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Women's Studies eBooks

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  • Playing Big

    Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead

    by Tara Mohr ...
    A groundbreaking women’s leadership expert and popular conference speaker gives women the practical skills to voice and implement the changes they want to see—in themselves and in the worldIn her coaching and programs for women, Tara Mohr saw how women were "playing small" in their lives and careers, were frustrated by it, and wanted to "play bigger." She has devised a proven way for them to ... Read more

    S$ 11.33 SGD

  • The Real Jane Austen

    A Life in Small Things

    by Paula Byrne ...
    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘It is good to meet the real Jane Austen at last’ Independent on Sunday'Brilliantly illuminating … by focusing, chapter by chapter, on one thread or another of Austen’s experience, Byrne allows us to grasp the richness of her inner life’ GuardianWho was the real Jane Austen? A retiring spinster content with quiet village life? Or a strong-minded woman who chose ... ... Read more

    S$ 12.63 SGD

  • Strangers

    A Memoir of Marriage – The New York Times Bestseller

    by Belle Burden ...
    THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe empowering, must-read memoir of the end of a marriage and the start of a personal revolution, perfect for readers of Glennon Doyle and Miranda July.AS SEEN ON THE OPRAH WINFREY PODCASTA BEST BOOK FOR SUMMER FOR THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, BRITISH VOGUE, AND MORE!SET TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX PRODUCTION STARRING GWYNETH PALTROW'A ... Read more

    S$ 26.80 SGD

  • An Unexpected Life

    A Memoir

    by Gloria Steinem ...
    In her final memoir, Gloria Steinem offers a candid, inspiring portrait of her early life and journey as an activist, while looking ahead to the next chapters of the fight for equality—a rare opportunity to learn directly from one of feminism’s most enduring voices.“In revisiting the equal-rights movements Steinem helped build, she offers wisdom to new generations.”—Vanity Fair“An Unexpected Life ... Read more

    S$ 17.54 SGD

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  • The Good Women of China

    Hidden Voices

    by Xinran ...
    When Deng Xiaoping’s efforts to “open up” China took root in the late 1980s, Xinran recognized an invaluable opportunity. As an employee for the state radio system, she had long wanted to help improve the lives of Chinese women. But when she was given clearance to host a radio call-in show, she barely anticipated the enthusiasm it would quickly generate. Operating within the constraints imposed by ... Read more

    S$ 8.82 SGD

  • Unkind Mind

    The Neuroscience of Why Women Are So Hard on Themselves—and How to Quiet Your Inner Critic for Good

    by Betsy Holmberg, PhD ...
    A cutting-edge, neuroscientific approach to quiet your unkind mind—and cultivate the self-compassion, confidence, and courage you need to thrive.Is there an unrelenting hypercritical voice inside your head, constantly telling you that you aren’t smart enough, attractive enough, successful enough, or worthy of love? Have you ever asked yourself why this harsh, judgmental voice is so damn ruthless? ... Read more

    S$ 16.78 SGD

  • Shanghai Faithful

    Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family

    by Jennifer Lin ...
    Within the next decade, China could be home to more Christians than any country in the world. Through the 150-year saga of a single family, this book vividly dramatizes the remarkable religious evolution of the world’s most populous nation. Shanghai Faithful is both a touching family memoir and a chronicle of the astonishing spread of Christianity in China. Five generations of the Lin family ... Read more

    S$ 28.11 SGD

  • Women's Artistic Gymnastics

    Socio-cultural Perspectives

    Edited by Roslyn Kerr, Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Carly Stewart, Gretchen Kerr ...
    Series series Women, Sport and Physical Activity
    This book lifts the lid on the high pressured, complex world of women’s artistic gymnastics. By adopting a socio-cultural lens incorporating historical, sociological and psychological perspectives, it takes the reader through the story and workings of women’s artistic gymnastics.Beginning with its early history as a ‘feminine appropriate’ sport, the book follows the sport through its transition to ... Read more

    S$ 87.78 SGD

  • The Aware Saga

    Civil Society and Public Morality in Singapore

    Edited by Terence Chong ...
    In March 2009, the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) was briefly taken over by a Christian faction. Their coup was overturned within a matter of weeks, but the episode highlighted a variety of issues, including the role of religion in civil society, sex education, homosexuality, state intervention and media engagement. Although the immediate issue was control of an activist ... Read more

    S$ 17.21 SGD

  • Eve

    How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

    by Cat Bohannon ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION FINALIST • THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved, offering a paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is, how it came to be, and how this evolution still shapes all our lives today“A page-turning whistle-stop tour of mammalian development that begins in the ... Read more

    S$ 14.70 SGD

  • The Good Girls

    An Ordinary Killing

    by Sonia Faleiro ...
    **Longlisted for the ALCS Gold Non-Fiction Dagger****Longlisted for t****he Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize 2022**'Haunting … lingers in the mind long after the final page is turned' Sunday Times'A compelling whodunnit ... Devastating' Financial Times'Transfixing' New York Times'A powerful, unflinching account of misogyny, fe... ... Read more

    S$ 13.40 SGD

  • She Said

    The true story of the Weinstein scandal

    by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey ...
    *NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CAREY MULLIGAN AND ZOE KAZAN*'Explosive' Margaret Atwood'Seismic' Observer'Brilliant' Nigella Lawson'Gripping' Jon RonsonA FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, DAILY TELEGRAPH, METRO AND ELLE BOOK OF THE YEAROn 5 October 2017,the New York Times published an art... ... Read more

    S$ 13.40 SGD

  • Our Jackie

    Public Claims on a Private Life

    by Karen M. Dunak ...
    Tells the story of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis through her evolving public persona, from campaign wife to First Lady to fallen idol to treasured national iconWhen Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis became First Lady of the United States over sixty years ago, she stepped into the public spotlight. Although Jackie is perhaps best known for her two highly-publicized marriages, her legacy has endured beyond ... Read more

    S$ 27.89 SGD

  • The Real Lady Detective Agency: A True Story

    by Rebecca Jane ...
    The true story of the Lady Detective Agency, one of the UK’s most successful female private detective services. The Agency exists for one purpose: to expose the truth. Cheating husbands, bad boyfriends and guilty consciences beware…For the first time, the Agency is opening its doors and revealing its secrets.Why won’t he ever let you use his phone? Why is he always going on about that girl from ... Read more

    S$ 10.89 SGD

  • Play like a Feminist.

    by Shira Chess ...
    Series series Playful Thinking
    An important new voice provides an empowering look at why video games need feminism—and why all of us should make space for more play in our lives.You play like a girl: It’s meant to be an insult, accusing a player of subpar, un-fun playing. If you’re a girl, and you grow up, do you “play like a woman”—whatever that means?In this provocative and enlightening book, Shira Chess urges us to play like ... Read more

    S$ 27.13 SGD

  • A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)

    by Mary Wollstonecraft ...
    Series series Vintage Feminism Short Editions
    Discover Wollstonecraft’s classic feminist text in an abridged, digestible form.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZOE WILLIAMSThe term feminism did not yet exist when Mary Wollstonecraft wrote this book, but it was the first great piece of feminist writing. In these pages you will find the essence of her argument – for the education of women and for an increased female contribution to society. Her work made ... Read more

    S$ 10.89 SGD

  • The Good Women Of China

    Hidden Voices

    by Xinran ...
    For eight groundbreaking years, Xinran presented a radio programme in China during which she invited women to call in and talk about themselves. Broadcast every evening, Words on the Night Breeze became famous through the country for its unflinching portrayal of what it meant to be a woman in modern China. Centuries of obedience to their fathers, husbands and sons, followed by years of political ... Read more

    S$ 18.96 SGD

  • Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother

    Stories of Loss and Love

    Translated by Nicky Harman ...
    by Xinran ...
    Ten chapters, ten women and many stories of heartbreak, including her own: Xinran once again takes us right into the lives of Chinese women and their lost daughters. Whether as a consequence of the single-child policy, destructive age-old traditions or hideous economic necessity, these women had to give up their daughters for adoption, others were forced to abandon them - on city streets, outside ... Read more

    S$ 22.55 SGD

  • Wild Swans

    Three Daughters of China

    by Jung Chang ...
    OVER 13M COPIES SOLD – THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING PHENOMENON – NUMBER 8 ON SUNDAY TIMES BEST OF THE BESTSELLER LISTFew books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China; a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and survival.Through the story of three generations ... Read more

    S$ 13.29 SGD

  • Where Are the Women Architects?

    by Despina Stratigakos ...
    Series series Places Books
    A timely and important search for architecture's missing womenFor a century and a half, women have been proving their passion and talent for building and, in recent decades, their enrollment in architecture schools has soared. Yet the number of women working as architects remains stubbornly low, and the higher one looks in the profession, the scarcer women become. Law and medicine, two equally ... Read more

    S$ 20.05 SGD

  • The Trouble With Women

    by Jacky Fleming ...
    Can women be geniuses? Or are their arms too short?Why did we only learn about three women at school? What were all the others doing?'Brilliantly, mordantly funny and extremely clever… There isn’t a man, woman or child who wouldn’t benefit from spending time with this.' India KnightThe Trouble With Women does for girls what 1066 and All That did for boys: it reminds us of what we were taught about ... Read more

    S$ 18.96 SGD

  • Woman at Point Zero

    by Nawal El Saadawi ...
    Internationally acclaimed Egyptian feminist writer Nawal El Saadawi's landmark novel Woman at Point Zero, published here with a new foreword.Firdaus is on death row. Her crime, the murder of a man. Born into poverty in a rural Egyptian village, her childhood dreams and ambitions had been met with neglect and abuse by the world and the men who rule it. Driven to sex work to support herself, she is ... Read more

    S$ 19.06 SGD

  • Tomboy

    The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different

    by Lisa Selin Davis ...
    Based on the author’s viral New York Times op-ed, this heartfelt book is a celebration and exploration of the tomboy phenomenon and the future of girlhood.We are in the middle of a cultural revolution, where the spectrum of gender and sexual identities is seemingly unlimited. So when author and journalist Lisa Selin Davis's six-year-old daughter first called herself a "tomboy," Davis was hesitant. ... Read more

    Was S$ 14.81 SGD Now S$ 2.79 SGD

  • Speak Up

    Breaking the Glass Ceiling at CBS News

    by Linda S. Mason ...
    With a foreword by Connie Chung and praise from Forbes, Library Journal, and Booklist, Speak Up by Linda S. Mason provides an inspiring story and a formula for success for readers looking to break ground in their own careers.Follow one of the first women network news producers as she climbs the career ladder right through the headlines of American history and inspires us all to speak up for ... Read more

    S$ 30.07 SGD