Browsing: Notable Women

Longlisted for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence This blazingly intimate biography of Janis Joplin establishes the Queen of…

A globe-spanning history of sewing, embroidery, and the people who have used a needle and thread to make their voices…

The Big Sick meets Dad is Fat in this funny and heartfelt New York Times bestselling memoir from writer, director,…

They promised her heaven, but there was no savior.Imagine an eighteen-year-old American girl who has never read a newspaper, watched…

“Extraordinary” (The Washington Post): This #1 New York Times bestseller and NPR Best Book of 2019 explores the true stories of three unforgettable American women. “A masterpiece… You’ll want to pass your copy on to a friend as soon as you’ve read it” (Vanity Fair).

This thrilling wartime adventure tells the true story of the downed American aviators who were rescued by French resistance fighters,…

Foster parent and #1 New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass shares the story of eight-year-old Melody, the last of five siblings to be brought into her care. When Melody’s mother, Amanda, suddenly misses contact, Cathy would discover a heartbreaking truth.

“As informative as it is entertaining” (The New York Times Books Review): This tour through the Gilded Age “delivers a crisp survey of New York’s upper-class world in the late 19th century, using society maven Caroline Astor as the guide” (Publishers Weekly).

LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER • An MIT astrophysicist reinvents herself in the wake of tragedy and discovers the…

A remarkably candid biography of the remarkably candid–and brilliant–Carrie Fisher In her 2008 bestseller, Girls Like Us, Sheila Weller–with heart…