Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir
By: Lillian Faderman
4.10
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Born in 1940, Lillian Faderman was the only child of an uneducated and unmarried immigrant Jewish w…
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1. Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
By: Janisse Ray
4.02
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Janisse Ray grew up in a junkyard along U.S. Highway 1, hidden from Florida-bound vacationers by th… read more
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2. Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living
By: Bailey White
3.96
Format: 229 pages, Trade Paperback
In this national bestseller, Bailey White--whose accounts of Southern eccentricity have enchanted m… read more
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"I'm tired of being set upon by crazed Christians one minute and unbridled libertines the next. Girls, I'm going camping."-Bailey White, Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living
"When I got started again, I drove slower and felt smaller. I think it does us all good to get looked at like that now and then by a wild animal."-Bailey White, Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living
"Her blood-curdling snoring, with its gargling and squawking and its terrifying pauses is like the sound the devil might make if he were alternately relishing and strangling on a pound of human flesh."-Bailey White, Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living
"When Mama starts to move across a room, people pay attention. You can never be sure she's not going to grab you by the top of the head to steady herself. And she's pretty free with that walking stick…"-Bailey White, Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living
3. Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith
By: Martha N. Beck
3.55
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
As "Mormon royalty" within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised … read more
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4. Mayada, Daughter of Iraq: One Woman's Survival Under Saddam Hussein
By: Jean Sasson
3.00
Format: 508 pages,
Mayada was born into a powerful Iraqi family. One grandfather fought alongside Lawrence of Arabia. … read more
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5. The Zookeeper's Daughter
By: Lori Space Day
3.95
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
The Zookeeperas Daughter is the journal of Lori Space Day, a third generation zoologist. Growing up… read more
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6. Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir
By: Lillian Faderman
4.10
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Born in 1940, Lillian Faderman was the only child of an uneducated and unmarried immigrant Jewish w… read more
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7. The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War
By: Gioconda Belli , Kristina Cordero
4.00
Format: 256 pages,
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8. Daughter of the Saints: Growing Up in Polygamy
By: Dorothy Allred Solomon
3.83
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
"Probably the best book ever written about polygamy. Neither an apologia nor an exposé."― Salt Lake… read more
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9. Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood
By: bell hooks
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Stitching together girlhood memories with the finest threads of innocence, feminist intellectual be… read more
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10. Becoming Alice: A Memoir
By: Alice Rene
3.80
Format: 8 pages, Paperback
Six-year-old IIse watches Nazi soldiers march down her street in Vienna. She does not understand th… read more
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11. Winning My Wings: A Woman Airforce Service Pilot in World War II
By: Marion Stegeman Hodgson , Lindy Boggs
3.93
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
One of the first women in the United States to train as a military pilot, the author was part of a … read more
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12. Black Market Baby: An Adopted Woman's Journey
By: None
3.67
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Half the U.S. population (140 million Americans) have an adoption in their immediate family. Ther… read more
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13. Living My Life
By: Emma Goldman , سهیلا بسکی
4.10
Format: 322 pages, Paperback
Anarchist, journalist, drama critic, advocate of birth control and free love, Emma Goldman was the … read more
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14. The Three Witches and The Master
By: Max Nowaz
4.30
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
When a beautiful naked woman Eve, unexpectedly turns up at his back door, Adam, an amateur wizard, … read more
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"Where’s my uncle?"-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master
"You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,"-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master
"I haven’t got a clue why his bones disintegrated, but look at the bright side,"-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master
"He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession. "-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master
15. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
By: Yvonne Korshak
4.29
Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition
STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more
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"Temples are for the gods,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"But Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
16. Counter Identity (Remmich/Miller, #2)
By: Karl Braungart
4.31
Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition
Imagine you find yourself losing bits of time. Almost like a dream you only slightly remember. Envi… read more
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"Well, here’s the shocker,"-Karl Braungart, Counter Identity (Remmich/Miller, #2)
"Yes, I never expected to see you!"-Karl Braungart, Counter Identity (Remmich/Miller, #2)
"Their war maneuvers excluded shame."-Karl Braungart, Counter Identity (Remmich/Miller, #2)
"I realized he was on the island when I found this matchbook."-Karl Braungart, Counter Identity (Remmich/Miller, #2)
17. Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind
By: Darnyelle Jervey Harmon
4.29
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Ready to break through the six-figure plateau? Discover an actionable strategy to cross over the mi… read more
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18. Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
By: Anne Michaud
4.29
Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition
Why do good women stay with bad men? What if political wives are just as calculating as their in… read more
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"The political wife came forward and publicly vouched for her straying man. If she could continue to trust and believe in him, the public could too – or so the script went."-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
"For each of these women, the fear of the unknown — of leaving a marriage and casting off alone — may have bound them to a marriage where there is insensitivity, neglect, or even outright abuse. Peopl…"-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
"What we witness playing out in the relationships of our public figures we risk finding acceptable in our private lives. Feminists have connected women’s sexual subordination to their unequal status i…"-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
"To leave the marriage behind is to step out of the spotlight. It means fading into normalcy, returning to ordinary life, perhaps an impossible admission for women who have built their egos on being o…"-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
19. Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
By: Aimee Cabo Nikolov
4.30
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
Her family secrets burst in the spotlight when Aimee and her sister went to the authorities. In thi… read more
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"#metooasachild"-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
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"Unconditional Love conquers all!"-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
"God is the Cure, Love is the Answer"-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
20. The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)
By: Robert Reid
4.30
Format: 459 pages, Kindle Edition
In the early 16th century in the city of Mora, capital of Kermin, a cruel new ruler has come to pow… read more
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"Raimund, we must promise each other that if one of us leaves Mora it must be both. We must leave together."-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)
"At seventeen the young woman had worked out how to improve her future prospects; she would seduce the Prince."-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)
"Rafe smiled again. “I think Aleana can teach you how to work in a team and maybe you can teach her to be less reckless."-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)
"Audun, there is something I must now explain to you. You are the illegitimate son of Alberon, who now calls himself Emperor of the North."-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)
21. 走得越远,离自己越近 The Farther I Walk, The Closer I Get To Me
By: Hong Mei
3.64
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
Hong Mei's (洪梅) debut travelogue, The Farther I Walk, The Closer I Get To Me (走得越远,离自己越近), takes re… read more
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