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My Life Is a Soap Opera (Hardcover): Angela My Life Is a Soap Opera (Hardcover)
Angela
R477 Discovery Miles 4 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Embracing Me - A Memoir (Hardcover): April Hernandez Castillo Embracing Me - A Memoir (Hardcover)
April Hernandez Castillo
R570 R479 Discovery Miles 4 790 Save R91 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Invisible Women - Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Paperback): Caroline Criado-Perez Invisible Women - Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Paperback)
Caroline Criado-Perez 2
R295 R231 Discovery Miles 2 310 Save R64 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Imagine a world where your phone is too big for your hand, where your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body, where in a car accident you are 47% more likely to be seriously injured, where every week the countless hours of work you do are not recognised or valued.

If any of this sounds familiar, chances are that you're a woman.

Invisible Women shows us how, in a world largely built for and by men, we are systematically ignoring half the population. It exposes the gender data gap – a gap in our knowledge that is at the root of perpetual, systemic discrimination against women, and that has created a pervasive but invisible bias with a profound effect on women’s lives.

From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplaces, urban planning and the media, Invisible Women reveals the biased data that excludes women.

Award-winning campaigner and writer Caroline Criado Perez brings together for the first time an impressive range of case studies, stories and new research from across the world that illustrate the hidden ways in which women are forgotten, and the impact this has on their health and well-being. In making the case for change, this powerful and provocative book will make you see the world anew.

Truth Be Told - The Story of My Life and My Fight for Equality (Paperback): Beverley McLachlin Truth Be Told - The Story of My Life and My Fight for Equality (Paperback)
Beverley McLachlin
R474 R405 Discovery Miles 4 050 Save R69 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Silence Beyond the Swing (Hardcover): Michelann Russell The Silence Beyond the Swing (Hardcover)
Michelann Russell; Edited by Lauren Stevens
R496 Discovery Miles 4 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Fear of a Hip-Hop Planet - America's New Dilemma (Hardcover): D Marvin Jones Fear of a Hip-Hop Planet - America's New Dilemma (Hardcover)
D Marvin Jones
R1,912 Discovery Miles 19 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Is Gangsta Rap just black noise? Or does it play the same role for urban youth that CNN plays in mainstream America? This provocative set of essays tells us how Gangsta Rap is a creative "report" about an urban crisis, our new American dilemma, and why we need to listen. Increasingly, police, politicians, and late-night talk show hosts portray today's inner cities as violent, crime-ridden war zones. The same moral panic that once focused on blacks in general has now been refocused on urban spaces and the black men who live there, especially those wearing saggy pants and hoodies. The media always spotlights the crime and violence, but rarely gives airtime to the conditions that produced these problems. The dominant narrative holds that the cause of the violence is the pathology of ghetto culture. Hip-hop music is at the center of this conversation. When 16-year-old Chicago youth Derrion Albert was brutally killed by gang members, many blamed rap music. Thus hip-hop music has been demonized not merely as black noise but as a root cause of crime and violence. Fear of a Hip-Hop Planet: America's New Dilemma explores-and demystifies-the politics in which the gulf between the inner city and suburbia have come to signify not only a socio-economic dividing line, but a new socio-cultural divide as well. A chronological account of development of rap music going back to the era of slavery Drawings and editorial cartoons A multicultural bibliography containing sociological, historical, and legal materials A glossary of many key terms such as "structural racism" and "governmentalism"

Research Handbook of Diversity and Careers (Paperback): Adelina M. Broadbridge, Sandra L. Fielden Research Handbook of Diversity and Careers (Paperback)
Adelina M. Broadbridge, Sandra L. Fielden
R1,583 Discovery Miles 15 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This unique Research Handbook covers a wide range of issues that affect the careers of those in diverse groups: age, appearance, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and transgender. This work includes cross-disciplinary contributions from over 50 international academics, researchers, policy-makers, managers and psychologists, who review current thinking, practices, initiatives and developments within diversity and careers research on an international scale. They also consider the implication of diversity legislation for organizations and the individual, providing an insight into the future direction of research and practice. Unlike other research in the field, this work presents wide-ranging and holistic coverage of diverse groups in addition to considering the implication of individuals who appear in multiple categories. Students, academics and researchers in the fields of human resources, management and employment as well as those whose study encompasses diversity, development and equality will find this Research Handbook to be a useful and insightful read. Contributors: E.O. Achola, T. Agarwala, N. Arshad-Mather, D. Atewologun, G.L. Bend, A. Broadbridge, T. Calvard, S.M. Carraher, E.T. Chan, S.A. Chaudhry, F. Colgan, A. Elluru, S.L. Fielden, D. Foley, F. Gavin, L. Gutmann Kahn, K. Hirano, L.L. Huberty, M. Hynd, S. Javed, H. Jepson, S.K. Johnson, J. Jones, M. Jyrkinen, K. Karl, K. Keplinger, R. Kilpatrick, T. Koellen, L. Lindstrom, J. McGregor, L. McKie, M.E. Moore, D. Nickson, M.B. Ozturk, E. Parry, E. Pio, T. Povenmire-Kirk, T. Pratt, V. Priola, M.V. Roehling, P.V. Roehling, N. Rumens, Y.M. Sidani, S.E. Sullivan, J. Syed, S.A. Tate, A. Tatli, R. Thomas, F. Tomlinson, R. Turner, J. Van Eck Peluchette, H. Woodruffe-Burton

Female Force - Tina Turner (Hardcover): Michael Frizell Female Force - Tina Turner (Hardcover)
Michael Frizell; Contributions by Ramon Salas; Cover design or artwork by Joe Phillips
R517 Discovery Miles 5 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
This Present Darkness (Hardcover): Kristen Welch This Present Darkness (Hardcover)
Kristen Welch; Foreword by Abraham Ruelas
R1,196 R964 Discovery Miles 9 640 Save R232 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Naomi "Omie" Wise - Her Life, Death and Legend (Paperback): Hal E Pugh, Eleanor Minnock-Pugh Naomi "Omie" Wise - Her Life, Death and Legend (Paperback)
Hal E Pugh, Eleanor Minnock-Pugh
R446 Discovery Miles 4 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Naomi "Omie" Wise was drowned by her lover in the waters of North Carolina's Deep River in 1807, and her murder has been remembered in ballad and story for well over two centuries. Mistakes, romanticization and misremembering have been injected into Naomi's biography over time, blurring the line between reality and fiction. The authors of this book, whose family has lived in the Deep River area since the 18th century, are descendants of many of the people who knew Naomi Wise or were involved in her murder investigation. This is the story of a young woman betrayed and how her death gave way to the folk traditions by which she is remembered today. The book sheds light on the plight of impoverished women in early America and details the fascinating inner workings of the Piedmont North Carolina Quaker community that cared for Naomi in her final years and kept her memory alive.

Priscilla - The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France (Paperback): 'Nicholas Shakespeare Priscilla - The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France (Paperback)
'Nicholas Shakespeare
R417 R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Save R62 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Priscilla: The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France by Nicholas Shakespeare is a transcendent work of narrative nonfiction in the vein of The Hare with Amber Eyes.

When Nicholas Shakespeare stumbled across a trunk full of his late aunt's personal belongings, he was unaware of where this discovery would take him and what he would learn about her hidden past. The glamorous, mysterious figure he remembered from his childhood was very different from the morally ambiguous young woman who emerged from the trove of love letters, journals and photographs, surrounded by suitors and living the precarious existence of a British citizen in a country controlled by the enemy during World War II.

As a young boy, Shakespeare had always believed that his aunt was a member of the Resistance and had been tortured by the Germans. The truth turned out to be far more complicated.

Piecing together fragments of his aunt's remarkable and tragic story, Priscilla is at once a stunning story of detection, a loving portrait of a flawed woman trying to survive in terrible times, and a spellbinding slice of history.

Gospel Bearers, Gender Barriers - Missionary Women in the 20th Century (Paperback): Dana Lee Robert Gospel Bearers, Gender Barriers - Missionary Women in the 20th Century (Paperback)
Dana Lee Robert
R620 R521 Discovery Miles 5 210 Save R99 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A fascinating look at the lives of women who bore the heat of day in Christian mission, but who were often forgotten by history until now.

The Woman They Could Not Silence - The Shocking Story of a Woman Who Dared to Fight Back (Hardcover): Kate Moore The Woman They Could Not Silence - The Shocking Story of a Woman Who Dared to Fight Back (Hardcover)
Kate Moore
R811 R707 Discovery Miles 7 070 Save R104 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Radium Girls comes another dark and dramatic but ultimately uplifting tale of a forgotten woman hero whose inspirational journey sparked lasting change for women's rights and exposed injustices that still resonate today. 1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is facing her own battle. The enemy sits across the table and sleeps in the next room. Her husband of twenty-one years is plotting against her because he feels increasingly threatened-by Elizabeth's intellect, independence, and unwillingness to stifle her own thoughts. So he makes a plan to put his wife back in her place. One summer morning, he has her committed to an insane asylum. The horrific conditions inside the Illinois State Hospital in Jacksonville, Illinois, are overseen by Dr. Andrew McFarland, a man who will prove to be even more dangerous to Elizabeth than her traitorous husband. But most disturbing is that Elizabeth is not the only sane woman confined to the institution. There are many rational women on her ward who tell the same story: they've been committed not because they need medical treatment, but to keep them in line-conveniently labeled "crazy" so their voices are ignored. No one is willing to fight for their freedom and, disenfranchised both by gender and the stigma of their supposed madness, they cannot possibly fight for themselves. But Elizabeth is about to discover that the merit of losing everything is that you then have nothing to lose... Bestselling author Kate Moore brings her sparkling narrative voice to The Woman They Could Not Silence, an unputdownable story of the forgotten woman who courageously fought for her own freedom-and in so doing freed millions more. Elizabeth's refusal to be silenced and her ceaseless quest for justice not only challenged the medical science of the day, and led to a giant leap forward in human rights, it also showcased the most salutary lesson: sometimes, the greatest heroes we have are those inside ourselves. Praise for The Woman They Could Not Silence: "Like Radium Girls, this volume is a page-turner."-Library Journal, STARRED review "A veritable tour de force about how far women's rights have come and how far we still have to go...Put this book in the hands of every young feminist."-Booklist, STARRED review "In Moore's expert hands, this beautifully-written tale unspools with drama and power, and puts Elizabeth Packard on the map at the most relevant moment imaginable. You will be riveted-and inspired. Bravo!"-Liza Mundy, New York Times bestselling author of Code Girls

Continually Working - Black Women, Community Intellectualism, and  Economic Justice in Postwar Milwaukee (Paperback): Crystal... Continually Working - Black Women, Community Intellectualism, and Economic Justice in Postwar Milwaukee (Paperback)
Crystal Marie Moten
R1,057 Discovery Miles 10 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Continually Working tells the stories of Black working women who resisted employment inequality in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from the 1940s to the 1970s. The book explores the job-related activism of Black Midwestern working women and uncovers the political and intellectual strategies they used to critique and resist employment discrimination, dismantle unjust structures, and transform their lives and the lives of those in their community. Moten emphasizes the ways in which Black women transformed the urban landscape by simultaneously occupying spaces from which they had been historically excluded and creating their own spaces. Black women refused to be marginalized within the historically white and middle-class Milwaukee Young Women's Christian Association (MYWCA), an association whose mission centered on supporting women in urban areas. Black women forged interracial relationships within this organization and made it, not without much conflict and struggle, one of the most socially progressive organizations in the city. When Black women could not integrate historically white institutions, they created their own. They established financial and educational institutions, such as Pressley School of Beauty Culture, which beautician Mattie Pressley Dewese opened in 1946 as a result of segregation in the beauty training industry. This school served economic, educational and community development purposes as well as created economic opportunities for Black women. Historically and contemporarily, Milwaukee has been and is still known as one of the most segregated cities in the nation. Black women have always contested urban segregation, by making space for themselves and others on the margins. In so doing, they have transformed both the urban landscape and urban history.

Second Chance - My Life in Things (Hardcover, Hardback ed.): Ruth Rosengarten Second Chance - My Life in Things (Hardcover, Hardback ed.)
Ruth Rosengarten
R1,171 Discovery Miles 11 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Mirrors & Reflections - Knowing Your Power: From One Muslim Immigrant Sister to Another (Hardcover): Khulood Agha Khan Mirrors & Reflections - Knowing Your Power: From One Muslim Immigrant Sister to Another (Hardcover)
Khulood Agha Khan
R621 Discovery Miles 6 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Woman Of Purpose And Power - A 90-Day Devotional (Paperback): Myles Munroe A Woman Of Purpose And Power - A 90-Day Devotional (Paperback)
Myles Munroe 1
R390 R326 Discovery Miles 3 260 Save R64 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Best-selling author Dr. Myles Munroe offers daily practical and biblical advice for women. Based on two of his most popular books, Understanding the Purpose and Power of Women and Understanding the Purpose and Power of Men, this 90-day devotional will help you truly understand your God-given purpose and power as a woman. Each day’s reading includes teaching and encouragement, a Scripture reading from both the Old and New Testaments, and a thought for the day to draw you closer to God and His purposes for you.

Explore the nature and role of women as God intended, addressing such issues as: How is a woman uniquely different from a man? What are the purpose and design of the woman? What are a woman’s emotional and sexual needs? What is a woman's role as a leader? What does the Bible really teach about women? As Dr. Munroe writes, "A woman cannot fulfill her purpose unless she is in relationship with God." Through this devotional, you can deepen your relationship with your heavenly Father and fulfill your potential as an integral part of His eternal purposes.

Moving Magic Money (Hardcover): Kathleen Mello-Navejas Moving Magic Money (Hardcover)
Kathleen Mello-Navejas; Foreword by Cara Wilson-Granat
R649 Discovery Miles 6 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Agnes Lake Hickok - Queen of the Circus, Wife of a Legend (Hardcover): Linda A. Fisher, Carolyn M Bowers Agnes Lake Hickok - Queen of the Circus, Wife of a Legend (Hardcover)
Linda A. Fisher, Carolyn M Bowers
R1,089 Discovery Miles 10 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The first woman in America to own and operate a circus, Agnes Lake spent thirty years under the Big Top before becoming the wife of Wild Bill Hickok--a mere five months before he was killed. Although books abound on the famous lawman, Agnes's life has remained obscured by circus myth and legend.

Linda A. Fisher and Carrie Bowers have written the first biography of this colorful but little-known circus performer. Agnes originally found fame as a slack-wire walker and horseback rider, and later as an animal trainer. Her circus career spanned more than four decades. Following the murder of her first husband, Bill Lake, she was the sole manager of the "Hippo-Olympiad and Mammoth Circus." While taking her show to Abilene, she met town marshal Hickok and five years later she married him. After Hickok's death, Agnes traveled with P. T. Barnum and Buffalo Bill Cody, and managed her daughter Emma Lake's successful equestrian career.

This account of a remarkable life cuts through fictions about Agnes's life, including her own embellishments, to uncover her true story. Numerous illustrations, including rare photographs and circus memorabilia, bring Agnes's world to life.

Women, Salvation, and Childbearing (Hardcover): Kenneth L Waters Women, Salvation, and Childbearing (Hardcover)
Kenneth L Waters
R840 Discovery Miles 8 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Tresna Gate of Love - Memoir One (Hardcover): Frances Tse Tresna Gate of Love - Memoir One (Hardcover)
Frances Tse
R667 Discovery Miles 6 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Gender and Literacy - A Handbook for Educators and Parents (Hardcover, New): Karen A. Krasny Gender and Literacy - A Handbook for Educators and Parents (Hardcover, New)
Karen A. Krasny
R1,891 Discovery Miles 18 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This work offers parents, educators, and librarians a practical guide to discovering the ways gender identities are constructed through literacy practices, providing recommendations for addressing gender inequities in schools and in the community at large. Gender and Literacy: A Handbook for Educators and Parents focuses on issues related to the gendered experience of students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12, promoting an understanding that the issues surrounding gender cannot be reduced to broad generalizations. Author Karen A. Krasny seeks to make clear the complex notion of gender construction within the context of redefining what constitutes legitimate literacy practices in schools. This handbook will help to guide educators, parents, and librarians by assisting them in the selection and evaluation of print and media resources. The first chapter explains the need to understand the complex relationship between gender and literacy. The bulk of the book provides readers with a critical review of the studies conducted to investigate gendered literacy practices, while the last three chapters focus on actionable strategies and policy making.

What Time Is It? (Hardcover): Gloria O'Toole Ulterino What Time Is It? (Hardcover)
Gloria O'Toole Ulterino
R1,133 R917 Discovery Miles 9 170 Save R216 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Society Women and Enlightened Charity in Spain - The Junta de Damas de Honor y Merito, 1787-1823 (Hardcover): Catherine M... Society Women and Enlightened Charity in Spain - The Junta de Damas de Honor y Merito, 1787-1823 (Hardcover)
Catherine M Jaffe, Elisa Martin-Valdepenas Yagu e; Anne J. Cruz, Elizabeth Franklin Lewis, Monica Bolufer Peruga, …
R1,511 Discovery Miles 15 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In original essays drawn from a myriad of archival materials, Society Women and Enlightened Charity in Spain reveals how the members of the Junta de Damas de Honor y Merito, founded in 1787 to administer charities and schools for impoverished women and children, claimed a role in the public sphere through their self-representation as civic mothers and created an enlightened legacy for modern feminism in Spain.

Under My Skin - Drama, Trauma & Rock 'n' Roll - Drama, Trauma & Rock 'n' Roll (Large print, Hardcover,... Under My Skin - Drama, Trauma & Rock 'n' Roll - Drama, Trauma & Rock 'n' Roll (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Elise Krentzel
R741 R622 Discovery Miles 6 220 Save R119 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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