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Part tell-all, part cautionary tale, this emotionally charged memoir from a former video vixen nicknamed 'Superhead' goes beyond the glamour of celebrity to reveal the inner workings of the hip-hop...

"This book has a miraculous quality.... As a memoir this is hard to put down; if you are seeking a better American future you should pick it up."-Timothy Snyder, New...

'This rallying cry will persuade you to battle for true equality' Stylist An incendiary debut taking the world by storm, Fight Like A Girl is an essential manifesto for feminists...

'She's experienced wealth, cultural alienation, homelessness, brushes with fame, prison, rehab, record deals, a million blown second chances, a dozen broken hearts and one bloody-knuckled ultimate spiritual redemption. She even...

Thanks for the Mammaries is an honest recount of author Kate Gale's journey with cancer. After being diagnosed at the young age of twenty-seven with breast cancer, she fought a...

In postwar rural England, Hilary Mantel is a fierce, self-possessed child, schooling herself in "chivalry, horsemanship, and swordplay" and convinced that she will become a boy at age four. Catholic...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST * One woman's searing account of losing her entire family in a tsunami. "The most exceptional book about grief I've...

"[A] remarkable biography....Moorehead deftly wields periods detail...to tell the story of a captivating woman who kept her sense of self amid the vicissitudes of politics." -- Vogue From acclaimed biographer...

Imaginative, brilliant and daring- Hilton Als's now-classic meditation on gender, race and personal identity in America What are the forces that shape us? In The Women, Hilton Als explores-with breath...

Beautiful, romantic and spirited, Pannonica, known as Nica, named after her father s favorite moth, was born in 1913 to extraordinary, eccentric privilege and a storied history. The Rothschild family...

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From Martha Gellhorn's critically acclaimed biographer, the first collected letters of this defining figure of the twentieth-century Martha Gellhorn's heroic career as a reporter brought her to the front lines...

From a trusted advisor and devoted friend of Mother Teresa comes a "powerful" ( The Washington Free Beacon ) firsthand account of the miraculous woman behind the saint and a...

On April 20, 1999, Kacey Ruegsegger Johnson was a newly transferred junior at Columbine High School. As she sat down to read a magazine in the school library, she had...

A spirited homage to Dolly Parton that captures the unique humor, no-nonsense wisdom, flash, and sass of one of America's most iconic stars. One of twelve children raised in a...

An incisive yet personal look at the science and history of the most common surgery performed in America-the cesarean section-and an expose on the disturbing state of maternal medical care...

In her stunning memoir, Wendy Lawless tells the often heartbreaking tale of her unconventional upbringing with an unstable alcoholic and suicidal mother-a real-life Holly Golightly turned Mommie Dearest-and the uncommon...

A New York Times Editors' Choice One of NPR's Best Books of the Year "A beautifully wrought ode to life...a precious gift to the world." - The Washington Post From...

In this inspiring book of divine discovery, poet and seeker Arundhathi Subramaniam gives us a glimpse into the lives of four self-contained, unapologetic female spiritual travelers. "Among the finest pieces...

The book titled Lillian Hellman: Her Legend and Her Legacy by the author Carl Rollyson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

"Aida Rodriguez is part of the next wave of talented comedic storytellers that I dreamt about when I was trying to break down barriers in the industry. Besides being a...

Would you have the courage to remove your breasts before you had breast cancer? T That's the choice Veronica must make when she discovers that she has the BRCA2 gene...

However their stories differ in the details, all of the women in this book speak about their time in prison with eloquence and admirable candor. Some have spent most of...

With unequaled authority and dramatic detail, the first volume of Charles Moore's authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher reveals as never before the early life, rise to power, and first years...

'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...

For the past twenty-five years, no one has been better at revealing secrets than Oprah Winfrey. On what is arguably the most influential show in television history, she has gotten...

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...

This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern...

'Feisty and funny' Sunday Express Sometimes it's hard to be a woman and sometimes it's time to be a hard woman . . . This is a book for all...

An unflinching and deeply reported look at the realities of binge-eating disorder from a rising culture commentator and writer for Vogue. Millions of us use restrictive diets, intermittent fasting, IV...

What happens when we can't joke about some of the most important stuff in life? In a 2019 study, 40% of people reported censoring themselves out of fear that voicing...

' Beautifully written, searingly honest, and deeply affecting ... when the book ended, I only wanted more' - Roxane Gay 'The gravity and urgency... anchored me to my chair and...

Gina Miller came to prominence when she brought one of the most significant constitutional cases ever to be heard in the British Supreme Court. Gina successfully challenged the UK government's...

For Fauziya Kassindja, an idyllic childhood in Togo, West Africa, sheltered from the tribal practices of polygamy and genital mutilation, ended with her beloved father's sudden death.Forced into an arranged...

A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy "A lucid and persuasive reinterpretation. Readers won't see Cleopatra the same way...

Spaceflight historian Amy Shira Teitel tells the riveting story of the female pilots who each dreamed of being the first American woman in space. When the space age dawned in...

"Sesali Bowen is poised to give Black feminism the rejuvenation it needs. Her trendsetting writing and commentary reaches across experiences and beyond respectability. I and so many Black girls still...

The heartwarming, hilarious story of the culture clashes and faux pas that add up to one happy French family Say bonjour to a whole new way of life! Take one...

The ground-breaking work of the poet who paved the way for generations of women writers, in a new selection by her daugher and literary executor, Linda Gray Sexton When Anne...

Getting roughed up by Islamic fundamentalists, the weekly "feline sex-fest" in Kyiv, bribing Russian police to avoid jail in Mos-cow, sheltering under the sink (with the lizards) when the ammo...

A beautifully illustrated gift book celebrating the beauty, power, and joy of female friendship. Wingman: a pilot who flies behind and outside the leader of a flying formation. While researching...

In this tender, funny, and sharp companion to her acclaimed memoir-in-essays Amateur Hour , Kimberly Harrington explores and confronts marriage, divorce, and the ways love, loss, and longing shape a...

Now an eight-part docuseries on Apple TV+ featuring Kim Kardashian, Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson, Wanda Sykes, Megan Thee Stallion and more She couldn't have been more than seven...

The ultimate visual portrait of Kamala Harris on her road to shattering America's highest glass ceiling and making history-selected from the official White House photographers and beautifully curated in the...

Author: Max Wallace Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 Raised in Alabama, she sent shockwaves through the South when she launched a public broadside against Jim Crow and donated to...

The book titled The Madwoman's Underclothes: Essays and Occasional Writings by the author Germaine Greer (Warwick University). This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

Waris Dirie, the Somalia nomad who became a supermodel, and an anti-FGM activist, first came to the world's attention with the publication of her autobiography, Desert Flower . The book...

'AN ESSENTIAL READ FOR ANYONE WITH A HEART' JOE LOCKE, star of Heartstopper 'SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING FOR ANYONE LOOKING TO EXPAND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY' Kristin Chenoweth...