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Ain't I A Woman: Black Women and Feminismby Bell HooksISBN 089608129X (0-89608-129-X)
Softcover, South End Pr
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"Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism is among America's most influential works. Prolific, outspoken, and fearless."-The Village Voice
"This book is a classic. It . . . should be read by anyone who takes feminism seriously."-Sojourner
"[Ain't I a Woman]should be widely read, thoughtfully considered, discussed, and finally acclaimed for the real enlightenment it offers for social change."-Library Journal
"One of the twenty most influential women's books of the last twenty years."-Publishers Weekly
"I met a young sister who was a feminist, and she gave me a book called Ain't I a Woman by a talented, beautiful sister named bell hooks-and it changed my life. It changed my whole perspective of myself as a woman."-Jada Pinkett-Smith
At nineteen, bell hooks began writing the book that forever changed the course of feminist thought. Ain't I a Woman remains a classic analysis of the impact of sexism on black women during slavery, the historic devaluation of black womanhood, black male sexism, racism within the women's movement, and black women's involvement with feminism.
bell hooks is the author of numerous critically acclaimed and influential books on the politics of race, gender, class, and culture. The Atlantic Monthly celebrates her as one of our nation's leading public intellectuals. [via]More editions of Ain't I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism:
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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)
Bad Girls: The Media, Sex & Feminism in the 90sby Catherine LumbyISBN 1864480769 (1-86448-076-9)
Softcover, Allen & Unwin
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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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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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Becoming an Ally: Breaking the Cycle of OppressionISBN 1895686393 (1-895686-39-3)
Softcover, Fernwood Books Ltd
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Becoming an Ally: Breaking the Cycle of Oppression in Peopleby Anne BishopISBN 1842772252 (1-84277-225-2)
Softcover, Zed Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Becoming an Ally: Breaking the Cycle of Oppression in People'Book summary:This new edition of a classic book, expanded to encompass the last seven years of work, experiences, and insight, looks specifically at addressing oppression in people. By narrowing the focus, Anne Bishop again raises a number of questions concerning where oppression comes from: Has it always been with us as a part of 'human nature'? What can we do to change it? What does individual healing have to do with the struggles for social justice?[via]More editions of Becoming an Ally: Breaking the Cycle of Oppression in People:
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Borderlands/LA Fronteraby Gloria AnzalduaISBN 1879960567 (1-879960-56-7)
Softcover, Aunt Lute Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Borderlands/LA Frontera'Book summary:Second edition of Gloria Anzaldúa's major work, with a new critical introduction by Chicano Studies scholar and new reflections by Anzaldúa.[via]More editions of Borderlands/LA Frontera:
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Cold Skinby Albert S Pi±olISBN 1841958832 (1-84195-883-2)
Softcover, Canongate Books Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cold Skin'Book summary:Shortly after World War I, a troubled man accepts a solitary assignment as a weather official on a tiny, remote island on the edges of the Antarctic. When he arrives, the predecessor he is meant to replace is missing and a deeply disturbed stranger is barricaded in a heavily fortified lighthouse. At first adversaries, the two find that their tenuous partnership may be the only way they survive the unspeakably horrific reptilian creatures that ravage the island at night, attacking the lighthouse in their organized effort to find warm-blooded food. Armed with a battery of ammunition and explosives, the weather official and his new ally must confront their increasingly murderous mentality, and, when the possibility of a kind of truce presents itself, decide what kind of island they will inhabit. Equal parts Stephen King, a phantasmagorical Robinson Crusoe, and Lord of the Flies, Cold Skin is literary horror that deals with the basist forms of human behavior imaginable, while exploring why we so vehemently fear the Other.[via]More editions of Cold Skin:
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Cunt: A Declaration of Independenceby Inga Muscio, Betty DodsonISBN 1580050751 (1-58005-075-1)
Softcover, Seal Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cunt: A Declaration of Independence'Book summary:The author reclaims the word, which has been a taboo word for many years, as a powerful and positive term than can unite all women. In it, she explores feminist issues such as birth control, sexuality, jealousy between women, and prostitution, with a fresh attitude for a new generation of women. [via]
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Daisy Millerby Henry JamesISBN 1840025980 (1-84002-598-0)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Daisy Miller'Book summary:Adapted from the novel by Henry James[via]More editions of Daisy Miller:
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The Dark Ages: Life in the United States, 1945-1960by Marty JezerISBN 0896081281 (0-89608-128-1)
Hardcover, Pluto Press
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Emileby Jean-Jacques RousseauISBN 2030348597 (2-03-034859-7)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Emile Ou De L'Educationby Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Francois Richard, Pierre Richard, Tanguy L'AminotISBN 2844310117 (2-84431-011-7)
Hardcover, Garnier
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emile Ou De L'Education'Book summary:This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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Equal Ritesby Terry PratchettISBN 1856953874 (1-85695-387-4)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Equal Rites'Book summary:The third Discworld novel.
They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.
There are some situations where the correct response is to display the sort of ignorance which happily and wilfully flies in the face of the facts. In this case, the birth of a baby girl, born a wizard -- by mistake. Everybody knows that there's no such thing as a female wizard. But now it's gone and happened, there's nothing much anyone can do about it. Let the battle of the sexes begin. [via]More editions of Equal Rites:
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Evil Sisters : The Threat of Female Sexuality and the Cult of Manhoodby Bram DijkstraISBN 0394569458 (0-394-56945-8)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Evil Sisters : The Threat of Female Sexuality and the Cult of Manhood'Book summary:In Evil Sisters Bram Dijkstra, a professor of comparative literature at the University of California, San Diego, has taken on the task of detailing the various threats female sexuality is said to have posed throughout this century. Some of these so-called threats seemed alarming; for example, many leading intellectuals from early in the century believed that women were in pursuit of semen to fulfill their reproductive need. Others blamed war as a female creation. He shows how the link of women to vampires was particularly damaging. An interesting historical look at imagery that crops up in today's society. [via]
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Evil Sisters: The Threat of Female Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Cultureby Bram DijkstraISBN 0805055495 (0-8050-5549-5)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Failing at Fairness: How Our Schools Cheat Girlsby David Sadker, Myra SadkerISBN 068480073X (0-684-80073-X)
Softcover, Scribner
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The Flying Sorcerersby Larry Niven, D. GerroldISBN 1932100237 (1-932100-23-7)
Softcover, Benbella Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Flying Sorcerers'Book summary:This funny and insightful science fiction classic introduces Shoogar, the greatest wizard ever known in his village. His spells can strike terror in the hearts of even his most powerful enemies. But the enemy he faces now is like none he has ever seen before. The stranger has come from nowhere and is ignorant of even the most basic principles of magic. But the stranger has an incredibly powerful magic of his own. There is no room in Shoogars world for an intruder whose powers match his own, let alone one whose powers might exceed his. So before the blue sun can cross the face of the red sun once more, Shoogar will show this stranger just who is boss.[via]More editions of The Flying Sorcerers:
Good Enough to Eatby Jekka McVicarISBN 1856262278 (1-85626-227-8)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Handmaid's Taleby Margaret AtwoodISBN 038549081X (0-385-49081-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Handmaid's Tale'Book summary:Throughout her career, Margaret Atwood has played with different literary genres in her novels--historical fiction (Alias Grace), pulp fiction (The Blind Assassin), the comedy of manners (The Robber Bride)--but no foray into genre fiction has been as successful as her turn to speculative fiction in The Handmaid's Tale. Published in 1985, it echoes Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World, but a vibrant feminism drives Atwood's portrait of a futuristic dystopia. In the Republic of Gilead, we see a world devastated by toxic chemicals and nuclear fallout and dominated by a repressive Christian fundamentalism. The birthrate has plunged, and most women can no longer bear children. Offred is one of Gilead's Handmaids, who as official breeders are among the chosen few who can still become pregnant.
The Handmaid's Tale is an imaginatively audacious novel that is at once a page-turning psychological thriller, a moving love story, and a chilling warning about what might be waiting for us around the corner. What ultimately makes it stand out is Atwood's ability to balance a passionate political statement with finely wrought literary fiction. The Handmaid's Tale is a remarkable work by one of Canada's most inventive writers. --Jeffrey Canton [via]
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- The Handmaid's Tale: ISBN 0770428207 (0-7704-2820-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books of Canada Ltd - The Handmaid's Tale: ISBN 0307264602 (0-307-26460-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - The Handmaid's Tale: ISBN 0808598295 (0-8085-9829-5)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - The Handmaid's Tale: ISBN 0449212602 (0-449-21260-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books - The Handmaid's Tale: ISBN 0449911535 (0-449-91153-5)
Softcover, Ballantine Books - The Handmaid's Tale: ISBN 0816141711 (0-8161-4171-1)
Softcover, G K Hall & Co - The Handmaid's Tale: ISBN 0395404258 (0-395-40425-8)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin - The Handmaid's Tale: ISBN 0771008139 (0-7710-0813-9)
Hardcover, McClelland and Stewart - The Handmaid's Tale: ISBN 081614172X (0-8161-4172-X)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co - The Handmaid's Tale: ISBN 038549081X (0-385-49081-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
- The Handmaid's Tale: ISBN 0770428207 (0-7704-2820-7)
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Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism/Includes Afterword and Annotated Bibliographyby Suzanne PharrISBN 1890759015 (1-890759-01-5)
Softcover, Womens Project
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Hostile Hallways: The Aauw Survey on Sexual Harassment in America's SchoolsISBN 1879922010 (1-879922-01-0)
Softcover, Amer Assn of Univ Women
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How to Make the World a Better Place for Women in Five Minutes a Dayby Donna JacksonISBN 1562829297 (1-56282-929-7)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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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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Intercourseby Andrea DworkinISBN 0465017525 (0-465-01752-5)
Softcover, Basic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Intercourse'Book summary:In this truly radical work Andrea Dworkin asserts that the essence of female oppression is rooted in nothing less than the act of sexual intercourse itself. [via]
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- Intercourse: ISBN 0029079713 (0-02-907971-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Intercourse: ISBN 0684832399 (0-684-83239-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Intercourse: ISBN 0029079705 (0-02-907970-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - Intercourse: ISBN 0436139618 (0-436-13961-8)
Hardcover, Secker & Warburg - Intercourse: ISBN 0465017525 (0-465-01752-5)
Softcover, Basic Books
- Intercourse: ISBN 0029079713 (0-02-907971-3)
Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Women of Colorby Gloria AnzalduaISBN 1879960109 (1-879960-10-9)
Softcover, Aunt Lute Books
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- Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Women of Color: ISBN 1879960117 (1-879960-11-7)
Hardcover, Aunt Lute Books - Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Women of Color: ISBN 1879960109 (1-879960-10-9)
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- Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Women of Color: ISBN 1879960117 (1-879960-11-7)
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Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Taleby Harold BloomISBN 0791075699 (0-7910-7569-9)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Tale'Book summary:Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Bloom's Guides collection, presents concise critical excerpts from The Handmaid's Tale to provide a scholarly overview of the work. This comprehensive study guide also features "The Story Behind the Story," which details the conditions under which The Handmaid's Tale was written. This title also includes a short biography on Margaret Atwood and a descriptive list of characters. [via]
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Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Taleby Margaret Eleanor AtwoodISBN 079105926X (0-7910-5926-X)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Tale'Book summary:Atwood's best-known novel depicts one woman's struggle to survive in a futuristic society in which women have become property.
The title, Margaret Atwoods The Handmaid's Tale, part of Chelsea House Publishers Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on Margaret Atwoods The Handmaid's Tale through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on Margaret Atwood, a chronology of the authors life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. [via]
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Misogynies: Reflections on Myths and Maliceby Joan SmithISBN 0449906760 (0-449-90676-0)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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New Woman New Earth: Sexist Ideologies and Human Liberationby Rosemary Radford RuetherISBN 080706503X (0-8070-6503-X)
Softcover, Beacon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'New Woman New Earth: Sexist Ideologies and Human Liberation'Book summary:First published in 1975, New Woman, New Earth explores the connections between sexism, racism, anti-Semitism, environmental destruction, and other forms of domination. Long ahead of its time, it remains an unparalleled introduction to women's studies and the feminist critique of religion. [via]
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- New Woman New Earth: Sexist Ideologies and Human Liberation: ISBN 0816421854 (0-8164-2185-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins - New Woman New Earth: Sexist Ideologies and Human Liberation: ISBN 0816412057 (0-8164-1205-7)
Hardcover, Seabury Press - New Woman New Earth: Sexist Ideologies and Human Liberation: ISBN 080706503X (0-8070-6503-X)
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- New Woman New Earth: Sexist Ideologies and Human Liberation: ISBN 0816421854 (0-8164-2185-4)
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No Surrender: Writings from an Anti-imperialist Political Prisonerby David GilbertISBN 1894925262 (1-894925-26-2)
Softcover, Abraham Guillen Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'No Surrender: Writings from an Anti-imperialist Political Prisoner'Book summary:A founder of Columbia University SDS, and a veteran of the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War Movements, David Gilbert joined the Weather Underground Organization in the late í60's. After more than 10 years of clandestine resistance, he was captured in the course of an armed action in 1981. Gilbert has been a revolutionary political prisoner for 22 years, continuing his work as an AIDs activist, and author from behind the walls. This first collection of David Gilbert's prison writings is a unique contribution to our understanding of the most ambitious and audacious attempts by white anti-imperialists to build an underground movement "within the belly of the beast." With unsparing honesty (and unfailing humor), he discusses the errors and successes of the WUO and their allies; the pitfalls of racism, sexism and ego in revolutionary organizations; and the possibilities and perils facing today's growing anti-imperialist resistance. Includes forewords by political prisoners Marilyn Buck and Sundiata Acoli. "This book stands alone in the growing number of books about the 1960s, the anti-Vietnam War Movement, and the Weather Underground Organization because of David's willingness to own it and analyze it. His discussion of the strength's and weaknesses of this history, the role of armed struggle, the rise of terrorism, the continued aggression of the U.S. government speak directly to the concerns of everyone working for justice anywhere. David's discussion of these topics is freer, more alive, and more honest than any I have read. This book should stimulate learning from our political prisoners, but more importantly it challenges us to work to free them, and in doing so take the best of our history forward." [Susan Rosenberg, former U.S. political prisoner] "David Gilbert is a warrior in the most profound sense of the term. Imbued with a near-crystalline clarity of principle, the indomitable courage to live his life in accordance with the values he holds true, and, most importantly, his every action guided by the immensity of his love for the wretched of this earth, he is truly an inspiration. Predictably, given the strength of Gilbert's character, his writings are offered as tools -- nay, WEAPONS -- in the ongoing struggle for liberation. They are thus of incalculable value to each of us who aspires to the attainment of freedom, justice and dignity for ALL people." [Ward Churchill [via]
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On Liberty and the Subjection of Womenby John Stuart MillISBN 1853264644 (1-85326-464-4)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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Outby Stephen Snyder, Natsuo KirinoISBN 4770029055 (4-7700-2905-5)
Hardcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Out'Book summary:OUT was awarded the Grand Prix of the Mystery Writers of Japan in 1997-the Asian equivalent of an Edgar.
It is a dynamic example of the work of a new breed of Asian women writers excelling in the smart, hard-nosed, well-written, and realistically plotted mystery novel. Kirino' crime story can stand comparison with the work of other top-notch Western women writers in this genre, like Sarah Paretsky and Ruth Rendell.
The story-though a bare summary makes it seem merely brutal and bloodthirsty, when it is much more than that-focuses on four women who work together in a lunch-box factory in the suburbs of Tokyo. One of them suffers from spouse abuse and, unable to take it any longer, murders her husband and appeals to her co-workers to help her dispose of the corpse. One of these friends---the brain behind the coverup-after cutting up the body in the bathroom of her house, has the other two dump it as garbage. The money from the man's life insurance is then divided among them. But this is only the beginning. The successful, unpremeditated crime and the rewards it brings are the seed of other, premeditated schemes, escalating from one localized use of violence to a rash of similar deeds, with unpredictable outcomes for the women behind them.
As a study in the psychology of domestic repression and the dynamics of violent crime, OUT works on several levels, gripping the reader from its smoldering beginning to the fireburst of its finale.
In hardcover in its original language it sold over 300,000 copies, and a movie version will have its premiere in Tokyo at the end of 2002, with international distribution under discussion. [via]More editions of Out:
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Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellionsby Gloria SteinemISBN 0805042024 (0-8050-4202-4)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions'Book summary:This phenomenally successful book, that has sold nearly a half a million copies since its original publication in 1983, is Gloria Steinem's most diverse and timeless collection of essays.[via]More editions of Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions:
- Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions: ISBN 0451155009 (0-451-15500-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library - Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions: ISBN 0452255791 (0-452-25579-1)
Softcover, New American Library - Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions: ISBN 0030632366 (0-03-063236-6)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co - Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions: ISBN 0805042024 (0-8050-4202-4)
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Rape and the Criminal Justice Systemby Jennifer TemkinISBN 1855216701 (1-85521-670-1)
Hardcover, Ashgate Pub Co
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The Rights of Womanby Mary WollstonecraftISBN 3829008988 (3-8290-0898-8)
Hardcover, Konemann
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A Room of One's Own and Three Guineasby Virginia WoolfISBN 0701128291 (0-7011-2829-1)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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Room of Ones' Ownby Virginia WoolfISBN 1568493665 (1-56849-366-5)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Room of Ones' Own'Book summary:Surprisingly, this long essay about society and art and sexism is one of Woolf's most accessible works. Woolf, a major modernist writer and critic, takes us on an erudite yet conversational--and completely entertaining--walk around the history of women in writing, smoothly comparing the architecture of sentences by the likes of William Shakespeare and Jane Austen, all the while lampooning the chauvinistic state of university education in the England of her day. When she concluded that to achieve their full greatness as writers women will need a solid income and a privacy, Woolf pretty much invented modern feminist criticism. [via]
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- Room of Ones' Own: ISBN 0156030411 (0-15-603041-1)
Softcover, Harvest Books - Room of Ones' Own: ISBN 0156787334 (0-15-678733-4)
Softcover, Harcourt - Room of Ones' Own: ISBN 0151787336 (0-15-178733-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt - Room of Ones' Own: ISBN 0521485908 (0-521-48590-8)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Room of Ones' Own: ISBN 0783885555 (0-7838-8555-5)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co - Room of Ones' Own: ISBN 0848812271 (0-8488-1227-1)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd - Room of Ones' Own: ISBN 1568493665 (1-56849-366-5)
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Sacred Pleasureby Riane EislerISBN 184333240X (1-84333-240-X)
Hardcover, Vega Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sacred Pleasure'Book summary:Riane Eisler shows us how history has consistently promoted the link between sex and violence⬠and how we can sever this link and move to a politics of partnership rather than domination in all our relations.
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The Spy's Wifeby Reginald HillISBN 1933397330 (1-933397-33-0)
Softcover, Felony & Mayhem
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The Taming of the Shrewby Morris, Brian MorrisISBN 1903436109 (1-903436-10-9)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Taming of the Shrew'Book summary:Brian Morris was Professor of English Literature at Sheffield University and a general editor of both the Arden Shakespeare and the New Mermaid Dramatists series. His other publications include editions of the plays of John Ford and the poems of John Cleveland.[via]Morriss introduction begins with a discussion of the text as it first appeared in the First Folio of 1623. In the next section, he analyzes the problematic relationship between The Taming of the Shrew and The Taming of a Shrew, a different play which first appeared in text 29 years before the First Folio, and whose virtually identical name has caused much confusion. Morris then considers the date, sources, and authorship of the play, addressing the question of whether Shakespeare himself wrote it. In the last and most substantial part of the introduction, the editor examines the plays structures, themes (such as education, love, and marriage), and afterlife. Three appendices follow the text of the play: evidence to establish the relationship of The Shrew and A Shrew, from Samuel Hickson; the Sly scenes in A Shrew; and a source (from Gascoignes Supposes) and analogues.The Arden Shakespeare has developed a reputation as the pre-eminent critical edition of Shakespeare for its exceptional scholarship, reflected in the thoroughness of each volume. An introduction comprehensively contextualizes the play, chronicling the history and culture that surrounded and influenced Shakespeare at the time of its writing and performance, and closely surveying critical approaches to the work. Detailed appendices address problems like dating and casting, and analyze the differing Quarto and Folio sources. A full commentary by one or more of the plays foremost contemporary scholars illuminates the text, glossing unfamiliar terms and drawing from an abundance of research and expertise to explain allusions and significant background information. Highly informative and accessible, Arden offers the fullest experience of Shakespeare available to a reader.More editions of The Taming of the Shrew:
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The Taming of the Shrewby William ShakespeareISBN 1853260797 (1-85326-079-7)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Bodyby Susan BordoISBN 0520088832 (0-520-08883-2)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body'Book summary:"Unbearable Weight is brilliant. From an immensely knowledgeable feminist perspective, in engaging, jargonless (!) prose, Bordo analyzes a whole range of issues connected to the body--weight and weight loss, exercise, media images, movies, advertising, anorexia and bulimia, and much more--in a way that makes sense of our current social landscape--finally! This is a great book for anyone who wonders why women's magazines are always describing delicious food as 'sinful' and why there is a cake called Death by Chocolate. Loved it!"--Katha Pollitt, Nation columnist and author of Subject to Debate: Sense and Dissents on Women, Politics, and Culture (2001)[via]More editions of Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body:
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Softcover, Univ of California Pr - Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body: ISBN 0520079795 (0-520-07979-5)
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The Vagina Monologues: The V-Day Editionby Eve EnslerISBN 0375756981 (0-375-75698-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Vagina Monologues: The V-Day Edition'Book summary:"I say vagina because I want people to respond," says playwright Eve Ensler, creator of the hilarious, disturbing soliloquies in The Vagina Monologues, a book based on her one-woman play. And respond they do--with horror, anger, censure, and sparks of wonder and pleasure. Ensler is on a fervent mission to elevate and celebrate this much mumbled-about body part. She asked hundreds of women of all ages a series of questions about their vaginas (What do you call it? How would you dress it?) that prompt some wondrous answers. Standouts among the euphemisms are tamale, split knish, choochi snorcher, Gladys Siegelman--Gladys Siegelman?--and, of course, that old standby "down there." "Down there?" asks a composite character springing from several older women. "I haven't been down there since 1953. No, it had nothing to do with [American president] Eisenhower." Two of the most powerful pieces include a jagged poem stitched together from the memories of a Bosnian woman raped by soldiers and an American woman sexually abused as a child who reclaims her vagina as a place of wild joy. [via]
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A Vindication of the Rights of Womanby Mary WollstonecraftISBN 8171004652 (81-7100-465-2)
Hardcover, Deep & Deep Publications
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War Against Womenby Marilyn FrenchISBN 034538248X (0-345-38248-X)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'War Against Women'Book summary:"Terrifying...Impressive...A challenging esay that justifies the feminist revival."THE NEW YORK TIMESBestselling author and feminist scholar Marilyn French has written a shocking and fascinating analysis of the history of women's political, cultural, physical, and economic repression that is as controversial as it is utterly convincing. In this stunning work of resarch, Ms. French creates a devastating portrait of today's male-dominated global society, with its underlying aim of destroying, subjugating, or mutilating women. Here is a devastating indictment of our values and an important step toward an urgent public discussion of human morality. [via]
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Women and Economicsby Charlotte Perkins GilmanISBN 1602060347 (1-60206-034-7)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Women and Economics'Book summary:Startling in its observations and radical in its conclusions, this classic of women's rights literature, this work-by pioneering American feminist CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860-1935)-was a phenomenon when it was first published in 1898, and was eventually translated into in seven languages and reprinted around the world. From her characterization of women as virtual economic, social, and sexual slaves, dependent on men for everything from food to friendship to protection, to her call for women to free themselves from these shackles, Women and Economics electrified Victorian readers. It remains a foundational work of feminist theory, essential reading for anyone wishing to understand women's struggle for full and self-determined personhood. [via]
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Women, Race and Classby Angela Yvonne DavisISBN 0394713516 (0-394-71351-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Women, Race and Class'Book summary:Longtime activist, author and political figure Angela Davis brings us this expose of the women's movement in the context of the fight for civil rights and working class issues. She uncovers a side of the fight for suffrage many of us have not heard: the intimate tie between the anti-slavery campaign and the struggle for women's suffrage. She shows how the racist and classist bias of some in the women's movement have divided its own membership. Davis' message is clear: If we ever want equality, we're gonna have to fight for it together. [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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Emile ou de l'Educationby Jean-Jacques RousseauISBN 2080701177 (2-08-070117-7)
Softcover, Flammarion et Cie
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Le Sexisme OrdinaireISBN 2020052016 (2-02-005201-6)
Hardcover, Editions Du Seuil
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Blink Inteligencia Intuitiva?/blink.: Por Que Sabemos La Verdad En Dos Segundos/ the Power of Thinking Without Thinkingby Malcolm GladwellISBN 1598200879 (1-59820-087-9)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestizaby Not AvailableISBN 1879960745 (1-879960-74-5)
Softcover, Aunt Lute Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza'Book summary:Cultural Writing. Essays. Latino/Latina Studies. Rooted in Gloria Anzaldua's experience as a Chicana, a lesbian, an activist, and a writer, the groundbreaking essays and poems in this volume profoundly challenged how we think about identity. BORDERLANDS/LA FRONTERA remapped our understanding of what a "border" is, seeing it not as a simple divide between here and there, us and them, but as a psychic, social, and cultural terrain that we inhabit, and that inhabits all of us. This twentieth-anniversary edition features new commentaries from prominent activists, artists, and teachers on the legacy of Gloria Anzaldua's visionary work. [via]
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Emilioby Jean-Jacques RouseauISBN 8471662663 (84-7166-266-3)
Softcover, Edaf Antillas
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emilio'Book summary:Rousseau es una fuerza que se anticipa a su época para crear ideas y situaciones, y para señalar rumbos educativos en un mundo sumergido en antiguas costumbre y tabúes. Leyendo a este Emilio espléndido, libre, amante de la vida, asistimos a un espectáculo sorprendente de descubrimientos pedagógicos aún valederos. [via]
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Una Habitacion Propiaby Virginia WoolfISBN 843221521X (84-322-1521-X)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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