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Author Title Year Publisher Keywords Achterberg, Jeanne Woman As Healer 1990 Shambhala Health, Medicine, Midwifery Adams, Carol J Author Title Year Publisher Keywords Achterberg, Jeanne Woman as Healer 1990 Shambhala health, medicine, midwifery Adams, Carol J. Neither Man nor Beast 1995 The Continuum animal liberation, vegetarianism , Adams, Carol J. The Pornography of Meat 2003 The Continuum animal liberation, male gaze, veganism Adams, Carol J. The Pornography of Meat 2003 The Continuum animal liberation, male gaze, veganism Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi We Should All Be Feminists 2012 Anchor Books feminism, feminist theory, intersectionality Ahmed, Sara Queer Phenomenology 2006 Duke University queer, LGBTQIA+ Aisenberg, Nadya & Harrington, Mona Women of Academe: Outsiders in the Sacred Grove 1988 The University of Massachusetts academia, psychology Alexander, M. 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Flight of the Seventh Moon 1985 Harper & Row indigenous culture, spirituality Angier, Natalie Women: An Intimate Geography 1999 Houghton Mifflin health, sexuality, bodies, anatomy Anzaldua, Gloria Making Face, Making Soul: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Feminist of Color1990 Aunt Lute intersectionality, women of color, latina literature, african american literature, asian american literature Archambault, Reginald Ed. John Dewy on Education: Selected Wirtings 1964 The Modern Library theory, education Armstrong, Karen The Battle for God: A History of Fundamentalism 2000 Random House religion, spirituality, fundamentalism Avery, Ellis The Last Nude: A Novel 2011 Penguin Pusblishing fiction, historical fiction Atwood, Margaret The Edible Woman 1976 Popular Library fiction Axinn, June & Mark Stern Social Welfare: A History of the American Response to Need 2005 Pearson poverty, welfare, social justice Bachofen, J.J. 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