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I know nothing. I am a tabula rasa, a blank sheet of paper, an unhatched egg. I have not yet become a woman, although I possess a woman's shape. Not a woman, no: both more and less than a real woman. Now I am a being as mythic and monstrous as Mother herself.... New York has become the City of Dreadful Night where dissolute Leilah performs a dance of chaos for Evelyn.

The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity. In today's world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before. Alongside the evident progress of the women's movement, however, writer and journalist Naomi Wolf is troubled by a different kind of social control, which, she argues, may prove just as restrictive as the traditional image of homemaker and wife.

Obra mais emblemática de Hans-Hermann Hoppe, propõe uma verdadeira revolução intelectual contra a legitimidade da democracia como a entendemos hoje. Trata-se de uma interpretação econômica e filosófica da História, que salienta os incentivos de propriedade privada (monarquia) e de propriedade pública (democracia), visando compreender o crescente expansionismo do Estado.

Conventional wisdom holds that same-sex marriage is a purely modern innovation, a concept born of an overtly modern lifestyle that was unheard of in 19th-century America. But as Rachel Hope Cleves demonstrates in this eye-opening book, same-sex marriage is hardly new. Born in 1777, Charity Bryant was raised in Massachusetts. A brilliant and strong-willed woman with a clear attraction for her own sex, Charity found herself banished from her family home at age 20.

Come sono cambiati i media, con quali meccanismi e quali stratagemmi, nell'epoca che chiamiamo "Era della Comunicazione"? Umberto Eco osserva la stampa, la televisione, internet, interrogandosi sui linguaggi dei media, le loro strategie di manipolazione, le loro reciproche influenze, in un’ottica che vede già i vari media come sistema integrato.

Period Power is a profound but practical blueprint for aligning daily life with the menstrual cycle, to give all menstruators a no-nonsense explanation of what the hell happens to us every month and how we can use each phase to its full advantage. Ninety per cent of people who have periods experience symptoms of PMS, a syndrome which features a wide range of signs and symptoms, and yet there's an enduring lack of understanding about what it actually is and a disappointingly meagre range of treatment options.

In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education. Historically, the humanities have been central to education because they have been seen as essential for creating competent democratic citizens. But recently, Nussbaum argues, thinking about the aims of education has gone disturbingly awry in the United States and abroad.

Prison is harsh enough, but as a foreigner ( farang) in a strange land, jail time is an even more horrifying reality. Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton is a collection of short stories chronicling T. M. Hoy’s descent into the harrowing world of Southeast Asian prison life. Through his eyes, listeners will experience the bizarre events of daily life in a Thai maximum security prison: feel the weight of the chains he wears; the stomachaches from lack of food; witness the murders, drug overdoses, torture, and unbridled cruelty that ensues.

Doaa Al Zamel was once an average Syrian girl growing up in a crowded house in a bustling city near the Jordanian border. But in 2011 her life was upended. Inspired by the events of the Arab Spring, Syrians began to stand up against their own oppressive regime. When the army was sent to take control of Doaa's hometown, strict curfews, power outages, water shortages, air raids, and violence disrupted everyday life.

In May 2013, Glenn Greenwald set out for Hong Kong to meet an anonymous source who claimed to have astonishing evidence of pervasive government spying and insisted on communicating only through heavily encrypted channels. That source turned out to be the 29-year-old NSA contractor Edward Snowden, and his revelations about the agency’s widespread, systemic overreach proved to be some of the most explosive and consequential news in recent history, triggering a fierce debate over national security....

À la fin de la Renaissance, le duc de Guise s'éprend de Mlle de Mézières. Mais bien qu'elle l'aime aussi, la jeune fille est contrainte d'épouser le prince de Montpensier. Trois ans plus tard, un jour qu'il a perdu son chemin près du château de la princesse, le duc la rencontre au bord d'une rivière où elle est venue se reposer : elle rougit à sa vue, et lui-même comprend aussitôt que sa propre passion n'est pas morte. Publié en 1662, le court récit de "La princesse de Montpensier" fonde l'art classique de la nouvelle.

Take the mystery out of the Freemasons. Fascinated by Freemasons? Freemasons For Dummies is the internationally best-selling introduction to the Masons, the oldest and largest "secret society" in the world. This balanced, eye-opening guide demystifies Freemasonry, explaining everything from its elaborate rituals and cryptic rites, to its curious symbols and their meanings.

Reportagem minuciosa sobre a queda de uma das redes sociais mais populares que já existiram. Este audiolivro-reportagem de tirar o fôlego recompõe cada passo do polêmico processo de aquisição do Twitter. A investigação rigorosa traz os detalhes de uma negociação inaudita no mundo das mídias e apresenta um retrato aterrador de Elon Musk, homem controverso, inconstante e sem limites para satisfazer seus desejos.

¿Es posible que estemos asistiendo al ocaso de la inteligencia? ¿Por qué los necios parecen ganar terreno en la política, los negocios y la sociedad en su conjunto? Pino Aprile propone una teoría provocadora y sorprendente: en el mundo moderno, la estupidez no es un defecto evolutivo, sino una ventaja adaptativa. Así como la selección natural despojó a nuestros ancestros de la cola y el vello corporal, la selección cultural tiende a reducir las capacidades intelectuales que durante milenios nos permitieron sobrevivir.

Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Linkedln sono ormai termini entrati nel lessico quotidiano e sempre più spesso capita di sentire persone che ci chiedono se abbiamo una pagina su Facebook o se siamo iscritti a questo o quel gruppo. I social network sono dunque una moda o qualcosa di duraturo? Se non sono una moda, che effetti hanno sulle nostre modalità di relazione? Sono utili o costituiscono una perdita di tempo? Questo volume affronta il fenomeno dei social network: come sono nati e come si sono evoluti, quali effetti hanno prodotto sulle relazioni e sull'identità delle persone.

An essential resource for any working woman, What Works for Women at Work is a comprehensive and insightful guide for mastering office politics as a woman. Authored by Joan C. Williams, one of the nation's most-cited experts on women and work, and her daughter, writer Rachel Dempsey, this unique audiobook offers a multigenerational perspective into the realities of today's workplace.

This is perhaps one of the best-loved of all journals. William Wordsworth's sister, Dorothy, began it in May 1800 and resolved to keep it for a short time. She continued it for nearly three years. In it, she brought the Dove Cottage years to vivid and intimate life. She noted the walks and weather, the friends, country neighbours, and travellers on the roads. She set down accounts of the garden, of Wordsworth's marriage, their concern for Coleridge, and the composition of Wordsworth's poetry.

Weil Wegsehen keine Option ist: Ein aufrüttelndes Buch über Gewalt gegen Frauen. Alle zehn Minuten wird irgendwo auf der Welt eine Frau getötet. Oft werden diese Fälle als Beziehungstat, Familientragödie oder Einzelfall dargestellt, doch dahinter steckt immer das gleiche System: Globale Gewalt gegen Frauen.

Um mergulho revelador nas histórias das mulheres da mitologia grega. Depois de devolver o protagonismo às mulheres da mitologia em O Jarro de Pandora, Natalie Haynes retorna ao mundo grego para revelar o poder e a complexidade das deusas que moldaram o Olimpo. Com seu estilo inteligente, espirituoso e cheio de erudição acessível, ela revisita as histórias de Atena, Afrodite, Hera, Deméter, Ártemis, Héstia e muitas outras figuras divinas que há séculos foram relegadas ao segundo plano.

Autor do best-seller Dez lições para o mundo pós-pandemia explora as revoluções ― passadas e atuais ― que definem a era polarizada e instável em que vivemos. Fúria populista, fratura ideológica, impactos econômicos e tecnológicos, guerras e um sistema internacional repleto de riscos catastróficos ― as primeiras décadas do século XXI podem ser consideradas o período mais revolucionário da história moderna. Mas não é o primeiro. Os seres humanos já passaram por alguns realinhamentos ― e prosperaram.