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Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire
A cultural history of the goddess of love, from a New York Times bestselling and award-winning historian.Aphrodite was said to have been born from the sea, rising out of a...
A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again
Author: Joanna Biggs Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 I took off my wedding ring - a gold band with half a line of 'Morning Song' by Sylvia Plath etched...
Dressed: A Philosophy of Clothes
Perfect for readers of Women in Clothes , this beautifully designed philosophical guide to fashion explores art, literature, and film to uncover the hidden meaning of a well-chosen wardrobe. We...
The Missing Thread: A New History of the Ancient World Through the
'A brilliant concept, executed with enviable elegance' Lucy Worsley'A gem of a book. Thanks to Daisy Dunn's elegant and lively retelling of history, the women of the ancient world are...
A Place of Our Own: Six Spaces That Shaped Queer Women's Culture - 'An
Lesbians are a people without a home. Perhaps that's why the ones we make for ourselves are so important.A highly readable cultural history of queer women's lives in the second...
Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth and
A revelatory account of the transition into motherhood and how it affects the mind, brain and body A New Statesman and Daily Mail Book of the Year During pregnancy, childbirth,...
The Second Sex (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)
Read Simone de Beauvoir's classic work of second wave feminism, in an abridged, digestible form. Vintage Feminism- classic feminist texts in short form WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NATALIE HAYNES When...
Queens of a Fallen World: The Lost Women of Augustine's Confessions
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Author: Kate Cooper Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 FINALIST: THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2023 The vibrant and surprising lives of the women in Augustine's Confessions While many know of...
Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors
The next volume in Alison Weir's magisterial history of the queens of Medieval England - including the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine, the subject of Alison's most successful book. 'Stunning......
Talkin' Up to the White Woman: Indigenous Women and Feminism (20th
This 20th anniversary edition celebrates this important, ground-breaking book, which remains as relevant as ever. In this ground-breaking and timeless book, Distinguished Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson undertakes a compelling analysis of...
Sister Outsider
The essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde The woman's place of power within each of us is neither white nor surface; it is dark, it...
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
The must-read memoir of the end of a marriage and the start of a personal revolution, based on the iconic 'Modern Love' essay in the New York Times and perfect...
Women Without Kids
What is "woman" if not "mother"?Anything she wants to be.Foregoing motherhood has traditionally marked a woman as "other." With no official place setting for her in our society, she has...
The Betrayal of the Duchess: The Scandal That Unmade the Bourbon
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Fighting to reclaim the French crown for the Bourbons, the duchesse de Berry faces betrayal at the hands of one of her closest advisors in this dramatic history of power...
The Woman They Could Not Silence: Elizabeth Packard's incredible fight
From the internationally bestselling author of The Radium Girls comes a dark but ultimately uplifting tale of a woman whose incredible journey still resonates today. From the internationally bestselling author...
Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War
The extraordinary story of American special operator and trailblazer Shannon Kent, who hunted high value targets on classified missions in the most dangerous locales on earth while trying to balance...
Safar: Muslim Women's Stories of Travel and Transformation
Safar: Muslim Women's Stories of Travel and Transformation is a beautifully illustrated gift book that explores the emotional and spiritual aspects of journeying. Through a series of interviews with Muslim...
All the Rage: Power, Pain, Pleasure: Stories from the Frontline [...]
'No one else makes history this fun' AMANDA FOREMAN'All the Rage sits you at the dressing table of history: a place of dreams, doubts, self-harm and hopes' SARAH DITUM, SUNDAY...
The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival
'Superb and timely' KATE MOSSE 'Impressive, important, deeply moving' SARAH WATERS 'Brilliant' ANTHONY HOROWITZ What role could music play in a death camp? What was the effect on those women...
All About Love: The Deluxe Collector's Edition: New Visions
Now available in a special hardcover Deluxe Collector's Edition featuring beautiful new packaging, including cloth case stamping with red foil, bold endpapers, and red sprayed edges! A New York Times...
The Riddles Of The Sphinx: Inheriting The Feminist History Of The Crossword Puzzle
Author: Anna Shechtman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 "A surprising and ambitious investigation of language and the varied ways women resist the paradoxes of patriarchy both on and off...
When I Dare to Be Powerful
Women so empowered are dangerous Written with a 'black woman's anger' and the precision of a poet, these searing pieces by the groundbreaking writer Audre Lorde are a celebration of...
The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon: The Diary of a Courtesan in Tenth
In the tenth century, Japan stood physically and culturally isolated from the rest of the world. Sei Shonagon a young courtesan of the Heian period kept a diary, which provides...
The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Pattern of Intimate Relationships
Author: Harriet G. Lerner, Ph.D. Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 A fresh new jacket design brings this classic self-help guide up to date for a contemporary readership. One of...
Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome
The charismatic Fulvia amassed a degree of military and political power that was unprecedented for a woman in Ancient Rome. Married three times to men who moved in powerful circles,...
Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
The vivid and masterful story of Isabella Stewart Gardner-creator of one of America's most stunning museums-an American original whose own life was remade by art. Includes archival photos of Isabella's...
In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked
The bestselling coauthor of The Moscow Rules and Argo tells her riveting, courageous story of being a female spy at the height of the Cold WarJonna Hiestand Mendez began her...
Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World
Medicine carries the burden of its own troubling history. Over centuries, women's bodies have been demonised and demeaned until we feared them, felt ashamed of them, were humiliated by them....
A Women's History of the Beatles
Winner of the 2022 Open Publication Prize by the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM-ANZ) A Women's History of the Beatles is the first book to offer...
Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide
The groundbreaking classic that explores how women can and should negotiate for parity in their workplaces, homes, and beyond. When Linda Babcock wanted to know why male graduate students were...
The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison
This singular history of a prison, and the queer women and trans people held there, is a window into the policing of queerness and radical politics in the twentieth century.The...
Taylor Swift: Unofficial Search-and-Find Biographies
Are you ready for it This one-of-a-kind search and find biography celebrates every album era in a visual exploration of Taylor Swift's music career. Can you spot easter eggs that...
I Thought I Heard You Speak: Women at Factory Records
Factory Records has become the stuff of legend. The histories of the label have been told from many perspectives, from visual catalogues and memoirs to exhibitions. Yet no in-depth history...
The Game Changer
'Sue's passion for sport in this country is unmatched' David Beckham 'England means so much to Sue. She has made a massive difference over the years for the Lionesses and...
A Tale Unasked
A new translation of Lady Nijo's diary - one of classical Japan's greatest literary works Lady Nijo's A Tale Unasked (Towazugatari) is the last, and arguably the finest, among classical...
All Women Want: An intimate look inside women's love lives and
The truth about why straight women aren't satisfied in the bedroom - and what to do about it Pleasure should be a simple thing, but straight women are at the...
Cartel Wives: How an Extraordinary Family Brought Down El Chapo and
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An astonishing and revelatory memoir by two women who escaped the glamorous yet deadly international drug trade. Mia Flores and Olivia Flores live under assumed names. To their neighbours, they...
The Possession
'The strangest thing about jealousy is that it can populate an entire city - the whole world - with a person you may never have met.' These words set the...
Terms & Conditions: Life in Girls' Boarding Schools, 1939-1979
'Brilliant, hilarious... My book of the year' INDIA KNIGHT 'A wonderful book' CRAIG BROWN, Mail on Sunday 'Funny, bloodcurdling and moving' Daily Mail The cruel teachers. The pashes on other...
Goddess with a Thousand Faces: A one-of-a-kind exploration of
'I loved Goddess with a Thousand Faces . Fascinating, fun and thoughtful and enlightening' JENNIFER SAINT 'A beautiful weave of history, myth and storytelling by one of our most exciting...
Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
**PREORDER THE BRAND NEW COLLECTION MORE NOW** THE INSTANT NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES HARDBACK BESTSELLER THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES PAPERBACK BESTSELLER FOR OVER 20 WEEKS What do you want...
Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Harriman's astonishing life of seduction,
An electrifying re-examination of one of the twentieth century's greatest unsung power players, from the bestselling author of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE 'Supremely enjoyable . . . With a...
Mountaineering Women: Climbing Through History
The first illustrated book to celebrate the remarkable stories and achievements of twenty of the most daring women mountaineers from around the globe. As adventure pursuits like climbing and mountaineering...
The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The beloved New York Times -bestselling guide to inspiring girls to pursue a life of adventure and excitement-updated and at last in paperback. Why should girls...
The Art of Parisian Chic: Modern Women and Modern Artists in
Using artworks by Berthe Morisot, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and others, The Art of Parisian Chic explores how women and artists in Impressionist Paris (1855-1885) crafted their public...
The Sisterhood Paradox: The Psychology of Female Aggression at Work
"Vanessa Vershaw has exposed yet another example of where those who've made it may be failing those who are coming behind them." - Mark Pownall, Senior Editor - Business News...
The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters
A "smart, juicy, deeply reported" (Katie Couric) biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time-Barbara Walters-a woman whose personal demons fueled an ambition that broke all the rules...
Toni at Random: The Iconic Writer's Legendary Editorship
An insightful exploration that unveils the lesser-known dimensions of this legendary writer and her legacy, revealing the cultural icon's profound impact as a visionary editor who helped define an important...