Women's Studies

When attorney Dave Douglas is mysteriously turned into a sheep dog, he must uncover an evil plot to alter human DNA while also trying to reconnect with the family he has been neglecting. Original.... More

There is nothing quite like hitting the road by yourself to awaken your senses, sharpen your mind, and build your confidence. In twenty-three beautifully crafted essays, women recount the thrills of traveling solo. Despite threat-assessment levels and airport-security hassles, women of all generatio... More

We each of us strive for domestic bliss, and we may look to Delia and Nigella to give us tips on achieving the unattainable. Kathryn Hughes, acclaimed for her biography of George Eliot, has pulled back the curtains to look at the creator of the ultimate book on keeping house. In Victorian England ... More

The notion of uniform hyperbolicity, introduced by Steve Smale in the early sixties, unified important developments and led to a remarkably successful theory for a large class of systems: uniformly hyperbolic systems often exhibit complicated evolution which, nevertheless, is now rather well underst... More

Secrets and Mysteries will give you a profound understanding of what it means to be a woman. Full of passion, mysticism, and practical information, it will tap the source of your power at the depths of your soul. Through her own extraordinary life experience and her knowledge of native cultures arou... More

One fallout of globalization is the race to the bottom. This refers to the dismantling of regulatory standards when two or more nations compete over their investments, skilled labor, etc, and ends when the lowest common denominator in terms of cost of capital or cost of labor is reached. This book ... More

This is the fifth volume in the series Cultural Subordination and the Dalit Challenge and explores cultural repression in India and ways in which it is overcome. The author shows how Dalit women heroes (viranganas) of the 1857 Rebellion have emerged as symbols of Dalit assertion in Uttar Pradesh and... More

"Tania" recovers the history of the extraordinary woman who fought and died--at the age of 30--alongside Che Guevara in Bolivia. Author Ulises Estrada's personal photos and correspondence with Tania as well as testimonies from other guerrillas who fought with her are included.For the first time, the... More

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Despite the enduring popularity of contemporary women's writing, British women writers have received scant critical attention. They tend to be overshadowed by their American counterparts in the media and have come to be represented within the academy almost exclusively by Angela Carter and Jeanette ... More

There have been instances wherein women have attained professional success at the cost of neglecting their home front and vice versa. This has become a matter of utmost concern for most of these women as they find it difficult to strike a perfect balance between home and work front. They often feel ... More

Focusing on relationships between women of different generations in India, this book comprises of narratives demonstrating how each contributor established her own personhood through engagement with a wider kin group. Did the women portrayed in the narratives find space for themselves within orthodo... More