HOLMES & MEIER

Daughters of Sarah: Anthology of Jewish Women Writing in French (Sept., $45), edited by Eva Martin Sartori and Madeline Cottonet-Hage, compiles English translations of French texts.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

The Other Side of War: Women’s Stories of Survival and Hope (Sept., $28) by Zainab Salbi presents first-person stories of life in war-ravaged regions. 30,000 first printing.

PANTHEON

The Female Thing: Envy, Dirt, Sex, Vulnerability (Oct., $23.95) by Laura Kipnis explores the female condition in the postfeminist era. 4-city authortour.

STEWART, TABORI & CHANG

Hoorah for the Bra: A Perky Peek at the History of the Brassiere (Sept., $19.95) by Cheree Berry recounts the intimate undergarment’s evolution.

UNIV. OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS

Her Best Shot: Women and Guns in America (Oct., $29.95) by Laura Browder examines the woman-gun relationship and the notion of the armed woman.

ZONE BOOKS

Secrets of Women: Gender, Generation, and the Origins of Human Dissection (Nov., $36.95) by Katharine Park demonstrates the centrality of gender to the development of early modern anatomy.