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    40 Over 40: 40 Things Every Women over 40 Needs to Know About Getting Dressed
    list: $16.95 - our price: $11.86
    by Wildcat Canyon Press
    Paperback (01 April, 2000)
    (12 reviews) 4.25 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Take it to heart. look better, save money: I hate to shop! I have to look good (on occasion) and I am definitely over 40.This book is really great.
    A Calendar Just for Mom Page-A-Day Calendar 2005 (Page-A-Day Calendars)
    list: $10.95 - our price: $8.21
    by Workman Publishing Company
    Calendar (20 August, 2004)

    A Doll's House
    list: $1.00 - our price: $2.99
    by Dover Publications
    Paperback (21 February, 1992)
    (58 reviews) 3.95 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A brilliant play on Marrige, Supression and Feminisme.: Henrik Ibsen in one of the most famous Norwegian writers thoughout the world.
    A Midwife's Tale : The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
    list: $14.95 - our price: $10.47
    by Vintage
    Paperback (04 June, 1991)
    (26 reviews) 4.54 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Historically interesting.: Perusing a personal diary (portions of the diary are included in the book) which contain sentence fragments and short descriptions of the day's activity,

    A Mind of Its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis
    list: $15.00 - our price: $10.20
    by Penguin Books
    Paperback (01 January, 2003)
    (20 reviews) 4.15 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: a wonderful and wonderfully thorough book: it's not often i pick up a non-fiction book as engrossing and entertaining as this one.
    A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska : The Story of Hannah Breece
    list: $14.00 - our price: $10.50
    by Vintage
    Paperback (28 January, 1997)
    (7 reviews) 4.71 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: She'll Walk You Through the Snow: I fell in love with Alaska as described by Hannah Breece. She told an amazing story of a time that is long gone.

    A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove: A History of American Women Told through Food,
    list: $35.00 - our price: $23.10
    by W.W. Norton & Company
    Hardcover (October, 2003)
    (7 reviews) 4.71 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: This NEEDED to be written: If you enjoy a coziness factor in your life, you'll benefit from reading this book. It's fun and useful and educational.
    A Wife After God's Own Heart (George, Elizabeth)
    list: $10.99 - our price: $8.24
    by Harvest House Publishers
    Paperback (01 January, 2004)
    (1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Great book for wives!: This book goes back to the bible for its direction. I know a lot of women read these books and think that they shouldn't "follow" or have a man "lead" but there's something to it.

    A Woman's Book of Life: The Biology, Psychology, and Spirituality of the Feminine
    list: $15.00
    by Riverhead Books
    Paperback (01 January, 1998)
    (8 reviews) 4.25 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Iluminating and Thought-Provoking: I sat down and read this book in two days...I just couldn't put it down. For the first time in my life (I am a young woman in my twenties) I am looking forward to the process of growing older and wiser.
    Adam: The Male Figure in Art
    list: $45.00
    by Rizzoli
    Hardcover (01 October, 1998)
    (2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: great resource for art historians interested in masculinity: this book seeks to briefly encapsulate the history of the male figure in (western) art.

    Alone! Alone!: Lives of Some Outsider Women (New York Review Books Collections)
    list: $24.95 - our price: $15.72
    by New York Review of Books
    Hardcover (01 April, 2004)
    (1 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A long overdue collection: While men who don't follow the beaten path have been celebrated and written about for some time now, it is rare that oddball women are given the same attention.
    America's Women: Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines
    list: $27.95 - our price: $17.61
    by William Morrow & Company
    Hardcover (23 September, 2003)
    (19 reviews) 4.74 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: Well researched and well written, America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines is a powerful and important book. Starting with Pocahontas and Eleanor Dare (the first female colonist),

    American Heroines : The Spirited Women Who Shaped Our Country
    list: $24.95 - our price: $16.47
    by William Morrow
    Hardcover (26 October, 2004)
    American Jezebel : The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the
    list: $24.95 - our price: $15.72
    by HarperSanFrancisco
    Hardcover (02 March, 2004)
    (10 reviews) 4.4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Anne Hutchinson should be on everyone's lips.: AMERICAN JEZEBEL is a compelling and fast-paced work that offers a vivid close-up on life in colonial America.

    Appetites: Why Women Want
    list: $24.00
    by Counterpoint Press
    Hardcover (15 April, 2003)
    (11 reviews) 4.55 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: The final and remarkable book of best-selling author Caroline Knapp underlines her gift of leveraging her life experiences into provocative lessons. On the surface, Appetites may appear to be about eating&#
    As Nature Made Him : The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl
    list: $14.00 - our price: $10.50
    by Perennial
    Paperback (19 February, 2001)
    (133 reviews) 4.55 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: MY HEART CRIED!: This is one of the saddest, anger provoking, bringing to the surface such overwhelming sadness and joy book that I have ever,

    Backlash : The Undeclared War Against American Women
    list: $14.95 - our price: $10.17
    by Anchor
    Paperback (06 September, 1992)
    (62 reviews) 3.84 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Faludi lays out a two-fold thesis in this aggressive work: First, despite the opinions of pop-psychologists and the mainstream media, career-minded women are generally not husband-starved loners on the verge of nervous breakdowns.
    Bad Girl : Confessions of a Teenage Delinquent
    list: $22.95 - our price: $15.61
    by Rugged Land
    Hardcover (17 August, 2004)

    Believing In Ourselves : 2005 Day-to-Day Calendars
    list: $11.99 - our price: $9.59
    by Andrews McMeel Publishing
    Calendar (01 July, 2004)
    (1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Insightful, meaningful, and touching quotes by famous women.: This book was my favorite gift last xmas. I've found countless pages of quotes that relate directly to my life.
    Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America
    list: $16.95 - our price: $15.25
    by University of Idaho Press
    Paperback (01 May, 2003)
    (9 reviews) 4.56 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Helga's Story: I was completely mesmerized by this book. This remarkable story tells how Helga, a ninetheeth century pioneer woman,

    Box Lunch : The Layperson's Guide to Cunnilingus
    list: $13.95 - our price: $10.46
    by Alyson Publications
    Paperback (15 July, 2004)
    Boys and Girls Learn Differently!: A Guide for Teachers and Parents
    list: $14.95 - our price: $10.17
    by Jossey-Bass
    Paperback (28 February, 2002)
    (15 reviews) 3.33 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A Must for All Teachers and Parents: This book is a MUST for current teachers, parents, and anyone working with children of ALL ages.T

    C'Est LA Vie: An American Conquers the City of Light, Begins a New Life, and Becomes - Zut Alors!
    list: $24.95 - our price: $15.72
    by Viking Books
    Hardcover (15 January, 2004)
    (10 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: The Princess Diary: I'm a sucker for the move-to-Paris (Provence, Tuscany, Spain, etc.) genre, with one caveat. I like the stories where the writer has actually moved to Paris or wherever,
    Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel
    list: $14.00 - our price: $10.50
    by Free Press
    Paperback (02 November, 2000)
    (14 reviews) 4.57 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Must read: This book should be required reading for every female high school freshman. Every woman who has dieted, picked herself apart for her appearance or stared longingly at a magazine layout needs to read this book.

    Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderland
    list: $22.50 - our price: $22.50
    by University of North Carolina Press
    Paperback (01 May, 2002)
    (1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Informative and thought-provoking: It would be foolish to give a book that won three prestigious professional awards (the Bancroft,
    Celebrating Women
    list: $49.95 - our price: $31.47
    by powerHouse Books
    Hardcover (01 September, 2004)

    Changing Course : A Woman's Guide to Choosing the Cruising Life
    list: $12.95 - our price: $9.71
    by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
    Paperback (12 August, 2003)
    (8 reviews) 4.88 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Guys: When you asked what your wife thought about buying a bigger boat and sailing away, was your suggestion received enthusiastically?I
    Chicken Soup to Inspire a Woman's Soul : Stories Celebrating the Wisdom, Fun and
    list: $12.95 - our price: $9.71
    Paperback (17 August, 2004)

    Cinematherapy : The Girl's Guide to Movies for Every Mood
    list: $14.95 - our price: $10.17
    Paperback (09 March, 1999)
    (28 reviews) 3.96 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Awesome!: I absolutely adore this book. I work at Bath and Body Works and we carried this for a few months. Every time I worked,
    Closing the Leadership Gap: Why Women Can and Must Help Run the World
    list: $24.95 - our price: $15.72
    by Viking Books
    Hardcover (08 March, 2004)
    (2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: Ms. Foundation President Marie Wilson is looking for some good women and men to become "post heroic" leaders. In Closing the Leadership Gap, Wilson focuses on the virtues of sharing power by skewering culture bound male leadership styles and celebrating the arguable premise that women use a similar "recipe" of leadership values such as inclusion and cooperation.

    Composing a Life
    list: $13.00 - our price: $10.40
    by Grove Press
    Paperback (10 May, 2001)
    (5 reviews) 4.8 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Subtly inspirational.: I can't remember why I investigated, ordered and then read this book other than it was written by Margaret Mead's daughter and I wanted to find out what the woman was like personally.
    Couldn't Keep It to Myself: Testimonies from Our Imprisoned Sisters
    list: $13.95 - our price: $10.46
    by ReganBooks
    Paperback (03 February, 2004)
    (31 reviews) 4.58 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Inmates are people first, prisoners second: This book has already caused a stir for all the wrong reasons. Various victims' rights groups have taken issue with this book for the following reasons: (a) that Wally Lamb would devote his time to,

    Crones Don't Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women
    list: $14.95 - our price: $10.17
    by Red Wheel/Weiser
    Hardcover (01 September, 2003)
    (4 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Best book I've ever read: I'm 53 and have decided this is the best book I've ever read in my entire life (and I read 3-5 books a week).
    Cunt: A Declaration of Independence (Live Girls Series)
    list: $14.95 - our price: $10.17
    by Seal Press (WA)
    Paperback (01 October, 2002)
    (83 reviews) 4.2 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A clear voice: I adore the Internet because, among other things, it allows us to be anonymous voices delivering messages without attached messengers.

    Discovering The Mind Of A Woman The Key To Becoming A Strong And Irresistable Husband Is..
    list: $14.99 - our price: $10.19
    by Nelson Books
    Paperback (26 September, 1995)
    (25 reviews) 4.72 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: God has put this book into my life for a purpose!: Like most men, I was clueless about how I was negatively affecting my wife through our 18 years of marriage.
    Don't Think Pink: What Really Makes Women Buy -- and How to Increase Your Share of
    list: $23.00 - our price: $15.64
    by AMACOM
    Hardcover (June, 2004)
    (2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Wow ! Bravo !: The last time I was this enthused after reading a marketing book was in '99 when Paco Underhill's book Why We Buy was published.

    Drama Queens: Wild Women of the Silver Screen
    list: $15.95 - our price: $15.95
    by Conari Press
    Paperback (01 September, 1998)
    (2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Almost loved it...: This was a gift for a friend's birthday. She really loved all the quotes from classic movie actresses but felt a little annoyed when actresses like JULIA ROBERTS were included in a collection that seems to be about the old time movie actresses.
    Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship With Food Through Myths,
    list: $14.95 - our price: $10.17
    by Gurze Books
    Paperback (01 April, 2000)
    (15 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Right to the heart of the matter: Johnston's book spirals deeply into the core issues that any woman coping with disordered eating would want to address,

    Entre Nous: A Woman's Guide to Finding Her Inner French Girl
    list: $21.95
    by St. Martin's Press
    Hardcover (19 April, 2003)
    (42 reviews) 3.88 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Entertaining and Fun: Ollivier's 'Entre Nous' is a fun book to read; its akin to being Sabrina, rushing off to a mental France to learn a little sophistication and buy some wonderfully chic clothes that will never go out of style.
    Esquire's Things a Man Should Know About Style (Things a Man Should Know)
    list: $10.95 - our price: $8.21
    by Riverhead Books
    Paperback (01 October, 1999)
    (23 reviews) 3.61 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Fun in its way but disappointing; not at all what I expected: Nowhere on Amazon's page for this book is it made clear that this is first of all a tiny book physically--tiny novelty trim size,

    Everyday Sacred : A Woman's Journey Home
    list: $14.00 - our price: $10.50
    by HarperSanFrancisco
    Paperback (20 September, 1996)
    (13 reviews) 4.92 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: When Sue Bender proudly announced to a friend that her first book, Plain and Simple had made it to the New York Times bestseller list, her friend immediately shot back, "But what number on the list are you?"
    Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Other Women
    list: $15.95 - our price: $10.85
    by Conari Press
    Paperback (01 September, 2002)
    (2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Charming and delightful: Would that there were more books like this out there. It doesn't aspire to be anything more than it is: a sweet,

    Fascinating Womanhood
    list: $7.99 - our price: $7.19
    by Bantam
    Paperback (01 January, 1992)
    (102 reviews) 3.24 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: An Insight into a Man's Mind: I am a 26 year old woman who has been married for 8 years. My sister recommended this book to me and I have to say that I was absolutely engrossed in what it had to say.
    Founding Mothers CD : The Women Who Raised Our Nation
    list: $29.95 - our price: $18.87
    by HarperAudio
    Audio CD (13 April, 2004)
    (19 reviews) 3.79 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: NO DOLDRUMS HERE.: One of the problems with history is that it's male orientated. There isn't much about our "founding mothers." Roberts finds most of her information in the letters and diaries of these women. At the age of sixteen,

    Frida : A Biography of Frida Kahlo
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    by Perennial
    Paperback (01 October, 2002)
    (21 reviews) 4.76 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: The Best Book on Frida Kahlo: One cannot live in the modern world without regularly encountering self-portrait images of the beautiful and tragic Frida Kahlo.
    From Chivalry to Terrorism : War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity
    list: $30.00 - our price: $30.00
    by Knopf
    Hardcover (28 October, 2003)
    (2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: LEO BRAUDY'S MASTERLY ACHIEVEMENT: STIMULATING in its uses of the past, HEARTBREAKING in its description of the 20th Century's uses of propaganda to prepare men for war,

    Gender Trouble (Tenth Anniversary Edition)
    list: $19.95 - our price: $16.76
    by Routledge
    Paperback (September, 1999)
    (19 reviews) 3.58 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: DENSE: When will these theory writers learn to make their work more accessible? It toubles me to think that a large portion of Butler's intended audience ("women,"
    Gentleman: A Timeless Fashion
    list: $19.95
    by Konemann
    Hardcover (01 June, 2000)
    (30 reviews) 4.37 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A Very Pretty Coffee Table Book on Men's Dress and Grooming: This is a general survey of a man's wardrobe - a fine quality wardrobe.

    Get With It, Girls! Life Is Competition
    list: $16.95 - our price: $11.53
    by Diamond Communications
    Hardcover (19 March, 2001)
    (6 reviews) 4.67 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Great book for Girls (both old and young)!!: This is a wonderful book for girls of all ages, but especially for pre-teen and teenage girls.
    Girl Culture
    list: $40.00 - our price: $25.20
    by Chronicle Books
    Hardcover (01 October, 2002)
    (15 reviews) 4.4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Flash Art Magazine Review, February 2004: American photographer Lauren Greenfield's recent exhibition is entitled "Girl Culture".

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