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By: Addams, Jane; illustrated by Norah Hamilton; with an introduction and notes by James Hurt
Price: $9.99
Publisher: Urbana, IL, Prairie State Books / University of Illinois Press: 1990
Edition: Reissue
Our Product Number: 608267
283 pages. Twenty Years at Hull House" is the story of the Hull House settlement by its founder Jane Addams. The settlement movement, which gained popularity first in London at the end of the 19th century, soon spread to the United States and was principally involved in improving the lives of the urban poor by providing opportunities for higher education and essential social services. Hull House, one of the most famous of the "settlement houses", was located ... View more info
Price: $8.00
Publisher: New York, Warner Books: 2004
Our Product Number: 603170
Tear (1/4" ) at top of back of dust jacket. . . 224 pages. Osama bin Laden's former sister-in-law provides a penetrating, unusually inti- mate look into Saudi soci-ety and the bin Laden family's role within it, as well as the treatment of Saudi women. On September 11th, 2001, Carmen bin Ladin heard the news that the Twin Towers had been struck. She instinctively knew that her ex-brother-in-law was involved in these hor-rifying acts of terrorism, and her heart w... View more info
By: Brauen, Yangzom
Price: $45.00
Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press: 2011
Edition: First US Edition
Our Product Number: 607113
Red cloth boards with title on spine in silver; Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; color photographs; map of Tibet. 306 pages View more info
By: Bush, Barbara
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Scribner: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Our Product Number: 600103
Color photos, index. 8 pages of photographs. Unread book. Dust jacket protected in a removable Brodart cover. White boards with blue spine imprinted in silver with the title and author. Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 420 pages. This inspiring follow-up to Barbara Bush's number one bestselling memoir covers the momentous eight years between President George H. W. Bush's leaving office and President George W. Bush's inaugurat... View more info
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Publisher: New York, Penguin: 2009
Our Product Number: 605563
276 pages. An unforgettably charming memoir, Farm City is full of hilarious moments, fascinating farmer's tips, and a great deal of heart. When Novella Carpenter-captivated by the idea of backyard self-sufficiency- moved to inner city Oakland and discovered a weed-choked, garbage- strewn abandoned lot next door to her house, she closed her eyes and pictured heirloom tomatoes and a chicken coop. The story of how her urban farm grew from a few chickens to one populated wit... View more info
By: Evans, Max
Price: $18.00
Publisher: Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press: 2002
Edition: First Edition
Our Product Number: 603590
Stated First Edition.. 344 pages. Madame Millie presents a complete picture of the business of prostition as it was practised in the West from the late 1920s to the mid-1970s as told by the most successful madam in the business. View more info
By: Johnson, Diane
Price: $13.50
Publisher: New York, Viking: 2014
Edition: First Edition
Our Product Number: 607272
263 pages. Growing up in the small river town of Moline, Illinois, Diane Johnson always dreamed of floating down the Mississippi and off to see the world. Years later, at home in France, a French friend teases her: 'Indifference to history--that's why you Americans seem so naive and don't really know where you're from.' The j'accuse stayed with Johnson. Were Americans indifferent to history? Her own family seemed always to have been in the Midwest. Surely they had got th... View more info
By: McCracken, Karen Harden; foreword by Roger Tory Peterson
Price: $18.85
Publisher: College Station, Texas A&M University Press: 1988
Our Product Number: 608427
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By: Ortiz, Alicia Dujovne & Fields, Shawn
Price: $13.95
Publisher: New York, St Martins Pr: 1996
Edition: First Edition
Our Product Number: 601397
1.25 x 10 x 7 Inches. 325 pages. What fed Eva Peron's desire to be the savior Argentina's working class. Comprehensive and dramatic biography. View more info
![Image for Miriam: The Southern Belle Who Became the First Woman Governor of Texas, Miriam Amanda Ferguson, [1875-1961]](/assets/images/product/608292.jpg "Miriam: The Southern Belle Who Became the First Woman Governor of Texas, Miriam Amanda Ferguson, [1875-1961]")
By: Paulissen. May Nelson ; McQueary, Carl
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Austin, TX, Eakin Press: 1995.
Inscription: Signed by Author
Our Product Number: 608292
Dark red binding with title imprinted on spine in gold ; dated, Inscribed "To Sara, So you'll know something extra about Texas politics " SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 347 pages. Signed by Author View more info
By: Rodriguez, Deborah And Ohlson, Kristin
Price: $7.50
Publisher: New York, Random House: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Our Product Number: 604045
Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 320 pages. Soon after the fall of the Taliban, in 2001, Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan as part of a group offering humanitarian aid to this war-torn nation. Surrounded by men and women whose skills–as doctors, nurses, and therapists–seemed eminently more practical than her own, Rodriguez, a hairdresser and mother of two from Michigan, despaired of being of any real use. Yet she soon found she had a gift for befriending ... View more info
Price: $17.50
Publisher: Cambridge, MA, Perseus Publishing: 1998
Edition: First Edition
Our Product Number: 608687
Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Tan boards quarterbound in darker brown cloth with spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Mustard endpapers. Full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 313 pages. From a three-room apartment in Brooklyn occupied by ten family members, Esmeralda Santiago begins a journey that is both a triumphant struggle for identity and independence, and a mother's worst nightmare. Challenged by lan... View more info
By: Strong, Susan
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Kansas City, MO, Andrews McMeel Publishing: 2001
Edition: First Edition
Our Product Number: 603759
Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 272 pages. Forty-two extraordinary women talk about it all - the ups and downs of growing up and how overcoming their own obstacles helped them achieve greatness. Discover your own strengths while you find encouragement from those who have been there. View more info
By: Van Geldermalsen, Marguerite
Price: $6.32
Publisher: London, Virago Press: 2011
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Our Product Number: 606749
Mild spine crease. 279 pages. "'Where you staying?' the Bedouin asked. 'Why you not stay with me tonight--in my cave.' He seemed enthusiastic. And we were looking for adventure." Thus begins the story of how Marguerite van Geldermalsen--a New Zealand-born nurse--became the wife of Mohammad Abdallah Othman, a Bedouin souvenir-seller of the Manaja tribe, and lived with him and their children in a community of 100 families in the ancient caves of Petra in Jordan. Ma... View more info
