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Stories from the History of the Supreme Court
Written by Sandra Day O'Connor
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-9392-9 (0-8129-9392-6)
“I called this book Out of Order because it reflects my goal, which is to share a different side of the Supreme Court. Most people know the Court only as it exists between bangs of the gavel, when the Court comes to order to hear arguments or give opinions. But the... Read more >
Stories from the History of the Supreme Court
Written by Sandra Day O'Connor
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-9392-9 (0-8129-9392-6)
“I called this book Out of Order because it reflects my goal, which is to share a different side of the Supreme Court. Most people know the Court only as it exists between bangs of the gavel, when the Court comes to order to hear arguments or give opinions. But the... Read more >
May Sarton
Biography
Written by Margot Peters
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: June 23, 1998
Price: $23.00
ISBN: 978-0-449-90798-6 (0-449-90798-8)
From acclaimed writer Margot Peters comes the first completely authorized biography of novelist, poet, and feminist May Sarton. Granted unprecedented access to personal papers and diaries, Peters gives us a compelling look at the woman who influenced a legion of readers with rich and intimate writings, and reveals the fascinating life... Read more >
Biography
Written by Margot Peters
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: June 23, 1998
Price: $23.00
ISBN: 978-0-449-90798-6 (0-449-90798-8)
From acclaimed writer Margot Peters comes the first completely authorized biography of novelist, poet, and feminist May Sarton. Granted unprecedented access to personal papers and diaries, Peters gives us a compelling look at the woman who influenced a legion of readers with rich and intimate writings, and reveals the fascinating life... Read more >
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The Trials of Maria Barbella
The True Story of a 19th-Century Crime of Passion
Written by Idanna Pucci
Format: Trade Paperback, 316 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 11, 1997
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-77604-8 (0-679-77604-4)
In 1895, an Italian seamstress in New York was accused of killing the man who had raped her, promised to marry her, and was about to abandon her. Following a sensational trial conducted in a language she could not understand, Maria Barbella, at the age of twenty-two, became the first woman... Read more >
The True Story of a 19th-Century Crime of Passion
Written by Idanna Pucci
Format: Trade Paperback, 316 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 11, 1997
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-77604-8 (0-679-77604-4)
In 1895, an Italian seamstress in New York was accused of killing the man who had raped her, promised to marry her, and was about to abandon her. Following a sensational trial conducted in a language she could not understand, Maria Barbella, at the age of twenty-two, became the first woman... Read more >
Amelia Earhart
A Biography
Written by Doris L. Rich
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: October 17, 1996
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-56098-725-3 (1-56098-725-1)
She died mysteriously before she was forty. Yet in the last decade of her life Amelia Earhart soared from obscurity to fame as the best-known female aviator in the world. She set record after record–among them, the first trans-Atlantic solo flight by a woman, a flight that launched Earhart on a... Read more >
A Biography
Written by Doris L. Rich
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: October 17, 1996
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-56098-725-3 (1-56098-725-1)
She died mysteriously before she was forty. Yet in the last decade of her life Amelia Earhart soared from obscurity to fame as the best-known female aviator in the world. She set record after record–among them, the first trans-Atlantic solo flight by a woman, a flight that launched Earhart on a... Read more >
Queen Bess
Daredevil Aviator
Written by Doris L. Rich
Format: Trade Paperback, 172 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: May 17, 1995
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-56098-618-8 (1-56098-618-2)
Here is the brief but intense life of Bessie Coleman, America’s first African American woman aviator. Born in 1892 in Atlanta, Texas, she became known as “Queen Bess,” a barnstormer and flying-circus performer who defied the strictures of race, sex, and society in pursuit of a dream.
“A vivid portrait of a... Read more >
Daredevil Aviator
Written by Doris L. Rich
Format: Trade Paperback, 172 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: May 17, 1995
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-56098-618-8 (1-56098-618-2)
Here is the brief but intense life of Bessie Coleman, America’s first African American woman aviator. Born in 1892 in Atlanta, Texas, she became known as “Queen Bess,” a barnstormer and flying-circus performer who defied the strictures of race, sex, and society in pursuit of a dream.
“A vivid portrait of a... Read more >
Barbara Jordan
American Hero
Written by Mary Beth Rogers
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: January 4, 2000
Price: $21.00
ISBN: 978-0-553-38066-8 (0-553-38066-4)
This seminal biography chronicles the life of the first black woman elected to the Texas State Senate and the first black woman from the South in the United States Congress. One of the most influential women of the 20th century, Barbara Jordan held an unwavering faith in the American people and... Read more >
American Hero
Written by Mary Beth Rogers
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: January 4, 2000
Price: $21.00
ISBN: 978-0-553-38066-8 (0-553-38066-4)
This seminal biography chronicles the life of the first black woman elected to the Texas State Senate and the first black woman from the South in the United States Congress. One of the most influential women of the 20th century, Barbara Jordan held an unwavering faith in the American people and... Read more >
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The Princessa
Machiavelli for Women
Written by Harriet Rubin
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Dell
On Sale: March 9, 1998
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-440-50832-8 (0-440-50832-0)
For centuries, men have used the lessons of Machiavelli’s The Prince to gain and hold power. Women struggling to succeed in a man’s world must learn a crucial lesson of their own: men and women are not equal–and that is a woman’s greatest strength. In The Princessa, Rubin explores why women... Read more >
Machiavelli for Women
Written by Harriet Rubin
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Dell
On Sale: March 9, 1998
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-440-50832-8 (0-440-50832-0)
For centuries, men have used the lessons of Machiavelli’s The Prince to gain and hold power. Women struggling to succeed in a man’s world must learn a crucial lesson of their own: men and women are not equal–and that is a woman’s greatest strength. In The Princessa, Rubin explores why women... Read more >
Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey
Written by Lillian Schlissel
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: July 6, 2004
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-8052-1176-4 (0-8052-1176-4)
More than a quarter of a million Americans crossed the continental United States between 1840 and 1870, going west in one of the greatest migrations of modern times. The frontiersmen have become an integral part of our history and folklore, but the Westering experiences of American women are equally central to... Read more >
Written by Lillian Schlissel
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: July 6, 2004
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-8052-1176-4 (0-8052-1176-4)
More than a quarter of a million Americans crossed the continental United States between 1840 and 1870, going west in one of the greatest migrations of modern times. The frontiersmen have become an integral part of our history and folklore, but the Westering experiences of American women are equally central to... Read more >
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Feminism
The Essential Historical Writings
Written by Miriam Schneir
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 28, 1994
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-75381-0 (0-679-75381-8)
Here are the essential historical writings of feminism. Many of these works, long out of print or forgotten in what Miriam Schneir describes as a male-dominated literary tradition, are finally brought out of obscurity and into the light of contemporary analysis and criticism. Included are more than forty selections, covering 150... Read more >
The Essential Historical Writings
Written by Miriam Schneir
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 28, 1994
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-75381-0 (0-679-75381-8)
Here are the essential historical writings of feminism. Many of these works, long out of print or forgotten in what Miriam Schneir describes as a male-dominated literary tradition, are finally brought out of obscurity and into the light of contemporary analysis and criticism. Included are more than forty selections, covering 150... Read more >
Voices of the Women's Health Movement, Volume 2
Edited by Barbara Seaman and Laura Eldridge
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-1-60980-446-6 (1-60980-446-5)
From pioneering women’s health advocate Barbara Seaman, the most comprehensive collection of literature on women’s health and history to date
An essential collection of essays, interviews, and commentary by leading activists, writers, doctors, and sociologists on topics ranging across reproductive rights, sex and orgasm, activism, motherhood, and birth control. The more than... Read more >
Edited by Barbara Seaman and Laura Eldridge
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-1-60980-446-6 (1-60980-446-5)
From pioneering women’s health advocate Barbara Seaman, the most comprehensive collection of literature on women’s health and history to date
An essential collection of essays, interviews, and commentary by leading activists, writers, doctors, and sociologists on topics ranging across reproductive rights, sex and orgasm, activism, motherhood, and birth control. The more than... Read more >
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Voices of the Women's Health Movement, Volume 1
Edited by Barbara Seaman and Laura Eldridge
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 978-1-60980-444-2 (1-60980-444-9)
From pioneering women’s health advocate Barbara Seaman, the most comprehensive collection of literature on women’s health and history to date
An essential collection of essays, interviews, and commentary by leading activists, writers, doctors, and sociologists on topics ranging across reproductive rights, sex and orgasm, activism, motherhood, and birth control. The more than... Read more >
Edited by Barbara Seaman and Laura Eldridge
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 978-1-60980-444-2 (1-60980-444-9)
From pioneering women’s health advocate Barbara Seaman, the most comprehensive collection of literature on women’s health and history to date
An essential collection of essays, interviews, and commentary by leading activists, writers, doctors, and sociologists on topics ranging across reproductive rights, sex and orgasm, activism, motherhood, and birth control. The more than... Read more >
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Failure Is Impossible
Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words
Written by Lynn Sherr
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: Broadway
On Sale: January 30, 1996
Price: $23.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-2718-4 (0-8129-2718-4)
Published on the occasion of 175th anniversary of Susan B. Anthony's birth and the 75th year since the 19th Constitutional Amendment gave women the right to vote, Failure is Impossible combines a series of biographical essays by Sherr with selections from Anthony's speeches, letters, and quotes. Read more >
Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words
Written by Lynn Sherr
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: Broadway
On Sale: January 30, 1996
Price: $23.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-2718-4 (0-8129-2718-4)
Published on the occasion of 175th anniversary of Susan B. Anthony's birth and the 75th year since the 19th Constitutional Amendment gave women the right to vote, Failure is Impossible combines a series of biographical essays by Sherr with selections from Anthony's speeches, letters, and quotes. Read more >
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Written by Rebecca Skloot
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Broadway
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-5218-9 (1-4000-5218-1)
Winner of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine’s Communication Award for Best Book
Winner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction
Winner of the Wellcome Trust Book Prize
Named by more than 60 critics as one of the best books of 2010, including:
Best Book of... Read more >
Written by Rebecca Skloot
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Broadway
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-5218-9 (1-4000-5218-1)
Winner of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine’s Communication Award for Best Book
Winner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction
Winner of the Wellcome Trust Book Prize
Named by more than 60 critics as one of the best books of 2010, including:
Best Book of... Read more >
The Feminist Promise
1792 to the Present
Written by Christine Stansell
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7202-3 (0-8129-7202-3)
In this definitive volume, respected historian Christine Stansell tells the story of one of the great democratic movements of our times. She paints richly detailed portraits of well-known leaders—Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Betty Friedan—but others, too, appear in a new light, including Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Toni Morrison. Accounting for... Read more >
1792 to the Present
Written by Christine Stansell
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7202-3 (0-8129-7202-3)
In this definitive volume, respected historian Christine Stansell tells the story of one of the great democratic movements of our times. She paints richly detailed portraits of well-known leaders—Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Betty Friedan—but others, too, appear in a new light, including Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Toni Morrison. Accounting for... Read more >
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Alice James
A Biography
Written by Jean Strouse
Preface by Colm Toibin
Format: Trade Paperback, 392 pages
Publisher: NYRB Classics
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-1-59017-453-1 (1-59017-453-4)
The Jameses are perhaps the most extraordinary and distinguished family in American intellectual life. Henry’s novels, celebrated as among the finest in the language, and William’s groundbreaking philosophical and psychological works, have won these brothers a permanent place at the center of the nation’s cultural firmament. Less well known is their... Read more >
A Biography
Written by Jean Strouse
Preface by Colm Toibin
Format: Trade Paperback, 392 pages
Publisher: NYRB Classics
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-1-59017-453-1 (1-59017-453-4)
The Jameses are perhaps the most extraordinary and distinguished family in American intellectual life. Henry’s novels, celebrated as among the finest in the language, and William’s groundbreaking philosophical and psychological works, have won these brothers a permanent place at the center of the nation’s cultural firmament. Less well known is their... Read more >
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Defiant Brides
The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married
Written by Nancy Rubin Stuart
Format: Hardcover, 264 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 978-0-8070-0117-2 (0-8070-0117-1)
The story of two Revolutionary—era teenagers who defy their Loyalist families to marry radical patriots, Henry Knox and Benedict Arnold, and are forever changed
When Peggy Shippen, the celebrated blonde belle of Philadelphia, married American military hero Benedict Arnold in 1779, she anticipated a life of fame and fortune, but financial... Read more >
The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married
Written by Nancy Rubin Stuart
Format: Hardcover, 264 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 978-0-8070-0117-2 (0-8070-0117-1)
The story of two Revolutionary—era teenagers who defy their Loyalist families to marry radical patriots, Henry Knox and Benedict Arnold, and are forever changed
When Peggy Shippen, the celebrated blonde belle of Philadelphia, married American military hero Benedict Arnold in 1779, she anticipated a life of fame and fortune, but financial... Read more >
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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Written by Jeanne Theoharis
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 978-0-8070-5047-7 (0-8070-5047-4)
The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement.
Presenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks as the quiet seamstress who, with a single act, birthed the modern civil rights movement, Theoharis... Read more >
Written by Jeanne Theoharis
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 978-0-8070-5047-7 (0-8070-5047-4)
The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement.
Presenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks as the quiet seamstress who, with a single act, birthed the modern civil rights movement, Theoharis... Read more >
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The Age of Homespun
Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth
Written by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 12, 2002
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-76644-5 (0-679-76644-8)
They began their existence as everyday objects, but in the hands of Bancroft Award-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, fourteen domestic items from preindustrial America—ranging from a linen tablecloth to an unfinished sock—relinquish their stories and offer profound insights into our history.
In an age when even meals are rarely made from scratch... Read more >
Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth
Written by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 12, 2002
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-76644-5 (0-679-76644-8)
They began their existence as everyday objects, but in the hands of Bancroft Award-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, fourteen domestic items from preindustrial America—ranging from a linen tablecloth to an unfinished sock—relinquish their stories and offer profound insights into our history.
In an age when even meals are rarely made from scratch... Read more >
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Good Wives
Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650-1750
Written by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 4, 1991
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-73257-0 (0-679-73257-8)
Winner of the Colonial Dames of America Award
This enthralling work of scholarship reveals the hidden and not always stoic face of the "goodwives" of Colonial America. We encounter the awesome burdens and considerable power of a New England housewife's domestic life and witness her occasional forays into the world of men... Read more >
Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650-1750
Written by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 4, 1991
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-73257-0 (0-679-73257-8)
Winner of the Colonial Dames of America Award
This enthralling work of scholarship reveals the hidden and not always stoic face of the "goodwives" of Colonial America. We encounter the awesome burdens and considerable power of a New England housewife's domestic life and witness her occasional forays into the world of men... Read more >
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Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
Written by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7527-0 (1-4000-7527-0)
“They didn’t ask to be remembered,” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Laurel Ulrich wrote in 1976 about the pious women of colonial New England. And then she added a phrase that has since gained widespread currency: “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” Today those words appear almost everywhere—on T-shirts, mugs, bumper stickers, plaques, greeting... Read more >
Written by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7527-0 (1-4000-7527-0)
“They didn’t ask to be remembered,” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Laurel Ulrich wrote in 1976 about the pious women of colonial New England. And then she added a phrase that has since gained widespread currency: “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” Today those words appear almost everywhere—on T-shirts, mugs, bumper stickers, plaques, greeting... Read more >
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To Be Real
Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism
Written by Rebecca Edby Walker
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: October 1, 1995
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-47262-3 (0-385-47262-5)
A revolutionary exploration of the nature of feminism today, its impact on everyday life, and its promise for the future.
Determined to extend the boundaries of feminism to embrace social, political and economic equality for all humanity, these exciting young activists and thinkers recast the concepts of feminism to reflect their own... Read more >
Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism
Written by Rebecca Edby Walker
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: October 1, 1995
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-47262-3 (0-385-47262-5)
A revolutionary exploration of the nature of feminism today, its impact on everyday life, and its promise for the future.
Determined to extend the boundaries of feminism to embrace social, political and economic equality for all humanity, these exciting young activists and thinkers recast the concepts of feminism to reflect their own... Read more >
Life on the Line
Written by Faye Wattleton
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: March 17, 1998
Price: $27.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-41657-5 (0-345-41657-0)
"I have never believed in the impossible," declares Wattleton, acknowledging that it is a motto she learned at her mother's knee. By any measure, Faye Wattleton has led an extraordinary life. The daughter of a black female fundamentalist preacher, Faye Wattleton went on to become president of Planned Parenthood from 1978... Read more >
Written by Faye Wattleton
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: March 17, 1998
Price: $27.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-41657-5 (0-345-41657-0)
"I have never believed in the impossible," declares Wattleton, acknowledging that it is a motto she learned at her mother's knee. By any measure, Faye Wattleton has led an extraordinary life. The daughter of a black female fundamentalist preacher, Faye Wattleton went on to become president of Planned Parenthood from 1978... Read more >
Flying Close to the Sun
My Life and Times as a Weatherman
Written by Cathy Wilkerson
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
On Sale: August 17, 2010
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 978-1-58322-925-5 (1-58322-925-6)
Flying Close to the Sun is the stunning memoir of a white middle-class girl from Connecticut who became a member of the Weather Underground, one of the most notorious groups of the 1960s. Cathy Wilkerson, who famously escaped the Greenwich Village townhouse explosion, here wrestles with the legacy of the movement... Read more >
My Life and Times as a Weatherman
Written by Cathy Wilkerson
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
On Sale: August 17, 2010
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 978-1-58322-925-5 (1-58322-925-6)
Flying Close to the Sun is the stunning memoir of a white middle-class girl from Connecticut who became a member of the Weather Underground, one of the most notorious groups of the 1960s. Cathy Wilkerson, who famously escaped the Greenwich Village townhouse explosion, here wrestles with the legacy of the movement... Read more >
Promiscuities
Written by Naomi Wolf
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: July 21, 1998
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-449-90764-1 (0-449-90764-3)
"There are no good girls; we are all bad girls, in the best sense of the word."--Naomi Wolf
In this provocative and highly personal new book, Naomi Wolf speaks to women with searing honesty about a subject that has long been taboo: our sexual coming of age. Today, teenage girls' sexuality is... Read more >
Written by Naomi Wolf
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: July 21, 1998
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-449-90764-1 (0-449-90764-3)
"There are no good girls; we are all bad girls, in the best sense of the word."--Naomi Wolf
In this provocative and highly personal new book, Naomi Wolf speaks to women with searing honesty about a subject that has long been taboo: our sexual coming of age. Today, teenage girls' sexuality is... Read more >
Masquerade
The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier
Written by Alfred F. Young
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 8, 2005
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-76185-3 (0-679-76185-3)
In Masquerade, Alfred F. Young scrapes through layers of fiction and myth to uncover the story of Deborah Sampson, a Massachusetts woman who passed as a man and fought as a soldier for seventeen months toward the end of the American Revolution.
Deborah Sampson was not the only woman to pose as... Read more >
The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier
Written by Alfred F. Young
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 8, 2005
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-76185-3 (0-679-76185-3)
In Masquerade, Alfred F. Young scrapes through layers of fiction and myth to uncover the story of Deborah Sampson, a Massachusetts woman who passed as a man and fought as a soldier for seventeen months toward the end of the American Revolution.
Deborah Sampson was not the only woman to pose as... Read more >
