Goody Wing, an American Foremother

by Beverly J. Vorpahl
Goody Wing, an American Foremother
Author: Beverly J. Vorpahl
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2001-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595201024
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Our Colonial grandmothers were much brighter and cheerier than the myth of dour, stiff, black-and-white women who have been so eternalized by Pilgrim-era paintings. Certainly do not "color" Deborah Bachiler Wing as wan and morose. Like most foremothers, Deborah was resolved and resolute, determined to create a home out of a cabin in the midst of a primeval forest. Deborah braved crossing the Atlantic as a widow with four young sons and her father, the Reverend Stephen Bachiler, an irascible fellow who attracted misfortune as though he were a magnet. While their crusade to find religious freedom was thwarted in New England as it had been in England, their experiences helped form the persevering character of America.

The Owl

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Total Pages: 88
Release: 2007
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Proverbs

by George Latimer Apperson
The Wordsworth Dictionary of Proverbs
Author: George Latimer Apperson
Publisher: Wordsworth Edition
Total Pages: 721
Release: 1993
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781853263217
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This work traces the origins and history of English proverbs and proverbial phrases. The proverbs are grouped alphabetically and by subject, with copious cross-references throughout.

Woman's Inhumanity to Woman

by Phyllis Chesler
Woman's Inhumanity to Woman
Author: Phyllis Chesler
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 577
Release: 2009-05-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1569762783
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Drawing on the most important studies in psychology, human aggression, anthropology, and primatology, and on hundreds of original interviews conducted over a period of more than 20 years, this groundbreaking treatise urges women to look within and to consider other women realistically, ethically, and kindly and to forge bold and compassionate alliances. Without this necessary next step, women will never be liberated. Detailing how women's aggression may not take the same form as men's, this investigation reveals—through myths, plays, memoir, theories of revolutionary liberation movements, evolution, psychoanalysis, and childhood development—that girls and women are indeed aggressive, often indirectly and mainly toward one another. This fascinating work concludes by showing that women depend upon one another for emotional intimacy and bonding, and exclusionary and sexist behavior enforces female conformity and discourages independence and psychological growth.

Material Feminisms

by Stacy Alaimo
Material Feminisms
Author: Stacy Alaimo
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2008-01-02
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0253013607
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Harnessing the energy of provocative theories generated by recent understandings of the human body, the natural world, and the material world, Material Feminisms presents an entirely new way for feminists to conceive of the question of materiality. In lively and timely essays, an international group of feminist thinkers challenges the assumptions and norms that have previously defined studies about the body. These wide-ranging essays grapple with topics such as the material reality of race, the significance of sexual difference, the impact of disability experience, and the complex interaction between nature and culture in traumatic events such as Hurricane Katrina. By insisting on the importance of materiality, this volume breaks new ground in philosophy, feminist theory, cultural studies, science studies, and other fields where the body and nature collide.

Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus in Dictionary Form

by Barbara Ann Kipfer
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus in Dictionary Form
Author: Barbara Ann Kipfer
Publisher: Laurel
Total Pages: 854
Release: 1993
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780440215554
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Combining scholarly authority with a new awareness of today's communication demands, "Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus" is the simple, reliable way to find the perfect word for your needs. It features as easy-to-use dictionary format plus a revolutionary concept index that arranges words by idea, thus enhancing the user's process of association, and leading scores of additional selections. The inclusion of a wide spectrum of words and phrases with each entry -- from sophisticated choices to completely new vocabulary in the language -- brings the user an exceptional number of alternatives to fit any variation of style and tone. Created by a leading expert in linguists and lexicography with today's communication needs in mind. More word choices than any other thesaurus -- Over 1 million words! Concise definitions for each main entry. A revolutionary concept index -- arranged by idea, it mirrors the way we actually think! No obsolete terms -- all synonyms reflect modern usage.

Tar Baby

by Toni Morrison
Tar Baby
Author: Toni Morrison
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2007-07-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307388158
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A ravishingly beautiful and emotionally incendiary reinvention of the love story by the legendary Nobel Prize winner Jadine Childs is a Black fashion model with a white patron, a white boyfriend, and a coat made out of ninety perfect sealskins. Son is a Black fugitive who embodies everything she loathes and desires. As Morrison follows their affair, which plays out from the Caribbean to Manhattan and the deep South, she charts all the nuances of obligation and betrayal between Blacks and whites, masters and servants, and men and women.