In Sister Style, Nadia E. Brown and Danielle Casarez Lemi argue that Black women's political experience and the way that voters evaluate them is shaped overtly by their skin tone and hair texture, with hair being a particular point of scrutiny. They ask what the politics of appearance for Black women mean for Black women politicians and Black voters, and how expectations about self-presentation differ for Black women versus Black men, White men, and White women. Black women runnin...

"They don't think I'm viable, because I'm a Black woman with natural hair and no husband." This comment was made by Stacey Abrams shortly before the 2018 Democratic primary after she became the first Black woman to win a majory party's nomination for governor. Abrams' sentiment reflects the wider environment for Black women in politics, in which racist and sexist cultural ideas have long led Black women to be demeaned and fetishized for their physical appearance. In Sister Style, ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**'A moving portrait of Diwan and the Cairo that embraced it, an ode to all the people who have kept it going' Harvard ReviewIn 2002, three young women with no business degrees, no formal training, and nothing to lose founded a fiercely independent bookstore. At the time, nothing like Diwan existed in Cairo. Culture was languishing under government mismanagement, and books were considered a luxu...

JOINT WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZENadia Murad is a courageous young Yazidi woman who has endured unimaginable tragedy and degradation through sexual enslavement to ISIS. Six of Nadia's brothers were killed, and her mother soon after, their bodies swept into mass graves. But she has fought back.This inspiring memoir takes us from her peaceful childhood in Iraq through loss and brutality to safety in Germany. She is the subject of Alexandria Bombach's fi...

'Original, dark, and gritty, with enough humanity to keep you caring about its antiheroes and enough suspense to keep you turning the pages.' - CodyMcFadyen, author of Shadow ManTo the outside world Nadia Stafford is a smart, good-looking, law-abiding citizen. Well, two out of three's not bad...An ex-cop with a legal code all her own, Nadia has a secret life as a world-class assassin. She works only for one New York crime family, who pay h...

We've all come across the tech neck, suffered from stiff limbs or found ourselves slipping lower and lower into our desk chairs. Our modern lives of desk-jobs, zoom-calls and car commutes take their toll on our posture, often making us look slumped and haggard. But we might not realise that our bad posture can have far more significant effects.In Aligned, celebrated osteopath Nadia Alibhai reveals how bad alignment not only negatively impacts our musculoskeletal system, bu...

Democracy cannot be taken for granted, whether at home or internationally, and eternal vigilance (along with civic intelligence) is required to protect it. Approaching Democracy provides students with a framework to analyze the structure, process, and action of US government, institutions, and social movements. It also invites comparison with other countries. This globalizing perspective gives students an understanding of issues of governance and challenges to democracy here and e...

FROM THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE, AND RECIPIENT OF FRANCE'S LEGION OF HONOUR, NADIA MURAD RECLAIMS THE STORY OF HER LIFE IN THIS PROFOUNDLY MOVING MEMOIR INTRODUCED BY GLORIA STEINEM'Nadia is a fierce warrior for justice and a beautiful human being I feel privileged to know. She will inspire women for generations' AMAL CLOONEYIn 2014, Nadia Murad was living in northern Iraq when her world was shattered. ...

Chloe Brown, affetta da una malattia cronica, è una super nerd dalla vita noiosa e prevedibile, fatta di obiettivi, progetti e liste. Dopo essere quasi morta (quasi!), ha deciso che è giunto il momento di una svolta, e così - ovviamente - compila una lista di cose da fare: ubriacarsi, guidare una moto, andare in campeggio...e fare qualcosa di brutto. Passare dalle intenzioni ai fatti non è però così facile; le servirebbe una guida, un maestro... uno come Red Morgan, il suo misterio...

Since Europeans first colonized Arab lands in the 19th century, they have been pressing to have the area's indigenous laws and legal systems accord with Western models. Although most Arab states now have national codes of law that reflect Western influence, fierce internal struggles continue over how to interpret Islamic law, particularly in the areas of gender and family. From different geographical and ideological points across the contemporary Arab world, Haddad and Stowasser demonstrat...

`Telling my story of first, surviving genocide and then, as a captive of ISIS is not easy, but people must know.' The remarkable and courageous story of Nadia Murad, a twenty-three-year-old Yazidi woman who is working with Amal Clooney to challenge the world to fight ISIS on behalf on her people.With a foreword by Amal ClooneyA Nobel Peace Prize nominee and the first Goodwill Ambassador the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking of the United Nations and...

FROM THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE, AND RECIPIENT OF FRANCE'S LEGION OF HONOUR, NADIA MURAD RECLAIMS THE STORY OF HER LIFE IN THIS PROFOUNDLY MOVING MEMOIR INTRODUCED BY GLORIA STEINEM'Nadia is a fierce warrior for justice and a beautiful human being I feel privileged to know. She will inspire women for generations' AMAL CLOONEYIn 2014, Nadia Murad was living in northern Iraq when her world was shattered. ...