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Tres novelas ejemplares en las que Zweig profundizó como nadie hasta entonces en la psicología femenina: Veinticuatro horas de la vida de una mujer, Miedo y Carta de una desconocida.
Antes de que la teoría feminista evolucionase, ola a ola, escritores como Stefan Zweig hacían tentativas para expresar una feminidad cercenada. En el arte y en la literatura existen dibujos estereotipados, reduccionistas, estigmatizadores de las mujeres, pero también...
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Tinker Street, the prequel to Anna Magdalena (2022), has arrived from Emperor Books!
Struck by love for a boy as beautiful as a Michelangelo, fifteen year old Maggie digs her heels in. She's got what Willa Cather called "luck-making power of desire." She's a rebel in the best sense of the world.
Growing up in Woodstock of the 1990s, the daring performance artist Anna Magdalena is called Maggie. Raised as a "love child" in a communal household...
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In the middle of 1974, Flora is privileged and middle-aged in a liberation-hued America and feels both compelled by and left out of the women's movement. She finds it difficult to activate her limited supply of empathy as she contends with a clandestine and unlikely friendship, a worrisome health scare, a domineering and philandering psychiatrist husband, or her own distant daughter.
Flora's secret foray into psychotherapy does nothing to halt the...
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How about stepping into a world of chaos and oppression? In Agatha's Odyssey, a brave woman's journey takes center stage - as she goes from a difficult childhood to a promising love story, until reality reshapes her path. This book boldly delves into the life of Agatha who struggles to mend her wounded inner child, and sheds light on the silenced voices of oppressed women. With every turn of the page, suspense arises as Agatha's love story with Ivan...
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Mientras que la mitología y la historia griegas destacan la figura, la presencia y el papel de la mujer y hacen de ella un ser poderoso, lleno de posibilidades y de proyectos, la democracia griega –el modelo ideal de organización social para el mundo occidental– la considera un animal doméstico y, enfrentándola al hombre como animal político, relega su participación a un segundo plano en el proceso de construcción y defensa del Estado.
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Cofondatrice de la revue La Vie en rose, Francine Pelletier se trouvait dans les tranchées de la révolution féministe, il y a 30 ans, alors qu'on entrevoyait le meilleur pour les femmes et la société en général. Une ère plus ouverte, décomplexée, libre et juste semblait s'annoncer. C'était avant l'électrochoc de la tuerie de Polytechnique, en 1989, la montée en puissance du fanatisme religieux et l'accroissement des inégalités sociales.
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Four daring women take a sex course, and their sex lives go from just meh, to toe-curling, oh-yeah. And yours can too! Isabella is a sex columnist who's not having sex. She wants to reconnect with her husband but there's the tiny problem of having zero interest. Desperate to make a work deadline, she signs up for a university sex course and gets stuck in a group who don't like each other.Perfect Claire believes if she just tries harder sex could be...
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Jordan's life is totally in control:Crushing it as an ER doc-they don't call her The Ice Queen for nothingAvoiding devil-spawn sister's wedding-RSVP'd HELL NOFantasizing about dreamy nurse Eli-a secret she will take to her graveEverything is in order…except for that big lie she just told her sister. Now Jordan needs a fake boyfriend to be her plus-one for a family gathering, and she puts all options on the table-a bachelor auction, a male escort,...
10) Bluest Onyx
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Bluest Onyx, written by two hands : Imani Shante and Rajah S. Ganesh is a fiery voyage and exploration through passion, atonement, sensuous dances of both spirit and mind celebrating the urge of polar opposites to unite in a harmonious entity of celebration of love and senses . A song amidst songs between Imani and her both admirative Beholder and admired confidente. A must read
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En bref, je suis arrivée à Penrose. Rien n'était normal ; ici les gens ne semblent pas avoir de soucis. Leur histoire n'est pas la ntre. J'ai cherché sur des cartes, mais pas de chance. Toutefois, même si j'essaie de sortir, je recule toujours. Je crois que quelque chose me lie à ce village de fous.Qui sont ces femmes ? On dirait qu'elles me connaissent, mais je sais que je ne suis jamais venue ici.Que cachent ces femmes ? Je ne sais pas, mais...
12) A Golden Age
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"Spellbinding . . . . Anam has written a story about powerful events. But it is her descriptions of the small, unheralded moments . . . that truly touch the heart." -San Francisco Chronicle
Tahmima Anam's deeply moving debut novel about a mother's all-consuming love for her two children, set against the backdrop of war and terror, has led critics to comparisons with The English Patient and A Thousand Splendid Suns.
Rehana Haque, a young widow transplanted...
13) Angel Island
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Five men survive a South Seas shipwreck and wash up on a seemingly deserted beach, only to discover that five beautiful, winged women inhabit the island. Dazzled and soon in love, the men will do anything to possess these flying women . . . but what they plan, and how the magical women respond, is tellingly-and predictably-human.
First published in 1914, and praised by Ursula K. LeGuin as "a real rediscovery-romantic, satiric, funny, fanciful,...
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In our culture, Shakespeare's works are classics and his characters have achieved mythical status. But what did William Shakespeare consider to be the great myths and classics? And who were the empowering role models for his bold and unforgettable heroines? In plays and poems throughout his career, Shakespeare explored many facets of the divine feminine, including Greek and Roman goddesses- he nearly deified Queen Elizabeth. His characters...
15) What if You Fly?
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A page-turning epic historical adventure that starts in Australia and travels the world through the eyes of Frances, code named Funnel Web.
If you want to be a woman in a man's world, never take no for an answer.
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For Frances Davies the war is far away, and she and best friend Maggie are more concerned with how to spend their time once they graduate high school. That is, until Frances's older brother, Thomas, is reported...
16) Kissing Vicious
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When Kinley Black becomes a roadie for Viciöus, beginning a foray into the unglamorous, male dominated world of heavy metal, she won't escape with her pride or heart intact. It's hard to be one of the guys… Ever since Kinley Black's metal band broke up, bringing her back to only being a co-owner of a metal fan site, she's been dying to get back into the music industry. The opportunity arrives when her interview with Quinn Mayne, lead singer of...
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But the trauma of her ordeal is only just beginning. Plagued by nightmares and panic attacks, Emma struggles to regain her sense of normalcy and security. When new evidence raises doubts about Lucas' guilt, her own grip on reality threatens to unravel. Just as she is starting to rebuild her life, cryptic threats emerge from Lucas' secret followers determined to ensure his freedom.
18) Let Evening Come
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After her mother is killed in a rare Northern Michigan tornado, Sadie Wixom is left with only her father and grandfather to guide her through the pitfalls of young adulthood. Hundreds of miles away in western Saskatchewan, Stefan Montegrand and his Indigenous family are forced off their land by multinational energy companies and flawed treaties. They are taken in temporarily by Sadie's aunt, a human rights activist who heads a cultural exchange program....
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Named Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill Subs Carefully curated stories from After Dinner Conversation magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of equality and diversity. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions. Story Summary ListA Wolf On The Bus: A wolf rides the bus, and is subject to discrimination by riders and police.Teddy...
20) Firstborn Legacy
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How far would you go to save your first love's soul?One final incarnation. That's what the prophecy says. The tree of souls will die, and humanity, along with it. As Chayah, Eternal Mother, it's been my soul's responsibility to give up everything I love to make sure that didn't happen.Every death, every rebirth, every eternal sacrifice that I've made, has been done without doubt for the love of my family-for humanity, essentially all my children....
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