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Female writers share 32 transformative stories of traveling in diverse locations — some exotic, and some more familiar.

The Gold family lived an idyllic life in pre-war Poland, each doing their part to run the family grocery store and tobacco concession.

Not satisfied by the established roles assigned to them, Jewish women have begun to uncover their history, religion and culture using tradition and memory to inspire and transform their lives.

When Cate and her husband split, they divided the house so that he lived upstairs, she lived downstairs and the children floated inbetween.

This acclaimed cookbook provides nutritious recipes from around the world for the sophisticated palate.

Remember when children grew up in well-defined stages?

In a quiet village in Czechoslovakia, laws restricted the freedom of Jewish people during WWII.

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with this overview of its activities--sometimes quiet and sometimes strident--as a watchdog and safeguard for Canadians

A thirst for adventure, a deep desire to push themselves beyond their comfort zones, and an innate curiosity about the world and its peoples drive the biographies of the ten women explorers profile

In March 2000, a suitcase arrived at a children's Holocaust education center in Tokyo, Japan from the Auschwitz museum in Germany.

Discover the lives of women artists from the 16th century to the present day, such as the early feminist Artemisia Gentileschi, the adventurous Emily Carr, the flamboyant Frida Kahlo, and the brill

Severn Suzuki’s speech at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio caught the attention of the world.

Women and children live in the shadow of violence all the time. Rape, child abuse and sexual assault, pornography, wife battery and sexual harassment are facts of everyday life in our society.

This book in the acclaimed Women’s Hall of Fame Series profiles 10 incredible women with an itch to invent.

The true story of Emily Eaton. Born with severe cerebral palsy, Emily and her family had to fight for her right to go to school with non-disabled children in a regular classroom.