A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse by the award-winning author of Her Body and Other Parties In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happened to her shaped the person she was becoming. And it's that struggle that gives the book its original structure: each chapter is driven by its own narrative trope--the haunted house, erotica, the bildungsroman--through which Machado holds the events up to the light and examines them from different angles. She looks back at her religious adolescence, unpacks the stereotype of lesbian relationships as safe and utopian,
V naší podkategorii Knihy v kategorii Hobby najdete široký výběr knih, které vám pomohou rozšířit vaše hobby do nových dimenzí. S našimi knihami se dozvíte nejen nové techniky a triky, ale také se seznámíte s historií a teorií za vaším koníčkem. Od knih o malování a kreslení přes knihy o fotografii, ušití oblečení a pletení až po knihy o zahradničení a vaření. Prohlédněte si naší širokou nabídku a vyberte si tu, která vás bude zajímat nejvíce. Buďte kreativní a nechte se inspirovat!
\"It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me think.\" --Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little LiesThis is how a family keeps a secret...and how that secret ends up keeping them.This is how a family lives happily ever after...until happily ever after becomes complicated.This is how children change...and then change the world.This is Claude. He\'s five years old, the youngest
The Japanese philosopher and aesthete\'s definitive, hugely influential exposition of his philosophy of folkcrafts, setting out the hallmarks of Japanese design as we know it today: anonymity, quality, simplicity and honesty--and, of course, wabi-sabi, the beauty of imperfection A Penguin Classic Our lives are filled with objects. Everyday things used in everyday settings, they are our constant companions.
Dan and Cathy\'s swinging adventures continue in this SUNSTONE spin-off as their relationship is strained, perhaps irreparably. Love conquers all in this stylish slice-of-life take on an ethically non-monogamous
1967. Robert Mapplethorpe knows he is an artist. From his childhood home in Queens he yearns for the heat and excitement of the city, the press of other people\'s bodies. He wants to be watched, he wants to be known. 1891. Walt Whitman has already found fame, and has settled into his own sort of old age. Still childlike, still passionate, he travels with his friend and biographer Bucke to the city
His opponents - including editors, union representatives, lawyers and judges - were beaten into submission. Caroline Moorehead draws readers into the lives of this remarkable family - their loves, their loyalties, their laughter and their ultimate
Please take your seat. The concert is about to begin \"An ideal way to introduce children to the magic of music--delightful, charming, wonderfully entertaining, beautifully illustrated.\"--Gerard Schwarz, Music Director, the All-Star Orchestra Discover what a symphony is. Who Beethoven was. What happens when a conductor takes the podium and faces of the orchestra. And when you should and shouldn\'t
Embarking on a cruise from Gibraltar and heading off to Barcelona, Rome and Pisa and Florence, eight passengers meet at dinner and, from that moment on, their lives are inextricably linked as they cruise between beautiful cities and historic
Never has the saying \"the enemy of my enemy is my friend\" had more truth than when the US government and the criminal underground joined forces to defeat the Nazi menace. For the first time ever the full story of how Charles \"Lucky\" Luciano--the U.S. Mafia boss who put the \"organized\" into organized crime--was recruited by U.S. Naval Intelligence in 1944 to aid the Allied war effort in the U.S.
The Oxford Handbook of Sexual and Gender Minority Mental Health provides a comprehensive and authoritative review of research on the mental health of sexual minorities-defined as those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, or same-gender attracted; as well as the mental health of gender minorities-defined as individuals who do not fully identify with their sex assigned at birth, including
A collection of stories and 100 sweet and savory French-inspired recipes from popular food blogger David Lebovitz, reflecting the way Parisians eat today and featuring lush photography taken around Paris and in David\'s Parisian kitchen. In 2004, David Lebovitz packed up his most treasured cookbooks, a well-worn cast-iron skillet, and his laptop and moved to Paris. In that time, the culinary culture
This book is for the most part a straightforward translation of the ninth edition of Roparz Hemon\'s Grammaire bretonne. In preparing this edition, a number of sections in the grammar had to be changed for the benefit of the English-speaking reader. Many, but not all, of these additions may be found in the notes to the various
It\'s been more than a decade since Dr. Jonathan Wright introduced the concept of bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) with the book Natural Hormone Replacement for Women Over 45 (Wright JVW, Morgenthaler J. Smart Publications, 1997), at a time when only a handful of clear thinking, knowledgeable doctors had ever heard about bio-identical hormones. Many women first learned the truth about
Throne of Blood (1957), Akira Kurosawa\'s reworking of Macbeth, is widely considered the greatest film adaptation of Shakespeare ever made.In a detailed account of the film, Robert N. Watson explores how Kurosawa draws key philosophical and psychological arguments from Shakespeare, translates them into striking visual metaphors, and inflects them through the history of post-World War II Japan. Watson
\'Draws on a vital history of trans performance - an emerging canon that may no longer be ignored.\' - Morgan M Page, from her foreword Seven turbulent years. Five radical performances. One landmark publication. None of Us is Yet a Robot charts artist and performer Emma Frankland\'s gender transition against a shifting social and political landscape, while grappling with the systematic erasure of trans
A bright and bold series for young children getting to grips with emotions and taking their first steps exploring their wider
The Not So Little Princess is growing up Being a princess, she is always having to entertain new friends and she never likes them. But when Ollie, with his strange old-fashioned way of speaking, turns up at the palace one day, Rosie realizes she\'s never met anyone quite like him before. It\'s not long before they get up to
In late September 2005, Robert Polidori traveled to New Orleans to record the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina and by the city\'s broken levees. He found the streets deserted, and, without electricity, eerily dark. The next day he began to photograph, house by house: \"All the places I went in, the doors were just open. They had been opened by what I collectively call Ithe army, \' of maybe
Life in a grand Norwegian mountain hotel is not what it used to be; Norwegians have deserted the traditions of their nati- ve land, with its invigorating ski trips and lake-fresh trout, for charter tours to \'the infernal south\'. Sedd\'s grandparents are fighting a losing battle to maintain standards at Fåvnesheim hotel, which has been in the family for generations, whilst the young Sedd observes
Eliminate self-doubt, perfectionism and anxiety and develop more confidenceDo you want to live your life without fear of other people\'s disapproval?Do you wake up dreading the day feeling discouraged with what you\'ve accomplished in life?Do you want to develop more confidence in yourself overcome low self-esteem, insecurity, and self-doubt?In this guide to self-love, international bestselling author
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