Amanda BrookeWhat would you do if you could write the story of your life?After battling a brain tumour twenty-nine year old Emma thinks she is in the clear, but her...

Rosalind MilesMen dominate history because they write it. This book offers a reappraisal which aims to re-establish women's importance at the centre of the worldwide history of revolution, empire, war...

Virginia WoolfThe novel that established Virginia Woolf as a leading writer of the twentieth century, To the Lighthouse is made up of three powerfully charged visions into the life of...

Helen ZahaviA dark and brilliant novel about a woman who decides not to be a victim anymore. She takes her life and the law into her own hands, exacting her...

Alice WalkerPossessing the Secret of Joy is the story of Tashi, a tribal African woman who lives much of her adult life in North America. As a young woman, a...

Maya AngelouMaya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American...

Margaret AtwoodThe short fiction pieces brought together in 'The Tent' cover a broad range of subjects, reflecting contemporary life and society with accuracy and precision.159 pages, HardcoverFirst published January 1,...

Author: Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen Chicken Soup for the Recovering Soul: Your Personal, Portable Support Group with Stories of Healing, Hope, Love and ResilienceJack Canfield, Peter Vegso, Theresa...

Author: Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of Women Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen,...

AS ByattEach story is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling -- about the ways in...

Janet FrameSet in provincial, pre-1940s New Zealand, Owls Do Cry explores the Withers family, in particular Daphne Withers. When one of Daphne's sisters dies, a crisis is provoked that leads...

Joan DidionFirst published in 1979, The White Album is a mosaic of the late sixties and seventies. It includes, among other bizarre artifacts and personalities, the dark journeys and impulses...