Gender studies: women and girls Books

Book SynopsisSimple, effective exercises to reduce stress and renew your sense of contentment and joyNo matter who we are, or what stage of life we are at, we all long for similar things; to be happy, connected with others, in touch with a sense of calm and peace, vital, alive and joyful. And we long to be able to ride out the tough patches that hit all of us from time to time with some degree of grace and dignity.The good news is that we can fulfil these longings at any time, in any place. They are only a moment away, a breath away. We can learn how to be comfortable with our body, know and understand our mind, and love our heart. It isn''t difficult, long-winded or time-consuming. In doing so you''ll feel happier in your own skin, less stressed, more confident, more capable and more at ease with yourself and life.This is what Mindfulness for Women is about. It is a practical guide for busy women to coming home to yourself in each present moment. To findingTrade ReviewMindfulness for Women demystifies meditation techniques and the philosophy of mindfulness that underlies them, aiming to bring a sense of calm and stillness - an 'inner compass' for active lives, fostering 'being' rather than 'doing'. The combination of Vidyamala's experience and practicality with Claire's excited discovery of using mindfulness makes a joyful combination. Evidence, examples, strands of self-compassion, plenty of exercises and challenges: all are infused with the same generosity of spirit that the book will help readers to cultivate. * Dr Amanda C de C Williams, Reader in Clinical Health Psychology, University College London *

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Book SynopsisModern culture is obsessed with controlling women's bodies. Our societies are saturated with images of unreal, idealised female beauty whilst real female bodies and the women who inhabit them are alienated from their own personal and political potential. Under modern capitalism, women are both consumers and consumed: Meat Market offers strategies for resisting this gory cycle of consumption, exposing how the trade in female flesh extends into every part of women's political selfhood. Touching on sexuality, prostitution, hunger, consumption, eating disorders, housework, transsexualism and the global trade in the signs and signifiers of femininity, Meat Market is a thin, bloody sliver of feminist dialectic, dissecting women's bodies as the fleshy fulcrum of capitalist cannibalism.Trade ReviewLaurie Penny hones her every phrase to a razor's edge. She is absolutely surgical in her anatomising of a mad world. MEAT MARKET is the kind of cut you learn from. (Warren Ellis, author of TRANSMETROPOLITAN, CROOKED LITTLE VEIN, RED)

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Book SynopsisShows you how to take control of your romantic destiny by using the Law of Attraction.Trade Review"[T]here is an undeniably upbeat sweetness to Ford's New Age guide to finding love... Be open to the world and its possibilities." -- USA Today "The Soulmate Secret will inspire you and give you a glimpse that this can be a magical journey and you can truly attract, manifest and find your soulmate." -- Deepak Chopra, New York Times bestselling author of Buddha "Arielle Ford provides a beautiful way to let go of any hurts of the past and bring new love into your life today. Practical, inspiring, and hopeful, The Soulmate Secret leaves even the most cynical about love ready to find a soulmate." -- Marianne Williamson, bestselling author of A Return to Love "Read this inspiring book! Arielle Ford has written an entertaining, insightful guide to attracting genuine love into your life. Best of all, Arielle's thriving marriage is living proof that the tools she gives you can produce magical results." -- Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks, authors of Conscious Loving and Spirit-Centered Relationships "This is a wonderful book, full of hope and wisdom." -- Christiane Northrup, MD, author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom "Those who find their soul mate through this work will thank Arielle Ford forever." -- Neale Donald Walsch, author of Conversations with God "Arielle Ford, in inspiring and encouraging terms, offers from her direct experience how to prepare in consciousness, heart and spirit to magnetize, recognize and respond to the soul's call for an authentic, conscious love relationship." -- Michael Bernard Beckwith, author of Spiritual Liberation "To find the love of your life and delight, read this book and manifest the one for you in the sweet now-and-now." -- Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator Chicken Soup for the Soul "The Soulmate Secret contains the recipe for love, romance, and unimaginable futures, a recipe that I watched my sister Arielle Ford create and live. This book outlines all the ingredients for getting the love that you truly desire and deserve. Read it now and let the love begin." -- Debbie Ford, author of Why Good People Do Bad Things "This book could bring miracles to your love life...This simple but profound little book presents a highly interesting and informative plan..." -- Beliefnet.com

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Book SynopsisThis anthology examines the unexplored consequences of globalization on the lives of women worldwide. In a world shaped by mass migration and economic exchange on an ever-increasing scale, women are moving around the globe as never before. Every year, millions leave Mexico, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Eastern Europe to work in the homes, nurseries and brothels of the First World - from Vietnamese mail-order brides to Mexican nannies in LA, from Thai girls in Vietnamese brothels to Czech au pairs in the UK. In the new global calculus, the female energy that flows to wealthy countries to ease a 'care deficit' is subtracted from poor ones, often to the detriment of the families left behind. Is the main resource now extracted from the Third World no longer gold or silver, but love?Trade ReviewThis is an honest account of the ever-increasing trend for women from Eastern Europe, Sri Lanka, Mexico and other Third World countries to migrate to the First World. This quest for a better way of life is not often rewarded, as the grim truth of the matter is that most of these women become maids, sex-workers or even mail-order brides. Global Woman not only demonstrates the detrimental effects of globalisation on women, but also discusses the effects on the children taken overseas and on the families left behind. There are some shocking personal tales recounted - real-life Cinderella sagas but without the happy ending, some especially harrowing from a Western point of view. Ehrenreich and Hochschild argue that these women now represent the Third World's main resource for exportation.

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Book SynopsisIsao has gone. Mom is gone. And suddenly life is better for Mari. But she is not complete. There is still a need for closure that burns within. Going home, to Isao's home, might provide that resolution. Embracing everything that has ever been inside Mari will be key.

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Book SynopsisCharts the growth and evolution of Girl Guides from the home makers' of the past, through to modern Girl Guides and Girl Scouts who now cover STEM subjects, design, web creation and future careers in tech.

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Book SynopsisA new portrait of Betty Friedan, the author and activist acclaimed as the mother of second-wave feminismTrade ReviewA New Yorker Best of the Week Pick“Rigorously fair.”—Moira Donegan, New Yorker“A lucid portrait of Friedan as a bold yet flawed advocate for women’s equality.”—Publishers Weekly2024 National Book Critics Circle Awards Finalist, Biography category “Rachel Shteir offers a vivid portrait of Friedan as a person—her difficult character, her immense accomplishments, her relationships with friends and family, her struggles in personal, professional and political life. The time is ripe for a reevaluation of Friedan.”—Katha Pollitt, author of Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights“Sympathetic but never less than clear-eyed, Rachel Shteir explores the achievements that put Betty Friedan at the center of the movement for women’s rights. An insightful and meticulously detailed portrait of one of America’s most successful political activists.”—Sigrid Nunez, author of Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag

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Book SynopsisThe essential companion toSlay in Your Lane(Seismic' Sunday Times;A cultural landmark' Daily Telegraph).Slay in Your Lane: The Journalis the beautifully illustrated, empowering and practical toolkit for a generation of black British women inspired to find success in every area of their lives.We decided to createSlay in Your Lane: The Journalshortly after our book tour ended last year. After so many events, talking to thousands of women, we realised that the same questions were cropping up again and again. In this journal we distil our answers to those questions, and the many others raised bySlay in Your Lane, into practical ways to help you create a better and more visible future for yourselfWithSlay in Your LaneElizabeth Uviebinené and Yomi Adegoke started a national conversation. Now they want you to join them in making changes.Packed full of practical exercises, worksheets, questionnaires and actionable tips,Slay in Your Lane: The Journalwill help you get ahead in everything from reTrade Review Praise for Slay In Your Lane: The Journal: ‘It'll take you out of your comfort zone and ask you to take a real look at your priorities, toxic friendships, work-life balance and more. You'll come out feeling better about most things because of it’ Refinery 29 Praise for Slay In Your Lane: ‘So many young women are looking for guidance as they navigate their personal and professional lives. With Slay in Your Lane: The Black Girl's Bible, Elizabeth and Yomi offer wisdom and encouragement to a rising generation of Black female leaders, on everything from the basics of financial literacy to how to deal with micro-aggressions in the workplace. This book is a gift for anyone who wants to better understand what Black women and girls are up against—and the tremendous resources they draw upon as they make their way in the world’ Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and founder of LeanIn.Org and OptionB.Org ‘A cultural landmark… This book is as much a rallying cry to black women across the British Isles as it is a solid foundation for serious discussions about modern race relations.’ Daily Telegraph ‘A prime example of how straightforward it should be to provide representation for young black girls’ Vice 'An essential read for black women who want their experiences validated and for young British teens to see the inspirational women who have come before them' Victoria Sanusi, iNews ‘Outspoken new role models for the next generation of black women … I imagine its intended audience will devour it whole. But it deserves to be widely read’ Janice Turner, The Times ‘This book is such a brilliant insight into being a black woman in Britain – buy it to help the young black women in your life – and if you’re white, buy it so you know what we have to go through every day, because ignorance is a form of complicity’ Otegha Uwagba, author of Little Black Book

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Book SynopsisExtraordinary' Woman&HomeA Roaring Girl was loud when she should be quiet, disruptive when she should be submissive, sexual when she should be pure, masculine' when she should be feminine'. Meet the unsung heroines of British history who refused to play by the rules.Roaring Girls tells the game-changing life stories of eight formidable women whose grit, determination and radical unconventionality saw them defy the odds to forge their own paths.From the notorious cross-dressing thief Mary Frith in the seventeenth century to rebel slave Mary Prince and adventurer, industrialist and LGBT trailblazer Anne Lister in the nineteenth, these diverse characters redefined what a woman could be and what she could do in pre-twentieth-century Britain.Bold, inspiring and powerfully written, Roaring Girls tells the electrifying histories of women who, despite every effort to suppress them, dared to be extraordinary.Trade Review'An extraordinary, vivacious account of eight remarkable invisible women whose stories were crying out to be heard.’ Paula Byrne ‘Extraordinary’ Woman&Home ‘Brilliant…Gung-ho girl power’ Simple Things magazine ‘Terrific!’ Diane Atkinson ‘Joyful, energetic, meticulously researched’ Professor Vivien Gardner, University of Manchester ‘A really fascinating book that delves deep and proves that history is populated by unconventional women who’s stories often go untold.’ RED Online ‘Pulls back the curtain on women’s history to tell eight extraordinary tales of courage and determination over 300 years’. S magazine ‘A bold and thought-provoking read’ CANDIS ‘Roaring Girls is a slice of inspiration from pre-20th century Britain’ Tatler

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Book SynopsisCada vez que una mujer se atreve a contar su verdadera historia y a mostrar en carne viva sus heridas permite que otras cicatricen las suyas. Estoy segura de que este libro sanará muchas heridas. Y que las vidas de muchas tendrán un final feliz tras leerlo. ¡Gracias, Rosie! — Luz María Doria, autora de La mujer de mis sueños y Tu momento estelarLa vida de Rosie Mercado ha sido todo menos fácil: ¿cómo es posible que haya tenido tres relaciones fallidas y dado a luz a tres hijos a solas? ¿Qué había hecho ella para merecerlo? En su peor momento, llegó a pesar más de ciento ochenta kilos tras toda una vida con baja autoestima y de comer emocionalmente. Pero Rosie decidió cambiarla por completo y dejar de ser la víctima. Ideó un plan, aceptó sus defectos, y descubrió el tipo de amor más importante y esencial: el amor propio.Estas revelaciones no sólo la llevaron a alcanzar sus sueños como maquillista, empresaria, modelo de talla grande y presentadora de televisión, sino a mejorar su calidad de vida por ella y sus hijos. La latina con baja autoestima son las inspiradoras memorias de una mexicoamericana de talla grande que se dejó finalmente guiar por su intuición, fe y ambición. Rosie nos cuenta los jugosos detalles de cómo llegó a convertirse en la superestrella y life coach que es hoy, regalándonos importantes y poderosos consejos de vida en el camino.ROSIE MERCADO es modelo mexicoamericana y una de Las 25 mujeres más poderosas del 2019 de People en Español. Además de haber participado como copresentadora del programa Face The Truth, producido por el célebre Dr. Phil, es una life coach cuyo propósito es inspirar, motivar y abogar por el amor propio y la aceptación corporal tras sus propias vivencias como empresaria y modelo de talla grande. Rosie ha abierto camino a las latinas de talla grande en la televisión hispana como presentadora ocasional para Telemundo y Univisión. Vive en Los Ángeles con su esposo y sus cuatro hermosos hijos.Trade Review<>. — Kirkus Reviews

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“If you think power always corrupts, get ready to think again. Katty Kay and Claire Shipman have spent their careers observing power up close, and they’ve written an evidence-based, powerful, practical guide to acquiring it honestly and using it responsibly.” — ADAM GRANT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast Re:Thinking “Katty and Claire have done it again. This time they take on power—deconstructing it and revealing why so many women are turned off by it, even as the world needs more female leadership. They make the case that ‘power’ needs a rebrand—one better suited to the new workplace and that leverages women’s strengths. This book is for every woman who wants to feel the joy of more authentic agency.” — MIKA BRZEZINSKI, cohost of Morning Joe and author of Know Your Value

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Fascinating, funny, and wise, The Family Outing is an affirmation to all of us who know the pain and shame of hiding our truest self, and a stirring invitation into the courage, freedom, and joy of living our whole truth.” — Glennon Doyle, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Untamed, founder of Together Rising "What’s fascinating about Hempel’s memoir, aside from its striking confidence, is the way a tabloid-ready curiosity about a family becomes, in this author’s hands, an ever-expanding exploration of the nature of storytelling, of memory, and of what it means to be human. This is the perfect kind of memoir. You might pick it up because you’re fascinated by what seems to be an anomaly, but what you find in its pages is something far more familiar: your own perpetual quest for liberation." — Garrard Conley, New York Times bestselling author of Boy Erased "The Family Outing is a rich and vital addition to queer literature and our understanding of intergenerational trauma. Hempel’s prose is sensitive, sharp, and revelatory. I fell in love with Jessi’s family and this memoir." — Alysia Abbott, author of Fairyland "What happens when a journalist turns an investigative eye on herself? If that journalist is Jessi Hempel, she writes The Family Outing, a brave, honest, ultimately loving and hopeful memoir that examines long-hidden family secrets and searing questions of identity. This important story of fracturing and healing is a lesson to all of us on being our true selves, in and out of our families." — Ann Hood, author of Fly Girl "Eloquent, intricately woven ... a deeply moving portrait of generational trauma and painstaking repair. This interrogation of familial fissures and bonds radiates with empathy and grace." — Publishers Weekly "As she explores how her family healed from the secrets it kept, Hempel also offers provocative glimpses into the complexities of what it truly means to forgive and love. A thoughtful, compelling, unique memoir." — Kirkus Reviews "Skillfully wrought ... Bringing each family member alive on the page and bringing her own story up to date, the author wisely concludes that the work of transformation is never done. And so, her story continues." — Booklist “A stunning memoir and contemporary exploration of the diversity of family dynamics and coming-out narratives.” — Library Journal (starred review) "A stunning memoir about finding your true self and living freely in the world." — Buzzfeed “Incredibly moving … a tremendous accomplishment." — Daily Hive "With rich detail and deep empathy, Hempel chronicles the highs and lows of [the family's] journey to healing, through marriages and divorces, personal growth and grief. Along the way, they began creating families of their own and grew stronger together." — NPR, "Books We Love"

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Book SynopsisBlending stark realism with the surreal and fantastic, Eve L. Ewing''s narrative takes us from the streets of Chicago to an unspecified future, deftly navigating the boundaries of space, time, and reality. Ewing imagines familiar figures in magical circumstances, and identifies everyday objects - hair moisturizer, a spiral notebook - as precious icons.Her visual art is spare, playful and poignant: a cereal-box decoder ring that allows the wearer to understand what Black girls are saying; a teacher''s angry, subversive message scrawled on the chalkboard. Electric Arches invites fresh conversations about race, gender, the city, identity and the joy and pain of growing up.

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Book Synopsis''As with the commander of an army, or the leader of any enterprise, so it is with the mistress of a house.'' A founding text of Victorian middle-class identity, Household Management is today one of the great unread classics. Over a thousand pages long, and written when its author was only 22, it offered highly authoritative advice on subjects as diverse as fashion, child-care, animal husbandry, poisons, and the management of servants. To the modern reader expecting stuffy moralizing and watery vegetables, Beeton''s book is a revelation: it ranges widely across the foods of Europe and beyond, actively embracing new food stuffs and techniques, mixing domestic advice with discussions of science, religion, class, industrialism and gender roles. Alternately fashionable and frugal, anxious and blusteringly self-confident, Household Management highlights the concerns of the ever-expanding Victorian middle-class at a key moment in its history. The abridged edition does justice to its high status as a cookery book, while also suggesting ways of approaching this massive, hybrid text as a significant document of social and cultural history. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Trade ReviewThe recipes are excellent and there are all sorts of tips that help me save money, time and temper. * Sandi Toksvig, Daily Express *sold out in Central London book shops within weeks * Red, August 2000 *

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Book SynopsisIn researching this book, the author took on the role of a hostess in one of Tokyo's many hostess clubs. The resulting text critically examines how such establishments create bonds among white-collar men and forge a masculine identity that suits the needs of their corporations.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Prelude Introduction Pt. 1: Ethnography of a Hostess Club Ch. 1: A Type of Place Ch. 2: A Type of Routine Ch. 3: A Type of Woman Pt. 2: Mapping the Nightlife within Cultural Categories Introduction Ch. 4: Social Place and Identity Ch. 5: The Meaning and Place of Work: The Sarariiman Ch. 6: Family and Home Ch. 7: Structure of Japanese Play Ch. 8: Male Play with Money, Women, and Sex Pt. 3: Male Rituals and Masculinity Introduction Ch. 9: Male Bonding Ch. 10: The Mizu Shobai Woman: Constructing Dirtiness and Sex Ch. 11: Impotence as a Sign and Symbol of the Sarariiman References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A timely and welcome intervention is Deboleena Roy's book, Molecular Feminisms: Biology, Becomings, and Life in the Lab. Thinking about the connections and potential created between molecular biology and feminism, and philosophy and science, Roy thinks with philosophy [and] situates her work, which she names molecular feminisms, in the ontological and ethical reorientations made possible by thinking matter, ethics, and knowledge-making practices together." * Hypatia Reviews Online *

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Book SynopsisIn this third Why I Write volume, Eileen Myles addresses the social, political, and aesthetic conditions that shape their workTrade Review“A real keeper. . . . This book stitches wisdom and philosophy into the world anew via phrases that sometimes seem like strings of afterthoughts.”—Steve Hanson, Manchester Review of Books

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Book SynopsisLife is hard for all of us for all kinds of reasons. It's tempting to try to move past the pain as quickly as possible. But what if instead we embraced our struggles as a way to develop a resilience that's not dependent on circumstances?

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Book SynopsisLet the Living Water Change You From the Inside Out.Whether you''re trying to recover from a setback, break free from an addiction, or bring forth good fruit despite the forbidden fruit you were exposed to, God has a redeeming plan for you—just like He did for Eve. He wants to bless you and bless people through you. You are a beautiful, vast, ornate demonstration of God''s thoughts and hope for humanity.Join Sarah Jakes Roberts for this six-session video Bible study (streaming code included) exposing the truth that you were born to bring light to the darkness, a revolution of faith to the next generation, and a smile in the wild! When fear tries to creep in and anxiety fights to seep in, you''ll remember two words, and know your command into freedom: Woman, Evolve!This study guide has everything you need for a full Bible study experience, including:The study guide itself—with discussion and refle

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Book SynopsisFemale presence and involvement on boards improves firm performance, transforms corporate governance and leads to the transition towards more responsible business.Corporate boards are essential bodies for governance and management and their efficiency determines a companyâs performance. The board is a crucial element of the corporate governance structure and its efficiency and performance determines the success of the operation and monitoring of the company. The board is viewed as the liaison between providers of capital (shareholders) and managers who use this capital to create value. The board role is to represent, formulate and fulfill the interests and expectations of shareholders as the owners of the companies. The discussion surrounding female participation in business inevitably needs to refer to their presence on corporate boards. It is also a reliable indicator of a gender equality policy and advancement, adopted by countries and companies.The boTable of ContentsPart I Overview; Introduction (Maria Aluchna and Guler Aras); Part II Concepts and Models; Chapter 1 Women on Corporate Boards: Backgrounds, Drivers and Mechanisms (Maria Aluchna and Tomasz Szapiro); Chapter 2 Gender Diversity on Boards in Norway and the UK: A Different Approach to Governance or a Case of Path Dependency? (Rita Goyal, Nada Korac Kakabadse, Filipe Morais and Andrew P. Kakabadse); Chapter 3 Regulation of the Gender Composition of Company Boards in Europe: Experience and Prospects (Kevin Campbell and Leszek Bohdanowicz); Part III Regulation and Compliance; Chapter 4 Gender Balance in Australian Boardrooms: The Business Case for Quotas (JF Corkery, Madeline Elizabeth Taylor and Melanie Hayden); Chapter 5 Women on Corporate Boards in Poland and Estonia in the Context of the EU Gender Equality Policy (Marta Pachocka, Aleksandra Szczerba-Zawada and Diana Eerma); Chapter 6 Socio-Economic Perspective on Women on Boards: An African Perspective (Justina Mutale and Anna Masłoń-Oracz); Chapter 7 Women's Experiences in Top Management Teams (TMTs): The Case of Israeli National Majority and National Minority Women (Helena Desivilya Syna, Michal Palgi and Maha Karkabi-Sabbah); Part IV Business Practice; Chapter 8 Female Entrepreneurship and Boardroom Diversity: The Case of Russia (Irina Tkachenko and Irina Pervukhina); Chapter 9 Female Representation on Swedish Corporate Boards (Gunnar Rimmel, Petra Inwinkl, Anna Lindstrand and Ida Ohlsson); Chapter 10 Females on Corporate Boards: French Perspectives: Towards More Diversity? (Nabyla Daidj); Chapter 11 The 2017 New Zealand Stock Exchange Directors’ Network Analysis and the Effect of ‘Soft’ Reporting Regimes on Board Diversity (Rosanne Hawarden); Chapter 12 Women on Boards: Perspectives from BRIC and Turkey (Güler Aras and Ozlem Kutlu Furtuna); Part V Conclusion; Conclusion: Woman on Boards: What Will be the Next Step? (Güler Aras and Maria Aluchna)

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Book SynopsisA vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women’s beauty, sexuality and behaviourTrade Review"[An] eye-opening and provocative account of the lives of women in the Middle Ages…[Janega] builds a convincing picture of the positive and resourceful part that women played in medieval society, not only as adjuncts to their husbands and fathers, but in their own right." -- Christina Hardyment - The Times"Both the subject matter and the author’s engaging conversational style make this a book of many delights… very entertaining" -- Gillian Kenny - The Spectator"A robust and well-sourced academic book. The primary sources Janega draws on are remarkable in their variety… There are colourful anecdotes on almost every page" -- Rachel Cunliffe - The New Statesman"Provocative, colloquial and entertaining.. As The Once and Future Sex makes clear, misogyny, oppression and conflicted ideas about sexuality and desire have not vanished, they just now take different forms." -- Carolyne Larrington - The Times Literary Supplement"Entertaining and revealing... Janega skilfully weaves a modern cultural commentary through her research into the medieval world, highlighting similarities and differences to today's world for women and focussing our attention on the importance of analysing history as a way to understand the present. " -- Emily Staniforth - All About History"[A] lively exploration of medieval women’s social roles" -- Laura Kalas - The Conversation"A hugely entertaining and informative account of medieval thinking about women…this is a highly rewarding read, which reminds us that we can only tackle present injustices if we remember that there is nothing universal about the ways in which people treat one another." -- Hannah Skoda - BBC History Magazine"The Once and Future Sex is a bracing and witty exploration of how gender is constructed. Eleanor Janega shows it is high time we stop using 'medieval' as a pejorative and we stop patting ourselves on the back for our supposed progress. Combining incisive cultural criticism, meticulous research, and juicy historical tidbits, The Once and Future Sex proves that the path towards a more equitable future can be found by way of the medieval past." -- Shelley Puhak, author of The Dark Queens"A startling rethinking of why the medieval past still matters. Eleanor Janega tells how women’s roles are fundamentally constructed and the ways they have both changed over time and unfortunately stayed the same. With erudition and humour, this book offers the reader a perfect case study of how a fuller accounting of the past opens up new, better possible worlds." -- Matthew Gabriele, co-author of The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe"In this witty, entertaining, and highly learned book, packed full of colourful characters and the texture of a long-past time, Eleanor Janega never loses sight of the bigger picture: how these old ideas underpin our own conceptions of gender and how modern conceits of progress are no less deeply flawed than those of the past." -- Patrick Wyman, author of The Verge and host of The History of Tides podcast"Reading this book is like hanging out with your brilliant, hilarious historian friend, raging together at misogyny’s extraordinary adaptability over time and plotting how to change the world once and for all." -- Carissa Harris, author of Obscene Pedagogies

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Book SynopsisThe riveting tale of two pioneering botanists and their historic boat trip down the Colorado River through the Grand CanyonTrade Review"“It’s not just the story but the way it’s told that matters here. Unlike those old-time newspaper reporters, Sevigny does not look at her subjects and see women out of place. She sees women doing their job and doing it well. She muses with pleasure about that change in perspective, while acknowledging (correctly) that women still face serious gender barriers in the modern profession of science.”" -- The New York Times Book Review

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Book SynopsisSomewhere in America, an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plots to take over the world. And if their new routine is good enough, they’ll claw their way to the top at Nationals in Tampa Bay. A play about ambition, growing up, and how to find our souls in the heat of it all.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An absolutely terrific new book."---Fareed Zakaria, CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS"[Slaughter] admirably. . . examine[s] her leadership flaws, biased assumptions and social privilege, inviting the reader into her painful process of discovery and renewal. . . . She is particularly effective in describing her evolution as an outspoken feminist who is forced to face up to the ways in which her advocacy for her own tribe—White, educated women—left her blind to the struggles of many other, less-advantaged women."---Jane Eisner, Washington Post"An illuminating synthesis of reflection, reckoning, and aspiration about what America has been and what it can be, a book that I hope thoughtful people of all political stripes will read and engage with."---Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn"There is a salve for the emotional exhaustion and polarity of the past five years, and it is Anne-Marie Slaughter's new book Renewal. . . . With vulnerability, honesty, and humility, Anne-Marie has written a tour de force of all that makes us human. Beginning with a personal story of crisis and apology, she traces the ripples to show how meaningful change can begin with individual transformation and extend outward to social change."---Dov Seidman, author of How: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything"Provides advice that can be applied to anyone’s career."---Jane Thier, Fortune Magazine"Energetic, erudite, and readable."---Andrew Keen, Keen On podcast"This book is a reminder that you can embrace being you."---Elmira Bayrasli, Foreign Policy's Interrupted

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Book SynopsisThis richly illustrated books tells the story of the different ways in which women were represented in Italian Renaissance painting. -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Women, men and society: painted marriage furniture2 Profile portraits in the Quattrocento: cirtue and status3 Portraits 1480–1560: beauty and power4 Female nudes in Renaissance art5 The cult of female saints: images of devotion and exemplaConclusionIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Power of a Praying Wife has encouraged countless wives. In this beautiful new padded edition, Stormie shares how God has strengthened her own marriage since she began to pray for her husband, including his role as a father and leader, his emotions and health, and his faith and future.

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Book SynopsisA pictorial celebration of the women's services of the Second World War

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Book SynopsisFor the very first time, a biography of two aristocratic sisters who scandalised society and inspired Ian Fleming to create the famous ‘Bond Girl’Trade Review'Reindorp has done a stellar job of balancing their privilege and pathos.' - The Lady

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Book SynopsisIf you're stuck in the lie that your past mistakes have limited your future, discover how to break free from shame and let God redeem, repurpose, and rewrite your story.

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Book SynopsisAt once kind and hilarious, this compilation of the Nobel Prize-winning poet’s advice to writers is illustrated with her own marvelous collagesTrade Review"No reader, not even poetry-phobes, should miss the bright revelations of Nobel laureate Szymborska." -- Booklist"Szymborska’s poetry had the gift of creating both the happiness of wisdom felt and the ecstatic happiness of the particulars of life fully imagined. From the experience of armies and dogmas and death that shaped her early life, she found a new commitment to the belief that the poetic impulse, however small its objects, is always saner than the polemical imperative, however passionate its certitudes." -- Adam Gopnik - The New Yorker"Wit, wisdom and warmth are equally important ingredients in the mixture of qualities that makes her so unusual and every poem of hers so unforgettable. We love her poetry because we instinctively feel that its author genuinely (though by no means uncritically) loves us." -- Stanislaw Baranczak - New York Times"More than any poet I can think of, Szymborska not only wants to create a poetic state in her readers, but also to tell them things they didn’t know before or never got around to thinking about." -- Charles Simic"Szymborska’s skepticism, her merry, mischievous irreverence and her thirst for the surprise of fresh perception make her the enemy of all tyrannical certainties. Hers is the best of the Western mind — free, restless, questioning, in every way the opposite." -- Richard Lourie - New York Times Book Review"Glorious distillations of a capacious mind and heart." -- Kirkus"A delightful collection of literary ephemera." -- Publishers Weekly"Her responses may seem harsh, but her criticisms are veiled insights, and her insights unveil depths." -- Minor Literatures"Endlessly witty." -- Paula Erizanu - Calvert Journal"Szymborska’s assessments are refreshing to anyone who has gone through a writer’s “education” at American colleges and universities." -- Josh Christensen - First Things"Rarely do we get the details of what happened to these women in the Donbas; Belorusets smartly conveys the invisibility of their trauma by making it likewise invisible to readers....In these spellbinding stories, Belorusets is more interested in effect than cause. What’s the use of finding out how we got here when we know we’ll be back again?" -- Jennifer Wilson - The New York Times"Published in Ukraine in 2018, these surreal short stories by a noted photographer probe the experiences of women from the Donbas region, many of whom fled the separatist conflict that erupted in 2014 and now live as refugees in Kyiv. The stories, ethnographic in perspective but Gogolian in register, gravitate toward inexplicable disappearances, repressed memories, and phantasmagoria. Belorusets writes of “the deep penetration of traumatic historical events into the fantasies . . . of everyday life” and richly evokes the fatalistic humor of her marginalized characters, one of whom observes, “If you had the luck to be born here, you take things as they come."" -- The New Yorker"These are tales, mostly about women, in which the stressful reality of living under the weight of an ongoing conflict mingles with magic." -- Gal Beckerman - The Atlantic

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Book SynopsisExplores Beyoncé’s impact as an artist and public figure.

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Book SynopsisAs a white woman, ask yourself: are you upholding or fighting racism? What''s Up with White Women? is a practical guide for white women who are interested in becoming more effective in their cross-cultural, anti-racist practices.Blending real-life stories, theory, and anti-racism practices from decades of on-the-ground work, the authors invite white women to understand their gendered role in systemic racism and their unique opportunity for action. Both frank and compassionate, coverage includes: Stories of white women''s experiences with sexism, racism, and white privilege How white women harm BIPOC and ourselves by colluding with systems of oppression Why and how white women often hijack race conversations A powerful six-stage identity development model for self-reflection and growth Guiding questions and practical actions for strengthening anti-racism practices Tools to cultivate genuine parTable of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments 1. Introduction The Canyon We Must Cross Working in Relationship A Push Focus Groups The Power of Language Acknowledging Our Lens 2. A Power Analysis: White Women and Institutional Access Navigating Sexism Benefiting from White Privilege Occupying the Buffer Zone 3. A Model of White Women's Development Overlapping Characteristics The Progression: Sexism Before White Privilege Feeling Each Phase Strategic Questions Using a Developmental Model 4. Immersion Normalizing Whiteness Gender Role Limitations The Carrot and the Stick Advancing White Male Agendas Competing for Male Attention The Ideal Object Nice White Ladies Hurting People of Color Final Thoughts Feeling Immersion Strategic Questions for Immersion 5. Capitulation Putting People of Color at Risk Stuck in the Middle with You Normalization of the White Woman What About Me? Silent Consent Between Helpless and Powerful Passive Aggression The Politics of Capitulation Final Thoughts Feeling Capitulation Strategic Questions for Capitulation 6. Defense Defense Reversal Fighting for Crumbs: Sexism Versus Racism I Got This Take What I Want and Leave the Rest I Love Your People That's Not What I Meant! Helpful and Nice Aggression Please Join, as Long as You Make Me Feel Good Physically Defending Ourselves But I'm a Good Anti-­Racist: Defensiveness Toward People of Color Final Thoughts Feeling Defense Strategic Questions for Defense 7. Projection Following the "Rules" of Anti-­Racist Allyship Dualistic Thinking Competing to be the Best White Person Relating to Black Men The Helper Final Thoughts Feeling Projection Strategic Questions for Projection 8. Balance Driving in the Ocean Intersectionality So, How Do We Do This? Awareness Knowledge Skills Action/Advocacy Final Thoughts Feeling Balance Strategic Questions for Balance 9. Integration Capturing a Moment Being With One Another Final Thoughts Feeling Integration Strategic Questions for Integration 10. White Women's Tears Women of Color and Tears White Women's Tears As a Response to Sexism Tears for Fears The Impact of White Women's Tears Tears in Immersion Tears in Capitulation Tears in Defense Tears when Transitioning to Projection Tears in Projection Tears in Balance Tears in Integration Beyond Tears 11. If What, Now What? Grow Awareness and Knowledge Using Awareness and Knowledge to Inform Skills Interrupt Oppression Connect with People of Color Final Thoughts (For Now) Appendix A: Community Conversations: A Guide for Collective Praxis Getting it Together Things to Consider: Some Unhelpful Common Patterns of White Women Let's Get Real: Using Serial Testimony for Deep Reflection The Basics Reflection Topics— Examples Appendix B: Focus Group Participants Definitions Focus Group Participant Book List Notes Index About the Authors About New Society Publishers

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Debating the ObviousChapter 2: So Like Her FatherChapter 3: Settling an Isle, or an Englishman’s ColorChapter 4: Seeing What You WantChapter 5: Looking and SeeingChapter 6: “Fictions of the Pose”: Act I, Scene 2EpilogueWorks Cited

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Book SynopsisThe lives, works and imagery of women artists, patrons and icons in Renaissance ItalyThe story of the Renaissance in Italy is often told through the work of great male artists such as Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello and Leonardo. But what about the female half of the population? By exploring works made by, for, or about women, this book aims to reconsider a period of creative ingenuity and artistic excellence from their often-overlooked perspective.Drawing on the rich collection of paintings, ceramics, textiles, illustrated books and prints at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this publication focuses on images of feminine power, both sacred and secular, telling the stories of saints such as Mary Magdalen as examples of strength and ascetic devotion, Biblical heroines such as Judith as civic and domestic role models, and the mythical sorceress Medea as the ideal of a heroic nude. Women also asserted their presence as artists, artisans and patrons: Sofonis

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Book SynopsisHealth & Economic Status of Older Women is a collection of research issues and data sources. This book is organized in three parts. Part 1 sets the stage for the more focused discussion of health and economic issues in the lives of old women that follows in Part 2. This first section contains papers by both Troll and Reinharz. Their papers - presented as keynote addresses in the conference - provide a historical context for the subsequent material. Both authors issue challenges to those who would focus their research efforts on older women. The second part of the book contains the substantive discussions of health and economic aspects of women's lives. The final part contains discussions of research methodologies. Table of ContentsPART ONE INTRODUCTION, On your Marks: Research Issues on Older Women. Issues in the Study of Older Women: 1970 to 1985, Feminism and Anti-ageism: Emergent Connections, PART TWO ECONOMIC AND HEALTH ISSUES Physical and Mental Health in Older Women: Selected Research Issues and Data Sources, Economic Status of Older Women: A Summary of Selected Research Issues, PART THREE METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES Methodological Issues in Research on Older Women, Sources and Uses of Qualitative Data, PART FOUR CONCLUSION

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Book SynopsisFeminism in the United States: A Concise Introductionpresents readers with the key debates and ideas central to contemporary US feminism. With a focus on intersectionality, the book highlights the goals, tactics, and varieties of feminism.This engaging, clear, and accessible text includes current examples, case studies, profiles of key figures in the movement, and opportunities/resources to gather more information. The reader will learn how to employ a feminist lens as an informed conversationalist, social media user, news consumer, and if so desired, activist. Readers will learn about the varieties of contemporary US feminism and how different strands of feminism emerge; the heterogeneity of the movement as it endures over generations in both hospitable and inhospitable climates; and the inequalities addressed and tactics used by feminists to create lasting social change.Feminism in the United States is ideal for undergraduate students, particularly thos

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Book SynopsisIn Guilty Pleasures, Alice Guilluy examines the reception of contemporary Hollywood romantic comedy by European audiences. She offers a new look at the romantic comedy genre through a qualitative study of its consumption by actual audiences. In doing so, she attempts to challenge traditional critiques of the genre as trite escapism at best, and dangerous guilty pleasure at worst. Despite this cultural anxiety, little work has been done on the genre's real audiences. Guilluy addresses this gap by presenting the results of a major qualitative study of the genre's reception, based on interview research with rom-com viewers in Britain, France and Germany, focusing on Sweet Home Alabama (2002, dir. Andy Tennant). Throughout the interviews, participants attempted to distance themselves from what they described as the typical rom-com viewer: the uneducated, gullible, overly emotional (American) woman. Guilluy calls this fantasy figure the phantom spectatrix. Guilluy complementsTrade ReviewThose who study the rom-com as a genre will benefit from the fresh outlook on how these films are appreciated on the fringes of fan culture. Additionally, scholars focused on European reception studies will enjoy Guilluy’s deft articulation of how different European audiences respond to the comedy stylings of contemporary Hollywood. * EuropeNow *At last, a serious study of romantic comedy, so often dismissed as 'chick lit' for frivolous feminine filmgoers. Alice Guilluy explores with great subtlety the pleasures and problems of female rom-com consumption through three European viewing groups, addressing one exemplary film, Sweet Home Alabama. The result is an original and lively contribution to audience studies, offering new insights into the role of romance in women's imaginative lives -- Helen Taylor, University of Exeter, UKThere is much pleasure to be gained from Alice Guilluy’s absorbing investigation of European viewers’ consumption of the Hollywood romcom, and no guilt, since this book fully justifies its readers’ attention. Guilty Pleasures delivers a provocative and robust defence of an often-derided genre, and in so doing both brings to light the tacit assumptions about taste, gender and class that underlie such critical snobbery, and casts doubt on their validity. -- Tamar Jeffers McDonald, University of Kent, UKThis is a fascinating exploration of the romantic comedy’s feminist viewers and the cultural taboo of ‘woke’ audiences enjoying the ‘guilty pleasure’ of watching these movies. -- Maria DeBlassie, University of New Mexico’s Honors College, USAEmbrace the politics of pleasure in Guilluy’s groundbreaking feminist fieldwork and brilliant analysis on rom-com audience reception, where viewers negotiate the heady pleasure of critique and heart-tingling delight of emotional and social engagement! Gratification guaranteed for film and gender scholars alike. -- Catherine M. Roach, The University of Alabama, USATable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Transcription Conventions Series Editors' Foreword Introduction: ‘Lights, action… and pure treacle’ 1. ‘Health warning: high-sugar content’: The Rom-com and the Critics 2. ‘The pudding works splendidly’: Genre, Emotions and Pleasure 3. ‘Candy-pink cage?’ Gender, Feminism and the Phantom Viewer 4. ‘Chomping on a burger with a glass of coke’: the Americanness of Romantic Comedy Conclusion: ‘Cinder-fuckin’-rella’ Endnotes Works Cited Appendix 1: Semi-Structured Interview Questions Appendix 2: Participant Tables Appendix 3: Sweet Home Alabama Synopsis Index

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Book SynopsisWinner of the Noel Coward Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy at the 2020 Olivier AwardsIn 1611 Emilia Bassano wrote a volume of radical, feminist and subversive poetry. It was one of the first published collections of poetry written by a woman in England. The little we know of Emilia Bassano is restricted to the possibility that she may have been the Dark Lady' of Shakespeare's Sonnets and the rest of HerStory has been erased by History.Morgan has taken what we know of Bassano, and her poetry, to create this lively, witty play.

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Book SynopsisNew B-format paperback - This fascinating book explores the status of women in medieval England, both before and after the Norman Conquest.

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Book SynopsisDelves into each of the women's lives, the circumstances that led to their crimes, their committal and trial and the various reasons why they resorted to murder.

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Book SynopsisIn her groundbreaking, deeply reported work, Julia Boorstin reveals the odds-defying leadership approaches of women running the world''s most innovative and successful companies - and what we can learn from them.Now, in When Women Lead, Boorstin brings together the stories of over sixty of those female CEOs and leaders, and dozens of new studies. Her combination of narrative and research reveals how once-underestimated characteristics, from vulnerability and gratitude to divergent thinking, can be vital superpowers - and that anyone can work these approaches to their advantage. Featuring new interviews with Gwyneth Paltrow, Jenn Hyman, Whitney Wolfe Herd, Lena Waithe, Shivani Siroya, and more, When Women Lead is a radical blueprint for the future of business, and our world at large.''Filled with top-notch research, practical insight and stories from the most inspiring women in business, Julia Boorstin lays out a new, inclTrade ReviewFilled with top-notch research, practical insight, and stories from the most inspiring women in business, Julia Boorstin lays out a new, inclusive vision for leadership and our world at large that we all will benefit from. * Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO *When Women Lead is replete with concrete insights that have personally helped me navigate our unprecedented times of change. Weaving together perspectives from tech, business, politics, the cultural sphere and beyond, Boorstin's deep reporting and voracious inquiries serve not only as a tactical manual for individuals, but as a toolkit for building interdisciplinary connections. * Bettina Korek, CEO of Serpentine Galleries, London *As a pioneer in tech and media reporting, Julia Boorstin knows firsthand what it takes for women to break barriers and drive change. In this engaging, fast-paced book, she takes you behind the scenes to show how some of the world's most admired women have made their mark - and offers practical insights on what both men and women can learn from them. * Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again *Full of valuable takeaways and inspiring stories of female business leaders, Julia Boorstin's When Women Lead offers many roadmaps for authentic leadership - a must read for all leaders as they consider the future of work. * Katie Couric, #1 New York Times bestselling author *Women in business are finally stepping forward in unprecedented ways. Through the lens of her own experience, Julia Boorstin recounts their triumphs and setbacks and identifies the obstacles they overcame on their road to success. Any woman with a dream will be inspired by their stories. * Eve Rodksy, New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play and Find Your Unicorn Space *When Women Lead is a delightful read, and frankly a tonic - one that so many of us need right now. Boorstin tells stories that will make you smile and often pause to check out the business she's describing. Here's to the day when the traits of 'women's leadership' she's describing will simply be 'great leadership'. * Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America and bestselling author of Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family *Impeccably researched and beautifully written, Julia Boorstin's When Women Lead lays out a roadmap for leadership success. Packed with revelatory insights and cogent analysis, it is essential reading for men as well as women in today's complex world. * Joanne Lipman, bestselling author of That's What She Said *Boorstin grasps one of the biggest issues in corporate life, telling a fascinating story with verve and flair. She is a writer at the top of her game and her book is a must read. * Matthew Garrahan, Financial Times News Editor *

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Book SynopsisWith women leading only twenty-four Fortune 500 companies, female founders receiving only 2.2 percent of US venture capital, and the continued presence of sexual harassment and double standards, the gender gap continues to hinder the advancement of women in the professional world.  In Digital Goddess, Montgomery-Brown—founder of Big Think, a collection of experts across all fields and disciplines that are either at the top of their field or disrupting it, shares her story in an entertaining and educational light. Told from the unique, female entrepreneurial perspective that unpacks all the hurdles other female founders may face in their own journey to the top, Montgomery-Brown shares the real-world lessons she’s learned along the way, such as: Never lie to your investors, even when you just gotTrade Review'Funny, fearless, and sometimes raw, Victoria Montgomery Brown's book doesn't pull any punches as she details the successes and setbacks of being a female entrepreneur. It's a delicious read from beginning to end, and I'd encourage any young woman intent on chasing her dreams to use it as a valuable resource.' --Rita McGrath, Professor at Columbia Business School and bestselling author of The End of Competitive Advantage'This book is a must-read for any woman who is looking to grow her career or start a business. Victoria has embraced the volatility of entrepreneurship with unflinching grace and fierce, bring-it-on determination. Anyone who wants to thrive in the age of uncertainty can learn from her example.' --Francis Frei, UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management, Harvard Business School'Victoria Brown is a shining example of a modern entrepreneurial leader. She possesses the full start-up toolkit of smarts, competitive drive, and operational focus, together with the vital leadership skill to inspire those around her to achieve a common goal.' --Tom Glocer, Former CEO of Thomson Reuters and Venture Investor

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Book SynopsisA deeply personal exploration of childless and childfree women in their own words.''Beautifully crafted, this book shows us how inner work and learning from others leads to living assuredly in our truths.'' Laura Carroll, author of THE BABY MATRIX''Louie''s tone is vulnerable and empathetic, making this a must-read for everyone.'' StylistOthers Like Me is the story of fourteen women around the world, from different walks of life, who don''t have children. It''s also the story of why Nicole Louie had to find them and what they taught her. Part memoir, part exploration of childlessness through candid conversations, this book showcases the many ways in which people find fulfilment outside of parenthood. And because the social expectation to procreate weighs the most on women, Louie focuses solely on them, their experiences and how they flourish outside of motherhood. In doing so, she upends the stereotypes that diminish

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