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On the eve of the First World War, sociology student Vandyck Jennings goes on an expedition with two of his friends to search for a society rumored to consist only of women. On the way to what they will name “Herland,” Van and his friends ponder the type of women they hope or expect to see when they get there … but they find no fantasies when they arrive. Herland is an all-female, community-driven utopia. Van and his friends are skeptical of a society that doesn’t even need men to procreate, but women and girls who live there have been raised in a world removed the patriarchy of the world.

Have you ever had to erase the board in your life? Whether starting over in a career, a relationship or an inner makeover, you may relate to Zero. Cristine shares her story of exiting an inauthentic life and entering the unknown. She uses the power of meditation, intention, and quantum tools to create a new future. Cristine shares the principles that elevated her faith and reignited her soul.

What if by breaking six specific rules, you could throw off the shackles of other peoples expectations and pursue a more authentic and liberating faith? Popular author and speaker Bill Perkins has a message for men who are willing to break the rules - the same ones that Jesus broke.

It’s springtime in the small coastal town of Quinby Haven. The bed and breakfast, Rousseau’s Retreat, is fully booked. Among the curious mixture of guests are a possible long-lost heir, a fussy, high-maintenance writer, a sad little man toting a backpack, and a woman who is doing a poor job of faking her vacation. And as the Fates would have it, each and every one of them has something to hide. So do some of the town's local residents. But secrecy is a dangerous thing. Secrets have the power to hurt others. They’re often driven by fear or greed. And there are no secrets that time does...

The best horror short stories from the last half of the nineteenth century are combined for the first time by Andrew Barger, award-winning author and editor of 6a66le: Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849. Andrew has researched the finest Victorian horror short stories and combined them into one undeniable collection. He has added his familiar scholarly touch by annotating the stories, providing story background information, author photos and a list of horror stories considered. Historic Horror. The best horror short stories from the last half of the 19th century include scary tales by Bram ...

Ready to break free from procrastination and step into your most productive, powerful self? The Inner Productivity Switch is your daily companion for unlocking focused energy, mental clarity, and unstoppable momentum—starting from the inside out. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, creative, student, or professional, this book offers the inner tools to help you stop spinning your wheels and start making real progress.

What to Eat on Your Period aims to support every girl/woman during their period by suggesting foods to overcome the problems they are likely to face. Educating them about the food that will ease menstrual cramps and neutralize their hormonal fluctuations. The goal of this book is for them to learn the basics of the menstrual cycle and get an understanding of foods, exercises, and other self-care activities to benefit from.

A young woman and her husband, John, a respected physician, spend a summer at a colonial mansion. John imposes a 'rest cure' on his wife when she suffers a 'nervous depression' following the birth of their child. The woman is largely confined to the nursery upstairs where she gradually gets lost in the sickly yellow wallpaper.

In her best-known work, The Yellow Wallpaper, Gilman writes about different kinds of oppression that women were exposed to at the time. Herland is a utopian novel from 1915, in which an isolated society composed entirely of women exists. The result is an ideal social order: free of war, conflict, and domination. The Crux tells the story of a group of New England women who move west to start a boardinghouse for men in Colorado. It is an important early feminist work that brings forward complicated issues of gender, citizenship, eugenics, and frontier nationalism.

Through the eyes of sociologist Van, listeners are invited into a land where motherhood is revered, cooperation triumphs over competition, and progress is built on logic, compassion, and education. As the men struggle to reconcile their expectations with reality, Herland challenges assumptions about gender, culture, and what it means to be civilized. With sharp wit and revolutionary insight, Charlotte Perkins-Gilman dismantles patriarchal norms and imagines a world transformed by equality and reason.

Suddenly, research findings require a paradigm shift in our view of the microbial world. The Human Microbiome Project at the National Institutes of Health is well under way, and unprecedented scientific technology now allows the censusing of trillions of microbes inside and on our bodies as well as in the places where we live, work, and play. This intriguing, up-to-the-minute book for scientists and nonscientists alike explains what researchers are discovering about the microbe world and what the implications are for modern science and medicine.

Are you interested in knowing more about Dark Psychology? Would you like to learn how to affect people and manipulate them to do what you want? And what about reading body language to escape manipulation and identify any attempt of emotional deception and covert persuasion? Would you like to become a good negotiator? Does the mind control theory amaze you? If your answer to these questions is yes, then keep reading! Dark Psychology is the process of getting a person into a situation in which he cannot overcome our forces or don't want to resist them. He is very dizzy and finds in us, ...

Discover stories of fear, triumph, and spectacular celebration in this warm-hearted novel of interconnected stories that celebrates the diversity of South Asian American experiences in a local community center. Discover stories of fear, triumph, and spectacular celebration in the fictional town...

Physician Ed Wheat has helped thousands of couples improve their love lives and build happier marriages. In Love Life for Every Married Couple he'll help you improve your marriage through sharing, touching, appreciating, and focusing healing attention on your mate...

In this Newbery Medal–winning novel, Debbie Pelbry wishes something would happen. So do her friends in their small hometown of Seldem. And things do happen: they meet new people (people with possibilities), they learn to do new things (like play the guitar or drive a car), and they spend time...

Chapter One - Muslims: Who Are They & What Do They Really Want? by Chuck Missler. Who and what is Jihad? What does it have to do with Israel? This presentation answers these questions and much more! Vintage Chuck Missler! Chapter Two - The Critical Importance of Studying Bible Prophecy by Andy Woods. Many churches today shy away from even mentioning Bible Prophecy, often calling it unnecessarily divisive. In this title, Andy tells us in no uncertain terms why tact is from the pit of hell.

Are you ready to embrace Kingdom entrepreneurship and unlock true success in both ministry and the marketplace? Made for More equips you with practical tools, Christian success principles, and biblical business strategies to help you build wealth, expand your influence, and live with divine purpose. This powerful Christian business book blends faith and business, offering a roadmap to navigate challenges, seize opportunities, and align your life with God’s divine plan.

When Lillie Tillman went out that morning, she never expected to find herself in the middle of another murder investigation. She discovers a dead body near the Seafood Shack in Quinby Haven. Not only does she know the murder victim, she’s found covered in blood and leaning over the body. There’s a witness accusing her of the murder. And according to rumors spreading like wild fire around the town, the man’s death is the result of a lover’s quarrel. Are they only rumors? Was the murder the result of a vicious argument? Jealousy? Greed? Was the victim just in the wrong place at the ...

Diagnosed by her physician husband with a “temporary nervous depression - a slight hysterical tendency” after the birth of her child, a woman is urged to rest for the summer in an old colonial mansion. Forbidden from doing work of any kind, she spends her days in the house’s former nursery, with its barred windows, scratched floor, and peeling yellow wallpaper. In a private journal, the woman records her growing obsession with the “horrid” wallpaper. Its strange pattern mutates in the moonlight, revealing what appears to be a human figure in the design.

Of all the things that could happen while making a delivery, Jolene Mackenzie never imagined being knocked down and crushed by a man who literally dies on top of her. Who is he? Why would someone want to kill him? Why did he keep mumbling the words “wrong one” before he died? And how will the chief of police turn all the facts around and blame this on Jolene? With things already going sideways, a local inn keeper discovers that his expensive painting is missing. Of course Jolene is now a suspect for both crimes. In order to clear her name, she will need to start her own investigation. ...