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Damaged Best Price: $6.35 It didn't take long before the author's long-suffering patience and selfless goodness on...	Barbara Jordan One Woman Taking a Stand (Biography) Best Price: $2.99	On the Sunny Side of the Street: The Life and Lyrics of Dorothy Fields When the Smithsonian issued a recording in honor of Dorothy Fields, the 22 selections that...	Joni Mitchell Companion: Four Decades of Commentary Reviewing this book is going to be as difficult as writing about Joni's music, because there...	Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War Best Price: $13.54 Stephen Oates is an outstanding narrative historian and a first-rate biographer. In this volume,...



Raising Blaze: A Mother and Son's Long, Strange Journey into Autism Best Price: $3.02 Our society loves to pigeonhole kids, and the educational system is the worst. My own...	Fire Lover: A True Story Best Price: $4.97 I first became aware of this strange and startling case several years ago via a PBS documentary,...	Celine Dion : My Story, My Dream Best Price: $7.40 I must admit I am biased because I am a really great fan of Celine Dion. Not only do I like her...	Prozac Diary Best Price: $4.00 The main fault I find with this book is the way it is written. The author uses too many...	Confessions of an English Opium Eater (Penguin English Library) Best Price: $31.85 Thomas De Quincey wrote this account of his life and his struggle with drug addiction to both...



Three Swahili Women: Life Histories from Mombasa, Kenya "This is altogether a most worthwhile book, a fine example of a growing genre of African...	Maria W. Stewart: America's First Black Woman Political Writer : Essays and Speeches (Blacks in the Diaspora) "... enthusiastic, well-written... read it if you want to be inspired by a truly heroic...	Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age (Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series) Best Price: $13.82 This book launches on a flat note, but sails away after that on a great voyage. As intended,...	Disavowals: or Cancelled Confessions Best Price: $10.72 Warning: this memoir makes the enigma of Claude Cahun even more enigmatic;...	Rosa Luxemburg Best Price: $19.50 A paperback reissue of the biography of the Polish socialist Rosa Luxemburg. Rosa Luxemburg...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-Paper" And the History of Its Publication and Reception - A Critical Edition and Documentary Casebook (The Penn State Series in the History of the Book) Best Price: $26.63 This is a critical edition of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper",...	Woman's Voice, Woman's Place: Lucy Stone and the Birth of the Woman's Rights Movement Best Price: $8.50 Recounting the story of America's antebellum woman's rights movement through the efforts...	Duchess of Palms: A Memoir Best Price: $12.97 Suppose it is 1948. Nadine is a young beauty queen living in the Rio Grande Valley. Maybe the...	Long Dark Road: Bill King and Murder in Jasper, Texas Best Price: $15.00 On a long dark road in deep East Texas, James Byrd Jr. was dragged to his death behind a pickup...	Underpolaris: A Arctic Quest (McLellan Books) Best Price: $3.98 This marvelous book is a blend of adventure story, scientific diary, and ethnographic study. The...

Composition in Black and White: The Life of Philippa Schuyler Best Price: $14.87 I had a newspaper cut out of the picture that is on the cover of this book for years. It is...	The Flight of the Century: Charles Lindbergh and the Rise of American Aviation (Pivotal Moments in American History) Best Price: $8.63 There are a number of aeronautical or aerospace accomplishments that might be called "the...	Cleopatra: True Lives Best Price: $3.36 //True Lives// is a series of children's history books, each telling the story of a...	The She-Apostle: The Extraordinary Life and Death of Luisa de Carvajal Best Price: $8.07 Christian culture once had a fetish for martyrdom. True believers would spread cloaks below...	Mrs. Dred Scott: A Life on Slavery's Frontier Best Price: $13.90 Among the most infamous U.S. Supreme Court decisions is Dred Scott v. Sandford . Despite the...

Mary Baker Eddy (Radcliffe Biography Series) The complete, unvarnished story of the life of Mary Baker Eddy, the founder and leader of...	Criminal Justice Pioneers in U.S. History Best Price: $29.97 We learn by example and the profiles in this book have much to teach us. Among the significant...	J. Wilkes Booth; An Account of His Sojourn in Southern Maryland After the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, His Passage Across the Potomac, and Best Price: $1.98 This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing...	Apostles Given, Lost, and Restored [By T. Carlyle]. Best Price: $14.13 This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download...	Gertrude Bell Best Price: $170.71 xiii + 322 pp. with 5 figs. & 37 illus., 8vo.

Daughter of Persia: A Woman's Journey from Her Father's Harem Through the Islamic Revolution Best Price: $7.55 This memoir by Sattareh Farman Farmaian, a truly amazing woman, is not only a hard-to-put-down...	The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story Best Price: $0.25 Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program ( What's this? ) Kamila...	Triumph: Life After the Cult--A Survivor's Lessons Best Price: $3.40 The author of The New York Times bestseller Escape returns with a moving and inspirational...	Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth Best Price: $22.00 The deepest cave on earth was a prize that had remained unclaimed for centuries, long after...	Forgiving the Dead Man Walking: Only One Woman Can Tell the Entire Story Best Price: $6.75 This was written by, or on behalf of, Debbie Morris, one of the victims of Robert Willie, a...

Seasons of Friendship: A Search of Intimacy Best Price: $1.56	Gardening Letters To My Daughter Best Price: $8.80	Sarah Churchill: Duchess of Marlborough: The Queen's Favourite Best Price: $8.15 I found this book valuable because unlike other books I have read it makes a serious attempt to...	The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe Best Price: $11.07 I own, and have read all of, the paperback version of The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe, by Sarah...	In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption Best Price: $5.37 In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption by...

Testament of Youth Best Price: $65.12 Cheryl Campbell's reading of Testament of Youth is one of the most gripping audiobooks...	Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man Best Price: $4.99 Thirty-five years ago, I had a girl friend who became a man. I did not have the benefit of...	South: The Endurance Expedition (Penguin Classics) Best Price: $7.94 This is one of the best survival/adventure stories that you will ever read. The events which...	Missing Men: A Memoir Best Price: $3.29 Joyce Johnson pays an eloquent tribute to the two men she married in the fifties and early...	Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless (with Kids) in America Best Price: $3.03 Like many other reviewers, I found the author's passitivity and willingness to blame...

Lives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickinson and Her Family's Feuds Best Price: $5.95 " Lives Like Loaded Guns ...reads like a fabulous detective story...[Gordon] takes us into...	The Million Dollar Mermaid: An Autobiography Best Price: $1.99 Esther Williams is a largely forgotten figure today, except to film buffs, but in the 1940s and...	Violet Trefusis Best Price: $11.59 This is the first biography of Violet (nee Keppel) Trefusis published in 1976 as "The Other...	The Life of Charlotte Brontï¿1/2 (Oxford World's Classics) Best Price: $15.20 Elizabeth Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Bronte (1857) is a pioneering biography of one...	Virginia Woolf's Women Best Price: $5.59 This is the first biography to concentrate exclusively on Woolf's close and inspirational...

Women in Print: Essays on the Print Culture of American Women from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Print Culture History in Modern America) Best Price: $17.57 The diversity of the backgrounds and positions of the authors of the 10 essays corresponds to...	The Plays of Josefina Niggli: Recovered Landmarks of Latino Literature Best Price: $59.95 Josefina Niggli (1910?1983) was one of the most successful Mexican American writers of the early...	Life in the Treetops: Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology (Nota Bene) Best Price: $6.99 This unique book is about Margaret Lowman's life as a self-described field biologist who...	Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice Best Price: $4.11 I bought this book at 11: 30 p.m. and read it to 2:00 a.m. the following morning, picking it up...	The Autobiography Of Eleanor Roosevelt (Quality Paperbacks Series) Best Price: $8.45 This book sheds light a long period of American history through the narration of an amazing...

Billie Holiday: Wishing On The Moon Best Price: $14.91 Dear Amazon reviewers and readers: I am on the last page of this incredible book. I...	Unbowed Best Price: $19.99 When Wangari Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004, questions were raised regarding...	The People's Princess: Cherished Memories of Diana, Princess of Wales, From Those Who Knew Her Best Best Price: $1.97 A really wonderful book--a series of tributes to the late Princess of Wales by people from all...	Lucky: A Memoir Best Price: $3.48 Alice Siebold's memoir of her rape at Syracuse University in 1981 is a cautionary tale of...	Between Me and the River Best Price: $1.20 Faced with the "Ending", Carrie goes about the fine art of recreating now. While we do...

Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster Best Price: $6.04 Although I have an MA in ancient history, I have to admit that I actually became interested in...	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Best Price: $3.48 This book was published in 1969, I would have been 12 so I am guessing I read it sometime in the...	Swimming at Suppertime: Seasons of Delight on the Wrong Side of Buzzards Bay Best Price: $4.99 ... and a better book for those who _do_ like those CS books. Carol Wasserman writes her short,...	Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words The sudden and tragic death of Princess Diana caused the world to reflect on how much this...	Twitch and Shout: A Touretter's Tale Best Price: $3.87 Twitch and Shout is a fascinating, moving, and informative account of an artistic young man (the...

A Man Named Dave Best Price: $0.20 I'm so thankful that Dave went on to write a third book, about his adult life. After...	The Devil Is Clever: A Memoir of My Romanian Mother Clutching her small biscuit tin of food, her face almost hidden behind her kerchief, 15-year-old...	Court Lady and Country Wife: Two Noble Sisters in Seventeenth-Century England Best Price: $11.72	Sleeping with Cats: A Memoir Best Price: $7.93 Marge Piercy is well-known for her poetry and for her semi-science fiction novel "Woman on...	Ethel Merman: A Life Best Price: $0.01 I've read three of Mr. Kellows biographies, so I feel I can speak from an informed...

The Liars' Club: A Memoir Best Price: $6.89 "The Liars' Club" is a memoir that mostly focuses on the author at ages seven and...	Mae West: An Icon in Black and White Best Price: $6.95 Amazon customers' reviews of this book are as fascinating as the book itself. I'm...	The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food Best Price: $3.95 "But, for all the seductions of Italy and the Cote d' Azur that Sarah and I traveled...	The Bread of Angels: A Journey to Love and Faith Best Price: $8.92 I'm not a particularly sentimental individual but this book moved me to tears. Saldana,...	4,000 Days: My Life and Survival in a Bangkok Prison Best Price: $10.75 This book is, to some extent, a memoir of Warren Fellows' experience with being imprisoned...

Bound by Honor: A Mafioso's Story Best Price: $3.49 I've read a few "Mafia" books in my time and this one beats them all for...	The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love, and Terror in Algeria Best Price: $12.60 In 1996 seven French Catholic monks in Algeria were kidnapped and killed. That fact raises a...	The Horse Boy: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son Best Price: $0.98 4.5 stars (round to 5) This nonfiction book is part travel narrative and part memoir, which...	Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore As soon as men began to write, they made Helen of Troy their subject. Hesiod, a poet born around...	Autobiography of a Geisha Best Price: $14.08 This book almost brought me to tears. It really, really did. Sayo's life, as depicted in her...

Marguerite de Navarre: Mother of the Renaissance Best Price: $28.00 Marguerite de Navarre was one of the outstanding women of the French Renaissance. She was the...	Katherine Dunham: DANCING A LIFE Best Price: $24.26 Katherine Dunham: Dancing A Life is the in-depth biography of Katherine Dunham, a truly...	The Selected Papers of Jane Addams: Vol. 2: Venturing into Usefulness (Selected Papers of Jane Adams) Best Price: $73.48 Venturing into Usefulness, the second volume of The Selected Papers of Jane Addams, documents...	The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger, Volume 1: The Woman Rebel, 1900-1928 Best Price: $21.09 It got into her personal life, creating the hero myth but it left out much that is troubling. ...	Rachel in the World: A Memoir Best Price: $10.87 I have to admit, I was expecting something a little different from this book. Jane does say in...

One Woman's Jihad: Nana Asma'u, Scholar and Scribe Best Price: $73.97 "... a most welcome addition to the body of scholarship on the Sokoto Jihad...	The Voice of Harriet Taylor Mill Best Price: $35.94 The Voice of Harriet Taylor Mill is a work about collaboration: Harriet's life with her...	African Market Women: Seven Life Stories from Ghana Best Price: $133.06 In these lively life stories, women market traders from Ghana comment on ...	Daughter of Persia: A Woman's Journey from Her Father's Harem Through the Islamic Revolution Best Price: $7.55 This memoir by Sattareh Farman Farmaian, a truly amazing woman, is not only a hard-to-put-down...	The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story Best Price: $0.25 Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program ( What's this? ) Kamila...

Triumph: Life After the Cult--A Survivor's Lessons Best Price: $3.40 The author of The New York Times bestseller Escape returns with a moving and inspirational...	Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth Best Price: $22.00 The deepest cave on earth was a prize that had remained unclaimed for centuries, long after...	Forgiving the Dead Man Walking: Only One Woman Can Tell the Entire Story Best Price: $6.75 This was written by, or on behalf of, Debbie Morris, one of the victims of Robert Willie, a...	Seasons of Friendship: A Search of Intimacy Best Price: $1.56	Gardening Letters To My Daughter Best Price: $8.80

Sarah Churchill: Duchess of Marlborough: The Queen's Favourite Best Price: $8.15 I found this book valuable because unlike other books I have read it makes a serious attempt to...	The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe Best Price: $11.07 I own, and have read all of, the paperback version of The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe, by Sarah...	In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption Best Price: $5.37 In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption by...

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