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Author
Publisher
Abrams Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
For centuries, women were denied equal access to money and the freedom and power that came with it. They were restricted from owning property or transacting in real estate. Even well into the 20th century, women could not take out their own loans or own bank accounts without their husband's permission. They could be fired for getting married or pregnant, and if they still had a job, they could be kept from certain roles, restricted from working longer...
Author
Publisher
Dark Matter Ink
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO SAVE THE ONES YOU LOVE? A remote cabin in a snowy forest could be the perfect place for Claire and Emma to work on their marriage and bond with their two children, if only it didn't come with so many memories of Claire's inhumane treatment at the hands of her abusive mother, and if only the strange abandoned schoolhouse nearby didn't have a dark history of its own. When their children go missing in a snowstorm, the two mothers...
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Popular boy secretly fall for...princely girl?! Haruma Ichinose, 17, has been popular since he was born. So popular, in fact, that he figured no one could even come close...until he met Yuki Mogami. She's tall, cool, collected, and totally makes him crazy. He may just be in love...but can he deal with falling for someone even more dashing than himself?"--
Author
Publisher
Mayo Clinic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Sex Cells is the tale of scientific stonewalling, intrepid advocacy, and the still-pitched battle to get the scientific and medical world to recognize that women are not small men. Phyllis Greenberger has been working in the field of biological sex differences for more than 30 years, and she continues to be struck by the lack of understanding about this topic, even among medical professionals. After all, it's a fundamental aspect of human life: males...
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The first book to center the voices of sexual abuse survivors while rethinking key Christian beliefs. Readers will discover new ways of thinking about God that are surprising, challenging, inspiring, and empowering, leading to deep healing for individuals and a transformed church that no longer contributes to the devastation of sexual abuse"--
Author
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Closures surveys the seven-decade history of the American sitcom from the perspective of trans theory. With detailed close readings of shows from The Mary Tyler Moore Show to Who's the Boss to Third Rock from the Sun, Friends, BoJack Horseman, The Office, and others, Grace E. Lavery highlights the centrality of the blended family narrative that situates the family as a perpetually incomplete project as well as the weakening of social ties as the...
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