Product Description: A battle ends and the fight begins…

In this stunning debut novella, Rebecca Walker turns her attention to the power of love and the limitations of the human heart. When Farida, a sophisticated college student, falls in love with Adé, a young Swahili man living on an idyllic island off the coast of Kenya, the two plan to marry and envision a simple life together—free of worldly possessions and concerns. But when Farida contracts malaria and finds herself caught in the middle of a civil war, reality crashes in around them. The lovers’ solitude is interrupted by a world in the throes of massive upheaval that threatens to tear them apart, along with all they cherish.   Haunting, exquisite, and certain to become a classic, Adé will stay with you long after you put it down. This is a timeless love story set perfectly, heartbreakingly, in our time.

Product Description: In this stunning debut novel, Rebecca Walker turns her attention to the power of love and the limitations of the human heart. When Farida, a sophisticated college student, falls in love with Adé, a young Swahili man living on an idyllic island off the coast of Kenya, the two plan to marry and envision a simple life together―free of worldly possessions and concerns...read more

Product Description: Black Cool explores the ineffable state and aesthetic of Black Cool. From the effortless reserve of Miles Davis in khakis on an early album cover, to the shock of resistance in black women’s fashion from Angela Davis to Rihanna, to the cadence of poets as diverse as Staceyann Chin and Audre Lorde, Black Cool looks at the roots of Black Cool and attempts to name elements of the phenomena that have emerged to shape the global expectation of cool itself...read more

Collects short fictional works about the meaning and significance of what it means to be multiracial in today's America.

Product Description: From the international bestselling author of Black, White, and Jewish comes a "wonderfully insightful" (Associated Press) book that's destined to become a motherhood classic. Now in trade. Like many women her age, thirty-four-year-old Rebecca Walker was brought up to be skeptical of motherhood...read more

Product Description: In the emergency room of a New York City hospital, a young doctor is confronted by seemingly abnormal behavior and severe medical symptoms in children under the age of two. Intrigued by the circumstances surrounding her initial case, Dr...read more

Addresses a spectrum of personal and social influences affecting legalized abortion today, sharing a diverse range of pro-choice writings about such topics as the moral ambiguities of pro-life supporters, the inherent dangers of restricting medical care, and the personal experiences of pro-choice individuals. Original.

A groundbreaking compilation of essays sheds new light on the meaning of masculinity in the twenty-first century, gender relations, sex, work, violence, and other key issues in an anthology that features contributions by Michael Datcher, Michael Moore, Anthony Swofford, Ruth Bettelheim, and other influential writers, philosophers, and social critics. Reprint.

A thought-provoking compendium of original essays offers reflections on the issues of modern-day feminism, covering such topics as the role of black women in hip-hop, corporate media and the news, the GirlZine movement, transsexual and transgendered people, and women's prospects for the future, in works by Ayana Bird, Jennifer Bleyer, Anna Kirkland, and other notables. Original. 17,500 first printing.

Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In a memoir about the power of race to shape one's personal identity, the daughter of a Jewish father and African American mother recalls her confusing but ultimately rewarding life lived between two conflicting ethnic identities.

A collection of personal, multicultural reflections by women presents a series of essays that reflect on their views of society's standard of beauty and of female identity, with works by Nomy Lamm, Lisa Jervis, and other writers of the new feminist generation. Original. (view table of contents)

An anthology of essays by up-and-coming feminist and gay writers reevaluates the objectives and philosophy of the feminist movement, calling for more emphasis on liberating women than on guarding their sexual behavior

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