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The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot, Library Edition

Naomi Wolf

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Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries Library Edition

Naomi Wolf

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America: A User's Manual

Naomi Wolf

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Other editions: 2008, 2008

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The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot

Naomi Wolf

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The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot

Naomi Wolf

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The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot

Naomi Wolf

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The Treehouse: Eccentric Wisdom from My Father on How to Live, Love, And See

Naomi Wolf

The feminist author of Misconceptions and The Beauty Myth shares life lessons taught by her father, poet Leonard Wolf, in a personal portrait that traces his Depression-era youth and offers insight into his beliefs about the learned quality of happiness.

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The Treehouse: Eccentric Wisdom From My Father On How To Live, Love, And See

Naomi Wolf; Leonard Wolf

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Misconceptions: Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood

Naomi Wolf

Not since The Beauty Myth has Naomi Wolf written such a powerful and passionate critique of American culture, this time, focusing on the hidden costs and vested interests surrounding pregnancy and birth in America.

While in the grip of one of the most primal, lonely, sensual and in the same ways, physically dangerous experiences they are likely to undergo, American women, Wolf argues, are offered condescending advice and damaging misconceptions about the nature of pregnancy, birth and new motherhood.

Wolf’s own first experience with pregnancy and motherhood took her aback, profoundly challenging her most basic assumptions about feminism, the nuances of abortion, and the easy expectations of freedom and equality that women of her generation hold.

In a narrative that follows the nine months of pregnancy and the first few months of early parenthood, Misconceptions illuminates the conflicting feelings of inadequacy, fragility, and even anger that so many women experience along with their sense of anticipation and joy. So often these feelings go unvoiced because of women’s fears of being seen as a “bad” mother. Wolf describes her own difficult path to first-time motherhood, and in doing so, criticizes the failure of the medical establishment to provide pregnant women with a safe, effective, and emotionally-supportive environment in which to labor. She shares riveting stories of postpartum disillusionment, as well as discloses the relationship struggles that even the most committed of couples fall into when faced with the demands of new parenthood.

In a dramatic interweaving of personal revelations and social commentary, Wolf shows that despite its much-touted reverence for families, American businesses and society make few concessions to the emotional and economic needs of new parents and, in fact, place extraordinary pressures on them.

Her conclusions, delivered with unflinching honesty, provide a telling and candid account of the journey to motherhood in America today.

Misconceptions is sure to spark intense debate over the myths and expectations that underlie contemporary pregnancy and birth, as well as about how we can better offer mothers what they truly need.

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Other editions: Softcover - 2003

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The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

Naomi Wolf

The bestselling classic that redefined our view od the relationship between beauty and female identity.

In today's world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before. Alongside the evident progress of the women's movement, however, writer and journalist Naomi Wolf is troubled by a different kind of social control, which, she argues, may prove just as restrictive as the traditional image of homemaker and wife. It's the beauty myth, an obsession with physical perfection that traps the modern woman in an endless spiral of hope, self-consciousness, and self-hatred as she tries to fulfill society's impossible definition of "the flawless beauty."

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Other editions: Softcover - 1992

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Ecstasy: The Quest Love Trilogy

Naomi Wolf; John Gray; Erica Jong; Thomas Moore; Marianne Williamson; James Hillman; Harville Hendrix; Riane Eisler; Margo Anand; Barbara De Angelis

Leading experts and bestselling authors discuss the search for meaning, connection, and the "real" moments in life. They explain the concept of looking at sexuality in terms of how we deal with energy, and our eternal search for ecstasy and the ability to experience it on many levels. Features John Gray, Harville Hendrix, Barbara De Angelis, Margo Anand, Thomas Moore, Riane Eisler, James Hillman, Erica Jong, Marianne Williamson, and Naomi Wolf.

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Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle for Womanhood

Naomi Wolf

In this provocative and highly personal book, bestselling author Naomi Wolf explores a subject that has long been taboo in our society: women's sexual coming-of-age. Promiscuities brazenly exposes the truths behind the conflicting messages directed at young women during and after the sexual revolution. Drawing on surprising examples from the ancient and recent past, along with vivid recollections of her own youth, Wolf shows how our "liberated" culture still fears and distorts female passion. She also shares fascinating true stories that illustrate the fantasies and sometimes crippling realities women pass through on their way toward erotic and emotional discovery. A landmark book, Promiscuities is a call to women of all ages to reclaim and celebrate their sexuality.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1997

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Fire With Fire: The New Female Power and How to Use It

Naomi Wolf

Most women embrace equality, but reject "feminism." In clear and brilliant prose, the author of the best-selling The Beauty Myth shows how this rift came about, and how to close it. A practical and inspiring road map for personal and political equality in our time.

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Fire With Fire: The New Female Power and How It Will Change the 21st Century

Naomi Wolf

A clear-eyed prescription for change in the feminist movement from the bestselling author of The Beauty Myth.

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Other editions: 1993

The Beauty Myth: How Images of Female Beauty Are Used Against Women

Naomi Wolf

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1991