Search results for ""Author Rebecca Willis""
Bristol University Press Too Hot to Handle?: The Democratic Challenge of Climate Change
Scientists are clear that urgent action is needed on climate change, and world leaders agree. Yet climate issues barely trouble domestic politics. This book explores a central dilemma of the climate crisis: science demands urgency; politics turns the other cheek. Is it possible to hope for a democratic solution to climate change? Based on interviews with leading politicians and activists, and the author’s twenty years on the frontline of climate politics, this book explores why climate is such a challenge for political systems, even when policy solutions exist. It argues that more democracy, not less, is needed to tackle the climate crisis, and suggests practical ways forward.
£12.99
New River Books Ltd Life Death and Getting Dressed
Nothing to wear? Here''s the book that explains why...It''s a familiar scene. We stand in front of a wardrobe brimming with clothes, and find that nothing in it feels quite right, nothing ''works'', nothing magically makes us feel OK about ourselves. Although something new might fix it...In short, pithy chapters, Rebecca Willis strips this ''wardrobe dysmorphia'' back to its bones. Dipping into subjects such as evolution, neuroscience, the patriarchy and body image, she explains why clothes matter so much to us and why we are such easy prey for the fashion industry.After reading this book, you will understand why men literally wore the trousers for so long, and why even now women bear the burden of looking good. You will be able to silence your inner critic, ditch the guilt and open your wardrobe with a new-found sense of joy.
£14.99
