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The Woman Warrior : Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts

The Woman Warrior : Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts

by Maxine Hong Kingston

A Chinese American woman tells of the Chinese myths, family stories and events of her California childhood that have shaped her identity.

Auschwitz : A Doctor's Eyewitness Account

Auschwitz : A Doctor's Eyewitness Account

by Miklo?s Nyiszli, Dr. Nyiszli, Miklos

Auschwitz was one of the first books to bring the full horror of the Nazi death camps to the American public; this is, as the New York Review of Books said, "the best brief account of the Auschwitz experience available."

Eleanor of Aquitaine

by Alison Weir

Renowned in her time for being the most beautiful woman in Europe, the wife of two kings and mother of three, Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the great heroines of the Middle Ages. At a time when women were regarded as little more than chattel, Eleanor managed to defy convention as she exercised power in the political sphere and crucial influence over her husbands and sons. In this beautifully written biography,... (more)

Changing

by Liv Ullmann

Misconceptions

by Naomi Wolf

Every year, millions of women have their lives turned inside out by the experience of pregnancy. A contemporary woman finds herself caught in an absurd paradox: while in the grip of one of the most primal, lonely, sensual and, in some ways, psychologically debilitating and physically dangerous experience, she is overwhelmed by invasive, trivialising and infantilising cultural messages about what is happening to... (more)

Persepolis

The Story of a Childhood

by Marjane Satrapi

A New York Times Notable Book A Time Magazine “Best Comix of the Year” A San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times Best-seller Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow... (more)

Pregnancy Sucks: What to Do When Your Miracle Makes You Miserable

Pregnancy Sucks: What to Do When Your Miracle Makes You Miserable

by Joanne Kimes

Discusses the physical, emotional, and social challenges that can occur during pregnancy, from dealing with morning sickness and weight gain to feuding with one's family over the baby's name to suspecting that one's husband is having an affair. Original. 35,000 first printing.

Special Women: The Role of the Professional Labor Assistant

Special Women: The Role of the Professional Labor Assistant

by Paulina Perez

Not only was Special Women the first book on the topic of the intrapartum doula, it is full of comprehensive information about providing continuous physical, emotional and informational support to the mother-to-be and her partner. Doulas and monitrices seek to cultivate a positive birth memory for the mother and can act as a liaison between the laboring woman, her partner and her clinical provider. ... (more)

The Long Good Night: My Father's Journey into Alzheimer's

The Long Good Night: My Father's Journey into Alzheimer's

by Daphne Simpkins

As more and more people are discovering, Alzheimer's disease is the worst kind of thief. Over time, it robs those who suffer from it of the treasure of their memories and the sharpness of their minds. In "The Long Good Night" Daphne Simpkins chronicles the slow, sometimes heartbreaking decline of her father from the disease, but also contradicts the prevailing opinion that caregivers can experience only suffering... (more)

In the Shadow of Denali: Life and Death on Alaska's Mt. McKinley

In the Shadow of Denali: Life and Death on Alaska's Mt. McKinley

by Jonathan Waterman

For fans of Into Thin Air, here is a gripping narrative that brings to life both the sublime and the struggle of a climbers life. Two hundred and sixteen miles south of the Arctic circle is Denali, otherwise known as Mt. McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America, rising more than twenty thousand feet into the Alaskan sky. In this exhilarating account, Jonathan Waterman, a former guide on Denali,... (more)

Nanda Devi: The Tragic Expedition

by John Roskelley

In 1976, John Roskelley joined an expedition to climb Nanda Devi, the third highest mountain in the Indian Himalayas. This is the story of that ascent, led by top mountaineer Willi Unsoeld, whose young, inexperienced daughter, named for the peak, perished there. It is the story also of Ad Carter, part of the team that first summited Nanda Devi forty years earlier; and of Lou Reichert and Jim States, two of... (more)

Homeschooling for Excellence

by David Colfax

It show you how you can take charge of your child-ren's education--in an invaluable sourcebook that will help you find a rewarding and successful alter-native to our failing schools.

Not Your Parents' Marriage: Bold Partnership for a New Generation

Not Your Parents' Marriage: Bold Partnership for a New Generation

by Jerome Daley

Find God’s Unique Shape for Your Marriage It’s not just the two of you and God. The truth is, you bring your family into your relationship in more ways than you realize. Yet God has plans for your marriage that differ from the expectations of your parents’ generation. Looking at the past, how do you know what to jettison and what to keep as your own? Jerome and Kellie Daley have wrestled with the tough... (more)

Prisonniere, LaMalina Oufkir

Prisonniere, La

by Malina Oufkir

A Turkish Tapestry

by Shirin Devrim

Switching Languages: Translingual Writers Reflect on Their Craft

Switching Languages: Translingual Writers Reflect on Their Craft

Though it is difficult enough to write well in one’s native tongue, an extraordinary group of authors has written enduring poetry and prose in a second, third, or even fourth language. Switching Languages is the first anthology in which translingual authors from throughout the world examine their experiences writing in more than one language or in a language other than their primary one. Driven by factors as... (more)

All the Night Wings: Poems by Loren EiseleyLoren Eiseley

All the Night Wings: Poems by Loren Eiseley

by Loren C. Eiseley

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

David Copperfield is the story of a young man’s adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora; and the... (more)

My Family and Other Animals

by Gerald Durrell

When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family would do: sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu. My Family and Other Animals was intended to embrace the natural history of the island but ended up as a delightful account of Durrell’s family’s experiences, from the many eccentric hangers-on to the... (more)

Winging It: Dispatches from an (Almost) Empty Nest

Winging It: Dispatches from an (Almost) Empty Nest

by Catherine Goldhammer

For every woman on the verge of becoming an empty nester, a wry, insightful chronicle of rediscovering oneself at midlife . In her critically acclaimed first book, Still Life with Chickens , Catherine Goldhammer wrote of the six baby chicks that helped to pull her and her daughter forward, out of one life and into another--leaving the chaos of divorce far behind. Since then, the two have grown into their quirky... (more)

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