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Chicken
by Paula MartinacAfter 13 years with the same woman, writer Lynn Woods is about to learn that the only thing harder than staying in a long-term lesbian relationship is ending one.
Charlotte Bronte: A Passionate Life
by Lyndall GordonCharlotte Bronte: A Passionate Life looks beyond the insistent image of the modest Victorian lady, the slave to duty in the shadow of tombstones. Instead we see a strong, fiery woman who shaped her own life and transformed it into art. This biography looks at the shared gifts and class ambitions of the Bronte family - at the active feminist, Mary Taylor; at the demanding mentor, Constantin Heger; and at the rising publisher, George Smith - as Charlotte strove to possess them in life and fiction. Her highly autobiographical novels refused current bars to women's writing to release a public voice which could speak intimately to her readers.
Changing Our Minds: Lesbian Feminism and Psychology
by Celia Kitzinger Rachel PerkinsWomen today are being instructed on how they can raise their self-esteem, love their inner child, survive their toxic families, overcome codependency, and experience a revolution from within. By holding up the ideal of a pure and happy inner core, psychotherapists refuse to acknowledge that a certain degree of unhappiness or dissatisfaction is a routine part of life and not necessarily a cause for therapy. Lesbians specifically are now guided to define themselves according to their frailties, inadequacies, and insecurities. An incisive critique of contemporary feminist psychology and therapy, Changing our Minds argues not just that the current practice of psychology is flawed, but that the whole idea of psychology runs counter to many tenets of lesbian feminist politics. Recognizing that many lesbians do feel unhappy and experience a range of problems that detract from their well-being, Changing Our Minds makes positive, prescriptive suggestions for non-psychological ways of understanding and dealing with emotional distress. Written in a lively and engaging style, Changing our Minds is required reading for anyone who has ever been in therapy or is close to someone who has, and for lesbians, feminists, psychologists, psychotherapists, students of psychology and women's studies, and anyone with an interest in the development of lesbian feminist theory, ethics, and practice.
Cats (And Their Dykes): An Anthology
by Irene Reti Shoney SienStories, poems, pictures, and cartoons about the relationship of lesbians and cats.
Capable of Honor (Advise and Consent #3)
by Allen DruryFirst published in 1966. It is one of the most fundamental questions facing America today: How justifiably, or irresponsibly, do the volatile and unbiased American media—press, television and radio—attempt to interfere with, and control, the political process and the foreign policy of the nation? In a hotly fought Presidential primary, the news media fractures along ideological lines, supporting and distorting the candidates’ records, manipulating the news rather than covering it. Capable of Honor, the third novel in the grand, bestselling Advise and Consent saga, is a compelling blockbuster that shines a harsh and revealing spotlight on how the media shapes the news, guides public opinion, creates policy—and tries to shape history itself. FROM THE MASTER OF SPELLBINDING POLITICAL FICTION, AUTHOR OF ADVISE AND CONSENT.
Can't Be Satisfied: The Life And Times Of Muddy Waters
by Robert GordonThe definitive biography of the most influential blues musician of them all. In a nutshell: no Muddy Waters, no Rolling Stones. ‘Can’t Be Satisfied is that rare thing in musical biographies: a book that maps out not just a single, extraordinary life but the cultural forces that shaped it.
Campaign Journal: The Political Events of 1983-1984
by Elizabeth DrewThis month-by-month journal details the run-up to the 1984 U.S. Presidential election, starting in February 1983 and ending with the voting in November 1984. As the author explains in her Introduction: "The Presidential election of 1984 was both an unusual one and an important one in several respects--not all of them so obvious. The outcome may have been one-sided, but it was not inevitable, and the election bespoke a number of important things about our politics and about what was going on in our country at the time. As a writer for The New Yorker I was asked to write a journal of the election and the surrounding events--a contemporary account, with periodic entries, of what was happening and why. Through a combination of on-the-scene reporting, interviewing the candidates, their advisers, and others wise about what was happening, and my own reflection and experience, I was to provide as clear a picture as I could of what was taking place--as it was taking place. The surprising twists and turns are presented here as they happened, and as I saw them, without tidying up or hindsight."
California Dreamin': The True Story of the Mamas and the Papas
by Michelle PhillipsIt's all here--the years of poverty, struggle, and obscurity... the fateful first meeting with record producer Lou Adler... the incredible burst of work and creativity that led to their first smash album... the band's meteoric rise to stardom ("Monday, Monday" sold 160,000 copies the first day it was released)... the wildly decadent life-style that embraced LSD and free love... the burnout, the arguments, and the final bitterness and breakup of the band.
But Some of Us Are Brave: All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men - Black Women's Studies
by Barbara Smith Gloria T. Hull Patricia Bell ScottThis ground-breaking collection provides hours of enjoyment for the general reader and a wealth of materials needed to develop course units on black women; political theory, literary essays on major writers, guidelines for consciousness-raising about racism, and surveys of black women's contributions to the blues. "Important and innovative. "--Feminist Bookstore News
Breakfast With Scot
by Michael DowningAn enlightened modern couple faces sudden parenthoodand the embarrassing truth about their own definitions of normalin this hilarious novel chronicling a joyride into the unknown.. Sam and Ed are living the good life: happy, healthy, devoted to each other and their careers, they have no yearning for the joyful mysteries of parenthood. But when eleven-year-old Scots mother suddenly dies, the couple is determined to make good on a wine-soaked promise made years before. With the best intentions, Sam and Ed hang a tire swing in the backyard and call the neighborhood school to arrange enrollment. Scot arrives just in time to start fifth grade--with a pair of lacy white socks in his duffel bag.It doesnt take Sam and Ed long to realize that Scot wont be trying out for the football team. He adores feather boas, wishes the house had better drapes, and keeps Pink Gardenia lotion in his camera bag. Spells of vertigo cause him to drop to the floor in panic, and the kids at school want to beat him up. Breakfast with Scot is a fast-paced, comic novel with resonance for everyone trying to raise children in our relentlessly sophisticated culture. In wry dialogue, frothy characters, and an offbeat plot, Michael Downings mastery reaches new heights of brilliance.
Blue Heaven
by Joe KeenanSet in contemporary New York, Blue Heaven is the hilarious tale of a most unlikely couple and their brilliant plan to earn a fortune in gifts on their way to the altar.
Blitzed: Drugs In Nazi Germany
by Shaun Whiteside Norman OhlerThe sensational German bestseller on the overwhelming role of drug-taking in the Third Reich, from Hitler to housewives. The Nazis presented themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy. Yet, as Norman Ohler's gripping bestseller reveals, the entire Third Reich was permeated with drugs: cocaine, heroin, morphine and, most of all, methamphetamines, or crystal meth, used by everyone from factory workers to housewives, and crucial to troops' resilience - even partly explaining German victory in 1940. The promiscuous use of drugs at the very highest levels also impaired and confused decision-making, with Hitler and his entourage taking refuge in potentially lethal cocktails of stimulants administered by the physician Dr Morell as the war turned against Germany. While drugs cannot on their own explain the events of the Second World War or its outcome, Ohler shows, they change our understanding of it. Blitzed forms a crucial missing piece of the story.
Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa's Historic Greenwood District
by Hannibal B. Johnsonthis straightforward account traces the history of Greenwood, a community established through segregation, destroyed by racial hatred and rebuilt as a testament to the courage of its members. Includes several appendices of documents from the 1920s as well as the commission report from 2001.
Black Lives Matter
by Duchess Harris Sue Bradford EdwardsBlack Lives Matter covers the shootings that touched off passionate protests, the work of activists to bring about a more just legal system, and the tensions in US society that these events have brought to light. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction
by Donald Weise Dwight A. Mcbride Devon W. CarbadoLiterature anthology.
Black Lesbians: An Annotated Bibliography
by Jr RobertsPublished in 1981, this groundbreaking work is a noteworthy landmark in the history of women's studies, African-American studies, and lesbian and gay studies. The 341 primary bibliographic entries, each one accompanied by an informative annotation, made available a vast body of work about the lives of Black lesbians. Entries cover six primary areas of study: "Lives and Lifestyles"; "Oppression, Resistance, and Liberation"; "Literature and Criticism"; "Music and Musicians"; "Periodicals"; and "Research, Reference, and Popular Studies." Also includes photographs and appendices.
Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Clinton
by Duchess HarrisTaking an interdisciplinary approach, this book analyzes Black women's involvement in American political life, focusing on what they did to gain political power between 1961 and 2001, and why, in many cases, they did not succeed.
Bit Literacy: Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload
by Mark HurstMore than a quick fix or another "how-to" guide, the book offers an entirely new way of attaining productivity that users at any level of expertise can put into action right away. This is "bit literacy," a method for working more productively in the digital age, with less stress.
Bingo Barge Murder (Shay O'Hanlon Caper #1)
by Jessie ChandlerAs co-owner of The Rabbit Hole, a quirky-cool Minneapolis coffee shop, Shay O'Hanlon finds life highly caffeinated but far from dangerous. That is, until her lifelong friend Coop becomes a murder suspect. The victim was Kinky, Coop's former boss and the unsavory owner of The Bingo Barge, a sleazy gambling boat on the Mississippi. The weapon? Kinky's lucky bronzed bingo marker. While unearthing clues to absolve Coop, Shay encounters Mafia goons hunting for some extremely valuable nuts. Looking for the murderer without help from the cops proves risky-especially with distracting sparks flying between Shay and the beautiful yet fierce Detective Bordeaux. When Shay's elderly friend and landlady is held for ransom by the mob, all bets are off. Can Shay find the killer before the stakes get any higher?