Celebrating the idea that anything boys can do, girls can do better, an entertaining guide to adventure for girls of all ages covers everything from Twenty Books Every Girl Should Read to Cool Tricks with a Basketball, Building a Campfire, Every Girl's Toolkit, Queens of the Ancient World, and much [...]
The Daring Book for Girls is the manual for everything that girls need to know--and that doesn't mean sewing buttonholes Whether it's female heroes in history, secret note-passing skills, science projects, friendship bracelets, double dutch, cats cradle, the perfect cartwheel or the eternal mystery[...]
A sampling of some of what is to be included this time around: surfing how-to, rhythm sticks, horseback riding tips, April Fools Day history and pranks, Japanese Tea Ceremonies, a guide to making a labyrinth, how to sing, all about cowgirls, and how to organize a croquet tournament. Just as packed w[...]
Miriam Peskowitz offers a dramatic revision to our understanding of early rabbinic Judaism. Using a wide range of sources - archaeology, legal texts, grave goods, technology, art, and writings in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Latin - she challenges traditional assumptions regarding Judaism's historica[...]