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Trade ReviewQuick includes all the letters she received from her honorary grandfather - enough in itself to make her book a must for every Twain collector."" - New York Times""This may not be the most important book ever published about Mark Twain, but it is certainly the most charming and delightful. It corrects the image of Mark Twain during his last years which many people have in their minds. . . . He was still capable of boundless tenderness, and willing to take any amount of trouble to please a child."" - Edward Wagenknecht, literary critic and author of The Art, Humor, and Humanity of Mark Twain""Quick . . . successfully sustains the tone of wide-eyed wonder, the sort she experienced as a girl. . . . Interesting for its glimpses of Mark's tastes, temper, and methods of work."" - Library Journal

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Book SynopsisIn the 1970s, feminism transformed fairy-tale studies and sparked a debate that would change the way society thinks about fairy tales and the words ""happily ever after."" After three decades of provocative criticism and controversy, this book reevaluates the feminist critique of fairy tales.

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Book SynopsisThose seeking social change confront the centrality of power on a daily basis. What precisely is power and how does it manifest itself? And how are radical and progressive strategies shaped by the ways in which we conceptualize it? Drawing on feminist, poststructuralist, and Marxist theory, Davina Cooper develops an innovative framework for understanding power relations in forms as diverse as reproductive technology, queer activism, municipal politics, and the regulation of lesbian reproduction. Power in Struggle explores the relationship between power, sexuality, and the state and ultimately provides a radical re-thinking of these concepts and their interactions. Sexual politics, Cooper posits, must recognize the sexualization of everyday life and should not be exclusively the concern of a young, educated elite, nor should sex be shuttered as a private affair. Concluding with an important and original discussion of how an ethics of empowerment can inform political strategy, Power in

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, as environmentalists have examined the link between women's subordination and the degradation of our natural world, the relationship between feminism and ecology has become a crucial one. In Feminism and Ecology, Mary Mellor, tracing ecofeminist activism from the Love Canal demonstrations to socialist ecofeminism, provides a comprehensive introduction to the ecofeminist movement and its history. Mellor examines the connections between feminism and the Green movement, outlining the contributions of major participants while contextualizing them within a wider range of debates. Looking past the shortsighted assertion that women and men stand in equal relation to the natural order, Mellor discusses the association of women with biology and nature, illustrating how the relationship between women and the environment can help further our understanding of the relationship between humanity and the natural world. Against trends toward radical economic liberalism, global capitaliTrade Review"Mary Mellor has written a timely and exciting book which leads one to share her optimism about critical social analysis and the politics of new social movements--and the potential for social change." -Diana Leonard,University of London "A coherent, readable, and critically engaged survey that will be an indispensable resource for anyone thinking about, or teaching, the relations between ecological politics, feminist theory and philosophy, and the 'new social movements.'" -The Times Literary Supplement

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Book SynopsisAlways innovative, often provocative, and frequently polarizing, Andrea Dworkin carved out a unique position as one of the women's movement's most influential figures. She wrote thirteen books, ranging across feminist theory, fiction and poetry. This book is her memoir.Trade Review"'Dworkin appears before us, ravaged and thundering like one of Shakespeare's Plantagenet queens, to deliver her fearsome maledictions...one of the few remaining specimens of pure counterculture Romanticism' New York Times Book Review 'you could not get a voice more intensely alive - in its analysis of inequities which bind and divide women across race and class, its incisive accounts of oppression and the costs of resistance, its eloquent love of creativity, and its take-no-prisioners truth-telling.' Times Literary Supplement"Table of ContentsMusic 1; Music 2; Music 3; The Pedophilic Teacher; "Silent Night"; Plato; The High School Library; The Bookstore; The Fight; The Bomb; Cuba 1; David Smith; Contraception; Young Americans for freedom; Cuba 2; The Grand Jury; The Orient Express; Easter; Knossos; Kazantzakis; Discipline; The Freighter; Strategy; Suffer the Little Chilldren; Theory; The Vow; My Last Leftist meeting; Petra Kelly; Capitalist Pig; One Woman; It Takes a Village; True Grit; Anita; Prisons; Sister, Can You Spare a Dime?; The Women; Counting; Heartbreak; Basics; Immoral; Memory.

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Book SynopsisThis text describes the history and culture of women and men in early 20th century Northern England. It focuses on family life and on the coal communities of Yorkshire and the North East.

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Book SynopsisA powerful and hilarious collection of women's songs from the last five centuries, supplemented with sheet music.Trade Review'An excellent read' -- The GuardianTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Love, Courtship and Desire 1. I Long to Have a Man 2. The Unfortunate Lass 3. The Thing is My Own Part II: Marriage 4. Take Your Partners... 5. We've Been Together Now for Forty Years 6. Nothing Between Us Now Part III: Motherhood and Childhood 7. We Must Choose 8. When Suzy Was a Baby Part IV: Work - the Waged and the Unwaged 9. A Woman's Work... 10. The Boss's Darling? 11. Keep That Trouble Stirring Index of Song Titles Index of First Lines Select Bibliography Select Discography Sources and Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisWomen need to start recognising the implications of a simple reality: individuals, not groups, are promoted to senior positions. Women who seek to advance their careers through gender equality initiatives will inevitably appear weak and unfit for promotion.Trade ReviewEquality of opportunity is a fine thing but equality of outcome is another matter entirely. There is little doubt that men and women have, on average, different talents and interests that make gender quotas in the workplace unfair and impractical. The Glass Ceiling Delusion is a welcome, well-argued addition to the debate about whether women should be pushed up the social ladder just because they are women, and thus at a presumed disadvantage. This is rather an insult to women and Margaret Thatcher, for one, would not have agreed. Individuals should be treated as individuals, not as members of a particular race, class or gender. Whatever the historic injustices, this is the only way that social structures can evolve naturally. Glenn Wilson Visiting Professor of Psychology, Gresham College, London The Glass Ceiling Delusion attacks head-on the militant feminist myth that men and women have the same interests and capabilities. Reviewing a wide range of evidence, Mike Buchanan shows that the under-representation of women in senior positions in business has nothing to do with discrimination and 'glass ceilings', and that attempts to impose quotas are therefore fundamentally flawed. A polemical book with an important message. Peter Saunders Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Sussex University The Glass Ceiling Delusion makes a significant counter-argument to the debate about women in boardrooms, and for this reason alone it deserves to be read. Whilst I'm personally too old to enter the fray, I'd nonetheless like to add that every scholarly study I've read about women in management during the past fifteen years indicates that successful women have exactly the same characteristics as successful men. All my life I've admired successful women as much as successful men and have had the privilege of working for and with many of them. A typical example is the brilliant Diane Thompson of the Camelot Group. Another is Professor Lynette Ryals, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of my own University. Women like this get to the top on sheer talent; they have no need of a 'gender agenda'. In this debate, however, we also need to be aware that we need pressure groups to ameliorate deep-seated prejudices in society, but a point is inevitably reached beyond which we must let meritocracy in a free society take over, otherwise we enter the dangerous domain of social engineering. The irony is that Mike Buchanan's own movement, Campaign for Merit in Business, is also a pressure group. So, whilst I don't agree with everything he says and does, I believe his book at least deserves to be read and seriously considered, preferably dispassionately. Malcolm McDonald Emeritus Professor, Cranfield School of Management At long last, someone has taken on the myth of discrimination against women who aspire to senior positions in business, including the boardrooms of major corporations. The Glass Ceiling Delusion demythologizes each of thirty elements the author has identified of the now generally accepted claim that women are discriminated against in the world of white-collar work. Much has been accomplished recently in disclosing the half-truths about women and domestic violence, for example, but Buchanan illuminates an area that other critics of ideological feminism have not considered. Buchanan's analysis is based partly on his experience of working as an executive for major British and American multinational corporations for over 30 years until 2010. His book should inspire research on settings of corporate power everywhere. Always witty and sometimes even biting in style, Buchanan's text is grounded in important texts in psychobiology, sociology, history and politics. It is an impassioned yet not angry argument that deserves the careful attention of policy-makers and a general readership. Professor Miles Groth PhD Editor, New Male Studies: An International Journal The Glass Ceiling Delusion is an important and brave book, the best book on social economics and society in general published for decades. It's irresistibly compelling, cogently argued and superbly put together. It should be in all school and college libraries. It should be compulsory reading for social science, economics and politics students. It should be force-fed to male and female politicians. This is definitely a five-star book. Brilliant. Brilliant. Brilliant. Brilliant. Brilliant. Dr Vernon Coleman bestselling English authorTable of Contents1. The world of work: feminist fantasies, lies, delusions and myths 2. The different natures of men and women 3. Astrology, guardian angels, crystal healing, underpants and stuff 4. What makes women happy? 5. What are women interested in? 6. Women and leadership 7. Are women more emotional and less rational than men? 8. The Empress's new clothes 9. Why are fat women fat? 10. Feminists in academia 11. Militant feminism (gender Marxism) 12. Political correctness (cultural Marxism) 13. Why does Fairtrade coffee always taste like mud? 14. Women and politics 15. Politicians and the fairness question 16. How fair is Britain? Men and women at work and the glass ceiling myth 17. Gender balance in the boardroom: an assault on the foundations of a free society 18. How have militant feminists become so influential? 19. The Equality Act (2010): the triumph of Harriet Harman 20. David Cameron: heir to Harman? 21. Why aren't men revolting? 22. Are women revolting? 23. Conclusions Apx 1. Quotations Apx 2. The Empathy Quotient questionnaire Apx 3. The Systemising Quotient questionnaire Apx 4. Harriet Harman: a biography Apx 5. The first letter to The Rt Hon Harriet Harman MP (and her response) Apx 6. The second letter to The Rt Hon Harriet Harman MP Apx 7. The letter to Lord Davies of Abersoch Apx 8. The letter to the Chief Executive of The Fawcett Society Apx 9. The letter to the Director-General of the CBI Apx 10. The letter from the Director-General of the CBI Apx 11. The letter to the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Apx. 12 The letter to The Rt Hon Theresa May MP (and her response) References and further reading Index of cited publications Index

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Book SynopsisAt the behest of radical feminists, the human rights of men and boys have long been trampled upon by states' actions and inactions, usually to advantage women and girls. Radical feminists are gender supremacists driven by misandry (the hatred of men). They undermine the foundations of civilised society, including marriage and the family.Trade ReviewAccording to an opinion poll conducted for the radical feminist charity Fawcett Society in 2016, only 9 percent of British women, and 4 percent of British men, identify as feminists. Yet feminism has for decades been deeply embedded in state and other institutions in Britain, and much of the developed world (and increasingly the developing world, too). Feminism is a deeply toxic ideology, which seeks not gender equality, but ever more female privilege, regardless of the adverse consequences for men and boys (and women and girls, indirectly). Mike Buchanan leads the British political party Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them) http://j4mb.org.uk, this book is his critique of feminism, a powerful but dangerous ideology consisting of baseless conspiracy theories (e.g. the feminist patriarchy "theory"), fantasies, lies, delusions and myths;If you use Amazon’s “Look Inside” facility, you’ll soon find the Table of Contents. The 57 chapters of the book (some of them very short) include chapters on the feminist assaults on men, women, heterosexuality, marriage, the nuclear family, capitalism, democracy and the English language. Other chapters include, “Are you a misogynist if you only hate feminists?”, “Are feminists less intelligent than normal women?”, “Are feminists less attractive than normal women?”, “Do feminists suffer from PPS (Permanent Premenstrual Syndrome)?”, “Are feminists delusional? Is the Pope a Catholic? Do bears crap in woods?”, and “Are some feminists (e.g. Tracey Emin) a pain in the arts?”Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword by Erin Pizzey Introduction 1. Feminists are liars. 2. The world must be changed, apparently. 3. Are you a misogynist if you only hate feminists? 4. What is feminism in the modern era? 5. Misandry (the hatred of men) 6. How feminists view the world: welcome to the grim world of dualism 7. Why men have nipples, and my sex change story 8. Are feminists less intelligent than normal women? 9. Why are fat women fat? 10. Are feminists less attractive than normal women? 11. Do feminists suffer from PPS (Permanent Premenstrual Syndrome)? 12. Feminism: the triumph of emotion over reason? 13. The different natures of men and women 14. The denial of the different natures of men and women 15. Femininity 16. Feminist theory: building castles in the air 17. Feminist academics and manginas 18. Big fat feminist myths and lies: female solidarity and feminist representations of women 19. Are feminists delusional? Is the pope a Catholic? Do bears crap in woods? 20. The evolution of nagging 21. Women have a right to complain, but do feminists abuse the privilege? 22.Are feminists depressed as well as depressing? 23. Politics and feminism: an explosive mixture 24. Why do Lefties never learn? 25. Should we treat feminists as we treat other difficult people? 26. Why is France almost a feminist-free country? 27. Are some feminists (e.g. Tracey Emin) a pain in the arts? 28. Does Harriet Harman suffer from Mad Cow Disease? 29. Caution: women at work 30. How feminists are killing men and women 31. The feminisation of the United Kingdom 32. The feminist assault on men 33. The feminist assault on women 34. The lesbian feminist assault on heterosexuality 35. The feminist assault on marriage 36. The feminist assault on the nuclear family 37. The feminist assault on capitalism 38. The feminist assault on democracy 39. The feminist assault on the English language 40. Equality, happiness, physical and mental health 41. Men's deference towards women 42. Were the suffragettes silly? 43. Would patriarchal hegemony be such a bad thing? 44. The dreaded 'c' word 45. The dreaded 's' word 46. The dreaded 'f' word 47. The vilification of men 48. The self-glorification of women and the troop numbers problem 49. Do feminists suffer from penis envy? 50. Why aren't men revolting? 51. The dire state of the mainstream media 52. The dire state of modern publishing 53. Politicians are impotent 54. Ladies, what do you want: happiness or power? 55. Women Against Feminism, Honey Badgers 56. Are you a feminist or a post-feminist? A guide 57. The ten conclusions APPENDICES 1. Quotations 2. The letter to The Rt Hon Theresa May MP 3. If the Battle of Trafalgar had been fought in a politically correct age... 4. The letter to The Rt Hon David Miliband MP 5. Introduction to the J4MB general election manifesto (2015) 6. J4MB - 2020 general election strategy 7. About Mike Buchanan 8. The men's human rights movement, A Voice for Men, feminism, gynocentrism, misandry, moral agency, sexism, the red pill... 9. Amnesty International reject our request for 2016 conference facilities

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Book SynopsisForty-five years after women's liberationists first demanded equality, feminism is now so universally accepted that few people dare question it. However, this book does just that. It shows how this angry creed has divided society along the fault line of gender, and warns of a coming backlash from men.Trade ReviewOver the past 30+ years the developed world has progressively surrendered to an evil ideology, feminism, a gender supremacy ideology driven by misandry (the hatred of men). In the United Kingdom, as in many other developed countries, feminists have long been highly influential in governments of all political hues, in state institutions, and in the mainstream media. Following the 2015 general election David Cameron became prime minister at the head of a majority Conservative government. Among his first actions on returning to office was to re-appoint the Minister of Women and Equalities to the cabinet, and he gave a third of ministerial positions to women, although only one in five Conservative MPs are women; Feminists' manipulations of the government and state institutions demonstrably lead to ever poorer life outcomes for men and boys, yet the mainstream media fails to report their activities, or expose them as egregious liars with respect to issues such as sexual offences, domestic violence, the gender pay gap, and many more. As the state broadcaster the BBC is predictably uncritical of feminists, and regularly gives them major platforms, while denying them to anti-feminists;Anyone wishing to understand the history of feminism, and how feminists have managed to exert such influence, faces a Herculean task. Commercial publishers have been unwilling to publish titles which are critical of feminism, with few exceptions. A person can turn to the internet for enlightenment, but the challenge will prove a lengthy and frustrating one. A person may track down numerous pieces of the 'jigsaw', but will struggle to see the big picture;Public awareness that feminism is an evil ideology, one that leads to so many poor outcomes for society, is inexorably on the rise. Awareness that men's issues exist, and are important, is also on the rise. In 2014, for example, the people behind the influential (American) website A Voice for Men organized the world's first international conference on men's issues.Feminism is Marxism in action, and no books have been published which comprehensively explore its history from the emergence of Marxism to the present day. No book has been published with biographies of the key figures in feminism, or with an in-depth analysis of the absurd feminist 'patriarchy theory'. No book has dealt with the psychological and social origins of feminism, how feminism has become deeply embedded in state institutions, and debunking feminist myths about rape, domestic violence, the gender pay gap, and so many others. And finally, no book has outlined in detail how feminism's attack on the nuclear family has led to appalling social outcomes.With Their Angry Creed, all that has changed. Herbert Purdy is a renowned British anti-feminist blogger, and anyone familiar with his output won't be surprised at the depth and breadth of his book. The book is lengthy, but it has to be, to cover so much ground comprehensively.One day a book will be published on the subject of feminism, which will become an international bestseller. I believe Their Angry Creed could be that book. It certainly deserves to be;Mike Buchanan;PARTY LEADER;Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them)Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1: Revolution!; Plotting, Sexual politics, 'Town Bloody Hall', The Swinging Sixties, A privileged generation, 'Never had it so good', Sexual revolution, Abortion and the 'Magic Pill'. Economic revolution. Social revolution. Political opportunism. CHAPTER 2: An Angry Generation; Infiltration. Double tragedy. The 'Angries'. Feminism's ground zero. Pied pipers. CHAPTER 3: Making the Personal Political; Andrea Dworkin. Valerie Solanas. Shulamith Firestone. Detachment from reality. Jaqueline Ceballos. Germaine Greer. Juliet Mitchell. Betty Friedan. Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst. Making the personal political. Liberation: from men. Role models. CHAPTER 4: Feminism; Feminism 101. Simone de Beauvoir. Confused logic. Objectification. Hegemony. 'Her-story'. Sisterly solidarity. Fairness feminism. The real feminism?. CHAPTER 5: On Patriarchy; The Social Origins of Patriarchy. The Social Origins of Patriarchy. Sons of... Biblical concept. Patriarchy in antiquity. Early Christian evidence. Moving tableaux. The Evolution of Patriarchy. The Evolution of Patriarchy. Couverture. Feudalism to modernity. Universal enfranchisement. The Suffragettes. Patriarchy As Fatherliness. The rule of the father. Weber on patrimonialism. The 'Big Lie'. Fathers and feminism. Patriarchy Today. Real patriarchy. The politics of patriarchy. Is patriarchy a bad thing?. Figment of a febrile feminist imagination. CHAPTER 6: Marxism and 'The Woman Question'; The Marxist basis of feminism. Lewis Henry Morgan. 'Big Men' and patriarchy. An argument from Ignorance. Charles Fourier. August Bebel. Ernest Belfort Bax. Eric Fromm and the Frankfurt School. Progress or regress?. CHAPTER 7: The Psycho-Social Aspects of Feminism; Feminism's fury. Rejection of criticism. Mind games. Groupthink. Symbolic Convergence Theory. The retreat of reason. Political correctness. Games feminists play. A martyr for the cause?. Her-story is really hysteria. CHAPTER 8: Institutionalised Feminism; Domestic politics. New Labour. 'Social-ism'. The nationalisation of childhood. Entryism. PC legislation. Press & broadcast media. European Union. The Church of England. CHAPTER 9: The Social Outcomes of Feminism; Lads and ladettes. The divorce revolution. 'Losing the plot'. Children: the true victims of feminism. Political prudery. Legalised subjection of men. Inequality of sentencing. Who is John Galt?. Has feminism liberated men?. 'They died at their posts like men'. 'What our mothers didn't tell us'. Has feminism liberated women?. CHAPTER 10: The Feminist Fifth Column; Rape Culture. The anti-rape bandwagon. The 'f*ckrapeculture' culture. Real rape. 85,000 women raped every year?. The infamous 1 in 5 'statistic'. The new rape. Shifting burden of responsibility. An enlightened regime?. Rape myths and the assault on justice. Is rape different?. Public servants, or Robin Hoods?. A voice of reason. The truth about rape. Fearmongering. The Gender Pay Gap. Equal pay: where next?. 'Ms-information'. The market for labour. Ordinary women. More part-time work is not the answer. The experience penalty. Elite women. MBAs. Preference theory. Whose hegemony?. The myth of the superwoman. The golden skirts. Role models. Blind (and blinding) equality. From each according to his ability... Divine discontent. Domestic Violence. Violence against women and girls worldwide. Domestic violence and abuse. Is it abuse or violence?. Women's Aid. The Duluth model. Agency and culpability. Statistical assault and battery. The 1 in 4 factoid. Teasing out the truth. Indisputable lies. Domestic homicide: the crime of passion. CHAPTER 11: The Line, It Is Drawn; Tides in the affairs of man. Ideological subversion. 'The long march through the institutions'. International feminism. The new establishment. Elitism. Common purpose. Real equality and diversity. 'It is poison'. Ideologies and 'isms. Animal Farm revisited. The danger of a male backlash. Crucial moment in history.

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