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The Conflict: How Overzealous Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women
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“Impressively researched, elegantly argued and forcefully written . . . Badinter’s warnings about the dangers of excessive child­centeredness are in many ways well founded.”—Judith Warner, The New York Times Book Review

Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion
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“Jean H. Baker’s fine book gives us a believable Margaret Sanger—brave, shrewd, attractive, and flawed.”—Dorothy Ross, Arthur O. Lovejoy Professor Emerita of History, Johns Hopkins University

“It is a mark of the still controversial nature of birth control that Margaret Sanger remains a controversial subject. Now, finally, she has the biography she deserves. Jean H. Baker has restored Margaret Sanger to history and history to Margaret Sanger.”—Ellen Dubois, Professor of History, UCLA
The Rise of Enlightened Sexism: How Pop Culture Took Us from Girl Power to Girls Gone Wild
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“A must-read: Whip-smart, witty, and scathingly insightful. Susan Douglas has penned a brilliant—and often funny—critique of the myths about equality, ambition, and femininity that are currently being served up as ‘reality’ in our media-crazed culture. She challenges those who insist that feminism is outmoded, that strong women are scary and unlovable, and that ‘real’ girl power comes from Botox, a bustier, and the ability to pole-dance in a pair of size-two hot pants. Best yet, Enlightened Sexism offers an antidote to the contradictory messages and predicaments many women experience today. It’s a call to action and an inspiration.”—Susan Jane Gilman, bestselling author of Kiss My Tiara, Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress, and Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life
Elizabeth Cady Stanton



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"Lori Ginzberg makes a convincing case for Stanton as the founding philosopher of the American women’s rights movement in a lively voice that enhances her eccentric subject."—Andrea Cooper, American History
Betsy Ross and the Making of America:
Betsy Ross and the Making of America


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"In an engaging biography, Miller shows that even though the flag story is riddled with improbabilities, the life of the woman who came to be known as Betsy Ross is worth recovering . . . Through skillful use of small details, Miller sustains her repeated assertion that the future Betsy Ross was often 'only a handshake away' from the men who made the Revolution . . . Miller's admiring biography will warm the hearts of those who love the Betsy Ross legend. It may also convince skeptics (Miller refers to them as 'naysayers') that there is something in the flag stories worth considering."—Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, The New York Times
Aya: Life in Yop City: (Aya)
Aya: Life in Yop City
Aya


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“Aya is an irresistible comedy, a couple of love stories and a tale for becoming African. It’s essential reading.” —Joann Sfar, cartoonist of The Rabbi’s...
Aya: Love in Yop City: (Aya)
Aya: Love in Yop City
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THE DRAMATIC CONCLUSION TO THE AYA SERIES Aya: Love in Yop City comprises the final three chapters of the Aya story, episodes never before seen in English....
Call Me by Your Name: A Novel
Call Me by Your Name



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"A coming-of-age story, coming-out story, a Proustian meditation on time and desire, a love letter, an invocation and something of an epitaph, Call Me by Your Name is also an open question. It is an exceptionally beautiful book that cannot quite bring itself to draw the inevitable conclusion about axis-shifting passion that men and women of the world might like to think they will always reach—that that obscure object of desire is, by definition, ungraspable, indeterminate and already lost at exactly the moment you rush so fervently to hold him or her."—Stacey D'Erasmo, The New York Times Book Review
Invisible Men: Men's Inner Lives and the Consequences of Silence
Invisible Men



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Award-winning research psychologist Michael E. Addis identifies and provides answers surrounding the long-unspoken epidemic of silence and vulnerability in...
Madras on Rainy Days: A Novel
Madras on Rainy Days



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A Finalist for the Northern California Book Award

"Ali explores cultural conditions with sensitivity, and mercifully does not over-exoticise. Her story is intriguing . . . She is one of a rare breed of writers who take us into the closed world behind a Muslim woman's veil . . . Carefully crafted [and] eminently readable."—Mitali Saran, Far Eastern Economic Review

"This book goes to a place where few, if any, of its predecessors have gone before. . . [This is] a deeply feminist novel with richly drawn and complicated characters."—Ms.
A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation
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"When Americans think of Dolley Madison, we tend to recall her legendary response to the British invasion of Washington in 1814: fleeing the White House ahead of the oncoming troops, carting off official papers and a portrait of George Washington. Appropriately, then, Catherine Allgor, who teaches at the University of California, Riverside, begins A Perfect Union, her delightful and discerning biography, with that very scene . . . In this evocative study a remarkable woman, creator of the 'first lady' role, comes vividly to life."—Mary Beth Norton, The New York Times Book Review
A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary
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"A Woman in Berlin deserves a place among the famous war diaries by Anne Frank and Victor Klemperer. This book is required reading for anyone who wants to gain an understanding of the trauma experienced by a defeated people at the end of World War II."—Bianka J. Adams, H-Net Book Review
Through the Narrow Gate, Revised: A Memoir of Spiritual Discovery
Through the Narrow Gate, Revised



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Through the Narrow Gate is Karen Armstrong's intimate memoir of life inside a Catholic convent. With refreshing honesty and clarity, the book takes readers on...
Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity
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"A scholarly, exhaustive, and utterly convincing refutation of the notion that human homosexuality is an aberration in nature . . . Bagemihl does realize that some among us will never be convinced that homosexuality occurs freely and frequently in nature. But his meticulously gathered, congently delivered evidence will quash any arguments to the contrary."—Kirkus Reviews
Sisters: The Lives of America's Suffragists
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"No reader can walk away from this [book] without understanding, and being moved by, the tremendous accomplishments of these women."—Geeta Sharma-Jensen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Myth of Monogamy: Fidelity and Infidelity in Animals and People
The Myth of Monogamy



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"The revelation that social pair-bonds do not necessarily imply exclusive mating relationships has spurred a revolution in how scientists think about mating systems. This book explores when and why social and sexual monogamy often do not coincide."—Paul W. Sherman, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University
It's Not That I'm Bitter . . .: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World
It's Not That I'm Bitter . . .



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In a world where eye cream is made from placenta, Gina Barreca is the lone voice calling out “But wait, whose placenta is it?” In this collection of...
Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism
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"[The authors'] recognition that everyone can do something is refreshing. What's more, their definition of feminism is so inclusive it's bound to resonate . . . Would-be agitators, look no further for the sass, savvy, and skills you'll need to begin. Highly recommended."—Library Journal

"Have you ever wanted to make a difference but didn't know how? Grassroots is the book you've been waiting for. Using examples drawn from progressive and feminist campaigns all over the country, veteran activists Baumgardner and Richards explain how to organize your friends, your community, and most important, yourself."—Katha Pollitt
Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics
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"The premise of Jennifer Baumgardner's Look Both Ways is an important one: agents for social change whom gender activists love to hate but whom we disavow at our own peril by overlooking, among other things, the boon of their advantageous proximity to men and, thus, the instruments of patriarchy itself . . . Look Both Ways is a necessary read for those looking to expand their understanding of both bisexuality and the contribution of Third Wave feminism."—Rebecca Walker, Bookforum
Manifesta [10th Anniversary Edition]: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future
Manifesta [10th Anniversary Edition]



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"[The authors] have sorted out the fruits of this wave of feminism—intended and unintended, media mess and truth—for a new generation. With wit and honesty, Manifesta shows us the building blocks of the future of this longest revolution."—Gloria Steinem
To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells
To Tell the Truth Freely



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"Superb . . . Having been squeezed out of a role in national civil and women's rights organizations, Wells lost a prominent place in the historical record. It took several generations before her relentless and often discomforting agitation for social justice received the appreciation it deserved, as scholars over the last twenty years gradually reestablished her place in history. Mia Bay's lucid biography contributes enormously to this project."—Andrew Feffer, History News Network
First Generations: Women in Colonial America
First Generations



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Carol Berkin's multicultural history reconstructs the lives of American women in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries-women from European, African, and...
Army Wives: The Unwritten Code of Military Marriage
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Army Wives goes beyond the sound bites and photo ops of military life to bring readers into the hearts and homes of today's military wives. Biank tells...
The Male Body: A New Look at Men in Public and in Private
The Male Body



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"A prodigiously researched tour through movies, TV, art, advertising, fashion, celebrity culture, pop psychology, social science, literature, medicine, and more . . . a readable treatment of what has sometimes become as academic and abstrusely theoretical object of study."—Laura Kipnis, The Village Voice Literary Supplement

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