A Daughter of Isis: The Autobiography of Nawal El Saadawi

6 best books like A Daughter of Isis: The Autobiography of Nawal El Saadawi (Nawal El Saadawi): Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution, An Object of Beauty, City of Masks, American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment, Medical Medium Life-Changing Foods: Save Yourself and the Ones You Love with the Hidden Healing Powers of Fruits Vegetables

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name

Author	Audre Lorde
ISBN	0895941228

in college, in the late 80s and early 90s, i discovered that i had two aunts. this is one (and this is another). aunt Audre intimidated me at first. she was a stern, moody, melancholy woman who had lived a life of so many ups and downs. but as i got to know her, her innate gentleness became clear. this was a woman...

Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution

Author	Adrienne Rich
ISBN	0393312844

Motherhood as Experience and Institution.

"In order for all women to have real choices all along the line," Adrienne Rich writes, "we need fully to understand the power and powerlessness embodied in motherhood in patriarchal culture." Rich's investigation, in this influential and landmark...

An Object of Beauty

Author	Steve Martin
ISBN	0446573647

Lacey Yeager is young, captivating, and ambitious enough to take the NYC art world by storm. Groomed at Sotheby's and hungry to keep climbing the social and career ladders put before her, Lacey charms men and women, old and young, rich and even richer with her magnetic charisma and liveliness. Her ascension...

City of Masks

Author	Mary Hoffman
ISBN	1582349177

Lucien is seriously ill but his life is transformed when an old Italian notebook gives him the power to become a stravagante, a time traveller with access to 16th century Italy. He wakes up in Bellezza (Venice) during carnival time and meets Arianna, a girl his own age who is disguised as a boy in the hope...

American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment

Author	Shane Bauer
ISBN	0735223580

A groundbreaking and brave inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America in one Louisiana prison and over the course of our country's history.

In 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison in Winnfield, Louisiana. An...

Medical Medium Life-Changing Foods: Save Yourself and the Ones You Love with the Hidden Healing Powers of Fruits Vegetables

Author	Anthony William
ISBN	1401948324

The highly anticipated new release from the groundbreaking, New York Times best-selling author of Medical Medium!

Experience the next level of medical revelations. Packed with information you won’t find anywhere else about the Unforgiving Four—the threats responsible for the rise...