17 books in Social Science - Gender Studies
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The Riddle of Gender
Written by Deborah Rudacille
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 29, 2009
Price: $15.95
When Deborah Rudacille learned that a close friend had decided to transition from female to male, she felt compelled to understand why.
Coming at the controversial subject of transsexualism from several angles–historical, sociological, psychological, medical–Rudacille discovered that gender variance is anything but new, that changing one’s gender has been met with... Read more >
Written by Deborah Rudacille
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 29, 2009
Price: $15.95
When Deborah Rudacille learned that a close friend had decided to transition from female to male, she felt compelled to understand why.
Coming at the controversial subject of transsexualism from several angles–historical, sociological, psychological, medical–Rudacille discovered that gender variance is anything but new, that changing one’s gender has been met with... Read more >
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hardcover and a
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Sexual Metamorphosis
An Anthology of Transsexual Memoirs
Edited by Jonathan Ames
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2009
Price: $13.95
But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
At the time the passage above was written, people who felt trapped in... Read more >
An Anthology of Transsexual Memoirs
Edited by Jonathan Ames
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2009
Price: $13.95
But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
At the time the passage above was written, people who felt trapped in... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Conundrum
Written by Jan Morris
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: May 16, 2006
Price: $14.00
The great travel writer Jan Morris was born James Morris. James Morris distinguished himself in the British military, became a successful and physically daring reporter, climbed mountains, crossed deserts, and established a reputation as a historian of the British empire. He was happily married, with several children. To all appearances, he... Read more >
Written by Jan Morris
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: May 16, 2006
Price: $14.00
The great travel writer Jan Morris was born James Morris. James Morris distinguished himself in the British military, became a successful and physically daring reporter, climbed mountains, crossed deserts, and established a reputation as a historian of the British empire. He was happily married, with several children. To all appearances, he... Read more >
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The Riddle of Gender
Written by Deborah Rudacille
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $15.95
When Deborah Rudacille learned that a close friend had decided to transition from female to male, she felt compelled to understand why.
Coming at the controversial subject of transsexualism from several angles–historical, sociological, psychological, medical–Rudacille discovered that gender variance is anything but new, that changing one’s gender has been met with... Read more >
Written by Deborah Rudacille
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $15.95
When Deborah Rudacille learned that a close friend had decided to transition from female to male, she felt compelled to understand why.
Coming at the controversial subject of transsexualism from several angles–historical, sociological, psychological, medical–Rudacille discovered that gender variance is anything but new, that changing one’s gender has been met with... Read more >
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From Chivalry to Terrorism
War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity
Written by Leo Braudy
Format: Trade Paperback, 656 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2005
Price: $18.00
Manliness has always been linked to physical prowess and to war; indeed the warrior has been the archetypal man across countless cultures throughout time. In this magisterial excursion through literature, history, warfare, and sociology, one of our most prominent scholars tracks the complex relationship between the changing methods and goals of... Read more >
War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity
Written by Leo Braudy
Format: Trade Paperback, 656 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2005
Price: $18.00
Manliness has always been linked to physical prowess and to war; indeed the warrior has been the archetypal man across countless cultures throughout time. In this magisterial excursion through literature, history, warfare, and sociology, one of our most prominent scholars tracks the complex relationship between the changing methods and goals of... Read more >
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Sexual Metamorphosis
An Anthology of Transsexual Memoirs
Edited by Jonathan Ames
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2005
Price: $15.00
But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
At the time the passage above was written, people who felt trapped in... Read more >
An Anthology of Transsexual Memoirs
Edited by Jonathan Ames
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2005
Price: $15.00
But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
At the time the passage above was written, people who felt trapped in... Read more >
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eBook.
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Masquerade
The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier
Written by Alfred Young
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2005
Price: $16.00
In Masquerade, Alfred F. Young scrapes through layers of fiction and myth to uncover the story of Deborah Sampson, a Massachusetts woman who passed as a man and fought as a soldier for seventeen months toward the end of the American Revolution.
Deborah Sampson was not the only woman to pose... Read more >
The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier
Written by Alfred Young
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2005
Price: $16.00
In Masquerade, Alfred F. Young scrapes through layers of fiction and myth to uncover the story of Deborah Sampson, a Massachusetts woman who passed as a man and fought as a soldier for seventeen months toward the end of the American Revolution.
Deborah Sampson was not the only woman to pose... Read more >
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The Riddle of Gender
Science, Activism, and Transgender Rights
Written by Deborah Rudacille
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: February 22, 2005
Price: $26.00
When Deborah Rudacille learned that a close friend had decided to transition from female to male, she felt compelled to understand why.
Coming at the controversial subject of transsexualism from several angles–historical, sociological, psychological, medical–Rudacille discovered that gender variance is anything but new, that changing one’s gender has been met with... Read more >
Science, Activism, and Transgender Rights
Written by Deborah Rudacille
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: February 22, 2005
Price: $26.00
When Deborah Rudacille learned that a close friend had decided to transition from female to male, she felt compelled to understand why.
Coming at the controversial subject of transsexualism from several angles–historical, sociological, psychological, medical–Rudacille discovered that gender variance is anything but new, that changing one’s gender has been met with... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Class Action
The Landmark Case that Changed Sexual Harassment Law
Written by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $15.95
A petite single mother, Lois Jenson was among the first women hired by a northern Minnesota iron mine in 1975. In this brutal workplace, female miners were relentlessly threatened with pornographic graffiti, denigrating language, stalking, and physical assaults. Terrified of losing their jobs, the women kept their problems largely to themselves—until... Read more >
The Landmark Case that Changed Sexual Harassment Law
Written by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $15.95
A petite single mother, Lois Jenson was among the first women hired by a northern Minnesota iron mine in 1975. In this brutal workplace, female miners were relentlessly threatened with pornographic graffiti, denigrating language, stalking, and physical assaults. Terrified of losing their jobs, the women kept their problems largely to themselves—until... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Class Action
The Landmark Case that Changed Sexual Harrassment
Written by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $15.95
In the tradition of A Civil Action and Erin Brockovitch, Class Action is a story of intrigue and injustice as dramatic as fiction but all the more poignant because it is true.
In the coldest reaches of northern Minnesota, a group of women endured a shocking degree of sexual harassment–until... Read more >
The Landmark Case that Changed Sexual Harrassment
Written by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $15.95
In the tradition of A Civil Action and Erin Brockovitch, Class Action is a story of intrigue and injustice as dramatic as fiction but all the more poignant because it is true.
In the coldest reaches of northern Minnesota, a group of women endured a shocking degree of sexual harassment–until... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Rereading Sex
Battles Over Sexual Knowledge and Suppression in Nineteenth-Century America
Written by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $16.00
From bawdy talk to evangelical sermons, and from celebrations of free love to prosecutions for obscenity, nineteenth-century America encompassed a far broader range of sexual attitudes and ideas than the Victorian stereotype would have us believe. In Rereading Sex, Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz lets us listen to the national conversation about sex... Read more >
Battles Over Sexual Knowledge and Suppression in Nineteenth-Century America
Written by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $16.00
From bawdy talk to evangelical sermons, and from celebrations of free love to prosecutions for obscenity, nineteenth-century America encompassed a far broader range of sexual attitudes and ideas than the Victorian stereotype would have us believe. In Rereading Sex, Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz lets us listen to the national conversation about sex... Read more >
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Women Who Run with the Wolves
Written by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D.
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2003
Price: $27.95
"WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES isn't just another book. It is a gift of profound insight, wisdom, and love. An oracle from one who knows."
Alice Walker
Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is... Read more >
Written by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D.
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2003
Price: $27.95
"WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES isn't just another book. It is a gift of profound insight, wisdom, and love. An oracle from one who knows."
Alice Walker
Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback and a
trade paperback.
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Miss Vera's Cross-Dress for Success
A Resource Guide for Boys Who Want to Be Girls
Written by Veronica Vera
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: October 8, 2002
Price: $14.00
Veronica Vera, creator and founder of the world’s first cross-dressing academy, knows that a host of goods and services for the girl with something extra are just a mouse click away. But who wants to spend hours surfing the Net? Fear no more: Miss Vera has done the legwork, combing the... Read more >
A Resource Guide for Boys Who Want to Be Girls
Written by Veronica Vera
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: October 8, 2002
Price: $14.00
Veronica Vera, creator and founder of the world’s first cross-dressing academy, knows that a host of goods and services for the girl with something extra are just a mouse click away. But who wants to spend hours surfing the Net? Fear no more: Miss Vera has done the legwork, combing the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Miss Vera's Cross-Dress for Success
A Resource Guide for Boys Who Want to Be Girls
Written by Veronica Vera
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 8, 2002
Price: $14.00
Veronica Vera, creator and founder of the world’s first cross-dressing academy, knows that a host of goods and services for the girl with something extra are just a mouse click away. But who wants to spend hours surfing the Net? Fear no more: Miss Vera has done the legwork, combing the... Read more >
A Resource Guide for Boys Who Want to Be Girls
Written by Veronica Vera
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 8, 2002
Price: $14.00
Veronica Vera, creator and founder of the world’s first cross-dressing academy, knows that a host of goods and services for the girl with something extra are just a mouse click away. But who wants to spend hours surfing the Net? Fear no more: Miss Vera has done the legwork, combing the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Veiled Courage
Inside the Afghan Women's Resistance
Written by Cheryl Benard
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2002
Price: $23.95
In Afghanistan under Taliban rule, women were forbidden to work or go to school, they could not leave their homes without a male chaperone, and they could not be seen without a head-to-toe covering called the burqa. A woman’s slightest infractions were met with brutal public beatings. That is why it... Read more >
Inside the Afghan Women's Resistance
Written by Cheryl Benard
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2002
Price: $23.95
In Afghanistan under Taliban rule, women were forbidden to work or go to school, they could not leave their homes without a male chaperone, and they could not be seen without a head-to-toe covering called the burqa. A woman’s slightest infractions were met with brutal public beatings. That is why it... Read more >
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The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men
Written by Christina Hoff Sommers
Read by Teresa Connors
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 12, 2000
Price: $24.00
Read more >
Written by Christina Hoff Sommers
Read by Teresa Connors
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 12, 2000
Price: $24.00
Read more >
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The First Sex
The Natural Talents of Women and How They Are Changing the World
Written by Helen Fisher
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2000
Price: $23.00
"Tomorrow belongs to women," notes celebrated anthropologist Helen Fisher. In her explosive new book, The First Sex, she illustrates this enticing assertion. Drawing on original research, Fisher reveals how women and their natural talents are changing the world, making them ideal leaders and successful shapers of business and society--today and on... Read more >
The Natural Talents of Women and How They Are Changing the World
Written by Helen Fisher
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2000
Price: $23.00
"Tomorrow belongs to women," notes celebrated anthropologist Helen Fisher. In her explosive new book, The First Sex, she illustrates this enticing assertion. Drawing on original research, Fisher reveals how women and their natural talents are changing the world, making them ideal leaders and successful shapers of business and society--today and on... Read more >
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