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Fighter in Velvet Gloves Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich
ISBN: PB: 9781602233706, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, April 2019
80 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 25 halftones
"No Natives or Dogs Allowed", blared the storefront sign at Elizabeth Peratrovich, then a young Alaska Native Tlingit. The sting of those words would stay with her all her life. Years later, after becoming a seasoned fighter for equality, she would d...
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£13,00
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Awakening and Other Stories Barnes & Noble Flexibound Editions
ISBN: FLEXI: 9781435168657, GMC Group, Barnes & Noble, April 2019
320 pp., 21.6x15.3 cm, illus.
In 1899, Kate Chopin stunned the world with The Awakening, her tale of a woman who seeks personal fulfillment in a relationship outside her tradition-bound marriage. Chopin's pioneering novel served as a touchstone for many modernist works and is con...
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£17,99
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Half Marathon A Complete Training Guide for Women
ISBN: PB: 9781782551645, Bookport, Meyer & Meyer Sport, March 2019
216 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 70 colour and black&white illus.
"Half Marathon: A Complete Training Guide for Women" is a must-have for adult women of any age at any fitness level who want to train for a half marathon. Using Jeff Galloway's proven Run Walk Run method, this book offers a step-by-step program for w...
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£16,95
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Indian Feminisms Individual and Collective Journeys
ISBN: HB: 9789385932021, University of Chicago Press, Zubaan Books, March 2019
320 pp., 21.6x14 cm
One of the most dynamic feminist movements in the world, Indian feminisms are seldom given the recognition they deserve, not only for the essential work they do but for the successes they've had. This collection of essays, written by well-known activ...
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£27,00
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MIRIAM CAHN I AS HUMAN
ISBN: PB: 9788364177552, University of Chicago Press, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, February 2019
250 pp., 19x13.9 cm, 40 colour plates
Not for sale in Poland! A rebel and feminist, the Switzerland-born Miriam Cahn is one of the major artists of her generation. Widely known for her drawings and paintings, she also experiments with photography, moving images, sculptures, and perform...
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£27,00
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From Victims to Suspects Muslim Women Since 9/11
ISBN: HB: 9780300230420, Yale University Press, January 2019
256 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm
Once regarded as passive victims waiting to be rescued, Muslim women are now widely regarded as arbiters of "terror" and a potential threat to be kept under control. Drawing on interviews and examples from around the world including Afghanistan, Paki...
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£18,99
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Behind Closed Doors At Home in Georgian England
ISBN: PB: 9780300245721, Yale University Press, January 2019
400 pp., 19.7x12.7 cm, 80 black&white illus., 25 colour illus.
In this brilliant work, Amanda Vickery unlocks the homes of Georgian England to examine the lives of the people who lived there. Writing with her customary wit and verve, she introduces us to men and women from all walks of life: gentlewoman Anne Dor...
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£10,99
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Mirrored Loss A Yemeni Woman's Life Story
ISBN: HB: 9781849049030, Hurst Publishers, January 2019
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! "Mirrored Loss" tells the story of Amat al-Latif al-Wazir, only daughter of 'Abdullah al-Wazir, the leader of Yemen's constitutional movement of the mid-twentieth century for democratisation of the autocratic imamate. Her relat...
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£35,00
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Recipes and Everyday Knowledge Medicine, Science, and the Household in Early Modern England
ISBN: PB: 9780226583662, ISBN: HB: 9780226583495, University of Chicago Press, November 2018
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 19 halftones
Across early modern Europe, men and women from all ranks gathered medical, culinary, and food preservation recipes from family and friends, experts and practitioners, and a wide array of printed materials. Recipes were tested, assessed, and modified...
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£25,00
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£68,00
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Song Walking Women, Music, and Environmental Justice in an African Borderland
ISBN: PB: 9780226538013, ISBN: HB: 9780226537962, University of Chicago Press, November 2018
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 17 halftones
"Song Walking" explores the politics of land, its position in memories, and its foundation in changing land-use practices in western Maputaland, a borderland region situated at the juncture of South Africa, Mozambique, and Swaziland. Angela Impey inv...
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£25,00
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£74,00
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