General encyclopaedias

Allegorical Bodies begins with the paradoxical observation that at the same time as the royal administrators of late fourteenth and early fifteenth-century France excluded women from the royal succession through the codification of Salic law, writers of the period adopted the female form as the allegorical personification of France itself.

When it originally appeared, Elizabeth Rollins Epperly’s The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass was one of the first challenges to the idea that L.

When it originally appeared, Elizabeth Rollins Epperly’s The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass was one of the first challenges to the idea that L.

Drawing on findings from interviews done with 32 families living in cities across Canada, Ranson challenges dominant understandings of mothering and fathering by looking closely at how couples who have opted for less traditional divisions of labour negotiate their parental and household responsibilities.

In the densely populated urban neighbourhoods of Java, women manage their houses and their communities through daily exchanges of food, childcare, and labour.

Most ethnographic treatments of other cultures restrict the voice of their "e;subjects"e;; at most, description and analysis by the observer are accompanied by brief selective quotation.

Nursing Work has been transformed by political economy and women's struggle.

When American nation-wide network radio was still in its infancy, new programs such as Ma Perkins began to feature ongoing story lines in fifteen minute episodes focusing on home life and romance.

Changing Methods is a collection of original essays by feminist practitioners, scholars, and activists.

Change of Plans raises questions that are not commonly posed, suggests new avenues for thought in city planning, and contributes to the growing literature on sustainability by merging it with a feminist approach.

"e;Given the current sociopolitical climate, this reference provides much-needed informationon the challenges the LGBTQ community faces today.

This one-volume encyclopedia examines jobs and occupations from around the world that are unique and out of the ordinary, from bike fishermen in the Netherlands and professional wedding guests in South Korea to elephant dressers in India.

A delicate exploration of the discrimination that gender-diverse people face, this book analyzes the relationship between gender identity and performance in the workplace while considering the emotional and economic survival of those who identify as transgender.

Provides the most up-to-date information on transgender science and its applications, for gender-diverse people, their supporters, and the professionals who assist them to lead healthy, happy, and successful lives.

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What better way to start a day than with inspiration from a literary classic?

It's a small attention span world out there, and not everyone's interested in paging through lengthy tomes to deepen their intellect.

Critic, translator, essayist, and gay man, Edouard Roditi (1910-1992) was a singular witness to the twentieth century.

A memoir of growing up in a dysfunctional Irish family by frequent late-night guest and Howard Stern Show veteran Greg Fitzsimmons, as told through a collection of disciplinary letters.

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The ultimate gift book for the epicure who has everything.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERIn this remarkable memoir - written with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Buzz Bissinger during her pivotal first years of rebirth - Caitlyn Jenner reflects on her past as she looks to her future.

Every time someone changes sex, there's one less freak in the worldMeet the Divots.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi Weltenschmiede: Ein Praxisbuch für Autoren und GameentwicklerTauchen Sie ein in die Kunst des Weltenbaus!

Many adults long to make up for an education they either never had or that seemed somehow lacking.

Digital Stimulation explores the subject of intimacy, including romantic and sexual intimacy, between human and nonhuman entities, particularly technological entities.

The essential one-volume reference to evolutionThe Princeton Guide to Evolution is a comprehensive, concise, and authoritative reference to the major subjects and key concepts in evolutionary biology, from genes to mass extinctions.

The most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of Buddhism ever produced in EnglishWith more than 5,000 entries totaling over a million words, this is the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of Buddhism ever produced in English.

An essential reference to all facets of the world economyIncreasing economic globalization has made understanding the world economy more important than ever.

The ultimate mathematics reference bookThis is a one-of-a-kind reference for anyone with a serious interest in mathematics.

Everyone who is interested in researching the conditions of the Arabs in pre-Islamic times, and browsing what is written about them in the books of Islamic history, knows the darkness that surrounded those eras, despite the fact that much of their news has been reported, but the little reliable narrations do not fill a need or cure a misfortune, in addition to the contradictory sayings and conflicting narrations that conflict with it, without which there is no sound opinion and no basis for judgment, in addition to the fact that more These narratives are a source of stories and myths, which are not clear from research and are not based on similar knowledge.

Working at the intersection of psychoanalytic, queer, and transgender theories, this book argues for the need to read Lacanian psychoanalysis through a queer and trans-positive framework.

Working at the intersection of psychoanalytic, queer, and transgender theories, this book argues for the need to read Lacanian psychoanalysis through a queer and trans-positive framework.

Data has never mattered more.

Data has never mattered more.

This is the first full-length book to provide an introduction to badhai performances throughout South Asia, examining their characteristics and relationships to differing contexts in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan.

This is the first full-length book to provide an introduction to badhai performances throughout South Asia, examining their characteristics and relationships to differing contexts in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan.

In 1930 Danish artist Einar Wegener underwent a series of surgeries to live as Lili Ilse Elvenes (more commonly known as Lili Elbe).

In 1930 Danish artist Einar Wegener underwent a series of surgeries to live as Lili Ilse Elvenes (more commonly known as Lili Elbe).

The Art of War by Sun Zi is considered one of the oldest and most famous war books in China, and it is also the oldest war book in the world, as the book has a prominent place in the history of military academic research in the world.

This book depicts the life and career of Scott Hoying, Grammy Award-winning cofounder of Pentatonix, as seen by his mother Connie.

The first encyclopedic reference to Atlantic historyBetween the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, the connections among Africa, the Americas, and Europe transformed world history-through maritime exploration, commercial engagements, human migrations and settlements, political realignments and upheavals, cultural exchanges, and more.

Joan Crawford: the name has an enduring fascination.

Beauty embodiment and representations of beauty are crafted by legitimised hierarchies of power in popular culture, including across fashion, sports, media and social media outlets, and the arts.