Women's Studies
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-04-08 | Author:Hanley, Tim

*Recent research by Carol Tilley shows that Wertham’s treatment of these teen testimonials was often sloppy. In one instance, he combined two separate anecdotes into one testimonial. Twice he overemphasized ...
( Category: History & Criticism April 9,2014 )
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2006-10-02 | Author:Ariel Levy [Levy, Ariel]

There is a variety program on Comedy Central called The Man Show, which concludes each episode with a segment of bouncing women appropriately called “Girls on Trampolines.” The show’s original ...
( Category: Feminist Theory April 9,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2008-12-31 | Author:Jennifer Worth

Julia went to Poplar early in the morning. She wanted to get there before the Master’s Arms opened. The tram rattled on its rails to an area she had not ...
( Category: Women April 9,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-03-25 | Author:Carter, Jimmy [Carter, Jimmy]

Upon returning to Ghana after participating in the Carter Center human rights conference, “Mobilizing Faith for Women,” we were asked: “Are you on a genuine mission to empower women and ...
( Category: Abuse April 1,2014 )
azw3 |eng | 2008-07-09 | Author:Eliot, George & Carroll. David & Felicia Bonaparte [Eliot, George]

When Mr and Mrs Garth were sitting alone, Caleb said, ‘Susan, guess what I’m thinking of.’ ‘The rotation of crops,’ said Mrs Garth, smiling at him, above her knitting, ‘or ...
( Category: Classics March 31,2014 )
epub |eng | 2010-02-28 | Author:Brene Brown

This is the shame of the woman whose hand hides her smile because her teeth are so bad, not the grand self-hate that leads some to razors or pills or ...
( Category: Personality March 30,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2002-11-08 | Author:sue monk kidd

His secretary was a white lady who looked about eighty years old. She sat at a desk in the reception area, putting on fire-red lipstick. Her hair was permed into ...
( Category: Historical March 29,2014 )
epub |eng | 1998-01-01 | Author:Lorrie Moore [Moore, Lorrie]

Now it is two and a half years since Annie left, and here Mack is with Quilty, traveling: their plan is to head through Chicago and St. Louis and then ...
( Category: Short Stories March 28,2014 )
epub |eng | 2012-01-10 | Author:Sharon Dogar [Dogar, Sharon]

MARCH 3, 1944—PETER REMEMBERS BEFORE It's been snowing. I stand in the attic, waiting for Anne, and stare at the branches of the chestnut tree all covered in white. There ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction March 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-06-07 | Author:Mara Hvistendahl [Hvistendahl, Mara]

They wedded in Nguyen’s village, and Cheng brought Nguyen back to his farm near Taiwan’s western coast, in the rolling hills outside Taichung. When they reached his driveway, she looked ...
( Category: Asian March 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2013-10-02 | Author:None

( Category: Music March 27,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1969-01-01 | Author:Patricia Highsmith [Highsmith, Patricia]

Jensen paused for a swig from the bottle. ‘Oh, first somebody would cover it up to hide it. Then a couple of Arabs would haul it away on a donkey, ...
( Category: Psychological Thrillers March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2006-03-25 | Author:Stella Gibbons

( Category: Humorous March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-09-03 | Author:Katie Roiphe [Roiphe, Katie]

The Ambiguities of Austen Back in 1905, Henry James complained about “the body of publishers, editors, illustrators, producers of magazines, which have found their dear, our dear, everybody’s dear Jane ...
( Category: Classics March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-10-11 | Author:Cynthia Ozick [Ozick, Cynthia]

Public Intellectuals The term “public intellectual” has been in fashion for some time now, but its embodiment has always been with us. Socrates was what we would call a public ...
( Category: Criticism & Theory March 26,2014 )