Author: Catharine A. MacKinnon File Type: pdf Catharine A. MacKinnon, noted feminist and legal scholar, explores and develops her original theories and practical proposals on sexual politics and law. These discourses, originally delivered as speeches, have been brilliantly woven into a book that retains all the spontaneity and accessibility of a live presentation. MacKinnon offers a unique retrospective on the law of sexual harassment, which she designed and has worked for a decade to establish, and a prospectus on the law of pornography, which she proposes to change in the next ten years. Authentic in voice, sweeping in scope, startling in clarity, urgent, never compromised and often visionary, these discourses advance a new theory of sex inequality and imagine new possibilities for social change. Through these engaged works on issues such as rape, abortion, athletics, sexual harassment, and pornography, MacKinnon seeks feminism on its own terms, unconstrained by the limits of prior traditions. She argues that viewing gender as a matter of sameness and difference--as virtually all existing theory and law have done--covers up the reality of gender, which is a system of social hierarchy, an imposed inequality of power. She reveals a political system of male dominance and female subordination that sexualizes power for men and powerlessness for women. She analyzes the failure of organized feminism, particularly legal feminism, to alter this condition, exposing the way male supremacy gives women a survival stake in the system that destroys them. **

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Author: Boris Pasternak File Type: mobi An enthralling novelette by Boris Pasternak, the author of IDr. ZhivagoI, IThe Adolescence of Zhenya LuversI explores how a thirteen-year-old girl ceases to be a child and becomes a woman in Russia just before the Communist Revolution. The story examines the world through the reminiscences of a young girl and explores such themes as nature and how we are able to shape the world around us by how we perceive it. The novelette gives readers a prime example of Pasternaks signature style and use of poetics, imagery, and lyricism in prose. IThe Adolescence of Zhenya LuversI is one of Pasternaks very first stories, and it originally appeared in a collection by the same name, published in 1925.BR

Author: Edison H. Thomas File Type: pdf Whether one things of him as dashing cavalier or shameless horse thief, it is impossible not to regard John Hunt Morgan as a fascinating figure of the Civil War. He collected his Raiders at first from the prominent families of Kentucky, though later the exploits of the group were to attract a less elite class of recruits. Morgan was able to lead these men into the most dangerous adventures by convincing them that the honor of the South was at stake yet he did not always succeed in appealing to that sense of honor when temptations of easy theft drew the Raiders from military objectives to wanton pillage. In John Hunt Morgan and his Raiders, Edison H. Thomas gives us a balanced view of these controversial men and their raids. In a fast-paced narrative he follows the cavalry unit for the evening the first group set out from Lexington to join the Confederate forces until the morning of Morgans death in Greeneville, Tennessee. Basil Duke, St. Leger Grenfell, Lightning Ellsworth, and the beautiful Martha Ready all receive their due, and the truly remarkable story of the Raiders newspaper is told. A special contribution is the insight this account offers into the disruption of rail communications carried out with such enthusiasm by Morgan and his men. Thomas study of the railroad records of the period has enabled him to present this part of the Raiders story with rare detail and understanding. **Review Wades through the myth and controversy of Morgan and his men to offer a balanced reflection.Civil War Press Corps In a brief, exciting book Edison H. Thomas traces the meteoric career of the famous raider from the early halcyon days when victory seemed possible to his death in the late summer of 1864 when defeat appeared probable.Filson Club History Quarterly An informative, yet highly readable account of Morgan and his cavalry.Journal of American Military History Thomas not only gives a precise account of Morgans daringif sometimes ill-advisedraids, but uses them to illustrate the curious nature of the man, his ability to lead by example, and his inability, or refusal, to exercise the military discipline that is also an integral part of leadership.Louisville Courier-Journal A well-written book which affords an excellent overview of a controversial man and his role in the war.Civil War Book Exchange This excellent book is a must have book for your Confederate Cavalry bookshelf. The Lone Star Book Review About the Author Edison H. Thomas was new bureau manager of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company and was the author of numerous articles on the Civil War.