This landmark study offers a rogues' gallery of women—from the Colonial Era to the 20th century—who answered abuse and oppression with murder: "A classic" ( Gloria Steinem).Women rarely resort to murder. But when they do, they are likely to kill their intimates: husbands, lovers, or children. In Women Who Kill, journalist Ann Jones explores these homicidal patters and what they reflect about women and our culture. She considers notorious cases suc...

From the renowned authority on domestic violence, a startlingly original inquiry into the aftermath of wars and their impact on the least visible victims: womenIn 2007, the International Rescue Committee, which brings relief to countries in the wake of war, wanted to understand what really happened to women in war zones. Answers came through the point and click of a digital camera. On behalf of the IRC, Ann Jones spent two years traveling through Africa, East Asia, ...

"Whether you're an individual woman looking for help or a reader looking for the truth about the thousands of women who are battered by the men they live with, Next Time, She'll Be Dead is the one book you should read." —Gloria SteinemAt least 1 in 4 women will be abused during her lifetime—that is 25% of our mothers, daughters, sisters, partners, and friends. Thousands will be killed. As author Ann Jones observes, despite its devastation battering is regar...

A sharp and arresting people's-eye view of real life in Afghanistan after the TalibanSoon after the bombing of Kabul ceased, award-winning journalist and women's rights activist Ann Jones set out for the shattered city, determined to bring help where her country had brought destruction.Here is her trenchant report from inside a city struggling to rise from the ruins. Working among the multitude of impoverished war widows, retraining Kabul's long-silenced Engl...

A nostalgic insight into what it was like to grow up in Australia in the 1930s and 40s, mixed with undertones of delightful humour and fading innocence.

On the surface, Ann's life seemed picture-perfect: a loving marriage and three beautiful children. However, the reality was far from ideal. Ann found herself trapped in an abusive marriage, subjected to physical harm, emotional distress, and relentless criticism. She struggled with feelings of inadequacy, shame, and guilt. Ann lost herself and became someone unrecognizable. Yet, every day she put on a smile, striving to portray the picture-perfect family. Does Ann's story resonate with you...

The authoritative portrait of one of Britain's greatest music icons: the late Freddie Mercury.'Exactly the sort of tribute Mercury himself would have wanted' - SPECTATORThis is the definitive biography of Freddie Mercury. Written by an award-winning rock journalist, Lesley-Ann Jones toured widely with Queen forming lasting friendships with the band. Now, having secured access to the remaining band members and those...

How can Ann Jones be a widow before her husband’s even dead?Ann Jones knows the difference between a daydream, a fantasy, and a vision.She’s a decent, middle-class mom with a respectable husband and two kids.And a “wild imagination.”But what kind of decent woman imagines her husband dead, a relocation across the country, a new career, the perfect boyfriend, and most importantly, Knitting Club?Not just any old Knitting Club. Th...

Jones gives practical advice as to how we can engage in deep inner work through focused journaling. She shares exercises that can act as powerful tools in reframing the pieces of our past and our life stories so that suffering becomes meaningful and can boost our healing, empowerment, growth, and transformation.

Echoes From My Heart is a compellation of poems I have been writing for many years. It's a collection of poems inspired throughout my life's challenges and joys. My family and friends offered continuous inspiration and encouragement.Thank you for purchasing this book, and I hope it touched you in some way. The poems are divided into nine topics, so you can choose to read the poems in any order. Each topic page has a scripture to share God's word for the upcoming poems. Read these p...

Tomdispatch.com has established itself as the go-to blog for contemporary US politics, and the favored website for leading commentators; its powerful, no-holds-barred essays resonate throughout the global online media. This comprehensive volume offers readers a chance to catch up on some of the finest political analysis of our age, from Afghanistan and Iraq through Guant�namo and extraordinary rendition, Hurricane Katrina, global warming, black gold, and the misbegotten 'clash of civilizat...

Farm women of the twentieth-century South have been portrayed as oppressed, worn out, and isolated. Lu Ann Jones tells quite a different story in Mama Learned Us to Work. Building upon evocative oral histories, she encourages us to understand these women as consumers, producers, and agents of economic and cultural change.As consumers, farm women bargained with peddlers at their backdoors. A key business for many farm women was the “butter and egg trade” — small-scale dairy...