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1	Shakespeare's Wife more books like this by Germaine Greer add to wishlist Little is known of the wife of England's greatest playwright; a great deal, none of it complimentary, has been assumed. The omission of her name from Shakespeare's will has been interpreted as evidence that she was nothing more than an unfortunate mistake from which Shakespeare did well to distance himself. Yet Shakespeare is above all the poet of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Beautiful Boy more books like this by Germaine Greer add to wishlist From Adonis and images of St. Sebastian to James Dean and Calvin Klein models, beautiful boys have been quietly admired since the beginning of time. While most agree that women have been depicted as sex objects, Greer's sensational thesis is that the erotic charge of male imagery has been rigorously repressed throughout history. see all copies from $15.80! new only from $22.00! \| first editions
3	The Obstacle Race: The Fortunes of Women Painters and Their Work more books like this by Germaine Greer add to wishlist Germaine Greer explains why there have been no female artists of the stature of Leonardo or Poussin by exploring the psychological, economic and political reasons for the virtually unchallenged patriarchalism of all western artistic establishments. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The female eunuch more books like this by Germaine Greer add to wishlist In this classic text of the women's liberation movement, Greer examines oppression and sexual liberation. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Whole Woman more books like this by Germaine Greer add to wishlist The author of THE FEMALE EUNCH writes on topics organized under the rubrics "Body", "Mind", "Love," and "Power". She revisits many of the concerns of the feminist movement (housework, abortion, equality), acknowledges changes in culture and scholarship (daughters, soldiers) and addresses new topics of the '90s (girlpower and mutilation). see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Sex and Destiny: The Politics of Human Fertility more books like this by Germaine Greer add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English more books like this by Lorna Sage (Editor) add to wishlist Over 2000 short essays here treat Anglophobe women writers and their work, including pieces on genres such as diaries and cook books that have been brought out of academic obscurity by feminist critics. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.45! \| first editions
8	Madwoman's Underclothes: Essays and Occasional Writings more books like this by Germaine Greer add to wishlist Here is what The Los Angeles Times Book Review says about The Madwoman's Underclothes: "Brilliant, witty, entertaining, incisive, always informed, the essays cover the diverse topics that are the history of the women's movement and our contemporary world. Greer's range is enormous". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Daddy, we hardly knew you more books like this by Germaine Greer add to wishlist Germaine Greer recounts the search for the truth about her father, about whom she knew almost nothing. Her quest for his identity as well as her own took her from Tuscany back to Australia, into dusty archives, to India, Malta, to the high table of a Cambridge college and again to Australia. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Suffragettes to She Devils more books like this by Liz McQuiston, Germaine Greer (Foreword by) add to wishlist This work charts the use of graphics and related media in the fight for women's rights throughout the century. It encompasses many of the associated issues that have surrounded these movements, as well as some of the attacks launched against them.From the Suffragettes, through to the virtual-reality explorations of end-of-the-century ... see all copies from $6.15! new only from $40.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction more books like this by Germaine Greer add to wishlist Germaine Greer examines Shakespeare's plays in detail, showing how he dramatized moral and intellectual issues in such a way that his audience became dazzlingly aware of an imaginative dimension to daily life. She argures that as long as Shakespeare's work remains central to English cultural life, it will retain the values which make it unique in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.27! \| SVS
12 view cover	My Secret Book more books like this by Professor Francis Petrarch, J G Nichols (Translator), Germaine Greer (Foreword by) add to wishlist Deeply troubled by his struggle - and failure - to achieve spiritual perfection, Petrarch sought catharsis in the writing of a 'secret book'. Only here could he pour out his innermost thoughts, frustrations and desires. Written in the form of a dialogue between himself and St Augustine, My Secret Book wrestles with the universal themes of ... see all copies from $24.04! new only from $24.04!
13 view cover	The Boy by Germaine Greer add to wishlist Through a series of carefully constructed themes, ranging from the boy as passive love object to soldier boys, from the boy under the female gaze to "what is a boy?", Greer opens our eyes and invites us to appreciate boys in all their sensuality, flirtatiousness, spontaneity and vulnerability. Whether discussing sculptures of Cupid of Apollo, ... see all copies from $16.95! new only from $16.95! \| first editions
14 view cover	Poems for Gardeners by Germaine Greer add to wishlist 'Marianne Moore said that the poet's job was to depict "imaginary gardens with real toads in them". In truth, gardens are always imaginary because they are always the garden that you are aiming for rather than the garden you have, but the toads are real and immediate.' So says Germaine Greer in this wonderful anthology. A collection of poems ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $16.81! \| first editions
15 view cover	Memoirs of a Madman more books like this by Gustave Flaubert, Dr. Andrew Brown, Jr., LLB (Translator), Germaine Greer (Foreword by) add to wishlist An early novel, written when Flaubert was a teenager, about a romantic young man obsessed with a woman he can't have. His later L'EDUCATION SENTIMENTALE is based on it. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.95! \| SVS
16 view cover	The Change: Women, Aging and the Menopause more books like this by Germaine Greer add to wishlist Twenty years after The Female Eunuch exploded onto the scene, altering the way women thinkrs a book which promises to be even more provocative and widely read. The impassioned ideas Greer puts forth challenge accepted notions about the physical and emotional effects of menopause and aging. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Tacita Dean more books like this by Jean-Christophe Royoux, Marina Warner, Germaine Greer add to wishlist Although she emerged in the 1990s, Berlin-based English artist Tacita Dean has in her work a quiet depth not usually associated with the Pop and hype of the 'cool Britannia' scene. Her film installations explore how chance and coincidence influence daily life, constructing narratives that connect past and present, fact and fiction, private ... see all copies from $19.95! new only from $28.30! \| SVS
18 view cover	The madwoman's underclothes : essays and occasional writings 1968-85 more books like this by Germaine Greer add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19 view cover	Women, Sex and Desire: Understanding Your Sexuality at Every Stage of Life more books like this by Elizabeth Davis, Germaine Greer (Foreword by) add to wishlist This book will help a woman identify her own sexual rhythms and track how they change throughout her lifetime. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $37.00!
20 view cover	Whitefella Jump Up: The Shortest Way to Nationhood more books like this by Germaine Greer add to wishlist Race relations are one of the most fraught issues in the world. Almost everywhere in the world where different races rub against each other there is racism and friction. The problem is most acute with displaced indigenous people. White Australia - with the history of its terrible treatment of the Aborigines is an extreme case study. In this ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.90!
21	Kissing the rod : an anthology of 17th century women's verse more books like this by Germaine Greer add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.99!
22 view cover	Shakespeare more books like this by Germaine Greer add to wishlist Under the headings of 'poetics', 'ethics', 'politics', 'teleology', and 'sociology',"Germaine" Greer examines the plays in detail, showing how Shakespeare dramatized moral and intellectual issues in such a way that his audience became dazzlingly aware of an imaginative dimension to daily life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $104.67! \| first editions
23 view cover	Women's Sexual Passages: Finding Pleasure and Intimacy at Every Stage of Life more books like this by Elizabeth Davis, Germaine Greer (Foreword by) add to wishlist "Davis lovingly explores the many dimensions of a woman's sexuality. . . . She gets straight to the heart of what it means to have a rich, evolving sexuality throughout a lifetime".--John Gray. The book features chapters on sexual awakening, sex in the later years, and up-to-date information on the creativity hormone, oxytocin. Illustrations & ... see all copies from $5.75! new only from $14.20! \| first editions
24	Slip-shod Sibyls : recognition, rejection and the woman poet more books like this by Germaine Greer add to wishlist The term "slip-shod sibyls", adapted from a gibe of Alexander Pope, encapsulates the common contempt for the half-educated women who dared to expose themselves in the pre-1900 literary market-place. In this collection, Germaine Greer argues that the problem is not that such women were ignored but that, when most women were unable to express ... see all copies from $9.38! first editions
25 view cover	Love's Theatre more books like this by Ester Selsden (Editor), Germaine Greer (Introduction by) add to wishlist This collection brings together the highlights from erotic writing by women over the course of six centuries. It includes selections from Julian of Norwich, Emily Bronte, Kate Chopin, George Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Marilyn French, Margaret Atwood, Kathy Acker, and others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.60! \| first editions

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