The Feminine Mystique
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Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women
The history of sexually manipulative women from biblical times to today. Continue Reading Posted in: Feminism, Feminist Theory, History of LGBT & Gender Studies, Sociological Aspects
Acid Dreams: The CIA, LSD and the Sixties Rebellion
Acid Dreams is the complete social history of LSD and the counterculture it helped to define in the sixties. Martin Lee and Bruce Shlain's exhaustively researched and astonishing account—part of… Continue Reading Posted in: Anthropology, Bibliography, Cultural Anthropology, Lsd (Drug), Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women
In the struggle for women's equality, there is one subject still shrouded in silence - women's compulsive pursuit of beauty. The myth of female beauty challenges every woman, every day… Continue Reading Posted in: Beauty Culture, Body Image, Cultural Characteristics
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
"Science seldom proceeds in the straightforward logical manner imagined by outsiders," writes James Watson in The Double Helix, his account of his codiscovery (along with Francis Crick) of the structure… Continue Reading Posted in: Biography, Biology, Genetics, Memoirs, Molecular Biology Research
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and… Continue Reading Posted in: Agriculture, Children's Books, Children's Nonfiction, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Pollution
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