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The Ladies' Room Reader

Author : Alicia Alvrez

Publisher : Mango Media

Page : 165 pages

File Size : 23,87 MB

Release : 2010-03-01

Category : Reference

ISBN : 1609251296

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“Fun and fancy for the fair sex . . . rife with facts, rumors, stories, quotations and advice.” —Publishers Weekly What percentage of women would rather shop than have sex? What was Lauren Bacall’s real name? What tricks do supermarkets use to get us to spend more money? Who were the first two African American actresses nominated for Academy Awards in the same year for the same category? How many hours do the men in our lives spend on housework and childcare? What did Mae West say upon the death of Marilyn Monroe? From female celebrities to glass ceiling breakers and historical heroines, this entertaining resource is packed with fun facts, surprising statistics, and witty quips that make for great reading—in any room.



The Ladies' Room

Author : Carolyn Brown

Publisher : Montlake Romance

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 38,33 MB

Release : 2012-09-04

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9781612186429

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Originally published in 2011 by Avalon Books.



The Ladies' Room Reader

Author : Alicia Alvrez

Publisher : Conari Press

Page : 316 pages

File Size : 20,57 MB

Release : 2001-03-01

Category : Reference

ISBN : 9781573245579

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Offers a compendium of interesting facts about women, covering everything from shopping, marriage, and food, to Oprah Winfrey, sex, pets, and cosmetics.



The Ladies' Room Reader Quiz Book

Author : Leslie Gilbert Elman

Publisher : Conari Press

Page : 324 pages

File Size : 25,92 MB

Release : 2004-03-01

Category : Humor

ISBN : 9781573249171

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A kicky, sassy way to learn about incredible women and their amazing accomplishments, The Ladies Room Reader Quiz Book offers thousands of bits of trivia around the lives and work of women, including: * Senators * Rock stars * Cooks * Sports heroes * Nobel Laureates The book offers many different kinds of brain-teasing quizzes, fill in the blank, matching, true or false, multiple choice, and more. (Answers are provided with accompanying explanations in the back of the book.) The 100 quizzes range from Fashionable Women to Mostly Martha, from California Girls to Kiss Me Kate, from The Cinderella Syndrome to Shop-Til You Drop, from Lady Be Good to Goddess Bless.



The Ladies' Room Reader Revisited

Author : Alicia Alvrez

Publisher : Mango Media

Page : 213 pages

File Size : 31,29 MB

Release : 2002-03-31

Category : Reference

ISBN : 160925239X

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A new volume of trivia for women from the author of The Ladies’ Room Reader, “full of fascinating fun facts” (Chicago Tribune). Did you know that . . . September is the month with the highest birthrate? Eighty percent of women think a vacation is the best way to rekindle romance? The divorce rate is 23 percent lower in cities with major league baseball teams than in those without? In ancient Egypt, between 3500 and 2500 BC, the only career not open to women was judge? The Ladies’ Room Reader Revisited picks up where its popular predecessor, The Ladies’ Room Reader, left off. In this wildly entertaining volume, Alicia Alvrez provides even more fascinating female facts about women throughout history and from around the world.



The Women's Room

Author : Marilyn French

Publisher : Hachette UK

Page : 558 pages

File Size : 33,28 MB

Release : 2011-07-14

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0748132147

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ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND BESTSELLING NOVELS OF THE MODERN FEMINIST MOVEMENT 'It was about the need to change things from top to bottom; it was a declaration of independence' OBSERVER 'The first and last international bestseller of the women's movement' GUARDIAN 'They said this book would change lives - and it certainly changed mine' JENNI MURRAY, BBC RADIO 4 A landmark in feminist literature, The Women's Room is a biting social commentary of a world gone silently haywire. Written in the 1970s but with profound resonance today, this is a modern allegory that offers piercing insight into the social norms accepted blindly and revered so completely. It follows the transformation of Mira Ward and her circle as the women's movement begins to have an impact on their lives. A biting social commentary on an emotional world gone silently haywire, The Women's Room is a modern classic that offers piercing insight into the social norms accepted so blindly and revered so completely. Marilyn French questions those accepted norms and poignantly portrays the hopeful believers looking for new truths.



The Only Woman in the Room

Author : Marie Benedict

Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.

Page : 307 pages

File Size : 29,74 MB

Release : 2019-01-08

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1492666874

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER Bestselling author Marie Benedict reveals the story of a brilliant woman scientist only remembered for her beauty. Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side and understood more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee in disguise from their castle, and the whirlwind escape landed her in Hollywood. She became Hedy Lamarr, screen star. But she kept a secret more shocking than her heritage or her marriage: she was a scientist. And she had an idea that might help the country fight the Nazis and revolutionize modern communication...if anyone would listen to her. A powerful book based on the incredible true story of the glamour icon and scientist, The Only Woman in the Room is a masterpiece that celebrates the many women in science that history has overlooked. Other Bestselling Historical Fiction from Marie Benedict: The Mystery of Mrs. Christie Lady Clementine Carnegie's Maid The Other Einstein



A Room of One's Own

Author : Virginia Woolf

Publisher : Modernista

Page : 111 pages

File Size : 43,51 MB

Release : 2024-05-30

Category : Literary Collections

ISBN : 9180949509

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Virginia Woolf's playful exploration of a satirical »Oxbridge« became one of the world's most groundbreaking writings on women, writing, fiction, and gender. A Room of One's Own [1929] can be read as one or as six different essays, narrated from an intimate first-person perspective. Actual history blends with narrative and memoir. But perhaps most revolutionary was its address: the book is written by a woman for women. Male readers are compelled to read through women's eyes in a total inversion of the traditional male gaze. VIRGINIA WOOLF [1882–1941] was an English author. With novels like Jacob’s Room [1922], Mrs Dalloway [1925], To the Lighthouse [1927], and Orlando [1928], she became a leading figure of modernism and is considered one of the most important English-language authors of the 20th century. As a thinker, with essays like A Room of One’s Own [1929], Woolf has influenced the women’s movement in many countries.



I Met Him in the Ladies' Room

Author : Michelle Stimpson

Publisher :

Page : 102 pages

File Size : 13,96 MB

Release : 2013-01-17

Category : College students

ISBN : 9781482002331

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Kerri Dalee didn't grow up in a religious family. In fact, the last time Kerri went to church, she only attended for the cool door prizes and food served at Vacation Bible School. But when her wealthy roommate, Stephanie, gets engaged, Kerri's finds that her only hope for financial survival is an editing job at a Dallas area mega-church. While waiting for her interview, Kerri makes a quick, desperate decision to meet Christ - in the ladies' room, of all places - so she can fulfill every aspect of the stated criteria for employment. But can she fake her faith long enough to make it through the 90-day probationary period? How will her family respond? And, more importantly, will Kerri get more than she bargained for at this new job? I Met Him in the Ladies' Room is a fun, faith-filled novella that revisits the foundations of Christianity with humorous, light-hearted wisdom and wit.