Women category: 49097 books
by Dr. Angela Lanfranchi, Prof. Ian Gentles, Elizabeth Ring-Cassidy
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
The world's most comprehensive investigation of abortion and women's health.
Rigorously researched and scientifically documented, Complications: Abortion's Impact on Women examines the role of abortion in almost every aspect of women's health: depression, infertility, autoimmune disease, cancer,...
Sex with Kings
500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Throughout the centuries, royal mistresses have been worshiped, feared, envied, and reviled. They set the fashions, encouraged the arts, and, in some cases, ruled nations. Eleanor Herman's Sex with Kings takes us into the throne rooms and bedrooms of Europe's most powerful monarchs. Alive with flamboyant...
Nine Parts of Desire
The Hidden World of Islamic Women
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2010
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - Pulitzer Prize winning author presents the stories of a wide range of Muslim women in the Middle East. As an Australian American and an experienced foreign correspondent, Brooks' thoughtful analysis attempts to understand the precarious status of women in the wake of Islamic...
by Melvin Konner, MD
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
“A sparkling, thought-provoking account of sexual differences. Whether you’re a man or a woman, you’ll find his conclusions gripping.”—Jared Diamond
There is a human genetic fluke that is surprisingly common, due to a change in a key pair of chromosomes. In the normal condition the...
Free Women, Free Men
Sex, Gender, Feminism
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
From the fiery intellectual provocateur— and one of our most fearless advocates of gender equality—a brilliant, urgent essay collection that both celebrates modern feminism and challenges us to build an alliance of strong women and strong men.
Ever since the release of her seminal first...
The Ebony Exodus Project
Why Some Black Women Are Walking Out on Religion-and Others Should Too
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Black women are the single most religious demographic in the United States, yet they are among the poorest, least educated, and least healthy groups in the nation. Drawing on the author's own past experience as an evangelical minister and her present work as a secular counselor and researcher, The...
Rejected Princesses
Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Blending the iconoclastic feminism of The Notorious RBG and the confident irreverence of Go the F**ck to Sleep, a brazen and empowering illustrated collection that celebrates inspirational badass women throughout history, based on the popular Tumblr blog.
Well-behaved women seldom make history....
Singled Out
How Two Million British Women Survived Without Men After the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2008
Almost three-quarters of a million British soldiers lost their lives during the First World War, and many more were incapacitated by their wounds, leaving behind a generation of women who, raised to see marriage as "the crown and joy of woman's life," suddenly discovered that they were left...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
The significant events in New York State history are well known to educators, students and New Yorkers alike. But often, the role that women played in these events has been overlooked. In this book, members of the American Association of University Women in New York State have meticulously researched...
by Lee E. Miller, Jessica Miller
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
“Breakthrough perspective. Every woman can benefit from this indispensable guide to getting what you want.”
—Cathie Black, Chairman, Hearst Magazines
“No matter what the situation, this book provides you with the negotiating techniques and the overall confidence to deal with the issue.”
—Rose...
Undecided
How to Ditch the Endless Quest for Perfect and Find the Career-and Life-That's Right for You
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
In a world of unprecedented opportunity-and pressure-women are struggling more than ever to make career decisions and move forward without second-guessing themselves. Young women graduate from college and believe they have to find the perfect path and then can’t decide which way to go. Undecided...
Summary: The Caged Virgin - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
An Emmancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Complete summary of Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s book: “The Caged Virgin: AnEmancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam”.This summary of the ideas fromAyaan Hirsi Ali’s book “The Caged Virgin” reveals the author’s resentmenttowards her religion’s oppression of women. In her book, Ali uses...
Changed for Good
A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
From Adelaide in "Guys and Dolls" to Nina in "In the Heights" and Elphaba in "Wicked," female characters in Broadway musicals have belted and crooned their way into the American psyche. In this lively book, Stacy Wolf illuminates the women of American musical theatre...
Canadian Women in the Sky
100 Years of Flight
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2015
How a few women fought to board planes, then fly them, and finally to break through earth’s atmosphere into space.
The story of how women in Canada, from Newfoundland to British Columbia, struggled to win a place in the world of air travel, first as passengers, then as flight attendants and...