Springing Forward: Women's Studies

Edited by Dick Donahue, Compiled by Alia Akkam, Robert Dahlin, Charles Hix, Natalie Danford, Hilary Kayle, Suzanne Mantell, Diane Patrick, Karole Riippa, Judith Rosen and Oona Short -- Publishers Weekly, 1/23/2006

CITADEL

The Face Behind the Veil: The Extraordinary Lives of Muslim Women in America (Mar., $22.95) by Donna Gehrke-White looks behind media hype to explore the realities of this misunderstood culture.

CONARI

Woman's Work Is Never Done: Celebrating Everything Women Do (Mar., $15.95) by BJ Gallagher presents 26 alphabetically arranged poems, stories and essays in praise of women's achievements.

HUDSON STREET PRESS

This Is How We Do It: The Working Mother's Manifesto (July, $23.95) by Carol Evans uses firsthand accounts to dispense solutions for balancing career and family life.

POMEGRANATE

Women Who Dare: Eleanor Roosevelt and Women Who Dare: Helen Keller (Mar., $12.95 each) by Anjelina Michelle Keating and the Library of Congress Publishing Office illuminate the lives of these notable women through text and historical images.

LYNNE RIENNER

Capitalizing on the Curse: The Business of Menstruation (June, $39.95) by Elizabeth Arveda Kissling explores the gender bias in the business of menstruation and how corporate America uses this to its advantage.

STEWART, TABORI CHANG

Extraordinary Women: Fantasies Revealed—58 Women of Accomplishment Portray Hidden Dreams and Real Hopes (May, $35) by Ilene Leventhal and Francine Levinson features women whose adult achievements are presented in the context of their youthful aspirations.

TRUMPETER

The Heart and Soul of Sex: Making the ISIS Connection (July, $22.95) by Gina Ogden draws on extensive research to chart a pathway to more meaningful sex for women.

UNIV. OF ARKANSAS PRESS

Let Me Tell You Where I've Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora (May, $49.95), edited by Persis Karim, collects poems and prose.

UNIV. OF SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS

Elizabeth Sinkler Coxe's Tales from the Grand Tour, 1890–1910 (July, $29.95), edited by Anne Sinkler Whaley LeClercq, combines journals, correspondence and art to recount the archeological travel adventures of a Charleston aristocrat.