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After the extraordinary success of Gumboot Girls comes the sequel anthology, Dancing in Gumboots. Having relocated to Comox, Jane encountered a new group of women who travelled to the Comox Valley in the 1970s. Fascinated by their stories, Lou Allison and Jane Wilde return to their dynamic partnership to bring us an anthology that shines a light on these trailblazing women and their unique stories.
The 1970s was a time of intense cultural shifts for...
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"There is a rich tradition of wonderful women and other contemplatives who are great resources for thinking differently about Christianity. They emphasized divine love, human compassion, and the radical possibilities of contemplative practices. They were not afraid to criticize the church and indeed thought of their challenge as crucial to their faith. We do not have to lose faith with the...
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In this book are long overdue remnants of what lovers would say. With passion and concern, these poems express my sentiments. What I wish I had enough time to say to my special lady is presented here in a limited way. My heart felt moments didnt have chance to join the emotions desired to share. Thus, still kindling passion found homage to women in form of writing. Boredom was hoped to be replaced with literature of interest. Humor and affectation,...
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Edward Prince of Wales, better known as "Bertie," was the eldest son of Queen Victoria. Charming and dissolute, he was a larger-than-life personality with king-size appetites. A lifelong womanizer, Bertie conducted his countless liaisons against the glittering backdrop of London society, Europe, and the stately homes of England in the second half of the 19th-century.
Bertie's lovers were beautiful, spirited, society women who embraced a wide field...
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[2019]
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"A fun, frightening, and always fascinating look into the psyche of a madman: the Clown Prince of Crime, the Harlequin of Hate--The Joker! Since he first fought Batman in 1940, The Joker has evolved into one of popular culture's most complex and confounding psychological creations: both a criminal mastermind and an unhinged psychopath now starring in his own film. In The Joker Psychology: Evil Clowns and the Women Who Love Them, Dr. Travis Langley,...
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Heather Hadlock is Assistant Professor of Musicology at Stanford University.
In a lively exploration of Jacques Offenbach's final masterpiece, Heather Hadlock shows how Les Contes d'Hoffmann summed up not only the composer's career but also a century of Romantic culture. A strange fusion of irony and profundity, frivolity and nightmare, the opera unfolds as a series of dreamlike episodes, peopled by such archetypes as the Poet, the Beautiful Dying...
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Did you know that French women don't date?
American women have been missing out on a few secrets when it comes to the opposite sex. French women believe that the gift for attracting men has nothing to do with beauty, work, or even motivation. There are no Rules. And they don't listen to Dr. Phil's advice. They don't worry about the care and feeding of their boyfriend. And they certainly don't travel to Mars to communicate with men. On the contrary,...
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Because You Love Me, a women's devotional book, is a journey of faith, love, and direction for women seeking to develop an intimate relationship with God. Women share a unique place in God's heart because we are redeemed and chosen with a real purpose in His plan. Discovering that purpose is sometimes difficult because of who we believe we are in God's order, but we must allow God to deliver us from our preconceived notions to find our real purpose....
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This enlightening work investigates the history, incidence, and causes of a unique sexual lifestyle pursued by increasing numbers of couples. It is called by many names and lived in a variety of ways by different couples. The most common terms used to describe it are 'hotwife' or 'cuckold lifestyle.' This sexual practice, a form of sexual nonmonogamy, is distinguished from swinging and polyamory in that the husband rarely seeks sexual contact outside...
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From elder voices opposing the Dakota Pipeline to women running for office to make a change, every day we see real-life stories about how women and girls are making a collective difference on climate justice. Women are also disproportionately impacted by climate change and thus are critical to transforming society away from dependence on fossil fuels and toward renewable energy and environmental equity.
As a mother and a professor of environmental...
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Discover How to Attract The Happiness, Wealth, and Success You Deserve While Embracing Your True Confidence, Beauty, and Inner Essence!
To help you retrain your subconscious to live the strong and fulfilling life you deserve as an empowered Black Woman, more than 5 hours of empowering affirmations are included.
Additionally, by regularly using these, you'll increase your self-assurance, love of yourself, and even form new money and wealth beliefs,...
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Since the publication of Harvey Penick's Little Red Book, millions of golfers have learned why this gentle, wise teacher is a true national treasure. With simple, clear images and with words that wipe away decades of overly technical instruction, Harvey Penick brings out the best golfer in everyone he touches, but there is one group of pupils with whom Harvey has always had a special rapport. Unique among great golf teachers, Harvey has worked with...
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This is the true story of the enduring love of a husband for his wife. He is a flawed man with a life-long learning disability. She, the love of his life, is stricken with a catastrophic illness with no chance of recovery. He, alone... with God's grace... must navigate through a broken marriage, a wife on life support, extreme temptation, and financial ruin, with no one believing what God had revealed to him. Only God's promise gives him the unparalleled...
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Best-selling, award-winning author, actor, and motivational speaker Hill Harper invites listeners to join the conversation about the breakdown of the African-American family. The Black community of past generations found strength in families, but today's Black children have less than a one in three chance of being raised in a two-parent household. Harper's search for answers to this phenomenon is an enlightening and empowering journey.
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This book contains a collection of 75 affirmations written specifically for BIPOC women. The purpose and intent behind these affirmations is to empower you, increase your overall confidence and self-love, and give you the support you need in this everchanging world.
These affirmations can help you:
• Increase your motivation
• Love yourself exactly as you are
• Find growth and healing
• And so much more!
As you consistently listen to these...
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For many Christian women, the constant demands of family, pursuing a career, and managing a household leave little time or energy for anything else. As a result, more than half of women struggle to read God's Word as much as they'd like.
As a busy working mom of three, Brittany Ann, the founder of Equipping Godly Women, understands this struggle all too well.
In her latest book, Fall in Love with God's Word: Practical Strategies for Busy Women,...
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Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, and Barbara Stanwyck - to name a few - maintained their images as glamorous big-screen sex symbols complete with dashing escorts, handsome husbands, and scores of male admirers, thanks to studio publicity departments. But off the set, all three box office divas were involved in "lavender" marriages (marriages of convenience, often to gay men) or remained stoically single. They, and several other Hollywood starlets of...
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Do you ever ask yourself why dating has become so damn hard? Do you wonder what makes some marriages last and others fall apart? Is your marriage struggling despite your best efforts to keep it together? Women who win at love don't have a gift you don't have. What makes them unique, explain author and relationship coach Suzanne Venker and anthropology professor John M. Townsend, Ph.D., is that they aren't at war with the men in their lives. Women...
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Colombia is a beautiful and wild place full of danger and adventure. Follow as I recount my travels through the country and how I put down roots. Moving to Colombia presented many challenges and difficulties that I have overcome and here I will share them with you as I explored the country, culture, and Colombian life as a resident rather than a tourist. Going to Colombia has been one of the most crazy experiences in my entire life.
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