![]() ![]() ![]() As her body gets in line with her mind, Juno tells not only her own story, but the story of everyone who is shaped by society's expectations of gender - and what we can do about it.įeaturing insights from well-known gender, feminist and trans activists including Rebecca Root, Laura Bates, Gemma Cairney, Anthony Anaxagorou, Hannah Witton, Alaska Thunderfuck and many more, The Gender Games is a frank, witty and powerful manifesto for a world in which everyone can truly be themselves. From men who can't cry to the women who think they shouldn't. From exclusionist feminists to 'alt-right' young men. From little girls who think they can't be doctors to teenagers who come to expect street harassment. Gender isn't just screwing over trans people, it's messing with everyone. And two years ago, as Juno Dawson went to tell her mother she was (and actually, always had been) a woman, she started to realise just how wrong we've been getting it. Before our names, before we have likes and dislikes - before we, or anyone else, has any idea who we are. 'It's a boy!' or 'It's a girl!' are the first words almost all of us hear when we enter the world. The Gender Games The Problem With Men and Women, From Someone Who Has Been Both Hardcover. Why we are all being messed up by gender, and what we can do about it? The Gender Games by Juno Dawson You might know Juno Dawson from her YA novels, but she’s also a fantastic nonfiction writer, and in The Gender Games she considers how gendered expectations and stereotypes damage everyone. ![]()
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So, without further ado, here is my large selection of candidates for your reading consideration. As for the order of appearance, there is absolutely no significance. In those cases, I just arbitrarily selected the category I felt most appropriate. This is an especially common occurrence for personal stories and memoirs that also focus on an adventure, place, history, culture, etc. I have tried to categorize the various selections, which may have been a mistake as many of these books could logically fall into multiple categories. My choices come from multiple best travel book lists (see below for links), recommendations from other travelers and my personal favorites. You won’t find much in the way of guidebooks, though there are a couple of suggestions which lean in that direction. This list of suggested travel books generally focuses on novels or personal histories that involve travel either directly or indirectly. Memoirs, Personal Stories and Reflective Writing (22).Exploration, Historical Accounts and Cultural Insights (15). ![]() ![]() ![]() The one I’m presently reading is: Think, Trade, and Grow Rich! by Benjamin Kahriman. It gives me the impression that my time is put to good use. Since it takes me 45 min to go to work, it makes a good 1 hour 30 minutes of reading every day that I take the metro. I read in the metro, in the bus, when I wait for the bus, in the escalator, seated or standing. That is the great advantage of not driving. ![]() You might have guessed it, I don’t drive. On the way to work and when I come back, you will find my eyes straight in a book. Let’s go ahead with the other options to keep our minds healthily busy. The principle stays the same, as long as you try improving or changing what you do, your brain won’t be bored. ![]() Maybe your manager isn’t responsive, but have you try to learn from another employee at your level? You still have many options around you to help your continuous learning. So you feel like you have learned everything from your current job but you don’t feel like changing jobs yet. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hope that is, in one of his favourite quotes from W.E.B Du Bois, “not hopeless, but a bit unhopeful.”He is the James S. In his writings, the country’s complexities, vulnerabilities, and the opportunities for hope come into full view. ![]() is an American critic in the tradition of James Baldwin and Ralph Waldo Emerson. for an intimate conversation with Ambassador Allan Katz and Both Sides co-host Mike McShane for “Cocktails and Politics” on Maat 6:00PM CST.Įddie S. Grab your favorite cocktail and join Professor Eddie S. is an intellectual who speaks to the complex dynamics of the American experience. His most well-known books, Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul, and In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America, take a wide look at black communities, the difficulties of race in the United States, and the challenges our democracy face. ![]() ![]() ![]() Set over the course of one school year in 1986, Eleanor and Park is funny, sad, shocking and true – an exquisite nostalgia trip for anyone who has never forgotten their first love. They fall in love the way you do the first time, when you’re 16, and you have nothing and everything to lose. Fangirl won the Silver Inky Award in 2015. Her other books include Landline, Eleanor and Park, and Carry On. Slowly, steadily, through late-night conversations and an ever-growing stack of mix tapes, Eleanor and Park fall in love. Rainbow Rowells adult debut, Attachments, was published in 2011. Quiet, careful and – in Eleanor’s eyes – impossibly cool, Park’s worked out that flying under the radar is the best way to get by. Then she takes the seat on the bus next to Park. All mismatched clothes, mad red hair and chaotic home life, she couldn’t stick out more if she tried. You can read this before Eleanor and Park PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.Įleanor is the new girl in town, and she’s never felt more alone. ![]() Here is a quick description and cover image of book Eleanor and Park written by Rainbow Rowell which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell ![]() ![]() The Yewbeam aunts (Grandma Bone’s three sisters) are also a little on the evil side and help Grandma when necessary to keep them in check.Ĭharlie gets a surprise visit from an “exterminator” named Onimous and the three flame cats (one yellow, one orange, one red). Gma Bone has kept them on a short leash so she can see if Charlie is endowed with a special gift (the photograph hearing). See, since Charlie’s dad died when he was two, Charlie lives with his mom, his mom’s mom (Maisie), his uncle Paton, and his dad’s mom (Grizelda Bone). Charlie doesn’t have a choice– the family is at the mercy of Grandma Bone et al. While his mom and grandma Maisie are frightened at this discovery, the Bone/Yewbeam side of the family is ecstatic and enroll him into Bloor’s Academy. Synopsis: Charlie discovers that he can hear people in photographs when he receives a photo of a father and daughter, and you can hear the photographer saying this will be the last time the father will see his little girl. Cuz that isn’t fair to ruin a whole series, ya know? Plus, this book is HARD to sum up and sound coherent. ![]() ![]() I’m going to do a summary of the first book (yeah, will probably include spoilers) but I don’t think I’ll continue to sum up the series. It gets a little confusing with the many characters, the various powers, etc. Before I get started, Charlie Bone is the protag in a series of books called The Children of the Red King. ![]() ![]() Edmondson "Learning in the Thick of It," by Marilyn Darling, Charles Parry, and Joseph Moore "Is Yours a Learning Organization?" by David A. Edinger "Find the Coaching in Criticism," by Sheila Heen and Douglas Stone "Teaching Smart People How to Learn," by Chris Argyris "The Feedback Fallacy," by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall "The Leader as Coach," by Herminia Ibarra and Anne Scoular "Strategies for Learning from Failure," by Amy C. This collection of articles includes "Learning to Learn," by Erika Andersen "Making Yourself Indispensable," by John H.
![]() ![]() At the time of his birth, Haley's father, Simon, a World War I veteran, was a graduate student in agriculture at Cornell University, and his mother, Bertha, was a musician and teacher.įor the first years of his life, Haley, who was called Palmer during childhood, lived with his grandparents Cynthia and Will in Henning, Tennessee, while his father finished his studies. Haley was born Alexander Murray Palmer Haley on August 11, 1921, in Ithaca, New York. Nonetheless, Roots has remained a groundbreaking work in the public imagination. Major controversy ensued, however, when Haley was accused of plagiarism and presenting historical and genealogical inaccuracies. ![]() The Pulitzer Prize-winning book was turned into a 1977 miniseries that became one of the most popular TV shows of all time. ![]() The following decade, Haley made history with his book Roots, chronicling his family line from Gambia to the enslaved-holding South. He eventually helmed a series of interviews for Playboy magazine and later co-authored The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Coast Guard for two decades before pursuing a career as a writer. ![]() ![]() He did publish one monograph study, based on his graduate thesis, Church, kingship, and lay investiture in England, 1089-1135, which appeared in 1958 and remains an important contribution to the topic of church-state relations in medieval England. After a brief stint as Fulbright Professor at the Tel Aviv University History Department (1987–88), he devoted himself to working as a full-time writer.Īlthough his early work focused on English religious and intellectual history, Cantor's later scholarly interests were far more diverse, and he found more success writing for a popular audience than he did engaging in more narrowly-focused original research. ![]() He then went on to New York University, where he was professor of history, sociology and comparative literature. He was a Leff professor at Brandeis University until 1970 and then was at SUNY Binghamton until 1976, when he took a position at University of Illinois at Chicago for two years. Strayer.Īfter teaching at Princeton, Cantor moved to Columbia University from 1960 to 1966. He received his doctorate from Princeton in 1957 under the direction of the eminent medievalist Joseph R. ![]() He went on to get his master's degree in 1953 from Princeton University and spent a year as a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford. Born in Winnipeg, Canada, Cantor received his B.A. ![]() |