Pigs, and Penthouse Paupers-An American Tale of Sex and Wonder by Mike Edison Synopsis A wild and uncompromising history of four infamous magazines and the outlaws behind them, Dirty! Dirty! Dirty! is the first book to rip the sheet off of the sleazy myth-making machine of Hugh Hefner and Playboy, and reveal the doomed history of Hefners... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 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: $16.50 Sale - Hardcover
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