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  • The Mommy Myth

    The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined Women

    by Susan Douglas, Meredith Michaels ...
    Susan Douglas first took on the media's misrepresentation of women in her funny, scathing social commentary Where the Girls Are. Now, she and Meredith Michaels, have turned a sardonic (but never jaundiced) eye toward the cult of the new momism: a trend in American culture that is causing women to feel that only through the perfection of motherhood can true contentment be found. This vision of ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • In Our Prime

    How Older Women Are Reinventing the Road Ahead

    by Susan J. Douglas ...
    “[A] galvanizing manifesto.” —New York Times Book Review, Editors’ ChoiceWith a sharp sense of justice and wit, Susan J. Douglas raises the alarm about ageist attacks against women, whether pushed out of jobs, caricatured in the media, or preyed upon by the anti-aging industry. Douglas celebrates women defying stereotypes and embracing activism and puts forward a plan for a brighter future for all ... Read more

    $17.49 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Harlequin Romance February 2016 Box Set

    An Anthology

    by Barbara Wallace, Susan Meier, Michelle Douglas, Katrina Cudmore ...
    Harlequin® Romance brings you four new titles for one great price,available now! Experience the rush of falling in love! This Harlequin®Romance box set includes:SAVED BY THE CEO (The Vineyards of Calanetti)Barbara WallaceIn need of peace and quiet, Louisa Harrison has escaped to Tuscany. But gorgeous local tycoon Nico sends her heart into overdrive…especially when he kisses her! In Nico’s arms she ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Celebrity

    A History of Fame

    by Andrea McDonnell, Susan J. Douglas ...
    Series Book 13 - Critical Cultural Communication
    The historical and cultural context of fame in the twenty-first centuryToday, celebrity culture is an inescapable part of our media landscape and our everyday lives. This was not always the case. Over the past century, media technologies have increasingly expanded the production and proliferation of fame. Celebrity explores this revolution and its often under-estimated impact on American culture. ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

  • Listening In

    Radio and the American Imagination

    by Susan J. Douglas ...
    Few inventions evoke such nostalgia, such deeply personal and vivid memories as radio—from Amos ’n’ Andy and Edward R. Murrow to Wolfman Jack and Howard Stern. Listening In is the first in-depth history of how radio culture and content have kneaded and expanded the American psyche.But Listening In is more than a history. It is also a reconsideration of what listening to radio has done to American ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Battle of Betazed

    by Charlotte Douglas, Susan Kearney ...
    Series series Star Trek: The Next Generation
    Counselor Deanna Troi and the crew of the USS Enterprise work to carry out a perilous and desperate plan to stop the invasion of her home planet of Betazed by the Dominion conquerors.In the darkest hours of the Dominion War, as the Federation’s downfall seemed ever more certain, Jem’Hadar and Cardassian forces conquered Betazed, the homeworld of Deanna Troi. Their victory sent shock waves through ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Self Psychology

    Comparisons and Contrasts

    Edited by Douglas Detrick, Susan Detrick, Arnold Goldberg ...
    This collection of "comparisons and contrasts" explores Heinz Kohut's self psychology in relation to a wide-ranging group of modern thinkers, both inside and outside of analysis. Separate sections analyze self psychology alongside Freud and the first generation of psychoanalytic dissidents; British object relations theorists; and contemporary theorists like Kernberg, Mahler, Lacan, and Masterson. ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD

  • Undefeated

    Confessions of a Tibetan Warrior

    by Paljor Thondup ...
    The active resistance to the Chinese invasion of Tibet coalesced into a guerrilla army of freedom fighters, the Chushi Gangdruk. In the 1950s, China’s Red Army and communist cadres systematically slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Tibetans in Amdo and Kham, seeking to enslave the survivors. The freedom fighters waged war against overwhelming odds, losing to greater numbers, airplanes, and ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • The Rise of Enlightened Sexism

    How Pop Culture Took Us from Girl Power to Girls Gone Wild

    by Susan J. Douglas ...
    Women today are inundated with conflicting messages from the mass media: they must either be strong leaders in complete command or sex kittens obsessed with finding and pleasing a man. In The Rise Of Enlightened Sexism, Susan J. Douglas, one of America's most entertaining and insightful cultural critics, takes readers on a spirited journey through the television programs, popular songs, movies, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Institutional Ethnography as Practice

    by Marie L. Campbell, Marjorie L. DeVault, Tim Diamond, Lauren Eastwood, Alison Griffith, Liza McCoy, Eric Mykhalovskiy, Ellen Pence, George W. Smith, Dorothy E. Smith, Susan Turner1, Douglas Weatherbee2, Alex J. Wilson3 ...
    In this edited collection, institutional ethnographers draw on their field research experiences to address different aspects of institutional ethnographic practice. As institutional ethnography embraces the actualities of people's experiences and lives, the contributors utilize their research to reveal how institutional relations and regimes are organized. As a whole, the book aims to provide ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • The Presidents

    Noted Historians Rank America's Best--and Worst--Chief Executives

    by Brian Lamb, Susan Swain ...
    The complete rankings of our best -- and worst -- presidents, based on C-SPAN's much-cited Historians Surveys of Presidential Leadership.Over a period of decades, C-SPAN has surveyed leading historians on the best and worst of America's presidents across a variety of categories -- their ability to persuade the public, their leadership skills, their moral authority, and more. The crucible of the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    In Our Prime

    How Older Women Are Reinventing the Road Ahead

    by Susan J. Douglas ...
    Narrated by Coleen Marlo ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 10 min

    Do you see women your age portrayed as puttering gardeners and docile grannies? Do you feel bombarded by anti-aging products that insist you must "defy" getting older? Do you feel invisible in professional and social situations? And have you had enough and are you ready to challenge the intertwining of sexism and ageism in our culture?Susan Douglas knows that you are not alone. She declares it is ... Read more

    $28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook