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Great-Hearted - Grieving Well (Hardcover): Janet Lindsey Great-Hearted - Grieving Well (Hardcover)
Janet Lindsey
R646 R581 Discovery Miles 5 810 Save R65 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Harness Your Inner CEO - Rise Into Passion, Prosperity, and Empowerment (Hardcover): Becca Powers Harness Your Inner CEO - Rise Into Passion, Prosperity, and Empowerment (Hardcover)
Becca Powers
R741 Discovery Miles 7 410 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
An Uncompromising Activist - Memoir of an Immigrant, Educator, and Grandmother (Hardcover): Nalini Juthani An Uncompromising Activist - Memoir of an Immigrant, Educator, and Grandmother (Hardcover)
Nalini Juthani
R527 Discovery Miles 5 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When author Nalini Juthani and her new husband, Viren, left India for the United States in June of 1970, neither they nor their families knew this adventure would continue for a lifetime, that America would be the place where they would fulfill their dreams, raise a family, and find a new home. In "An Uncompromising Activist," Juthani shares the stories from her life as a woman, daughter, wife, immigrant, medical educator, mother, and grandmother.

These essays, with photographs included, provide a glimpse of what it was like for the first twenty-four years of growing up in India as a woman and how the loss of her father at an early age affected her and her future. "An Uncompromising Activist" narrates her experiences of getting her first job in New York, her first car, her first house, and her first American friend. The stories show the courage of a woman who became a trendsetter in a new country.

Inspiring and touching, the essays describe the influence Juthani had on the lives of others while overcoming cultural barriers. It also offers the story of the Ghevaria-Juthani families and provides a history for future generations.

Rage Becomes Her - The Power of Women's Anger (Paperback): Soraya Chemaly Rage Becomes Her - The Power of Women's Anger (Paperback)
Soraya Chemaly
R466 R410 Discovery Miles 4 100 Save R56 (12%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Smart Gal's Guide Thru Divorce - What Lawyers Don't Tell You. (Hardcover): Sara A, Sandra D The Smart Gal's Guide Thru Divorce - What Lawyers Don't Tell You. (Hardcover)
Sara A, Sandra D
R816 Discovery Miles 8 160 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Squircle - A New Way to THINK for a NEW WORLD (Hardcover, Squircle Academy ed.): Francis P. Cholle Squircle - A New Way to THINK for a NEW WORLD (Hardcover, Squircle Academy ed.)
Francis P. Cholle
R645 R579 Discovery Miles 5 790 Save R66 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Early Years - A Memoir (Hardcover): Rachel G Carrington The Early Years - A Memoir (Hardcover)
Rachel G Carrington
R792 Discovery Miles 7 920 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Memoir - A Charged Life: How A Woman Became an Electrician (plus Other Things) (Hardcover): Pat Stanley-Beals Memoir - A Charged Life: How A Woman Became an Electrician (plus Other Things) (Hardcover)
Pat Stanley-Beals
R709 Discovery Miles 7 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book chronicles the life story of a woman pioneer in the electrical trade. It begins with the early childhood experiences that formed her approach to life. The empowerment of feminism was a natural result of her changed life that lead her into teaching, nursing, farming and the formation of her own electrical contracting company. Another aspect in the book is her journey from realism to faith. The dynamic tension between both of these themes and the resolution of them is the substory in this very interesting memoir.

The Enemy Within.... - Living with Sickle Cell Disease (Hardcover): Judith McBride The Enemy Within.... - Living with Sickle Cell Disease (Hardcover)
Judith McBride
R689 Discovery Miles 6 890 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
In the Life and Mind of a Physically, Mentally, Sexually,& Verbally Abused Woman - This Is My Surviving Story (Hardcover):... In the Life and Mind of a Physically, Mentally, Sexually,& Verbally Abused Woman - This Is My Surviving Story (Hardcover)
Ernestine Moore
R842 Discovery Miles 8 420 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Legacy of a Lawmaker - Inspired by Faith & Family (Hardcover): Alma G. Stallworth Legacy of a Lawmaker - Inspired by Faith & Family (Hardcover)
Alma G. Stallworth; Edited by Elizabeth Ann Atkins, Catherine M. Greenspan
R551 R505 Discovery Miles 5 050 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
From Ash to Embers - The Odyssey and Overhaul of an Ordinary Missionary (Hardcover): Sk Conaghan From Ash to Embers - The Odyssey and Overhaul of an Ordinary Missionary (Hardcover)
Sk Conaghan
R826 Discovery Miles 8 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Women Are the New Men - But Who's Gaming Who? (Hardcover): Kenny Mack Women Are the New Men - But Who's Gaming Who? (Hardcover)
Kenny Mack
R472 R440 Discovery Miles 4 400 Save R32 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Last Summer and other stories - A Medley of Joys and Losses (Hardcover): Patricia Bohl Wilhelm The Last Summer and other stories - A Medley of Joys and Losses (Hardcover)
Patricia Bohl Wilhelm
R512 R475 Discovery Miles 4 750 Save R37 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Pride of Our Alley - The Life of Dame Gracie Fields Volume II - 1939-1979 (hardback) (Hardcover): Sebastian Lassandro Pride of Our Alley - The Life of Dame Gracie Fields Volume II - 1939-1979 (hardback) (Hardcover)
Sebastian Lassandro
R1,140 Discovery Miles 11 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Rested Soul, Resilient Heart - Finding Hope in the Storms of Abuse and Betrayal (Hardcover): Konnie Viner Rested Soul, Resilient Heart - Finding Hope in the Storms of Abuse and Betrayal (Hardcover)
Konnie Viner
R817 Discovery Miles 8 170 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Sherri's Secrets (Hardcover): Laurie Campbell Sherri's Secrets (Hardcover)
Laurie Campbell
R875 Discovery Miles 8 750 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
A Chorus of Canines (Hardcover): Laura Garabedian A Chorus of Canines (Hardcover)
Laura Garabedian
R558 R512 Discovery Miles 5 120 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Subversive Spirits - The Female Ghost in British and American Popular Culture (Hardcover): Robin Roberts Subversive Spirits - The Female Ghost in British and American Popular Culture (Hardcover)
Robin Roberts
R2,927 Discovery Miles 29 270 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The supernatural has become extraordinarily popular in literature, television, and film. Vampires, zombies, werewolves, witches, and wizard have become staples of entertainment industries, and many of these figures have received extensive critical attention. But one figure has remained in the shadows - the female ghost. Inherently liminal, often literally invisible, the female ghost has nevertheless appeared in all genres. Subversive Spirits: The Female Ghost in British and American Popular Culture brings this figure into the light, exploring her cultural significance in a variety of media from 1926 to 2014. Robin Roberts argues that the female ghost is well worth studying for what she can tell us about feminine subjectivity in cultural contexts. Subversive Spirits examines appearances of the female ghost in heritage sites, theater, Hollywood film, literature, and television in the United States and the United Kingdom. What holds these disparate female ghosts together is their uncanny ability to disrupt, illuminate, and challenge gendered assumptions. As with other supernatural figures, the female ghost changes over time, especially responding to changes in gender roles. Roberts's analysis begins with comedic female ghosts in literature and film and moves into horror by examining the successful play The Woman in Black and the legend of the weeping woman, La Llorona. Roberts then situates the canonical works of Maxine Hong Kingston and Toni Morrison in the tradition of the female ghost to explore how the ghost is used to portray the struggle and pain of women of color. Roberts further analyzes heritage sites that use the female ghost as the friendly and inviting narrator for tourists. The book concludes with a comparison of the British and American versions of the television hit Being Human, where the female ghost expands her influence to become a mother and savior to all humanity.

Inspiring Women Today - 3 True Stories, Volume A (Hardcover): Rodney Miles Taber Inspiring Women Today - 3 True Stories, Volume A (Hardcover)
Rodney Miles Taber
R531 Discovery Miles 5 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Handbook of Research on Technoself - Identity in a Technological Society Vol 2 (Hardcover): Luppicini Handbook of Research on Technoself - Identity in a Technological Society Vol 2 (Hardcover)
Luppicini
R7,451 Discovery Miles 74 510 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
A Portrait in Black and White - Diane de Poitiers in Her Own Words (Hardcover): Shari Beck A Portrait in Black and White - Diane de Poitiers in Her Own Words (Hardcover)
Shari Beck
R964 R843 Discovery Miles 8 430 Save R121 (13%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Diane de Poitiers could have-and should have-been Queen of France. King Henri II was devoted to her throughout his life. His childhood attachment turned into an adolescent attraction, and eventually into a passionate and consuming love. His greatest wish was to make her his wife and to have her rule France at his side. However, theirs was a time when royal marriages were arranged for political gain, and Henri's first duty was to France; he was forced to marry a woman he could never love.

Diane de Poitiers was beautiful, wealthy, and well educated. Nineteen years his senior, she was Henri's ideal woman. Diane and Henri loved each other with a love that was not only romantic and physical, but which also existed on a pure and spiritual level. Henri lavished gifts upon the woman he loved, and Diane guided and inspired him like no other-until they were separated for eternity by a cruel twist of fate.

Over five hundred years later, historians credit Diane with the success of Henri's reign. But who was this woman who won the heart of the King of France? Let her tell you, in her own words...

Sexual Enslavement of Girls and Women Worldwide (Hardcover): Andrea Parrot, Nina Cummings Sexual Enslavement of Girls and Women Worldwide (Hardcover)
Andrea Parrot, Nina Cummings
R2,049 Discovery Miles 20 490 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

They are in different countries but share the same hell. Maria is one of 14 women lured from Mexico to Seattle, Washington, with the promise of a job, then held by force in a brothel and required to sexually service men 12 hours a day. Anna is a young mother from the Ukraine who left her husband and children there to take a job as a housecleaner in Italy, where she was put in a barred, guarded house and forced into prostitution. Nadia is an 11-year-old girl in Africa, kidnapped and forced to have sex with a militiaman daily, with a machete ever ready nearby should she refuse. All three women are part of horrific sex slavery that has drawn the attention of officials in countries around the globe. It is not rare; officials say it is increasing, at least partly due to the billions of dollars it brings in for organized crime. The U.S. State Department estimates 800,000 victims, mostly women and children, are trafficked for sex trade across nations each year and millions more are trafficked within countries - including the U.S., Britain, Spain, and the Netherlands. As a "Seattle Times" reporter explained when Maria's case hit the news there, the reality is that sex slaves for the most part are young women and teenaged girls who come from almost every one of the world's poorer countries and end up in almost every country where there is a combination of sexual demand and money. But they are also in undeveloped Africa, in prisons internationally, locked in forced marriages, or sold to men by parents.

In this book, Parrot and Cummings outline the scope and growth of the sex slave market today and explain the history with various elements - including economic, political, cultural, and religious - that make this trade difficult to fully expose, quell, combat, and shut down. We hear from girls and women around the world describing how sexual enslavement has tortured them physically, emotionally, and spiritually, whether they suffer at the hands of prison guards in Turkey, criminals in Washington, or buyers dealing with parents who sell their daughters for the sex slave trade in Greece, Belgium, or France. The authors also describe national and international efforts and legislation passed or in design to stop sex slavery. Successful countries and regions are spotlighted. Then Parrot and Cummings point out actions still needed to stop the sex slavery trade.

Everyday Brave - Living Courageously as a Woman of Faith (Paperback): Janet Thompson Everyday Brave - Living Courageously as a Woman of Faith (Paperback)
Janet Thompson
R351 R331 Discovery Miles 3 310 Save R20 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Black Women as Custodians of History - Unsung Rebel (M)Others in African American and Afro-Cuban Women's Writing... Black Women as Custodians of History - Unsung Rebel (M)Others in African American and Afro-Cuban Women's Writing (Hardcover)
Paula Sanmartin
R2,623 Discovery Miles 26 230 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book is an essential addition to the study of comparative black literature of the Americas; it will also fill the gap that exists on theoretical studies exploring black women's writing from the Spanish Caribbean. This book examines literary representations of the historic roots of black women's resistance in the United States and Cuba by studying the following texts by both African American and Afro-Cuban women from four different literary genres (autobiographical slave narrative, contemporary novel on slavery, testimonial narrative, and poetry): Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) by the African American former slave Harriet Jacobs, Dessa Rose (1986) by the African American writer Sherley Ann Williams, Reyita, sencillamente: testimonio de una negra cubana nonagenarian Simply Reyita. Testimonial Narrative of a Nonagenarian Black Cuban Woman] (1996), written/transcribed by the Afro-Cuban historian Daisy Rubiera Castillo from her interviews with her mother Maria de los Reyes Castillo Bueno, "Reyita," and a selection of poems from the contemporary Afro-Cuban poets Nancy Morejon and Georgina Herrera. The study argues that the writers participate in black women's self-inscription in the historical process by positioning themselves as subjects of their history and seizing discursive control of their (hi)stories. Although the texts form part of separate discourses, the book explores the commonalities of the rhetorical devices and narrative strategies employed by the authors as they disassemble racist and sexist stereotypes, (re)constructing black female subjectivity through an image of active resistance against oppression, one that authorizes unconventional definitions of womanhood and motherhood. The book shows that in the womens' revisions of national history, their writings also demonstrate the pervasive role of racial and gender categories in the creation of a discourse of national identity, while promoting a historiography constructed within flexible borders that need to be negotiated constantly. The study's engagement in crosscultural exploration constitutes a step further in opening connections with a comparative literary study that is theoretically engaging, in order to include Afro-Cuban women writers and Afro-Caribbean scholars into scholarly discussions in which African American women have already managed to participate with a series of critical texts. The book explores connections between methods and perspectives derived from Western theories and from Caribbean and Black studies, while recognizing the black women authors studied as critics and scholars. In this sense, the book includes some of the writers' own commentaries about their work, taken from interviews (many of them conducted by the author Paula Sanmartin herself), as well as critical essays and letters. Black Women as Custodians of History adds a new dimension to the body of existing criticism by challenging the ways assumptions have shaped how literature is read by black women writers. Paula Sanmartin's study is a vivid demonstration of the strengths of embarking on multidisciplinary study. This book will be useful to several disciplines and areas of study, such as African diaspora studies, African American studies, (Afro) Latin American and (Afro) Caribbean studies, women's studies, genre studies, and slavery studies.

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