Examines the fear of sexual intimacy, focusing on recovery from childhood sexual trauma in order to create healthy adult sexuality[...]
First published in 1993, Transforming a Rape Culture has provided a new understanding of sexual violence and its origins in this culture. This groundbreaking work seeks nothing less than fundamental cultural change: the transformation of basic attitudes about power, gender, race, and sexuality.
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A step-by-step guide to quitting alcohol & drugs--simple, concise directions for determining if you have a problem, preparing to quit, getting help and support, quitting and preventing relapse.[...]
How can computers distinguish the coherent from the unintelligible, recognize new information in a sentence, or draw inferences from a natural language passage? Computational semantics is an exciting new field that seeks answers to these questions, and this volume is the first textbook wholly devote[...]
The defeat of South Vietnam was arguably America's worst foreign policy disaster of the 20th Century. Yet a complete understanding of the endgame--from the 27 January 1973 signing of the Paris Peace Accords to South Vietnam's surrender on 30 April 1975--has eluded us. Black April addresses that def[...]
New and experienced weavers alike are always on the lookout for new weave-structure patterns. The Weaver's Idea Book presents a wide variety of patterns for the simple rigid-heddle loom, accompanied by harness drafts for multishaft looms. The techniques include leno, Brooks bouquet, soumak, and embr[...]
Presenting the posthuman future in its wildest science-fictional imaginings and intriguing speculations, this far-reaching anthology of fiction and nonfiction traces the path of the Singularity, an era when advances in technology totally transform human reality. The featured stories and essays trave[...]
Not merely an artistic or literary movement as many believe, the surrealists rejected the labels of artist and author bestowed upon them by outsiders, accepting instead the titles of magician, alchemist, or--in the case of Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo--witch. Their paintings, poems, and othe[...]
Store your notes, journal entries, and daily recipes, substitutions, and to-do lists within the pages of this beautiful and inspirational journal. Inspiring, thoughtful and compassionate-this guided journal is the perfect tool for you to keep your thoughts, reflections, inspirations, recipes, to-do [...]
This third and final volume in the acclaimed "Fish Diseases and Disorders" trilogy addresses infectious diseases of finfish and shellfish caused by viruses, bacteria and fungi. Topics covered include infectious pancreatic necrosis virus, infectious hematopoictic necrosis virus, viral diseases of col[...]
Postcolonial literature has often tended to invite readings that focus on the relation between texts and political contexts, not surprisingly perhaps, given the fraught historical moments of colonialism and decolonisation with which it frequently engages. Nevertheless, critics such as Nicholas Harri[...]
Asian Extreme cinema is hot, and this book lays it out in all its gory glory. Patrick Galloway, who last looked at samurai movies in his well-received Stray Dogs and Lone Wolves, now takes on Asian masters of suspense, exploitation, the supernatural, and bone-chilling, blood-curdling fear and evil. [...]
From drug lords to corrupt bankers to the things that go bump in the night, no evils that plague the streets will be safe when Robyn Locksley sets up shop as a private detective in New York City. While Robyn settles into her new life, the Cabal, a collective of mysterious and powerful individuals, s[...]
With the four realms of power - Myst, Neverland, Oz, and Wonderland - at Sela Mather's fingertips, life as the Guardian of Earth has never been more work. However, when Sela is put in charge of a group of young, powerful Highborns, she finds that protecting the world from the threat of otherworldly [...]
Developed in the spirit of C G Jung, and extended by the work of James Hillman, 'Depth Psychology: Meditations in the Field' grows directly from the soil of the Romantic Movement of the 19th century.[...]
This book presents contributions from different authors covering the mythical basis for different religions. It also shows how psychology and philosopy have been influenced by myths.[...]
For years, Class Comics has been creating and publishing amazing gay erotic comics that touch readers on many levels. Each title is brimming with exciting stories, lovable characters, and incredible art. Big Loads: The Class Comics Stash Volume 2 collects six of Class Comics' hottest titles by creat[...]
With over 500 entries - including common expressions, people, places, and moments of otaku history - this is the essential 'A to Z' of all the facts Japanese pop-culture fans need to know! Otaku: Nerd; geek or fanboy originates from a polite second-person pronoun meaning 'your home' in Japanese. Sin[...]
In the slums of eighteenth-century France, Jean Baptiste Grenouille is born with the sublime gift of an absolute sense of smell and one day, he catches the scent of a beautiful young virgin?a scent that drives him to the terrifying quest of creating the ""ultimate perfume." "[...]