West with the Night by Beryl Markham
$24.99 AUD
Category: World of Women | Series: VMC
At the age of 18, Beryl Markham, then Clutterbuck, was the first woman in Africa to be granted a racehorse trainer's licence; she was still active as a trainer until her death in 1986. She took up flying in 1931, inventing big game hunting by air, and in September 1936 she made world headlines by becomi ...Show more
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf
$22.99 AUD
Category: World of Women | Series: Vintage Wolf Ser.
Provocative, punchy and important, this is one of the essential classics of modern feminist literature. In today's world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before. Alongside the evident progress of the women's movement, however, writer and journalist Naomi Wol ...Show more
Emotional Female by Yumiko Kadota
$22.99 AUD
Category: World of Women
A passionate account of the toxic culture of bullying and overwork that junior doctors can experience in the workplace as part of their training.Yumiko Kadota was every Asian parent's dream- model student, top of her class in medical school and on track to becoming a surgeon. A self-confessed workaholic ...Show more
Women Don't Owe You Pretty - The Small Edition by Florence Given
$16.99 AUD
Category: World of Women | Reading Level: near fine
'THE BEAUTY MYTH' FOR THE INSTAGRAM GENERATION Women Don't Owe You Pretty is the ultimate book for anyone who wants to challenge the out-dated narratives supplied to us by the patriarchy.Through Florence's story you will learn how to protect your energy, discover that you are the love of your own life, ...Show more
My Own Story by Emmeline Pankhurst
$19.99 AUD
Category: World of Women
This work is one of the top biographies written by Emmeline Pankhurst. The closing paragraphs of this book were written in the late summer of 1914, when the armies of every great power in Europe were being mobilised for savage, unsparing, barbarous warfare-against one another, against small and unaggres ...Show more
Women in Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the World by Rachel Ignotofsky
$27.99 AUD
Category: World of Women | Series: Women in Science | Reading Level: 6 Craft/Fashion/Art
A charmingly illustrated and inspiring book, Women in Art highlights the achievements and stories of 50 notable women in the arts--from well-known figures like painters Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keefe, to lesser-known names like 19th-century African American quilter Harriet Powers and Hopi-Tewa ceramic ...Show more
Destroying the Joint - Why Women Have to Change the World by Jane Caro (Editor)
$29.95 AUD
Category: World of Women
A fabulously provocative collection by women ready to destroy the joint. In 2012, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said a society needs the political participation of women to reach its full potential. Commentator Allan Jones reacted to his by saying- 'Women are destroying the joint . . . Honestly.' People ...Show more
Alpha Girls: The Women Upstarts Who Took on Silicon Valley's Male Culture and Made the Deals of a Lifetime by Julian Guthrie
$32.99 AUD
Category: World of Women | Reading Level: near fine
An unforgettable story of four women who came to California to try to make it in a world stacked against them. Through grit and ingenuity, the women became stars in cutthroat, high-stakes, male dominated Silicon Valley and helped build some of the most important companies of our day. They were written o ...Show more
Anthology of Amazing Women by Sandra Lawrence; Nathan Collins (Illustrator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: World of Women
This beautifully illustrated collection tells the awe-inspiring stories of 50 women who have pushed the boundaries of human excellence and endeavor. Standing out for their achievements in sports, science, the arts, politics, and history, these women have made huge contribution to today's society.
No Apologies Women in Comedy Claiming their Space, Finding their Voices and Telling their Stories by Joanne Brookfield
$29.99 AUD
Category: World of Women
Everyone says the future is female, but that change is happening right now. Across the planet, women's voices are being heard like never before... Joanne Brookfield has spent two decades working in the world of comedy, as both a journalist and a stand-up comedian. Over coffee, wine, laughter and tears, ...Show more
The Better Half: On the Genetic Superiority of Women by Sharon Moalem
$22.99 AUD
Category: World of Women
A Guardian Book of the Week Longlisted for the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award An award-winning physician and scientist makes the game-changing case that genetic females are stronger than males at every stage of life Here are some facts: Women live longer than men. They have stronger i ...Show more
Rise of the Girl: Seven Empowering Conversations To Have With Your Daughter by Wimble Groves Jo
$29.99 AUD
Category: World of Women
A practical guide for parents of girls aged 12-20, with inspiration from famous parents of daughtersHelp your daughter fulfil her potential and achieve success in a challenging world. Does your beautiful, talented daughter constantly put herself down? Is she stuck in a cycle of comparing herself to othe ...Show more