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The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story

by Lily Koppel

As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses...


Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass on a Northern Michigan Farm

by Mardi Jo Link

Poignant, irreverent, and hilarious: a memoir about survival and self-discovery, by an indomitable woman who never loses sight of what matters most. 

It’s the summer of 2005, and Mardi Jo Link’s dream...


The Spy Who Loved

by Clare Mulley

The Untold Story of Britain’s First Female Special Agent of World War II

 

In June 1952, a woman was murdered by an obsessed colleague in a hotel in the South Kensington district of London. Her name was Christine...


Called Again: A Story of Love and Triumph

by Jennifer Pharr Davis

In 2011, Jennifer Pharr Davis became the overall record holder on the Appalachian Trail. By hiking 2,181 miles in 46 days -- an average of 47 miles per day -- she became the first female to ever set that mark....


A Good Home

by Cynthia Reyes

"A Good Home will delight your soul and touch your heart. There is magic in these words!" -DEBRA USHER, President and Editor-in-Chief, Arabella Magazine. "Cynthia Reyes' glass is almost always half full, but...


Zen Under Fire: How I Found Peace in the Midst of War

by Marianne Elliott

One woman's fight to deliver peace and eliminate bloodshed in the midst of one of the most notorious conflicts of our time

In the tradition of Dear Zari and Barefoot in Baghdad, Zen Under Fire lays bare the...


Unmastered

by Katherine Angel

One of O Magazine’s Must-Read Books for June 2013

A provocative and personal meditation on sex, power, and female desire

Today’s women, we’re told, have more options in exercising their desire than ever before...


The Alley of Love and Yellow Jasmines

by Shohreh Aghdashloo

Oscar nominee and Emmy Award–winning actress Shohreh Aghdashloo shares her remarkable personal journey—from a childhood in the Shah's Iran to the red carpets of Hollywood—in this dazzling memoir of family,...


Every Moment Counts: A Life of Mary Butterwick

by Carmel Thomason

Mary Butterwick, OBE, lost her husband, John to cancer in March 1979. At that time there was no support network in the North East for those suffering from life-limiting illnesses and no real advice and support...


A Woman of Science: An Extraordinary Journey of Love, Discovery, and the Sex Life of Mushrooms

by Cardy Raper & Remeline M.D. Damasco

A STORY OF TRUE LOVE, DETERMINATION, SACRIFICE, AND DISCOVERY.

A Woman of Science catalogues a decades-long journey of inspirational hardship and success that serves as a model for what women can do in a field...


Betty Bumpers: Champion of Childhood Immunization and Peace

by Anna L. Eblen & Martha Jane Eblen

Betty Bumpers: Champion of Childhood Immunization and Peace explores the significance of Bumpers’ work, situating her story within the context of the history and society of the late twentieth century. Her...


The Afghan Queen: A True Story of an American Woman in Afghanistan

by Paul Meinhardt

Lela Meinhardt, a tribal art trader in Afghanistan, traveled and traded with migratory Afghan tribes from 1975 to 1980. Through Lela's efforts, the museums and art world gained spectacular insight into the tribal...


Smile at Strangers: And Other Lessons in the Art of Living Fearlessly

by Susan Schorn

A rollicking memoir about the rewards of risk and the surprising facts of safety and self-defense, from a woman who has earned two black belts in her pursuit of living fearlessly.


Margaret Thatcher: From Grantham to the Falklands

by Charles Moore

With unequaled authority and dramatic detail, the first volume of Charles Moore’s authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher reveals as never before the early life, rise to power, and first years as prime minister...


A Boy I Once Knew: What a Teacher Learned from Her Student

by Elizabeth Stone

One morning, a box was delivered to Elizabeth Stone's door. It held ten years of personal diaries and a letter that began "Dear Elizabeth, You must be wondering why I left you my diaries in my will. After all,...


Tantra Goddess: A Memoir of Sexual Awakening

by Caroline Muir

The revealing memoir of the tantric sex pioneer at the forefront of the now burgeoning tantric movement.


The Book of Sarahs

by Catherine E. McKinley

Suffused with longing, this rueful, passionate memoir about an adopted woman's search for her birth parents explores themes of race and family. Catherine McKinley was one of only a few thousand African American...


Riding Barranca: Finding Freedom and Forgiveness on the Midlife Trail

by Laura Chester

In this one-year journal, a skilled horsewoman and adventurer takes her horse, Barranca, on a fleeting journey across the country—from the borderland of Arizona to the Berkshires of Massachusetts. When offered...


Mud, Sweat & Gears: Cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats (Via the Pub)

by Ellie Bennett

The tale of a scenic cycling trip—including an index of the 50 finest beers tasted on the trip

"One more wouldn't hurt," said Mick. I looked at him doubtfully. "I'm not sure. It's gone three o'clock already....


Waiting to Be Heard

by Amanda Knox

In November 2007, Amanda Knox was twenty years old and had been studying abroad in Perugia, Italy, for only a few weeks when her friend and roommate, a young English student named Meredith Kercher, was brutally...