Non-fiction titles in shelf order 4



610 Medical, health

Hepburn, Cuca; Gutierrez, Bonnie
Alive & well : a lesbian health guide

McClure, Regan (ed.); Vespry, Anne (ed.)
The Lesbian health guide

O'Donnell, Mary; Leoffler, Val; Pollock, Kater; Saunders, Ziesel
Lesbian health matters!

White, Jocelyn; Martinez, Marissa C.
The Lesbian health book : caring for ourselves

613 General and personal health

Boston Women's Health Book Collective
The New Our bodies, ourselves : a book by and for women

Doress-Worters, Paula B.; Siegal, Diana Laskin; Boston Women's Health Book Collective
The New Ourselves, growing older : women aging with knowledge and power

McConville, Brigid
Mixed messages : our breasts in our lives

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613.6 Self-defence

Lytollis, Sue
Self defence for women

Sliwa, Lisa; Greenberg, Keith Elliot
Guardian angels : commonsense defence for women

613.8 Addictions

Cunningham, Donna; Ramer, Andrew
The Spiritual dimensions of healing addictions

Jacobson, Bobbie
The Ladykillers : why smoking is a feminist issue

Kominars, Sheppard B.
Accepting ourselves : the twelve-step journey of recovery from addiction for gay men and lesbians

Lesbian Alcohol Research Project Group
Lesbians like us

Nealy, Eleanor
Amazon spirit : daily meditations for lesbians in recovery

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613.9 Lesbian sex

Blue, Violet
The Ultimate guide to cunnilingus : how to go down on a woman and give her exquisite pleasure

Booth, Carol
Woman to woman : a guide to lesbian sexuality

Bright, Susie
Susie Sexpert's lesbian sex world

Cage, Diana
Lesbian sex bible : the new guide to sexual love for same sex couples

Califia, Pat
Sapphistry : the book of lesbian sexuality

Califia, Pat (ed.)
The Lesbian S/M safety manual

Caster, Wendy
The Lesbian sex book

Caster, Wendy; Bussel, Rachel Kramer (rev.)
The Lesbian sex book

Corwin, Glenda
Sexual intimacy for women : a guide for same-sex couples

Easton, Dossie; Liszt, Catherine A.
The Topping book, or, Getting good at being bad

Harding, Kat
The Lesbian Kama Sutra

Hite, Shere
The Hite report : a nationwide study of female sexuality

Kitzinger, Sheila
Woman's experience of sex

Loulan, JoAnn
Lesbian sex

Lyon, Ema; Lee, Wendy; D.VICE (Firm)
D.VICE advice : real questions and answers about sex, for adventurous everyday people

Masters, William H.; Johnson, Virginia E.
Homosexuality in perspective

Newman, Felice
The Whole lesbian sex book : a passionate guide for all of us

Schell, Jude
Lesbian sex : 101 lovemaking positions

Sevely, Josephine Lowndes
Eve's secrets : a new perspective on human sexuality

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616.8 Psychiatry, therapy

   Radical healing

Bass, Ellen; Davis, Laura
The Courage to heal : a guide for women survivors of child sexual abuse

Davis, Nancy D. (ed.); Cole, Ellen (ed.); Rothblum, Esther D. (ed.)
Lesbian therapists and their therapy : from both sides of the couch

Hardin, Kimeron; Hall, Marny
Queer blues : the lesbian & gay guide to overcoming depression

Mariette, Nina
Painting myself in

Mathy, Robin M. (ed.); Kerr, Shelly K. (ed.)
Lesbian and bisexual women's mental health

Rafanello, Donna
Can't touch my soul : a guide for lesbian survivors of child sexual abuse

Scholinski, Daphne
The Last time I wore a dress

Welch, Sarah
Lesbian mental health

Walsh, Chris
Personal and professional choices, tensions, and boundaries in the lives of lesbian psychiatric mental health nurses

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616.85 Eating disorders

Lawrence, Marilyn
The Anorexic experience

McCarthy, Angela; Thomson, Margie
Anorexia & bulimia : the hungry heart : New Zealand women talk to ...

616.9 AIDs

Corea, Gena
The Invisible epidemic : the story of women and AIDS

Davis, Peter (ed.)
Intimate details & vital statistics : AIDS, sexuality and social order in New Zealand

New Zealand. Dept. of Health
HIV/AIDS : information for health professionals

O'Sullivan, Sue (ed.); Thomson, Kate (ed.)
Positively women : living with AIDS

Peavey, Fran
A Shallow pool of time : an HIV+ woman grapples with the AIDS epidemic

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616.99 Cancer

Batt, Sharon
Patient no more : the politics of breast cancer

Coney, Sandra
The Unfortunate experiment

Dackman, Linda
Affirmations, meditations, and encouragements for women living with breast cancer

Katan, Tania
My one-night stand with cancer

Stocker, Midge (ed.)
Cancer as a women's issue : scratching the surface

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618 Pregnancy, PMS, menopause

Boyd, Katherine
Premenstrual syndrome : a selected and annotated bibliography

Callahan, Joan C. (ed.)
Menopause : a midlife passage

Kelly, Jennifer
Zest for life : lesbians' experience of menopause

MacEoin, Beth
Homeopathy for menopause

Mackenzie, Raewyn
Menopause

O'Grady, Kathleen; Wansbrough, Paula
Sweet secrets : stories of menstruation

Pepper, Rachel
The Ultimate guide to pregnancy for lesbians : tips and techniques from conception through birth : how to stay sane and care for yourself

Perry, Susan; O'Hanlan, Kate
Natural menopause : the complete guide

Saffron, Lisa
Getting pregnant our own way : a guide to alternative insemination

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635 Gardens and gardening

Hanly, Gil (photographer)
Heroic gardens

Jamieson, Philippa
The Wild green yonder : ten seasons volunteering on New Zealand's organic farms

Reti, Irene (ed.); Chase, Valerie Jean (ed.)
Garden variety dykes : lesbian traditions in gardening

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636 Pets

Paul, Caroline; MacNaughton, Wendy (ill.)
Lost cat : a true story of love, desperation, and GPS technology

Reti, Irene (ed.); Sien, Shoney (ed.)
Cats (and their dykes) : an anthology

640 Cookery

Clark, Donna (comp.)
The Queer cookbook

Hamilton, Jax
Jax cooks : great food for family and friends

Scholder, Amy (ed.)
Cookin' with honey : what literary lesbians eat

Toklas, Alice B.
The Alice B. Toklas cookbook

690 Carpentry

McCormick, Dale
Against the grain : a carpentry manual for women

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700 The Arts, Recreation, Sport

All the Cunning Stunts
So gay!

Davis, Whitney (ed.)
Gay and lesbian studies in art history

Stokes, Ann
A Studio of one's own

Zimet, Jaye
Strange sisters : the art of lesbian pulp fiction 1949-1969

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746 Textile arts and crafts


Crochet : the complete step-by-step guide : essential techniques, more than 80 crochet patterns

Jackson, Julie
Subversive cross stitch : 50 f*cking clever designs for your sassy side

Johns, Susie
A Little course in knitting

750 Painting

Ashburn, Elizabeth
Lesbian art : an encounter with power

Chadwick, Whitney; Brooks, Romaine
Amazons in the drawing room : the art of Romaine Brooks

Chicago, Judy
Through the flower : my struggle as a woman artist

Evans, Marian (comp./ed.); Lonie, Bridie (comp./ed.); Lloyd, Tilly (comp./ed.)
A Women's picture book : 25 women artists of Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Hammond, Harmony
Lesbian art in America : a contemporary history

Kettenmann, Andrea
Frida Kahlo, 1907-1954 : pain and passion

Neret, Gilles
Tamara de Lempicka, 1898-1980

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770 Photography

Biren, Joan E.
Eye to eye : portraits of lesbians : photographs by JEB

Boffin, Tessa (ed.); Fraser, Jean (ed.)
Stolen glances : lesbians take photographs

Bright, Deborah (ed.)
The Passionate camera : photography and bodies of desire

Bright, Susie (ed., text); Posener, Jill (ed.)
Nothing but the girl : the blatant lesbian image : a portfolio and exploration of lesbian erotic photography

Grace, Della
Love bites : photographs

Hall, Barbara; Mather, Jenni
Australian women photographers, 1840-1960

Lynch, Jac
Butch on butch : photos by Jac Lynch, words by participants

Kiss & Tell (Group of artists); Blackridge, Persimmon; Jones, Lizard; Stewart, Susan
Drawing the line : lesbian sexual politics on the wall
Her tongue on my theory : images, essays and fantasies

O'Connor, Jenny (photographer)
Visible : 60 women at 60

Swan, Rebecca
Assume nothing

Volcano, Del LaGrace; Dahl, Ulrika
Femmes of power : exploding queer femininities

780 Music, songs

   Womens protest songs

Agassiz-Suddens, Doreen
Lesbian music of New Zealand

Everon, Deliah
Amazongs : music by lesbians for lesbians

Fleming, Lee (ed.)
Hot licks : lesbian musicians of note

Yates, Charlotte
One lady driver

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790 Sport and recreation

Browne, Jan
Her sport story : women who have contributed to lesbian sport in Auckland

Gaines, Charles; Butler, George
Pumping iron II : the unprecedented woman

Howard, Johnette; Navratilova, Martina
The Rivals : Chris Evert vs. Martina Navratilova : their epic duels and extraordinary friendship

Johnson, Susan E.
When women played hardball

Navratilova, Martina; Carillo, Mary
Tennis my way

Rogers, Susan Fox (ed.)
Sportsdykes : stories from on and off the field

Roxxie (ed.)
Girljock : the book

Warren, Patricia Nell
The Lavender locker room : 3000 years of great athletes whose sexual orientation was different

Young, Perry Deane
Lesbians and gays and sports

Zipter, Yvonne
Diamonds are a dyke's best friend : reflections, reminiscences, and reports from the field on the lesbian national pastime

791 Film, TV

Bolonik, Kera
The L word : welcome to our planet

Darren, Alison
Lesbian film guide

Gever, Martha (ed.); Pratibha, Parmar (ed.); Greyson, John (ed.)
Queer looks : perspectives on lesbian and gay film and video

Mann, William J.
Behind the screen : how gays and lesbians shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969

McLellan, Diana
The Girls : Sappho goes to Hollywood

Morris, Bonnie J.
Girl reel : memoir : a lesbian remembers growing up at the movies

Olson, Jenni
The Queer movie poster book

Straayer, Chris
Deviant eyes, deviant bodies : sexual re-orientation in film and video

Turner, Guinevere; Troche, Rose
Go fish : the original screenplay

Weiss, Andrea
Vampires and violets : lesbians in film

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800 Lesbian literature

Barnes, Djuna; Barry, Alyce (ed.); Messerli, Douglas
I could never be lonely without a husband : interviews by Djuna Barnes

Barrett, Eileen (ed.); Cramer, Patricia (ed.)
Virginia Woolf : lesbian readings

Brandt, Kate
Happy endings : lesbian writers talk about their lives and work

Castle, Terry
The Apparitional lesbian : female homosexuality and modern culture
The Professor : a sentimental education

Donoghue, Emma
Inseperable : desire between women in literature

Foster, Jeannette H.
Sex variant women in literature

Grahn, Judy
Really reading Gertrude Stein : a selected anthology with essays

Griffin, Gabriele
Heavenly love? : lesbian images in twentieth-century women's writing

Griffin, Gabriele (ed.)
Outwrite : lesbianism and popular culture
Romancing the margins? : lesbian writing in the 1990s

Heilbrun, Carolyn G.
Toward a recognition of androgyny

Hobby, Elaine (ed.); White, Chris (ed.)
What lesbians do in books

Hutton, Elaine (ed.)
Beyond sex and romance? : the politics of contemporary lesbian fiction

Inness, Sherrie A.
The Lesbian menace : ideology, identity, and the representation of lesbian life

Jay, Karla (ed.); Glasgow, Joanne (ed.)
Lesbian texts and contexts : radical revisions

Lilly, Mark (ed.)
Lesbian and gay writing : an anthology of critical essays

McNeil, Helen
Emily Dickinson

Meese, Elizabeth A.
(Sem)erotics : theorizing lesbian : writing

Rule, Jane
Lesbian images

Segrest, Mab
My mama's dead squirrel : lesbian essays on Southern culture

Spacks, Patricia Meyer
The Female imagination

Stein, Gertrude
Lectures in America

Vanita, Ruth
Sappho and the Virgin Mary : same-sex love and the English literary imagination

Warland, Betsy (ed.)
InVersions : writings by dykes, queers and lesbians

Weil, Lise (ed.); Nelson, Linda (assoc. ed.); International Feminist Book Fair (3rd : 1988 : Montreal, Quebec)
The 3rd International Feminist Bookfair. Part 1, Memory/transgression : women writing in Quebec

Winterson, Jeanette
Art objects : essays on ecstasy and effrontery

Wolfe, Susan J. (ed.); Penelope, Julia (ed.)
Sexual practice / textual theory : lesbian cultural criticism

Zimmerman, Bonnie
The Safe sea of women : lesbian fiction, 1969-1989

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808 Writing

Renée
Your life, your story : a practical guide to writing a memoir


920 Biography

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930 History

   For those who would be sisters : uncovering lesbian history

Barnet, Andrea
All-night party : the women of bohemian Greenwich Village and Harlem, 1913-1930

Cohler, Deborah
Citizen, invert, queer : lesbianism and war in early twentieth-century Britain

Collis, Rose
Portraits to the wall : historic lesbian lives unveiled

Donoghue, Emma
Passions between women : British lesbian culture, 1668-1801

Faderman, Lillian
Odd girls and twilight lovers : a history of lesbian life in twentieth-century America
Surpassing the love of men : romantic friendship and love between women from the renaissance to the present

Gallo, Marcia M.
Different daughters : a history of the Daughters of Bilitis and the rise of the lesbian rights movement

Gardiner, Jill
From the closet to the screen : women at the Gateways Club, 1945-1985

Grahn, Judy
Another mother tongue : gay words, gay worlds

Grau, Gunter (ed.)
Hidden holocaust? : gay and lesbian persecution in Germany 1933-45

Hamer, Emily
Britannia's glory : a history of twentieth-century lesbians

Hiley, Michael; Munby, Arthur (photographer)
Victorian working women : portraits from life

Jennings, Rebecca
A Lesbian history of Britain : love and sex between women since 1500
Tomboys and bachelor girls : a lesbian history of post-war Britain 1945-71

Katz, Jonathan
Gay American history : lesbians and gay men in the U.S.A. : a documentary

Kennedy, Elizabeth Lapovsky; Davis, Madeline D.
Boots of leather, slippers of gold : the history of a lesbian community

Lesbian History Group
Not a passing phase : reclaiming lesbians in history 1840-1985

Liddington, Jill; Norris, Jill
One hand tied behind us : the rise of the women's suffrage movement

Mackenzie, Midge
Shoulder to shoulder : a documentary

Martinac, Paula
The Queerest places : a national guide to gay and lesbian historic sites

Oram, Alison; Turnbull, Annmarie
The Lesbian history sourcebook : love and sex between women in Britain from 1780 to 1970

Schwarz, Judith
Radical feminists of Heterodoxy : Greenwich Village, 1912-1940

Spender, Dale
Time and tide wait for no man

Spender, Dale (ed.)
Feminist theorists : three centuries of women's intellectual traditions

Tickner, Lisa
The Spectacle of women : imagery of the suffrage campaign 1907-14

Weiss, Andrea
Paris was a woman : portraits from the Left Bank

Wheelwright, Julie
Amazons and military maids : women who dressed as men in the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness

993 New Zealand history

   The Turnbull Library record. Women's studies issue

Benson, Lynn; National Library Gallery (NZ)
Women's timeline : About women, about time : stories from the Alexander Turnbull Library

Charlotte Museum of Lesbian Culture
New Zealand lesbian history timeline

Ehrhardt, Penny; Beaglehole, Ann
Women and welfare work, 1893-1993

Laurie, Alison J. (ed.); Evans, Linda (ed.)
Outlines : lesbian & gay histories of Aotearoa

Lovell-Smith, Margaret (ed.)
The Woman question : writings by the women who won the vote

Rosier, Pat (comp.)
Been around for quite a while : Broadsheet : twenty years of Broadsheet magazine

Saphira, Miriam (ed.)
Remember us : women who love women, from Sappho to liberation

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Last updated 4 December 2017