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Macmillan, Inc., 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hardcover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no marks noted. Dust jacket also very good; has been price clipped. No markings noted throughout. * From the book, ""Tell Them Who I Am"" is filled with careful observations of our most vulnerable fellow citizens, presented to us in all their complex and poignant humanity by an observer who dares to be honest, and in a language that is clear, direct, strong, inviting, and suggestive. Here is a morally awake social science utterly free of jargon, pomposity and self-importance. Here is a brilliant and yet humble effort to understand and render an aspect of our humanity, however down-and-out our condition. Once more, we are in debt to an especially gifted and honorable documentary writer.""

University of North Carolina Press, 1993. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Wraps show only ghost of shelf wear; spine not cracked. * From the book back, "". . . richly detailed and imaginatively researched . . . focuses on three broad categories of atypical women: those who protested domestic abuse in the courts; those who engaged in deviant or illegal sexual relations; and those who resisted or actively protested the policies of the Confederacy during the Civil War. . . .""

San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in addition to complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with white boards, blue spine cloth, and silver gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. Contains black and white photos throughout. Appears unread. Jacket in very good condition, has a small nick at right fold line on front cover. * From the book. ""Written by prominent American women--activists, academics, politicians, journalists, mothers, and daughters--A Voice of Our Own is a collection of twenty-nine original essays that celebrate the indomitable spirit of the American woman.""

Thomas Nelson Inc, 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hard cover in fine condition with beige boards and silver gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition. A petite size at 5"" wide x 7 1/4"" tall; 196 numbered pages. Presents as unread and new. * From the book, ""Certified counselor Marilyn Meberg has been helping women in distress for decades - guiding them through the pain and helping them find a ray of light in difficult situations. Direct yet gentle, encouraging and challenging. Marilyn is the friend, counselor, and coach that every woman needs. Her stories, humor, and insight will encourage the weary and prepare the worried, so you know just 'what to do when the roof caves in.""

NY: Bantam Books, 2006. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. * From the book, ""Now more than ever, this trusted resource shows women how they can make menopause a time of personal empowerment and positive energy - emerging wiser, healthier, and stronger in both mind and body than ever before.""

New York, New York, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Hard cover with gray boards with maroon spine cloth and copper gilt lettering on spine. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Front free fly page has been clipped out. DJ very good with only gentlest shelf & edge wear. * From the book, ""Spiritual experience has always been, and is especially today, a liberating source of women's identity and their resistance to oppression. These selections feature centuries of this tradition's most intuitive writings: women ancient, medieval, and modern articulate the spiritual dimension of life. . . .""

The Free Press, A Division of Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1995. Soft cover. Very Good. 6th Printing Stated First Free Press Paperback Edition 1995; 6th printing per number line. Soft cover in very good condition showing a small crease at top corner of back cover. Text clean and tight. Pictorial wraps bright and crisp. * Clara Barton, after the Civil War, went on to found the American Red Cross. From a review on the back cover by James Mc Pherson, ""Clara Barton was truly a woman of valor in the Civil War, and Stephen Oates has written the full story of her courage and dedication to healing the wounded for the first time. This book provides the best description of Civil War medicine and battlefield hospitals that I have ever read. The vivid writing brings the reader into the midst of the sights, sounds, even the smells of war.""

Berkeley, California, U.S.A.: Conari Press, 2000. Soft cover. Good. Softcover in good condition. Text block clean and tight. Wraps show gentle shelf wear and top front cover has plasticized coating rippling a little but still intact. Includes many black & white photographs of the women authors discussed along with many illustrations. * From the back of the book, ""Read about a range of women, from mystics for whom religious writing was the only form of expression allowed to the bravehearted dissidents who found themselves banned and blacklisted into obscurity. First novelists, pioneer poets, fearless booksellers, and many more - this collection of profiles offers a look at the women who would not be held back from being creative, being political, and breaking new ground."" Concludes with Appendices: Book Groups - Chatting it Up (a discussion of book clubs and a list of resources,) A Resource Guide of Books, Magazines, Organizations, Acknowledgments, Bibliography, Index… Leer más

NY: Spiegel & Grau, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. Book has a gift inscription on front fly leaf to former owner. Navy and white boards with gold lettering along spine. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. * Note: Jacket front advertises a give away of $100 if you follow Sue's plan. Further details on rear of jacket. However, offer expired 03/31/2008. * From the book, ""Suze Orman investigates the complicated, dysfunctional relationship women have with money in this groundbreaking new book. With her signature mix of insight, compassion, and soul-deep recognition, she equips women with the financial knowledge and emotional awareness to overcome the blocks that have kept them form making more out of the money they have.""

New York: Ballantine Books, 1989. Soft cover. Very Good. Copyright 1988 by Carolyn G. Heilbrun. Readers Guide copyright 2002, also by Carolyn G. Heilbrun. First Ballantine Books Edition : September 1989; this volume is the 22nd printing of such. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. Has name 'Susan' written on front fly leaf. No other markings noted. The reading group discussion guide is at the back of the book. * From the book, ""Refreshing and insightful, ""Writing a Woman's Life"" is an homage to brave women past and present, and an invitation to all women to write their own scripts, whatever they may be.""