Heart and Soul
The Story of Florence Nightingale
Written by Gena K. Gorrell
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $9.99
In Florence Nightingale’s day, if a person was sick – and lucky – he or she was nursed at home with caring family members tending the bedside. Hospitals were horrible places from which few emerged alive. The nurses were often drunks and prostitutes. Doctors had rudimentary skills.
Thus the privileged Nightingale family...
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"Scribbling Women"
True Tales from Astonishing Lives
Written by Marthe Jocelyn
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $10.99
In 1855, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote to his publisher, complaining about the irritating fad of “scribbling women.” Whether they were written by professionals, by women who simply wanted to connect with others, or by those who wanted to leave a record of their lives, those “scribbles” are fascinating, informative, and instructive.
Margaret Catchpole...
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"Scribbling Women"
True Tales from Astonishing Lives
Written by Marthe Jocelyn
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $19.95
In 1855, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote to his publisher, complaining about the irritating fad of “scribbling women.” Whether they were written by professionals, by women who simply wanted to connect with others, or by those who wanted to leave a record of their lives, those “scribbles” are fascinating, informative, and instructive.
Margaret Catchpole...
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What's with My Body?
The Girls' Book of Answers to Growing Up, Looking Good, and Feeling Great
Written by Selene Yeager
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: February 16, 2011
Price: $9.99
All About Girls, Puberty, and Growing UpWhat preteen or young teen hasn't wondered, "What is up with my body?" even if
YOU haven't yet, you will, and that's okay. There really are answers, good answers, to all of your questions.
Inside is reassuring, accurate advice for all preteen and young teen girls...
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Strutting It!
The Grit Behind the Glamour
Written by Jeanne Beker
Format: Trade Paperback, 88 pages
On Sale: February 8, 2011
Price: $17.95
Who wouldn’t want to wear gorgeous clothes, travel the world, hang out with stars, have adoring fans – and get paid a fortune for it? But is that what the life of a model is like?
World-famous fashion guru Jeanne Beker offers a unique insider’s look at the reality behind the...
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Strutting It!
The Grit Behind the Glamour
Written by Jeanne Beker
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 8, 2011
Price: $10.99
Who wouldn’t want to wear gorgeous clothes, travel the world, hang out with stars, have adoring fans – and get paid a fortune for it? But is that what the life of a model is like?
World-famous fashion guru Jeanne Beker offers a unique insider’s look at the reality behind the...
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Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson
Written by Sue Stauffacher
Illustrated by Greg Couch
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2011
Price: $7.99
Althea is nothing but trouble! Everyone agrees: her mama, her daddy, her teacher, even the policeman. But when Buddy Walker, the play leader on Althea's street in Harlem, watches her play paddle tennis, he sees something more: pure possibility. Buddy buys Althea her very own stringed tennis racket, and before long...
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Wheels of Change
How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way)
Written by Sue Macy
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 96 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2011
Price: $27.90
NCSS—Notable Social Studies Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2012
School Library Journal Best Books of 2011
Finalist YALSA Excellence in Non Fiction for Young Adults
SLJ’s 100 Magnificent Children’s Books of 2011
Amelia Bloomer List
Take a lively look at women's history from aboard a bicycle, which granted females the freedom of mobility and...
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Slumgirl Dreaming
Rubina's Journey to the Stars
Written by Rubina Ali, Anne Berthod and Divya Dugar
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $9.99
My name is Rubina Ali. I don't know when my birthday is, and nor does my father, but I do know that I am nine years old.
Young Rubina is a one-in-a-million star. Plucked from among five hundred slumkids who auditioned for Danny Boyle's multi-Oscar-winning film
Slumdog Millionaire, she saw her fairy-tale...
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Slumgirl Dreaming
Rubina's Journey to the Stars
Written by Rubina Ali, Anne Berthod and Divya Dugar
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $9.99
My name is Rubina Ali. I don't know when my birthday is, and nor does my father, but I do know that I am nine years old.
Young Rubina is a one-in-a-million star. Plucked from among five hundred slumkids who auditioned for Danny Boyle's multi-Oscar-winning film
Slumdog Millionaire, she saw her fairy-tale...
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Silent in an Evil Time
The Brave War of Edith Cavell
Written by Jack Batten
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 8, 2009
Price: $10.99
Dutiful nurse, hospital matron, courageous resistance fighter, Edith Cavell was all of these. A British citizen, the forty-eight-year-old Cavell was matron of an institute for nurses in the suburbs of Brussels at the outbreak of World War I. Dedicated to the methods of Florence Nightingale, her intelligence and ferocious sense of...
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Authentic Beauty
The Shaping of a Set-Apart Young Woman
Written by Leslie Ludy
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $9.99
Inside Every Young Woman is a Princess…In Search of her PrinceIn a culture that mocks our longing for tender romance, in a world where fairy tales never seem to come true — do we dare hope for more? For every young woman asking that question, this book is an invitation. With...
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Take-Off (Bk & CD)
American All-Girl Bands During World War II
Written by Tonya Bolden
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $10.99
The 1940's was a time when society thought it improper for women to make a sax wail or let loose hot licks on skins, but with the advent of World War II and many men away fighting the war, women finally got their chance to strut their stuff on the bandstand...
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Everywoman's Travel Journal
Written by Ten Speed Press Staff
Format: Non-traditional book, 160 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $12.99
A stylish and helpful journal designed specifically for female travelers.The perfect traveling companion, EVERYWOMAN'S TRAVEL JOURNAL is newly redesigned for the savvy and reflective adventurer. It includes lined and blank pages for journaling and sketching, with handy information tailored for women travelers on security, dress, and natural remedies that combat common...
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