Period: The Real Story of Menstruation
By: Kate Clancy
3.97
Format: 249 pages, Hardcover
A bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation Men…
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1. Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
By: Mike Dash
3.66
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
A vivid narration of the history of the tulip, from its origins on the barren, windswept steppes of… read more
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- history
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"...the disease killed eight thousand...between its first appearance in October 1635 and its eventual disappearance in July 1637...The appalling impact of the plague had two significant consequences. …"-Mike Dash, Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
2. Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began
By: Leah Hazard
4.10
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking, triumphant investigation of the uterus--from birth to death, in sickness and in h… read more
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- history
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- feminism
- biology
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- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
3. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.45
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more
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- audiobook
- history
- biology
- nonfiction
- science
4. Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words
By: Jenni Nuttall
3.82
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
An enlightening linguistic journey through a thousand years of feminist language--and what we can l… read more
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- history
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
5. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
By: Cat Bohannon
4.32
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved,… read more
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- science
- history
- health
- feminism
- biology
- anthropology
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
6. Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts
By: Sarah Thornton
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An innovative investigation of the five strange worlds that worship women’s chests After years o… read more
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- science
- history
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
7. Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology
By: Deirdre Cooper Owens
4.14
Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition
The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Natha… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
8. Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood
By: Gretchen Sisson
4.38
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
A powerful decade-long study of adoption in the age of Roe, revealing the grief of the American mot… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
9. Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close
By: Hannah Carlson
3.62
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
“Who knew the humble pocket could hold so much history? In this enthralling and always surprising a… read more
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- history
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10. Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain
By: Abby Norman
3.93
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For any woman who has experienced illness, chronic pain, or endometriosis comes an inspiring memoir… read more
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- health
- feminism
- medicine
- nonfiction
- womens
- science
"I was not a ghost. I was a little girl with needs and wants and allergies. Still, I hung soundlessly, as weightlessly as I could, in the air. The living can haunt a house, too."-Abby Norman, Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain
"In retrospect, that was the moment I realized my ignorance was going to exacerbate whatever the problem was, and that I had to prescribe myself some kind of medical education, at least as it pertaine…"-Abby Norman, Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain
"So often we think that the truth is a static entity that exists only in a singular place--a place that we have to find. But I have come to realize that the answers I have been looking for, the truth …"-Abby Norman, Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain
"Where a woman is in her menstrual cycle also influences how her body metabolizes, well, anything. Researchers know this: that's why, when they do include women in trials, they design the research so …"-Abby Norman, Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain
11. Eyeliner: A Cultural History
By: Zahra Hankir
3.80
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed editor of Our Women on the Ground comes a dazzling exploration of the intersecti… read more
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- audiobook
- history
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- anthropology
12. Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage
By: Rachel E. Gross
4.42
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A scientific journey to the center of the new female body. The Latin term for the female genital… read more
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- science
- history
- health
- feminism
- biology
- medicine
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
"Medicine is supposed to be unbiased," she says. "But when we look at the bigger picture of it, we can see that it is far from that."-Rachel E. Gross, Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage
"Darwin's attitudes toward women were a direct outgrowth of his ideas about other animals—or, rather, each reinforced the other. Throughout his career, he insisted that female animals were less capabl…"-Rachel E. Gross, Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage
"Your vagina is another planet. If you could shrink down to the size of a grain of sand and go between your own legs, you'd find a wondrous realm of humid jungles, cool caves, and viscous pits of mucu…"-Rachel E. Gross, Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage
13. Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
By: Jen Gunter
4.25
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Dr. Jen Gunter fights myths and fear-mongering with real science, inclusive facts, and shame-free a… read more
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- womens
- audiobook
"Reproducing a human is a massive biological effort. Energy-wise, it's on par with the limits of the most extreme sports, for example, running 5,000 km (3,000 miles) over 120 days or cycling the Tour …"-Jen Gunter, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
"When it comes to painful periods, there is an epidemic of undertreatment. Women's pain is undertreated in general, as compared to men's, but painful periods have historically been seen as a "woman th…"-Jen Gunter, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
"Unfortunately, instead of a world where those who bear the physical burdens of reproduction—whether they reproduce or not—have equal footing, we have the opposite. The Ancient Greeks, the originators…"-Jen Gunter, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
14. It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (But Were Never Told)
By: Karen Tang
4.34
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An inclusive and essential guide to reproductive health—including period problems, pelvic pain, men… read more
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- audiobook
15. I Felt the End Before It Came: Memoirs of a Queer Ex-Jehovah's Witness
By: Daniel Allen Cox
3.57
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
*LONGLISTED FOR THE GRAND PRIX DU LIVRE DE MONTREAL* “I spent eighteen years in a group that taugh… read more
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- audiobook
16. Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America
By: Shefali Luthra
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An urgent, intimate investigation into the experience of seeking an abortion after the fall of Roe … read more
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- feminism
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- womens
- audiobook
17. Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
By: Rose Hackman
4.22
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“ An urgent look at emotional labor ....Hackman’s words reveal the agency of women is still possibl… read more
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18. The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years
By: Ulbe Bosma
3.60
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
“[A] tour de force of global history…Bosma has turned the humble sugar crystal into a mighty prism … read more
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- history
- science
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19. Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English
By: Valerie Fridland
3.84
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
"Smart and funny--I loved it!" --Mignon Fogarty, author of New York Times bestseller Grammar Girl's… read more
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- history
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20. Period: The Real Story of Menstruation
By: Kate Clancy
3.97
Format: 249 pages, Hardcover
A bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation Men… read more
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- anthropology
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
21. Bleed: Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care
By: Tracey Lindeman
4.36
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A scorching examination of how we treat endometriosis today Have you ever been told that your pa… read more
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- health
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- science
