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Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters
Feminism isn't dead. It just isn't very cool anymore Enter Full Frontal Feminism, a book that embodies the forward-looking messages that author Jessica Valenti propagates on her popular website, Feministing.com. Covering a range of topics, including pop culture, health, reproductive rights, violence, education, relationships, and more, Valenti provides young women a primer on why feminism matters. Valenti knows better than anyone that young women need a smart-ass book that deals with real-life issues in a style they can relate to. No rehashing the same old issues. No belaboring where today's young women have gone wrong. Feminism should be something young women feel comfortable with, something they can own. Full Frontal Feminism is sending out the message to readers — yeah, you're feminists, and that's actually pretty frigging cool. .
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Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape
In this groundbreaking new look at rape edited by writer and activist Jaclyn Freidman and Full Frontal Feminism and He’s A Stud, She’s A Slut author Jessica Valenti, the way we view rape in our culture is finally dismantled and replaced with a genuine understanding and respect for female sexual pleasure. Feminist, political, and activist writers alike will present their ideas for a paradigm shift from the “No Means No” model—an approach that while necessary for where we were in 1974, needs an overhaul today. Yes Means Yes will bring to the table a dazzling variety of perspectives and experiences focused on the theory that educating all people to value female sexuality and pleasure leads to viewing women differently, and ending rape. Yes Means Yes aims to have radical and far-reaching effects: from teaching men to treat women as collaborators and not conquests, encouraging men and women that women can enjoy sex instead of being shamed for it, and ultimately, that our children can inherit a world where rape is rare and swiftly punished. With commentary on public sex education, pornography, mass media, Yes Means Yes is a powerful and revolutionary anthology. .
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He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know
Double standards are nothing new. Women deal with them every day. Take the common truism that women who sleep around are sluts while men are studs. Why is it that men grow distinguished and sexily gray as they age while women just get saggy and haggard? Have you ever wondered how a young woman is supposed to both virginal and provocatively enticing at the same time? Isn’t it unfair that working moms are labeled “bad” for focusing on their careers while we shake our heads in disbelief when we hear about the occasional stay-at-home dad? In 50 Double Standards Every Woman Should Know, Jessica Valenti, author of Full Frontal Feminism, calls out the double standards that affect every woman. Whether Jessica is pointing out the wage earning discrepancies between men and women or revealing all of the places that women still aren’t equal to their male counterparts—be it in the workplace, courtroom, bedroom, or home—she maintains her signature wittily sarcastic tone. With sass, humor, and in-your-face facts, this book informs and equips women with the tools they need to combat sexist comments, topple ridiculous stereotypes (girls aren’t good at math?), and end the promotion of lame double standards. .
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Tom Valenti's Soups, Stews, and One-Pot Meals: 125 Home Recipes from the Chef-Owner of New York City's Ouest and 'Cesca
This is the way we love to eat -- slowly braised, cut-with-a-spoon-tender meat resting in aromatic juices just waiting for the perfect piece of bread to come along and sop it up; a steaming bowl of chowder filled with chunks of fish and potatoes in rich broth laced with the smoky-sweet-salty flavor of bacon; a casserole that's spent some serious time in the oven as layer upon layer of creamy, soft cheese, pasta, herbs, and meat meld into a delectable whole. And as luck would have it, this is the way celebrated New York City chef Tom Valenti loves to cook. Considered Manhattan's grandmaster of comfort food, Valenti has made this beloved cooking his trademark. In fact, on any given night, you'll find him in his wildly successful Upper West Side restaurants Ouest and 'Cesca feeding the world's A-list -- Bill Clinton, Steven Spielberg, Charlie Rose, Jerry Seinfeld, Judy Collins, Joan Didion. Because, of course, this is the food they love to eat, too. In Tom Valenti's Soups, Stews, and One-Pot Meals, Valenti and coauthor Andrew Friedman dish up the flavor we've come to expect from a New York chef, without any of the fuss. This is food that gets better a day or two after it's made, food to make on the weekend and savor throughout a busy week, food that is perfect for dinner parties and family celebrations. Here are 125 realistic recipes for the home cook -- most made in one pot -- and all based on the fact that the right ingredients, left alone to cook in a single vessel with virtually no intervention from the cook, steadily build glorious flavor and leave far fewer pots to clean. The book includes "Variations" and "Tomorrow's Table," tips on ways to embellish a dish by adding vegetables or meats or provide economy by stretching it into another satisfying meal by simply adding another ingredient. Valenti and Friedman embrace what they term "cooking in the real world," encouraging home cooks to use canned stocks and beans whenever appropriate. They discuss key ingredients; offer a section on condiments, garnishes, and accompaniments; provide a list of mail-order sources; and recommend cookware (though you won't need a lot)..
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More than a Movie: Ethical Decision Making in the Entertainment Industry
If you laughed when you first read this title, you are probably ready to read this book. Starting with the pivotal question, Does media influence society? Miguel Valenti and a host of film-industry contributors present real ethical issues confronted daily when producing works of film. More Than a Movie engages social responsibility in young filmmakers, encouraging them to become aware of the possible consequences of the images and attitudes they choose. Peter Bogdanovich writes in the introduction: "In sophisticated circles today, the mere mention of ethics in filmmaking is bound to get a cynical laugh, one which says there aren't any, indeed, that the very subject is as archaic as the old Hollywood Production Code that supposedly kept filmmakers in line throughout the 30s and 40s and 50s. A laugh that says this is truly the era of anything goes--specifically, anything which makes as much money as possible." More Than a Movie is written as a tool for discussion and debate in professional as well as academic arenas. Historical as well as contemporary, the chapters give readers a framework to see and understand the issues. Clips from interviews with film-makers run throughout the text..
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Lippincott's Review Series: Critical Care Nursing
This handy, dependable guide moves readers beyond caring for medical-surgical patients Each chapter parallels Lippincott's Review Series: Medical-Surgical Nursing, and evolves beyond what is presented in that text, providing advanced assessment cues and correlated interventions. Designed for review, Critical Care Nursing outlines high acuity nursing processes -- including applicable maintenance and management in the home care setting -- providing up-close focus on essential material. Organized according to body system and diagnosis, the text also presents equipment trouble shooting, and lists and explains potential complications and their solutions..
Price: $75.88
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Disney's DuckTales: The Gold Odyssey (Disney's Duck Tales)
Presenting an epic feature-length DuckTales adventure by Bob Langhans (Battle of the Planets), back in print for the first time since 1991! A battle with Arctic poachers leads Scrooge and Launchpad to the discovery of highly unearthly gold nuggets... and a chase into space after an 84-karat asteroid! The treasure hunt would be tough enough without McDuck enemy Flintheart Glomgold horning in on it too... uh-oh!.
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Roller Skates (Newbery Library, Puffin)
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Cinema Houston: From Nickelodeon to Megaplex (Roger Fullington Series in Architecture)
Cinema Houston celebrates a vibrant century of movie theatres and moviegoing in Texas's largest city. Illustrated with more than two hundred historical photographs, newspaper clippings, and advertisements, it traces the history of Houston movie theatres from their early twentieth-century beginnings in vaudeville and nickelodeon houses to the opulent downtown theatres built in the 1920s (the Majestic, Metropolitan, Kirby, and Loew's State). It also captures the excitement of the neighborhood theatres of the 1930s and 1940s, including the Alabama, Tower, and River Oaks; the theatres of the 1950s and early 1960s, including the Windsor and its Cinerama roadshows; and the multicinemas and megaplexes that have come to dominate the movie scene since the late 1960s. While preserving the glories of Houston's lost movie palaces—only a few of these historic theatres still survive—Cinema Houston also vividly re-creates the moviegoing experience, chronicling midnight movie madness, summer nights at the drive-in, and, of course, all those tasty snacks at the concession stand. Sure to appeal to a wide audience, from movie fans to devotees of Houston's architectural history, Cinema Houston captures the bygone era of the city's movie houses, from the lowbrow to the sublime, the hi-tech sound of 70mm Dolby and THX to the crackle of a drive-in speaker on a cool spring evening. .
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The Wisdom Of Ginsu: Carve Yourself A Piece Of The American Dream
This is not a book about marketing, but a roadmap to realizing your dreams. Barry Becher and Ed Valenti set the stage for today’s infomercials with their now-famous television techniques. Their zany commercials-advertising such products as the Miracle Painter, Armourcote cookware, and, most famously, the Ginsu® knife-captured both the imagination and pocketbook of the American public. And they became millionaires in the process. But Wait, There’s More! You’ll learn how to get a better price on anything you buy, how to get better service anywhere, even how to get easily get bumped from coach to first class on an airline. How much would you pay for all the secrets of the universe? Don’t wait! Order The Wisdom of Ginsu® before midnight tonight. Operators are standing by. Satisfaction Guaranteed!.
Price: $1.39
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