Aburdene, P. & Naisbitt, J., Vallard. Pub., MEGATRENDS FOR WOMEN, An ouline of the ways women are transforming every sector of contemporary life, as CEO's, athletes and political and spiritual leaders, overturning the male-dominated status quo, reintegrating female values and perspectives and recasting social, political and economic trends. 388 pages
Allen and Wolkowitz, HOMEWORKING: MYTHS AND REALITIES, Macmillan, 1987--A feminist examination of women who work out of their homes. Explores why women choose to work at home, how they benefit from it, and discusses the drawbacks. 225 pages
Barber and Watson, SISTERHOOD BETRAYED, St. Martin's Press, New York 1991- Women in the workplace and a discussion of the "Eve Complex" 200 pages
Baron-Faust, Rita, MENTAL WELLNESS FOR WOMEN, William Morrow & Company, NYC, 1997
– Groundbreaking guide to the latest information on a woman’s unique brain
chemistry; depression, sexual problems, stress and more; medications and other therapies;
substance abuse and violence; maintaining lifelong emotional health. Hard Cover 354 pages
Bly, Robert, IRON JOHN: A BOOK ABOUT MEN, Vintage Books, NYC, 1992, Addresses the devastating effects of remote fathers and mourns the disappearance of male initiation rites in our culture. 268 pages
Boyd, Stephen, THE MEN WE LONG TO BE, Harper, San Francisco, 1995, By demonstrating how detrimental patriarchal socialization has been to both men and women, the author encourages men to initiate a process of reconciliation. 258 pages
Brock, David, THE REAL ANITA HILL: THE UNTOLD STORY, Free Press, Purports to tell the "real" story behind the woman who nearly brought down then-aspiring Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and brought sexual harassment to the forefront of the national agenda. Contends that Hill was never really sexually harassed. 452 pages
Cose, Ellis, A MAN'S WORLD, Harper Collins, NYC, 1995, Reports on the discontent and confusion men are feeling as changing gender roles and expectations challenge the very core of male identity. 259 pages
Crockett, Marilyn and Felstein, Diane Terman; THE MONEY CLUB: IS YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE SAZFE/ WHAT EVERY WOMEN SHOULD KNOW, Simon & Schuster, NYC, 1997- Contains the lessons of a group of successful women who, despite their personal and professional achievements, didn’t know enough about their finances. They joined together to learn what they needed to know, and now they share their knowledge with you. Here are all the answers you need for saving, investing, and planning for your future—plus advice for every major financial transition in your life, from getting married to coping with widowhood. 318 pages
Dinnerstein, Myra, WOMEN BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (Midlife Reflections on Work and Family), Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA, 1992. Traces the experiences of twenty-two middle-class women who came of age after World War II, and their evolution from traditional wives and mothers to career women at midlife. 223 pages.
Dworkin, Andrea, LIFE AND DEATH: UNAPOLOGETIC WRITINGS ON THE CONTINUING WAR AGAINST WOMEN, The Free Press, NYC, 1997, A collection of essays and unpublished speeches. 267 pages
Eyer, Diane, Dr., MOTHER GUILT, HOW OUR CULTURE BLAMES MOTHERS FOR WHAT'S WRONG WITH SOCIETY, Times Books, 1996. The author champions mothers against the bogus accusations that mothers are to blame for society's ills. She argues that blaming mothers is a convenient smoke screen for the real reason: the national neglect of children and our utter failure to provide a national child-care. Paves the way for refocusing our concern on our nation's children. 317 pages.
Gergen, May McCanney, Ed., FEMINIST THOUGHT AND THE STRUCTURE OF KNOWLEDGE, New York University Press, New York, 1988. Collection of essays by a diverse group of scholars that explore the ramifications of feminist thought for the social sciences. 200 pages.
Gruber, Ruth, AHEAD OF TIME: MY EARLY YEARS AS A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, Wynwood Press, NYC, 1991, A biography of a woman who authored fourteen books and became the first journalist to penetrate the Soviet Arctic and had numerous adventures all over the world for sixty years from the 1930s onward. 319 pages
Hartman, Lauren, SOLUTIONS: THE WOMAN’S CRISIS HANDBOOK, Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1997, Provides outstanding advice on health, family and employment crises, explains where and how to take legal action, where to go for emotional support and includes a resource directory. 670 pages
Iglitzin, Lynne and Ross, Ruth, WOMEN IN THE WORLD:1975-1985 THE WOMEN'S DECADE, Santa Barbara, ABC-CLIO, 1986--focuses on 1975-1985; provides facts, statistics, graphs and personal observations and asks if the worldwide gain in the status of women is real or only a misleading and exaggerated impression. 469 pages
Jackson, Donna, HOW TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR WOMEN IN FIVE MINUTES A DAY, Hyperion, NYC, 1992 – Provides the resources and actions that will give every woman a sense of empowerment without feeling that she has to sacrifice the rest of her life to be effective. Ms. Jackson, editor of New Woman magazine, draws together facts, information and contacts needed to help anybody who wants to start acting on any or all of the issues that affect women every day. Soft cover 147 pages
Keen, Sam, FIRE IN THE BELLY: ON BEING A MAN, Batam Book, NYC, 1991, Addresses issues of men's consciousnss and spirituality, presents an alternative vision of virtues and virility for a modern age. A guide for men seeking new personal ideals of strength, potency and warriorship for a fuller more passionate life.272 pages
Kilian, Pamela, BARBARA BUSH: A BIOGRAPHY, St. Martin's Pub.,1992-- A friendly portrait of the former first lady tracing both her public and private life, from her protected and very happy childhood to marriage to George Bush, the years in Houston, in China, and the move to the White House. 245 pages
Leighton, Scott, THE SEARCH FOR MANHOOD: A GUIDE FOR TODAY'S MEN & WOMEN, R & E Publishers, California, 1992--A humorous and illuminating excursion into contemporary male vs. female issues by a counselor who assists both men and women in life planning. Mr. Leighton served as an Equal Employment Opporotunity Officer. 120 pages
Louv, Richard, FATHERLOVE: WHAT WE NEED, WHAT WE SEEK, WHAT WE MUST CREATE, Pocket Pub.--Creates a vision of fatherhood as an extraordinary journey of personal fulfillment, one that makes a male complete in his masculinity and which expands our current understanding of the father's role. 276 pages
Mark, Robert and Portugal, Buddy; VICTORIES OF THE HEART, Element Books, Rockport, MA, 1996 – The inside story of a pioneer men’s group; shows how men help each other change their lives. Soft cover, 255 pages.
Marshall, Barbara L., ENGENDERING MODERNITY (Feminism, Social Theory and Social Change), Northeastern University Press, Boston, MA, 1994. The author challenges feminist critiques of modernism and examines the ambivalent relationships of women to modernity and of feminist theory to the controversial discussions about modernism and postmodernism. 197 pages.
McCorvey, Norma, I AM ROE: MY LIFE, ROE VS. WADE, AND FREEDOM OF CHOICE, HarperCollins, The courageous story of Norma McCorvey, a.k.a. Jane Roe, who in 1973 was a poor working woman from Louisiana who couldn't face the psychological pain of carrying an unplanned pregnancy to term, and whose court case to end that pregnancy finally brought the Supreme Court decision which guaranteed freedom of choice for all American women. 216 pages
Mclaughlin, Steven D., THE CHANGING LIVES OF AMERICAN WOMEN, Univ. of NC Press, 1988--An account of demographic changes in the behavior of women, based on a series of reports commissioned by Cosmopolitan magazine in 1984, focusing on education, marital and childbearing. 250 pages
Misri, Shaila, M.D., SHOULDN'T I BE HAPPY? EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS OF PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN, The Free Press, New York, 1995. The author presents the normal and not-so-normal concerns and difficulties and answers questions women most often have about their feelings and emotional difficulties during pregnancy. She also sensitively explores the role of the father as he struggles with his own adjustment issues. 340 pages.
Pendleton, Clarence, COMPARABLE WORTH: ISSUE FOR THE 80S, Volumes I and II Commission on Civil Rights, 1985-- Statements of professors, business and political leaders, provide background for the researcher writing on the topic of comparable worth. 134 pages
Ryan, M..J., THE FABRIC OF THE FUTURE, Conari Press, Berkeley, CA 1998
Shainess, Natalie, M.D., SWEET SUFFERING, WOMAN AS VICTIM, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, 1984. The author, a psychiatrist who has devoted much of her life to feminine psychology has written this book to help those women who suffer from self-doubt, fear of authority, fear of abandonment, feelings of humiliation and guilt, all primary symptoms of self-imposed torment. She examines the familial, biological, and socio-cultural roots of this disorder and offers a way out for those women who come to recognize and understand their masochistic behavior. 263 pages.
Sweeney, Patricia E., BIOGRAPHIES OF AMERICAN WOMEN: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, Santa Barbara, ABC-CLIO, 1990--An annotated bibliography contains 1,391 entries covering biographies of American women that are at least 50 pages long and written in English. Books from the 1800s through 1990 are included. Includes an appendix listing women by profession or category. 257 pages
Sweeney, Patricia E., BIOGRAPHIES OF BRITISH WOMEN: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, Santa Barbara, ABC-CLIO, 1993--An annotated bibliography contains 2,014 entries covering biographies of American women that are at least 50 pages long and written in English. Books from the 1600s through 1992 are included. Includes an appendix listing women by profession or category. 366 pages
Thomas, David, NOT GUILTY: THE CASE IN DEFENSE OF MEN, Morrow Pub. New York, 1993, A contrarian vioce in the gender debate, seeks to establish a voice for what he terms the "overlooked male." The author reexamines the implications of the male stereotype by attempting to marshal statistics to prove males are the unempowered gender. 255 pages
Urofsky, Melvin I., A CONFLICT OF RIGHTS: THE SUPREME COURT AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, Scribners, 1991--An account of the 1988 case of Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara County, a landmark decision that meant employers could voluntarily adopt hiring and promotion goals to benefit women and minorities. 270 pages
Wortman, Marlene Stein, WOMEN IN AMERCAN LAW, New York, Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc., 1985--Examination of the gradual process by which women have sought to acquire the same legal rights as men. 350 pages
Young, Hugo, THE IRON LADY: A BIOGRAPHY OF MARGARET THATCHER, Farrar,Straus & Giroux, 1989--A definitive account of the most famous and important British leader since Churchill, and the only prime minister whose name has become synonymous with a political philosophy. 590 pages