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In our culture, Shakespeare's works are classics and his characters have achieved mythical status. But what did William Shakespeare consider to be the great myths and classics? And who were the empowering role models for his bold and unforgettable heroines? In plays and poems throughout his career, Shakespeare explored many facets of the divine feminine, including Greek and Roman goddesses- he nearly deified Queen Elizabeth. His characters...
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But the trauma of her ordeal is only just beginning. Plagued by nightmares and panic attacks, Emma struggles to regain her sense of normalcy and security. When new evidence raises doubts about Lucas' guilt, her own grip on reality threatens to unravel. Just as she is starting to rebuild her life, cryptic threats emerge from Lucas' secret followers determined to ensure his freedom.
3) The Oath
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When the last of members of a secretive Druid cult are forced to abandon their hidden sanctuary, they send the youngest of their remaining priests in search of Annwr, their chief priestess's sister, who was abducted by a Saxon war band fifteen years ago. With only a rudimentary grasp of English and the ambiguous guidance of an oracle's prophecy, Caelym manages to find Annwr living in a hut on the grounds of a Christian convent.
Annwr has spent her...
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Rachel Berman wants everything to be perfect. An overprotective single mother of two, she is acutely aware of the statistical dangers lurking around every corner-which makes her snap decision to aid a stranded motorist wholly uncharacteristic. Len Bean is stuck on the shoulder with Olivia, his relentlessly curious, learning disabled ten-year-old daughter. To the chagrin of Rachel's children, who are about to be linked to the most-mocked girl in school,...
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"All it takes to earn a place at the table is a little help from the deadliest epidemic since the plague." It's 1918, in a Wellington that few people would recognise today, and two major events are about to collide: the signing of the Armistice to end World War I, and the soldier-borne plague we now call the Spanish flu. Into this comes Wellington's only female lawyer, leading her group of Sapphist friends as they attempt to strike a blow for women's...
6) Heroines
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A manifesto for "toxic girls" that reclaims the wives and mistresses of modernism for literature and feminism.
I am beginning to realize that taking the self out of our essays is a form of repression. Taking the self out feels like obeying a gag order―pretending an objectivity where there is nothing objective about the experience of confronting and engaging with and swooning over literature."
― from Heroines
On the last day of December, 2009...
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One takeaway dinner. Two lonely hearts. Did someone order a rom com? Gia thrives on taking risks. After having her heart broken back home, she moved to London alone to chase her dreams. Ben always plays things safe. He works the same job in the same restaurant, night after night. But tonight, is going to be different. Because fate will mean one of his deliveries goes to Gia's apartment and in return a note from her will make its way back to him at...
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Any glance at the contemporary history of the world shows that the problem of evil is a central concern for people everywhere. In the last few years, terrorist attacks, suicide bombings, and ethnic and religious wars have only emphasized humanity's seemingly insatiable capacity for violence. In Feminist Philosophy and the Problem of Evil, Robin May Schott brings an international group of contemporary feminist philosophers into debates on evil and...
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William James, Pragmatism, and American Culture focuses on the work of William James and the relationship between the development of pragmatism and its historical, cultural, and political roots in 19th-century America. Deborah Whitehead reads pragmatism through the intersecting themes of narrative, gender, nation, politics, and religion. As she considers how pragmatism helps to explain the United States to itself, Whitehead articulates a contemporary...
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Ever gotten lost in a book? Or on your bicycle? Or both at once, by falling through a portal on the page? Anything is possible in this collection of fifteen very short stories and one comic. Ranging from science fiction to fantasy and traveling in time from a reimagined past to the heat death of the universe, these stories combine the personal and popular power of spokes and words. Meet a young graduate who rides off to become a velo-archivist, a...
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This book delves into the diverse roles of women within the context of Roman families, shedding light on the complexity and significance of their contributions. In the sprawling tapestry of ancient Rome, women played multifaceted and crucial roles within the intricate structures of Roman families. Navigating the private spaces of homes, the social spheres of community life, and occasionally the public arenas of influence, Roman women contributed significantly...
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Era imposible esconderlo
Aimar Elosegi Ansa «Moio», chico trans, amigo íntimo de la autora, se suicidó en Hernani el 23 de abril de 2007. Su muerte quebró dos tabúes muy arraigados en nuestra sociedad: el suicidio y lo trans.
Hernani se volcó con la familia. Se organizaron actos en memoria de Moio y se proclamaron solemnes y necesarios alegatos de empatía hacia la transición de género. Luego, regresó la «normalidad».
Diez años...
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Drive Here and Devastate Me is a powerful and honest exploration of love, queerness, and the triumph over shame.
Falley's words shock you with their raw honesty, whether delivered with sharp wit or detailed imagery.
It is evident that the author is not only madly in love with her partner, whom she writes both idiosyncratic and sultry poems for, but also with the very essence of language and the power of dismantling shame.
These poems fearlessly...
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One Sunday afternoon in February 1977, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange, and several other Black women writers met at June Jordan's Brooklyn apartment to eat gumbo, drink champagne, and talk about their work. Calling themselves "The Sisterhood," the group-which also came to include Audre Lorde, Paule Marshall, Margo Jefferson, and others-would get together once a month over the next two years, creating a vital space for Black women to discuss...
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Surrounded by the pressures of society, we often measure ourselves by impossible standards. We see images of idealized women and become scared that our own bodies, personalities, or ambitions do not measure up. Author and therapist Sue Patton Thoele knows what it's like to be scared and unsure of your place. And she knows how to transform these fears into resilience.
If our days are riddled with negative self-talk, our happiness inevitably suffers....
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