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Essais volume 2
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"Erin Wunker is a feminist killjoy, and she thinks you should be one, too. Following in the tradition of Sara Ahmed (the originator of the concept "feminist killjoy"), Wunker brings memoir, theory, literary criticism, pop culture, and feminist thinking together in this collection of essays that take up Ahmed's project as a multi-faceted lens through which to read the world from a feminist point of view. Neither totemic nor complete, the non-fiction...
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In a world where sexual harassment allegations regularly dominate news coverage and in which fifty-three percent of white women voted for Donald Trump, F-Bomb presents an urgent and necessary discussion on women's lives today.
Everywhere we turn, there's evidence anti-feminist bombs have exploded, sometimes detonated by the unlikeliest suspects. Between women who say they don't need feminism and women who can't agree on what feminism should be,...
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"Genre-blending stories of transformation and belonging that centre women of colour and explore queerness, family, and community. A couple in a crumbling marriage faces divine intervention. A woman dies in her dreams again and again until she finds salvation in an unexpected source. A teenage misfit discovers a darkness lurking just beyond the borders of her suburban home. The stories in Chrysalis, Anuja Varghese's debut collection, are by turns poignant...
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"Set in 1960s California, this blockbuster debut is the hilarious, idiosyncratic and uplifting story of a female scientist whose career is constantly derailed by the idea that a woman's place is in the home, only to find herself starring as the host of America's most beloved TV cooking show. Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it's the...
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"When doctoral student Melody Hollings's father shows signs of dementia, she realizes she needs to win a post-graduate fellowship to stay local. Her friend, Ben, offers to edit her submission. Instead he trashes her book and wins the fellowship. Mel has a nemesis. Her only course of action is revenge!"--
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In an era of revolutions demanding greater liberties for mankind, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was an ardent feminist who spoke eloquently for countless women of her time. Having witnessed firsthand the devastating results of male improvidence, she assumed an independent role early in life, educating herself and eventually earning a living as a governess, teacher and writer. She was also an esteemed member of the radical intellectual circle that...
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"An unflinching allegorical novel that explores trauma, womens rights, and religious tradition. In the slums of Tehran, seven-year-old Sara witnesses the horrific murder of her sister Setayesh, an event leaves her in shock and unable to speak. As the neighbourhood frantically searches for the missing girl, Sara is locked inside herself, unable to tell her parents or police all she knows. Over time, the mute Sara develops a strange allergic...
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"The paths of two women on opposite ends of a high-profile sexual abuse scandal set them on a devastating collision course. On a sultry summer night in Paris, two women meet on line at an ice cream kiosk in the Ile de la Cité. One is tall, fair, striking, with an indeterminate accent. The other, a troubled American TV star, is hiding her beauty and identity under a shapeless sweatshirt, wearing sunglasses even in the darkness. When two leering male...
10) Moods
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Originally published in 1864, "Moods" was the first book produced by Louisa May Alcott under her real name and pre-dated her hugely popular novel "Little Women". Written for a noticeably more mature audience then her most famous works, "Moods" revolves around the intersecting lives of an abolitionist spinster and a fallen Cuban beauty. Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) was an American short story writer, novelist, and poet most famous for writing the...
11) Service
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The waitress. The chef. The chef's wife. Three different stories, but which one contains the truth? When Hannah learns that famed chef Daniel Costello is facing accusations of sexual assault, she's thrust back to the summer she spent as a waitress at his high-end Dublin restaurant. Drawn in by the plush splendour of the dining rooms, the elegance of the food, the wild parties after service, Hannah also remembers the sizzling tension of the kitchens....
12) Old flame
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"Emily writes for women's catalogs for a living, but she'd rather be writing books. She has a handsome photographer boyfriend, but she actively wonders how and when they will eventually hurt each other. Her best work friend Megan is her lifeline, until Megan is abruptly laid off. When her world is further upended by an unplanned pregnancy, Emily is forced to make tough decisions that will change her life forever. What will she sacrifice from her old...
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La sacerdotisa griega Casandra está harta, hasta los mismos ovarios, de que los troyanos no crean en sus profecías. En una aldea medieval de Gales, una niñita escucha a su mamá contarle el típico cuento del dragón y la virgen sacrificada, y ese es en verdad el principio de un cuento de brujas. En un campus universitario cualquiera, el fantasma de un predicador puritano insulta y acosa (con bastante ternura, todo sea dicho), a una joven madre...
15) No Safe Counsel
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TRIGGER WARNING: Murder, violence, rude language.Billie Landry had been dealing with haters her whole life. At six-foot-two and 250 pounds, she's never had problems handling herself. In fact, Billie can handle most anything.Except high-school students. She's never gotten over that kid who committed suicide. So she quit teaching.These days, she's the state's go-to person for digital forensics. There's no computer, laptop, cell-phone, or digital appliance...
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"It is -32083 years from the starting point, belonging to the era of matrilineal primitive tribes."The Gatling space capsule, which is responsible for closing the canopy of cross-time and space live broadcasts, accidentally fell into a parallel time and space 30,000 years ago during a mission. According to the detector prompts, this should be a matriarchal society.But when the team leader climbed out of the cockpit and looked at the low-altitude silent...
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Antoinette is a concert violinist and opera singer. She travels and advocates for causes that aim to make the world a better place.She has a friend, Lilith, who does that as a lawyer, politician...and witch.A few months into the year, they receive a surprise visit from an alien botanist, Ileandra.Follow them throughout an entire year on their adventures!
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A través de las protagonistas de cada historia de Las que somos, Rosalí León-Ciliotta nos muestra las diferentes aristas del ser mujer en un tiempo tan remoto como el Perú de la independencia, un país machista y misógino latinoamericano o un lugar tan lejano como el confín del mundo. Cada uno de los tres cuentos de este libro pone a sus protagonistas en lugares insólitos y situaciones límite de las cuales emergerán: Ventura hará lo que...
19) Not yours, Truly
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Not yours, Truly is a collection of ten short stories that tell the story of ten different women. Each woman tells her story, whether it has a happy ending or not. She struggles to survive her circumstances and the demons that come with it and tells her tale through uncensored yet poignant prose. Not yours, Truly sends the reader into ten different battles, and recounts the tale of ten different women's struggle to survive.
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Una historia de fantasía que te llevará a un viaje de autodescubrimiento y autoconocimiento. A través de la historia de Niobe, te sumirás en un relato de reflexión sobre la depresión y las expectativas propias.Al terminar de leer este libro de autoayuda tu vida no volverá a ser la misma.¡No esperes más y comienza a leer ya!
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