Gender studies: women and girls Books

A nightmare begins with alcohol addiction, followed by prescription drugs, overeating, and eventually gambling. This is a woman's journey back from the Hell she created.

Some people turn to God when they feel betrayed. The author considered God the betrayer. Anyone whose dreams have been shattered will relate to this story and may discover, as the author did, a road to peace and success.

Dedicated to her sons, "Lost At Home, Abroad" is the story of nurse Toni Marie, who serves in the Army Reserves. She lives in Arizona and works as a Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist at a treatment facility specializing in treating drug-addicted...

This autobiographical essay describes the experiences the author endured while attending a major educational institution. Rasheed emerged from her temptations and trials with a stronger relationship with God.

The global impact of Asian production of the wage goods consumed in North America and Europe is only now being recognized, and is far from being understood. Asian women, most only recently urbanized and in the waged work force, are at the center of a...

Milena Jesenská, born in Prague in 1896, is most famous as one of Franz Kafka's great loves. Although their relationship lasted only a short time, it won the attention of the literary world with the 1952 publication of Kafka's letters to Milena. Her own...

Wilderness Therapy for Women offers women risktaking adventure activities in the outdoors as an alternative to traditional therapy. The contributing authors illustrate the empowerment, confidence, and self-esteem women can derive from adventure and...

“Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses, and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.” – Joseph Addison“The secret of patience is to do something...

Victoria Stott’s story begins with her early memories of being raised by her adoptive parents on Canadian Forces Bases during the 1970s. Her older brother, also adopted, initiated a campaign of relentless torment and sexual abuse against Victoria...

Innocence in a Turbulent World is the heartfelt memoir, with simple illustrations, of a young girl's early childhood in rural Estonia before she was forced to flee her country after the events of WWII. Honest and down-to-earth, the narrative captures a...

In January 2016, Billi J Miller launched her first published book (a four-and-a-half year labour of love) celebrating "traditional" farmwives (between the ages of fifty-five and ninety) for their remarkable contributions to their families, farms, and to...

Parkinson’s Disease and Me: Walking the Path 2nd Edition was originally published in 2003. Many changes have occurred since then, and I have changed as a person and as a writer. I revised this book and added five new chapters in June 2012. I also...

Anne Clifford describes the dramatic and tragic events of her life in the seventeenth century. Of how she danced in the masques of Inigo Jones, experienced both joy and abuse in her two marriages, lost and gained an inheritance, and successfully defended...

The book deals with a broad range of contemporary and recurring empirical and practical issues encapsulated within the context of demographic inquiry and analysis. The papers included here reflect strands of thoughts and research that find expression in...

As a missionary pilot's wife, Ruth encountered many struggles when her way seemed the most logical and safe; however, God had His own plans for Ruth's life and ministry. When her husband was gone on lengthy flight missions and she was alone; when she...

The twentieth century and the first years of the twenty-first century witnessed economic and social upheaval perhaps unprecedented in history. Against this backdrop of drought and depression, Texas Girl reviews these changes from the perspective of a...

Before I formed youin the womb I knew you.-Jeremiah 1:5, NKJV When your Dreams Fall Short,God's Dreams For You Won't!Author Louise Goings explores a most sensitive subject-thosedreams of yours that have never come true. Should you keepon dreaming, or...

Are You the Ruby Woman? The word virtuous means high moral excellence. As you look into becoming the Virtuous Woman, you must realize she is of great value to God, and – more importantly – she is very rare. Rubies are the rarest and most...

Before Louise Scherbyn founded the Women's International Motorcycle Association, she was simply a working girl who loved motorcycling--at a time when women weren't allowed to wear pants, roads weren't hard-topped, and handlebars could come apart while...

Why did it seem strange when Battlestar Galactica ended its narrative on a religious note instead of providing a scientific explanation? And what does this have to do with gender? This book explores the connection between the triumph of religion and...

Well before television and the internet, there were women who sought fame, flirted with infamy, and actively engaged with their fan base. In today's pop culture world, it can be hard to understand what the lives of these women were like. In their...

Andrew Jackson is one of the most significant and controversial United States Presidents. This book follows Jackson's life and death through the lives of six women who influenced both his politics and his persona. His mother, Elizabeth Hutchinson...

Often funny, sometimes poignant short stories recall the author’s experiences as a rebellious young girl from Chicago. Growing up in the upper middle-class neighborhood of South Shore, she perpetually feels like a misfit, yearning to get out. Only...

When author Nalini Juthani and her new husband, Viren, left India for the United States in June of 1970, neither they nor their families knew this adventure would continue for a lifetime, that America would be the place where they would fulfill their...

Shackled to my circumstances, I was the perfect storm plagued by crisis... Divorcee, Single Mother, Living Paycheck to Paycheck, No Support System, Unfamiliar Territory! I made a choice! I am not a statistic! I found my purpose, my gift, my walk in life...

I am not an author, but I've kept a journal for most of my life. When I was in my teen years, I wrote in my journal but also wished I could know the thoughts and read the journal of another teenager. I thought I was the only one feeling what I was...