An introduction to the people, places, customs, industries, and foods of Canada

Product Description: In the 1920s, when the franchise was extended to put women in Britain on an equal footing with men, it was still to be many years before women held positions of real power in their own right. But other channels of influence had always been open to some - those women of the social and political elite...read more

George Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Margaret Atwood, Ursula Le Guin, and others give free play to their imaginations in stories of fantasy and science fiction

Exploring the complexities of female sexuality and desire, a collection of erotic short stories features works by thirty-one contributors, including Kathy Acker, Edith Wharton, Isabelle Allende, Gertrude Stein, and Amy Yamada (view table of contents)

For some, fantasy is a descent into the unconscious, an expression of repressed fears or desires; for others it is an exploration of weird and wonderful landscapes inhabited by playful and provocative beings drawn into a deceptive web of morality and myth. This anthology, companion to "The Penguin Book of Classic Fantasy by Women", aims to show that fantasy has been an important vehicle for women to express the diversity of their writings. It contains 38 stories written from 1941 to the present, featuring authors such as Daphne du Maurier, Muriel Spark, Margaret Attwood, P.D. James, Fay Weldon, Ursula le Guin and Angela Carter. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Increasing privatization and greater reliance on the market have changed the concept of the welfare state. This coherent volume examines recent developments and assesses the implications for the rights of citizenship and the role of welfare in society...read more