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What does it really mean to be a man today? The topic of modern manhood has been at the forefront of our media and politics for several decades now. It has become a totem of the culture war, hotly debated again and again in both public and private spaces. More recently, the conversation has...

“I am afraid of being the disruptive woman. And of not being disruptive enough. I am afraid. But I am doing it anyway.” In this vivid and powerful collection of essays, Emilie Pine boldly confronts the past to better understand herself, her relationships and her role in society. She speaks...

In August 2014, Farida Abbas was just a normal Yazidi girl living in a village high in the mountains of Northern Iraq. Then her village was attacked and swiftly taken by ISIS fighters, and her whole world changed. The jihadists murdered the men and the boys of her village, including her father and brothers, before taking Farida prisoner along with the rest of the women. This is the story of what happened to Farida after she was captured: the beatings, the rapes, the markets where ISIS sold their female prisoners like cattle.

Fellow at Ethic & Public Policy Center, scholar at The Institute for Human Ecology at CUA and the nationally best-selling author of the Theology of Home series, Carrie Gress argues that fifty years of radical feminism have had the opposite of the intended effect and have granted primacy of place...

Bloomsbury presents Power, Grit and Glamour by Tamara Sturtz-Filby, read by Jilly Bond. An intimate look at the Halstonettes—the women who inspired legendary fashion designer Halston. One of the greatest fashion designers of all time, Halston defined and dominated the 1970s. He was America's...

By the New York Times bestselling author of All About Love and Communion “A manual for fixing our culture…In writing that is elegant and penetratingly simple, [hooks] gives voice to some things we may know in our hearts but need an interpreter like her to process.”—Black Issues Book...

Punjab was the arena of one of the first major armed conflicts of postcolonial India. During its deadliest decade, as many as 250,000 people were killed. This audiobook makes an urgent intervention in the history of the conflict, which to date has been characterized by a fixation on sensational violence - or ignored altogether. Mallika Kaur unearths the stories of three people who found themselves at the center of Punjab’s human rights movement.

Besharam is a book on young Indian women and how to be one, written from the author's personal experience in several countries. It dissects the many things that were never explained to us and the immense expectations placed on us. It breaks down the taboos around sex and love and dating in a...

The Age of Choice tells the long history of the invention of choice as the defining feature of modern freedom. Taking listeners from the seventeenth century to today, Sophia Rosenfeld describes how the early modern world witnessed the simultaneous rise of shopping as an activity and religious freedom as a matter of being able to pick one's convictions. Similarly, she traces the history of choice in romantic life, politics, and the ideals of human rights. Throughout, she pays particular attention to the lives of women, who have frequently been the drivers of this change. 

In this work, slut-shaming expert Leora Tanenbaum explains that when we criticize young women for wearing body-revealing outfits and sharing sexy selfies, we are losing the plot. Young people are sick of being held responsible for others' inability to keep their eyes off their bodies. They...

Bloomsbury presents Hood Feminism written and read by Mikki Kendall. 'It is absolutely brilliant, I think every woman should read it' PANDORA SYKES, THE HIGH LOW ‘My wish is that every white woman who calls herself a feminist will read this book in a state of hushed and humble respect...

This collection contains Virginia Woolf's two most important and impactful non-fiction essays: A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas which have inspired and enraptured readers for decades. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was an English novelist and essayist regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the famous Bloomsbury Group.

"Leiam Lélia Gonzalez!", convocou a filósofa americana Angela Davis em recente passagem pelo país. Filósofa, antropóloga, professora, escritora, militante do movimento negro e feminista precursora, Lélia Gonzalez foi uma das mais importantes intelectuais brasileiras do século XX, com...

Alors que notre société vieillit, nous avons un problème avec les vieux en général et les vieilles en particulier, soumises à une double injonction contradictoire : être authentiques et naturelles, mais rester minces et jolies. Si elles sont moins regardées, invisibilisées, mises de...

Eine junge Frau saniert ihr Haus – und alle Männer flippen aus! Kurz nach dem Kauf ihres sanierungsbedürftigen Hauses klemmt Cindy ihr komplett verdrecktes Handy zwischen Red-Bull-Dose und Baustellenchaos, drückt auf „Aufnehmen" und fängt an zu reden. Mit trockenem Humor und klarer Kante erzählt Cindy, wie Frauen klein gemacht werden, sobald sie sich Raum nehmen: auf der Baustelle, am Familientisch, im ganz normalen Mutter-Alltag.

A passionate love affair. A shocking betrayal. A woman's journey through art, identity, and resilience. Los Angeles, 1982. Cordi Lenoir, a struggling artist, longs for a fresh start. At the annual Buffalo Feast she meets Merlin Black, a charismatic Lakota man whose magnetic presence pulls her...

Henry Stanton’s 1922 book Sex: Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English is intended as a frank (although consevative and moralistic) guide to human sexual behaviour and relationships. It is partly a self-help book, partly an attempt to relay the scientific knowledge of the day in relation to sex and reproduction in a way suitable for popular consumption.

Overwhelmed is a map of the stresses that have ripped our leisure to shreds, and a look at how to put the pieces back together. Schulte speaks to neuroscientists, sociologists, and hundreds of working parents to tease out the factors contributing to our collective sense of being overwhelmed, seeking insights, answers, and inspiration.

Bloomsbury presents Sway by Pragya Agarwal, read by Aysha Kala. ‘Passionate and urgent.’ Guardian, Book of the Week ‘A must-read for all.’ Stylist, best new books for 2020 ‘Cogently argued and intensely persuasive. Groundbreaking Work.’ Waterstones, best new books of April...

From a star theoretical physicist, “a love letter to the wonderous universe we call home, and an urge to think critically about how we explore its depths” (Smithsonian Magazine) In The Disordered Cosmos, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein shares her love for physics, from the Standard Model of...