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NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2025 A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF 2025 ELLE BEST BOOKS OF 2025 'Essential reading' Irish Independent 'Fascinating and powerfully argued' Daily Telegraph 'A captivating must-read for anyone who wants to understand how and why misogyny is as powerful a force as ever'...

John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) had a profound influence on the shape of 19th-century thought and political discourse. His view of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to the unrestricted state. Mill favoured decentralised forms of socialism because he thought that a centralised model would discourage competition, neglect talent, and disregard freedom.

Siamo donne, ma una volta siamo state bambine. E da bambine avevamo sogni, grandi sogni. Sognavamo di essere amate, di avere un ruolo insostituibile in una grande avventura, di portare vita e bellezza nel mondo. Quei desideri sono molto più che "cose da bambine". In essi respira il segreto del nostro cuore di donna. Eppure, con il passare degli anni, il cuore di una donna generalmente viene messo da parte, ferito, sepolto.

Emma John is in her 40s; she is neither married, nor partnered, with child or planning to be. In her hilarious and unflinching memoir, Self-Contained, she asks why the world only views a woman as complete when she is no longer a single figure and addresses what it means to be alone when everyone else isn't. 

The Subjection of Women is an 1869 essay by the English philosopher and political economist John Stuart Mill, based on ideas he developed jointly with his wife Harriet Taylor Mill. At the time of its publication, the essay's argument for equality between the sexes was an affront to conventional norms regarding the status of men and women. Mill contended that the emancipation and education of women would have positive benefits for all people; the companionship of equally educated persons would result in the greater intellectual development of all.

In this new edition, Steve Bruce discusses the continuing arguments for social egalitarianism, considering issues such as gay marriage, women in combat roles, and the 2010 Equality Act to debunk contemporary arguments against parity. As gender divisions are increasingly questioned, he looks ahead to the likely consequences of this for society.

On a moonless night in the summer of 1793 a crime was committed in the back room of a New York brothel—the kind of crime that even victims usually kept secret. Instead, seventeen-year-old seamstress Lanah Sawyer did what virtually no one in US history had done before: she charged a gentleman with rape. Her accusation sparked a raw courtroom drama and a relentless struggle for vindication that threatened both Lanah’s and her assailant’s lives.

Die aktuellen politischen Entwicklungen sind kein Beweis für die bleibende Stärke des Patriarchats, sondern Anzeichen für dessen Ende. Das Patriarchat war eine hierarchische Ordnung mit »alten weißen Männern« an der Spitze, gestützt auf anerkannte Institutionen wie Universitäten, Parlamente und Kirchen. Diese Zeiten sind vorbei. Heute basiert Macht auf dem Recht des Stärkeren, physischer Gewalt, ökonomischer Überlegenheit und Willkür. Das ist kein Patriarchat, sondern postpatriarchales Chaos.

HOLD MY CHIPS, THE WOMEN ARE REVOLTING! A darkly funny guide to life as a woman from Britain's favourite comedian. When Jo Brand hosted Have I Got News For You late last year, her calm explanation of the effects of sexism on women to a bemused all-male cast turned into a viral phenomenon. There...

Political and generational divides often dictate how questions such as these are answered, and when asked most people give automatic answers that roughly align with the broader position they believe is right - though many flounder when asked to detail their reasoning. This creates cultural and political tribes, makes people nervous about engaging at all, or leads to the issues to be trivialised or attributed to the excessive sensitivity of 'snowflakes' to 'identity politics'.

First came the secretaries who struggled to get past the typing pool. Then came the first Harvard Business School grads who were laughed out of interviews. But by the 1980s, with markets in turbo-drive, women were playing for high stakes in Wall Street's bad-boy culture by day and clubbing by night. As engaging as it is enraging, She Wolves is a fascinating behind-the-scenes deep dive into the collision of women, finance and New York.

A NEW YORKER AND NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Sophisticated, rich and skilful . . . highlights the extraordinary place these women carved out for themselves against the odds' New Statesman 'Remarkable . . . The Bluestockings bust out of the pages with unmistakable glee . . . their complexity...

An honest and eye-opening collection of stories from the lives of late diagnosed autistic women across the world, brought together with thoughtful observations from neurodivergent advocate, Jodi Lamanna. Exploring life before and after diagnosis and covering topics such as masking, social interaction, parenting and employment, this book provides much-needed insight into the challenges and successes of late diagnosed women.

Ein individueller Stillweg, der gesellschaftspolitische Ebenen wie gleichberechtigte Elternschaft und körperliche Selbstbestimmung einschließt, muss möglich sein. Dafür braucht es Wissen, Sichtbarkeit und das Erkennen, dass Stillen nicht nur Gebärende etwas angeht.

This collection of insightful, pithy and passionately argued think pieces from a trans-feminist perspective explores issues surrounding gender, feminism and philosophy and challenges misconceptions about trans identities. The book confronts contentious debates in gender studies to alleviate ongoing tension between feminism and trans women. Split into six sections, this collection covers wider issues, as well as autobiographical experiences, designed to stimulate the listener and encourage them to actively participate.

*A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025* 'Public interest journalism at its best - powerful human stories peppered with well-chosen facts ... A compelling case for a fairer society' SUNDAY TIMES 'An absorbing, moving, and beautifully composed exploration of motherhood and mothering across the...

Since the release of her first, career-defining solo album Little Earthquakes, Tori Amos has been one of the music industry's most enduring and ingenious artists. From her unnerving depiction of sexual assault in "Me and a Gun" to her post-9/11 album Scarlet's Walk to her latest album Native...

In the tradition of Jared Diamond and Jacques Barzun, prize-winning historian Anthony Pagden presents a sweeping history of the long struggle between East and West, from the Greeks to the present day.

The relationship between East and West has always been one of turmoil. In this historical tour de force, a renowned historian leads us from the world of classical antiquity, through the Dark Ages, to the Crusades, Europe's resurgence, and the dominance of the Ottoman Empire, which almost shattered Europe entirely. Pagden travels from Napoleon in Egypt to Europe's carving up of the finally moribund Ottomans - creating the modern Middle East along the way - and on to the present struggles in Iraq.

From bestselling author Jon Krakauer, a stark, powerful, meticulously reported narrative about a series of sexual assaults at the University of Montana ­— stories that illuminate the human drama behind the national plague of campus rape Missoula, Montana, is a typical college town, with a...

Die Bundesrepublik war lange eine Männerrepublik. Männer schrieben Geschichte. Männer besetzten Ämter. Männer gaben den Ton an. Und Frauen? Dieses Buch erzählt die politische Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland aus weiblichen Perspektiven. Lange Jahre waren Politikerinnen in der Bundesrepublik kaum sichtbar. Die erste Ministerin wurde 1961 berufen. Erst ein Sitzstreik von CDU-Frauen vor dem Kabinettssaal zwang Kanzler Konrad Adenauer dazu, Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt in sein viertes Kabinett aufzunehmen.