books about: feminist     books:       Fire and Fog (Fremont Jones Mysteries)16 reviews Dianne Day Doubleday, 1996 Wow!! Couldn't Put It Down!! This book was so intriguing and exciting that I read it all in one sitting! Ms Day make the earthquake and its after-effects fascinating and engrossing. Without Michael and with Mrs. O'Leary missing in action, Fremont sets out to help others while with searching for her MIA landlady. It's realistic and captivating. Her descriptions of San Francisco and the Presidio are right on the money. ...             The Dolphin Smiles14 reviews David Salvage The Dragon Press, 2006 Dense, Poetic Novel "Dense, poetic, a novel that made me reconsider both the potentials and limitations of psychoanalysis. It felt like the trauma was stripped bare, and I was left with both excitement and despair about the potentials of how life might be different. An unsettling book that raised more questions than it answered, a perturbing danger percolates within the shimmering sheen of verbal hynposis."             Women in the Material World16 reviews Faith D'Aluisio, Peter Menzel Sierra Club Books, 1998 Women's work A sequel to the authors' successful, "Material World: A Global Family Portrait," which interviewed 30 "statistically average" families from around the world and photographed them surrounded by all their worldly goods, "Women In The Material World," by Faith D'Aluisio and Peter Menzel, revisits 21 women from these families. With interviews conducted by women over a period of days, even weeks, and ...             Pioneer Women14 reviews Joanna Stratton Touchstone, 1982 A rare and different perspective..... In a world where history is written by the winners, we often don't find accounts of history from a womans' perspective. This is a compilation of 800 verbal histories of women that lived through all the well documented times. It paints an intimate picture through the voices of the remarkable women that helped to build this country. The book is well written, with good flow. The chapters are formed ...             A Piece of My Heart: The Stories of 26 American Women Who Served in Vietnam17 reviews Keith Walker Presidio Press, 1997 A compelling collection of Vietnam memories "A Piece of My Heart: The Stories of 26 American Women Who Served in Vietnam," by Keith Walker, is a powerful addition to the large body of writings about the Vietnam War. Walker's technique for compiling this book was to interview the featured women and turn the transcripts of the interviews into chapters. One chapter is drawn from a dual interview of two of the women, and another chapter ...             Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship with Food Through Myths, ...46 reviews Anita A. Johnston PhD. Gurze Books, 2000 Thank you, Dr. Johnston! From a grateful reader! Words cannot fully express what an excellent book this is! I've read several self-help books on happiness, eating behavior, Louise Hay books, Eckhart Tolle books, etc. This book is so unique in the way it delivers its message. I really enjoyed every chapter. After reading it a second time, I continue to grow and learn from it. Thank you so much Anita, from one person to another, your book has ...             In Search of Our Mothers' Garden16 reviews Alice Walker Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, 2000 A must read for Empowered women! This book helped me gain my voice. I love it so much -- I have two copies of it and I would still not be willing to loan one out. Alice Walker is a powerful visual writer and a Gift to the Womanist Academy!             Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times17 reviews Elizabeth Wayland Barber W. W. Norton & Company, 1995 One of the best books I've ever read Anyone interested in so-called gender studies, textiles, prehistory, or just in regular people ought to read this book. The authoress, in incredibly simple language (she can't REALLY be an academic, can she?), tells the story of women and the textile work that has (pre-) historically been theirs. Bringing the insight that only a practicing weaver or spinner could have to the dusty world of ...             Grace: A Memoir14 reviews Mary Cartledgehayes Crown, 2003 Yes! This is what it's like! I was't sure I wanted to read one more spiritual journey book. But the first paragraph hooked me and I laughed and cried my way through "Grace." The stories of her childhood, with the Episcopal priest in a long black dress with a white lace overdress, who came once a month with the "smells and bells" that transformed the schoolroom into a holy space, were delightful. The isolated life on the ...             You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer14 reviews Shana Corey Scholastic Press, 2000 Great for a Women's History Lesson for 1st & Second Grade This book was great!! I used it for a lesson for my second grade class. I found it on the internet and used the idea to bring in a bookbag filled with 20 pounds of books and let the students pick it up and wear the backpack. The students got a chance to see how heavy the skirts were that women like Amelia had to wear. They loved reading the book. This is a must have.             Tatterhood and Other Tales12 reviews The Feminist Press at CUNY, 1993 Wonderful collection of heroic women This is one of the best collections of fairy tales featuring strong and enterprising hereoines. It includes stories from may different cultures, but all feature clever, resourceful women who overcome adversity. some of the stories were already familiar to me, but many I'd never read before. If you thought all fairy tale heroines were ninnies like Cinderella and snow White, you need to read ...             Confessions of Madame Psyche10 reviews Dorothy Bryant The Feminist Press at CUNY, 1998 Five stars are not adequate for this novel! This is absolutely one of my all-time favorite novels. It has everything I want in a good work of visionary fiction. Written by perhaps the most overlooked genius in literature today, this book has the power to touch you deeply and change the way you see the world forever after. When I think of titles that SHOULD HAVE won the great prestigious critical awards in the past quarter century, ...             Circles in the Sand10 reviews E. J. 'Samadhi' Whitehouse Trafford Publishing, 2005 A Woman's Journey Through the Middle East to Find Herself Women everywhere will applaud the writings found within Whitehouse's Circles in the Sand. There is a little bit of every woman's story in her story. There are some parts of her story that some women will never experience. But the one universal truth in Whitehouse's story is that women who take necessary risks to search their souls and define themselves reach a point of being keenly aware of who ...             Daddy Was a Number Runner11 reviews Louise Meriwether The Feminist Press at CUNY, 1986 Some Ole' School Truths Daddy Was A Number Runner provides a horrific historical and sociological picture of Harlem during the 1930's post-Renaissance era. The reader travels throughout the daily trials and tribulations of Francie Coffin, an adolescent girl living with her brothers, mother and father, who is a number runner. Statistically we know of the crime, deviance, poverty, fatherless homes and emerging welfare ...             Zami A New Spelling of My Name: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythography (Crossing Press Feminist Series)12 reviews Geraldine Audre Lorde Crossing Press, 1982 Zami: My New Favorite Book This book is fabulous. It truly resonated with me and my experiences. Lorde writes beautifully! Read this.             Breaking Point:: Why Women Fall Apart and How They Can Re-create Their Lives12 reviews Martha Beck Crown, 1997 The book I wish I had 20 years ago I came up against conflicts and obstacles in my life as a 20-something woman--smart, good-looking, well educated, successful. I had no idea what kept hitting me. There were the reasons everybody cites, but there was something deeper that was insoluble, it seemed to me. I couldn't figure out why I was the only woman I knew who was stopped in her tracks, overwhelmed by the horror of people's ...             The Shadow King: The Invisible Force That Holds Women Back12 reviews Sidra Stone iUniverse, 2000 This book is revolutionary for women and for men too! Sidra Stone shows us that the feminist revolution has to be an inside job. It doesn't matter how much we try to change the world outside of us - if we're still carrying the expectations of the patriarchy within our own psyches, it's not too likely that we'll be able to change. Dr. Stone not only shows how the Inner Patriarch functions within women, she gives clear and creative ideas about how ...             Spiritual Life, A (Suny Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture)13 reviews Merle Feld State University of New York Press, 2000 Reflections on hidden memories "A Spiritual Life" gave me permission to digest my past. At the end of each vignette I was surprised to find myself face to face with "me"-my own experiences of decades ago. I suddenly slowed down and felt deep parts of my life that I had been too frightened to listen to long ago. I keep it on my night table and read it again and again reflecting on my own memories. Reading "A Spiritual ...             Are Women Human?11 reviews Dorothy L. Sayers Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2005 Feminism? No, Humanism. I first came to this book after reading a stirring review of it in philosopher Susan Haack's book Putting Philosophy to Work: Inquiry and Its Place in Culture. Haack, like Sayers, is a believer that equality of the sexes means that the sexes are to be treated the same when justified and differently when justified (the former being more justified than the latter). In other words, Sayers is a ...             Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women13 reviews Virginia Valian The MIT Press, 1999 I can't stop recommending this book to every woman I know. I waited too long to read Prof. Valian's book. Had I been armed with the knowledge offered in it earlier, I might have been spared some of the most unpleasant experiences and obstacles in my professional life. The breadth of the research covered, on everything from how young girls are channeled into certain careers or non-careers to the publishing patterns of men and women in academics, is its ...              search for books advancement, american, biomythography, bloomer, breaking, circles, confessions, crossing, culture, dolphin, feminist, fremont, invisible, literature, material, metaphors, mothers, mysteries, pioneer, re-create, relationship, society, spelling, spiritual, stories, storytelling, tatterhood, through, transform, vietnam books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: L'Heptameron (French Edition) we recommend holds up well home  impressum - about us