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1	Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia more books like this by Elizabeth Gilbert (Read by) add to wishlist A celebrated writer pens an irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books more books like this by Azar Nafisi add to wishlist Azar Nafasi formed a book club in Tehran comprised of seven young women who got together to discuss such books as THE GREAT GATSBY, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, DAISY MILLER, and, of course, LOLITA--books forbidden by the Islamic government. In this memoir, Nafasi, who was expelled from the country for refusing to wear the veil, writes about those women, ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship more books like this by Jeffrey Zaslow add to wishlist From the co-author of the bestselling "The Last Lecture" comes a moving tribute to female friendships, with the inspiring story of 11 girls and the women they became. see all copies from £9.61! new only from £11.84! \| first editions
4	Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China more books like this by Jung Chang add to wishlist An international bestseller with over three million copies in print, this is the story of three generations, mostly of women, in a Chinese family. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.18! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Lucky more books like this by Alice Sebold add to wishlist Raped and beaten as an 18-year-old Syracuse University student, Alice Sebold recounts the story of her rape, the trial and conviction of her rapist, and her recovery. Her book also tells the story of its own coming into being. Immediately after the rape, Sebold vowed to write about it, and worked it out in various forms before sculpting it into ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	High on Arrival more books like this by MacKenzie Phillips add to wishlist The former teen star of "One Day at a Time" reveals her shocking, moving story about growing up in a legendary rock-and-roll family, the personal demons and addictions she has battled, and her struggle to find redemption and peace. see all copies from £12.27! new only from £12.47! \| first editions
7	Bad Girls of the Bible: And What We Can Learn from Them more books like this by Liz Curtis Higgs add to wishlist Higgs takes an inspired look at some notorious women of the Bible. Her humorous interpretations of the stories of Jezebel, Lot's wife, and Sapphira--to name a few--tell powerful moral tales because, according to Higgs, women identify more easily with these flawed women even while they aspire to the likes of Mary and Sarah. see all copies from £2.78! new only from £6.64! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Twelve Extraordinary Women: How God Shaped Women of the Bible and What He Wants to Do with You more books like this by John MacArthur add to wishlist Join bestselling author and highly esteemed Bible teacher John MacArthur as he studies the lives and faith of key women from both the Old and New Testaments. Each chapter includes a biographical summary of the woman along with spiritual lessons drawn from her life. see all copies from £4.12! new only from £7.42! \| first editions
9	The Kiss more books like this by Kathryn Harrison add to wishlist One of today's best young American writers transforms into a work of art the darkest passage imaginable in a young woman's life: an obsessive love affair between father and daughter. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.19! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter more books like this by Adeline Yen Mah, Adeline Yen Mah add to wishlist The author's Westernized Chinese family in Shanghai was wealthy but dysfunctional. In this painful memoir, she writes about the cruelty she endured and her eventual emigration to the U.S., where she became a doctor. see all copies from £4.90! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	The Complete Persepolis more books like this by Marjane Satrapi add to wishlist Satrapis groundbreaking two-part graphic memoir of her unforgettable girlhood within a large family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution--now available in one volume--has been transferred to the big screen in a major animated film from Sony Picture Classics. see all copies from £12.46! new only from £12.68! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America more books like this by Firoozeh Dumas add to wishlist The author writes about her years in early-1970s America, when her father, an Iranian oil company executive, was posted to California. Their arrival coincided with the hostage crisis, when anti-Iran fervor in America was at its height--and her father lost his job. Despite this and other trials, the family continued in its admiration for the U.S., ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 more books like this by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, J Laslocky (Editor) add to wishlist On the basis of a diary, Ulrich gives the reader an intimate and densely imagined portrait of the industrious and reticent Martha Ballard and her society--a portrait that sheds light on its medical practices, religious squabbles and sexual mores. A winner of the Pulitzer Prize. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £7.63! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise more books like this by Ruth Reichl add to wishlist Ruth Reichl spills the beans (and the sushi, salads, and steak) about her years as a restaurant critic, first at the LA Times, then at the New York Times. Famous for her absurd (but useful) disguises, Reichl spent years on the Manhattan restaurant circuit, awarding and subtracting stars as she searched for a truly good meal. Besides her ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Love, Loss, and What I Wore more books like this by Ilene Beckerman add to wishlist A woman's life seen through what she wore at all the important events. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £8.07! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table more books like this by Ruth Reichl (Introduction by) add to wishlist The second volume of Ruth Reichl's autobiography takes her into adulthood, and chronicles her romantic life as well as her evolution into a food critic. It includes accounts of the memorable food that accompanied memorable moments in her life, including her days in a Berkeley commune, her second husband's favorite chocolate cake, and a trip to ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.67! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year more books like this by Anne Lamott add to wishlist A journal that covers Lamott's pregnancy at 35 and the birth of her son, Sam, as well as the diagnosis and death of her best friend, Pammy, from cancer. see all copies from £1.25! new only from £8.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal more books like this by Lily Koppel add to wishlist "A New York Times" journalist discovers a discarded old diary - a long-lost treasure that introduces her to an extraordinary woman and a glamourous, forgotten time. For decades it languished in an unclaimed trunk in the basement of a prewar building on Manhattan's Upper West Side, until it was tossed in a dumpster and recovered by journalist Lily ... see all copies from £6.62! new only from £6.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	High Voltage Tattoo more books like this by Kat Von D, Lionel Deluy (Photographer) add to wishlist The charismatic Kat Von D, the star of LA Ink, with writer Anthony Bozza (author of best-sellers "Slash" and "Tommyland") opens the door to the world of contemporary tattooing, the way only a true insider can. The book will be targeted to the tattoo audience, particularly the younger demographic that actively gets tattoos. It will include Kat's ... see all copies from £15.20! new only from £15.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation more books like this by Cokie Roberts add to wishlist Explores the lives of women who helped shape the United States, profiling such key figures as Abigail Adams, Eliza Pinkney, Dolley Payne Madison, Deborah Read Franklin, and Catherine Littlefield Greene. see all copies from £3.11! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	The Middle Place more books like this by Kelly Corrigan add to wishlist Corrigan's beautifully written memoir intertwines her own story with that of her larger-than-life, Irish-American, born-salesman father's, and illustrates both an unbelievably powerful and healing father/daughter relationship and the unbreakable bonds of family. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love more books like this by Dava Sobel add to wishlist Drawing from over 100 recently translated letters, this historical account chronicles the life of the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei by examining his relationship with his eldest daughter, Virginia, a cloistered nun. This biography places their correspondence in historical context, detailing the religious and political climate of Galileo's ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.92! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Everyday Sacred: A Woman's Journey Home more books like this by Sue Bender add to wishlist Sue Bender's follow-up to her phenomenally popular "Plain and Simple" is a conscientious attempt to capture moments from her life that speak powerfully to our shared longing to make each day truly count. see all copies from £3.11! new only from £6.30! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary more books like this by Philip Boehm (Translator) add to wishlist For eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her apartment building and among its residents. She tells of the shameful indignities to which women in a conquered city are always subject. see all copies from £6.43! new only from £7.38!
25 view cover	Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story more books like this by C David Heymann add to wishlist The bestselling author uses his impressive list of sources and impeccable insight to reveal the true story of the relationship between Jacqueline Kennedy and her brother-in-law, Robert F. Kennedy. Their affair has been an open secret for decades amongst Kennedy insiders. Now, C. David Heymann will share those secrets with the thousands of readers ... see all copies from £12.15! new only from £12.15!

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