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Bloomsbury presents Power, Grit and Glamour by Tamara Sturtz-Filby, read by Jilly Bond. An intimate look at the Halstonettes—the women who inspired legendary fashion designer Halston. One of the greatest fashion designers of all time, Halston defined and dominated the 1970s. He was America's...

On July 4, 1990, while on a morning walk in southern France, Susan J. Brison was attacked from behind, severely beaten, sexually assaulted, strangled to unconsciousness, and left for dead. She survived, but her world was destroyed. Her training as a philosopher could not help her make sense of things, and many of her fundamental assumptions about the nature of the self and the world it inhabits were shattered.

From the author of million-copy bestseller The Way of the Superior Man, a guide to help men achieve deep meaning and true freedom in their lives. Many men come to a point in life where they feel a sense of emptiness or lack of motivation. This state may be confused for depression, but David...

Brought to you by Penguin. A dazzlingly original reassessment of the power and plurality of women's singing voices by the critically acclaimed author of Art Monsters and Scaffolding For millennia, women’s raised voices have been heard as unruly, uncivilized, dangerous. Women singing were cast...

In the tradition of Sebastian Junger’s Tribe and Chris Hedges’s classic War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning, a powerful investigation into the fraught history and ominous future of military education in the United States, and how it formed and fuels increasingly volatile strains of American...

GLOBAL IN SCOPE, FEARLESS IN TONE AND DARING ABOUT WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN NEXT 'The world is on fire, and this is the book we need in this moment' ANGELA SAINI, author of THE PATRIARCHS 'Fantastic and timely . . . I highly recommend this book to all women' ZAHRA JOYA, author of THE VANISHING GIRL OF...

The historical figure of the dandy has commonly been described as an upper-class gentleman. But there is a broader history to be told about the dandy—one that incorporates unknown men from the lower strata of society. The Dandy: A People's History constitutes the first history of those dandies...

From Sunday Times bestselling author Alex Light comes an empowering, incisive new book examining the crushing beauty standards women are subjected to – and how we can learn to fight back. In a world full of filters, tweakments, and weight-loss drugs, take back control and rewrite the rules of...

The brilliant and sometimes scandalous lives of twenty-one women who made French history. From Eleanor of Aquitaine to Edith Piaf, Colette to Coco Chanel, discover the lives of 21 women who made French history. French women have always had so much more to say than ‘let them eat cake’! Whether kicking the English out of Orléans, marching on Versailles or running messages for the French resistance, their stories of courage, creativity and genius have long defined French history.

A bold new history of psychology that uncovers the lost legacies of the women who shaped our understanding of what it is to be human If asked to name a psychologist, who springs to mind? No doubt Freud, perhaps Pavlov and his dog, maybe Jung or Piaget. But what of Mary Whiton Calkins, who has...

Bloomsbury presents Girlfriend Material, written and read by Rosie Turner. So, it’s finally happening. The months of sapphic back-and-forth, the over-analysis of texts, the wondering is she into me or just nice? – all leading to one terrifying, thrilling moment: an IRL meeting. Is it a date?...

You know that 3 a.m. feeling? When you’re wide awake asking yourself: Is this really it? That nagging feeling that "this isn’t enough anymore" isn’t weakness—it’s wisdom. What once felt fresh now feels like going through the motions. Successful but not satisfied. Accomplished but not...

Bloomsbury presents Hood Feminism written and read by Mikki Kendall. 'It is absolutely brilliant, I think every woman should read it' PANDORA SYKES, THE HIGH LOW ‘My wish is that every white woman who calls herself a feminist will read this book in a state of hushed and humble respect...

Il sangue matto è la paura di impazzire, di sragionare all’improvviso in casa, al lavoro, per strada, nel bel mezzo di certe giornate nere che si fatica persino a raccontare a se stesse. È il corpo che si macchia di rosso, è la difficoltà a vivere normalmente almeno sette giorni al mese. È il lutto, il fallimento e il disgusto per non riuscire ad essere madri come la natura femminile vorrebbe. Eppure le donne non si arrendono, e provano a raccontarlo e a raccontarsi, cercano con ostinazione il mesSaggio nascosto dentro la sofferenza.

Exploring the growing phenomenon of women gun owners in middle America, this book challenges the conventional narratives that often dominate discussions of gun culture. By applying a feminist and critical cultural framework, A Gun of Her Own: The Everyday Lives of Women Who Shoot argues that...

Un libro para poner en duda lo que siempre nos dijeron que era «normal». Porque cuestionar lo aprendido es el primer paso para cambiarlo. Guía contra mochos, machos y fachos parte de una intuición compartida por toda una generación: el regreso de discursos conservadores, misóginos y autoritarios no es casual ni una simple moda de internet, sino una reacción organizada frente a un mundo que está cambiando… y muy rápido. Ideas viejas se reciclaron, se volvieron virales y hoy aparecen en memes, frases motivacionales, sobremesas familiares y discursos políticos.

Before Mary Earps, Jess Fishlock and Lucy Bronze, a generation of trailblazing women's footballers defied the odds. In 1921, the FA banned women from playing football in England, but these rebels refused to quit. Leaving behind jobs, families and their homeland, they travelled across Europe in search of professional opportunities. This groundbreaking book uncovers their untold stories: the original Lioness who started a new life in the Netherlands as a teenager, the first woman of colour to play for England, the girl who turned down international recognition to play in Italy.

München: Eine Politikerin des Bayerischen Landtags wird massiv bedroht. Sie erhält E-Mails mit Vergewaltigungs- und Mordfantasien, wird in den sozialen Medien beschimpft und beleidigt. Als eine Bombendrohung im Landtag eingeht, bekommt die Frau Personenschutz, und Obalski von der Sondereinheit Doppel-X wird undercover als Social-Media-Beraterin ins Team der Politikerin eingeschleust. Sie soll ermitteln, wer hinter den Angriffen steckt. Schon bald werden die Hetzkampagnen persönlicher und zugleich gefährlicher.

One of the very first books to offer feminist insights and critiques of business to the practicing manager, business student, and non-academic, this provocative volume offers a fresh, positive vision that makes feminist thought accessible and relevant. Feminism: A Key Idea for Business and...

In Der Frauen Natur und Recht (1876) widerlegt Hedwig Dohm, Vordenkerin der frühen Frauenbewegung, die angeblich naturgegebenen Unterschiede zwischen den Geschlechtern – scharfsinnig, humorvoll und mutig. Mit beeindruckender Klarheit analysiert sie psychologische, gesellschaftliche und politische Argumente gegen die Gleichberechtigung – und entlarvt deren ideologische Grundlagen. Ein prägender Text der feministischen Literaturgeschichte. Ein kraftvoller Appell für Gleichberechtigung – unbequem, scharfsinnig und erstaunlich zeitgemäß.