Henry Carter Hull

A biography of the African-American woman and civil rights worker whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus led to a boycott which lasted more than a year in Montgomery, Alabama.

The author revisits her middle school diary, commenting on her experiences with bullying, crushes, popular culture, and what it means to be labeled a "slut."

A follow-up to "The Language of Baklava" continues the story of the author's struggles with cross-cultural values and how they shaped her coming of age and her culinary life, tracing her three marriages, her literary ambitions, and her midlife decision to become a parent.

Presents a biography of Narcissa Whitman, a missionary who was killed, along with her husband and twelve others, by Native Americans along the Oregon Trail.

"Readers are told the story of Helen Martini's care for lion and tiger cubs, and her emergence as the Bronx Zoo's first woman zookeeper"--

This book chronicles the unbreakable spirit of an Inuit girl while attending an Arctic residential school.

A memoir in which tennis champion Serena Williams looks back over her life, discussing the challenges she faced growing up in the tough neighborhood of Compton, California, her father's determination to teach her to play, her unorthodox approach to the sport, and her success as an athlete and entrepreneur.

In this expanded edition, readers will encounter six new profiles of amazing women, as well as a new section on the Soviet Union. Zoya Matveyevna Smirnova-Medvedeva, for instance, was a machine-gunner who served in the trenches of the 25th Chapeyev Division, defending Stalingrad, who kept a detailed diary of life on the Eastern Front. Noor Inayat Khan was the first female radio operator sent into occupied France and transferred crucial messages to...