In this brilliantly original book, Camille Paglia identifies some of the major patterns that have endured in western culture from ancient Egypt and Greece to the present.

The works of Rainey, Smith, and Holiday have been largely misunderstood by critics.

This is the first book to fo.

Carol Gilligan believes that psychology has persistently and systematically misunderstood women.

Offers a guide to fighting back against Satan's temptations though the use of prayer, outlining advice on developing personal prayer strategies to counter the enemy's diverse assault strategies.

In this illuminating study, Mohja Kahf traces the process through which the "termagant" became an "odalisque" in Western representations of Muslim women.

Death, for bacteria, is not inevitable.

The World Split Open challenges us to understand how the women's movement has forever altered our lives and why the revolution is far from over.

Annotation Reports Nightingale's accomplishments in developing a public heath care system based on disease prevention. Includes papers, letters and "Notes on Nursing for the Labouring Classes."

"Volatile Bodies demonstrates that the sexually specific body is socially constructed: biology or nature is inherently social and has no pure or natural 'origin' outside culture.