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Women's Stories Books

Celebrating the Voices and Lives of Remarkable Women

The Poisoner's Handbook

The Poisoner's Handbook

Deborah Blum

Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York. Penguin Books, 2010.

The Radium Girls

The Radium Girls

Kate Moore

The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women. Sourcebooks, 2017.

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind

Josephy Murphy

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind. Way to Success, 2019.

Twice as Hard

Twice as Hard

Jasmine Brown

The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century. Beacon Press, 2023.

Women in White Coats

Women in White Coats

Olivia Campbell

How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine. Park Row Books, 2021.

The Games

The Games

David Goldblatt

A Global History of the Olympics. W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.

The Secret Lives of Color

The Secret Lives of Color

Kassia St. Clair

The Secret Lives of Color. Penguin Books, 2017.

Midnight in Chernobyl

Midnight in Chernobyl

Adam Higginbotham

The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster. Transworld Digital, 2019.

The Defiant Optimist

The Defiant Optimist

Durreen Shahnaz

Daring to Fight Global Inequality, Reinvent Finance, and Invest in Women. Broadleaf Books, 2023.

The Book of Hope

The Book of Hope

Douglas Abrams, Jane Goodall

A Survival Guide for Trying Times. Celadon Books, 2021.

Two Wheels Good

Two Wheels Good

Jody Rosen

The History and Mystery of the Bicycle. Crown, 2022

Why Nations Fail

Why Nations Fail

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty. Currency, 2012.

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