Women Thought

A fresh cultural analysis of female monsters from Greek mythology, and an invitation for all women to reclaim these stories as inspiration for a more wild, more “monstrous” version of feminism The folklore that has shaped our dominant culture teems with frightening female creatures. In our...

Read by the author. What If You Could Have More Peace Tomorrow Over the Conflict You’re Facing Today? Sometimes it happens in a flash: a text, a blowup, a breakup. Other times, relationships simply fade: you and your spouse rarely make eye contact, you learn the friend you trusted is gossiping...

This book has lots of actionable information on how to catapult your self-esteem in order to ultimately boost your self-confidence and happiness levels by unleashing the full power of your mind. Sitting at home feeling sorry for yourself won’t make that happen but learning how to become super confident will. Stress and anxiety are both triggered by lack of self-esteem or lack of confidence. You may not be aware of it, but they skew the way that the world perceives you and also the way in which you interact with life.

Do you want to become a powerful black women while only dedicating a few minutes of your time each day? It’s no secret that the happiest and most successful people all have habits that they incorporate into their lives that help them stay focused and positive when things are difficult. It doesn't matter where you are now or where you used to be; you have the opportunity to empower yourself and become the women you are meant to be.

Until very recently, no society had seen marriage as anything other than a conjugal partnership: a male-female union. What Is Marriage? identifies and defends the reasons for this historic consensus and shows why redefining civil marriage as something other than the conjugal union of husband and wife is a mistake. Originally published in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, this book’s core argument quickly became the year’s most widely read essay on the most prominent scholarly network in the social sciences.

A heartfelt book of poetry describing the thoughts of a married woman’s heart. The experiences of finding love, wedding planning, marriage, turning points, divorce and the growth that comes from starting over.

You are Enough explores why we have become so worried about what other people think of us, and what our infatuation with comparison can cause on physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels.If you are sick of striving, or feeling like a perfectionist comparer, here are the practical tools...

A vital path home. Employing African epistemologies and an embodied African beingness, this book embraces the revelation and miracle of Blackness. Creating a world worthy of our children requires recalling the dignity and distinction of the African way of life. This book is not written for...

The award-winning Revisioning American History series continues with this “groundbreaking new history of Black women in the United States” (Ibram X. Kendi)—the perfect companion to An Indigenous People’s History of the United States and An African American and Latinx History of the...

From the bestselling author of What I Saw at the Revolution comes an elegiac tribute to one of America's most beloved leaders. It is twenty years—a full generation—since Ronald Reagan first walked into the White House and ignited a revolution. From the beginning, he enjoyed the American...

A bold takedown of the ways women are terrorized about fatness, and a treatise on the revolutionary power of fat fury Anti-fatness and fat-shaming are used most often as a way to inspire fear in others about being or becoming fat. Scholar and therapist Breanne Fahs breaks down how the dread of...

Theologian Erin S. Lane overturns dominant narratives about motherhood and inspires women to write their own stories. Is it possible to do something more meaningful than mothering? As a young Catholic girl who grew up in the American Midwest on white bread and Jesus, Erin S. Lane was given...

Four electrifying and hopeful accounts of feminist uprising that have swept through Latin America and Spain in the wake of #MeToo—and what we can learn from these protest cultures in a fraught moment for democracy in the US As women’s rights have faced alarming rollbacks in the United States...

He's the butt of political jokes, frequently subjected to ridicule, and almost never absent a "Worst Presidents" list where he most often ends up at the bottom. Historians have labeled him the "Worst President Ever," "Dead Last," "Unfit," and "Incompetent," to name but a few. Many contemporaries...

Obscene Thoughts: A Pornographer's Perspective on Sex, Love and Dating examines progressive, intellectual and academic constructs regarding mate selection, sexual behavior and the reasons why people cheat. Obscene Thoughts investigates and deconstructs core socioeconomic and biological values and the sexual behaviors of men and women, in a fresh, distinct manner.

Let Chuck Swindoll show you the building blocks of character that God wants to develop in you and how these traits can help you achieve lasting fulfillment. So many voices today tell us that avoiding pain and dodging trouble are the best we can expect from life. Yet God is at work in us. He...

Are you ready to be SUCCESSFUL?! THIS edition of The Secret Door to Success has a NEW CREATIVE FLAIR! Immediately following each chapter is a short theatrical exercise! So, teens, young adults, and thespians of all ages can ACT OUT an affirmation which embodies the positive message in each chapter. A FUN way to practice the principles herein! The more we practice, the more it sticks! Please note that you do not have to have any prior acting experience in order to do these exercises. All you have to do is believe....

A collection of essays, lectures, and observations on the art of writing fiction from Alice McDermott, winner of the National Book Award and unmatched "virtuoso of language and image" (Rebecca Steinitz, The Boston Globe) What About the Baby? Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction gathers the...

With humor and honesty, Sheila invites you to believe that God wants to bring oneness and intimacy to your marriage - and challenges you to partner with him in that process by changing the way you think.

Ever wonder why some people seem so popular and magnetic and others seem to repel? Do you want to be one of those magnetic individuals? Learn about the art and science of personal magnetism. Anyone who holds an earnest desire and a strong will/determination can become magnetic when applying the principles herein. We'll go over personal magnetism, mental and physical poles, physical magnetism, nerve force energy, mental atmosphere, magnetic currents, and more.