Stet: An Editor's Life
By: Diana Athill
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
A founding editor of the prestigious publishing house Andre Deutsch, Ltd., Athill takes us on a gui…
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1. Still Waters
By: Jennifer Lauck
3.99
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Separated from her brother Bryan, and passed from caretaker to caretaker, Jenny discovers - as she … 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. Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why It Often Sucks in the City, or Who Are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?
By: Jen Lancaster
4.32
Format: 632 pages, Paperback
Jen Lancaster hates to burst your happy little bubble, but life in the big city isn't all it's crac… read more
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4. Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife
By: Peggy Vincent
3.70
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
An inspiring collection of birth stories by a charming midwife. Each time she knelt to "catch" anot… read more
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5. A Legacy of Madness: Recovering My Family from Generations of Mental Illness
By: Tom Davis
3.50
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
The story of a loving family coming to grips with its own fragilities, A Legacy of Madnessrelays th… read more
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6. 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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7. Stet: An Editor's Life
By: Diana Athill
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
A founding editor of the prestigious publishing house Andre Deutsch, Ltd., Athill takes us on a gui… read more
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8. And The Whippoorwill Sang
By: Micki Peluso
4.16
Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition
It is a day like any other, except the intense heat wave has broken and signs of early fall are in … read more
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9. Speaking Truth to Power
By: Anita Hill
4.75
Format: 2112 pages, Paperback
After her astonishing testimony in the Clarence Thomas hearings, Anita Hill ceased to be a private … read more
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10. Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own
By: None
3.40
Format: None pages,
A pampered Long Island princess hits the road in a converted bus with her wilderness-loving husband… read more
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11. The Woman Who Fell from the Sky
By: Jennifer Steil
4.03
Format: 325 pages, ebook
"I had no idea how to find my way around this medieval city. It was getting dark. I was tired. I di… read more
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12. 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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13. The Last Time I Wore a Dress
By: None , None
1.75
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
At fifteen years old, Daphne Scholinskiwas committed to a mental institution and awarded the dubiou… read more
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16. 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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17. 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
18. 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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19. 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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20. Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief, Healing, and Pregnancy After Loss
By: Alexis Marie Chute
4.20
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
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21. The Bare Melcessities: Walking Out. Waking Up. Getting Bare
By: Melanie Lutz
3.97
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
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"The soul knows where it belongs, not some of the time, all of the time. When you strip everything away and get bare that fact sings."-Melanie Lutz, The Bare Melcessities: Walking Out. Waking Up. Getting Bare
"Home was within. Home was without. Home was here and now. Home was everything that already was and always is. There were so many chases and trips, and directions and events and places and experime…"-Melanie Lutz, The Bare Melcessities: Walking Out. Waking Up. Getting Bare
