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The A.R.P. Girls

Patricia A McBride

Author : Patricia A McBride
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1916122663

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The London Blitz. A brave war worker. A budding romance.Soldier Lily is a natural helper, supporting those bombed or homeless in her volunteer role as Air Raid Protection warden.While London burns, Lily and her colleagues are in danger every night. She finds herself attracted to another ARP volunteer, David. Yet her fiancé is missing, presumed dead, and she is consumed with guilt at her feelings for David. Should she be with him? What if she did and her fiancé returns home?When she and David are caught in a bomb blast, Lily's life is changed in ways she never expected. As she recovers she must find the strength to continue with her life and war work.The ARP Girls is the third book in the Lily Baker series. If you enjoy believable characters, engaging storylines, and heart-warming relationships, then you'll love Patricia McBride's gripping and emotional book.Buy The ARP Girls today to enjoy this historically rich and moving story.

Female Circumcision

Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf

Author : Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780812201024

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Bolokoli, khifad, tahara, tahoor, qudiin, irua, bondo, kuruna, negekorsigin, and kene-kene are a few of the terms used in local African languages to denote a set of cultural practices collectively known as female circumcision. Practiced in many countries across Africa and Asia, this ritual is hotly debated. Supporters regard it as a central coming-of-age ritual that ensures chastity and promotes fertility. Human rights groups denounce the procedure as barbaric. It is estimated that between 100 million and 130 million girls and women today have undergone forms of this genital surgery. Female Circumcision gathers together African activists to examine the issue within its various cultural and historical contexts, the debates on circumcision regarding African refugee and immigrant populations in the United States, and the human rights efforts to eradicate the practice. This work brings African women's voices into the discussion, foregrounds indigenous processes of social and cultural change, and demonstrates the manifold linkages between respect for women's bodily integrity, the empowerment of women, and democratic modes of economic development. This volume does not focus narrowly on female circumcision as a set of ritualized surgeries sanctioned by society. Instead, the contributors explore a chain of connecting issues and processes through which the practice is being transformed in local and transnational contexts. The authors document shifts in local views to highlight processes of change and chronicle the efforts of diverse communities as agents in the process of cultural and social transformation.

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Kyoko Nakamura,Kaori Miyachi,Yukio Miyawaki,Makiko Toda

Author : Kyoko Nakamura,Kaori Miyachi,Yukio Miyawaki,Makiko Toda
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789811967238

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This open access book shows how the adoption of global justice, such as eradication of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), has given rise to controversy, resistance, and transformation at the national, regional, and grass-roots levels in African and Asian countries where FGM/C has been practiced. It provides readers with up-to-date information about the effects of the campaign to eradicate FGM/C and the present situation of those countries, to which preceding books on FGM/C have scarcely referred. Adopting “zero tolerance” as a policy of eradication, WHO and other UN agencies have opposed any type of FGM/C, and many African countries have criminalized the practice. Although the campaign is based on the human rights discourse which is shared globally, the controversies concerning eradication of FGM/C on the national level and the responses of communities on the local level in those countries are diverse and complicated. Various actors such as NGOs, government officials, religious leaders, medical workers, and local inhabitants are embroiled and negotiate with each other concerning its eradication. With this book, readers are provided with an in-depth analysis of the complicated controversies and responses of local communities, referring to their particular historical and social backgrounds. The book provides two chapters on FGM/C in Asian countries, where not many studies have done yet. It also presents readers with a study of the arguments and responses to FGM/C of African immigrants by Australian health-care professionals as well as a study of male circumcision eradication campaigns, which have been carried on in tandem with FGM/C eradication campaigns but still not have been successful. With its many elaborate case studies, this book is highly recommended to readers who seek an in-depth and up-to-date integrated overview of the FGM/C studies as well as studies on the applicability of global justice to local communities.

Still Life

Henrietta L. Moore

Author : Henrietta L. Moore
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745637938

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How adequate are our theories of globalisation for analysing the worlds we share with others? In this provocative new book, Henrietta Moore asks us to step back and re-examine in a fresh way the interconnections normally labeled 'globalisation'. Rather than beginning with abstract processes and flows, Moore starts by analyzing the hopes, desires and satisfactions of individuals in their day-to-day lives. Drawing on a wide range of examples, from African initiation rituals to Japanese anime, from sex in virtual worlds to Schubert songs, Moore develops a theory of the ethical imagination, exploring how ideas about the human subject, and its capacities for self-making and social transformation, form a basis for reconceptualizing the role and significance of culture in a global age. She shows how the ideas of social analysts and ordinary people intertwine and diverge, and argues for an ethics of engagement based on an understanding of the human need to engage with cultural problems and seek social change. This innovative and challenging book is essential reading for anyone interested in the key debates about culture and globalization in the contemporary world.

Those Reeves Girls

Christine Knox Wood

Author : Christine Knox Wood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89066232323

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A genealogy of the descendants of five of the daughters of Thomas Reeves born about 1780 in North Carolina, died in 1838 in Greene Co., Ala. and his wife Rosannah born 1780/90 in Ireland and died 1842/43 in Alabama. They had seven children.

When Norms Collide

Karisa Cloward

Author : Karisa Cloward
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190274948

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Many transnational campaigns, and particularly the transnational campaign on violence against women, promote international norms that target the behavior of local nonstate actors. But these international norms are often at odds with local practices. What happens when the international and local norms collide? When does transnational activism lead individuals and communities to abandon local norms and embrace international ones? In When Norms Collide, Karisa Cloward presents a path-breaking theoretical framework for understanding the processes by which individuals negotiate competing demands placed on them by international and local norms. Drawing on extensive fieldwork with local communities in Kenya, she applies the theory to the practices of female genital mutilation and early marriage. Cloward argues that, when faced with international normative messages, individuals can decide to change their attitudes, their behavior, and the public image they present to international and local audiences. Moreover, the impact of transnational activism on individuals substantially depends on the salience of the international and local norms to their respective proponents, as well as on community-level factors.

Nature Girl

Jane Kelley

Author : Jane Kelley
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780375893261

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Eleven-year-old Megan is stuck in the wilds of Vermont for the summer with no TV, no Internet, no cell phone, and worst of all, no best friend. So when Megan gets lost on the Appalachian Trail with only her little dog, Arp, for company, she decides she might as well hike all the way to Massachusetts where her best friend, Lucy, is spending her summer. Life on the trail isn’t easy, and Megan faces everything from wild animals and raging rivers to tofu jerky and life without bathrooms. Most of all, though, Megan gets to know herself—both who she’s been in the past and who she wants to be in the future—and the journey goes from a spur-of-the-moment lark to a quest to prove herself to Lucy, her family, and the world! “First-time novelist Jane Kelley uses the light touch of humor to let in the sunlight. Bravo!”—Sid Fleischman, Newbery Award–winning author

The Air Raid Girls: Wartime Brides

Jenny Holmes

Author : Jenny Holmes
Publisher : Random House
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781529191158

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The third book in the Air Raid Girls series - a heart-warming new story of friendship, love and duty in wartime, perfect for fans of Nancy Revell and Donna Douglas. Spring, 1942. Lizzie is making plans for her wedding with fiancé Bill. But preparations during wartime aren't easy, and attacks on the Yorkshire port of Kelthorpe are only getting worse. Connie wants to be there for her sister, but she has troubles of her own - a secret that is driving a wedge between herself and those who love her. Meanwhile, Pamela faces new complications in her romance with Fred, and the arrival of two new RAF servicemen stirs up trouble. As bombs fall and friendships are tested, will the air raid girls keep their fighting spirit and find their happy endings? --------------------------------------------- Readers LOVE the Air Raid Girls series: 'There wasn't anything I didn't like about this book' 5 star review 'In all the women at war series of book I have read so far, I think this is the best' 5 star review 'I couldn't put this book down' 5 star review 'Loved the whole story. Hated it coming to an end' 5 star review 'Just the kind of book I like' 5 star review

Secrets of the Railway Girls

Maisie Thomas

Author : Maisie Thomas
Publisher : Random House
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473571747

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The second novel in the uplifting railway girls series. Perfect for fans of Nancy Revell and Margaret Dickinson. --------------------------------- Manchester, November 1940 As the war continues and secrets threaten the railway girls, they will discover the true meaning of friendship. --------------------------------- For Dot, her job on the railways is everything. Transporting parcels around the country gives her pride that she is doing her bit for the war effort, but a growing friendship causes problems when home and work collide. Joan loves her boyfriend Bob dearly, but when tragedy strikes, her heart is torn apart, and she is forced to make a decision that could hurt those she loves most. Meanwhile Mabel has finally found a place to call home and her relationship seems to be going from strength to strength. However, the relentless bombing in the Christmas blitz is about to destroy everything she holds dear, and she will need her friends' courage and generosity now more than ever. Brought together by their work on Manchester's railways, the three women find that with the support and encouragement of each other, they can get through even the most challenging of times. --------------------------------- **Maisie's brand new novel THE RAILWAY GIRLS IN LOVE is available to pre-order now. Just search: 9781787463981** Readers LOVE the Railway Girls . . . 'Beautifully written with a quiet charm' Jaffareadstoo 'Suberbly written . . . a gripping read' Ginger Book Geek 'Stunning . . . perfectly paced' Frost Magazine 'Poignant' Donna's Book Blog

The Ops Room Girls

Vicki Beeby

Author : Vicki Beeby
Publisher : Canelo
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781800320888

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Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Saga of the Year AwardWhen Evie’s dreams come crashing down, she’s determined to still make something of herself in these trying times... It is 1939 and working class Evie Bishop has received a scholarship to study mathematics at Oxford when tragedy turns her life upside down. Evie must seek a new future for herself and, inspired to contribute to the war effort, joins the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force as an Ops Room plotter. Posted to a fighter station on the Sussex Coast, Evie befriends two other WAAFs – shy, awkward May and flirty, glamorous Jess. Faced with earning the approval of strict officers and finding their way in a male dominated world, the three girls band together to overcome challenges, navigate new romances and keep their pilots safe in the skies. But the German bombers seem to know more than they should about the base’s operations, and soon Evie, May and Jess are caught up in a world more dangerous than they ever imagined... This heartwarming, dramatic World War II saga is perfect for fans of Daisy Styles, Kate Thompson and Rosie Clarke. Praise for The Ops Room Girls ‘A fabulous tale of courage, comradeship and romance.’ Glynis Peters, author of The Secret Orphan ‘A lovely book. Vicki Beeby is a saga author to watch.’ Margaret Dickinson, Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author 'Full of excitement, energy and romance, this story kept me turning the pages eagerly.' Lesley Eames, author of The Brighton Guest House Girls 'An exceptional historical saga about young women forging new paths in an uncertain world at war... rich with historical detail, and a must read for historical fiction fans.' Andie Newton, author of The Girl I Left Behind 'An utter joy to read, from the first page to the last. I would not hesitate to recommend this book to anyone with a liking for strong characters, a taste for danger, and a deeply romantic soul.' Terri Nixon, author of Penhaligon's Gift ‘Entertaining from beginning to end. I can’t recommend it highly enough.’ Gemma Jackson, bestselling author of the Ivy Rose series

The Girl on the Wall

Jean Baggott

Author : Jean Baggott
Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781848312883

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Jean Baggott is 'the girl on the wall' - a 1948 photograph taken of her when she was eleven - whose life was never going to be remarkable and the pinnacle of whose achievements would come from being a wife and a mother. Almost 60 years later, with her children gone, dealing with the loss of the love of her life, Jean began the education denied to her as a girl. Inspired by ceilings of Lincolnshire's Burghley House and by the History degree she had begun, Jean began to stitch a tapestry which looked back at her life and the changing world around her. It took sixteen months to complete. The tapestry consists of over 70 intersecting circles, each telling some aspect of her life. Some represent extraordinary events such as the moon landings or world historical news stories like the Cuban Missile Crisis; some circles comment on famous people and places she remembers, others about the music she loves - Pink Floyd - and the games she played as a child, and growing up during the second world war with her brothers. Each chapter of "The Girl on the Wall" features a circle from the tapestry and Jean's accompanying narrative, exploring the circle and the memories it evokes. It reveals an ordinary life in extraordinary detail. The result is a truly unique, touching portrait of a seemingly average British woman's life. To stand back and look at the tapestry is to be struck by the richness of one human journey - from 1940 to the present day. The girl on the wall would be proud. The book includes a full-colour pull-out of Jean's tapestry inside the back cover.

A Girl Aboard the Titanic

Eva Hart,Ron Denney

Author : Eva Hart,Ron Denney
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781445607863

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A Girl Aboard the Titanic by Eva Hart,Ron Denney Pdf

The remarkable memoir of Eva Hart, a 7-year-old survivor of the Titanic Disaster

The Air Raid Girls

Jenny Holmes

Author : Jenny Holmes
Publisher : Random House
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473574786

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May, 1941. Meet the Air Raid Girls: three young women keen to do their bit during the Yorkshire blitz. Connie's life has taken an unexpected turn since her husband died - she's living at home and working in the family bakery - but night shifts as an ARP Warden give her a firm sense of purpose. Her younger sister Lizzie is eager to play her part too, perhaps as an ambulance driver. Her fiance refuses to support her decision... but does he really know what's best for her? Twenty-year-old Pamela has led a sheltered life, but when her family's home is destroyed in a raid she must learn to stand on her own two feet - helped by new friends. As bombs fall and fires rage, the young women face the destruction of everything they've ever known. Can their fighting spirit prevail? And what of their families and the men they love? A thrilling and heartwarming new story of friendship, love and duty in wartime by the author of The Spitfire Girls, for fans of Elaine Everest and Rosie Hendry. **Don't miss the next two instalments in the series. The Air Raid Girls at Christmas and The Air Raid Girls: Wartime Brides are available now!** --------------------------------------------- Readers LOVE the Air Raid Girls series: 'There wasn't anything I didn't like about this book' 5 star review 'In all the women at war series of book I have read so far, I think this is the best' 5 star review 'I couldn't put this book down' 5 star review 'Loved the whole story. Hated it coming to an end' 5 star review 'Just the kind of book I like' 5 star review

Lily Baker Series

Patricia McBride

Author : Patricia McBride
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798578291524

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Enjoy the first three Lily Baker books. The Picture House Girls World War Two is about to start. What if you had to leave everything you knew behind? It's 1938 and hard-working Lily Baker's life turns upside down when she and her family move to a new town. Two jobs leave little free time, yet she becomes involved in a struggle to improve her area. Pushed by the group leader she undertakes tasks she previously thought impossible, and meets the man of her dreams. Amidst homesickness, looming war and an aggressive father can she find the strength to win through?If you love warm-hearted stories, filled with nostalgia, period details, engaging characters, and a riveting plot, this book is ideal for you. The Telephone Girls How far would you go to keep yourself and your friends safe? Could you keep working if German army was at your door?Determined army telephonist Lily Baker and her friends work in Paris when France surrenders to Hitler. With the Nazis entering the city, they must overcome horrific obstacles as they dash towards the coast. Can they surmount incredible odds to get there before the final boat leaves for home? You'll be gripped by this heart-stopping story as you follow their struggles to find safety before the German army overwhelms them. The Telephone Girls is the second in the historic fiction Lily Baker series. This heart-wrenching story features courage, friendship, betrayal, a lost child, compelling characters and a riveting plot. The ARP Girls The London Blitz. A brave war worker. A budding romance.Soldier Lily is a natural helper, supporting those bombed or homeless in her volunteer role as Air Raid Protection warden.While London burns, Lily and her colleagues are in danger every night. She finds herself attracted to another ARP volunteer, David. Yet her fiancé is missing, presumed dead, and she is consumed with guilt at her feelings for David. Should she be with him? What if she did and her fiancé returns home?When she and David are caught in a bomb blast, Lily's life is changed in ways she never expected. As she recovers she must find the strength to continue with her life and war work.The ARP Girls is the third book in the Lily Baker series. If you enjoy believable characters, engaging storylines, and heart-warming relationships, then you'll love Patricia McBride's gripping and emotional book.

The Blitz Girls

Johanna Bell

Author : Johanna Bell
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781399708777

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'I love these type of books that tell the story of young women taking on the jobs of men and keeping the country going... Johanna Bell writes lovely books that make you feel as though you are there' Reader review 5 stars London, August 1940. The war is raging in Europe and on the home front ordinary women are stepping up to do extraordinary things to defend their country against Hitler. Dot is dreading the day that her thuggish husband comes home on leave. As she fights her own battle to contribute to the war effort, she won't let anything stand in her way. Peggy has found confidence as an Air Raid Precaution Warden, despite the jeers of the men she works with. But beneath her pluck she fears for her close-knit family, scattered by the war, all determined to do their duty. Vivian a glamorous former debutante is running away from her own heart and into danger as a volunteer ambulance driver. She will stop at nothing to save innocent lives, even if the cost is her own. As the bombs fall on London, these three women are thrown together into an unlikely friendship. Can the Blitz Girls protect each other in their darkest hour? Everyone loves The Blitz Girls: 'Absolutely loved this book, if you enjoy WW2 stories then this is for you' Reader review 5 stars 'A heartwarming story of women discovering their inner strength. . . I couldn't put it down' Vicki Beeby, author of The Ops Room Girls 'Gripping new saga that I devoured. The research that has gone into this is unbelievable! The sense of camaraderie the girls have is honourable. A tough read at times but an important story' Reader review 5 stars 'I LOVED this book, every single page from start to finish' Reader review 5 stars 'Saga at its best. I sat up most of the night to finish it' Reader review 5 stars

The A R P Girls

The A.R.P. Girls by Patricia A McBride Pdf

Female Circumcision by Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf Pdf

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting by Kyoko Nakamura,Kaori Miyachi,Yukio Miyawaki,Makiko Toda Pdf

Still Life by Henrietta L. Moore Pdf

Those Reeves Girls by Christine Knox Wood Pdf

When Norms Collide by Karisa Cloward Pdf

Nature Girl by Jane Kelley Pdf

The Air Raid Girls: Wartime Brides by Jenny Holmes Pdf

Secrets of the Railway Girls by Maisie Thomas Pdf

The Ops Room Girls by Vicki Beeby Pdf

The Girl on the Wall by Jean Baggott Pdf

A Girl Aboard the Titanic by Eva Hart,Ron Denney Pdf

The Air Raid Girls by Jenny Holmes Pdf

Lily Baker Series by Patricia McBride Pdf

The Blitz Girls by Johanna Bell Pdf

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