Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong
By: Katie Gee Salisbury
3.99
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
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1. A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime
By: Casey Sherman
3.71
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The dark story behind the bright lights of Tinseltown From the outside, Hollywood starlet Lana Turn… read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
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2. Memory Piece
By: Lisa Ko
3.22
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the early 1980s, Giselle Chin, Jackie Ong, and Ellen Ng are three teenagers drawn together by th… read more
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- historical
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"The physicality of making things, the performance, temporarily displaced how stuck she felt, in this particular body, family, town, time."-Lisa Ko, Memory Piece
3. Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar
By: Cynthia Carr
4.27
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed biographer Cynthia Carr, the first full portrait of the queer icon and Warhol su… read more
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- audiobook
4. Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
By: Shannon Reed
3.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile and Thurber… read more
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"I think, therefore, I cry..."-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
"Life is so much better with books than without."-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
"But reading! That I could do. When I read, I felt smart."-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
"The act of reading makes me feel safe. Not the book itself--but the exercise of running my eyes over the words. The translation from symbol into meaning. The direct, pleasant diction of the voice ins…"-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
5. The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
By: Karen Valby
4.31
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood,… read more
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6. What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life
By: Billy Dee Williams
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the… read more
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7. All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
By: Elizabeth Comen
4.43
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating history of women’s health as it’s never been told before. For as long as medicin… read more
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"The role of women was proscribed in medicine as in society, bolstered by the stereotype of the female nurturer: Doctors cured. Nurses cared."-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
"A man with high testosterone, it was understood, was virile, a warrior, a stud. A woman with too much estrogen, on the other hand, was just crazy."-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
"The idea was just this: that there is something beautiful, and wonderfully feminine, and powerful and empowering at once, about a woman who can’t breathe."-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
"Between the purported sex appeal of tuberculosis and its special deadliness in young people, being afflicted with the disease—or at least, looking like you were—became associated with a certain statu…"-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
8. Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession
By: Laurence Leamer
3.46
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author of Capote’s Women Laurence Leamer shares an engrossing account of the enigmatic … read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
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9. Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong
By: Katie Gee Salisbury
3.99
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
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10. The Manicurist's Daughter
By: Susan Lieu
3.96
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who … read more
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11. Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History
By: Yunte Huang
3.84
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
One of the Atlantic 's "Books to Get Lost in This Summer" Best Books of August 2023: InsideHook, W… read more
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12. The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America
By: Sara B. Franklin
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century—including Julia Child, Anne… read more
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- womens
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13. The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust
By: Elizabeth White
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The astonishing story of Dr. Josephine Janina Mehlberg—a Jewish mathematician who saved thousands o… read more
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"People are not fully defined by either the best or the worst of their actions"-Elizabeth White, The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust
14. The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels
By: Pamela Prickett
4.08
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, deeply moving investigation of an underreported phenomenon—the rising number of unclai… read more
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- adult
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15. Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age
By: Kathleen Sheppard
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The never-before-told story of the women Egyptologists who paved the way of exploration in Egypt an… read more
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- womens
- adult
- audiobook
16. Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls
By: Susan Seidelman
4.05
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The funny and insightful first-person story of the trailblazing movie director of the 80s and 90s … read more
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- audiobook
"The biggest takeaway from my long-distance relationship with Floyd Byars was that I optioned an original screenplay he had co-written with his writing partner, Laurie. Another takeaway was a case of …"-Susan Seidelman, Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls
17. The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us
By: Rachelle Bergstein
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume’s life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her mos… read more
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18. Housewife: Why Women Still Do It All and What to Do Instead
By: Lisa Selin Davis
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Rules of Womanhood, the Lies We’re Told, and the Choices We Have The notion of “housewife” ev… read more
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19. The Seventh Veil of Salome
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A young woman wins the role of a lifetime in a film about a legendary heroine — but the real drama … read more
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20. The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports
By: Michael Waters
4.48
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The story of the early trans athletes and Olympic bureaucrats who lit the flame for today’s culture… read more
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- adult
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21. Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen
By: Jon M. Chu
4.27
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From visionary director Jon M. Chu comes a powerful, inspiring memoir of belonging, creativity, and… read more
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