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Pole dancing, empowerment and embodiment Pole dancing, empowerment and embodiment Samantha Holland "This book provides an international, multi-disciplinary empirical account of pole classes and how they fit into wider discourses about bodies and gender, and age and fitness. In particular, the book… OL15027318W
Resistance Behind Bars Resistance Behind Bars Victoria Law In 1974, women imprisoned at New York's maximum-security prison at Bedford Hills staged what is known as the August Rebellion. Protesting the brutal beating of a fellow prisoner, the women fought off… OL15673260W
Feminist Review Feminist Review Feminist Review Collective In this issue each article addresses a controversial theme in contemporary feminist debate: pornography, the veil, HRT, disability and the Inkatha Women's Brigade. OL16950762W
Women change the world Women change the world Michelle Patterson "Women Change the World is a collection of world-changing women-from actresses, recording artists, and writers to businesswomen and other high-profile female professionals-on women's unique contribut… OL17887926W
Gutsy girls Gutsy girls Tina Schwager,Michele Schuerger Twenty-five young women share their adventures in such activities as skydiving, building homes, and mountain climbing, demonstrating the value of courage, commitment, and a positive attitude. OL1838128W
Dreams of Isis Dreams of Isis Normandi Ellis 417 p. ; 24 cm OL1953775W
The disappearing L The disappearing L Bonnie J. Morris "LGBT Americans now enjoy the right to marry-- but what will we remember about the vibrant cultural spaces that lesbian activists created in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s? Most are vanishing from the calen… OL20045143W
How to ruin your love life How to ruin your love life Ben Stein Television personality and former White House speechwriterBen Stein presents brief "advice" essays on forty-four relationship killers such as pointing out a lover's imperfections in public, making fu… OL20427724W
Life on the edge Life on the edge Judy Horacek From condoms to neutrons, oil slicks to T-shirts, and revolution to odd socks, this collection of insightful cartoons from a leading Australian cartoonist confronts an array of hilarious situations w… OL2232250W
DotCom divas DotCom divas Patricia B. Seybold,Elizabeth Carlassare In Dotcom Divas, prepare to meet some of the most talented, energetic, and visionary Internet entrepreneurs who ever plunged into the e-business revolution. And, oh, by the way -- they're all women. … OL282091W
Writing a woman's life Writing a woman's life Carolyn G. Heilbrun Drawing on the experience of celebrated women, from George Sand and Virginia Woolf to Dorothy Sayers and Adrienne Rich, Heilbrun examines the struggle these writers undertook when their drives made i… OL2925380W
Feminism, Sexuality, and Politics Feminism, Sexuality, and Politics Estelle B. Freedman "One of a small group of feminist pioneers in the historical profession, Estelle B. Freedman teaches and writes about women's history with a passion informed by her feminist values. Over the past thi… OL2980578W
Coalmining women Coalmining women Angela V. John A history of women in the coal mines of Great Britain. OL3487034W
Modern Feminist Thought Modern Feminist Thought Imelda Whelehan This introduction provides a critical survey of the dominant trends in Anglo-American feminist thought since 1968. From the historical roots of second-wave feminism to current debates about feminist … OL3752908W
Relationships That Rock! Relationships That Rock! Sue Ostler The Survival Bible for crossing over from the land of the sassy single to life in glorious Couplesville - while still remaining true to fabulous you!Sue Ostler's warm and wonderfully honest approach … OL5881886W
Wings, women, and war Wings, women, and war Reina Pennington,John Erickson The Soviet Union was the first nation to allow women pilots to fly combat missions. During World War II the Red Air Force formed three all-female units -- grouped into separate fighter, dive bomber, … OL6208443W
Livia Livia Anthony A. Barrett "Livia (58 B.C. - A.D. 29) - wife of the first Roman emperor, Augustus, and mother of the second, Tiberius - wielded power at the center of Roman politics for most of her long life. Livia has been po… OL8270609W
Woman's Identity and the Qur'an Woman's Identity and the Qur'an Nimat, Hafez Barazangi "Readers of this work will learn that the Qur'an speaks to men and women with one voice, that men and women are equal when it comes to the worship of God. Thus, the male-dominated practices of severa… OL8497118W
Public Man, Private Woman Public Man, Private Woman Jean Bethke Elshtain Focusing on the Western philosophical tradition and the work of contemporary feminists, Jean Elshtain explores the general tendency to assert the primacy of the public world—the political sphere domi… OL891981W
Wonder Woman Wonder Woman Virginia Haussegger A book for women about how the conscious and unconscious choices we make in our ambitious and focused 20s and 30s around the big issues of career, love and sex ultimately shape and define us.It's you… OL9006164W
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