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Appetites: Why Women Wantby Caroline KnappISBN 1582432260 (1-58243-226-0)
Softcover, Counterpoint
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› Find signed collectible books: 'APPETITES: WHY WOMEN WANT'Book summary:The final and remarkable book of best-selling author Caroline Knapp underlines her gift of leveraging her life experiences into provocative lessons. On the surface, Appetites may appear to be about eating-complete with Knapp's unflinching account of her anorexia. In fact, Knapp is writing about how every woman can decipher her hunger and loneliness by connecting with her desire to experience pleasure. She illuminates the ways in which cultural taboos about women who desire create vulnerability to disorders of appetite including food and alcohol addictions, compulsive shopping and promiscuous sex. In this expansive view, "one womans tub of cottage cheese is another womans maxed-out Master Card." Readers will nod in recognition as the author seamlessly weaves autobiography and anthropology, describing her family of origin, profiling women of appetite and countering what she calls "the culture of No!" that curbs and disguises women's desires. Knapp gets to yes by urging readers to ask: "What gives me delight and fully engages me?" Knowing that 42-year-old Knapp died of lung cancer makes this question all the more poignant. Such questions suggest Knapps brave and generous legacy. --Barbara Mackoff [via]
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Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Womenby Susan FaludiISBN 0307345424 (0-307-34542-4)
Softcover, Three Rivers Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women'Book summary:A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Faludi lays out a two-fold thesis in this aggressive work: First, despite the opinions of pop-psychologists and the mainstream media, career-minded women are generally not husband-starved loners on the verge of nervous breakdowns. Secondly, such beliefs are nothing more than anti-feminist propaganda pumped out by conservative research organizations with clear-cut ulterior motives. This backlash against the women's movement, she writes, "stands the truth boldly on its head and proclaims that the very steps that have elevated women's positions have actually led to their downfall." Meticulously researched, Faludi's contribution to this tumultuous debate is monumental and it earned the 1991 National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction. [via]
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- Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women: ISBN 0385425074 (0-385-42507-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc - Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women: ISBN 0517576988 (0-517-57698-8)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group - Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women: ISBN 0307345424 (0-307-34542-4)
Softcover, Three Rivers Pr
- Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women: ISBN 0385425074 (0-385-42507-4)
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Beauty MythISBN 0394222229 (0-394-22222-9)
Softcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Womenby Naomi WolfISBN 0060512180 (0-06-051218-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women'Book summary:Explores the phenomenon of the violent backlash against feminism that uses images of female beauty as a political weapon against women's advancement. [via]
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The Beauty Myth: How Images of Female Beauty Are Used Against Womenby Naomi WolfISBN 0688085105 (0-688-08510-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Beauty Myth: How Images of Female Beauty Are Used Against Women'Book summary:In a country where the average woman is 5-foot-4 and weighs 140 pounds, movies, advertisements, and MTV saturate our lives with unrealistic images of beauty. The tall, nearly emaciated mannequins that push the latest miracle cosmetic make even the most confident woman question her appearance. Feminist Naomi Wolf argues that women's insecurities are heightened by these images, then exploited by the diet, cosmetic, and plastic surgery industries. Every day new products are introduced to "correct" inherently female "flaws," drawing women into an obsessive and hopeless cycle built around the attempt to reach an impossible standard of beauty. Wolf rejects the standard and embraces the naturally distinct beauty of all women. [via]
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The Birth of Venusby Sarah DunantISBN 1400060737 (1-4000-6073-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Birth of Venus'Book summary:Sarah Dunant's gorgeous and mesmerizing novel, Birth of Venus, draws readers into a turbulent 15th-century Florence, a time when the lavish city, steeped in years of Medici family luxury, is suddenly besieged by plague, threat of invasion, and the righteous wrath of a fundamentalist monk. Dunant masterfully blends fact and fiction, seamlessly interweaving Florentine history with the coming-of-age story of a spirited 14-year-old girl. As Florence struggles in Savonarola's grip, a serial killer stalks the streets, the French invaders creep closer, and young Alessandra Cecchi must surrender her "childish" dreams and navigate her way into womanhood. Readers are quickly seduced by the simplicity of her unconventional passions that are more artistic than domestic:
Dancing is one of the many things I should be good at that I am not. Unlike my sister. Plautilla can move across the floor like water and sing a stave of music like a song bird, while I, who can translate both Latin and Greek faster than she or my brothers can read it, have club feet on the dance floor and a voice like a crow. Though I swear if I were to paint the scale I could do it in a flash: shining gold leaf for the top notes falling through ochres and reds into hot purple and deepest blue.
Alessandra's story, though central, is only one part of this multi-faceted and complex historical novel. Dunant paints a fascinating array of women onto her dark canvas, each representing the various fates of early Renaissance women: Alessandra's lovely (if simple) sister Plautilla is interested only in marrying rich and presiding over a household; the brave Erila, Alessandra's North African servant (and willing accomplice) has such a frank understanding of the limitations of her sex that she often escapes them; and Signora Cecchi, Alessandra's beautiful but weary mother tries to encourage yet temper the passions of her wayward daughter.
A luminous and lush novel, The Birth of Venus, at its heart, is a mysterious and sensual story with razor-sharp teeth. Like Alessandra, Dunant has a painter's eye--her writing is rich and evocative, luxuriating in colors and textures of the city, the people, and the art of 15th-century Florence. Reminiscent of Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring, but with sensual splashes of color and the occasional thrill of fear, Dunant's novel is both exciting and enchanting. --Daphne Durham [via]
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Bridget Jonesby Helen FieldingISBN 8497936027 (84-9793-602-7)
Softcover, Debolsillo
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bridget Jones'Book summary:Los anos locos han terminado, pero no por mucho tiempo. Al final de El diario de Bridget Jones, Bridget consigue su principal proposito: encontrar al hombre perfecto. Ahora, en Bridget Jones: Sobrevivire, descubre que ocurre cuando realmente se convive con el hombre de tus suenos y este no lava nunca los platos. Sumergida en un mar de manuales de autoayuda y espoleada por los disparatados consejos de sus estrafalarias amigas Jude y Shazzer, Bridget vuelve a las andadas, se pelea continuamente con una ex amiga robanovios, soporta a una madre fascinada por los avances de la tecnologia domestica, vive en una casa en obras, y, por lo tanto, se ve obligada a padecer a un albanil obsesionado por la pesca. Bridget se embarcara, poco a poco, en una epifania espiritual que la llevara desde las colas de los bares del barrio londinense de Notting Hill hasta una isla de Bangkok, a la que viajara en compania de su amiga Shazzer. Alli encontrara playas llenas de palmeras y hongos alucinogenos... [via]
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Bridget Jones Sobrevivre/ Bridget Jones The Edge of Reasonby Helen FieldingISBN 8484505294 (84-8450-529-4)
Softcover, Debolsillo
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bridget Jones Sobrevivre/ Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason'Book summary:Predecesor: El diario de Bridget Jones Sinopsis: Los años locos han terminado, pero no por mucho tiempo. Al final de El diario de Bridget Jones, Bridget consigue su principal propósito: encontrar al hombre perfecto. Ahora, en Bridget Jones: Sobreviviré, descubre qué ocurre cuando realmente se convive con el hombre de tus sueños y éste no lava nunca los platos. Sumergida en un mar de manuales de autoayuda y espoleada por los disparatados consejos de sus estrafalarias amigas Jude y Shazzer, Bridget vuelve a las andadas, se pelea continuamente con una ex amiga robanovios, soporta a una madre fascinada por los avances de la tecnología doméstica, vive en una casa en obras, y, por lo tanto, se ve obligada a padecer a un albañil obsesionado por la pesca. Bridget se embarcará, poco a poco, en una epifanía espiritual que la llevará desde las colas de los bares del barrio londinense de Notting Hill hasta una isla de Bangkok, a la que viajará en compañía de su amiga Shazzer. Allí encontrará playas llenas de palmeras y hongos alucinógenos... [via]
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The Catholic Woman: Difficult Choices in a Modern Worldby Jeanne PieperISBN 1565650816 (1-56565-081-6)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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The Church Impotent: The Feminization of Christianityby Leon J. PodlesISBN 1890626198 (1-890626-19-8)
Softcover, Spence Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Church Impotent: The Feminization of Christianity'Book summary:The current preoccupation with the role of women in the church obscures the more serious problem of the perennial absence of men. A Provocative new book argues that Western churches have become "women's clubs," that the emasculation of Christianity is dangerous for the church and society, and that a masculine presence can and must be restored. After documenting the highly feminized state of Western Christianity, Dr. Podles identifies the masculine traits that once characterized the Christian life but are now commonly considered incompatible with it.
In an original and challenging account, he traces feminization to three contemporaneous medieval sources: the writings of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, the rise of scholasticism, and the expansion of female monasticism. He contends that though masculinity has been marginalized within Christianity, it cannot be expunged from human society. If detached from Christianity, it reappears as a substitute religion, with unwholesome and even horrific consequences. The church, too, is diminished by its emasculation. Its spirituality becomes individualistic and erotic, tending toward universalism and quietism. In his concluding assessment of the future of men in the church, Dr. Podles examines three aspects of Christianity-through which its virility might be restored. In the otherwise stale and overworked field of "gender studies," The Church Impotent is the only book to confront the lopsidedly feminine cast of modern Christianity with a profound analysis of its historical and sociological roots. Dr. Podles presents the fruit of his meticulous scholarship in a lucid and readable style thoroughly accessible to the non-specialist. [via]
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Cosmic Coincidences: Dark Matter, Mankind and Anthropic Cosmologyby John Gribbin, Martin ReesISBN 0553057308 (0-553-05730-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cosmic Coincidences: Dark Matter, Mankind and Anthropic Cosmology'Book summary:What happened "in the beginning", 15 billion years ago? Is the universe only one of its kind or are there others? Is it just a coincidence that life evolved on Earth? This book explores the chain of cosmic events that led to intelligent life on Earth. Scientists cannot explain the distribution of galaxies, and the voids between them, without concluding that at least 90% of the universe consists of so-called "dark matter". The authors here aim to provide a readable account of the leading theories and latest advances in understanding the nature of dark matter, the controlling force in the dynamics structure and the eventual fate of the universe. John Gribbin's previous books include "The Hole in the Sky" and "Hothouse Earth". [via]
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The Day of Revolutionby Mikiyo TsudaISBN 1569708894 (1-56970-889-4)
Softcover, Digital Manga Publishing
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Distorting Scripture?: The Challenge of Bible Translation & Gender Accuracyby Mark L. StraussISBN 0830819401 (0-8308-1940-1)
Softcover, Intervarsity Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Distorting Scripture?: The Challenge of Bible Translation & Gender Accuracy'Book summary:This book is a sane and balanced examination of the issue of gender language in Bible translation, a topic again made relevant recently with the publication of Today's New International Version of the Bible. [via]
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Esri Map Bookby Esri PressISBN 1879102838 (1-879102-83-8)
Softcover, Esri Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Esri Map Book'Book summary:Maps tell stories without words, and as geographic information technology evolves these stories are becoming increasingly complex, intricate, and extraordinarily detailed.
In the thirty years since its inception, GIS has proven itself to be something altogether different from simply a map-making tool. GIS identifies patterns and relationships that can elude the naked eye, reveal trends in agricultural and natural resource management, foster clear, sound environmental conservation, enhance logistical planning, make customer service efficient and effective, and rejuvenate problem-solving from one end of an enterprise to the other. It saves money and time, increases productivity, and generates revenue.
The ESRI Map Book: Applications of Geographic Information Systems Volume 15 is a compilation of some of the best digital maps produced in 1999. These contributions from individual GIS users around the world show how the digital revolution is fueling an explosion of quality spatial data.
The stories of these maps cover more than 20 industry sectors from government to geology to health care to transportation. They include:
-Understanding wetlands depletion
-Tracking ground water contamination
-Reducing juvenile crime
-Preparing for natural disasters
-Determining biodiversity protection plans
-Designing telecommunications networksDescriptive text accompanies each full-color map, telling how the maps were produced or used. Published annually since 1984, the ESRI Map Book is the only publication dedicated to celebrating the important and innovative mapping achievements of GIS people around the world. [via]
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Ethan of Athosby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 1886778396 (1-886778-39-6)
Hardcover, Nesfa Pr
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Evangelical Feminism & Biblical Truth: An Analysis of More Than One Hundred Disputed Questionsby Wayne GrudemISBN 157673840X (1-57673-840-X)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Evangelical Feminism & Biblical Truth: An Analysis of More Than One Hundred Disputed Questions'Book summary:Egalitarians, or evangelical feminists, consider men's and women's roles in the home and church to be interchangeable. In this helpful book, Bible scholar Wayne Grudem considers over a hundred egalitarian arguments and finds them contrary to the Bible. According to Grudem, the Bible teaches that God values men and women equally. However, their roles in home and church are complementary to each other, not interchangeable. Arguing against both feminism on the left and male chauvinism on the right, his carefully researched handbook is a valuable resource defending the complementarian viewpoint.
God created us, male and female, in His image.
So what does that mean?
Has the modern church suffered a tragic loss of the beauty of manhood and womanhood as created by God? Has the feminist influence within todays evangelical church led to a rejection of the effective authority of the Bible? In this reasoned, comprehensive response to more than one hundred controversial claims from evangelical feminists, biblical scholar Wayne Grudem answers these questions and examines the egalitarian perspective on every major doctrinal issue, including: What the Bible says about the roles of men and women in marriage Women in the church and in church leadership Theology and the concepts of equality, fairness, and justice Claims that a complementarian view is harmful
This is the fullest and most informative analysis available, and no one will be able to deny the cumulative strength of the case this author makes J. I. Packer
This is the most thorough, balanced, and biblically accurate treatment of feminism and the Bible I have seen Stu Weber
After the Bible, I cannot imagine a more useful book for finding reliable help in understanding Gods will for manhood and womanhood in the church and the home John Piper
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I would like to see this book as the final answer to the question of feminsm in the church today. There has been a lot of controversy and debate in the church on this subject and I have used the Bible exclusively to answer the question of feminism in the church. This book must not be portrayed as anti-women, or as putting women down in any way. This book will seek throughout to elevate and honor women, to regard them as equal in value to men yet with different God-given roles. This book fairly presents arguments and facts, leading people to conclude for themselves that evangelical feminism is clearly contrary to Scripture. [via]More editions of Evangelical Feminism & Biblical Truth: An Analysis of More Than One Hundred Disputed Questions:
Evangelical Feminism and Biblical Truth: An Analysis of More Than 100 Disputed Questionsby Wayne GrudemISBN 1601420315 (1-60142-031-5)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafeby Fannie FlaggISBN 1400064627 (1-4000-6462-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe'Book summary:The remarkable novel of two Southern friendships--the basis of the hit film--available for the first time in large print.
From the Trade Paperback edition. [via]More editions of Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe:
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The Fruit of Her Hands: Respect and the Christian Womanby Nancy WilsonISBN 188576734X (1-885767-34-X)
Softcover, Canon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fruit of Her Hands: Respect and the Christian Woman'Book summary:Imagine where the Church would be today if the men in it were respected as they ought to be by their wives. What power would God unleash through godly men who were respected in their homes?
Wives, instead of focusing on your husband's problems and shortcomings, look at what you are supposed to be doing yourself.
In the Song of Solomon we read, "Like an apple tree among the sons." So what is your perspective when you look at your husband? Is it biblical or does it stem from all those modern lies which surround us? [via]More editions of The Fruit of Her Hands: Respect and the Christian Woman:
The Gate to Women's Countryby Sheri S. TepperISBN 0553280643 (0-553-28064-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Thingsby J. T. LeroyISBN 1582342113 (1-58234-211-3)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things'Book summary:The extraordinary stories that brought the author a cult following at the age of sixteen.[via]
Circulated copies of LeRoy's handwritten notebook pages brought early attention to the then unpublished author. In print for the first time, these loosely connected autobiographical stories describe the harrowing experiences of a young boy's life on the run. From the heartbreaking "Meteor," where he struggles for the attention of his wandering mother, to the paranoia of "Coal"-'Whenever things feel out of control I know the black coal is doing it, and I know what to do, my mom taught me'-to living on the streets of San Francisco in "Natoma Street," JT LeRoy's voice is as lyrical and nuanced as the readers of his acclaimed debut novel Sarah have come to expect. Fresh, raw, and absolutely unforgettable, The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things is sure to establish LeRoy as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary fiction.More editions of The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things:
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Hedwig and the Angry Inchby John Cameron Mitchell, Stephen TraskISBN 1585672955 (1-58567-295-5)
Softcover, Overlook Press, The
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch'Book summary:On Valentine's day, 1998, Hedwig and the Angry Inch opened to rave reviews, and the phenomenon that is Hedwig was born. This fierce rock musical, with its central metaphor inspired by Plato's Symposium, tells the story of Hedwig Schmidt, a "fourth wall-smashing, German rock & roll goddess who also happens to be the victim of a gruesomely botched sex-change operation" (Time Out). This unique and outrageous story, dazzlingly recounted by Hedwig (n Hansel) in the form of a sleazy lounge act and backed by the rocking band "The Angry Inch," begins in the former East Berlin when Hansel meets Luther, an American GI who promises to take the young man back to the States on the condition that he change his sex and become Hedwig. This spectacular tale of abject love has been "knocking the socks off New York theater-goers with a much-needed jolt of twisted bathos and wigged-out histrionics" (The Advocate).
"Hedwig brings theater alive with the pounding sounds of rock and the funny-sad voicing of a painful past... [It's] the kind of "Rocky Horror Picture Show"-- style event that may inspire a rabid cult following."--The New York Times
"In the whole long, sorry history of rock musicals, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is the first one that truly rocks."--Rolling Stone
Winner of the Obie Award and the Outer Critics Circle award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical [via]More editions of Hedwig and the Angry Inch:
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How Loathsomeby Ted Naifeh, Tristan Crane, Danielle WillisISBN 1561633860 (1-56163-386-0)
Hardcover, Comics Lit
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How Loathsome'Book summary:The new series by the artist of Gloom Cookie and Courtney Crumrin! Do the town with gender outlaw Catherine Gore and her disreputable friends. It's Friday night and Catherine is dragged to an S play party to see what passes for sex these days. There, the beautiful, enigmatic fem fatale Chloe takes Catherine by surprise. Chloe is a girl with a secret. Catherine is intrigued, and the two form a tight bond. But is it love, or desperate obsession? Part Queer as Folk, part Trainspotting, this deeply personal, sexually bizarre, drug-addled adventure is a gothic exploration of the not-so obvious nature of gender. Collects the 4 issue mini-series. [via]
Illiberal Education: Political Correctness and the College Experienceby Dinesh D'SouzaISBN 1878802089 (1-878802-08-9)
Softcover, John m Ashbrook Center for Public
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The Inclusive-Language Debate: A Plea for Realismby D. A. CarsonISBN 080105835X (0-8010-5835-X)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Inclusive-Language Debate: A Plea for Realism'Book summary:A balanced and thorough look at the use of inclusive language in Bible translation. [via]
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Intimate Issues: Conversations Woman to Woman 21 Questions Christian Women Ask About Sexby Linda Dillow, Lorraine PintusISBN 1578561493 (1-57856-149-3)
Hardcover, Waterbrook Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Intimate Issues: Conversations Woman to Woman 21 Questions Christian Women Ask About Sex'Book summary:Intimate Issues answers the twenty-one questions about sex most frequently asked by Christian wives, as determined by a nationwide poll of over one thousand women. Written from the perspective of two mature Christian wives and Bible teachers-women who you'll come to know as teachers and friends-Intimate Issues is biblical and informative: sometimes humorous, other times practical, but always honest. Through its solid teaching warm testimonials, scriptural insights, and experts' advise, you'll find resolution for your questions and fears, surprising insights about God's perspective on sex, and a variety of practical and creative ideas for enhancing your physical relationship with the husband you love. With warmth and wisdom, authors Linda Dillow and Lorraine Pintus speak woman to woman: examining the teachings of Scripture, exposing the lies of the world, and offering real hope that every woman's marriage relationship can become all it was intended to be in God's design. [via]
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The Last Man - Paper Dollsby Pia Guerra, Brian K. VaughanISBN 1401210090 (1-4012-1009-0)
Softcover, DC Comics
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The Last Man Bk. 2,Vol. 2 : Cyclesby Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, Jose MarzanISBN 1401200761 (1-4012-0076-1)
Softcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Man Bk. 2,Vol. 2 : Cycles'Book summary:WINNER OF THREE EISNER AWARDS
As Yorick Brown, the last man on Earth, begins to make his way across the country to California, he and his companions are forced to make an unscheduled stop in Marrisville, Ohioa small town with a big secret. Collects issues #6-10 of the runaway hit Vertigo series by Brian K. Vaughan (EX-MACHINA, RUNAWAYS) and Pia Guerra.
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The Last Time I Wore a Dressby Daphne Scholinski, Jane Meredith AdamsISBN 1573226963 (1-57322-696-3)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Time I Wore a Dress'Book summary:This terrifying memoir recounts author Daphne Scholinski's three years spent in mental institutions for, among other things, Gender Identity Disorder. Daphne came from a busted home: Mom left to go to college and become a feminist and an artist; Dad stayed home with two daughters, the elder of whom, Daphne, he often beat. When Daphne started acting up at school, her shrinks decided to put her away. Her family, not knowing how to handle her, agreed. Because she was a tomboy who wore jeans and T-shirts and didn't act enough like a girl, her treatment, in addition to talk therapy, isolation, and drugs, required her to wear makeup, walk with a swing in her hips, and pretend to be obsessed with boys. This sounds awful enough, but when you realize that the confinement and treatment took place from 1981 to 1984, it's absolutely chilling. This book is both a powerful indictment of Gender Identity Disorder treatment and an inspiring testament of one person's survival. [via]
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The Left Hand of Darknessby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0441007317 (0-441-00731-7)
Softcover, Ace Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Left Hand of Darkness'Book summary:Genly Ai is an emissary from the human galaxy to Winter, a lost, stray world. His mission is to bring the planet back into the fold of an evolving galactic civilization, but to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own culture and prejudices and those that he encounters. On a planet where people are of no gender--or both--this is a broad gulf indeed. The inventiveness and delicacy with which Le Guin portrays her alien world are not only unusual and inspiring, they are fundamental to almost all decent science fiction that has been written since. In fact, reading Le Guin again may cause the eye to narrow somewhat disapprovingly at the younger generation: what new ground are they breaking that is not already explored here with greater skill and acumen? It cannot be said, however, that this is a rollicking good story. Le Guin takes a lot of time to explore her characters, the world of her creation, and the philosophical themes that arise.
If there were a canon of classic science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness would be included without debate. Certainly, no science fiction bookshelf may be said to be complete without it. But the real question: is it fun to read? It is science fiction of an earlier time, a time that has not worn particularly well in the genre. The Left Hand of Darkness was a groundbreaking book in 1969, a time when, like the rest of the arts, science fiction was awakening to new dimensions in both society and literature. But the first excursions out of the pulp tradition are sometimes difficult to reread with much enjoyment. Rereading The Left Hand of Darkness, decades after its publication, one feels that those who chose it for the Hugo and Nebula awards were right to do so, for it truly does stand out as one of the great books of that era. It is immensely rich in timeless wisdom and insight.
The Left Hand of Darkness is science fiction for the thinking reader, and should be read attentively in order to properly savor the depth of insight and the subtleties of plot and character. It is one of those pleasures that requires a little investment at the beginning, but pays back tenfold with the joy of raw imagination that resonates through the subsequent 30 years of science fiction storytelling. Not only is the bookshelf incomplete without owning it, so is the reader without having read it. --L. Blunt Jackson [via]
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- The Left Hand of Darkness: ISBN 0441478123 (0-441-47812-3)
Softcover, Ace Books - The Left Hand of Darkness: ISBN 0802713025 (0-8027-1302-5)
Hardcover, Walker & Company - The Left Hand of Darkness: ISBN 0808521667 (0-8085-2166-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - The Left Hand of Darkness: ISBN 0060125748 (0-06-012574-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - The Left Hand of Darkness: ISBN 0441007317 (0-441-00731-7)
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- The Left Hand of Darkness: ISBN 0441478123 (0-441-47812-3)
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Men Are from MarsISBN 0060926422 (0-06-092642-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This BookBook summary:Relationship counselor John Gray focuses on the differences between men and women--men are from Mars, and women are from Venus, after all--and offers a simple solution: couples must acknowledge and accept these differences before they can develop happier relationships. In this unabridged version, Gray gives a spirited delivery of his message, especially when role-playing typical male/female interactions. Although it takes some time to adjust to his slightly nasal tone, the information is sound and gives both men and women helpful hints on improving themselves and their union. (Running time: 9.5 hours, 6 cassettes) --Sharon Griggins [via]
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Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venusby John GrayISBN 1569564671 (1-56956-467-1)
Softcover, William a Thomas Braille
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Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationshipsby John GrayISBN 006016848X (0-06-016848-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships'Book summary:Popular marriage counselor and seminar leader John Gray provides a unique, practical and proven way for men and women to communicate and relate better by acknowledging the differences between them. Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their differences. Then they came to earth and amnesia set in: they forgot they were from different planets. Using this metaphor to illustrate the commonly occurring conflicts between men and women, Gray explains how these differences can come between the sexes and prohibit mutually fulfilling loving relationships. Based on years of successful counseling of couples, he gives advice on how to counteract these differences in communication styles, emotional needs and modes of behavior to promote a greater understanding between individual partners. Gray shows how men and women react differently in conversation and how their relationships are affected by male intimacy cycles ("get close", "back off"), and female self-esteem fluctuations ("I'm okay", "I'm not okay"). He encourages readers to accept the other gender's particular way of expressing love, and helps men and women learn how to fulfill each other's emotional needs. With practical suggestions on how to reduce conflict, crucial information on how to interpret a partner's behavior and methods for preventing emotional "trash from the past" from invading new relationships, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus is a valuable tool for couples who want to develop deeper and more satisfying relationships with their partners. [via]
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Men, Women, and Relationships: Making Peace with the Opposite Sexby John GrayISBN 0061010707 (0-06-101070-7)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Men, Women, and Relationships: Making Peace with the Opposite Sex'Book summary:John Gray, New York Times bestselling author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, reveals that the key to creating and maintaining successful relationships between men and women lies in accepting our differences. By trying to make our partners over in our own likeness, Gray reminds us we destroy what we first found so appealing.
Writing with the compassionate understanding that is his trademark, Gray draws on his wealth of experience from twenty years of work in couples therapy, his two mega-selling books, as well as his hugely popular national workshops and seminars. In Men, Women, and Relationships, he ably demonstrates that only through respecting, appreciating, and responding to our natural differences can we achieve real happiness and fulfillment in our relationships.
Discover the simple, practical techniques that can enable all of us to experience the healthy, supportive love we deserve. [via]
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Middlesexby Jeffrey EugenidesISBN 0312422156 (0-312-42215-6)
Softcover, Picador USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Middlesex'Book summary:"I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974." And so begins Middlesex, the mesmerizing saga of a near-mythic Greek American family and the "roller-coaster ride of a single gene through time." The odd but utterly believable story of Cal Stephanides, and how this 41-year-old hermaphrodite was raised as Calliope, is at the tender heart of this long-awaited second novel from Jeffrey Eugenides, whose elegant and haunting 1993 debut, The Virgin Suicides, remains one of the finest first novels of recent memory.
Eugenides weaves together a kaleidoscopic narrative spanning 80 years of a stained family history, from a fateful incestuous union in a small town in early 1920s Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit; from the early days of Ford Motors to the heated 1967 race riots; from the tony suburbs of Grosse Pointe and a confusing, aching adolescent love story to modern-day Berlin. Eugenides's command of the narrative is astonishing. He balances Cal/Callie's shifting voices convincingly, spinning this strange and often unsettling story with intelligence, insight, and generous amounts of humor:
Emotions, in my experience aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret." & I'd like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic traincar constructions like, say, "the happiness that attends disaster." Or: "the disappointment of sleeping with one's fantasy." ... I'd like to have a word for "the sadness inspired by failing restaurants" as well as for "the excitement of getting a room with a minibar." I've never had the right words to describe my life, and now that I've entered my story, I need them more than ever.
When you get to the end of this splendorous book, when you suddenly realize that after hundreds of pages you have only a few more left to turn over, you'll experience a quick pang of regret knowing that your time with Cal is coming to a close, and you may even resist finishing it--putting it aside for an hour or two, or maybe overnight--just so that this wondrous, magical novel might never end. --Brad Thomas Parsons [via]
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The Miseducation of Womenby James TooleyISBN 1566635446 (1-56663-544-6)
Softcover, Ivan R Dee
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Myra Breckinridge ; Myronby Gore VidalISBN 0141180285 (0-14-118028-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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One Small Stepby Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, Jose MarzanISBN 1401202012 (1-4012-0201-2)
Softcover, DC Comics
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Precious Baneby Mary WebbISBN 1406794724 (1-4067-9472-4)
Softcover, Read Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Precious Bane'Book summary:1924. A novel by Mary Webb (Mrs. Henry Bertram Law Webb), the Shropshire Novelist. Her beautifully crafted characters are set against a timeless landscape that Webb knew intimately. Her finest achievement was the award of the Prix Femina, a coveted literary prize, for this her fifth novel, Precious Bane, a story of rural Shropshire in the early nineteenth century. This book was greatly admired by the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, who sent the author a letter of appreciation. [via]
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Precious Baneby Bryony Lavery, Byrony LaveryISBN 1840023864 (1-84002-386-4)
Softcover, Oberon Books Ltd
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Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminismby Wayne A. Grudem, John PiperISBN 1581348061 (1-58134-806-1)
Softcover, Good News Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism'Book summary:A controversy of major proportions has spread through the church. Recent generations bear witness to the rise of "evangelical feminism"-a movement that has had a profound impact on all of life, challenging some of our basic Christian beliefs.
In this new edition of an influential and award-winning best-seller, more than twenty men and women have committed their talents to produce the most thorough response yet to this modern movement. Combining systematic argumentation with popular application, this volume deals with all of the main passages of Scripture brought forward in this controversy regarding gender-based role differences.
Anyone concerned with the fundamental question of the proper relationship between men and women in home, church, and society will want to read this book. New preface included.
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Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminismby John Piper, Wayne A. GrudemISBN 0891075860 (0-89107-586-0)
Softcover, Good News Pub
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Sarahby J. T. LeroyISBN 158234146X (1-58234-146-X)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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J.T. LeRoy has created a hauntingly memorable world, strangely reminiscent of Lewis Carroll's Wonderland. Heartwarming as it is bizarre, beautiful and stunningly original, Sarah heralds the debut of an inimitable new talent. -
Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood And Back Againby Norah VincentISBN 0670034665 (0-670-03466-5)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Self-made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back Again'Book summary:A journalists provocative and spellbinding account of her eighteen months spent disguised as a man[via]Norah Vincent became an instant media sensation with the publication of Self-Made Man, her take on just how hard it is to be a man, even in a mans world. Following in the tradition of John Howard Griffin (Black Like Me), Norah spent a year and a half disguised as her male alter ego, Ned, exploring what men are like when women arent around. As Ned, she joins a bowling team, takes a high-octane sales job, goes on dates with women (and men), visits strip clubs, and even manages to infiltrate a monastery and a mens therapy group. At once thought- provoking and pure fun to read, Self-Made Man is a sympathetic and thrilling tour de force of immersion journalism.
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Self-made Man: One Woman's Year Disguised As a Manby Norah VincentISBN 0143038702 (0-14-303870-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Self-made Man: One Woman's Year Disguised As a Man'Book summary:A journalists provocative and spellbinding account of her eighteen months spent disguised as a man[via]Norah Vincent became an instant media sensation with the publication of Self-Made Man, her take on just how hard it is to be a man, even in a mans world. Following in the tradition of John Howard Griffin (Black Like Me), Norah spent a year and a half disguised as her male alter ego, Ned, exploring what men are like when women arent around. As Ned, she joins a bowling team, takes a high-octane sales job, goes on dates with women (and men), visits strip clubs, and even manages to infiltrate a monastery and a mens therapy group. At once thought- provoking and pure fun to read, Self-Made Man is a sympathetic and thrilling tour de force of immersion journalism.
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The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion, and Rock'N'Rolllby Simon Reynolds, Joy PressISBN 067480273X (0-674-80273-X)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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She's Not There: A Life in Two Gendersby Jennifer Finney Boylan, Richard RussoISBN 0767914295 (0-7679-1429-5)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders'Book summary:The exuberant memoir of a man named James who became a woman named Jenny.
Shes Not There is the story of a person changing genders, the story of a person bearing and finally revealing a complex secret; above all, it is a love story.
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By turns funny and deeply moving, Jennifer Finney Boylan explores the remarkable territory that lies between men and women, examines changing friendships, and rejoices in the redeeming power of family. Shes Not There is a portrait of a loving marriagethe love of James for his wife, Grace, and, against all odds, the enduring love of Grace for the woman who becomes her sister, Jenny.
To this extraordinary true story, Boylan brings the humorous, fresh voice that won her accolades as one of the best comic novelists of her generation. With her distinctive and winning perspective, Shes Not There explores the dramatic outward changes and unexpected results of life as a woman: Jenny fights the urge to eat salad, while James consumed plates of ribs; gone is the stability of one damn mood, all the damn time.
While Boylans own secret was unusual, to say the least, she captures the universal sense of feeling uncomfortable, out of sorts with the world, and misunderstood by her peers. Jenny is supported on her journey by her best friend, novelist Richard Russo, who goes from begging his friend to Be a man (in every sense of the word) to accepting her as an attractive, buoyant woman. The most unexpected thing, Russo writes in his Afterword to the book, is in how Jennys story we recognize our shared humanity.
As James evolves into Jennifer in scenes that are by turns tender, startling, and witty, a marvelously human perspective emerges on issues of love, sex, and the fascinating relationship between our physical and our intuitive selves. Through the clear eyes of a truly remarkable woman, Shes Not There provides a new window on the often confounding process of accepting ourselves.More editions of She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders:
The Silence of the Lambsby Thomas HarrisISBN 1585471100 (1-58547-110-0)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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The Stay-At-Home Momby Donna OttoISBN 1565076389 (1-56507-638-9)
Softcover, Harvest House Pub
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Who Stole Feminism?: How Women Have Betrayed Womenby Christina Hoff SommersISBN 0684801566 (0-684-80156-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Who Stole Feminism?: How Women Have Betrayed Women'Book summary:Philosophy professor Christina Sommers has exposed a disturbing development: how a group of zealots, claiming to speak for all women, are promoting a dangerous new agenda that threatens our most cherished ideals and sets women against men in all spheres of life. In case after case, Sommers shows how these extremists have propped up their arguments with highly questionable but well-funded research, presenting inflammatory and often inaccurate information and stifling any semblance of free and open scrutiny. Trumpeted as orthodoxy, the resulting "findings" on everything from rape to domestic abuse to economic bias to the supposed crisis in girls' self-esteem perpetuate a view of women as victims of the "patriarchy." Moreover, these arguments and the supposed facts on which they are based have had enormous influence beyond the academy, where they have shaken the foundations of our educational, scientific, and legal institutions and have fostered resentment and alienation in our private lives. Despite its current dominance, Sommers maintains, such a breed of feminism is at odds with the real aspirations and values of most American women and undermines the cause of true equality. Who Stole Feminism? is a call to arms that will enrage or inspire, but cannot be ignored. [via]
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Why Men Don't Listen & Women Can't Read Maps: How We're Different and What to Do About Itby Allan Pease, Barbara PeaseISBN 1566491568 (1-56649-156-8)
Hardcover, Welcome Rain
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why Men Don't Listen & Women Can't Read Maps: How We're Different and What to Do About It'Book summary:Ever wonder why women can brush their teeth while walking and talking on various subjects while men generally find this very difficult to do? Why 99 percent of all patents are registered by men? Why stressed women talk? Why so many husbands hate shopping? According to Barbara and Allan Pease, science now confirms that "the way our brains are wired and the hormones pulsing through our bodies are the two factors that largely dictate, long before we are born, how we will think and behave. Our instincts are simply our genes determining how our bodies will behave in given sets of circumstances." That's right: socialization, politics, or upbringing aside, men and women have profound brain differences and are intrinsically inclined to act in distinct--and consequently frustrating--ways.
The premises behind Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps is that all too often, these differences get in the way of fulfilling relationships and that understanding our basic urges can lead to greater self-awareness and improved relations between the sexes. The Peases spent three years researching their book--traveling the globe, talking to experts, and studying the cutting-edge research of ethnologists, psychologists, biologists, and neuroscientists--yet their work does not read a bit like "hard science." In fact, the authors go to considerable lengths to point out that their book is intended to be funny, interesting, and easy to read; in short, this is a book whose primary purpose is to talk about "average men and women, that is, how most men and women behave most of the time, in most situations, and for most of the past."
Why Men Don't Listen, therefore, deals largely in generalizations, and this is bound to alienate some readers. "We don't beat around the bush with suppositions or politically correct clichés," the Peases claim. Those up for an irreverent and unapologetic take on why men and women just can't help themselves sometimes may just decide to read on. --Svenja Soldovieri [via]
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Wifework: What Marriage Really Means for Womenby Susan MaushartISBN 1582342768 (1-58234-276-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wifework: What Marriage Really Means for Women'Book summary:Men get one thing from marriage that women never do: They get wives.[via]
Wifework is a fiercely argued, in-depth look at the inequitable division of labor between husbands and wives. Bolstering her own personal experience as a twice-married mother of three with substantial research and broad statistical evidence, Susan Maushart explores the theoretical and evolutionary reasons behind marriage inequality. She forces us to consider why 50 per cent of marriages end in divorce, and why women are responsible for initiating three-quarters of them. If family life is worth saving, and Maushart passionately believes it is, the job description for wives will have to be rewritten.More editions of Wifework: What Marriage Really Means for Women:
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Woman: An Intimate Geographyby Natalie AngierISBN 0385498411 (0-385-49841-1)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Woman: An Intimate Geography'Book summary:Despite scientific evidence to the contrary, as far as the health care profession is concerned the standard operating design of the human body is male. So when a book comes along as beautifully written and endlessly informative as Natalie Angier's Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?
The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio [via]
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Women Who Make the World Worse: and How Their Radical Feminist Assault is Ruining Our Families, Military, Schools, and Sportsby Kate O'BeirneISBN 1595230092 (1-59523-009-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Women Who Make the World Worse: And How Their Radical Feminist Assault Is Ruining Our Schools, Families, Military, And Sportsby Kate O'BeirneISBN 1595230297 (1-59523-029-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Fueled by their persecution fantasies, modern feminists have been calling for radical social engineering to eliminate any differences between the sexes. They insist that any sex differences are the result of social construction, not biology. So they want boys and men to be reprogrammed and treated for their "pathology."Many of these women are public figures who use their notoriety in acting, pop music, television, or politics to spout unfounded bad ideas and harebrained schemes: Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Hillary Clinton, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Maureen Dowd, and many more.
Kate OBeirne captures the radical feminists in their own words, explains why theyve got it all wrong, and shows why they have to be stoppedbefore they do even more damage to our schools, families, workplaces, and sports. [via]
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Women's Wicked Wit: From Jane Austen to Rosanne Barrby Michelle LovricISBN 155652451X (1-55652-451-X)
Softcover, Chicago Review Pr
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Y:The Last Man 1: Unmannedby Brian K. Vaughan, Pia GuerraISBN 1563899809 (1-56389-980-9)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Y:The Last Man 1: Unmanned'Book summary:"Funny and scary & an utterly believable critique of society. A+"THE WASHINGTON POST
"The best graphic novel I've ever read."STEPHEN KING
"This year's best movie is a comic book." ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, NPR
"A seriously funny, nuanced fable.... Grade A."ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Y: THE LAST MAN, winner of three Eisner Awards and one of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling comic books series of the last decade, is that rare example of a page-turner that is at once humorous, socially relevant and endlessly surprising.
Written by Brian K. Vaughan (LOST, PRIDE OF BAGHDAD, EX MACHINA) and with art by Pia Guerra, this is the saga of Yorick Brownthe only human survivor of a planet-wide plague that instantly kills every mammal possessing a Y chromosome. Accompanied by a mysterious government agent, a brilliant young geneticist and his pet monkey, Ampersand, Yorick travels the world in search of his lost love and the answer to why he's the last man on earth.
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Y:The Last Man 4: Safewordby Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, Goran ParlovISBN 1401202322 (1-4012-0232-2)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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After a devastating plague, Yorrick Brown is the last man left alive in a world of women. On the run from Amazon extremists who would be happy to see him dead, his friends leave him in the care of Agent 711. But 711 is not the tragic woman she seems to be and Yorrick is propelled into a drug-fuelled nightmare of blood and sadism. Collects issues #18-23 of the runaway hit Vertigo series by Brian K. Vaughan (EX-MACHINA, RUNAWAYS) and Pia Guerra.
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Y:The Last Man 5: Ring of Truthby Brian K. Vaughan, Jose Marzan, Pia GuerraISBN 1401204872 (1-4012-0487-2)
Softcover, Vertigo
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Yorick Brown, the last man on Earth, finally makes it to San Francisco where his unbalanced sister, Hero, finds him seemingly succumbing to the male-killing plague after losing his still-unused engagement ring to the burqa-clad agents of the Setauket Ring. But is the ring really the key to his survival? And what does it have to do with the mysterious Amulet of Helene, which the Setauket leader is determined to take from Agent 355 by any means necessary. Collects issues #24-31 of the runaway hit Vertigo series by Brian K. Vaughan (EX-MACHINA, ASTONISHING X-MEN, RUNAWAYS) and Pia Guerra.
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Y:The Last Man 6: Girl on Girlby Brian K. Vaughan, Jose Marzan, Pia Guerra, Goran SudzukaISBN 1401205011 (1-4012-0501-1)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Accompanied by his mischievous monkey and the mysterious Agent 355, Yorick embarks on a transcontinental journey to find his girlfriend and discover why he is the last man on Earth. This volume finds Yorick, Agent 355 and Dr. Mann traveling across the Pacific to Japan in pursuit of Yorick's stolen monkey Ampersand, whose innards may hold the key to mankind's future. Collects issues #32-36 of the runaway hit Vertigo series by Brian K. Vaughan (EX-MACHINA, ASTONISHING X-MEN, RUNAWAYS) and Pia Guerra.
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Y the Last Man: Unmannedby Brian K. VaughanISBN 1417698101 (1-4176-9810-1)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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The Yellow Wall-Paper: A Sourcebook and Critical Editionby Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Elaine HedgesISBN 1558611584 (1-55861-158-4)
Softcover, Feminist Pr
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Suggested for course use in:
Family studies
Feminist thought
History of medicine
19th-century U.S. literature
Psychology
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860 - 1935) was a feminist writer, lecturer, and activist. Her many other works include Herland and Women and Economics.More editions of The Yellow Wall-Paper: A Sourcebook and Critical Edition:
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Bridget Jones: L'Age de Raisonby Helen FieldingISBN 2290316210 (2-290-31621-0)
Softcover, Librio
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bridget Jones: L'Age de Raison'Book summary:410pages. poche. broché. Hourra! Finies, les années de solitude. Depuis quatre semaines et cinq jours, entretiens relation fonctionnelle avec adulte mâle, prouvant par conséquent que je ne suis pas paria de l'amour comme craint précédemment. Voici la suite tant attendue de l'irrésistible journal de Bridget Jones, la célibataire la plus drôle de la planète. Où elle découvre à quel point l'important n'est pas de trouver un prince charmant, mais surtout de le garder! Nous retrouvons les tribus de copines, les Célibattantes et les Mariées-Fières-de-l'Être, les parents à côté de la plaque. et ses éternelles bonnes résolutions (perdre au moins cinq kilos, arrêter de fumer et de boire du chardonnay), qui font de cette aventurière des temps désespérément modernes notre névrosée préférée. [via]
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Le Deuxieme Sexeby Simone de BeauvoirISBN 2070323528 (2-07-032352-8)
Softcover, Flammarion et Cie
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Deuxieme Sexe'Book summary:Volume II of Le Deuxime Sexe (Second Sex) by Simone de Beauvoir. In French. [via]
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Le Deuxieme Sexe Tome 1by Simone De BeauvoirISBN 207032351X (2-07-032351-X)
Softcover, Sodis
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Le Sexisme OrdinaireISBN 2020052016 (2-02-005201-6)
Hardcover, Editions Du Seuil
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La Conjura De Los Neciosby T.j. KennedyISBN 8433920421 (84-339-2042-1)
Softcover, Ld Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Conjura De Los Necios'Book summary:El protagonista de esta novela es uno de los personajes mas memorables de la literatura norteamericana: Ignatius Reilly, quien a los treinta anos vive con una estrafalaria madre, ocupado en escribir una extensa y demoledora denuncia contra nuestro siglo, tan carente de "teologia y geometria" como de "decencia y buen gusto". Un alegato desquiciado contra una sociedad desquiciada. Por una inesperada necesidad de dinero, se ve "catapultado en la fiebre de la existencia contemporanea", fiebre a la que Igantius anadira unos cuantos grados mas. En Francia, esta novela fue galardonada como la mejor del ano en lengua extranjera. [via]
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La Conjura De Los Necios/a Confederacy of Duncesby John Kennedy TooleISBN 8496333604 (84-96333-60-4)
Softcover, Quinteto
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Conjura De Los Necios/a Confederacy of Dunces'Book summary:El protagonista de esta novela es uno de los personajes mas memorables de la literatura norteamericana: Ignatius Reilly, quien a los treinta anos vive con una estrafalaria madre, ocupado en escribir una extensa y demoledora denuncia contra nuestro siglo, tan carente de "teologiÂa y geometriÂa" como de "decencia y buen gusto". Un alegato desquiciado contra una sociedad desquiciada. Por una inesperada necesidad de dinero, se ve "catapultado en la fiebre de la existencia contemporanea", fiebre a la que Igantius anadira unos cuantos grados mas. En Francia, esta novela fue galardonada como la mejor del ano en lengua extranjera. [via]
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