Rowena: 250 books

A sharp, angry, but brilliantly controlled look into exploitation and how it feels to be exploited. It shows the pain behind luxury. And it's got some damn good descriptions of fur farming...

Murder by the Book? is a thorough - and thoroughly enjoyable - look at the blossoming genre of the feminist crime novel in Britain and the United States. Sally Munt asks why the form has proved so attractive as a vehicle for oppositional politics; whether the pleasures of detective fiction can be...

Pray it Forward: Daily Meditations has 366 devotions and is intended to help individuals grow spiritually and to achieve a higher level of God Consciousness. The book has the thought for the day, an inspirational saying or scripture, plus a short meditation and a prayer. The purpose of this book is...

In acest roman de iubire contemporan, Meg simte ca viata ei personala, precum si cariera sa, sunt pline de rutina, dar considera ca isi poate schimba soarta daca este destul de curajoasa sa ia decizii neobisnuite. De aceea, ea hotaraste sa isi testeze norocul in Paris, unde se va regasi in mijlocul...

A new colleague and a mysterious admirer make life infinitely more interesting for House of Commons secretary Grace, but is everything really as it seems? Grace Ambrose, Brett Beamish and Reuben Swift appear to have little in common, but as each of them negotiates metropolitan life, they find their...

Many people influenced my desire to write poetry. My mother wrote poetry and set a good example. My father was a language professor at a university, and the major discussions during our meals concerned words. My musical training made it natural to think of poetry as the music of words and to...

Asian Americans and the Shifting Politics of Race examines the political and discursive struggles around the dismantling of race-based admissions policies in an elite public high school in San Francisco. The book analyzes the arguments put forth by plaintiffs in and the media's depiction of the case,...

It is 4:30 on a Saturday morning at Barrio Santa Inez, in the town of La Paz, Zambales. Gabriel Alvarez is roused from sleep by a farmer who has come to report that four thieves are making off with the coffin of a recently buried, rich Chinese businessman. Compelled to pursue the perpetrators but...

This book is an ethnographic study of Muslim survivors of ethnic strife in Mumbai and two major cities of Gujarat. Based on narratives of and interviews with Muslim men and women, it tries to understand the world and worldviews of those who have seen and lived through one or several violent confrontations...

Exam board: AQA Level: A-level Subject: Politics First teaching: September 2017 First exams: Summer 2018 (AS); Summer 2019 (A-level) With My Revision Notes, every student can: - Plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner - Consolidate subject knowledge...

With My Revision Notes, every student can: - Plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner - Consolidate subject knowledge by working through clear and focused content coverage - Test understanding and identify areas for improvement with regular 'Now Test Yourself'...

The chapters in this book explore the impact of recent shifts in global and regional power and the subsequent development and enforcement of international refugee protection standards in the Asia Pacific region. Drawing on their expertise across a number of jurisdictions, the contributors assess the...

EU law applies in a significant range of areas where public bodies take decisions that are susceptible to judicial review and it is an increasingly important element of the treatment of powers and remedies in public law. EU Law in Judicial Review is the only text of its kind to focus specifically...

“Surviving the Sierras” is told through the eyes of twelve year old Jessica. Jessica, Crystal, and Sarah, along with their mother are traveling together when their plane experiences technical difficulties and drops angrily to the ground. The girls are faced with harsh snowstorms, hunger, coyotes,...