Ever since she was a little girl in Mexico, Juana Ines de la Cruz showed great interest in books and learning. And that was back when women were not usually allowed to study Juana decided to become a nun to be able to read and learn all that she wanted. But that wasn't the only thing she achieved: [...]

The vibrant new novel from Isabel Allende takes her back to her homeland of Chile, and tells the story of the first Spanish woman to arrive on its shores with the Conquistadors in the 1500s. A real historical figure, Ines Suarez came to Chile with the Conquistadors in 1540, helping to claim the terr[...]

In the early years of the conquest of the Americas, Ines Suarez, a seamstress condemned to a life of toil, flees Spain to seek adventure in the New World. As Ines makes her way to Chile, she begins a fiery romance with Pedro de Valdivia, war hero and field marshal to the famed Francisco Pizarro. Tog[...]

This book provides essential career guidance for corporate women with talent and ambition, as well as advice for HR leaders on managing a diverse workforce. The author sets out nine job assignments that every woman should have on her job resume in order to lay the way for promotion and progression. [...]

Cultural Mobility, first published in 2009, is a blueprint and a model for understanding the patterns of meaning that human societies create. Drawn from a wide range of disciplines, the essays collected here under the distinguished editorial guidance of Stephen Greenblatt share the conviction that c[...]

The politics of Utopia have already produced a rich and varied literature - St. Simon, Buber, Bloch, and many others. Utopian Pulse explores this tradition from the perspective of art practice and asks how we can engage with and contribute to it. This book will be published alongside an exhibition o[...]

Called the "Quintessence of the Baroque" and "Bridge to the Enlightenment," Mexican writer and nun Sor Juana In's de la Cruz has also been celebrated as the "First Feminist of the New World." Feminist Perspectives on Sor Juana In's de la Cruz fills a gap in the scholarship on Sor Juana by exploring [...]

In today's networked world, the public sector is tapping into new media applications to increase government organizations' participation, transparency and collaboration. The book contains a review of the current state of the public administration literature and shows how Government 2.[...]