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  • College Girls

    Bluestockings, Sex Kittens, and Co-eds, Then and Now

    by Lynn Peril ...
    The author of Pink Think takes on a twentieth-century icon: the college girl.A geek who wears glasses? Or a sex kitten in a teddy? This is the dual vision of the college girl, the unique American archetype born when the age-old conflict over educating women was finally laid to rest. College was a place where women found self-esteem, and yet images in popular culture reflected a lingering distrust ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Pink Think

    Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons

    by Lynn Peril ...
    From board games to beauty pageants, a smart, witty, pop-culture history of the perilous path to achieving the feminine ideal.Deluged by persuasive advertisements and meticulous (though often misguided) advice experts, women from the 1940s to the 1970s were coaxed to "think pink" when they thought of what it meant to be a woman. Attaining feminine perfection meant conforming to a mythical standard ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Swimming in the Steno Pool

    A Retro Guide to Making It in the Office

    by Lynn Peril ...
    Feed your boss’s ego. Dress for success. And don’t let your heels trip you up on the corporate ladder.Millions of women have held the position of secretary, alternately lauded as a breakthrough opportunity and excoriated as dead-end busy work. From the female pioneers who infiltrated Capitol Hill offices during the Civil War to today’s tech-savvy administrative assistants, secretaries have ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Oprah

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  • The Forest for the Trees (Revised and Updated)

    An Editor's Advice to Writers

    by Betsy Lerner ...
    **By the author of Shred Sisters, longlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize"The Forest for the Trees should become a permanent part of any writer's or editor's personal library." -The Seattle Times**Quickly established as an essential and enduring companion for aspiring writers when it was first published, Betsy Lerner's sharp, funny, and insightful guide has been meticulously ... Read more

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  • Why We Write

    20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do

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  • Life: The Movie

    How Entertainment Conquered Reality

    by Neal Gabler ...
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  • Twenty-Six Seconds

    A Personal History of the Zapruder Film

    The moving, untold family story behind Abraham Zapruder's film footage of the Kennedy assassination and its lasting impact on our world.Abraham Zapruder didn't know when he ran home to grab his video camera on November twenty-two, 1963, that this single spontaneous decision would change his family's life for generations to come. Originally intended as a home movie of President Kennedy's motorcade, ... Read more

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  • Poison Penmanship

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  • The Magic Kingdom

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  • Bachelor Girl

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    In this lively and colorful book of popular history, journalist Betsy Israel shines a light on the old stereotypes that have stigmatized single women for years and celebrates their resourceful sense of spirit, enterprise, and unlimited success in a world where it is no longer unusual or unlikely to be unwed.Drawing extensively on primary sources, including private journals, newspaper stories, ... Read more

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