Womens Life in Greece & Rome" is the standard source book for courses in women in antiquity which have become a regular feature in Classical Studies curricula since the publication of the first edition in 1982. This new third edition

Includes:: an extensive new Appendix taking account of recent scholarship & touching on such topics of contemporary interest as ageing clitoridectomy Late Antiquity the geographic periphery of the Graeco-Roman world & even the topography of Rome. Perennial areas of interest
- love relationships employment prostitution medicine & religion
- are also well represented. An additional new four-page plate section supplements the texts with archaeological documents of womens lives."



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With information on strengthening & toning the legs buttocks abs & back Womens Strength Training Anatomy" provides full-color detailed anatomical illustrations of exercises for these hard-to-shape areas. What makes this book unique is that readers can see the muscles at work during each exercise like an X ray of the body in motion. Are there definite anatomical differences in the way men & women should build their bodies? According to the best-selling author & illustrator of " Strength Training Anatomy" the answer is an overwhelming yes! Exercise variations based on a womans unique anatomical features are also covered helping to isolate muscles & make each exercise more effective. Make your workouts work harder for you! If you work out to strengthen & shape your body or if you help women get stronger & more defined this is one book you need for understanding the female form & getting the most from your exercises." ...

The technical Become a Pattern Drafter series presents garment construction bases for the different sectors of ready-to-wear: Men Women & Children. Using a simple clear logical precise method these books are conceived through a rational technique known as Flat Patternmaking which gives valid key formulas to help construct any conceivable garment. The methods are accessible to everyone: those wanting to make unique creations for their family or those who wish to pursue a creative career in fashion as patternmakers designers product managers or clothing manufacturers. ...

How many blokes at Haynes does it take to change a light bulb? None. The girls have beaten them to it. They've also fixed the leaky tap put up the shelves tiled the kitchen insulated the loft & changed the oil in the car
- all without damaging their nails. Presented in a contemporary fashionable style (not too much pink but certainly a bit) & written in a chatty way (with the occasional 'man' joke) the Women's DIY Manual" will give all the girls the information they need for general household DIY. In true Haynes style there is clear step-by-step photography & easy-to-follow instructions with difficulty ratings for each project."
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Women's lives have traditionally gone unrecorded in history. But housewives factory girls & servants all had their own distinctive voices & if you know where to look there are plenty of sources to explore. Jennifer Newby's guide to women's social history between 1800 & 1939

Includes:: essential starting points for research. A useful handbook for family historians as well as an engaging read for social history lovers each chapter focuses on a different group with suggestions for further reading & a helpful timeline. Compare the lives of factory workers middle-class women domestic servants criminals aristocrats & agricultural labourers. Hear the voices of obscure women alongside those of celebrities
- from rebellious servant Hannah Cullwick to daring aristocrat Lady Colin Campbell prostitute Ellen Reece & bored middle-class daughter Katherine Chorley. If you want to trace female ancestors or simply discover more about how women lived in the past then this book is ideal to help you get started with your own research.


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My name is August. I wont describe what I look like. Whatever youre thinking its probably worse. Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things
- eating ice cream playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary
- inside. But ordinary kids dont make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids arent stared at wherever they go. Born with a terrible facial abnormality Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life. Now for the first time hes being sent to a real school
- & hes dreading it. All he wants is to be accepted
- but can he convince his new classmates that hes just like them underneath it all? Wonder" is a funny frank astonishingly moving debut to read in one sitting pass on to others & remember long after the final page."



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A deft parody of the American fame factory & a piercing portrait of young & old desire WONDER BOYS is a modern classic from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY. Grady Tripp is an over-sexed pot-bellied pot-smoking ageing wunderkind of a novelist now teaching creative writing at a Pittsburgh college while working on his 2 000-page masterpiece WONDER BOYS. When his rumbustious editor & friend Terry Crabtree arrives in town a chaotic weekend follows
- involving a tuba a dead dog Marilyn Monroes ermine-lined jacket & a squashed boa constrictor. A novel of elegant imagination bold humour & undeniable warmth WONDER BOYS firmly established Michael Chabon as a force to be reckoned with in American fiction.
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Felix the resourceful feline that survived an epic journey trapped in a shipping container from the Middle East to Britain. Scarlett the brave mother that went into a burning building five times to rescue her kittens. Oscar the care-home cat that predicts when residents are about to pass on & comforts them in their final hours. How much do you really know about the abilities of domestic cats? Whether theyre using up one of their nine lives to make a lucky escape or demonstrating unusual talents cats are full of surprises. From loyal moggies to courageous life-saving kitty heroes & extraordinary survivors Wonder Cats" contains heart-warming & moving tales that demonstrate the astonishing powers of remarkable felines." ...

Professor Brian Cox is probably the best-known physicist in the world today. As presenter of the hit television series Wonders of the Solar System & Wonders of the Universe his affable charm & infectious enthusiasm has brought science to a whole new audience. Born in Lancashire in 1968 Cox was a bright but not brilliant pupil at school
- only receiving a D grade for A level mathematics. He flourished at university however gaining a first-class honours degree & an MPhil in Physics from Manchester University before being awarded his Ph D in particle physics in 1998. Alongside his studies he also found time to play keyboards for the band D: Ream & the band topped the charts in 1994 with ' Things Can Only Get Better' which was famously used by the Labour Party for its 1997 election campaign. Although he has appeared in several television shows Brian Cox is not just a celebrity presenter
- he is a Royal Society University Research Fellow a professor at the University of Manchester & he also works on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerl&. In 2010 he was awarded an OBE for his services to science & he has also won several awards for his television work.

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Hippolyta Queen of the Amazons has kept a secret from her daughter all her life
- & when Wonder Woman learns who her father is
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