Smile Please: An Unfinished Autobiography
By: Jean Rhys , Diana Athill
4.06
Format: 285 pages, Paperback
Jean Rhys' unfinished posthumous autobiography. From the early days on Dominica to the bleak time i…
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1. Through the Narrow Gate: A Memoir of Spiritual Discovery
By: Karen Armstrong
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Through the Narrow Gateis Karen Armstrong's intimate memoir of life inside a Catholic convent. With… read more
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"Surely it's better to love others, however messy and imperfect the involvement, than to allow one's capacity for love to harden."-Karen Armstrong, Through the Narrow Gate: A Memoir of Spiritual Discovery
2. When Rabbit Howls
By: Truddi Chase , None
4.04
Format: 400 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Truddi Chase began therapy to discover why she suffered from blackouts. What surfaced was terrifyin… read more
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"I cherished her individuality, that spark of independence no child should lose to life's restrictions and parameters."-Truddi Chase, When Rabbit Howls
3. 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
4. My Angel
By: Jamie Gibson
3.91
Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition
Pregnancy is supposed to be a wonderful time; a special moment that will change your life forever. … read more
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5. The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam
By: G. Willow Wilson
4.12
Format: None pages,
The extraordinary story of an all-American girl's conversion to Islam and her ensuing romance with … read more
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7. The Year of Yes
By: Maria Dahvana Headley
3.20
Format: 285 pages, Paperback
"Why not go out on a date with everyone who asks you? Plenty of reasons. They might be crazy. They … read more
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"The main problem of living in the city that never sleeps that neither did I."-Maria Dahvana Headley, The Year of Yes
"I was a protestor. I was such a protestor that I regularly protested things that might have been good for me."-Maria Dahvana Headley, The Year of Yes
"I frantically opened my address book and searched it for someone, anyone, who'd moved me, who'd been good in both bed and brain. No. A slew of the so-so."-Maria Dahvana Headley, The Year of Yes
"I was becoming convinced that I was going to be lonely for the rest of my life. It wasn't that I wasn't meeting men. I was. It was just that they all drove me crazy."-Maria Dahvana Headley, The Year of Yes
8. Cybill Disobedience: How I Survived Beauty Pageants, Elvis, Sex, Bruce Willis, Lies, Marriage, Motherhood, Hollywood, and the Irrepressible Urge to Say What I Think
By: Cybill Shepherd , Aimee Lee Ball
4.17
Format: 78 pages, Hardcover
From Model to Moonlighting, from Elvis to Bruce Willis to motherhood to a behind-the-scenes inside … read more
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9. Thousand Pieces of Gold
By: Ruthanne Lum McCunn
3.44
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
A reissue of the classic biographical novel that has sold more than 200,000 copies Lalu Nathoy's fa… read more
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10. Looking To Be Seen
By: Lori Osterman
3.98
Format: 52 pages, Paperback
A beautiful book of poetry written with warmth, heart and love about life's challenges, heartache, … read more
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11. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (The Western Frontier Library Series)
By: Isabella Lucy Bird , Daniel J. Boorstin
3.67
Format: 244 pages,
A cosmopolitan, middle-aged Englishwoman touring the Rocky Mountains in 1873, Isabella Bird had emb… read more
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12. The Egg and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #1)
By: Betty MacDonald
4.00
Format: 412 pages, Paperback
When Betty MacDonald married a marine and moved to a small chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in… read more
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13. Smile Please: An Unfinished Autobiography
By: Jean Rhys , Diana Athill
4.06
Format: 285 pages, Paperback
Jean Rhys' unfinished posthumous autobiography. From the early days on Dominica to the bleak time i… read more
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- 20th century
14. Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the Edge of the World
By: Yang Erche Namu , Christine Mathieu
3.78
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
This widely acclaimed memoir transports us to the remote reaches of the Himalayas, to a place the C… read more
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15. 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
16. Lark Rise to Candleford
By: Richard Mabey , Flora Thompson
3.88
Format: 588 pages, Paperback
Flora Thompson's immortal trilogy, containing "Lark Rise", "Over To Candleford" and "Candleford Gre… read more
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17. 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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18. The Plague and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #2)
By: Betty MacDonald
3.49
Format: 465 pages, Paperback
Tuberculosis. A terrifying word, as terrifying then as cancer is now. It meant entering a sanatoriu… read more
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19. Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
By: Leymah Gbowee , Carol Mithers
4.57
Format: 102 pages, Paperback
In a time of death and terror, Leymah Gbowee brought Liberia's women together--and together they le… read more
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20. Out on a Limb
By: Shirley MacLaine
4.39
Format: None pages,
U ovoj dojmljivoj i dirljivoj prici Shirley Maclaine poziva nas da je slijedimo na jedinstvenom put… read more
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21. Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing up Groovy and Clueless
By: Susan Jane Gilman
4.40
Format: 86 pages, Paperback
From the author of "Kiss My Tiara" comes a funny and poignant collection of true stories about wome… read more
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24. Finding It: And Satisfying My Hunger for Life without Opening the Fridge
By: Valerie Bertinelli
3.64
Format: None pages,
A humorous and highly personal tale of a continuing search for answers to life's big questions, an … read more
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25. 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
26. Taming Flame
By: Therisa Peimer
4.30
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Flaminius's days of bouncing between beds are snatched away the instant he sets eyes on his perfect… read more
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"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame
"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame
"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame
"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame
27. 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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28. 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
29. 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
30. Resilience Road: Exploring Your Authentic Life Path
By: Beth Koritz
3.99
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
How many times have you taken a look at your life and thought these words? "Things have got to chan… read more
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31. Last Girl Standing
By: Trina Robbins
4.05
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
From dressing Mama Cass to being pelted with jelly babies as she helped photograph the Rolling Ston… read more
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