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Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York Barbara Weisberg Current price: $28.99 “In 1864, the nation was riveted by a society divorce trial that had everything: cheating, wealth, feuding brothers and lurid details Weisberg’s sensitive examination reconstructs the trial while giving dimension to the real-life people involved.”—The New York Times Book Review “Editors Choi ... Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials Marion Gibson Current price: $28.00 A “thought-provoking and timely” (The Times, London) global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told through thirteen distinct trials that illuminate a pattern of demonization and conspiratorial thinking that has profoundly shaped human history. ... Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine Uché Blackstock, MD Current price: $28.00 AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This book is more than a memoir—it also serves as a call to action to create a more equitable healthcare system for patients of color, particularly Black women.” —Essence ... Eyeliner: A Cultural History Zahra Hankir Current price: $26.00 A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Pick ... Discounted The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America's Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make Abortion a Crime Nicholas L. Syrett Previous price: $29.99 Current price: $23.99 The biography of one of the most famous abortionists of the nineteenth century--and a story that has unmistakable parallels to the current war on reproductive rights ... The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA Liza Mundy Current price: $32.50 A “rip-roaring” (Steve Coll), “staggeringly well-researched” (The New York Times) history of three generations at the CIA, “electric with revelations” (Booklist) about the women who fought to become operatives, transformed spycraft, and tracked down Osama bin Laden, from ... Last to Eat, Last to Learn: My Life in Afghanistan Fighting to Educate Women Pashtana Durrani, Tamara Bralo Current price: $28.00 From young Afghani activist and Amnesty International Global Youth Ambassador Pashtana Durrani, a deeply inspiring memoir about the power of learning and the value of educators in their many forms – from teachers, mentors, and role models, to fathers, mothers, and any one of ... Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism Jenn M. Jackson Current price: $30.00 A reclamation of essential history and a hopeful gesture toward a better political future, this is what listening to Black women looks like—from a professor of political science and columnist for Teen Vogue. ... 50 Years of Ms.: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine That Ignited a Revolution Katherine Spillar (Editor) Current price: $50.00 The New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice • A celebration of Ms.—the most startling, most audacious, most norm-breaking of the magazine's groundbreaking pieces on women, men, politics (sexual and otherwise), marriage, family, education, work, m ... Young and Restless: The Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions Mattie Kahn Current price: $29.00 NPR's Books We Love 2023 Glamour's "The 15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023, So Far" Vogue's "Best Books of 2023 (So Far)" Town & Country's "The Best Books of 2023" ... Discounted Book of Queens: The True Story of the Middle Eastern Horsewomen Who Fought the War on Terror Pardis Mahdavi Previous price: $29.00 Current price: $23.20 The untold story of generations of Middle Eastern freedom fighters—horsewomen who safeguarded an ancient breed of Caspian horse—and their efforts to defend their homelands from the Taliban and others seeking to destroy them. ... Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon Melissa L. Sevigny Current price: $30.00 Winner of the 2023 National Outdoor Book Award for History/Biography A Booklist Top of the List Winner for Nonfiction in 2023 A New Yorker Best Book of 2023 ... Woman, Life, Freedom Marjane Satrapi Current price: $35.95 An urgent, groundbreaking and visually stunning new collection of graphic story-telling about the present Iranian revolution, using comics to show what would be censored in photos and film in Iran. ... The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle Anna Shechtman Current price: $29.99 "A surprising and ambitious investigation of language and the varied ways women resist the paradoxes of patriarchy both on and off the page."—New York Times ... All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today Elizabeth Comen Current price: $32.00 USA Today Bestseller A surprising, groundbreaking, and fiercely entertaining medical history that is both a collective narrative of women’s bodies and a call to action for a new conversation around women’s health. ... Wake Up America: Black Women on the Future of Democracy Keisha N. Blain Current price: $28.99 From the coeditor of the best-selling Four Hundred Souls, a galvanizing anthology for those seeking to build an inclusive democracy. ... The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice Alex Hortis Current price: $29.95 Before the sensational cases of Amanda Knox and Casey Anthony—before even Lizzie Borden—there was Polly Bodine, the first American woman put on trial for capital murder in our nation’s debut media circus. ... In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked Jonna Mendez Current price: $30.00 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 War ... Double Click: Twin Photographers in the Golden Age of Magazines Carol Kino Current price: $29.00 A riveting dual biography of the McLaughlins—identical twin sisters who became groundbreaking photographers in New York during the glamorous magazine golden age of the 1930s and 40s—for fans of Ninth Street Women and The Barbizon. ... If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury Geraldine DeRuiter Current price: $28.99 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the James Beard Award–winning blogger behind The Everywhereist come hilarious, searing essays on how food and cooking stoke the flames of her feminism. ... Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance Ramie Targoff Current price: $33.00 This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period by drawing us into the lives of four women who were committed to their craft long before anyone ever imagined the possibility of “a room of one’s own.” ... WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH: RECENT FICTION FOR ADULTS Browse All See all items The American Daughters: A Novel Maurice Carlos Ruffin Current price: $28.00 “An enthralling tale of a secret resistance movement run by Black women in pre-Civil War New Orleans.”—Time ... These Letters End in Tears: A Novel Musih Tedji Xaviere Current price: $27.00 Set in a country where being gay is punishable by law, These Letters End in Tears is the heart-wrenching forbidden love story of a Christian girl with a rebellious heart and a Muslim girl leading a double life ... No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion Sheila Williams Current price: $30.00 The acclaimed author of The Secret Women and Things Past Telling returns with an engrossing historical novel about a little known aspect of World War II—the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only Black WACs to serve overseas during the confl ... Anita de Monte Laughs Last: Reese's Book Club Pick (A Novel) Xochitl Gonzalez Current price: $28.99 REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK • New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-generation Ivy League student who uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her suspicious death ... The Women: A Novel Kristin Hannah Current price: $30.00 A #1 bestseller on The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times! ... Discounted Diva: A Novel Daisy Goodwin Previous price: $29.00 Current price: $23.20 New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world. ... The Storm We Made: A Novel Vanessa Chan Current price: $27.00 NATIONAL BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK In this spellbinding novel, an ordinary housewife becomes an unlikely spy—and her dark secrets will test even the most unbreakable ties. ... Discounted A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself Katherine Howe Previous price: $28.99 Current price: $23.19 From New York Times bestselling author Katherine Howe comes a daring first-hand account of one young woman's unbelievable adventure as one of the most terrifying sea rovers of all time. ... The Vaster Wilds: A Novel Lauren Groff Current price: $28.00 AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023 ... Discounted A Council of Dolls: A Novel Mona Susan Power Previous price: $30.00 Current price: $24.00 LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD ... A Love Song for Ricki Wilde Tia Williams Current price: $29.00 In this sexy modern-day fairytale from the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June, a free-spirited florist and an enigmatic musician share a soul mate connection told through the history, art, and magic of Harlem. ... Discounted Pelican Girls: A Novel Julia Malye Previous price: $30.00 Current price: $24.00 A sweeping epic in the vein of Philipp Meyer’s The Son and Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko and inspired by a true story, this stunning US literary debut captures the never-before-told journey of the Baleine Bride ... The Tower: A Novel Flora Carr Current price: $28.00 A bold, feminist debut novel, reimagining Mary, Queen of Scots’s darkest hour, when she was held hostage in a remote Scottish castle with a handful of loyal women while plotting a daring escape to reclaim her country and her freedom. ... WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH: BOOKS FOR KIDS Browse All See all items Determined Dreamer: The Story of Marie Curie Deborah Hopkinson Current price: $19.99 This is a comprehensive and accessible picture book biography of Marie Curie, the groundbreaking scientist and two-time Nobel Prize winner, from an acclaimed author and illustrator duo. ... She Spoke Too: 14 More Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World Kathy MacMillan, Manuela Bernardi Current price: $24.99 Don’t miss this captivating sequel to the acclaimed She Spoke by Kathy MacMillan and Manuela Bernardi. When the world tells you to stay quiet, do you listen, or do you speak up? ... Comet Chaser: The True Cinderella Story of Caroline Herschel, the First Professional Woman Astronomer Pamela S. Turner Current price: $19.99 The real-life Cinderella story of the very first professional woman astronomer—Caroline Herschel! ... Guts for Glory: The Story of Civil War Soldier Rosetta Wakeman Joanna Lapati Current price: $19.99 "A stunning debut...arresting artwork...gasp-inducing." -- Shelf Awareness (STARRED REVIEW) A dramatically illustrated biography of Private Rosetta "Lyons" Wakeman, the only soldier whose letters capture the Civil War from a woman's perspective. ... Pedal, Balance, Steer: Annie Londonderry, the First Woman to Cycle Around the World Vivian Kirkfield Current price: $18.99 Annie Londonderry proves women can do anything they set their minds to—even cycle around the world—in this nonfiction picture book for cycling enthusiasts, budding travelers, and anyone who dreams of reaching a difficult goal. ... Discounted Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote Dinah Johnson Previous price: $18.99 Current price: $15.19 "Ida B. Wells is featured in this picture-book biography for another one of her passionate causes: women’s suffrage." —Booklist "A tribute to a tireless African American journalist and crusader for social justice." —Kirkus Reviews ... Discounted Mamie Phipps Clark, Champion for Children (Extraordinary Women in Psychology) Lynnette Mawhinney Previous price: $18.99 Current price: $15.19 This inspiring graphic novel tells the story of groundbreaking psychologist and civil rights activist Mamie Phipps Clark, PhD and her research in the racial identity and development of self in Black children, the work that ultimately played a vital role in the landmark Brown v. ... Jane Jacobs: Champion of Cities, Champion of People Rebecca Pitts Current price: $19.95 The first biography of Jane Jacobs for young people, the visionary activist, urbanist, and thinker who transformed the way we inhabit and develop our cities. ... The Fastest Drummer: Clap Your Hands for Viola Smith! Dean Robbins Current price: $17.99 Clap your hands for Viola Smith—the pioneering female drummer at the heart of this bright and rhythmic biography, who rat-tat-tat-bang-crash-clink-boomed for nearly a century. ... Remembering Rosalind Franklin: Rosalind Franklin & the Discovery of the Double Helix Structure of DNA Tanya Lee Stone Current price: $18.99 ★ "[A] compelling introduction to an extraordinary scientist." —Booklist, starred review ... Jackie Ormes Draws the Future: The Remarkable Life of a Pioneering Cartoonist Liz Montague Current price: $18.99 A stirring picture-book biography about Jackie Ormes, the first Black female cartoonist in America, whose remarkable life and work inspire countless artists today. ... Discounted Justice Ketanji: The Story of US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Denise Lewis Patrick Previous price: $18.99 Current price: $15.19 2024 Jane Addams Peace Association Children’s Book Award Finalist 2023 CA Eureka! 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All My Rage meets The Poet X in this electric debut that explores a Muslim teen finding her voice in a post-9/11 America. ... Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir Walela Nehanda Current price: $19.99 A searing debut YA poetry and essay collection about a Black cancer patient who faces medical racism after being diagnosed with leukemia in their early twenties, for fans of Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals and Laurie Halse Anderson's Shout. ... American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky Sherri L. Smith, Elizabeth Wein Current price: $19.99 From the acclaimed author of Flygirl and the bestselling author of Code Name Verity comes the thrilling and inspiring true story of the desegregation of the skies. ... Black Girl You Are Atlas Renée Watson Current price: $18.99 A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In this semi-autobiographical collection of poems, Renée Watson writesabout her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender. ... Born a Girl: It Takes Courage Alice Dussutour Current price: $29.95 ★"This informative and inspiring offering should help teens assert their rights."-- Booklist, starred review When you're born a girl, some parts of the world are kinder places to grow up in than others. ... Discounted When It All Syncs Up Maya Ameyaw Previous price: $19.99 Current price: $15.99 A Black teen dancer with dreams of landing a spot in a prestigious ballet company must learn to dance on her own terms in this explosive debut about the healing power of art and friendship, perfect for fans of Euphoria and Tiny Pretty Things. ... WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH: OLD FAVES AND CLASSICS Browse All See all items Burn It Down!: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution Breanne Fahs Current price: $24.95 "A must-read, an antidote to powerlessness, a literary companion for the ages."–Michelle Tea, author of Against Memoir ... Discounted I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Malala Yousafzai Previous price: $19.99 Current price: $15.99 THE BESTSELLING, "REMARKABLE" (MARIE CLAIRE) MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE "I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday." ... The Second Sex Simone De Beauvoir Current price: $20.00 The essential masterwork that has provoked and inspired generations of men and women. “From Eve’s apple to Virginia Woolf’s room of her own, Beauvoir’s treatise remains an essential rallying point, urging self-sufficiency and offering the fruit of knowledge.” —Vo ... The Complete Persepolis: 20th Anniversary Edition (Pantheon Graphic Library) Marjane Satrapi Current price: $35.00 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • Persepolis is a classroom staple, a feminist manifesto, and one of the most beloved graphic novels of all time. For the first time in hardcover, this stunning edition examines the Iranian political landscape in the context of global politics t ... Bad Feminist: Essays Roxane Gay Current price: $17.99 “Roxane Gay is so great at weaving the intimate and personal with what is most bewildering and upsetting at this moment in culture. ... Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance Ramie Targoff Current price: $33.00 This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period by drawing us into the lives of four women who were committed to their craft long before anyone ever imagined the possibility of “a room of one’s own.” ... Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Mikki Kendall Current price: $16.00 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ... Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Audre Lorde Current price: $17.99 Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature. ... This Bridge Called My Back, Fortieth Anniversary Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color Cherríe Moraga (Editor) Current price: $38.80 Fortieth anniversary edition of the foundational text of women of color feminism. ... Discounted The Female Eunuch Germaine Greer Previous price: $17.99 Current price: $14.39 “Like a woman, this book gets better with age. Greer’s punchy prose and all-too-true observations motivate you to go out and do something to liberate yourself-and other women.” — Leora Tanenbaum, author of Slut! ...
Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History Yunte Huang Current price: $30.00 A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2023New York Times • 10 Best California Books of 2023 Best Books of 2023: Smithsonian, BookRiot ...
Carson McCullers: A Life Mary V. Dearborn Current price: $40.00 The first major biography in more than twenty years of one of America’s greatest writers, based on newly available letters and journals ...
A History of Women in 101 Objects Annabelle Hirsch Current price: $32.00 Discover the hidden history of women—and the world—through this visual exploration of intimate objects and the surprising, sometimes shocking stories behind them. “I adored this book!”—Olivia Colman ...
Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York Barbara Weisberg Current price: $28.99 “In 1864, the nation was riveted by a society divorce trial that had everything: cheating, wealth, feuding brothers and lurid details Weisberg’s sensitive examination reconstructs the trial while giving dimension to the real-life people involved.”—The New York Times Book Review “Editors Choi ...
Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials Marion Gibson Current price: $28.00 A “thought-provoking and timely” (The Times, London) global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told through thirteen distinct trials that illuminate a pattern of demonization and conspiratorial thinking that has profoundly shaped human history. ...
Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine Uché Blackstock, MD Current price: $28.00 AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This book is more than a memoir—it also serves as a call to action to create a more equitable healthcare system for patients of color, particularly Black women.” —Essence ...
Eyeliner: A Cultural History Zahra Hankir Current price: $26.00 A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Pick ...
Discounted The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America's Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make Abortion a Crime Nicholas L. Syrett Previous price: $29.99 Current price: $23.99 The biography of one of the most famous abortionists of the nineteenth century--and a story that has unmistakable parallels to the current war on reproductive rights ...
The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA Liza Mundy Current price: $32.50 A “rip-roaring” (Steve Coll), “staggeringly well-researched” (The New York Times) history of three generations at the CIA, “electric with revelations” (Booklist) about the women who fought to become operatives, transformed spycraft, and tracked down Osama bin Laden, from ...
Last to Eat, Last to Learn: My Life in Afghanistan Fighting to Educate Women Pashtana Durrani, Tamara Bralo Current price: $28.00 From young Afghani activist and Amnesty International Global Youth Ambassador Pashtana Durrani, a deeply inspiring memoir about the power of learning and the value of educators in their many forms – from teachers, mentors, and role models, to fathers, mothers, and any one of ...
Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism Jenn M. Jackson Current price: $30.00 A reclamation of essential history and a hopeful gesture toward a better political future, this is what listening to Black women looks like—from a professor of political science and columnist for Teen Vogue. ...
50 Years of Ms.: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine That Ignited a Revolution Katherine Spillar (Editor) Current price: $50.00 The New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice • A celebration of Ms.—the most startling, most audacious, most norm-breaking of the magazine's groundbreaking pieces on women, men, politics (sexual and otherwise), marriage, family, education, work, m ...
Young and Restless: The Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions Mattie Kahn Current price: $29.00 NPR's Books We Love 2023 Glamour's "The 15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023, So Far" Vogue's "Best Books of 2023 (So Far)" Town & Country's "The Best Books of 2023" ...
Discounted Book of Queens: The True Story of the Middle Eastern Horsewomen Who Fought the War on Terror Pardis Mahdavi Previous price: $29.00 Current price: $23.20 The untold story of generations of Middle Eastern freedom fighters—horsewomen who safeguarded an ancient breed of Caspian horse—and their efforts to defend their homelands from the Taliban and others seeking to destroy them. ...
Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon Melissa L. Sevigny Current price: $30.00 Winner of the 2023 National Outdoor Book Award for History/Biography A Booklist Top of the List Winner for Nonfiction in 2023 A New Yorker Best Book of 2023 ...
Woman, Life, Freedom Marjane Satrapi Current price: $35.95 An urgent, groundbreaking and visually stunning new collection of graphic story-telling about the present Iranian revolution, using comics to show what would be censored in photos and film in Iran. ...
The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle Anna Shechtman Current price: $29.99 "A surprising and ambitious investigation of language and the varied ways women resist the paradoxes of patriarchy both on and off the page."—New York Times ...
All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today Elizabeth Comen Current price: $32.00 USA Today Bestseller A surprising, groundbreaking, and fiercely entertaining medical history that is both a collective narrative of women’s bodies and a call to action for a new conversation around women’s health. ...
Wake Up America: Black Women on the Future of Democracy Keisha N. Blain Current price: $28.99 From the coeditor of the best-selling Four Hundred Souls, a galvanizing anthology for those seeking to build an inclusive democracy. ...
The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice Alex Hortis Current price: $29.95 Before the sensational cases of Amanda Knox and Casey Anthony—before even Lizzie Borden—there was Polly Bodine, the first American woman put on trial for capital murder in our nation’s debut media circus. ...
In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked Jonna Mendez Current price: $30.00 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 War ...
Double Click: Twin Photographers in the Golden Age of Magazines Carol Kino Current price: $29.00 A riveting dual biography of the McLaughlins—identical twin sisters who became groundbreaking photographers in New York during the glamorous magazine golden age of the 1930s and 40s—for fans of Ninth Street Women and The Barbizon. ...
If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury Geraldine DeRuiter Current price: $28.99 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the James Beard Award–winning blogger behind The Everywhereist come hilarious, searing essays on how food and cooking stoke the flames of her feminism. ...
Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance Ramie Targoff Current price: $33.00 This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period by drawing us into the lives of four women who were committed to their craft long before anyone ever imagined the possibility of “a room of one’s own.” ...
The American Daughters: A Novel Maurice Carlos Ruffin Current price: $28.00 “An enthralling tale of a secret resistance movement run by Black women in pre-Civil War New Orleans.”—Time ...
These Letters End in Tears: A Novel Musih Tedji Xaviere Current price: $27.00 Set in a country where being gay is punishable by law, These Letters End in Tears is the heart-wrenching forbidden love story of a Christian girl with a rebellious heart and a Muslim girl leading a double life ...
No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion Sheila Williams Current price: $30.00 The acclaimed author of The Secret Women and Things Past Telling returns with an engrossing historical novel about a little known aspect of World War II—the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only Black WACs to serve overseas during the confl ...
Anita de Monte Laughs Last: Reese's Book Club Pick (A Novel) Xochitl Gonzalez Current price: $28.99 REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK • New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-generation Ivy League student who uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her suspicious death ...
The Women: A Novel Kristin Hannah Current price: $30.00 A #1 bestseller on The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times! ...
Discounted Diva: A Novel Daisy Goodwin Previous price: $29.00 Current price: $23.20 New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world. ...
The Storm We Made: A Novel Vanessa Chan Current price: $27.00 NATIONAL BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK In this spellbinding novel, an ordinary housewife becomes an unlikely spy—and her dark secrets will test even the most unbreakable ties. ...
Discounted A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself Katherine Howe Previous price: $28.99 Current price: $23.19 From New York Times bestselling author Katherine Howe comes a daring first-hand account of one young woman's unbelievable adventure as one of the most terrifying sea rovers of all time. ...
The Vaster Wilds: A Novel Lauren Groff Current price: $28.00 AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023 ...
Discounted A Council of Dolls: A Novel Mona Susan Power Previous price: $30.00 Current price: $24.00 LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD ...
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde Tia Williams Current price: $29.00 In this sexy modern-day fairytale from the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June, a free-spirited florist and an enigmatic musician share a soul mate connection told through the history, art, and magic of Harlem. ...
Discounted Pelican Girls: A Novel Julia Malye Previous price: $30.00 Current price: $24.00 A sweeping epic in the vein of Philipp Meyer’s The Son and Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko and inspired by a true story, this stunning US literary debut captures the never-before-told journey of the Baleine Bride ...
The Tower: A Novel Flora Carr Current price: $28.00 A bold, feminist debut novel, reimagining Mary, Queen of Scots’s darkest hour, when she was held hostage in a remote Scottish castle with a handful of loyal women while plotting a daring escape to reclaim her country and her freedom. ...
Determined Dreamer: The Story of Marie Curie Deborah Hopkinson Current price: $19.99 This is a comprehensive and accessible picture book biography of Marie Curie, the groundbreaking scientist and two-time Nobel Prize winner, from an acclaimed author and illustrator duo. ...
She Spoke Too: 14 More Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World Kathy MacMillan, Manuela Bernardi Current price: $24.99 Don’t miss this captivating sequel to the acclaimed She Spoke by Kathy MacMillan and Manuela Bernardi. When the world tells you to stay quiet, do you listen, or do you speak up? ...
Comet Chaser: The True Cinderella Story of Caroline Herschel, the First Professional Woman Astronomer Pamela S. Turner Current price: $19.99 The real-life Cinderella story of the very first professional woman astronomer—Caroline Herschel! ...
Guts for Glory: The Story of Civil War Soldier Rosetta Wakeman Joanna Lapati Current price: $19.99 "A stunning debut...arresting artwork...gasp-inducing." -- Shelf Awareness (STARRED REVIEW) A dramatically illustrated biography of Private Rosetta "Lyons" Wakeman, the only soldier whose letters capture the Civil War from a woman's perspective. ...
Pedal, Balance, Steer: Annie Londonderry, the First Woman to Cycle Around the World Vivian Kirkfield Current price: $18.99 Annie Londonderry proves women can do anything they set their minds to—even cycle around the world—in this nonfiction picture book for cycling enthusiasts, budding travelers, and anyone who dreams of reaching a difficult goal. ...
Discounted Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote Dinah Johnson Previous price: $18.99 Current price: $15.19 "Ida B. Wells is featured in this picture-book biography for another one of her passionate causes: women’s suffrage." —Booklist "A tribute to a tireless African American journalist and crusader for social justice." —Kirkus Reviews ...
Discounted Mamie Phipps Clark, Champion for Children (Extraordinary Women in Psychology) Lynnette Mawhinney Previous price: $18.99 Current price: $15.19 This inspiring graphic novel tells the story of groundbreaking psychologist and civil rights activist Mamie Phipps Clark, PhD and her research in the racial identity and development of self in Black children, the work that ultimately played a vital role in the landmark Brown v. ...
Jane Jacobs: Champion of Cities, Champion of People Rebecca Pitts Current price: $19.95 The first biography of Jane Jacobs for young people, the visionary activist, urbanist, and thinker who transformed the way we inhabit and develop our cities. ...
The Fastest Drummer: Clap Your Hands for Viola Smith! Dean Robbins Current price: $17.99 Clap your hands for Viola Smith—the pioneering female drummer at the heart of this bright and rhythmic biography, who rat-tat-tat-bang-crash-clink-boomed for nearly a century. ...
Remembering Rosalind Franklin: Rosalind Franklin & the Discovery of the Double Helix Structure of DNA Tanya Lee Stone Current price: $18.99 ★ "[A] compelling introduction to an extraordinary scientist." —Booklist, starred review ...
Jackie Ormes Draws the Future: The Remarkable Life of a Pioneering Cartoonist Liz Montague Current price: $18.99 A stirring picture-book biography about Jackie Ormes, the first Black female cartoonist in America, whose remarkable life and work inspire countless artists today. ...
Discounted Justice Ketanji: The Story of US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Denise Lewis Patrick Previous price: $18.99 Current price: $15.19 2024 Jane Addams Peace Association Children’s Book Award Finalist 2023 CA Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award Silver Medal ...
Muzoon: A Syrian Refugee Speaks Out Muzoon Almellehan, Wendy Pearlman Current price: $17.99 “Muzoon takes readers on her perilous and ultimately hopeful journey from refugee child to advocate for others in need.”—Malala Yousafzai, bestselling author and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize ...
The Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II (Scholastic Focus) Candace Fleming Current price: $19.99 With numerous starred reviews and accolades, from award-winning author Candace Fleming, comes the powerful and fascinating story of the brave and dedicated young women who helped turn the tides of World War II for the Allies, with their hard work and determination at Bletchley Park. ...
Discounted Hope Ablaze: A Novel Sarah Mughal Rana Previous price: $20.00 Current price: $16.00 She lost her words but found her voice. All My Rage meets The Poet X in this electric debut that explores a Muslim teen finding her voice in a post-9/11 America. ...
Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir Walela Nehanda Current price: $19.99 A searing debut YA poetry and essay collection about a Black cancer patient who faces medical racism after being diagnosed with leukemia in their early twenties, for fans of Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals and Laurie Halse Anderson's Shout. ...
American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky Sherri L. Smith, Elizabeth Wein Current price: $19.99 From the acclaimed author of Flygirl and the bestselling author of Code Name Verity comes the thrilling and inspiring true story of the desegregation of the skies. ...
Black Girl You Are Atlas Renée Watson Current price: $18.99 A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In this semi-autobiographical collection of poems, Renée Watson writesabout her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender. ...
Born a Girl: It Takes Courage Alice Dussutour Current price: $29.95 ★"This informative and inspiring offering should help teens assert their rights."-- Booklist, starred review When you're born a girl, some parts of the world are kinder places to grow up in than others. ...
Discounted When It All Syncs Up Maya Ameyaw Previous price: $19.99 Current price: $15.99 A Black teen dancer with dreams of landing a spot in a prestigious ballet company must learn to dance on her own terms in this explosive debut about the healing power of art and friendship, perfect for fans of Euphoria and Tiny Pretty Things. ...
Burn It Down!: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution Breanne Fahs Current price: $24.95 "A must-read, an antidote to powerlessness, a literary companion for the ages."–Michelle Tea, author of Against Memoir ...
Discounted I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Malala Yousafzai Previous price: $19.99 Current price: $15.99 THE BESTSELLING, "REMARKABLE" (MARIE CLAIRE) MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE "I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday." ...
The Second Sex Simone De Beauvoir Current price: $20.00 The essential masterwork that has provoked and inspired generations of men and women. “From Eve’s apple to Virginia Woolf’s room of her own, Beauvoir’s treatise remains an essential rallying point, urging self-sufficiency and offering the fruit of knowledge.” —Vo ...
The Complete Persepolis: 20th Anniversary Edition (Pantheon Graphic Library) Marjane Satrapi Current price: $35.00 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • Persepolis is a classroom staple, a feminist manifesto, and one of the most beloved graphic novels of all time. For the first time in hardcover, this stunning edition examines the Iranian political landscape in the context of global politics t ...
Bad Feminist: Essays Roxane Gay Current price: $17.99 “Roxane Gay is so great at weaving the intimate and personal with what is most bewildering and upsetting at this moment in culture. ...
Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance Ramie Targoff Current price: $33.00 This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period by drawing us into the lives of four women who were committed to their craft long before anyone ever imagined the possibility of “a room of one’s own.” ...
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Mikki Kendall Current price: $16.00 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ...
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Audre Lorde Current price: $17.99 Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature. ...
This Bridge Called My Back, Fortieth Anniversary Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color Cherríe Moraga (Editor) Current price: $38.80 Fortieth anniversary edition of the foundational text of women of color feminism. ...
Discounted The Female Eunuch Germaine Greer Previous price: $17.99 Current price: $14.39 “Like a woman, this book gets better with age. Greer’s punchy prose and all-too-true observations motivate you to go out and do something to liberate yourself-and other women.” — Leora Tanenbaum, author of Slut! ...