Sex and the Goddess: An Intimate Exploration of Woman's Erotic Spirit and Sacred Sexual Power in Myth, Legend, Life, and History (Volume On (Weiss Karin E.)(Pevná vazba)

Sex and the Goddess: An Intimate Exploration of Woman's Erotic Spirit and Sacred Sexual Power in Myth, Legend, Life, and History (Volume On (Weiss Karin E.)(Pevná vazba)

It has been over twenty years since the full manuscript of my book was edited for publication in 1998. I had begun writing it in the previous decade, the 1980's... a period of flourishing women's liberation movements against the patriarchal status quo. Books about women's sexuality and spirituality

The Spirit of the Celtic Gods and Goddesses: Their History, Magical Power, and Healing Energies (McColman Carl)(Paperback)

Brings the history of these gods and goddesses to life, along with visualizations, rituals, and exercises to help make them part of the reader's spiritual practice.Figures like Brigid, Cernunnos, Rhiannon, and the Morrigan are honored for their magic, their bravery, and their mythical deeds. Among

Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body--New Paths to Power and Love (Eisler Riane)(Paperback)

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

Goddesses in Myth and Cultural Memory (Kutash Emilie)(Pevná vazba)

How have the goddesses of ancient myth survived, prevalent even now as literary and cultural icons? How do allegory, symbolic interpretation, and political context transform the goddess from her regional and individual identity into a goddess of philosophy and literature? Emilie Kutash explores

Turner: His Life & Works In 500 Images (Robinson Michael)(Pevná vazba)

An in-depth and fascinating exploration of the life and works of the painter

Sex in the archives: Writing American sexual histories (Reay Barry)(Pevná vazba)

The archive has assumed a new significance in the history of sex, and this book visits a series of such archives, including the Kinsey Institute's erotic art; gay masturbatory journals in the New York Public Library; the private archive of an amateur pornographer; and one man's lifetime

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex (Chen Angela)(Pevná vazba)

An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attraction, and what the ace perspective can teach all of us about desire and identity. What exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through life not experiencing it? What does asexuality

The Glory and the Sorrow: A Parisian and His World in the Age of the French Revolution (Tackett Timothy)(Pevná vazba)

An intimate history of an ordinary Parisian citizen and his neighbors that reflects on the origins and radicalization of the French Revolution. What was it like to live through one of the most transformational periods in world history? In The Glory and the Sorrow, eminent historian Timothy Tackett

Family Business - An Intimate History of John Lewis and the Partnership (Glendinning Victoria)(Pevná vazba)

Patch Work: Winner of the 2021 Pen Ackerley Prize (Wilcox Claire)(Paperback)

An expert and intimate exploration of a life in clothes: their memories and stories, enchantments and spells. A linen sheet, smooth with age. A box of buttons, mother-of-pearl and plastic, metal and glass, rattling and untethered. A hundred-year-old pin, forgotten in a hem. Fragile silks and

Soda and Fizzy Drinks: A Global History (Levin Judith)(Pevná vazba)

An effervescent exploration of the global history and myriad symbolic meanings of carbonated beverages. More than eighty years before the invention of Coca-Cola, sweet carbonated drinks became popular around the world, provoking arguments remarkably similar to those they prompt today. Are they

Medieval Life: Archaeology and the Life Course (Gilchrist Roberta)(Pevná vazba)

An important and timely volume... an elegant summary of complex theory, and synthesis of an impressive body of material. It will be eagerly read by current and future generations of archaeologists, and will demonstrate the significance of historical archaeology to a much wider scholarly audience

Cuba: An American History (Ferrer Ada)(Pevná vazba)

An epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex and intimate ties to the United States--from before the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the present day--written by one of the world's leading historians of Cuba. In Cuba, the passing of Fidel Castro from this world and of Ra l Castro from power

Human Frontiers - The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking (Bhaskar Michael)(Pevná vazba)

A provocative, exciting exploration of the future of ideas - and the history of technological and cultural progress that has taken us to

Goodbye Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land - Jacob Mikanowski

An epic history of the ‘other’ Europe, a place of conflict and coexistence, of faith and folklore Eastern Europe is more than the sum total of its annexations, invasions and independence declarations. From the Baltics to the Balkans, from Prague to Kiev, the area exuded a tragicomic character

Heroes of Tolkien - An Exploration of Tolkien's Heroic Characters, and the Sources that Inspired his Work from Myth, Literature and History (Day David)(Paperback / softback)

Here in this book, Tolkien expert David Day examines the complexities surrounding Tolkien's portrayal of good and evil, and analyses Middle-earth's most celebrated  heroes and the literary, historical and mythological sources that inspired their creation

Hobbits of Tolkien - An Illustrated Exploration of Tolkien's Hobbits, and the Sources that Inspired his Work from Myth, Literature and History (Day David)(Paperback / softback)

n entire race was born when J.R.R. Tolkien scrawled on a leaf, 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.' From the invention of that single word (hobbit) Tolkien became the explorer and chronicler of the character, their race and their significant role in his fantastical world, Middle-earth

Dragon: Fear and Power (Arnold Martin)(Pevná vazba)

From the fire-breathing beasts of North European myth and legend to the Book of Revelation's Great Red Dragon of Hell, from those supernatural agencies of imperial authority in ancient China to the so-called dragon-women who threaten male authority, dragons are a global phenomenon, one that has

History of Mathematics in the United States and Canada - Volume 1: 1492-1930 (Zitarelli David E.)(Pevná vazba)

Offers a comprehensive history of the development of mathematics in the US and Canada. This first volume of a two-volume work takes the reader from the European encounters with North America in the fifteenth century up to the emergence of the United States as a world leader in mathematics in the

Story of Life in 101/2 Chapters (Taylor Marianne)(Pevná vazba)

An exploration of the key aspects of life on Earth - now and in the future - through the study of 10 and a half

Becoming (Obama Michelle)(Pevná vazba)

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America--the first African-American

Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical (Jones Jacqueline)(Pevná vazba)

From a prize-winning historian, a new portrait of an extraordinary activist and the turbulent age in which she livedGoddess of Anarchy recounts the formidable life of the militant writer, orator, and agitator Lucy Parsons. Born to an enslaved woman in Virginia in 1851 and raised in Texas-where she

Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur (Pearce Sheldon)(Pevná vazba)

A New Yorker writer's intimate, revealing account of Tupac Shakur's life and legacy, timed to the fiftieth anniversary of his birth and twenty-fifth anniversary of his death. In the summer of 2020, Tupac Shakur's single 'Changes' became an anthem for the worldwide protests against the murder of

Handbags: The Making of a Museum (Wilcox Claire)(Pevná vazba)

An exploration of the role of the handbag in the history of culture, fashion, and material production The history of the handbag--its design, how it has been made, used, and worn--reveals something essential about women's lives over the past 500 years. Perhaps the most universal item of