Dignity: Lower Income Women Tell of Their Lives and Struggles (Buss Fran Leeper)(Paperback)

Dignity: Lower Income Women Tell of Their Lives and Struggles (Buss Fran Leeper)(Paperback)

Women Writer's at Work (Paris Review Review)(Paperback)

Sixteen of the world's great women writers speak about their work, their colleagues, and their lives. For More Than Forty Years, the acclaimed Paris Review interviews have been collected in the Writers at Work series. The Modern Library relaunches the series with the first of its specialized

Rebel Women (Bruzzone Catherine)(Paperback)

Clothes tell stories of power, of oppression, of celebration and of tragedy - discover the lives of 16 strong women through the clothing of their time. Press out the paper dolls at the back of the book, cut out the costumes and start dressing

Dangerous Passion (Buss David M.)(Paperback)

Why do men and women cheat on each other? How do men really feel when their partners have sex with other men? What worries women more -- men who turn to other women for love or men who simply want sexual variety in their lives? Can the jealousy husbands and wives experience over real or imagined

The Faith Lives of Women and Girls: Qualitative Research Perspectives (Slee Nicola)(Paperback)

Identifying, illuminating and enhancing understanding of key aspects of women and girls' faith lives, The Faith Lives of Women and Girls represents a significant body of original qualitative research from practitioners and researchers across the UK. Contributors include new and upcoming researchers

Last Ballad (Cash Wiley)(Paperback / softback)

Paying tribute to the thousands of heroic women and men who risked their lives to win basic rights for all workers, The Last Ballad is lyrical, heartbreaking and haunting, and the novel which confirms Wiley Cash's place among America's finest

Unending Vigil (Longworth Philip)(Paperback / softback)

One million, one hundred thousand men and women lost their lives in the service of the British Empire during the First World War; in the Second, another six hundred thousand from all parts of the Commonwealth made the same sacrifice.The First World War, which began as a war between professional

Rosa Parks and Emily Davison (Hunter Nick)(Paperback / softback)

Discover how these two courageous women helped change the lives of many people through their brave actions. Addressing the needs of the new history National Curriculum, this book will engage readers and encourage them to ask questions about history and how times

Brief History of the Crusades (Hindley Geoffrey)(Paperback / softback)

Islam and Christianity and their ancient struggle for world

In Their Place: The Imagined Geographies of Poverty (Crossley Stephen)(Paperback)

The alleged failings of low-income neighborhoods attracts a great deal of academic and political scrutiny and research. However, the realities of localized spaces--such as family home front doors, bedrooms, street corners, and local schools--have not received nearly as much attention. With In Their

Black Women's Health: Paths to Wellness for Mothers and Daughters (Berger Michele Tracy)(Paperback)

The struggles African American women and their adolescent daughters face in living healthy, active lives From heart disease and diabetes to HIV and obesity, Black women and girls face serious health risks, lagging behind their white counterparts by every measure of health, well-being, and fitness

The Things We Thought We Knew (Snaith Mahsuda)(Paperback)

Ten years ago, two girls' lives changed forever.Now one of them is ready to tell their story. *** 'A quirky lovable mystery and a brilliant, heartbreaking debut' Stylist'A new face of fiction [and] an original coming of age novel' Observer *** The first memory I have of you is all knickers and

Lives of Weeds: Opportunism, Resistance, Folly (Cardina John)(Paperback)

Lives of Weeds explores the tangled history of weeds and their relationship to humans. Through eight interwoven stories, John Cardina offers a fresh perspective on how these tenacious plants came about, why they are both inevitable and essential, and how their ecological success is ensured by

The Dignity of Labour (Cruddas Jon)(Paperback)

Does work give our lives purpose, meaning and status? Or is it a tedious necessity that will soon be abolished by automation, leaving humans free to enjoy a life of leisure and basic income? In this erudite and highly readable book, Jon Cruddas MP argues that it is imperative that the Left rejects

Difficult Women (Gay Roxane)(Paperback / softback)

A collection of stories of rare force and beauty, of hardscrabble lives, passionate loves, and quirky and vexed human connection from award-winning author and powerhouse talent Roxane

Sass, Smarts, and Stilettos: How Italian women make the ordinary, extraordinary (Contestabile Gabriella)(Paperback)

How do Italian women turn the ordinary into extraordinary? Why do their lives seem less complicated, but more complete and alluring?Discover what's behind this seductive ethos of effortless chic, and how to live an extraordinary and stylish life, 'all' italiana'.Sass, Smarts, and Stilettos is not

Men, Women and Children: In Anglo Saxon Times (Bingham Jane)(Paperback / softback)

Examines the everyday lives and roles of men, women and children in different historical

Dombey and Son (Dickens Charles)(Paperback / softback)

Charles Dickens's Dombey and Son is a darkly witty tale of two siblings' struggle to achieve happiness in the shadow of their father's pride, edited with an introduction and notes by Andrew Sanders in Penguin Classics. To Paul Dombey, business is all and money can do anything. He runs his family

Breasts and Eggs (Kawakami Mieko)(Paperback / softback)

On a hot summer's day in a poor suburb of Tokyo we meet three women: thirty-year-old Natsuko, her older sister Makiko, and Makiko's teenage daughter Midoriko. Makiko, an ageing hostess despairing the loss of her looks, has travelled to Tokyo in search of breast enhancement surgery. She's

A Long, Dark Shadow: Minor-Attracted People and Their Pursuit of Dignity (Walker Allyn)(Paperback)

Challenging widespread assumptions that persons who are preferentially attracted to minors--often referred to as 'pedophiles'--are necessarily also predators and sex offenders, this book takes readers into the lives of non-offending minor-attracted persons (MAPs). There is little research into

Snows Of Kilimanjaro And Other Stories (Hemingway Ernest)(Paperback / softback)

Presents Hemingway stories, in which men and women of passion live, fight, love and die in scenes of dramatic intensity. They range from the haunting tragedy on the snow-capped peak of Kilimanjaro, to brutal America with its deceptive calm, and war-ravaged Europe

Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate (Ahmed Leila)(Paperback)

A classic, pioneering account of the lives of women in Islamic history, republished for a new generation This pioneering study of the social and political lives of Muslim women has shaped a whole generation of scholarship. In it, Leila Ahmed explores the historical roots of contemporary debates,

Unchosen: The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels (Winston Hella)(Paperback)

An exploration of Hasidic Jews struggling to live within their restrictive communities--and, in some cases, to carve out a new life beyond them When Hella Winston began talking with Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn for her doctoral dissertation in sociology, she was surprised to be covertly introduced to

Lioness Arising: Wake Up and Change Your World (Bevere Lisa)(Paperback)

An irresistible call for Christian women to live boldly and fully into their God-given wisdom, power, and capabilities. The lioness rises from her slumber, a magnificent image of strength, passion, and beauty. Her mere presence commands the landscape, protects her young, and empowers the lion. In