I Used to Miss Him...But My Aim is Improving

Alison James
Adams Media Corporation

In her first book, Alison James — a coffee shop therapist for New York’s most confident singletons — promises “Not your ordinary breakup survival guide.” Instead her book is meant to be sassy and edgy, offering women practical relationship advice with a “rip his head off twist.” She’s also engaged. So getting over your ex and finding someone new can be done!

I Love Everybody (And Other Atrocious Lies)

Laurie Notaro
Villard Books

Gotta love the subhed to this book: “True Tales of a Loudmouth Girl.” Yeah!

This new collection of original essays from the bestselling author of “The Idiot Girls’ Action-Adventure Club” and “Autobiography of a Fat Bride,” tells of life, work, family, friendship and love (or lack thereof).

In “I Love Everybody,” Laurie Notaro stares down her mid-30s. Now in the working world, she takes on bosses from hell, including Gretchen, with her “Memento”-like memory and multiple-personalities and Suzzi, the ditzy new mom who cancels Notaro’s column and suffers the consequences when she is inundated with e-mails from angry fans.

Women on High: Pioneers of Mountaineering

Rebecca A. Brown
AMC Books

In 1808 a spirited French maidservant shocked society by doing what most people of the day thought impossible for a woman — she scaled Europe’s highest peak, the legendary Mont Blanc in the French Alps. While the next 100 years found society clinging to stifling Victorian perceptions as women as frail, delicate creatures in need of male protection, a band of courageous women boldly rejected this limiting mantle. Bucking convention, these daring pioneers hiked up their skirts, set their sights far above, and took their place atop some of the world’s highest peaks.

Rebecca Brown’s “Women on High” chronicles the lives of these inspiring women, some whose stories are known, but others whose stories — until now — have been lost to history. With superb storytelling and detailed research, Brown brings to life such unforgettable woman as Meta Brevoort, one of the first American mountaineers in the Alps, Lucy Walker, the first woman to ascend the fabled Matterhorn, Dora Keen, an intrepid explorer of Alaska’s wild interior, and a remarkable host of others.

In the Shadow of Greatness: 5 Remarkable Women and the Men of Genius they Served

By Michael Manager
Hohm Press

Women throughout history have embodied the quiet often unsung aspect of greatness. This book looks at five extraordinary women of the last 150 years. Each woman stood behind or beside a man of genius, but in his shadow. In one way or another, these women matched the talents of their men with power at least equal, but wholly different.

Isabel Burton, wife and partner of Sir Richard Burton

Maria Huxley, supporter and wife of Aldous Huxley

Françoise Gilot, mistress of Pablo Picasso

Helen Dukas, secretary to Albert Einstein

Véra Nabokov, wife and muse of Vladimir Nabokov

“In the Shadow of Greatness” contains the biographies of these five remarkable women. Woven together, they are one triumphant testimony to the beauty of selfless determination and spirit. Seacoast Online posts the top Stories from Seacoast Newspapers everyday. For even more news pick up a copy at your local newsstand, or subscribe today!