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Pan Chao: Foremost Woman Scholar of Chinavolume 5
ISBN: 9780892641505 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1932, this book is perhaps the earliest work by an American scholar on a Chinese woman intellectual. Nancy Lee Swann presents a sketch of the Eastern Han period when Pan lived and wrote, of her family background, and of the literary milieu of which she was a part. In addition, Swann provides translations of writings definitively identified with Pan that survive from the years when she was active (ca. 89--105 a.d.).
While Pan is well known for her contribution to the great Han-shu, of special interest is her treatise on the moral training of women, in which she makes a... First published in 1932, this book is perhaps the earliest work by an American scholar on a Chinese woman intellectual. Nancy Lee Swann presents a ske...
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Zami: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythography
ISBN: 9780895941220 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -ZAMI is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author's vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lorde's work is cyclical. It especially relates the linkage of women who have shaped her . . . Lorde brings into play her craft of lush description and characterization. It keeps unfolding page after page.---Off Our Backs
-ZAMI is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author's vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lor...
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69,32 |
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Taking Root: Narratives of Jewish Women in Latin America
ISBN: 9780896802261 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Taking Root, Latin American women of Jewish descent, from Mexico to Uruguay, recall their coming of age with Sabbath candles and Hebrew prayers, Ladino songs and merengue music, Queen Esther and the Virgin of Guadalupe. Rich and poor, Sephardi and Ashkenazi, Jewish immigrant families searched for a new home and identity in predominantly Catholic societies. The essays included here examine the religious, economic, social, and political choices these families have made and continue to make as they forge Jewish identities in the New World. In Taking Root, Latin American women of Jewish descent, from Mexico to Uruguay, recall their coming of age with Sabbath candles and Hebrew... |
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141,98 |
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A Daughter of the Samurai
ISBN: 9780898753486 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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129,27 |
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A Place of Her Own: The Story of Elizabeth Garrett
ISBN: 9780913270684 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Born blind, Elizabeth Garrett overcame many handicaps to become self-sufficient and a nationally-known musician, singer and composer. In an age when women were still strugglng for their independence, she developed a career that took her around the country. She neither sought nor accepted pity but, using her own resources, created a life and a philosophy that became a source of wonder to all who knew her. Daughter of controversial and famed frontier sheriff Pat Garrett (who was noted for ending the career of Billy the Kid) and a Hispanic mother, Elizabeth successfully bridged the time gap...
Born blind, Elizabeth Garrett overcame many handicaps to become self-sufficient and a nationally-known musician, singer and composer. In an age when w...
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76,88 |
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The Fun of It
ISBN: 9780915864553 / Angielski / Miękka / 219 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Autobiography of the famous flyer which describes her own ambitions to become a pilot and offers advice to others.
Autobiography of the famous flyer which describes her own ambitions to become a pilot and offers advice to others.
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It's Like the Legend : Innu Women's Voices
ISBN: 9780921881568 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It's Like the Legend is a unique collection of writings from 28 Innu women from Labrador. Woven throughout the memoirs, legends, poetry, essays, speeches and testimonies is an unwavering respect for the sanctity of the land. When NATO began carrying out low-level flight testing over Innu land, Innu women played a significant role in organizing acts of civil disobedience which brought the world's attention to their plight. Innu women continue to take a leadership role in protecting their land and their traditional way of life; some have been imprisoned for their acts of resistance.
It's Like the Legend is a unique collection of writings from 28 Innu women from Labrador. Woven throughout the memoirs, legends, poetry, essays, speec...
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137,09 |
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I'll Carry the Fork!: Recovering a Life After Brain Injury 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780933670044 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Death didn't find Kara Swanson the day the minivan careened into her own car, but the head injury she sustained changed her life forever. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is not a laughing matter, but the author presents her painful tale in an Erma Bombeck-like style that wraps the hard information in humor and gentle playfulness. Alongside Kara's inspirational sense of humor, medical and legal professionals offer technical input and practical advice to those dealing with or helping someone through the aftermath of brain injury. This funny and informative book will help countless others find...
Death didn't find Kara Swanson the day the minivan careened into her own car, but the head injury she sustained changed her life forever. Traumatic br...
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Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist, 1879-1924
ISBN: 9780935312706 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this rare first-hand account of the private world of a Cairo harem during the years before Egypt declared independence in 1922, Shaarawi recalls her childhood and early adult life in the seclusion of an upper-class Egyptian household, including her marriage at age thirteen. Her subsequent separation from her husband gave her time for an extended formal education, as well as an unexpected taste of independence and a critical understanding of the price of confinement. Shaarawi's feminist activism grew along with her involvement in Egypt's nationalist struggle and culminated in 1923 in a...
In this rare first-hand account of the private world of a Cairo harem during the years before Egypt declared independence in 1922, Shaarawi recalls he...
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92,00 |
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Mormon Mother: An Autobiography by Annie Clark Tanner
ISBN: 9780941214315 / Angielski / Miękka / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Annie Clark was one of several wives of LDS Church Commissioner of Education Joseph Tanner. A good mother and devout Mormon woman, she nevertheless admitted that she saw her husband so infrequently that she felt more like his mistress. Her disappointment speaks volumes about the hardships of practical polygamy, as opposed to the ideal that was preached from the pulpit.
Annie Clark was one of several wives of LDS Church Commissioner of Education Joseph Tanner. A good mother and devout Mormon woman, she nevertheless ad...
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Mary Boykin Chesnut: A Confederate Woman's Life
ISBN: 9780945612476 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Born into the plantation gentry of South Carolina, granted the advantages of wealth, social position, and education by virtue of her family and her marriage to another prominent South Carolina family, Mary Chesnut has emerged as one of the key figures in American history, but not because of a career, her family, or her involvement in a humanitarian cause. Rather, Chesnut's significance comes from her extensive diary. Her commentary and reminiscences about the Confederate era provide an excellent window into the life and death of the Confederate nation. Her keen insight into political,...
Born into the plantation gentry of South Carolina, granted the advantages of wealth, social position, and education by virtue of her family and her ma...
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186,11 |
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I'll never walk alone
ISBN: 9780952565444 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Women's Suffrage: A Short History of a Great Movement
ISBN: 9780954263249 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In her book Women's Suffrage; A Short History of a Great Movement, Millicent Garrett Fawcett compares the tactics of the NUWSS and the WSPU. The NUWSS and the WSPU between 1905 and 1911 adopted different election policie. The WSPU cry in every election was "Keep the Liberal out," not, as they asserted, from party motives, but because the Government of the day, and the Government alone, had the power to pass a Suffrage Bill; and as long as any government declined to take up suffrage they would have to encounter all the opposition which the militants could command. The NUWSS adopted a different...
In her book Women's Suffrage; A Short History of a Great Movement, Millicent Garrett Fawcett compares the tactics of the NUWSS and the WSPU. The NUWSS...
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116,53 |
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War Without Glamour: Or, Women's War Experiences Written by Themselves 1899-1902
ISBN: 9780954476144 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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My Goose Is Cooked: Continuation of a West Texas Ranch Woman's Story
ISBN: 9780970770929 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Hallie Crawford Stillwell died on August 18, 1997, she was two months and two days short of her 100th birthday. Hallie had published the first volume of her memoirs, "I'll Gather My Geese, " in 1991. In that volume she told the story of her life as a pioneer ranch woman and wife in the Big Bend country from the time of her marriage in 1918 to the death of her husband Roy Stillwell in 1948.
When Hallie Crawford Stillwell died on August 18, 1997, she was two months and two days short of her 100th birthday. Hallie had published the first vo...
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My Story: Tragedy Turned to Opportunity
ISBN: 9780971478602 / Angielski / Miękka / 145 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lost parents to murder-suicide which was caused by my beloved father. The book theme is not becoming a victim of your circumstances; empowerment; forgiveness, and letting go of your past and moving on with your life. Also, how our purpose and destiny must be fulfilled on this earth in spite of what you have been through.
Lost parents to murder-suicide which was caused by my beloved father. The book theme is not becoming a victim of your circumstances; empowerment; forg...
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Best Yet Life and Lore of the Smokies
ISBN: 9780972783903 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bonnie Trentham Myers was born in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park before it became an American treasure. Her family produced nearly everything they needed on their 363-acre farm before they sold their property to the national park service. Her reflections, helpful hints, and insights into early life in the Smoky Mountains provide a truly authentic glimpse into a unique existence. From camp meetings and corn shuckings to tailholders and ?tater holes Best Yet Life and Lore of the Smokies informs and entertains with topics that are too quickly passing from our memory.
Bonnie Trentham Myers was born in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park before it became an American treasure. Her family produced nearly everything...
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A Song of Social Significance: Memoirs of an Activist
ISBN: 9780976986270 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dorothy Epstein grew up in one of New York City's immigrant communities during the early years of the 20th century. Taking advantage of the city's free public higher education, she graduated with honors from Hunter College and entered the workforce during the depths of the Great Depression. Radicalized by the combination of the depression, the rise of fascism and her experiences as a trade union activist, she spent all her adult life working for labor and human rights. A stroke of fate led her into the then burgeoning vitamin industry and a successful business career. During her so-called...
Dorothy Epstein grew up in one of New York City's immigrant communities during the early years of the 20th century. Taking advantage of the city's fre...
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Maggie Ray; World War II Air Force Pilot
ISBN: 9780979044687 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Maggie Ray" inspires us to follow our dreams to new heights. It was wartime 1943. Many people thought women weren't capable of piloting military planes. In a daring move, young Maggie earned her pilot's license and responded to an invitation from Uncle Sam to join the Womens Air Force Service Pilots, the WASP. One of America's first women Air Force pilots, Tom Brokaw paid tribute to this amazing woman, dedicating an entire chapter to her story in "The Greatest Generation." Now her daughter, author Marsha J. Wright, brings you the exciting story beginning when Maggie was ten through war's end.
"Maggie Ray" inspires us to follow our dreams to new heights. It was wartime 1943. Many people thought women weren't capable of piloting military plan...
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Secrets of a Hollywood Super Madam
ISBN: 9780979220203 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Secrets of a Hollywood Super Madam is a fascinating look at the true life account of Jody Babydol Gibson who for thirteen years operated an Escort Empire that serviced the sexual secrets of the rich and famous which answer the three questions she gets asked the most: How did you get started as a Madam? Where did you find the girls? What was it like in prison? She walked the walk, and now she talks the talk including "naming names" of her A-List celebrity clientele which include Ben Affleck, Bruce Willis, Tommy La Sorda, and government officials which are all supported by actual court...
Secrets of a Hollywood Super Madam is a fascinating look at the true life account of Jody Babydol Gibson who for thirteen years operated an Escort Emp...
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