Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
By: Gloria E. Anzaldúa , Sonia Saldívar-Hull
4.33
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Anzaldua, a Chicana native of Texas, explores in prose and poetry the murky, precarious existence o…
Want to Read $ 10.99"I preferred the world of imagination to the death of sleep"-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
"This land was Mexican once, was Indian always and is. And will be again."-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
"Who is to say that robbing a people of its language is less violent than war?"-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
"Nothing happens in the "real" world unless it first happens in the images in our heads"-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
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1. This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
By: Gloria E. Anzaldúa , Toni Cade Bambara , Cherríe L. Moraga
4.52
Format: 261 pages, Paperback
This groundbreaking collection reflects an uncompromised definition of feminism by women of color. … read more
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- poetry
- race
- feminism
- nonfiction
- essays
"This Bridge Called My Back intends to reflect an uncompromised definition of feminism by women of color in the U.S."-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
"I get angry with those in the women's movement and out of it who deal with class & color as if they defined politics and people."-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
"I keep wanting to repeat over and over and over again, the pain and shock of difference, the joy of commonness, the exhilaration of meeting through incredible odds against it."-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
"These women don't believe in the sanctity of the marriage bond, the inviolable privacy of the husband-wife unit. The cattiness is mixed with the information, tips. The misery is communal."-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
2. Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
By: Sandra Cisneros
4.06
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A collection of stories by Sandra Cisneros, the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievemen… read more
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- poetry
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3. Do They Hear You When You Cry
By: Fauziya Kassindja , Karen Musalo
4.12
Format: 529 pages, Paperback
For Fauziya Kassindja, an idyllic childhood in Togo, West Africa, sheltered from the tribal practic… read more
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- feminism
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- memoir
4. Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp
By: Stephanie Klein
3.44
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Stephanie Klein was an eighth grader with a weight problem. It was a problem at school, where the b… read more
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5. Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
By: Gloria E. Anzaldúa , Sonia Saldívar-Hull
4.33
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Anzaldua, a Chicana native of Texas, explores in prose and poetry the murky, precarious existence o… read more
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- poetry
- race
- memoir
- lgbt
- theory
- feminism
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
"I preferred the world of imagination to the death of sleep"-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
"This land was Mexican once, was Indian always and is. And will be again."-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
"Who is to say that robbing a people of its language is less violent than war?"-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
"Nothing happens in the "real" world unless it first happens in the images in our heads"-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
6. My Hero, My Ding
By: Lisa A. Tortorello
4.05
Format: 128 pages, Perfect Paperback
'I awoke in the darkness listening to the sound of a jack hammer. After a few moments, I realized i… read more
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"It’s often said when a baby is born so is a grandparent; well, for me it turned out that when I was born it was also the birth of a Ding Dong."-Lisa A. Tortorello, My Hero, My Ding
7. Borrowed Finery: A Memoir
By: Paula Fox
3.72
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Born in the 1920s to nomadic, bohemian parents, Paula Fox is left at birth in a Manhattan orphanage… read more
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- memoir
8. Wired for God: Adventures of a Jewish Yogi
By: Dani Antman
3.98
Format: 278 pages, ebook
When the Judaism of her childhood doesn't satisfy Dani Antman's yearning for spiritual awakening, s… read more
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9. Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
By: None , P.D. James
3.91
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
On the day she turned seventy-seven, internationally acclaimed mystery writer P. D. James embarked … read more
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"It is interesting how often unintelligent, even stupid, women manage their emotional lives more satisfactorily than do their cleverer sisters."-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
"The past can't now be altered, the future has yet to be lived, and consciously to experience every moment of the present is the only way to gain at least the illusion of immortality."-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
"Even as a child, I had a sense that I was two people; the one who experienced the trauma, the pain, the happiness, and the other who stood aside and watched with a disinterested ironic eye."-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
"There is much that I remember but which is painful to dwell on. I see no need to write about these things. They are over and must be accepted, made sense of and forgiven, afforded no more than their …"-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
10. A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-Life Adventures in Sex and Romance
By: Jane Juska
3.48
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
“Round-heeled” is an old-fashioned label for a woman who is promiscuous—someone who nowadays might … read more
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- memoir
11. 2005 - Thanks for the Vodka
By: Karl Wiggins , Harpie
3.91
Format: 525 pages, Kindle Edition
If you only read one book this year, make it this one You won’t find another book like this anywhe… read more
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12. Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface
By: Martha Manning
3.97
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
This is the memoir of an ordinary woman—a mother, a daughter, a psychologist, a wife—who tells the … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Depression is such a cruel punishment. There are no fevers, no rashes, no blood tests to send people scurrying in concern, just the slow erosion of self, as insidious as cancer. And like cancer, it i…"-Martha Manning, Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface
13. Slings & Arrows
By: Julie Elizabeth Powell
3.96
Format: 81 pages, Kindle Edition
Nobody expects to lose a child but when it happens what can we do? In the sea of grief that seizes… read more
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14. 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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- memoir
15. ... y no se lo tragó la tierra ... and the Earth Did Not Devour Him
By: None , Tomás Rivera
3.94
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Tomas Rivera's original Spanish-language novel plus a new translation into English by Evangelina Vi… read more
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- poetry
"I recall that one time he told the people to read the poems out loud because the spoken word was the seed of love in the darkness."-None, ... y no se lo tragó la tierra ... and the Earth Did Not Devour Him
16. But Enough About Me: A Jersey Girl's Unlikely Adventures Among the Absurdly Famous
By: Jancee Dunn
3.79
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
New Jersey in the 1980s had everything Jancee Dunn wanted: trips down the shore, Bruce Springsteen… read more
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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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- philosophy
- nonfiction
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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- nonfiction
"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
"We can be beacons of light"-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
"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. Don't Shoot! . . . I Have Another Story To Tell You
By: Elen Ghulam
4.08
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Four languages, an assortment of passports and no where to call home. Don't Shoot! ... I have a… read more
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21. Blockade: The Diary of an Austrian Middle-Class Woman, 1914-1924
By: Anna Eisenmenger
3.67
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
English, Pages 98. Reprinted in 2013 with the help of original edition published long back. This bo… read more
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