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The Absent Mother: Restoring the Goddess of Judaism and Christianityby Alix Pirani, Foosiya Miller, Abi PiraniISBN 185274099X (1-85274-099-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Almost French: Love And A New Life In Parisby Sarah TurnbullISBN 1592400825 (1-59240-082-5)
Softcover, Gotham Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Almost French: Love And A New Life In Paris'Book summary:The charming true story of a spirited young woman who finds adventure--and the love of her life--in Paris.
"This isn't like me. I'm not the sort of girl who crosses continents to meet up with a man she hardly knows. Paris hadn't even been part of my travel plan..."
A delightful, fresh twist on the travel memoir, Almost French takes us on a tour that is fraught with culture clashes but rife with deadpan humor. Sarah Turnbull's stint in Paris was only supposed to last a week. Chance had brought Sarah and Frédéric together in Bucharest, and on impulse she decided to take him up on his offer to visit him in the world's most romantic city. Sacrificing Vegemite for vichyssoise, the feisty Sydney journalist does her best to fit in, although her conversation, her laugh, and even her wardrobe advertise her foreigner status.
But as she navigates the highs and lows of this strange new world, from life in a bustling quatier and surviving Parisian dinner parties to covering the haute couture fashion shows and discovering the hard way the paradoxes of France today, little by little Sarah falls under its spell: maddening, mysterious, and charged with that French specialty-séduction.
An entertaining tale of being a fish out of water, Almost French is an enthralling read as Sarah Turnbull leads us on a magical tour of this seductive place-and culture-that has captured her heart. [via]More editions of Almost French: Love And A New Life In Paris:
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Anna Kareninaby Leo Tolstoy, Constance Black Garnett, Amy MandelkerISBN 1593080271 (1-59308-027-1)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anna Karenina'Book summary:Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. Introduction and Notes by E.B. Greenwood, University of Kent
Anna Karenina is one of the most loved and memorable heroines of literature. Her overwhelming charm dominates a novel of unparalleled richness and density. Tolstoy considered this book to be his first real attempt at a novel form, and it addresses the very nature of society at all levels,- of destiny, death, human relationships and the irreconcilable contradictions of existence. It ends tragically, and there is much that evokes despair, yet set beside this is an abounding joy in life's many ephemeral pleasures, and a profusion of comic relief. [via] -
The Awakening, and Other Stories.by Kate ChopinISBN 185326556X (1-85326-556-X)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Awakening, and Other Stories.'Book summary:Edna Pontellier, married to a successful creole speculator from New Orleans, spends the summer on Grand Isle and falls in love. Her affair with Robert Lebrun awakens in her a new sense of spiritual and sexual self-awareness. [via]
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The Awakening And Selected Short Fictionby Kate ChopinISBN 1593080018 (1-59308-001-8)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Awakening And Selected Short Fiction'Book summary:The Awakening and Selected Short Fiction, by Kate Chopin, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.When it first appeared in 1899, Kate Chopins The Awakening was greeted with cries of outrage. The novels frank portrayal of a womans emotional, intellectual, and sexual awakening shocked the sensibilities of the time and destroyed the authors reputation and career. Many years passed before this short, pioneering work was recognized as a major achievement in American literature.
Set in and around New Orleans, The Awakening tells the story of Edna Pontellier, a young wife and mother who, determined to control her own life, flouts convention by moving out of her husbands house, having an adulterous affair, and becoming an artist.
Beautifully written, with sensuous imagery and vivid local descriptions, The Awakening has lost none of its power to provoke and inspire. Additionally, this edition includes thirteen of Kate Chopins magnificent short stories.[via]Stories Included in the Volume:
The Awakening
Emancipation: A Life Fable
A Shameful Affair
At the Cadian Ball
Désirées Baby
A Gentleman of Bayou Têche
A Respectable Woman
The Story of an Hour
Athénaïse
A Pair of Silk Stockings
Elizabeth Stocks One Story
The Storm
The Godmother
A Little Country Girl
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The Bandit Queen: An Indian Woman's Amazing Journey from Peasant to International Legendby Paul Rambali, Marie-Therese CunyISBN 1592286410 (1-59228-641-0)
Softcover, Lyons Pr
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Book of Margery Kempeby Barry WindeattISBN 1843840103 (1-84384-010-3)
Softcover, Ds Brewer
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Book of Margery Kempe'Book summary:The Book of Margery Kempe, the earliest surviving autobiography in English (dated 1436-8), is a unique account of the extraordinary life, travels and revelations of a fifteenth-century Norfolk housewife and mother, pilgrim, prophet and visionary; it is one of the most compelling and significant English texts of the middle ages. This volume presents the original text in accessible form for modern readers, with on-page glossing and a glossary of common words. It is accompanied by on-page annotation of and commentary on the Book, bringing together scholarship on Kempe and setting her life in the social, political and spiritual context of her time. An introduction provides information on and context for the further interpretation of the text, and the volume is completed by a chronology of Kempe's life. (This edition previously published by Longman.) Professor BARRY WINDEATT is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. [via]
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Captured Dreamsby May McGoldrickISBN 1596880074 (1-59688-007-4)
Hardcover, Large Print Book Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Captured Dreams'Book summary:Anita Blake may be small and young, but vampires call her the Executioner. Anita is a necromancer and vampire hunter in a time when vampires are protected by law--as long as they don't get too nasty. Now someone's killing innocent vampires and Anita agrees--with a bit of vampiric arm-twisting--to help figure out who and why.
Trust is a luxury Anita can't afford when her allies aren't human. The city's most powerful vampire, Nikolaos, is 1,000 years old and looks like a 10-year-old girl. The second most powerful vampire, Jean-Claude, is interested in more than just Anita's professional talents, but the feisty necromancer isn't playing along--yet. This popular series has a wild energy and humor, and some very appealing characters--both dead and alive. [via]
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Cat's Eyeby Margaret AtwoodISBN 1853811262 (1-85381-126-2)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cat's Eye'Book summary:Cat's Eye is one of Margaret Atwood's most intriguing novels, a ruminative, symbol-laced, and deceptively loose book that encompasses many of the concerns of her earlier works, compounding them with a new awareness of aging and the curious vagaries of memory. Its premise is simple enough: Elaine Risley, a successful painter living on the West Coast, returns to Toronto, the scene of her childhood and artistic development, for a retrospective of her work at an independent feminist gallery. As Risley arrives in Toronto, she begins to examine her past in that city, from her early girlhood through to the final days of her first marriage. Risley's memories dominate the book; her exhibition is a light but important counterpoint to all that has gone before it.
In a sense, Cat's Eye is a feminist deconstruction of the artist's coming-of-age novel, but Risley's feminism is skeptical and detached. Her painful girlhood friendships haunt her through her middle age, and she has far more sympathy for men than she does for the women who have supported her career. As a result, Cat's Eye transcends orthodox feminism and rigorously examines troubling questions of gender, sexuality, and art from a wryly nonpartisan perspective. Fans of Atwood's more recent novels will love Cat's Eye, but it is a book that deserves the attention of her numerous detractors; perhaps it will encourage them to give her a second look. --Jack Illingworth [via]
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Circus Of The Damnedby Laurell K. HamiltonISBN 1596880651 (1-59688-065-1)
Softcover, Large Print Book Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Circus Of The Damned'Book summary:The third novel of Hamilton's Anita Blake series has the petite necromancer fighting a giant cobra and a rogue vampire, Alejandro, who wants her for his human servant. Anita is still resisting the advances of Jean-Claude, St. Louis's master vampire, but she does need him on her side, if not in her bed. Anita's reluctant involvement in the odd goings-on at the supernatural Circus of the Damned introduces her to Richard, the werewolf of her dreams, and Larry, her powerful but nervous partner in zombie-raising.
Mystery fans will love the tightly plotted, Paretsky-esque action, and horror fans will love just about everything in this unusual series. [via]
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Cloud Nineby Caryl ChurchillISBN 1854590901 (1-85459-090-1)
Softcover, Consortium Book Sales & Dist
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The Collected Poems of Lord Byronby George Gordon Byron ByronISBN 1853264067 (1-85326-406-7)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Collected Poems of Lord Byron'Book summary:'I mean to show things really as they are, not as they ought to be', wrote Byron (1788-1824) in his comic masterpiece Don Juan, which follows the adventures of the hero across the Europe and near East which Byron knew so well, touching on the major political, cultural and social concerns of the day.
This selection includes all of that poem, and selections from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, and the satirical poems English Bards and Scotch Reviewers and A Vision of Judgement. Paul Wright's detailed introductions place Byron's colourful life and work within their broader social and political contexts, and demonstrate that Byron both fostered and critiqued the notorious 'Byronic myth' of heroic adventure, political action and sexual scandal. [via]More editions of The Collected Poems of Lord Byron:
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The Courtesans: The Demi-Monde in Nineteenth-Century Franceby Joanna RichardsonISBN 1842120999 (1-84212-099-9)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Defending Our Dreams: Global Feminist Voices for a New Generationby Shamillah Wilson, Anasuya Sengupta, Kristy EvansISBN 1842777270 (1-84277-727-0)
Softcover, Zed Books
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The Doll's House: A Playby Henrik IbsenISBN 1599869497 (1-59986-949-7)
Softcover, Filiquarian Pub Llc
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Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heightsby Patsy StonemanISBN 1840460210 (1-84046-021-0)
Hardcover, Icon
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights'Book summary:Provides a route through the profusion of critical writing on "Wuthering Heights". After a chapter on 19th century responses, the guide links together a selection of extracts demonstrating the major critical developments of the 20th century, from humanism through formalism to deconstruction. [via]
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Fanny Hillby John ClelandISBN 1853266256 (1-85326-625-6)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fanny Hill'Book summary:This work is an unexpurgated version of a text first published in 1748/9. It is a tale of raw erotic power and sensuality, chronicling in detail the charms of a lady of pleasure in the atmosphere of unrestrained bawdiness which characterized 18th-century London. [via]
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Fanny Hill : Memoirs of a Womenby J. ClelandISBN 1840224177 (1-84022-417-7)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fanny Hill : Memoirs of a Women'Book summary:Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, better known as Fanny Hill, is one of the most notorious texts in English literature. As recently as 1963 an unexpurgated edition was the subject of a trial, yet in the eighteenth century John Cleland's open celebration of sexual enjoyment was a best selling novel. Fanny's story, as she falls into prostitution and then rises to respectability, takes the form of a confession that is vividly coloured by copious and explicit physiological details of her carnal adventures. The moral outrage that this has always provoked has only recently been countered by serious critical appraisal. [via]
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Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasureby John ClelandISBN 1596540427 (1-59654-042-7)
Softcover, Disruptive Pub
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Female Well-Being: Toward a Global Theory of Social Changeby Janet Mancini Billson, Carolyn Fluehr-LobbanISBN 1842770098 (1-84277-009-8)
Softcover, Zed Books
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Feminism in Popular Cultureby Joanne Hollows, Rachel MoseleyISBN 1845202236 (1-84520-223-6)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Fresh Bread: And Other Gifts of Spiritual Nourishmentby Joyce RuppISBN 1594710856 (1-59471-085-6)
Softcover, Ave Maria Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fresh Bread: And Other Gifts of Spiritual Nourishment'Book summary:This popular classic introduced a hungry world to Rupp's unique brand of spiritual nourishment: prose, poetry, and prayer to help us reflect upon and rejoice in the sacred everyday world that is at once around and within us. This Twentieth-Anniversary Edition includes a new preface that reveals retrospective insights about the budding of Rupp's own spirituality and illustrates the ongoing relevance of Fresh Bread in today's chaotic and fragile world. Over 100,000 copies sold! [via]
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The Friendship Crisis : Finding, Making, and Keeping Friends When You're Not a Kid Anymoreby Marla PaulISBN 1594861579 (1-59486-157-9)
Softcover, Rodale Press, Incorporated
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From Her Cradle to Her Grave: The Role of Religion in the Life of the Israelite and the Babylonian Womanby Karel Van Der Toorn, Sara J. Denning-BolleISBN 1850754462 (1-85075-446-2)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacyby Allan G. JohnsonISBN 1592133835 (1-59213-383-5)
Softcover, Temple Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy'Book summary:The Gender Knot, Allan Johnson's response to the pain and confusion that men and women experience by living with gender inequality, explains what patriarchy is (and isn't), how it works, and what gets in the way of understanding and doing something about it. Johnson's simple yet powerful approach avoids the paralyzing trap of guilt, blame, anger, and defensive denial that often result from conversations about gender. He shows how we all participate in an oppressive system we didn't create and how each of us can contribute towards its dissolution. He argues persuasively that something much better is possible and that our individual choices matter more than we can ever know. [via]
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The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wadeby Ann FesslerISBN 1594200947 (1-59420-094-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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House of Bondageby Octavia V. Rogers AlbertISBN 1596052546 (1-59605-254-6)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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The House of Mirthby Edith WhartonISBN 1593081537 (1-59308-153-7)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The House of Mirth'Book summary:"The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth," warns Ecclesiastes 7:4, and so does the novel by Edith Wharton that takes its title from this call to heed. New York at the turn of the century was a time of opulence and frivolity for those who could afford it. But for those who couldn't and yet wanted desperately to keep up with the whirlwind, like Wharton's charming Lily Bart, it was something else altogether: a gilded cage rather than the Gilded Age.
One of Wharton's earliest descriptions of her heroine, in the library of her bachelor friend and sometime suitor Lawrence Selden, indicates that she appears "as though she were a captured dryad subdued to the conventions of the drawing room." Indeed, herein lies Lily's problem. She has, we're told, "been brought up to be ornamental," and yet her spirit is larger than what this ancillary role requires. By today's standards she would be nothing more than a mild rebel, but in the era into which Wharton drops her unmercifully, this tiny spark of character, combined with numerous assaults by vicious society women and bad luck, ultimately renders Lily persona non grata. Her own ambivalence about her position serves to open the door to disaster: several times she is on the verge of "good" marriage and squanders it at the last moment, unwilling to play by the rules of a society that produces, as she calls them, "poor, miserable, marriageable girls.
Lily's rather violent tumble down the social ladder provides a thumbnail sketch of the general injustices of the upper classes (which, incidentally, Wharton never quite manages to condemn entirely, clearly believing that such life is cruel but without alternative). From her start as a beautiful woman at the height of her powers to her sad finale as a recently fired milliner's assistant addicted to sleeping drugs, Lily Bart is heroic, not least for her final admission of her own role in her downfall. "Once--twice--you gave me the chance to escape from my life and I refused it: refused it because I was a coward," she tells Selden as the book draws to a close. All manner of hideous socialite beasts--some of whose treatment by Wharton, such as the token social-climbing Jew, Simon Rosedale, date the book unfortunately--wander through the novel while Lily plummets. As her tale winds down to nothing more than the remnants of social grace and cold hard cash, it's hard not to agree with Lily's own assessment of herself: "I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else." Nevertheless, it's even harder not to believe that she deserved better, which is why The House of Mirth remains so timely and so vital in spite of its crushing end and its unflattering portrait of what life offers up. --Melanie Rehak [via]
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I Have Chosen to Stay And Fightby Margaret ChoISBN 1594482209 (1-59448-220-9)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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I Know I'm in There Somewhere: a Woman's Guide to Finding Her Inner Voice and Living a Life of Authenticityby Laurence Letich, Helene G. BrennerISBN 1592400604 (1-59240-060-4)
Softcover, Gotham Books
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In Search of the Woman Warrior: Role Models for Modern Womenby Jay Wurts, Richard J. Lane, Marion Zimmer BradleyISBN 1843331381 (1-84333-138-1)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Inappropriate Behaviour: Prada Sucks and Other Demented Descantsby Jessica Berens, Kerri SharpISBN 1852426853 (1-85242-685-3)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girlby Harriet A. JacobsISBN 1593082835 (1-59308-283-5)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl'Book summary:[via]Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet Jacobs, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:In what has become a landmark of American history and literature, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl recounts the incredible but true story of Harriet Jacobs, born a slave in North Carolina in 1813. Her tale gains its importance from her descriptions, in great and painful detail, of the sexual exploitation that daily haunted her lifeand the life of every other black female slave.
As a child, Harriet Jacobs remained blissfully unaware that she was a slave until the deaths of both her mother and a benevolent mistress exposed her to a sexually predatory master, Dr. Flint. Determined to escape, she spends seven years hidden away in a garret in her grandmothers house, three feet high at its tallest point, with almost no air or light, and with only glimpses of her children to sustain her courage. In the face of seemingly insurmountable odds, she finally wins her battle for freedom by escaping to the North in 1842.
A powerful, unflinching portrayal of the brutality of slave life, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl stands alongside Frederick Douglasss classic autobiographies as one of the most significant slave narratives ever written.Farah Jasmine Griffin is Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African American Studies at Columbia University in New York City.
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Introducing Redemption in Christian Feminismby Rosemary Radford RuetherISBN 1850758883 (1-85075-888-3)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Introducing Redemption in Christian Feminism'Book summary:Christianity begins with what appears to be an inclusive promise of redemption in Christ without regard to gender. Paul proclaimed that 'In Christ there is no more male and female' Yet Christianity soon developed a patriarchal social structure, excluding women from public ministry, with the argument that women were created subordinate in nature and were more culpable for sin. Here, distinguished feminist theologian, Rosemary Ruether, traces the tension between patriarchal and egalitarian patterns in Christian theology historically. She then examines key theological themes--Christology, the self, the cross and future hope--in the light of her critique. [via]
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte BronteISBN 1593080077 (1-59308-007-7)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'Book summary:[via]Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Immediately recognized as a masterpiece when it was first published in 1847, Charlotte Brontës Jane Eyre is an extraordinary coming-of-age story featuring one of the most independent and strong-willed female protagonists in all of literature. Poor and plain, Jane Eyre begins life as a lonely orphan in the household of her hateful aunt. Despite the oppression she endures at home, and the later torture of boarding school, Jane manages to emerge with her spirit and integrity unbroken. She becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she finds herself falling in love with her employerthe dark, impassioned Mr. Rochester. But an explosive secret tears apart their relationship, forcing Jane to face poverty and isolation once again.One of the worlds most beloved novels, Jane Eyre is a startlingly modern blend of passion, romance, mystery, and suspense.
Susan Ostrov Weisser is a Professor of English at Adelphi University, where she specializes in nineteenth-century literature and womens studies. Her research centers on women and romantic love in nineteenth-century literature, as well as on contemporary popular culture. Weisser also wrote the introduction to the Barnes & Noble Classics edition of Persuasion.
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Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Jane Eyre: ISBN 1596792434 (1-59679-243-4)
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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: A Sketchby Leskov, Gilbert Adair, Robert ChandlerISBN 1843910683 (1-84391-068-3)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Laughing Corpseby Laurell K. HamiltonISBN 1596880643 (1-59688-064-3)
Softcover, Large Print Book Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Laughing Corpse'Book summary:Harold Gaynor offers Anita Blake a million dollars to raise a 300-year-old zombie. Knowing it means a human sacrifice will be necessary, Anita turns him down. But when dead bodies start turning up, she realizes that someone else has raised Harold's zombie--and that the zombie is a killer. Anita pits her power against the zombie and the voodoo priestess who controls it. Notice to Hollywood: forget Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Anita Blake is the real thing. [via]
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The Life of St. Teresa of Avilaby of Avila Teresa, David LewisISBN 1602060258 (1-60206-025-8)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egyptby Katherine FrankISBN 1845113314 (1-84511-331-4)
Softcover, Tauris Parke Paperbacks
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Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Bewitched the Westby Lesley DownerISBN 1592400507 (1-59240-050-7)
Softcover, Gotham Books
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At twenty-nine, she captivated the worlds stage. From San Francisco to New York, Paris, and Berlin, audiences thrilled to her mesmeric acting and exquisite dancing. She performed for the American President and for the Prince of Wales in London. Picasso painted her. Gide, Debussy, Degas, and Rodin were among her devoted fans. She was Sadayakko, Japans most notorious geishaand its first international superstar.
In Italy, Puccini was working on Madame Butterfly. He had the plot for his opera, but he had yet to see a real live flesh-and-blood Japanese womanuntil Sadayakko arrived with her troupe of traveling actors.
Madame Sadayakko is the true story of this extraordinary womanmuse to writers, artists, and fashion designers. Her adventures lift the veil on the secretive world of the geisha and reveal a missing piece of history from the turn of the last century, when Japanese women wore bustles and learned the waltz and women in the West wore Sadayakko kimonos. [via]
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Maggieby Stephen Crane, Robert TineISBN 1593082487 (1-59308-248-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Maggie'Book summary:With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D.,
Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.
During his tragically short life, Stephen Crane gained fame as a vividly distinctive writer. His stories of evolving American society are unflinchingly realistic and shrewdly ironic. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets tells of Maggies seduction and downfall into prostitution amid the harsh world of the Bronx, where life is a battlefield.
The other tales offer a diversity of insights into social hypocrisy, child psychology, and the wild violence of the frontiersmen. Such violence is ruthlessly depicted in The Blue Hotel. This collection of stories is replete with lively dialogue, ominous atmospheres, dry humour and graphic incidents.
Praised by Joseph Conrad and Ernest Hemingway, Stephen Cranes memorable tales have become enduringly influential.
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Maria or the Wrongs of Womanby Mary WollstonecraftISBN 1846374596 (1-84637-459-6)
Softcover, Echo Library
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Mary Bartonby Macdonald Daly, Elizabeth GaskellISBN 1853310204 (1-85331-020-4)
Hardcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Murder in the Darkby Margaret AtwoodISBN 1853816809 (1-85381-680-9)
Softcover, Texas Bookman
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The Naked Man Festival: And Other Excuses to Fly Around the Worldby Brian ThackerISBN 1741143993 (1-74114-399-3)
Softcover, Allen & Unwin
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Nanaby Emile Zola, Luc Sante, Burton RascoeISBN 1593082924 (1-59308-292-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nana'Book summary:[via]Nana, by Emile Zola, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:One of the founders of literary naturalism, Émile Zola thought of his novels as a form of scientific research into the effects of heredity and environment. He created characters, gave them richly detailed histories, and placed them in carefully observed, precisely described environments, and his readers watch as they wriggle and thrash toward their inevitable destinies.
In Nana, the characters are a prostitute, who rises from the streets to become what Zola calls a high-class cocotte, and the menand womenwhom she loves, betrays, and destroys. Among the novels many ironies is the mutual envy felt by Nana and those around her. She yearns for their material possessions, while they admire her apparent independence and sexual self-confidence. And despite the chaos Nana causes, Zola imagines her as being essentially good-natured, a stupid, vain but beautiful creature who cant help drawing people into her web.
Not surprisingly, Nanas portrait of a decadent world in which a prostitute amasses great wealth and power provoked protests from polite society, and it became one of Zolas most controversial works. Today it is regarded as his masterpiece.
Luc Sante is the author of Low Life, Evidence, and The Factory of Facts and coeditor, with Melissa Holbrook Pierson, of O.K. You Mugs: Writers on Movie Actors.More editions of Nana:
Narrative of Sojourner Truthby Sojourner Truth, Imani PerryISBN 1593082932 (1-59308-293-2)
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Nisa, the Life and Words of a !Kung Womanby Marjorie Shostak, NisaISBN 1853830607 (1-85383-060-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nisa, the Life and Words of a !Kung Woman'Book summary:Married at twelve, then separated, divorced and widowed, Nisa is the mother of four children, none of whom survived. She is strong, capable of foraging on her own in one of the world's most hostile environments, not dependent on any man for her daily sustenance and ready to talk to anyone as her equal. Wise, full of humour at the absurdities of life and courageous in the face of its defeats, she is bawdy, practical and incurably romantic. She is a woman of the !Khung people who live by means of humanity's oldest survival strategy - gathering and hunting. This book is the remarkable story of Nisa's life, told in her own words to Marjorie Shostak. It is a story full of echoes from a female past that we can never know directly. But it is also Nisa's unique story, her own voice, her own dignity. In anyone's culture, she is a remarkable woman. [via]
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On Beautyby Zadie SmithISBN 1594200637 (1-59420-063-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On Beauty'Book summary:In an author's note at the end of On Beauty, Zadie Smith writes: "My largest structural debt should be obvious to any E.M. Forster fan; suffice it to say he gave me a classy old frame, which I covered with new material as best I could." If it is true that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Forster, perched on a cloud somewhere, should be all puffed up with pride. His disciple has taken Howards End, that marvelous tale of class difference, and upped the ante by adding race, politics, and gender. The end result is a story for the 21st century, told with a perfect ear for everything: gangsta street talk; academic posturing, both British and American; down-home black Floridian straight talk; and sassy, profane kids, both black and white.
Howard Belsey is a middle-class white liberal Englishman teaching abroad at Wellington, a thinly disguised version of one of the Ivies. He is a Rembrandt scholar who can't finish his book and a recent adulterer whose marriage is now on the slippery slope to disaster. His wife, Kiki, a black Floridian, is a warm, generous, competent wife, mother, and medical worker. Their children are Jerome, disgusted by his father's behavior, Zora, Wellington sophomore firebrand feminist and Levi, eager to be taken for a "homey," complete with baggy pants, hoodies and the ever-present iPod. This family has no secrets--at least not for long. They talk about everything, appropriate to the occasion or not. And, there is plenty to talk about.
The other half of the story is that of the Kipps family: Monty, stiff, wealthy ultra-conservative vocal Christian and Rembrandt scholar, whose book has been published. His wife Carlene is always slightly out of focus, and that's the way she wants it. She wafts over all proceedings, never really connecting with anyone. That seems to be endemic in the Kipps household. Son Michael is a bit of a Monty clone and daughter Victoria is not at all what Daddy thinks she is. Indeed, Forster's advice, "Only connect," is lost on this group.
The two academics have long been rivals, detesting each other's politics and disagreeing about Rembrandt. They are thrown into further conflict when Jerome leaves Wellington to get away from the discovery of his father's affair, lands on the Kipps' doorstep, falls for Victoria and mistakes what he has going with her for love. Howard makes it worse by trying to fix it. Then, Kipps is granted a visiting professorship at Wellington and the whole family arrives in Massachusetts.
From this raw material, Smith has fashioned a superb book, her best to date. She has interwoven class, race, and gender and taken everyone prisoner. Her even-handed renditions of liberal and/or conservative mouthings are insightful, often hilarious, and damning to all. She has a great time exposing everyone's clay feet. This author is a young woman cynical beyond her years, and we are all richer for it. --Valerie Ryan [via]
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Out of the Margins: Women's Studies in the Ninetiesby Jane Aaron, Sylvia WalbyISBN 1850009694 (1-85000-969-4)
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Paradiseby Fiona FrenchISBN 1845070070 (1-84507-007-0)
Hardcover, Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Paradise'Book summary:Paradise showcases Fiona French's distinctive artwork that combines the flowing organic lines of Art Nouveau with the colorful luminous look of Louis Comfort Tiffany's stained glass. Twelve kaleidoscopic tableaux, accompanied by a straightforward, easy-to-understand narrative, portray the Old Testament story of creation seven momentous days in which God creates the world: light and dark, sky and earth, fishes, birds, animals and finally man and woman. French returns to perhaps the most compelling text of the many available the Authorized King James version of the Bible to bring the Book of Genesis in all of its timeless drama into glowing perspective for young readers.[via]More editions of Paradise:
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Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxietyby Judith WarnerISBN 1594481709 (1-59448-170-9)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety'Book summary:The old adage is especially true for Perfect Madness: don't judge this eminently readable book by its stern and academic-looking cover. Judith Warner's missive on the "Mommy Mystique" can be read in a weekend, if readers have the time. Of course--according to the book--many would-be readers will have to carve out the hours in between an endless sea of child-enriching activities, a soul-sucking swirl that leads many mothers into a well of despair. Warner's book seeks to answer the question, "Why are today's young mothers so stressed out?" Whether shuttling kids to "enriching" after-school activities or worrying about the quality of available child care, the women of Perfect Madness describe a life far out of balance. Warner spends most of the book explaining how things got to this point, and what can be done to restore some sanity to the parenting process.
Warner draws her research from a group of 20- to 40-year-old, upper-middle-class, college-educated women living in the East Coast corridor. In other words, mirror images of Warner herself. Her limited scope has caused controversy and criticism, as have some of her more sweeping statements. (For example, Warner blames second-wave feminism--rather than corporate culture--for the many limitations women still experience as they try to balance the work-family dynamic.) Other favorite targets include the mainstream media, detached fathers, and controlling, "hyperactive" mothers who create impossible standards for themselves, their children, and the community of other parents around them. Warner begins and ends the book with a compelling argument for the need for more societal support of mothers--quality-of-life government "entitlements" such as those found in France. It's these big-picture issues that will provide the solution, she says, even if most mothers don't want to discuss them because they consider the topic "tacky, strident-sounding, not the point." In these sections on governmental policy, and also when she steps back, encouraging women to be kinder to each other, the author's warmth comes across easily on the page. Pilloried by some readers and supported by others, Warner should at least be applauded for opening up the Pandora's Box of American motherhood for a new generation. And if readers are of two minds about the issues raised Perfect Madness, as Warner sometimes seems to be herself, it's a fitting reaction to a topic with few easy answers. --Jennifer Buckendorff END [via]
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Persepolisby Marjane SatrapiISBN 1594970351 (1-59497-035-1)
Softcover, Public Square Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Persepolis'Book summary:Description del libro en espanol: Persepolis ganadora del Premio al Mejor Guion de Angouleme 2002, e una historia autobiografica de Marjane Satrapi que ahonda en los limites de la libertad y analiza, a traves de la mirada fresca e inocente de una nina, la tambaleante situacion politica e ideologica de su pais. En tres volumenes. Book Description in English: Editorial Review. . .Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran's last emperors, Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran: of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life and of the enormous toll repressive regimes exact on the individual spirit. Marjane's child's-eye-view of dethroned emperors, state-sanctioned whippings, and heroes of the revolution allows us to learn as she does the history of this fascinating country and of her own extraordinary family. Intensely personal, profoundly political, and wholly original, Persepolis is at once a story of growing up and a stunning reminder of the human cost of war and political repression. It shows how we carry on, through laughter and tears, in the face of absurdity. And, finally, it introduces us to an irresistible little girl with whom we cannot help but fall in love. In three volumes. [via]
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The Power to Speak: Feminism, Language, Godby Rebecca S. ChoppISBN 1592440991 (1-59244-099-1)
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Precious Baneby Bryony Lavery, Byrony LaveryISBN 1840023864 (1-84002-386-4)
Softcover, Oberon Books Ltd
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The Princess and the Goblinby George MacDonaldISBN 159818234X (1-59818-234-X)
Hardcover, Alan Rodgers Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Princess and the Goblin'Book summary:As always with George MacDonald, everything here is more than meets the eye: this in fact is MacDonald's grace-filled vision of the world. Said to be one of J.R.R. Tolkien's childhood favorites, The Princess and the Goblin is the story of the young Princess Irene, her good friend Curdie--a minor's son--and Irene's mysterious and beautiful great great grandmother, who lives in a secret room at the top of the castle stairs. Filled with images of dungeons and goblins, mysterious fires, burning roses, and a thread so fine as to be invisible and yet--like prayer--strong enough to lead the Princess back home to her grandmother's arms, this is a story of Curdie's slow realization that sometimes, as the princess tells him, "you must believe without seeing." Simple enough for reading aloud to a child (as I've done myself more than once with my daughter), it's rich enough to repay endless delighted readings for the adult. --Doug Thorpe [via]
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Roughing It in the Bushby Susanna MoodieISBN 1596055367 (1-59605-536-7)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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The Sadeian Womanby Angela CarterISBN 1844083772 (1-84408-377-2)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sadeian Woman'Book summary:[via]"Sexuality is power," wrote the Marquis de Sade. His virtuous Justine kept to the rules laid down by men, her reward rape and humiliation; his Juliette, Justine's triumphantly monstrous antithesis, viciously exploited her sexuality. This is a world where all tenderness is false, and all beds are minefields. But now Sade has met his match. With invention and genius, celebrated novelist Angela Carter takes on these figments of his extreme imagination and transforms them into symbols of our timethe Hollywood sex goddesses, mothers and daughters, pornography, even the sacred shrines of sex and marriage lie devastatingly exposed before our eyes. Carter delves into the viscera of our distorted sexuality and reveals a stunning vision of love that admits neither the conqueror nor the conquered. It is a dazzling meditation on women's sexual freedom.More editions of The Sadeian Woman:
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Sex in Georgian England : Attitudes and Prejudices from the 1720s to the 1820sby A. D. HarveyISBN 1842122738 (1-84212-273-8)
Softcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and Warby Deborah Copak KoganISBN 1840185953 (1-84018-595-3)
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Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Natureby Donna Jeanne HarawayISBN 1853431397 (1-85343-139-7)
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Sister Carrieby Theodore Dreiser, Herbert LeibowitzISBN 1593082266 (1-59308-226-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sister Carrie'Book summary:Sister Carrie, Theodore Dreiser's revolutionary first novel, was published in 1900--sort of. The story of Carrie Meeber, an 18-year-old country girl who moves to Chicago and becomes a kept woman, was strong stuff at the turn of the century, and what Dreiser's wary publisher released was a highly expurgated version. Times change, and we now have a restored "author's cut" of Sister Carrie that shows how truly ahead of his time Dreiser was. First and foremost, he has written an astute, nonmoralizing account of a woman and her limited options in late-19th-century America. That's impressive in and of itself, but Dreiser doesn't stop there. Digging deeply into the psychological underpinnings of his characters, he gives us people who are often strangers to themselves, drifting numbly until fate pushes them on a path they can later neither defend nor even remember choosing.
Dreiser's story unfolds in the measured cadences of an earlier era. This sometimes works brilliantly as we follow the choices, small and large, that lead some characters to doom and others to glory. On the other hand, the middle chapters--of which there are many--do drag somewhat, even when one appreciates Dreiser's intentions. If you can make it through the sagging midsection, however, you'll be rewarded by Sister Carrie's last 150 pages, which depict the harrowing downward spiral of one of the book's central characters. Here Dreiser portrays with brutal power how the wrong decision--or lack of decision--can lay waste to a life. --Rebecca Gleason [via]
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Sylvia Pankhurst: A Crusading Life 1882-1960by Shirley HarrisonISBN 1854109057 (1-85410-905-7)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Tess of the D'urbervillesby Thomas Hardy, David GalefISBN 1593082282 (1-59308-228-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tess of the D'urbervilles'Book summary:Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title, A Pure Woman, infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891, and it was condemned as immoral and pessimistic.
It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly, and the story assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy. It explores Tess's relationships with two very different men, her struggle against the social mores of the rural Victorian world which she inhabits and the hypocrisy of the age. [via]More editions of Tess of the D'urbervilles:
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Through the Kitchen Window: Women Explore the Intimate Meanings of Food And Cookingby Arlene Voski AvakianISBN 1845203267 (1-84520-326-7)
Softcover, Berg Pub Ltd
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Trafficking And Prostitution Reconsidered: New Perspectives On Migration, Sex Work, And Human Rightsby Kamala Kempadoo, Bandana Pattanaik, Jyoti SangheraISBN 1594510970 (1-59451-097-0)
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A Voyager Out: The Life of Mary Kingsleyby Katherine FrankISBN 184511020X (1-84511-020-X)
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What Would Jackie Do?: An Inspired Guide to Distinctive Livingby Shelly Branch, Sue CallawayISBN 1592402712 (1-59240-271-2)
Softcover, Gotham Books
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Wives and Daughtersby Elizabeth Gaskell, Amy M. KingISBN 1593082576 (1-59308-257-6)
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An enchanting tale of romance, scandal, and intrigue in the gossipy English town of Hollingford around the 1830s, Wives and Daughters tells the story of Molly Gibson, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a widowed country doctor. When her father remarries, she forms a close friendship with her new stepsisterthe beautiful and worldly Cynthiauntil they become love rivals for the affections of Squire Hamleys sons, Osbourne and Roger. When sudden illness and death reveal some secrets while shrouding others in even deeper mystery, Molly feels that the world is out of joint and it is up to hertrusted by all but listened to by noneto set it right.Amy M. King is Assistant Professor of English at St. Johns University in New York City and the author of Bloom: The Botanical Vernacular in the English Novel (Oxford University Press, 2003).
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Woman, Child - For Sale: The New Slave Trade in the 21st Centuryby Gilbert KingISBN 1596090057 (1-59609-005-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Women War Heroinesby George Forty, Anne FortyISBN 1854093975 (1-85409-397-5)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Women War Heroines'Book summary:A photographic parade of great historic tanks -- with over 200 styles and models on display in vivid color, some so rare you'll never see them in antique military exhibitions! Others showcase the "land crabs" of World War I, the more than 1,300 Iraqi tanks swiftly destroyed during Operation Desert Storm, and tanks of all countries in World War II and Korea. Complete with detailed descriptions of their development, specifications, and historic achievements. Once more, legendary names pass by, from the Mk.IV to the Panzer, all bearing the memories of those who fought and died with them. [via]
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Women With Intellectual Disabilities: Finding a Place in the Worldby Kelley Johnson, Rannveig TraustadottirISBN 1853028460 (1-85302-846-0)
Softcover, Jessica Kingsley Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Women With Intellectual Disabilities: Finding a Place in the World'Book summary:An exploration of issues affecting the lives of women with intellectual disabilities, this book examines how they have found a place for themselves in families, in relationships, at work, and in communities. It consists of their stories, written by themselves or by those close to them, and of qualitative research on particular areas of their lives. It takes an international perspective, including contributions from women living in Europe, Australia, India and the US. Women with intellectual disabilities face specific problems in writing about their lives. Some of these problems relate to their disability,others to the way they are perceived by the boarder communities in which they live. These stories challenge the prevailing stereotypes about women with intellectual disabilities as a homogeneous groups in need to care and protection. Throughout the book, women's experiences from different countries and cultures are represented. Their personal stories and feminist scholarship are linked together, to provide new and important perspectives on issues of gender and disability. This book will be particularly important for policy workers and practitioners in the disability field, as well as to sociologists and psychologists. [via]
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Working Feminismby Geraldine PrattISBN 1592132642 (1-59213-264-2)
Softcover, Temple Univ Pr
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The Works of Emily Dickinsonby Emily DickinsonISBN 1853264199 (1-85326-419-9)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily BronteISBN 1593080441 (1-59308-044-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wuthering Heights'Book summary:[via]Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Emily Brontës only novel, Wuthering Heights remains one of literatures most disturbing explorations into the dark side of romantic passion. Heathcliff and Cathy believe theyre destined to love each other forever, but when cruelty and snobbery separate them, their untamed emotions literally consume them.
Set amid the wild and stormy Yorkshire moors, Wuthering Heights, an unpolished and devastating epic of childhood playmates who grow into soul mates, is widely regarded as the most original tale of thwarted desire and heartbreak in the English language.Daphne Merkin is the author of a novel, Enchantment, which won the Edward Lewis Wallant award for best new work of American-Jewish fiction, and an essay collection, Dreaming of Hitler. She has written essays and reviews for publications that include American Scholar, the New York Times, where she is a regular contributor to the Book Review, the Los Angeles Times Book Review, Elle, and Vogue.
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- Wuthering Heights: ISBN 1593081286 (1-59308-128-6)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Wuthering Heights: ISBN 1853260010 (1-85326-001-0)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc - Wuthering Heights: ISBN 1593083610 (1-59308-361-0)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble - Wuthering Heights: ISBN 1593080441 (1-59308-044-1)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
- Wuthering Heights: ISBN 1593081286 (1-59308-128-6)
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