On the morning of August 5, 1984, four of the greatest marathoners of all time lined up for one of the most important and long-awaited races in history.
On the morning of August 5, 1984, four of the greatest marathoners of all time lined up for one of the most important and long-awaited races in history.
La sociedad monocultural es una falacia, es inviable, porque obligaria a las minorias a integrarse asimilandose: significaria imposicion de una cultura sobre las demas con el objetivo de conseguir una uniformizacion social que facilitara la dominacion de un grupo sobre los demas y la eliminacion de toda diferencia.
If countless books and movies are to be believed, Americas Wild West was, at heart, a world of cowboys and Indians, sheriffs and gunslingers, scruffy settlers and mountain mena mans world.
If countless books and movies are to be believed, Americas Wild West was, at heart, a world of cowboys and Indians, sheriffs and gunslingers, scruffy settlers and mountain mena mans world.
"e;The Awakening"e; by Kate Chopin is a timeless masterpiece that takes readers on a thought-provoking journey of self-discovery and personal liberation.
Nueva Historia de las Mujeres en la Argentina es un caleidoscopio de escritos hilvanados a partir de una potente reunión entre generaciones de especialistas provenientes de diferentes trayectorias académicas, regiones y provincias.
En el presente volumen, permanecen las formulaciones iniciales de la autora sobre género y violencia: 1) la expresión "violencia sexual" confunde, pues aunque la agresión se ejecute por medios sexuales, la finalidad de la misma no es del orden de lo sexual sino del orden del poder; 2) no se trata de agresiones originadas en la pulsión libidinal traducida en deseo de satisfacción sexual, sino que la libido se orienta aquí al poder y a un mandato de pares o cofrades masculinos que exige una prueba de pertenencia al grupo; 3) lo que refrenda la pertenencia al grupo es un tributo que, mediante exacción, fluye de la posición femenina a la masculina, construyéndola como resultado de ese proceso; 4) la estructura funcional jerárquicamente dispuesta que el mandato de masculinidad origina es análoga al orden mafioso; 5) mediante este tipo de violencia el poder se expresa, se exhibe y se consolida de forma truculenta ante la mirada pública, por lo tanto representando un tipo de violencia expresiva y no instrumental.
Time Must-Read Books of 2024Independent Best Non-Fiction Books 2024Mojo Books of the Year 2024"e;A vibrant, multifaceted portrait of a music enigma"e; Guardian"e;A powerful portrait"e; Irish Independent"e;Displays a bracing rigour and an exhilarating curiosity about its subject, coming closer than most to catching up with Mitchell on her lonely road"e; TimesCelebrated music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of the legendary Joni Mitchell.
Spirit-filled devotionals, written by women for women, from the editors of Daily Guideposts, America's favorite devotional for more than 40 years365 Spirit-Lifting Devotions for Women forms a tapestry of life's emotions - joy and laughter, heartache and healing, lessons to be savored and explored.
Updated and expandedwith a new foreword by Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of Jesus and John WayneMalestrom provides a redemptive vision of biblical manhood and a way through the treacherous seas of patriarchy.
A Sunday Times Book of the Year As featured on the BBC Radio 2 Book Club Dr James Barry: Inspector General of Hospitals, army surgeon, duellist, reformer, ladykiller, eccentric.
Written by a woman who grew up in an Old Order Amish community and church, Amish Women: Lives and Stories offers a gentle, lyrical inside view of Amish womanhood.
The first in-depth look at Stael's political life and writingsGermaine de Stael (1766-1817) is perhaps best known today as a novelist, literary critic, and outspoken and independent thinker.
In this pathbreaking study of the works of Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, and Mill, Susan Moller Okin turns to the tradition of political philosophy that pervades Western culture and its institutions to understand why the gap between formal and real gender equality persists.
This collection of short, action-filled stories of the Old West's most egregiously badly behaved female outlaws, gamblers, soiled-doves, and other wicked women by offers a glimpse into Western Women's experience that's less sunbonnets and more six-shooters.
Aware that her youth is slipping by, Mary Beth Baptiste decides to escape her lackluster, suburban life in coastal Massachusetts to pursue her lifelong dream of being a Rocky Mountain woodswoman.
