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Bestsellers
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The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt
- The Women Who Created a President
- By: Edward F. O'Keefe
- Narrated by: Edward F. O'Keefe
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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A spirited and poignant family love story, The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt reveals how an icon of rugged American masculinity was profoundly shaped by the women in his life, especially his mother, sisters, and wives....
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Normal Women
- Nine Hundred Years of Making History
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Philippa Gregory, Clare Corbett, Tania Rodrigues, and others
- Length: 27 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The #1 New York Times bestselling historical novelist delivers her magnum opus—a landmark work of feminist nonfiction that radically redefines our understanding of the extraordinary roles ordinary women played throughout British history....
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The historical value
- By Anonymous User on 03-24-24
By: Philippa Gregory
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A Woman of No Importance
- The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
- By: Sonia Purnell
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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A never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of World War II, from the author of Clementine....
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Maybe it’s the narrator?
- By Andrea on 09-18-19
By: Sonia Purnell
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On Our Best Behavior
- The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good
- By: Elise Loehnen
- Narrated by: Elise Loehnen
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Journalist Elise Loehnen explores the ancient rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considered “good,” revealing how the Seven Deadly Sins still control and distort our lives and illuminating a path toward a more balanced, spiritually complete way to live....
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Autobiography in Disguise
- By Lindsey on 06-11-23
By: Elise Loehnen
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The Woman They Could Not Silence
- One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear
- By: Kate Moore
- Narrated by: Kate Moore
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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From the best-selling author of The Radium Girls comes another dark and dramatic but ultimately uplifting tale of a forgotten woman whose inspirational journey sparked lasting change for women’s rights and exposed injustices that still resonate today....
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Everyone should read this!
- By Lana S on 12-22-21
By: Kate Moore
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Hidden Figures
- The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- By: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The phenomenal true story of the Black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space....
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Great Story of a History Obscured
- By Cynthia on 09-18-16
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The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt
- The Women Who Created a President
- By: Edward F. O'Keefe
- Narrated by: Edward F. O'Keefe
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
A spirited and poignant family love story, The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt reveals how an icon of rugged American masculinity was profoundly shaped by the women in his life, especially his mother, sisters, and wives....
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Normal Women
- Nine Hundred Years of Making History
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Philippa Gregory, Clare Corbett, Tania Rodrigues, and others
- Length: 27 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
The #1 New York Times bestselling historical novelist delivers her magnum opus—a landmark work of feminist nonfiction that radically redefines our understanding of the extraordinary roles ordinary women played throughout British history....
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The historical value
- By Anonymous User on 03-24-24
By: Philippa Gregory
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A Woman of No Importance
- The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
- By: Sonia Purnell
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
A never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of World War II, from the author of Clementine....
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Maybe it’s the narrator?
- By Andrea on 09-18-19
By: Sonia Purnell
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On Our Best Behavior
- The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good
- By: Elise Loehnen
- Narrated by: Elise Loehnen
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Journalist Elise Loehnen explores the ancient rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considered “good,” revealing how the Seven Deadly Sins still control and distort our lives and illuminating a path toward a more balanced, spiritually complete way to live....
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Autobiography in Disguise
- By Lindsey on 06-11-23
By: Elise Loehnen
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The Woman They Could Not Silence
- One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear
- By: Kate Moore
- Narrated by: Kate Moore
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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From the best-selling author of The Radium Girls comes another dark and dramatic but ultimately uplifting tale of a forgotten woman whose inspirational journey sparked lasting change for women’s rights and exposed injustices that still resonate today....
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Everyone should read this!
- By Lana S on 12-22-21
By: Kate Moore
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Hidden Figures
- The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- By: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The phenomenal true story of the Black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space....
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Great Story of a History Obscured
- By Cynthia on 09-18-16
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The Sisterhood
- The Secret History of Women at the CIA
- By: Liza Mundy
- Narrated by: Liza Mundy
- Length: 18 hrs
- Unabridged
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Created in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency relied on women even as it attempted to channel their talents and keep them down....
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Have now purchased five copies of this book. It is so interesting and informative and well written.
- By Victoria on 11-05-23
By: Liza Mundy
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Broken Glass
- Mies van der Rohe, Edith Farnsworth, and the Fight Over a Modernist Masterpiece
- By: Alex Beam
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1945, Edith Farnsworth asked the German architect Mies van der Rohe, already renowned for his avant-garde buildings, to design a weekend home for her outside of Chicago. Edith was a woman ahead of her time....
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Tedious and disappointing
- By Deborah McGarr Hutchins on 02-03-23
By: Alex Beam
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Broad Band
- The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet
- By: Claire L. Evans
- Narrated by: Claire L. Evans
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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The history of technology you probably know is one of men and machines, garages and riches, alpha nerds and brogrammers. But the little-known fact is that female visionaries have always been at the vanguard of technology and innovation - they've just been erased from the story. Until now....
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Inspiring
- By Jean on 03-29-18
By: Claire L. Evans
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Code Girls
- The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
- By: Liza Mundy
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Recruited by the US Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than 10,000 women served as codebreakers during World War II....
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Just released, about 80% through this story
- By Roobah on 10-11-17
By: Liza Mundy
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The Exceptions
- Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science
- By: Kate Zernike
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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As late as 1999, women who succeeded in science were called “exceptional” as if it were unusual for them to be so bright. They were exceptional, not because they could succeed at science but because of all they accomplished despite the hurdles....
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Unbelievable
- By Lilit Garibyan on 06-05-23
By: Kate Zernike
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When Women Ran Fifth Avenue
- Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
- By: Julie Satow
- Narrated by: Karen Murray
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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A glittering portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visionary women who led them, from the award-winning author of The Plaza.
By: Julie Satow
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The Story of Art Without Men
- By: Katy Hessel
- Narrated by: Katy Hessel
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Have your sense of art history overturned and your eyes opened to many artforms often ignored or dismissed. From the Cornish coast to Manhattan, Nigeria to Japan, this is the history of art as it's never been told before....
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a necessary text for our time
- By Cierra on 05-22-23
By: Katy Hessel
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Young Queens
- Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power
- By: Leah Redmond Chang
- Narrated by: Olivia Dowd
- Length: 18 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Following the intertwined stories of Catherine de’ Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and Mary Queen of Scots from girlhood through young adulthood, Young Queens paints a picture of a world in which a woman could wield power at the highest level yet remain at the mercy of the state....
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Excellent writing, engaging narration
- By WEHOcloset on 09-22-23
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The Ship of Dreams
- The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era
- By: Mr. Gareth Russell
- Narrated by: Jenny Funnell
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In this original and meticulously researched narrative history, the author of the “stunning” (The Sunday Times) Young and Damned and Fair uses the sinking of the Titanic as a prism through which to examine the end of the Edwardian era and the seismic shift....
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One of my favorites
- By M. M. Jones on 04-13-20
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Vagina Obscura
- An Anatomical Voyage
- By: Rachel E. Gross
- Narrated by: Siho Ellsmore
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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A scientific journey to the center of the new female body....
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poor narration
- By Jane on 08-23-22
By: Rachel E. Gross
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The Things Our Fathers Saw
- By: Matthew Rozell
- Narrated by: John Pirhalla
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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At the height of World War II, LOOK Magazine profiled a small American community for a series of articles portraying it as the wholesome, patriotic model of life on the home front.
By: Matthew Rozell
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Seven Women
- And the Secret of Their Greatness
- By: Eric Metaxas
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Eric Metaxas gives us seven captivating portraits of some of history's greatest women, all of whom changed the course of history by following God's call upon their lives - as women....
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A Different Kind of Inspiring
- By Samuel Hudnet on 09-11-15
By: Eric Metaxas
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The Cleopatras
- The Forgotten Queens of Egypt
- By: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Narrated by: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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One of history’s most iconic figures, Cleopatra is rightly remembered as a clever and charismatic ruler. But few today realize that she was the last in a long line of Egyptian queens who bore that name. Historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells the dramatic story of these seven incomparable women....
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The Daughters of Yalta
- The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War
- By: Catherine Grace Katz
- Narrated by: Christine Rendel
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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The untold story of the three intelligent and glamorous young women who accompanied their famous fathers to the Yalta Conference in February 1945, and of the conference’s fateful reverberations in the waning days of World War II....
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Engaging
- By Jean on 06-19-21
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Unwell Women
- Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
- By: Elinor Cleghorn
- Narrated by: Hanako Footman
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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A trailblazing, conversation-starting history of women’s health - from the earliest medical ideas about women’s illnesses to hormones and autoimmune diseases - brought together in a fascinating, sweeping narrative....
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Profound Read; A Sincere Stepping Stone to Understanding My Own Why
- By Nicole on 07-23-21
By: Elinor Cleghorn
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Dressed for a Dance in the Snow
- Women's Voices from the Gulag
- By: Monika Zgustova
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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An unexpectedly uplifting account of women’s suffering and resilience in Stalin’s forced-labor camps, diligently transcribed in the kitchens and living rooms of nine survivors....
By: Monika Zgustova
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Mother Is a Verb
- An Unconventional History
- By: Sarah Knott
- Narrated by: Rachel Bavidge
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Mothering is as old as human existence. But how has this most essential experience changed over time and cultures? In Mother Is a Verb, the historian Sarah Knott creates a genre all her own in order to craft a new kind of historical interpretation....
By: Sarah Knott
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The Woman Who Would Be King
- Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
- By: Kara Cooney
- Narrated by: Kara Cooney
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Hatshepsut's failure to produce a male heir was ultimately the twist of fate that paved the way for her improbable rule as a cross-dressing king....
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Overt Agenda
- By Kindle Customer on 04-14-19
By: Kara Cooney
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The Dark Queens
- The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World
- By: Shelley Puhak
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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The remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded immense power, only to be vilified for daring to rule....
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Fascinating & Long Overdue
- By Mary E Birdsong on 10-22-22
By: Shelley Puhak
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The Queen
- The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth
- By: Josh Levin
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In this critically acclaimed true crime tale of "welfare queen" Linda Taylor, a Slate editor reveals a "wild, only-in-America story" of political manipulation and murder (Attica Locke, Edgar Award-winning author)....
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Very compelling story!
- By Marilyn on 06-24-19
By: Josh Levin
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Black Women Taught Us
- An Intimate History of Black Feminism
- By: Jenn M. Jackson
- Narrated by: Jenn M. Jackson
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Jenn M. Jackson, PhD, has been known to bring historical acuity to some of the most controversial topics in America today. Now, in their first book, Jackson applies their critical analysis to the questions that have long energized their work....
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Wowwwww
- By Nana of Plants on 03-02-24
By: Jenn M. Jackson
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Being Heumann
- An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
- By: Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner
- Narrated by: Ali Stroker
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn't built for all of us and of one woman's activism - from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington - Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann's lifelong battle to achieve respect....
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A must read for everyone
- By Christopher A Cawthon on 09-28-20
By: Judith Heumann, and others
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The Once and Future Sex
- Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society
- By: Eleanor Janega
- Narrated by: Samara Naeymi
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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A vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women's beauty, sexuality, and behavior....
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Get a Rosalie Gilbert book instead
- By Jennifer Martin on 07-11-23
By: Eleanor Janega
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The Light of Days
- The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
- By: Judy Batalion
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marno
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters....
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A profoundly moving book
- By Brian R Smith on 04-18-21
By: Judy Batalion
New releases
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Pixel Flesh
- How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women
- By: Ellen Atlanta
- Narrated by: Ellen Atlanta
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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We now live in a new age of beauty. With advancements in cosmetic surgery, accessible tweakments, augmented reality face filters, photo editing apps, and exposure to more images than we were ever meant to see, we have the ability to craft ourselves in whichever way we please. We pinch, pull, squeeze, tweeze, smooth and slice ourselves beyond recognition. But is modern beauty culture truly empowering? Are we really in control?
By: Ellen Atlanta
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The Once & Future Witch Hunt
- A Descendant's Reckoning from Salem to the Present
- By: Alice Markham-Cantor, Rebecca Traister - foreword, Silvia Federici - afterword
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Extensively researched and told through alternating fiction and nonfiction chapters, this book illuminates a shocking truth: contrary to popular opinion, the witch hunts never ended. Alice shares research that suggests tens of thousands of witch hunt-related deaths have happened all over the world in the last thirty years. The Once & Future Witch Hunt also features tantalizing glimpses into Alice's ancestors' lives and reimagines the trials through fact-based fiction.
By: Alice Markham-Cantor, and others
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The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt
- The Women Who Created a President
- By: Edward F. O'Keefe
- Narrated by: Edward F. O'Keefe
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Theodore Roosevelt wrote in his senior thesis for Harvard in 1880 that women ought to be paid equal to men and have the option of keeping their maiden names upon marriage. It’s little surprise he’d be a feminist, given the women he grew up with. A dazzling and lyrical look at one America’s most significant presidents as we’ve never seen him before, The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt celebrates five extraordinary yet unsung women who opened the door to the American Century and pushed Theodore Roosevelt through it.
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Because I Can Remember
- The Tapestry of Time: Reincarnation Memories and the Soul's Journey of a Hypnotherapist
- By: Volha Zhamoitsina
- Narrated by: Catherine Hein Carter
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Remembering The Most Valuable Lessons From Previous Lives. Have you always been intrigued by the mysteries of past lives – and how they’re directly connected to the struggles, blockages, and unusual experiences you have today? Do you feel a pull towards the whole concept of reincarnation and unraveling the hidden messages from your past lives in order to raise your vibration and reach a new level in your life?
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Sister in Law
- Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men
- By: Harriet Wistrich
- Narrated by: Catherine Bailey
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Only 30 years ago, rape within marriage was not a crime, Judges saw rape victims as complicit for wearing short skirts; teenage runaways were groomed, pimped and then arrested as ‘common prostitutes’, and harassment, stalking, forced marriage and honour-based violence were not defined or recognised as separate offences in law. Since then there have been important legislative reforms but the law is only as good as those who enforce it. Telling the stories of a series of ground-breaking cases, Harriet Wistrich illustrates how far misogyny is baked into our justice system.
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Feminist? No, It's just typical Commie garbage
- By Amazon Customer on 05-07-24
By: Harriet Wistrich
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Thorns, Lust and Glory
- The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn
- By: Estelle Paranque
- Narrated by: Anna Wilson-Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Anne Boleyn has mesmerised the English public for centuries. Her tragic execution, orchestrated by her own husband, never ceases to intrigue. How did this courtier's daughter become the queen of England, and what was it that really tore apart this illustrious marriage, making her the whore of England, an abandoned woman executed on the scaffold? While many stories of Anne Boleyn's downfall have been told, few have truly traced the origins of her tragic fate.
By: Estelle Paranque
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Pixel Flesh
- How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women
- By: Ellen Atlanta
- Narrated by: Ellen Atlanta
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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We now live in a new age of beauty. With advancements in cosmetic surgery, accessible tweakments, augmented reality face filters, photo editing apps, and exposure to more images than we were ever meant to see, we have the ability to craft ourselves in whichever way we please. We pinch, pull, squeeze, tweeze, smooth and slice ourselves beyond recognition. But is modern beauty culture truly empowering? Are we really in control?
By: Ellen Atlanta
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The Once & Future Witch Hunt
- A Descendant's Reckoning from Salem to the Present
- By: Alice Markham-Cantor, Rebecca Traister - foreword, Silvia Federici - afterword
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Extensively researched and told through alternating fiction and nonfiction chapters, this book illuminates a shocking truth: contrary to popular opinion, the witch hunts never ended. Alice shares research that suggests tens of thousands of witch hunt-related deaths have happened all over the world in the last thirty years. The Once & Future Witch Hunt also features tantalizing glimpses into Alice's ancestors' lives and reimagines the trials through fact-based fiction.
By: Alice Markham-Cantor, and others
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The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt
- The Women Who Created a President
- By: Edward F. O'Keefe
- Narrated by: Edward F. O'Keefe
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Theodore Roosevelt wrote in his senior thesis for Harvard in 1880 that women ought to be paid equal to men and have the option of keeping their maiden names upon marriage. It’s little surprise he’d be a feminist, given the women he grew up with. A dazzling and lyrical look at one America’s most significant presidents as we’ve never seen him before, The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt celebrates five extraordinary yet unsung women who opened the door to the American Century and pushed Theodore Roosevelt through it.
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Because I Can Remember
- The Tapestry of Time: Reincarnation Memories and the Soul's Journey of a Hypnotherapist
- By: Volha Zhamoitsina
- Narrated by: Catherine Hein Carter
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Remembering The Most Valuable Lessons From Previous Lives. Have you always been intrigued by the mysteries of past lives – and how they’re directly connected to the struggles, blockages, and unusual experiences you have today? Do you feel a pull towards the whole concept of reincarnation and unraveling the hidden messages from your past lives in order to raise your vibration and reach a new level in your life?
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Sister in Law
- Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men
- By: Harriet Wistrich
- Narrated by: Catherine Bailey
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Only 30 years ago, rape within marriage was not a crime, Judges saw rape victims as complicit for wearing short skirts; teenage runaways were groomed, pimped and then arrested as ‘common prostitutes’, and harassment, stalking, forced marriage and honour-based violence were not defined or recognised as separate offences in law. Since then there have been important legislative reforms but the law is only as good as those who enforce it. Telling the stories of a series of ground-breaking cases, Harriet Wistrich illustrates how far misogyny is baked into our justice system.
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Feminist? No, It's just typical Commie garbage
- By Amazon Customer on 05-07-24
By: Harriet Wistrich
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Thorns, Lust and Glory
- The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn
- By: Estelle Paranque
- Narrated by: Anna Wilson-Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Anne Boleyn has mesmerised the English public for centuries. Her tragic execution, orchestrated by her own husband, never ceases to intrigue. How did this courtier's daughter become the queen of England, and what was it that really tore apart this illustrious marriage, making her the whore of England, an abandoned woman executed on the scaffold? While many stories of Anne Boleyn's downfall have been told, few have truly traced the origins of her tragic fate.
By: Estelle Paranque
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The Sugar Girls of Love Lane
- Tales of Love, Loss and Friendship from Tate & Lyle's Liverpool Refinery
- By: Duncan Barrett, Nuala Calvi
- Narrated by: Samantha Robinson
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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For over a hundred years until it closed in 1981, Henry Tate’s flagship sugar refinery at Love Lane dominated the Liverpool skyline - and was the beating heart of the local community. More than 10,000 workers passed through the doors of the factory during its lifetime, with some families counting four or even five generations of service. Young women leaving school in the post-war years were drawn by the good wages and the unrivalled social life that Tate & Lyle offered.
By: Duncan Barrett, and others
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Finding Phoebe
- What New Testament Women Were Really Like
- By: Susan E. Hylen
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In this learned yet accessible book, Susan E. Hylen introduces first-century primary sources to illuminate listeners’ understanding of New Testament women. Perfect for clergy, spiritual reading groups, and all curious minds, Finding Phoebe combines incisive scholarship and instructional sensibility to encourage listeners to develop their own informed interpretations of Scripture.
By: Susan E. Hylen
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Moederland
- Nine Daughters of South Africa
- By: Cato Pedder
- Narrated by: Michelene Aiton
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
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How did South Africa turn out the way it did? In Moederland - 'Motherland', in Afrikaans - Cato Pedder takes us on an eye-opening journey across four centuries, tracing the country's turbulent past and the rise and fall of apartheid (and her family's charged legacy) through the lives of nine very different women.
By: Cato Pedder
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The Waiting Game
- The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens
- By: Nicola Clark
- Narrated by: Karen Cass, Nicola Clark
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Every queen had ladies-in-waiting. Her confidantes and chaperones, they are the forgotten agents of the Tudor court. Ever present and yet hidden behind the scenes, these women held the secrets and the hearts of some of the Tudor period's most powerful men and women. Experts at survival, negotiating the competing demands of their families and their queen, the ladies-in-waiting of Henry VIII's wives were far more than decorative 'extras': they were serious political players who changed the course of history, and four of them became queen themselves.
By: Nicola Clark
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The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865
- By: Eliza Frances Andrews
- Narrated by: Aundrea Cery
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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"The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865" is an evocative and historically significant diary penned by Eliza Frances Andrews, which vividly captures the tumult and transformation of the American South during the waning days of the Civil War and the onset of Reconstruction.
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- By Brent C. on 05-08-24
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The Cocktail Parlor
- How Women Brought the Cocktail Home
- By: Nicola Nice, Robert Simonson - Foreword by
- Narrated by: Allyson Voller
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Journeying through the decades, this book profiles a diverse array of influential hostesses. With each historic era comes iconic recipes, featuring a total of forty main cocktails and more than 100 variations that listeners can make at home. Whether its happy hour punch a la Martha Washington or a Harlem Renaissance-inspired Green Skirt, listeners will find that many of the ingredients and drinks they're familiar with today wouldn't be here without the hostesses who served them first.
By: Nicola Nice, and others
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The Rise and Fall of Patriarchy: Herstory
- A Historical Novel About Gender Reconciliation (Journey of Lives, Book 1)
- By: Kenneth Edwin Sloan
- Narrated by: Stephanie Barton-Farcas
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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This remarkable historical novel is about Martyna, an 89 year old woman living in Germany who, on the 22nd of April, 2015, has a strange dream during her afternoon nap, then dies from a heart attack. But that is the beginning of the story, not the end. And the story—that she insists on experiencing in order to understand her just-completed life—is a powerful drama of courage and commitment, of love and loss, of longing and hope.
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All the Rage
- Power, Pain, Pleasure: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty 1860-1960
- By: Virginia Nicholson
- Narrated by: Elaine Claxton
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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At the heart of this history is the female body. The century-span between the crinoline and the bikini witnessed more mutations in the ideal western woman's body shape than at any other period. In this richly detailed account, Virginia Nicholson takes us to the Frontline of Beauty to reveal the power, the pain and the pleasure involved in adorning the female body. Encompassing two world wars and a revolution in women's rights, All the Rage tells the story of western female beauty from 1860 to 1960.
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Who Is a Worthy Mother?
- An Intimate History of Adoption
- By: Rebecca Wellington
- Narrated by: April Doty
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Nearly every person in the United States is affected by adoption. In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, the renewed debate over women's reproductive rights places an even greater emphasis on adoption. Wellington's timely–and deeply researched–account amplifies previously marginalized voices and exposes the social and racial biases embedded in the United States' adoption industry.
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Hitler's Furies
- German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields
- By: Wendy Lower
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Wendy Lower’s stunning account of the role of German women on the World War II Nazi eastern front powerfully revises history, proving that we have ignored the reality of women’s participation in the Holocaust, including as brutal killers. The long-held picture of German women holding down the home front during the war, as loyal wives and cheerleaders for the Führer, pales in comparison to Lower’s incisive case for the massive complicity, and worse, of the 500,000 young German women she places, for the first time, directly in the killing fields of the expanding Reich.
By: Wendy Lower
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Warriors' Wives
- Ancient Greek Myth and Modern Experience
- By: Emma Bridges
- Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Epic poetry and tragic drama provide us with some of the richest ancient Greek depictions of women who are married to soldiers. In tales of the Trojan War, as told by Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, we encounter these mythical warriors' wives: Penelope, isolated but resourceful as she awaits the return of Odysseus after his lengthy absence; the war widow Andromache, enslaved and displaced from her homeland after the fall of Troy; the unfaithful and murderous Clytemnestra; and Tecmessa, a war captive who witnesses her partner's breakdown and suicide in the aftermath of battle.
By: Emma Bridges
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Calling Sergeant Crockford
- By: Ruth D'Alessandro
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
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It's the dawn of the Swinging Sixties. The Cold War is at its height and support for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is building. The Berkshire Constabulary's Detective Gwen Crockford is promoted to Woman Police Sergeant in Newbury – the town at the heart of Britain's atomic weapons program. Gwen's initial reservations that her posting in rural Berkshire will be boring soon prove to be unfounded. A serial sex attacker on the loose, an attempted murder at Greenham Common US Airforce Base, and a charismatic heiress with a family secret keep things interesting for the capable sergeant.