The Film Club: A Memoir
by David Gilmour




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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)

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Seductress: Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Love
by Betsy Prioleau


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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)

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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


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"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)

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The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family
by Dan Savage


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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)

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Couldn't Keep It to Myself: Testimonies from Our Imprisoned Sisters
by Wally Lamb


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In a stunning work of insight and hope, New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb once again reveals his unmatched talent for finding humanity in the lost and lonely and celebrates the transforming power of the written word. For several years, Lamb... (read more)

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Odd Girl Speaks Out: Girls Write about Bullies, Cliques, Popularity, and Jealousy
by Rachel Simmons


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The national bestseller Odd Girl Out exposed a hidden culture of cruelty that had always been quietly endured by American girls. As Rachel Simmons toured the country, these girls found their voices and spoke to her about their pain. They wanted to talk... (read more)

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The Red Hat Society: Fun and Friendship After Fifty
by Sue Ellen Cooper


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Believing that a woman's fiftieth birthday should be a time for celebration, not a milestone to be feared, Sue Ellen Cooper started giving a red hat to all her friends approaching the big five-oh. This soon became her signature gift. When she and her... (read more)

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Beyond Choice: Reproductive Freedom in the 21st Century
by Alexander Sanger


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Thirty years after Roe v. Wade, the argument between "pro-choicers" and "pro-lifers" has reached stalemate. Pro-choice arguments haven't persuaded a comfortable majority that legal abortion is vital to our society, nor addressed our moral qualms. Younger... (read more)

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America's Women: Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines
by Gail Collins


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From the women peering worriedly over the side of the Mayflower to feminists having a grand old time protesting beauty pageants and bridal fairs, America's Womentells the story of how women shaped the nation and our vision of what it means to be female... (read more)

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Warrior Queens Boadicaes Chariot
by Antonia Fraser


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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)

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Lucky
by Alice Sebold


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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)

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The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future
by Riane Eisler


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Chapter One Journey into a Lost World: The Beginnings of Civilization Preserved in a cave sanctuary for over twenty thousand years, a female figure speaks to us about the minds of our early Western ancestors. She is small and carved out of stone: one of... (read more)

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The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
by bell hooks


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With the courage, honesty, and compassion that have made her one of America's most provocative authorities on modern culture, bell hooks takes on the interior lives of men and answers their most intimate questions about love. Everyone needs to love and... (read more)

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Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism
by Jennife Baumgardner


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From the authors of Manifesta, an activism handbook that illustrates how to truly make the personal political. Grassroots is an activism handbook for social justice. Aimed at everyone from students to professionals, stay-at-home moms to artists... (read more)

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The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired
by Francine Prose




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In nine mini-biographies Prose finds the qualities in each woman that defines her as a muse. Elegantly written. Fascinatingly unique. Mark Ingraham, Powells... (read more)

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Bachelor Girl: 100 Years of Breaking the Rules--A Social History of Living Single
by Betsy Israel


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Chapter One The Classical Spinster: Redundants, The Singly Blessed, And the Early New Women "My dear, to a brighter future -- when there will not be so many forced marriages, and women will be taught not to feel theirs a destiny manqué, nor the... (read more)

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The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
by Sue Monk Kidd




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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. For years, Sue Monk Kidd was a... (read more)

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When I Knew
by Robert Trachtenberg


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When I Knew is a collection of smart, hilarious, and often poignant stories about that revelation for all gay men and women: when they first knew. In this gorgeously illustrated, cleverly designed, and colorful book, acclaimed fashion and celebrity... (read more)

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