Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution (Rich Adrienne)(Paperback)

Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution (Rich Adrienne)(Paperback)

In Of Woman Born, originally published in 1976, influential poet and feminist Adrienne Rich examines the patriarchic systems and political institutions that define motherhood. Exploring her own experience--as a woman, a poet, a feminist, and a mother--she finds the act of mothering to be both

Selected Poems: 1950-2012 (Rich Adrienne)(Paperback)

Adrienne Rich was the singular voice of her generation, bringing discussions of gender, race, and class to the forefront of poetical discourse. This generous selection from all nineteen of Rich's published poetry volumes encompasses her best-known work--the clear-sighted and passionate feminist

Essential Essays: Culture, Politics, and the Art of Poetry (Rich Adrienne)(Pevná vazba)

Adrienne Rich was an award-winning poet, influential essayist, radical feminist, and major intellectual voice of her generation. Essential Essays gathers twenty-five of her most renowned essays into one volume, demonstrating the lasting brilliance of her voice, her prophetic vision, and her

The Fact of a Doorframe: Poems 1950-2001 (Rich Adrienne)(Paperback)

In Another Place, Not Here - Brand Dionne

Acclaimed by Adrienne Rich as 'fierce, sensuous . . . a work of great beauty and moral imagination,' In Another Place, Not Here tells of two contemporary Caribbean women who find brief refuge in each other on an island in the midst of political uprising. Elizete, dreaming of running to another

Essential Essays: Culture, Politics, and the Art of Poetry (Rich Adrienne)(Paperback)

Demonstrating the lasting brilliance of her voice and her prophetic vision, Essential Essays showcases Adrienne Rich's singular ability to unite the political, personal, and poetical. The essays selected here by feminist scholar Sandra M. Gilbert range from the 1960s to 2006, emphasizing Rich's

Minding Closely: The Four Applications of Mindfulness (Wallace B. Alan)(Paperback)

Bringing his experience as a monk, scientist, and contemplative, Alan Wallace offers a rich synthesis of Eastern and Western traditions along with a comprehensive range of meditation practices interwoven throughout the text. The guided meditations are systematically presented, beginning with very

Later Poems: Selected and New: 1971-2012 (Rich Adrienne)(Paperback)

Later Poems: Selected and New brings together a remarkable body of work by the celebrated poet. Included are Adrienne Rich's own selections from twelve volumes of published works, including the National Book Award-winning Diving into the Wreck, An Atlas of the Difficult World, and her final volume,

The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde (Lorde Audre)(Paperback)

'These are poems which blaze and pulse on the page.'--Adrienne Rich 'The first declaration of a black, lesbian feminist identity took place in these poems, and set the terms--beautifully, forcefully--for contemporary multicultural and pluralist debate.'--Publishers Weekly 'This is an amazing

The Dream of a Common Language: Poems 1974-1977 (Rich Adrienne)(Paperback)

'The Dream of a Common Language explores the contours of a woman's heart and mind in language for everybody--language whose plainness, laughter, questions and nobility everyone can respond to. . . . No one is writing better or more needed verse than this.'--Boston Evening

Open Knowledge Institutions: Reinventing Universities (Montgomery Lucy)(Paperback)

The future of the university as an open knowledge institution that institutionalizes diversity and contributes to a common resource of knowledge: a manifesto. In this book, a diverse group of authors--including open access pioneers, science communicators, scholars, researchers, and university

Hidden Nature: A Voyage of Discovery (Fowler Alys)(Paperback)

'Fowler's moving memoir charts her experience of coming out as a gay woman, alongside her journey through Birmingham's canal networks, mapping both the waterways and the travails of her heart.' Observer'An emotional and compelling memoir, that left me inspired, both by her bravery in transforming

Tap Dance Dictionary (Knowles Mark)(Paperback)

The language of tap dancing is as rich and varied as that of any art, and different choreographers, teachers and performers often use totally different terms for exactly the same step. The various names of all steps and clear descriptions of them are collected for the first time in this reference

Bittersweet on the Autism Spectrum (Beardon Luke)(Paperback)

In this rich and diverse collection, 28 writers describe what positive experiences they have had as an autistic person, and show how the most unexpected subject areas can be a source of the positive. They demonstrate that individuals can, and do, experience life in positive ways, sometimes in the

Fanny Hill: Or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (Cleland John)(Paperback)

Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, commonly known as Fanny Hill, has been shrouded in mystery and controversy since John Cleland completed it in 1749. The Bishop of London called the work 'an open insult upon Religion and good manners' and James Boswell referred to it as 'a most licentious and

Diet and the Disease of Civilization (Bitar Adrienne Rose)(Paperback)

Diet books contribute to a $60-billion industry as they speak to the 45 million Americans who diet every year. Yet these books don't just tell readers what to eat: they offer complete philosophies about who Americans are and how we should live. Diet and the Disease of Civilization interrupts the

Born Yesterday - The News as a Novel (Burn Gordon)(Paperback / softback)

Summer 2007 was an extraordinarily rich time for news. Floods. Foot and mouth. The disappearances of Tony Blair and Madeleine MacCann. The arrival of Gordon Brown. Terror attacks in Glasgow. And Gordon Burn, artist, journalist and true-crime author, has taken the events from this bleak summer and

Bertoia: The Metalworker (Twitchell Beverly H.)(Pevná vazba)

A celebration of the rich and varied work of Italian-born American artist, designer, and master of metal, Harry Bertoia From chapel altarpieces and bronze fountains, to wire chairs and silver brooches, Harry Bertoia's creative output was varied in the extreme. This book explores all aspects of the

Faith of Our Families - Everton Fc: An Oral History(Paperback / softback)

It is known as The School of Science, a pioneering institution from the game's inception as a professional sport through to the advent of the Premier League. It is known too as The People's Club, an institution that in football's globalised and money strewn era has managed to retain a distinct

Community Development, Social Action and Social Planning (Twelvetrees Alan)(Paperback)

Drawing on years of professional experience as well as the advice of an extensive network of colleagues, Alan Twelvetrees explains both the theory and practice of community work in a highly readable and honest way. This updated edition of a bestseller includes new pedagogy and updated

What We Carry (Fogarty Kalyn)(Paperback)

Fans of Caroline Leavitt will relish this rich, complex novel born of the author's own loss and grief, about how one can overcome tragedy through bravery and self-discovery. Cassidy Morgan's life has always followed a carefully laid track: top education, fulfilling career, and marriage to the love

Born Free (Adamson Joy)(Paperback / softback)

The fiftieth anniversary edition of the classic story of Elsa the lioness and the woman who cared for

The Haunting of Maddy Clare (St James Simone)(Paperback)

A woman of limited means and even less experience must confront a vengeful spirit in this haunting novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Broken Girls and The Sun Down Motel. 1920s England. Sarah Piper's lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to

Chiron and the Healing Journey (Reinhart Melanie)(Paperback)

A wise and fascinating exploration of the nature of the healing experience as delineated in the horoscope, in particular through the archetypal pattern of the Wounded Healer or Shaman. An indispensible book for anyone wanting to understand the symbolism and meaning of the recently discovered Kuiper