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In Unbending Gender, Joan Williams takes a hard look at the state of feminism in America. Concerned by what she finds--young women who flatly refuse to identify themselves as feminists and working-class and minority women who feel the movement hasn't addressed the issues that dominate their daily lives--she outlines a new vision of feminism that calls for workplaces focused on the needs of families and, in divorce cases, recognition of the value of family work and its impact on women's earning power.
Williams shows that workplaces are designed around men's bodies and life patterns in ways...

Czy zawsze warto wiedzieć wszystko o wszystkich?Feme, bogini plotek, chce zawsze być na bieżąco. Wypowiadane przez nią słowa w magiczny sposób unoszą się nad nią w formie dymków, by nikt nie przegapił żadnej sensacji. Jednak to jej zamiłowanie do plotek nie wszystkim się podoba nawet Boskie Dziewczyny zaczynają mieć wątpliwości, czy można ufać Feme. Czy boska plotkara zrozumie, że niektóre tajemnice lepiej zostawić dla siebie? A może tym razem sama stanie się bohaterką krążących pogłosek?Spojrzenie na mity greckie okiem współczesnej nastolatki. Cztery...

In this nineteenth Goddess Girls adventure a new forest-mountain nymph shows up at Mount Olympus Academy and tries to fit.

Echo is a forest-mountain nymph and the new girl at Mount Olympus Academy. She is a little nervous, so she tries to mimic all of the gestures, expressions, and slang of the cool MOA students. While imitation is supposed to be the best form of flattery, Echo's chattiness doesn't exactly endear her to her fellow classmates--in fact, it has the opposite effect Will she be able to find a way to be herself and become friends with the students around her?

After giving Athena a makeover, Goddess Girl Aphrodite learns a thing or two about jealousy

Aphrodite delights in helping mortals find love, but she is definitely not delighted by the constant attention from the godboys at Mount Olympus Academy. So she comes up with the perfect plan to try and deflect some of that attention: She'll help a fellow goddess girl, Athena, find her very first crush.

After giving Athena a fabulous makeover, Aphrodite is suddenly an afterthought as the boys at MOA go gaga for Athena's new look. And Aphrodite is a bit unprepared for just how much...

Twice the quests means twice the adventure for Zeus and his fellow Olympians.

After battling fireball-throwing Titans, the young Olympians find themselves on a double quest: Not only must they find more Olympians that Cronus has swallowed, but they're also in search of magic seeds that will help rejuvenate the earth after the terrible drought that plagued the lands, thanks to Hyperion. But a wind-throwing giant named Typhon has other ideas. Can the Heroes in Training withstand the storms that are coming their way?

Spojrzenie na mity greckie okiem współczesnej nastolatki. Cztery przyszłe gwiazdy Olimpu Atena, Persefona, Afrodyta i Artemida uczą się w Akademii Olimpijskiej, w której elita ateńskiej młodzieży szkoli swe boskie umiejętności. Boskie dziewczyny bardzo przypominają współczesne rówieśniczki. Choć czeka je mityczna przyszłość, teraz stawiają czoła typowym nastoletnim problemom z jednej strony koleżanka dokucza, z drugiej u drzwi stoi pierwsza miłość.Tom 1. Uczona Atena. Zawsze wykazywała ponadprzeciętne umiejętności. Nigdy nie pasowała do swojej szkoły, ale kto...

When a flock of angry birds threaten Zeus and his fellow Olympians, they need the help of a new friend--assuming the stranger is actually a friend

After a horrible drought, Zeus and his fellow Olympians are determined to help restore the land as they try to figure out their current mission, to find a special shield called an aegis. Thanks to some grateful villagers, who benefit from the rain and crops that the young Olympians magically create, they find the armor they need.

But they are suddenly swarmed by birds--thousands of killer, scary birds. And when a mysterious boy appears in...

Pandora is quite an inquisitive Goddess Girl--but she could stand to be more cautious.

Pandora is one of the few mortals at Mount Olympus Academy--and probably the most curious of all the students in school. Her quizzical nature is famous--not that she thinks there is anything wrong with being curious, of course
When a godboy named Epimetheus brings a mysterious and fantastical box to school, Pandora's curiosity is piqued. And when it unexpectedly lands in her lap--literally--she can't help but take a look at what's inside. What could be the harm in that? But little does she...

Meet Cassandra, the newest student at Mount Olympus Academy She has an amazing talent--but will her new friends believe her?

This Goddess Girls story is based on the myth of Cassandra, who has the gift of seeing the future--except no one believes her. Can Apollo, the god of prophecy, help his new crush?

Well-researched and true to the original myths, each volume in the Goddess Girls series addresses contemporary issues like friendships and relationships from a classically accurate--and entertaining--persepective.

In Aphrodite the Beauty, Aphrodite, goddessgirl of love, must deal with jealousy after giving Athena a makeover. It doesn't seem fair that the godboys pay more attention to her friend when Aphrodite is supposed to be destined for love She also copes with a crush from an unlikely source--the nerdy Hephaestus (god of the smith)--and learns that love comes in many...

These classic myths from the Greek pantheon are given a modern twist that contemporary tweens can relate to, from dealing with bullies like Medusa to a first crush on an unlikely boy. Goddess Girls follows four goddesses-in-training - Athena, Persephone, Aphrodite, and Artemis - as they navigate the ins and outs of divine social life at Mount Olympus Academy, where the most priviledged gods and goddesses of the Greek pantheon hone their mythical skills.

In book 5, Principal Zeus asks Athena to help Heracles (aka Hercules in the Roman pantheon) complete his twelve labors. But when Heracles...

Athena wants to upgrade a labyrinth for King Minos, but her approach causes problems in this Goddess Girls adventure.

Athena's arrogance gets the best of her when her attempts to improve King Minos's labyrinth have unexpected--and disastrous--results