basic books nov 2006 (4 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Here, at last, are the war plans of America's own religious extremists. 'The Baptizing of America' exposes the systematic campaign by Christian fundamentalists to co-opt and take over every 'room' of American society from the bedroom to the school room, hospital room, operating room, courtroom, work room, reading room and newsroom.This book focuses on the aggressive and well-funded war currently being led by fundamentalist Christians to 'baptize America.' It is a prolonged battle that will determine whether the United States remains a spiritually vital country -- but one without an officially established religion -- or whether it will become 'Christianized,' a 'faith-based nation' in which fundamentalist Christianity will be the sole legal dominant religion throughout the land. The war will decide whether America follows the path of many other nations and becomes a theocracy, not unlike Iran and the former Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'We Don't Need Another Wave' is a critique of the ways in whichfeminism is discussed in the mainstream media. Today's young feminists are wary of being labeled. They are media-savvy, hyper-aware of being categorized and marginalized, and are here to tell the world that feminists are feminists -- diverse in age and experience -- and that it's time to drop the labels in favor of proactive agendas and united goals. Topics that matter to young feminists range from lighter issues, such as DIY culture and craftivism, to heavy-hitting issues that feminists have struggled with for generations, including abuse, rape, shame, and self-hatred. The young writers in this collection band together under the banner of feminism to share the message that the F-word is a good thing, and that feminists are breaking new ground while still valuing the traditions and achievements of their sisters and foremothers. 'We Don't Need Another Wave' brings a message of unity and a message to get beyond subcategorizing a movement that needs cohesiveness and strives on strength in numbers.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'She's Such a Geek' is a groundbreaking anthology that celebrates women who have flourished in the male-dominated realms of technical and cultural arcana.Editors Annalee Newitz and Charlie Anders bring together a diverse range of critical and personal essays about the meaning of female nerdhood by women who are in love with genomics, obsessed with blogging, learned about sex from Dungeons and Dragons, and aren't afraid to match wits with men or computers. More than anything, 'She's' 'Such a Geek' is a celebration and call to arms: it's a hopeful book which looks forward to a day when women will invent molecular motors, design the next ultra-tiny supercomputer, and run the government.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Barbara Sjoholm arrived in London in the winter of 1970 at the age of twenty. Like countless young Americans in that tumultuous time, she wanted to leave a country at war and explore Europe. Over the next three years, she lived in Barcelona, hitchhiked around Spain, and studied at the University of Granada, finding odd jobs to make ends meet. Set on becoming a writer, she read everything from Colette to Dickens to Borges, changing her style and her subject every few weeks, and gradually found her voice.'Incognito Street' is the story of a young woman's search for artistic, political, and sexual identity while digesting the changing world around her. As she sheds the ghosts of her childhood, we come to know her quiet yet adventurous spirit. In moments that are tender, funny, bewildering, and suspenseful, we see an evocative look at Europe through the blossoming writer's maturing eyes.