Reddit reviews Body by You: The You Are Your Own Gym Guide to Total Women's Fitness

You could also do bodyweight exercies, in my opinion they are good as lifting! You need only your body and some space (a room, a park, wherever you want) If you are interested, /r/bodyweightfitness is the place for you. Aand I'm currently using a very nice bodyweight book, called "Body by You" (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0345528972) (and you can find it for free somewhere...). It's really nicely done and with a good progression :)

I have seen a lot of people over on fitocracy use the book You Are Your Own Gym Seems like a of people like this guys books. Also I have heard good things about the Convict Conditioning.

Linkys
http://amzn.com/0345528581

Also one just for women
http://amzn.com/0345528972

I'd recommend taking a look at the Body by You book. It's basically the You are Your Own Gym workout, but redesigned specifically for women, with different progressions, etc.

My wife started YAYOG, but didn't make it past the first couple of days due to the difficulty. She's had much better success with Body by You though, and has stuck with it as a result.

Also, if you do end up getting that book, I'd recommend the paper version. It's going to be easier to reference the exercises, plus it has places to log your workouts, etc. And, it's only $.10 more than the Kindle version right now.

you dont have to do ab specific exercises to work out your core. take small steps doing exercises in the 5 main movement categories: horizontal pull/push, vertical pull/push and legs.

use leverage and additional in between steps if any of the exercises are too hard at first.

take a look at this http://www.amazon.com/Body-You-Guide-Womens-Fitness/dp/0345528972/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405364211&sr=8-1&keywords=body+by+you

and this https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2oknZg-EI8xenpWUWFidDc1aDQ/edit?pli=1

It's a book by Mark Lauren, there's one for men and women on German Amazon, unfortunately only the male version in the US for some reason:

http://www.amazon.com/90-Day-Bodyweight-Challenge-Men/dp/3868837736/

There's this one however, for women: http://www.amazon.com/Body-You-Guide-Womens-Fitness/dp/0345528972/