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Quit Like a Woman - The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol (Paperback): Holly Whitaker Quit Like a Woman - The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol (Paperback)
Holly Whitaker
R470 R356 Discovery Miles 3 560 Save R114 (24%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Guyland - The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (Paperback): Michael Kimmel Guyland - The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (Paperback)
Michael Kimmel
R471 R391 Discovery Miles 3 910 Save R80 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Attack of the 50 Ft. Women - How Gender Equality Can Save the World! (Paperback, Epub Edition): Catherine Mayer Attack of the 50 Ft. Women - How Gender Equality Can Save the World! (Paperback, Epub Edition)
Catherine Mayer 1
R308 R292 Discovery Miles 2 920 Save R16 (5%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Buy it for yourself, your husband or partner. Most importantly, buy it for your children' Sunday Express Essential reading from Catherine Mayer, recently named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Global Policy on Gender Equality. Cometh the hour, Cometh the women. In this inspirational book, the co-founder of the Women's Equality Party sets out compelling evidence for the social and economic benefits of gender equality and lays bare the mechanisms holding women back. Everywhere women are, at best, second-class citizens. Progress towards equality hasn't only stalled; in many places, it is reversing. Things needn't be this way. Join the author on a journey to Equalia, the gender-equal future that could be ours. In this new and fully updated edition Catherine Mayer reports from the frontline of 2017, a tumultuous year that saw women's rights and protections rolled back and the global tally of female leaders fall, but galvanised feminism. It was also a tumultuous year for the author herself, who for the first time writes in detail about her sex and age discrimination suit against her former employer, TIME, and how her battle for justice, like #MeToo, demonstrated the extraordinary power of women sharing stories. JOIN THE REVOLUTION.

Elizabeth - Renaissance Prince (Paperback): Lisa Hilton Elizabeth - Renaissance Prince (Paperback)
Lisa Hilton
R627 R512 Discovery Miles 5 120 Save R115 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Confinement - The Hidden History of Maternal Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Hardcover): Jessica Cox Confinement - The Hidden History of Maternal Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Hardcover)
Jessica Cox
R620 Discovery Miles 6 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

During the nineteenth century, having children was frequently viewed as women's central function and destiny - and yet the pregnant or postnatal body, as well as the birthing room, is almost entirely absent from public discourses and most written histories of the period. Confinement: The Hidden History of Maternal Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Britain corrects this omission by examining stories of pregnancy and motherhood across this period. Drawing on letters, diaries, newspapers, coroner's reports and hospital archives as well as medical advice, literature and art, Jessica Cox charts the maternal experiences of nineteenth-century women, exploring fertility, pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, maternal mortality, unwanted pregnancies, infant loss, breastfeeding, and postnatal bodies and minds. From the royal family to inhabitants of the workhouse, this fascinating history reveals what motherhood was truly like for the women of nineteenth-century Britain.

The Duchess Countess - The Woman Who Scandalized Eighteenth-Century London (Paperback): Catherine Ostler The Duchess Countess - The Woman Who Scandalized Eighteenth-Century London (Paperback)
Catherine Ostler
R543 R455 Discovery Miles 4 550 Save R88 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Ship of Dreams - The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era (Paperback): Gareth Russell The Ship of Dreams - The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era (Paperback)
Gareth Russell
R511 R428 Discovery Miles 4 280 Save R83 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Black Bourgeoisie (Paperback, 1st Free Press Paperbacks ed): Edward Franklin Frazier The Black Bourgeoisie (Paperback, 1st Free Press Paperbacks ed)
Edward Franklin Frazier
R469 R388 Discovery Miles 3 880 Save R81 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Redeeming Eve - When a Woman Lives Loved (Paperback): Julie Wright Redeeming Eve - When a Woman Lives Loved (Paperback)
Julie Wright
R467 R393 Discovery Miles 3 930 Save R74 (16%) Out of stock
Isak Dinesen - The Life of a Storyteller (Paperback): Judith Thurman Isak Dinesen - The Life of a Storyteller (Paperback)
Judith Thurman
R561 R468 Discovery Miles 4 680 Save R93 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Education of Will - Healing a Dog, Facing My Fears, Reclaiming My Life (Paperback): Patricia B McConnell The Education of Will - Healing a Dog, Facing My Fears, Reclaiming My Life (Paperback)
Patricia B McConnell
R463 R381 Discovery Miles 3 810 Save R82 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Chasing Grace - Reflections of a Catholic Girl, Grown Up (Paperback, 1st ed): Martha Manning Chasing Grace - Reflections of a Catholic Girl, Grown Up (Paperback, 1st ed)
Martha Manning
R384 R316 Discovery Miles 3 160 Save R68 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From the author of the "absolutely absorbing" (USA Today) memoir Undercurrents comes an unforgettable portrait of childhood, family and community. The eldest child of a devout Irish-American Catholic family, Martha Manning weaves her story around the seven holy sacraments: baptism, penance, communion, confirmation, holy orders, marriage and last rites. She recalls her childhood pratfalls, adolescent yearnings and entrance into motherhood with wisdom, wit and remarkable honesty. At once poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, Chasing Grace is a wholly original tale of family and friends, happy times and difficult ones -- and the painful, joyous journey from childhood to adulthood.

Fastpitch - The Untold History of Softball and the Women Who Made the Game (Paperback): Erica Westly Fastpitch - The Untold History of Softball and the Women Who Made the Game (Paperback)
Erica Westly
R494 R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Save R86 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Church of the Small Things - The Million Little Pieces That Make up a Life (Paperback, Special edition): Melanie Shankle Church of the Small Things - The Million Little Pieces That Make up a Life (Paperback, Special edition)
Melanie Shankle; Foreword by Ree Drummond
R338 R253 Discovery Miles 2 530 Save R85 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Is my ordinary, everyday life actually significant? Is it okay to be fulfilled by the simple acts of raising kids, working in an office, and cooking chicken for dinner? It's been said, "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away." The pressure of that can be staggering as we spend our days looking for that big thing that promises to take our breath away. Meanwhile, we lose sight of the small significance of fully living with every breath we take. Melanie Shankle, New York Times bestselling author and writer at The Big Mama Blog tackles these questions head on in her fourth book, Church of the Small Things. Easygoing and relatable, she speaks directly to the heart of women of all ages who are longing to find significance and meaning in the normal, sometimes mundane world of driving carpool to soccer practice, attending class on their college campus, cooking meals for their family, or taking care of a sick loved one. The million little pieces that make a life aren't necessarily glamorous or far-reaching. But God uses some of the smallest, most ordinary acts of faithfulness-and sometimes they look a whole lot like packing lunch. Through humorous stories told in her signature style, full of Frito pie, best friends, the love of her Me-Ma and Pa-Pa, the unexpected grace that comes when we quit trying to measure up, and a little of the best TV has to offer, Melanie helps women embrace what it means to live a simple, yet incredibly meaningful life and how to find all the beauty and laughter that lies right beneath the surface of every moment.

White Coat (Paperback): Ellen Lerner Rothman White Coat (Paperback)
Ellen Lerner Rothman
R401 R335 Discovery Miles 3 350 Save R66 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

White Coat is Dr. Ellen Lerner Rothman's vivid account of her four years at Harvard Medical School. Describing the grueling hours and emotional hurdles she underwent to earn the degree of M.D., Dr. Rothman tells the story of one woman's transformation from a terrified first-year medical studen into a confident, competent doctor.

Touching on the most relevant issues in medicine today--such as HMOs, aIDS, and assisted suicide--Dr. Rothman recounts her despair and exhilaration as a medical student, from the stress of exams to th hard-won rewards that came from treating patients.

The anecdotes in White Coat are funny, heartbreaking, and at times horrifying. Each chapter taes us deeper into Dr. Rothman's medical school experience, illuminating her struggle to walk the line between too much and not enough intimacy with her patients. For readers of Perri Klass and Richard Selzer, Dr. Rothman looks candidly at medicine and presents an unvarnished perspective on a subject that matters to us all. White Coat opens the infamously closed door between patient and doctor in a book that will change the way we look at our medical establishment.

In White Coat, Ellen Rothman offers a vivid account of her four years at one of the best medical schools in the country, and opens the infamously closed door between patient and doctor. Touching on today's most important medical issues -- such as HMOs, AIDS, and assisted suicide -- the author navigates her way through despair, exhilaration, and a lot of exhaustion in Harvard's classrooms and Boston's hospitals to earn the indisputable title to which we entrust our lives.

With a thoughtful, candid voice, Rothman writes about a wide range of experiences -- from a dream about holding the hand of a cadaver she had dissected to the acute embarrassment she felt when asking patients about their sexual histories. She shares her horror at treating a patient with a flesh-eating skin infection, the anxiety of being "pimped" by doctors for information (when doctors quiz students on anatomy and medicine), as well as the ultimate reward of making the transformation and of earning a doctor's white coat.

For readers of Perri Klass, Richard Selzer, and the millions of fans of ER, White Coat is a fascinating account of one woman's journey through school and into the high-stakes drama of the medical world.

In White Coat, Ellen Rothman offers a vivid account of her four years at one of the best medical schools in the country, and opens the infamously closed door between patient and doctor. Touching on today's most important medical issues -- such as HMOs, AIDS, and assisted suicide -- the author navigates her way through despair, exhilaration, and a lot of exhaustion in Harvard's classrooms and Boston's hospitals to earn the indisputable title to which we entrust our lives.

With a thoughtful, candid voice, Rothman writes about a wide range of experiences -- from a dream about holding the hand of a cadaver she had dissected to the acute embarrassment she felt when asking patients about their sexual histories. She shares her horror at treating a patient with a flesh-eating skin infection, the anxiety of being "pimped" by doctors for information (when doctors quiz students on anatomy and medicine), as well as the ultimate reward of making the transformation and of earning a doctor's white coat.

For readers of Perri Klass, Richard Selzer, and the millions of fans of ER, White Coat is a fascinating account of one woman's journey through school and into the high-stakes drama of the medical world.

Handbook on Gender in Asia (Paperback): Shirlena Huang, Kanchana N. Ruwanpura Handbook on Gender in Asia (Paperback)
Shirlena Huang, Kanchana N. Ruwanpura
R1,342 Discovery Miles 13 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Exploring gender as a fundamental factor in the way that lives of individuals, families and societies across Asia are organized, this timely Handbook studies the importance of modernization and globalization for understanding gender in Asia. It brings together a wide range of scholarly perspectives on five critical areas in the field: ageing and health; labour; migrations and mobilities; gender at the margins, and the theory and practice of researching in Asia. Identifying gaps in current research, and using both qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the topic, this volume demonstrates the difference a gendered perspective makes in providing a better understanding of these issues in Asia. Using empirical case studies, contributors highlight the challenges and changes to cultured traditions and practices that surround gendered norms surrounding the societal roles of men and women in Asia. The volume offers fresh, nuanced insights to socio-political currents in Asian countries. This far-reaching collection will be an essential read for scholars in the social sciences interested in gender issues in Asia, human geography, sociology, anthropology, development studies, gender politics; and for NGOs and policy-makers. Contributors include: A.L. Abeyasekera, A. Adenwala, A. Arslan, C. Caron, L.-H.N. Chiang, A. Datta, M. De Silva, E.L.-E. Ho, E.S. Ho, S. Huang, H. Igarashi, R. Ito, J. Knodel, K. Kusakabe, H. Lee, M. Morikawa, P. Raghuram, S. Ramnarain, K.N. Ruwanpura, S. Shroff, B.C. Somaiah, G. Sondhi, P. Statham, W.-m. Tang, B. Teerawichitchainan, M. Thompson, S. Turner, L. Wilks, Y. Yang, S. Yea, C. Zuberec

Handbook of Research Methods on Gender and Management (Hardcover): Valerie Stead, Carole Elliott, Sharon Mavin Handbook of Research Methods on Gender and Management (Hardcover)
Valerie Stead, Carole Elliott, Sharon Mavin
R4,823 Discovery Miles 48 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This timely Handbook of Research Methods on Gender and Management exemplifies the multiplicity of gender and management research and provides effective guidance for putting methods into practice. Through a range of international perspectives, contributors present an essential resource of diverse research methods, including illustrative examples from corporate, public and entrepreneurial sectors. Chapters offer clear guidance, considering opportunities and challenges of differing approaches to research and exploring their ethical implications in practice. Outlining autoethnographical, practical, critical and methodological approaches to research, the Handbook illustrates a broad base from which to build a research project in gender and management. This cutting-edge Handbook is crucial reading for scholars of gender and management, highlighting useful methods and practices for accessing key scholarly insights. It will also benefit graduate students in need of a guided entry into the field of gender and management.

How They Made It in America - Success Stories and Strategies of Immigrant Women: from Isabel Allende to Ivana Trump, to Fashion... How They Made It in America - Success Stories and Strategies of Immigrant Women: from Isabel Allende to Ivana Trump, to Fashion Designer Josie Natori, Plus More (Paperback)
Fiona Citkin Ph D
R532 R451 Discovery Miles 4 510 Save R81 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Inside Bridgerton (Hardcover): Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers Inside Bridgerton (Hardcover)
Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers
R1,298 R1,068 Discovery Miles 10 680 Save R230 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Memory Palace - A Memoir (Paperback): Mira Bartok The Memory Palace - A Memoir (Paperback)
Mira Bartok
R454 R379 Discovery Miles 3 790 Save R75 (17%) In Stock

In the tradition of "The Glass Castle," two sisters confront schizophrenia in this poignant literary memoir about family and mental illness. Through stunning prose and original art, "The Memory Palace" captures the love between mother and daughter, the complex meaning of truth, and family's capacity for forgiveness.
"People have abandoned their loved ones for much less than you've been through," Mira Bartok is told at her mother's memorial service. It is a poignant observation about the relationship between Mira, her sister, and their mentally ill mother. Before she was struck with schizophrenia at the age of nineteen, beautiful piano protege Norma Herr had been the most vibrant personality in the room. She loved her daughters and did her best to raise them well, but as her mental state deteriorated, Norma spoke less about Chopin and more about Nazis and her fear that her daughters would be kidnapped, murdered, or raped.
When the girls left for college, the harassment escalated--Norma called them obsessively, appeared at their apartments or jobs, threatened to kill herself if they did not return home. After a traumatic encounter, Mira and her sister were left with no choice but to change their names and sever all contact with Norma in order to stay safe. But while Mira pursued her career as an artist--exploring the ancient romance of Florence, the eerie mysticism of northern Norway, and the raw desert of Israel--the haunting memories of her mother were never far away.
Then one day, a debilitating car accident changes Mira's life forever. Struggling to recover from a traumatic brain injury, she was confronted with a need to recontextualize her life--she had to relearn how to paint, read, and interact with the outside world. In her search for a way back to her lost self, Mira reached out to the homeless shelter where she believed her mother was living and discovered that Norma was dying.
Mira and her sister traveled to Cleveland, where they shared an extraordinary reconciliation with their mother that none of them had thought possible. At the hospital, Mira discovered a set of keys that opened a storage unit Norma had been keeping for seventeen years. Filled with family photos, childhood toys, and ephemera from Norma's life, the storage unit brought back a flood of previous memories that Mira had thought were lost to her forever.

Striking Women - Struggles & Strategies of South Asian Women Workers from Grunwick to Gate Gourmet (Hardcover): Anitha Sundari,... Striking Women - Struggles & Strategies of South Asian Women Workers from Grunwick to Gate Gourmet (Hardcover)
Anitha Sundari, Ruth Pearson
R905 Discovery Miles 9 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Who were the women who fought back at Grunwick and Gate Gourmet? Striking Women gives a voice to the women involved as they discuss their lives, their work and their trade unions. Striking Women is centred on two industrial disputes, the famous Grunwick strike (1976-78) and the Gate Gourmet dispute that erupted in 2005. Focusing on these two events, the book explores the nature of South Asian women's contribution to the struggles for workers' rights in the UK labour market. The authors examine histories of migration and settlement of two different groups of women of South Asian origin, and how this history, their gendered, classed and racialised inclusion in the labour market, the context of industrial relations in the UK in the two periods and the nature of the trade union movement shaped the trajectories and the outcomes of the two disputes. This is the first account based on the voices of the women involved. Drawing on life/work history interviews with thirty-two women who participated in the two disputes, as well as interviews with trade union officials, archival material and employment tribunal proceedings, the authors explore the motivations, experiences and implications of these events for their political and social identities.

Real Man - Power Up Legendary Manhood (Paperback, Reissue ed.): Edwin Louis Cole Real Man - Power Up Legendary Manhood (Paperback, Reissue ed.)
Edwin Louis Cole; Foreword by Robert Morris
R392 R325 Discovery Miles 3 250 Save R67 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Face That Changed It All - A Memoir (Paperback): Beverly Johnson The Face That Changed It All - A Memoir (Paperback)
Beverly Johnson; As told to Allison Samuels; Foreword by Andre Leon Talley
R420 R349 Discovery Miles 3 490 Save R71 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Manifesto - On Never Giving Up (Paperback): Bernardine Evaristo Manifesto - On Never Giving Up (Paperback)
Bernardine Evaristo
R498 R420 Discovery Miles 4 200 Save R78 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From the bestselling and Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo's memoir of her own life and writing, and her manifesto on unstoppability, creativity, and activism Bernardine Evaristo's 2019 Booker Prize win was a historic and revolutionary occasion, with Evaristo being the first Black woman and first Black British person ever to win the prize in its fifty-year history. Girl, Woman, Other was named a favorite book of the year by President Obama and Roxane Gay, was translated into thirty-five languages, and has now reached more than a million readers. Evaristo's astonishing nonfiction debut, Manifesto, is a vibrant and inspirational account of Evaristo's life and career as she rebelled against the mainstream and fought over several decades to bring her creative work into the world. With her characteristic humor, Evaristo describes her childhood as one of eight siblings, with a Nigerian father and white Catholic mother, tells the story of how she helped set up Britain's first Black women's theatre company, remembers the queer relationships of her twenties, and recounts her determination to write books that were absent in the literary world around her. She provides a hugely powerful perspective to contemporary conversations around race, class, feminism, sexuality, and aging. She reminds us of how far we have come, and how far we still have to go. In Manifesto, Evaristo charts her theory of unstoppability, showing creative people how they too can visualize and find success in their work, ignoring the naysayers. Both unconventional memoir and inspirational text, Manifesto is a unique reminder to us all to persist in doing work we believe in, even when we might feel overlooked or discounted. Evaristo shows us how we too can follow in her footsteps, from first vision, to insistent perseverance, to eventual triumph.

Feisty and   Feminine - A Rallying Cry for Conservative Women (Paperback): Penny Young Nance Feisty and Feminine - A Rallying Cry for Conservative Women (Paperback)
Penny Young Nance
R337 R272 Discovery Miles 2 720 Save R65 (19%) Out of stock

CEO and president of Concerned Women for America Penny Young Nance is ready to change the way women today engage the culture. "Today's conservative women are intelligent, well-educated, compassionate, accomplished, funny, and fearless," says Nance. Feisty & Feminine takes an honest and transparent look at what it means to be a conservative Christian woman, with thoughtful commentary on the real issues confronting you right now. Conservative Christian women have never fit neatly into stereotypes. "We're not the humorless, dim-witted 'church ladies' Saturday Night Live has made us out to be," says Nance. "In fact, we have an opportunity like never before to offer words of redemption to a world gone mad." Are you troubled by this nation's decreased emphasis on the sanctity of marriage and the abuse of women around the world? Are you concerned that the values this great nation are slipping away from your children? The time is right for this book, and for conservative women - like Esther of the Bible - to stand up, be heard, and make a difference in our culture.

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