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Silent Sorority    by Pamela Tsigdinos
Price: $9.99 USD. 71420 words. Published on November 28, 2009. .

2010 Team RESOLVE Choice Best Book. Silent Sorority reveals with candor, humor and poignancy the intense and at times absurd experience of adjusting to a life as a "non-mom" when nature and science don't cooperate in the family building department. Snappy and irreverent as well as moving, this book offers a contrarian point of view in an era of mommy blogs, designer babies and helicopter parents.
The Magical Girls Guide to Womanhood    by Erin Schmidt
Price: $3.99 USD. 30720 words. Published by Fido Publishing on March 21, 2010. .

The Magical Girl’s Guide to Womanhood combines the fantastic with the practical. It’s a guidebook for preteens and teens, with magical powers or not-so-much, as they navigate the labyrinth of young womanhood.
移民女性:二つの文化を持つ女性たち    by atsuko kusumi
Price: $5.00 USD. 970 words. Published on May 29, 2010. .

各国からの移民女性に聞いたこと 何故アメリカに来たの? どうやって来たの? 永住権はどうやって取ったの? 夢は実現したの?  苦しかったことは何? 楽しかったことは何? 
From Hell and Back: Survive and Thrive    by Gussie McRobert
Price: $4.99 USD. 69040 words. Published on December 6, 2010. .

She was brutally victimized first as a child and then as a wife: both her mother and her first husband made numerous attempts to kill her. But author Gussie McRobert was determined to not only survive, but to recover and thrive. And that is just what she did. She was elected, and then twice re-elected, as mayor of Gresham, Oregon. You too can survive and thrive, regardless of your past.
The Harvest of Reason    by Rhea Harmsen
Price: $6.99 USD. 107370 words. Published on January 3, 2011. .

African American Ph.D. student Maddie Hawkins loves science, but the world of academia is a minefield of sexism, racism and egoism. Blue-eyed graduate student John Pitts is a cocky genius, an individualist and a lady’s man; everything Maddie disapproves of. Yet the heart leads you where reason would forbid, "and when the fire of love is ablaze" it burns "to ashes the harvest of reason."
RENA'S PROMISE - Two Sisters in Auschwitz    by Rena Kornreich Gelissen Estate
Price: $9.99 USD. 92920 words. Published on February 23, 2011. .

"I do not Hate. To Hate is to let Hitler win." Despite spending over 3 years in Auschwitz this little dynamo of a woman reminds us that against all odds and great adversity, the human spirit can still be an indomitable force for good. A true survivor's story that will change your life.
Goddess in the Grass: Serpentine Mythology and the Great Goddess    by Linda Foubister
Price: $4.99 USD. 74140 words. Published on March 7, 2011. .

The serpent – is it a symbol of evil or a form of the life-renewing Great Goddess? This fascinating investigation unlocks the archetype of the Serpent Goddess that lies hidden in the world's myths, fairy tales, and images. This updated edition includes additions to the dictionary of over 125 forms of the Serpent Goddess.
For the Love of a Son: One Afghan Woman's Quest for Her Stolen Child    by Jean Sasson
Price: $2.99 USD. 95280 words. Published on June 8, 2011. .

From the New York Times bestselling author of PRINCESS: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, comes the heartbreaking story of one woman's quest for her stolen child. When Maryam tries to escape her brutal marriage, her husband steals their son away and takes him back to the war-torn land of Afghanistan. What follows is the stirring true story of a mother's struggle for justice.
The Woman who Rewrote History    by Claire Lloyd
Price: Free! 16570 words. Published on October 29, 2011. .

Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia, was known as the Red Duchess for her political views and imprisoned by Franco during Spain´s fascist dictatorship. She found evidence in her family's archive that much of Spain's accepted history had been 'cleaned up'. To preserve the archive for posterity she married her secretary on her deathbed, disinheriting her children.
Off to Save the World: How Julia Taft Made a Difference    by Ann Blackman
Price: $4.99 USD. 43050 words. Published on November 1, 2011. .

For more than three decades, Julia Taft was one of the United States’ top humanitarian relief experts, friend and ally of the world’s most impoverished people. She was, simply put, a legend in her field.