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September 2004 TWB Picks &New Arrivals
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TWB Picks: The first 5 books are 25% off during the month of September:

An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire by Arundhati Roy. South End Press, $16.95. Arundhati Roy masterfully draws the thread of empire through ostensibly disconnected arenas, highlighting the parallels between the poverty draft in the United States, caste politics in India, AIDS in South Africa, reconstruction contracts in Iraq, and the perverse machinery of mass media worldwide.

Persepolis 2 : the Story of Return by Marjane Satrapi. Pantheon, $25.95. In her second book Satrapi returns to Iran after graduation. This awesome book speaks to the struggle of growing up as an outsider both abroad and at home, it is raw, honest and incredibly illuminating.

Not the Only One: Lesbian & Gay Fiction for Teens, edited by Jane Summer. Alyson Books, $19.50. This one-of-a-kind young adult collection includes twenty exquisitely written gay and lesbian stories by a host of award wining writers.

Feminisms & Womanisms: A women’s Studies Reader edited by Althea Prince & Susan Silva-Wayne. Women’s Press, $49.95. This women’s studies reader brings together theory and praxis, so that feminist discourse interacts as a partner with the lived experience of women ’s social action.

Multitude: War & Democracy in the Age of Empire by Michael Hardit & Antonio Negri. Penguin Press, $40.00 From the world-renowned authors of Empire comes a profound new vision of the reality of global war and the possibility of global democracy of a sort never before seen.

September 2004 New Arrivals:

The Boundaries of International Law: A Feminist Analysis by Hilary Charlesworth & Christine Chinkin. Juris Publishing, $72.95. The Boundaries of International Law is about why issues of sex and gender matter in public international law. The aim is to encourage a rethinking of the discipline of international law so that it can offer a more useful framework for international and national justice.

Home-Work: Postcolonialism, Pedagogy & Canadian Literature edited by Cynthia Sugars. University of Ottawa Press, $35.00. Home-Work is the first collection of essays to highlight the intersections between pedagogical practice and postcolonial theory in the particular context of Canadian literature.

Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance by Noam Chomsky. Owl Books, $18.95. An immediate national bestseller, Hegemony of Survival demonstrates how, for more than half a century, the United States has been pursuing a grand imperial strategy with the aim of staking out the globe.

Hey Kidz! Buy this Book: a radical primer on corporate & governmental propaganda and artistic activism for short people by Anne Elizabeth Moore. Soft Skull Press, $16.95. This great little book is a how-to guide for young adults who have a problem with the way the world works, but don’t yet know how to achieve their goals for world change.

Mapping Yoruba Networks: Power & Agency in the Making of Transnational Communities by Kamari Maxine Clarke. Duke university Press, $32.25. An innovative ethnography of Oyotunji and a theoretically sophisticated exploration of how yoruba orisa voodoo religious practices are reworked as expressions of transnational radical politics.

Invisible Acts of Power: Personal Choices That Create Miracles by Caroline Myss. Free Press, $35.00. With characteristic originality, Myss explains how we become channels for divine grace and a conduit for miracles through kind, compassionate, generous actions or, as she calls them, invisible acts of power.

Finding Courage to Speak: Women’s Survival of Child Abuse by Paige Alisen. Northeastern University Press, $26.50. This brave well-written book addresses a wide range of complex topics in a clear, knowledgeable way, including the expereince of dissociation, traumatic memory, and the impact of trauma on physical health.

Women in the Trees: U.S. Women’s Short Stories About Battering and Resistance, 1839 - 2000 edited by Susan Koppelman. The Feminist Press, $25.25. This is a first rate collection that illustrates how universal and enduring this violence is. These stories aren’t just history, they are also most definitely literature.

My Heart Will Cross This Ocean: My Story, My Son, Amadou by Kadiatou Diallo and Craig Wolff. One World, $17.95. A moving story that makes the ragedy of Amadou Diallo’s death all the more poignant and present. Now Kadiatou tells the astonashing, inspiring story of her life, her loss, and the defiant strength she has always found.

Kung Fu For Girls: Self-defence with Style by Simon Harrison. Quirk Books, $13.95. Kung Fu For Girls is your guide to the art of self-defence with control, power, and of course, style. You already have all the tools, from your arms, head, and butt to your cell phone and handbag, now learn how to use them.

Geeky Girl: the Straight Scoop on the Well-Rounded Square by Lazy Susan. Conari Press, $17.95. Brainiacs unite, there’s more to life than fitting in, except maybe when you ’re on a train! This little book will lead you to the finer things in life, the ones without brand names.

How it Feels to Have a Gay or Lesbian Parent: A Book by Kids for Kids of All Ages by Judith E. Snow. Harrington Park Press, $16.95. This great book gives voice to the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of children, adolescents, and young adults who have a gay or lesbian parent. In their own words, they talk openly about when they first learned of their parent’s sexual orientation and the effect it had on them and their families.

Vaginas: An Owner’s Mabual by Carol Livoti and Elizabeth Topp. Thunder’s Mouth Press, $21.00. Here is a book all women must read, the first fun, thorough, and revealing owner’s manual for your vagina, written by an ob-gyn and her daughter.

Becoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green. Vanderbilt University Press, $34.95. In this artful and compelling inquiry into the politics of gender, leading transsexual activist Jamison Green combines candid autobiography with informed analysis to offer unique insight into the multiple challenges of the female-to-male transexual exprience.

The Family of Woman: Lesbian Mothers, Their Children, and the Undoing of Gender by Maureen Sullivan. University of California Press, $30.75. Based on intensive interviews and extensive firsthand observation, The Family of Woman chronicles the experience of thirty-four families headed by lesbian mothers whose children were conceived by means of donor insemination.

Disabling Barriers - Enabling Environments edited by J. Swain, S. French, C. Barnes and C. Thomas. Sage Publications, $55.95. Written by leading academics in the field, many of whom are also disabled, the text comprises 45 short and engaging chapters, providing a broad -ranging introduction to disability issues.

Blacklist: A V.I.Warshawski Novel by Sara Paretsky. A Signet Book, $10.99. From one of the most compelling writters in American crime fiction, this novel of secrets and betrayal stretches across four generations. It will satisfy and thrill you!

Explicit Content by Black Artemis. New American Library, $19.00. Cutting-edge hip-hop noir - a sista-centered, cipher-crushing thriller that can be so real it hurts.

Naughty Fairy Tales from A to Z edited by Alison Tyler. Plume, $20.00. A hot and sexy twist on traditional fairy tales starting with “All McQueen’s Men” and ending with “Zoe White and the Seven Whores”.

The Dragon and the Doctor by Barbara Danish. The Feminist Press, $8.50. Doctor Judy has an unusual patient - a dragon - with a very unusual problem, a sore tail. Features a lesbian dragon family.

Story-Wallah! A Celebration of South Asian Fiction edited by Shyam Selvadurai. Thomas Allen Publishers, $34.95. A colourful tapestry of stories, beautifully imagined and powerfully rendred. Story-Wallah! is essential reading for anyone with an interest in South Asian writers and the dynamic, important tales they have to tell.