Gender studies: women and girls Books
MO - University of Illinois Press Lonesome Cowgirls and HonkyTonk Angels
Book SynopsisA collective biography of the women who shaped early country and western musicTrade Review"McCusker's work sheds a welcome light on a musical movement still in living memory for some but forgotten or never known by others."--Library Journal"McCusker delves deep into the changing creations and perceptions of female country performers. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice"In her engaging and exciting book, McCusker brings the women of barn dance radio to life. Lonesome Cowgirls and Honky-Tonk Angels is a fascinating story of how these women constructed their public images to showcase a virtuous, all-American character and support the sale of sponsors' products. The women's lively firsthand accounts are delightful!"--Casey Henry, recording artist"Both entertaining and perceptive, this sweeping study skillfully connects barn dance to the central narratives of American popular culture, touching on constructions of race and class in addition to those of gender and placing barn dance in the context of new technologies, new business practices, and the expansion of consumer culture. McCusker's work requires us to reevaluate not just the role of women in the country industry, but the development of that industry as a whole, and will prove invaluable to any student of American cultural history."--Diane Pecknold, author of The Selling Sound: The Rise of the Country Music Industry
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University of Illinois Press Wanted Cultured Ladies Only
Book SynopsisCharting the rise of the film star in early Indian cinemaTrade Review"A brilliant, groundbreaking study that illuminates a heretofore little known era of Indian cinema. Its combination of rich historical research, rigorous analysis, and sophisticated critical insight marks the best, most effective film criticism." Corey K. Creekmur, co-editor of Cinema, Law, and the State in Asia "This enjoyable study is the only work of its kind on female stardom and Indian cinema. Majumdar examines a crucial turning point in Indian film history with the decline of the studio system, the rise of the star, and the coming of playback singing." Rachel Dwyer, author of Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema
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University of Illinois Press Science on the Home Front
Book SynopsisA critical assay of the rhetorical and cultural obstacles faced by women scientistsTrade Review"Recommended."--Choice"Jack does an excellent job of expanding notions of genre, arguing that scientific genres not only regulated gender norms and determined access to knowledge and expertise, they also decided who could speak within the academy and whose work was considered valuable."--Rhetoric & Public Affairs"Jordynn Jack is the first to tell in splendid detail what opportunities existed during World War II for scientific women, what they accomplished, and what barriers remained. No other books are comparable to this excellent text."--Londa Schiebinger, author of Nature's Body: Gender in the Making of Modern Science"Jack has worked insightfully through a wide variety of documents that have been less studied, and she introduces important women psychologists, anthropologists, physicists, and nutritionists whose stories have been neglected. A stimulating and compelling work about gender and genre in science."--Ann B. Shteir, coeditor of Figuring It Out: Science, Gender, and Visual CultureTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Women Psychologists Forecast Opportunity 13 2. Women Anthropologists Study Japanese Internment 40 3. Women Physicists on the Manhattan Project 71 4. Women Nutritionists on the National Research Council 99 Conclusion: Regendering Scientific Cultures 127 Notes 139 Bibliography 145 Index 159
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University of Illinois Press Christian Sisterhood Race Relations and the YWCA
Book Synopsis As the major national biracial women''s organization, the Young Women''s Christian Association (YWCA) provided a unique venue for women to respond to American race relations during the first half of the twentieth century. In Christian Sisterhood, Race Relations, and the YWCA, 1906-46, Nancy Marie Robertson shows how women of both races employed different understandings of 'Christian sisterhood' in their responses. Although the YWCA was segregated at the local level, African American women were able to effectively challenge white women over YWCA racial policies and practices. Robertson argues that from 1906 through 1946, many white women in the association went from seeing segregation as compatible with Christianity and democracy to regarding it as a contradiction of those values. These struggles laid the groundwork for the subsequent civil rights movement. Her analysis relies not only on a large body of records documenting YWCA women at the national and local levels, butTrade Review Richard L. Wentworth Prize in American History, 2008. "This is not a history of inevitable progress, but a history of continuing tension and negotiation. . . . Thoroughly documented. Recommended."--Choice "This book would be a great addition to classes that focus on feminist history, women's organization, and race relations."--Contemporary Sociology "An important contribution to the literatures on early-twentieth-century women's history, religion, and the civil rights movement. Most significantly, Nancy Marie Robertson has demonstrated the ways in which religion played a vital role in promoting and sustaining the interracial character of the Young Women's Christian Association."--Journal of Southern History
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MO - University of Illinois Press The Story Within Us
Book SynopsisExploring the reading experiences of incarcerated womenTrade Review"A powerful addition to prison literature that will interest scholars of feminist criminology, prison studies, English, women's studies, sociology, and ethnic studies. While other anthologies feature the narratives of incarcerated women, this book is unique in that it includes rich narratives in which women describe what reading and books mean to them."--Jodie Michelle Lawston, coeditor of Razor Wire Women: Prisoners, Activists, Scholars, and Artists "Megan Sweeney's The Story Within Us is a prime example of the rich evidence of reading for which many historians would be tempted to trade their nearest and dearest… These narratives show that women prisoners do not digest approved reading materials uncritically but use such literature as a coping mechanism on their own terms.--SHARP News "Riveting and poignant, the voices of these incarcerated women speak to the value of promoting autobiographical reflections and of reading as a therapeutic and community-building resource in prisons and society at large. A stimulating cry for social and familial change."--Patricia E. O'Connor, author of Speaking of Crime: Narratives of Prisoners"Megan Sweeney's The Story Within Us is a prime example of the rich evidence of reading for which many historians would be tempted to trade their nearest and dearest. . . . These narratives show that women prisoners do not digest approved reading materials uncritically but use such literature as a coping mechanism on their own terms.--SHARP News
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MO - University of Illinois Press Justice Provocateur
Book SynopsisAn insightful character-study of one of television's most compelling detectivesTrade Review"Exploring the television series Prime Suspect as an exemplar of a newly emergent 'progressive moral fiction,' Cavender and Jurik blend an examination of gender role dynamics in the criminal justice system with the experience of victims, offenders, and professionals within that system. Justice Provocateur offers a novel device for exploring social class and justice through popular culture."--Michael A. Hallett, author of Private Prisons in America: A Critical Race Perspective "This book should appeal to anyone interested in examining or studying portrayals of women in the mass media and popular culture, as well as anyone interested in how fiction can relate to and reflect the real world."--Contemporary Sociology
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MO - University of Illinois Press Brazilian Womens Filmmaking
Book SynopsisHow gender and politics intersect in Brazilian women's cinemaTrade Review"Extensive original research includes many enlightening oral interviews with filmmakers. Recommended."--Choice "Marsh fills a gap in our understanding of Brazilian film, women's history and the dictatorship by telling the story of how women carved a place for themselves in the Brazilian film industry over the past forty years, a period of significant political, social and cultural upheaval… It brings a fresh and much needed perspective to the histories of both women and film in Brazil."--Bulletin of Spanish Studies "The author has clearly laid the groundwork for further research and writing and has made a significant contribution to the study of Brazilian cinema in the United States."--The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Latin American History"The research and the author's political views are thought provoking, making the book an engaging work that any person interested in learning more about Brazil from the 1964 dictatorship to democracy and its consolidation should read. And any teacher interested in Brazilian films under a feminist perspective could use the book in their classes. It is a significant contribution to a field where women's works have largely been neglected. For all these reasons, Leslie L. Marsh's Brazilian Women's Filmmaking: From Dictatorship to Democracy will certainly be very much appreciated for years to come."--Hispania
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MO - University of Illinois Press Exporting Perilous Pauline
Book SynopsisExplores how American serials starring Pearl White and other female stars impacted the emerging cinemas in the United States and abroad.Trade Review"This consistently clear and accessible collection includes fascinating case studies on film star Pearl White and the impact of the serial film format, examining an important but still under-examined area in early cinema."--Vicki Callahan, editor of Reclaiming the Archive: Feminism and Film History"A welcome addition to the scant literature on the circulation of film stars and genres across the globe during the early 20th century. . . . a fascinating snapshot of the cultures and cinemas of Europe and Asia. Highly Recommended."--Choice"These differing, though complementary perspectives, inform Dahlquist's brilliantly edited collection on White without carelessly valorizing her status as an early screen icon. The historical accounts are vivid and convincing, while the influence on artistic and theoretical movements is superbly rendered."--Slant MagazineTable of ContentsContributors: Weihong Bao, Rudmer Canjels, Marina Dahlquist, Monica Dall'Asta, Kevin B. Johnson, Christina Petersen, and Rosie Thomas.
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MO - University of Illinois Press Beyond Partition
Book SynopsisShows how 1947 marked the beginning of a history of politicized animosity associated with the differing ideas of "India" held by communities and in regions on one hand, and by the political-military Indian state on the other.Trade ReviewEugene M. Kayden Book Award in Literary Studies, University of Colorado Boulder, 2016. "An original and engaging piece of scholarship. It ranges widely and easily across materials in many genres and disciplines; it demonstrates a very fine eye for the telling textual detail; in a field vulnerable to sentimentality, it is clear-eyed and willing to pose uncomfortable questions; and it is written with verve and force." --Parama Roy, University of California, Davis"Engaging and evocative. I thought I was familiar with almost all of the topics addressed in the book, but after reading it I have emerged with a more nuanced understanding."--Sujata Moorti, author of Color of Rape: Gender and Race in Television's Public Spheres"A new and valuable addition to the rich store of work on Partition. Deepti Misri's book breaks new ground in drawing on a varied and multi-layered archive which brings in the literary, the historical, the visual and the performative, to attempt an understanding of culture and violence in the context of the history of Partition and nation-making, teasing out a nuanced, and feminist, history of the 'then' and the 'now.'"--Urvashi Butalia, author of The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India"This brilliant and exciting book illuminates how representational practices of violence are co-constitutive of power and resistance."--Pacific Affairs
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University of Illinois Press Doing Womens Film History
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Offers a differentiated and comprehensive overview of the current methodological and theoretical problem areas of film historiography no film library should be missing."--Rezens "An innovative, culturally transformative, and historically complex collection of essays that bring together cinematography, historiography, and political and social activism: areas that have traditionally been gendered as male-dominated fields. . . . A comprehensive and fascinating study."--Feminist Media Studies "This collection is essential for anyone researching film history and feminist historiographies."--Women's History Review"Recommended."--Choice"An emphatic statement of the strength of contemporary scholarship in women's film history, the collection presents readers with new material and new perspectives."--Yvonne Tasker, author of Soldiers' Stories: Military Women in Cinema and Television since WWII"The research here is ambitious and impressive. Covering numerous contexts, including production, distribution, reception, stardom, censorship, and more, this book has international scope and broad appeal. It offers new perspectives from emerging scholars as well as the most recent findings from many of the field's most respected senior voices."--Christina Lane, author of Feminist Hollywood: From 'Born in Flames' to 'Point Break'"Doing Women's Film History brings together work from one of the most exciting scholarly gatherings that I have attended in a very long time. The essays collected here document the incredible scope of women's engagement with movie cultures across varied global contexts, time periods, and cinematic modes. More than that, they provide methodological roadmaps for how we might continue to chart feminist histories of cinema, cinema-going, and cinema practice."--Shelley Stamp, author of Lois Weber in Early Hollywood"This useful anthology spans continents and centuries, introducing women, events, and innovative feminist historiographical strategies that will spur us on to further discovery and provide us tools to interpret our findings."--Leslie DeBauche, author of Reel Patriotism: The Movies and World War I
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MO - University of Illinois Press Latina Lives in Milwaukee
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Not only excellent but timely as well. The book will undoubtedly prove to be a valuable resource guide that will not only introduce the literature but also provide an impressive study for experts in Latina cultural studies."--Alvina E. Quintana, author of Home Girls: Chicana Literary Voices"Teresa Delgadillo and her collaborators create a living archive that highlights the rich and varied experiences, histories, and cultures of a Midwestern Latino community. This book provides the personal stories often absent from required course reading lists, while at the same time demonstrating the importance of region in shaping identity and the immigrant experience." --Natalia Molina, author of How Race Is Made in America: Immigration, Citizenship, and the Historical Power of Racial Scripts"Delgadillo's Latinas in Milwaukee. . . is a text that provokes many important questions that must be considered in the advancement of Latino studies."--Latino Studies"This book is, indeed, an important contribution to the study of Latinas in the Midwest."--H-LatAm"Delgadillo effectively illustrates both how women's roles were actually far from what many believed them to be and the importance of the Midwest in the production of a (pan)-Latinx identity."--American Quarterly"Latina Lives in Milwaukee can serve as a model for scholars interested in Latinas and education, inspiring them to enhance their research with oral history interviews. . . . Delgadillo has provided future scholars an invaluable resource to expand their own projects." --Oral History Review
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MIT Press Ltd Contraception A Concise History MIT Press
Book SynopsisThe development, manufacturing, and use of contraceptive methods from the late nineteenth century to the present, viewed from the perspective of reproductive justice.The beginning of the modern contraceptive era began in 1882, when Dr. Aletta Jacobs opened the first birth control clinic in Amsterdam. The founding of this facility, and the clinical provision of contraception that it enabled, marked the moment when physicians started to take the prevention of pregnancy seriously as a medical concern. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Donna Drucker traces the history of modern contraception, outlining the development, manufacturing, and use of contraceptive methods from the opening of Dr. Jacobs's clinic to the present. Drucker approaches the subject from the perspective of reproductive justice: the right to have a child, the right not to have a child, and the right to parent children safely and healthily.Drucker describes contraceptive methods a
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University of Washington Press Unfinished Business
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University of Washington Press Anyans Story
Book SynopsisAnthropologist Virginia Drew translates a first-person account of a Tairora woman's life lived in the highlands of New Guinea. The details of her life story are richly interspersed with myth and lore, culture, psychology, and b photographs of her and her fellow villagers. Annotation c. by Book NewsTrade Review"In Albert Hofstadter's excellent translation, we can listen in as Heidegger clearly and patiently explains why one must deconstruct traditional epistemological concern with the relation of subjective content to transcendent object in the name of a distinction, never before made in philosophy, which he calls ontological difference." - Hubert L. Dreyfus, Times Literary Supplement "... the best introduction to [Heidegger's] thought that has yet appeared." - Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal, New School for Social Research "... for all students and scholars Basic Problems will provide the 'missing link' between Husserl and Heidegger, between phenomenology and Being and Time." -Teaching Philosophy "Perhaps the most generally accessible text that Heidegger published ... the translation is superb."-The Key Reporter A lecture course that Martin Heidegger gave in 1927, The Basic Problems of Phenomenology continues and extends explorations begun in Being and Time. In Basic Problems Heidegger provides the general outline of his thinking about the fundamental problems of philosophy, which he treats by means of phenomenology, and which he defines and explains as the basic problems of ontology.Table of ContentsMap Preface Introduction 1. All Play, No Work 2. Pain: Tairora and Western 3. One Rite After Another 4. To Kainantu and Motherhood 5. For the Greater Glory 6. To the Coast: Another First 7. Big Man Passing 8. Into a Widening World 9. My Two Lives Epilogue Glossary Notes Supplementary Reading Index
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University of Washington Press Oregons Doctor to the World
Book SynopsisTells the story of this important western woman, exploring her approach to politics, health, and society and her civic, economic, and medical activismTrade Review"Jensen offers a richly textured narrative of Lovejoy's remarkable life, opening a window into the worlds of Northwest timber country, Progressive Era Portland, and the medical profession during the early twentieth century. . . immensely valuable addition to the history of women, social reform, and medicine . . ." -- Marisa Chappell * Oregon Historical Quarterly *“Jensen has unearthed an extraordinary level of detail about the life and work of Dr. Esther Pohl Lovejoy …address[ing] a number of themes, including women in medicine, social justice, women’s rights, politics, peace activism, public health, international health, and health activism. -- Susan Smith * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *"Kimberly Jensen has written an incredibly rich, exhaustively researched biography. A simple narrative chronology of this exceptional woman would alone be exciting to read. But Jensen gives us so much more. -- Barbara Winslow * Journal of American History *“Kimberly Jensen sheds new light on the life of Esther Pohl Lovejoy, an Oregon activist whose legacy continues well beyond the campaign for suffrage. -- Ben Waterhouse * Oregon Humanities *". . . a vivid biography of the pioneering physician and activist Esther Pohl Lovejoy. Jensen does an excellent job of bringing to life the story of Esther Pohl Lovejoy. Jensen's writing is approachable for undergraduates as well as graduates." -- Cody Stanley * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *"A story of inspiration, courage, and leadership— a worthy read for anyone interested in the history of women in medicine." -- American Medical Women's Association News Flash * December 2012 *"Brings to life an overlooked leader in Portland's history." -- Steve Law * Portland Tribune *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction | Oregon’s Doctor to the World 1. Lessons in Constructive Resistance 2. Becoming a Woman Physician 3. Golden Hopes for Family and Career 4. City Health and the Business of Women 5. Women, Politics, and Power 6. The First World War and Transnational Activism 7. Candidate Lovejoy and a Shopgirl’s Rise 8. The Quay at Smyrna and Beyond 9. Feminist Transnational Activism and International Health Conclusion | A Legacy of Constructive Resistance Chronology Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
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Yale University Press Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen
Book SynopsisWhat happened when Jane Austen’s heroines and heroes were finally wed?Trade Review“Muir’s well-informed, entertaining book surveys romantic love and marriage among the real-life counterparts of Austen’s characters in an England threatened with invasion and agitated by calls for political reform.”—Jenny McAuley, Financial Times“Digs wide and deep into the historical record to provide a documentary account of what falling in love and living happily ever after really involved in late Georgian England.”—Kathryn Hughes, Sunday Times“A delightful new book. . . . Animated by much original reading, here we see a colourful age in great colour.”—Unseen Histories“Rory Muir’s comprehensive, elegant, and incisive book will delight readers by shedding new light on a subject that we thought we knew everything about, but didn’t.”—Paula Byrne, author of The Real Jane Austen“An insightful exploration of Regency hearts and their entanglements. Muir’s elegant yet compassionate history vividly reveals the realities of love and marriage, along a spectrum from difficulty to delight.”—Hilary Davidson, author of Jane Austen’s Wardrobe
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Yale University Press Woman
Book SynopsisA comprehensive history of the struggle to define womanhood in America, from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuryTrade Review“An ambitious attempt to delineate nothing less than the changing state of being female in this country over the past four centuries. Woman is exhaustively researched and finely written.”—Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times “Lillian Faderman’s is a book many of us have been waiting for, the first comprehensive history of American women to capture the rich discoveries that have been made over the last half century, juxtaposing the abstraction of ‘woman’ with the range, resilience, and resistance of real women.”—Ellen Carol DuBois, author of Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle for the Vote “A rewarding read. Pioneering scholar Lillian Faderman illuminates how concepts of female difference and inferiority stubbornly persist and captures the ongoing struggles of women to free themselves from the idea of ‘woman.’”—Kathy Peiss, University of Pennsylvania “A sweeping history of conceptions of women by themselves and others told through fascinating stories that get the reader to turn the page.”—Claudia Goldin, author of Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity “A wide-ranging, deeply researched, and very well written survey of how the idea of woman has been deployed over more than three centuries of American history.”—Susan Ware, author of Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote “With dazzling scholarship and monumental vision Faderman has, with illuminating detail and persuasive argument, brilliantly woven a rich tapestry of how the American ‘woman’ has been created and re-created over centuries.”—Michael Bronski, author of A Queer History of the United States
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Legacy Lit The Elissas Three Girls One Fate and the Deadly
Book SynopsisAmazon's Best Nonfiction Book of the Month for June 2023Nylon's 'June 2023's Must-Read Book Releases'Pure Wow’s “11 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in June”The Skimm’s “17 of Our Favorite Books Coming Out This Summer”Glamour’s “15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023, So Far”Bustle’s “Most Anticipated Books Of Spring & Summer 2023”Harper’s Bazaar’s “23 Best Summer Beach Reads of 2023”Zibby Mag’s “Most Anticipated Spring and Summer Books” A New York Post Best Books of the Week selectionThree suburban girls meet at a boarding school for troubled teens.Eight years later, they were dead.Bustle editor Samantha Leach and her childhood best friend, E
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Hachette Go Soulbriety
Book SynopsisThe founder of Recovery Management Agency—the world’s first agency devoted to helping addicts heal their addictions by reawakening their souls—uses her knowledge of depth psychology and her personal experience as a recovering addict to help you reconnect with soul, find meaning and live your purpose. On her fifth anniversary of sobriety, Elisa Hallerman still awoke with a hurting heart. This is not right. I am not happy. Sobriety was supposed to fix her, right? Isn’t that what sobriety is all about? Hallerman quickly realized that though she had freed her addiction to substances, she had not freed her soul. After years of trauma and substance abuse, she had only covered up the wounds, rather than truly healing them from within. Despite her sobriety, her current lifestyle – a top talent agent and partner at WME, representing the best of Hollywood’s elite – was making her sick. While she was no longer clinging to drugs and alcohol, she was still using food, men, work, ego-inflation and other addictive behaviors to push away the pain. And so she quit it all, in an effort to ignite her life and reconnect to her soul. Since then, Hallerman received a doctorate in Depth Psychology and established the first-ever Recovery Management Agency, one that helps addicts not only recover and their addiction but reawaken their soul connection and live their unique purpose. Leaning on her studies and expertise, Soulbriety brings together Hallerman’s story, philosophy, and methodology encouraging and facilitating us to use our soul as our map, as nourishment, and to create deep meaning in our lives. Soulbriety is not just about getting sober; it’s about true, soul-centered wellness. It starts when you slow down and grow down, in a way you’ve been yearning for—but probably didn't quite know how to before. To explore your unconscious root system, plumb the depths of your soul, travel your own individual hero’s journey. Hallerman shows us exactly how to get there with step-by-step solutions and incredibly affecting storytelling. And Hallerman is not alone in this endeavor; she has affected thousands of lives, healed many wounds, and inspired countless others to take charge of their life by taking charge of their soul. As actress Jamie Lee Curtis says in Soulbriety’s forward, Hallerman is “a crucial voice for these unprecedented times.”
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Legacy Lit Sing a Black Girls Song The Unpublished Work of
Book SynopsisGMA’s 15 Spectacular New Books to Read in September Ms. Magazine’s September 2023 Reads for the Rest of UsThe Millions “Most Anticipated” Books of 2023LitHub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2023Never-before-seen unpublished works by award-winning American literary icon Ntozake Shange, featuring essays, plays, and poems from the archives of the seminal Black feminist writer who stands alongside giants like Toni Morrison and Alice Walker, curated by National Book Award winner Imani Perry with a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Tarana Burke. In the late ’60s, Ntozake Shange was a student at Barnard College discovering her budding talent as a writer, publishing in her school’s literary journal, and finding her unique voice. By the time she
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Hachette Books Acne
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Hachette Books But Will You Love Me Tomorrow
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Hachette Books My Mama Cass
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Hachette Books Lady in Waiting
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Hachette Books We Are the Troopers
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Hachette Books A Killer by Design
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Hachette Books The Big Hurt A Memoir
Book Synopsis This complex memoir shows what it was like growing up in the shadow of a literary father and a neglectful mother, getting thrown out of boarding school after being seduced by a teacher, and all of the later-life consequences that ensue.In 1982, Erika Schickel was expelled from her East Coast prep school for sleeping with a teacher. She was that girl—rebellious, precocious, and macking for love. Seduced, caught, and then whisked away in the night to avoid scandal, Schickel’s provocative, searing, and darkly funny memoir, The Big Hurt, explores the question, How did that girl turn out?Schickel came of age in the 1970s, the progeny of two writers: Richard Schickel, the prominent film critic for TIME magazine, and Julia Whedon, a melancholy mid-list novelist. In the wake of her parents’ ugly divorce, Erika was packed off to a bohemian boarding school in the Berkshires.T
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Legacy Lit Data Baby My Life in a Psychological Experiment
Book SynopsisA Belletrist Book Pick for December 2023Lab Girl meets Brain on Fire in this provocative and poignant memoir delving into a woman's formative experiences as a veritable 'lab rat' in a lifelong psychological study, and her pursuit to reclaim autonomy and her identity as a adult. What if your parents turn you into a human lab rat when you’re a child? Will that change the story of your life? Will that change who you are? When Susannah Breslin is a toddler, her parents enroll her in an exclusive laboratory preschool at the University of California, Berkeley, where she becomes one of over a hundred children who are research subjects in an unprecedented thirty-year study of personality development that predicts who she and her cohort will grow up to be. Decades later, trapped in what she feels is an abusive marriage and battling breast cancer, she starts to wonder how growing up under a mic
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Random House USA Inc A Woman in Charge
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Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc) Every Womans Battle
Book Synopsis Your sexual needs are far different from your man''s. And they may be more dangerous.When does an affair begin? Not with the first forbidden touch…but with the first forbidden thought. Unexpectedly, you find yourself enjoying a powerful emotional bond with another man. You feel like you matter to someone again. And the door you thought was locked so firmly–the door to sexual infidelity–is suddenly ajar.The only way women can survive the intense struggle for sexual integrity is by guarding not just your body, but your mind and heart as well. Every Woman''s Battle can help you learn to do that. Using real-life stories and examples from her own struggle, Shannon Ethridge helps women like you–whether married, engaged, or planning to marry someday--to: · Understand the four unique components of female sexuality· Discern the common myths t
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Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc) Preparing your Daughter for Every Womans Battle
Book SynopsisWhere Will Your Daughter Turn for Answers About Sex? Girls are bombarded with messages about sex–from friends, advertisers, media icons, and more. All of this input–along with the whirlwind of emotions that accompany puberty–can leave them confused, filled with unasked questions about boys, dating, sex, and their own value. Now is the perfect time for creative conversations about sexuality with your daughter. By introducing key principles and truths during these teachable years, you can lay a foundation that will help her withstand the inevitable pressures young women face. And you’ll create a lasting bond, establishing yourself as a trustworthy authority who is willing to help her address the sensitive issues in her life.Recognizing how awkward it can be to confront the topic of sex, author Shannon Ethridge guides you and your daughter through enjoyable yet memorable discussions about sexuality, purity, and dating–leading to a deeper understanding of and appreciation for God’s standards. Preparing Your Daughter for Every Woman’s Battle provides creative tools that will give you the confidence to talk openly and honestly with your daughter–and encourage a lifetime of sexual and emotional integrity.
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Random House USA Inc The Diary of a Young Girl Everymans Library
Book SynopsisOne of the most moving and eloquent accounts of the Holocaust, read by tens of millions of people around the world since its publication in 1947.The Diary of a Young Girl is the record of two years in the life of a remarkable Jewish girl whose triumphant humanity in the face of unfathomable deprivation and fear has made the book one of the most enduring documents of our time.The Everyman’s hardcover edition reprints the Definitive Edition authorized by the Frank estate, plus a new introduction, a bibliography, and a chronology of Anne Frank’s life and times.
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Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Coming to My Senses The Making of a
Book SynopsisThe New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed memoir from cultural icon and culinary standard bearer Alice Waters recalls the circuitous road and tumultuous times leading to the opening of what is arguably America's most influential restaurant. When Alice Waters opened the doors of her little French restaurant in Berkeley, California in 1971 at the age of 27, no one ever anticipated the indelible mark it would leave on the culinary landscape—Alice least of all. Fueled in equal parts by naiveté and a relentless pursuit of beauty and pure flavor, she turned her passion project into an iconic institution that redefined American cuisine for generations of chefs and food lovers. In Coming to My Senses Alice retraces the events that led her to 1517 Shattuck Avenue and the tumultuous times that emboldened her to find her own voice as a cook when the prevailing food culture was embracing convenience and uniformity. Moving from a
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Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Coming to My Senses
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Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc) Having a Mary Spirit Allowing God to Change Us
Book SynopsisTransformation. We want it. We know we need it. But how do we access the new life Jesus came to bring? Now you can experience Having a Mary Spirit: Allowing God to Change Us from the Inside Out on your own or in your small group or church – with best-selling author, Joanna Weaver as your teacher! This twelve-week video series, used along with the book and study guide, covers topics such as guarding your heart, managing your thought life, and overcoming the “Flesh Woman” that lives in us all. Filled with spiritual insights and modern-day applications, this series points you to God’s love, His grace and His power to transform your soul.Come discover the “Holy Makeover” God wants to give you as you give Him access to the deepest places in your heart. - In-depth Bible study: Features twelve 18- to 20-minute video sessions- Bonus video material takes you deeper into each chapter topic- Designed for use with study guide and book- Leader’s Guide, promotional material and retreat format also included- Can be used by individuals or groups
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Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc) Having a Mary Spirit Study Guide
Book SynopsisTransformation. We want it. We know we need it. But how do we access the new life Jesus came to bring? In her best-selling book, Having a Mary Spirit, Joanna Weaver explores the “Holy Makeover” God wants to give each one of us. Dealing with topics such as guarding our hearts, managing our thought lives, and overcoming the “Flesh Woman” in us all, Joanna takes us to the Word of God and the power of grace to transform our lives.Changed by God – from the inside out.This twelve-session study guide, for use with Joanna’s book and companion DVDs, helps us draw closer to God, revealing spiritual insights and modern-day applications from his Word. As we open our hearts to God’s grace, his love, and the Holy Spirit’s power, brings the change we long for. The transformation we need.Designed for both individuals and groups. Meant to be used with Having a Mary Spirit book. Companion DVDs, consisting of twelve 18- to 20-minute sessions are also available.
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Random House USA Inc Madam
Book SynopsisThe compulsively readable and sometimes jaw-dropping story of the life of a notorious madam who played hostess to every gangster, politician, writer, sports star and Cafe Society swell worth knowing, and who as much as any single figure helped make the twenties roar—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Most Famous Man in America.A fast-paced tale of … Polly’s many court battles, newspaper headlines, mobster dealings and society gossip…. A breathless tale told through extraordinary research.” —The New York Times Book ReviewSimply put: Everybody came to Polly's. Pearl Polly Adler (1900-1962) was a diminutive dynamo whose Manhattan brothels in the Roaring Twenties became places not just for men to have the company of women but were key gathering places where the culturati and celebrity elite mingled with high society and with violent figures of the underworld—and had a
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Random House USA Inc Michelle Obama
Book SynopsisThis is the inspiring story of a modern American icon, the first comprehensive account of the life and times of Michelle Obama. With disciplined reporting and a storyteller’s eye for revealing detail, Peter Slevin follows Michelle to the White House from her working-class childhood on Chicago’s largely segregated South Side. He illuminates her tribulations at Princeton University and Harvard Law School during the racially charged 1980s and the dilemmas she faced in Chicago while building a high-powered career, raising a family, and helping a young community organizer named Barack Obama become president of the United States. From the lessons she learned in Chicago to the messages she shares as one of the most recognizable women in the world, the story of this First Lady is the story of America. Michelle Obama: A Life is a fresh and compelling view of a woman of unique achievement and purpose.
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Harperchristian Resources Relaxed Video Study
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HarperChristian Resources The Fight to Flourish Bible Study Guide
Book SynopsisFlourishing. Is that a word you would use to describe yourself, or only someone else? Does the idea of flourishing in life seem out of reach for you? Do you assume that you''ll have to wait until after you have gotten through your current struggle before you can figure out how to flourish? This might seem counterintuitive, but flourishing actually begins during the struggle. It''s in the fight through the pain that we can begin to thrive. In The Fight to Flourish, Jennie Lusko points out that just like some plants need darkness to grow, it''s the dark and difficult times that God uses to grow our faith. Drawing on her experiences after the loss of her five-year-old daughter, Lenya, Jennie shows us that the ingredients for a fresh and thriving life can be found by fighting through even our most difficult days.
£12.34
HarperChristian Resources Get Out of Your Head Conversation Card Deck A
Book SynopsisIn this six-session video Bible study in Galatians, Bible teacher and author Jada Edwards dares to ask and answers with life-application truth: 'Are you living led by the Spirit or lost in this world?'
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Harperchristian Resources Romans Video Study
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HarperChristian Resources When Strivings Cease Bible Study Guide plus
Book SynopsisFind freedom from the never-ending quest for approval and affirmation by learning how to accept the undeserved gift of grace from a merciful God.In today''s society, the pressure to perform is overwhelming. It''s a hustling, image-forward age of opportunity, and women are more anxious than ever. Many of us end up constantly feeling behind, lacking, and like we''re failing—at home, at work, with friends, with God.In this six-session Bible study (video streaming included), bestselling author, artist, entrepreneur, and speaker Ruth Chou Simons calls women to discover how God''s profound gift of grace and favor invites them to rest from chasing approval and earning love, and instead discover the freedom of true belonging and worth that doesn''t depend on them. This study guide has everything you need for a full Bible study experience, including:The study guide itself—with warm-up, group discu
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Harperchristian Resources The God You Need to Know Video Study
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HarperChristian Resources Find Your People Conversation Card Deck Building
Book SynopsisIn this seven-session study, Jennie covers the breadth of God's plan for His people from Genesis to Revelation and participants will discover how five life patterns can transform the way they connect with others.
£18.35
HarperChristian Resources Find Your People Curriculum Kit
Book SynopsisIn this seven-session study, Jennie covers the breadth of God's plan for His people from Genesis to Revelation and participants will discover how five life patterns can transform the way they connect with others.
£52.20
HarperChristian Resources Good Boundaries and Goodbyes Study Guide with DVD
Book SynopsisNew York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst helps readers stop the dysfunction of unhealthy relationships by showing them biblical ways to set boundaries---and, when necessary, say goodbye---without losing the best of who they are.
£37.79
HarperChristian Resources James
Book SynopsisLive full of faith through hard timesDo you ever feel like you can’t take one more thing? You’re on the edge. Your nerves are shot. Your mind is done. Your body is tired, and your emotions are a mess. If you could gather yourself for even a moment you might explode at the reality of all you’ve been through. In the face of the fears, frustrations, and failures of this world, we have a choice. We can sit and stare at the life we live and hope something changes. Or we can rise up and walk in faith.In this Bible study, author and speaker Micah Maddox walks you through the book of James and compares the teaching of James with what Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew and the wisdom of Solomon we find in Proverbs. When we discover the themes of what a faith-filled life looked like before, during, and after the time of Christ, we see how Scripture points us to honor God in an active life of faith.This five-week study wil
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