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Notes to a Black Woman

by Francoise Ega ...

Translated by Emma Ramadan ...

Series series The Margellos World Republic of Letters
The extraordinary testimony of a daring Caribbean writer-activist, determined to expose injustice and defend the dignity of migrant workersIn the 1960s, hundreds of women traveled from French colonies in the West Indies to become domestic workers for white families in France. Lured by the French government with the false promise of economic opportunity, these women instead found themselves ... Read more

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The extraordinary testimony of a daring Caribbean writer-activist, determined to expose injustice and defend the dignity of migrant workersIn the 1960s, hundreds of women traveled from French colonies in the West Indies to become domestic workers for white families in France. Lured by the French government with the false promise of economic opportunity, these women instead found themselves
... Read more
Audiobook

Ya'll Won't Let Me Sing

Book 4

by Francoise ...

Narrated by Francoise ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Ya'll Won't Let Me Sing
Unabridged

5 min

Sunday mornings are the noisiest in Nessie's home, filled with music and the rush of getting ready for church. One Sunday, Nessie's voice is missing due to illness, so her mom stays home with her. As they watch the church service on YouTube, Nessie finds comfort in tea and rest. Unable to sing for a week, she turns to playing the piano, impressing her Uncle T with her memory and skill. With his ... Read more

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Sunday mornings are the noisiest in Nessie's home, filled with music and the rush of getting ready for church. One Sunday, Nessie's voice is missing due to illness, so her mom stays home with her. As they watch the church service on YouTube, Nessie finds comfort in tea and rest. Unable to sing for a week, she turns to playing the piano, impressing her Uncle T with her memory and skill. With his
... Read more
The Best American Comics 2012

Edited by Françoise Mouly, Jessica Abel, Matt Madden ...

"When I started RAW magazine in the '80s, there were mostly superheroes, a few children's comics, and the dirty, intentionally lowbrow, underground comix. And now, comics can tackle any topic."—Françoise Mouly, from the IntroductionFEATURING Charles Burns, Chester Brown, Joyce Farmer, Chris Ware, Gary Panter, Sergio Aragonés, Christoph Niemann, Adrian Tomine, Sarah Varon, and others.This year with ... Read more

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"When I started RAW magazine in the '80s, there were mostly superheroes, a few children's comics, and the dirty, intentionally lowbrow, underground comix. And now, comics can tackle any topic."—Françoise Mouly, from the IntroductionFEATURING Charles Burns, Chester Brown, Joyce Farmer, Chris Ware, Gary Panter, Sergio Aragonés, Christoph Niemann, Adrian Tomine, Sarah Varon, and others.This year with
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Yoga for Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond

Stay Strong, Supported, and Stress-Free

by Francoise Barbira Freedman ...

A practical, step-by-step photographic guide to yoga poses specifically chosen to support you safely through pregnancy and the first months following the birth.Yoga is more important during pregnancy than at any other time of your life. As your body becomes unfamiliar to you from trimester to trimester and as labor approaches, you need safe, strengthening, and supportive sequences to guide you on ... Read more

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A practical, step-by-step photographic guide to yoga poses specifically chosen to support you safely through pregnancy and the first months following the birth.Yoga is more important during pregnancy than at any other time of your life. As your body becomes unfamiliar to you from trimester to trimester and as labor approaches, you need safe, strengthening, and supportive sequences to guide you on
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Audiobook

Ya'll Won't Let Me Sing

Chapter Two

by Francoise ...

Narrated by Francoise ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Ya'll Won't Let Me Sing
Unabridged

5 min

Nessie loves Sundays because she gets to sing out loud in front of her friends and family, making it her best day of the week. On Mondays, she eagerly practices with her mom to prepare for the next Sunday. After completing her chores and schoolwork, she impatiently waits for her mom to finish cooking dinner so they can start practicing. In the meantime, Nessie attempts to learn the piano, with a ... Read more

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Nessie loves Sundays because she gets to sing out loud in front of her friends and family, making it her best day of the week. On Mondays, she eagerly practices with her mom to prepare for the next Sunday. After completing her chores and schoolwork, she impatiently waits for her mom to finish cooking dinner so they can start practicing. In the meantime, Nessie attempts to learn the piano, with a
... Read more
Audiobook

Ya'll Won't Let Me Sing

Chapter 3

by Francoise ...

Narrated by Francoise ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Ya'll Won't Let Me Sing
Unabridged

5 min

Nessie’s passion for singing grows as she practices with her family each Sunday and eagerly anticipates her daily sessions with her mom. Despite her progress, she still faces challenges and surprises, such as learning the piano and an unexpected encounter with a rat in the living room. Guided by her mom’s patient instruction and her uncle’s piano lessons, Nessie learns to match piano keys to vocal ... Read more

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Nessie’s passion for singing grows as she practices with her family each Sunday and eagerly anticipates her daily sessions with her mom. Despite her progress, she still faces challenges and surprises, such as learning the piano and an unexpected encounter with a rat in the living room. Guided by her mom’s patient instruction and her uncle’s piano lessons, Nessie learns to match piano keys to vocal
... Read more
Saints

Faith without Borders

Edited by Françoise Meltzer, Jas Elsner ...

While the modern world has largely dismissed the figure of the saint as a throwback, we remain fascinated by excess, marginality, transgression, and porous subjectivity—categories that define the saint. In this collection, Françoise Meltzer and Jas Elsner bring together top scholars from across the humanities to reconsider our denial of saintliness and examine how modernity returns to the lure of ... Read more

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While the modern world has largely dismissed the figure of the saint as a throwback, we remain fascinated by excess, marginality, transgression, and porous subjectivity—categories that define the saint. In this collection, Françoise Meltzer and Jas Elsner bring together top scholars from across the humanities to reconsider our denial of saintliness and examine how modernity returns to the lure of
... Read more
The Wombs of Women

Race, Capital, Feminism

by Françoise Vergès ...

Translated by Kaiama L. Glover ...

Series series Theory in Forms
In the 1960s thousands of poor women of color on the (post)colonial French island of Reunion had their pregnancies forcefully terminated by white doctors; the doctors operated under the pretext of performing benign surgeries, for which they sought government compensation. When the scandal broke in 1970, the doctors claimed to have been encouraged to perform these abortions by French politicians ... Read more

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In the 1960s thousands of poor women of color on the (post)colonial French island of Reunion had their pregnancies forcefully terminated by white doctors; the doctors operated under the pretext of performing benign surgeries, for which they sought government compensation. When the scandal broke in 1970, the doctors claimed to have been encouraged to perform these abortions by French politicians
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That Mad Ache

A Novel

by Françoise Sagan ...

Translated by Douglas R Hofstadter ...

That Mad Ache, set in high-society Paris in the mid-1960's, recounts the emotional battle unleashed in the heart of Lucile, a sensitive but rootless young woman who finds herself caught between her carefree, tranquil love for 50-year-old Charles, a gentle, reflective, and well-off businessman, and her sudden wild passion for 30-year-old Antoine, a hot-blooded, impulsive, and struggling editor. As ... Read more

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That Mad Ache, set in high-society Paris in the mid-1960's, recounts the emotional battle unleashed in the heart of Lucile, a sensitive but rootless young woman who finds herself caught between her carefree, tranquil love for 50-year-old Charles, a gentle, reflective, and well-off businessman, and her sudden wild passion for 30-year-old Antoine, a hot-blooded, impulsive, and struggling editor. As
... Read more
Life with Picasso

by Françoise Gilot, Carlton Lake ...

Françoise Gilot’s candid memoir remains “one of the most illuminating [books] we’ve had on the mind and spirit of Picasso”—and gives fascinating insight into the intense and creative life shared by two modern artists (Los Angeles Times).Françoise Gilot was in her early twenties when she met the sixty-one-year-old Pablo Picasso in 1943. Brought up in a well-to-do upper-middle-class family, who had ... Read more

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Françoise Gilot’s candid memoir remains “one of the most illuminating [books] we’ve had on the mind and spirit of Picasso”—and gives fascinating insight into the intense and creative life shared by two modern artists (Los Angeles Times).Françoise Gilot was in her early twenties when she met the sixty-one-year-old Pablo Picasso in 1943. Brought up in a well-to-do upper-middle-class family, who had
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Altered Inheritance

CRISPR and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing

by Françoise Baylis ...

A leading bioethicist offers critical insights into the scientific, ethical, and political implications of human genome editing.Designer babies, once found only in science fiction, have become a reality. We are entering a new era of human evolution with the advent of a technology called CRISPR, which allows scientists to modify our genes. Although CRISPR shows great promise for therapeutic use, it ... Read more

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A leading bioethicist offers critical insights into the scientific, ethical, and political implications of human genome editing.Designer babies, once found only in science fiction, have become a reality. We are entering a new era of human evolution with the advent of a technology called CRISPR, which allows scientists to modify our genes. Although CRISPR shows great promise for therapeutic use, it
... Read more
The Compassion Fatigue Workbook

Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Traumatization

by Françoise Mathieu ...

Series series Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series
The Compassion Fatigue Workbook is a lifeline for any helping professional facing the physical and emotional exhaustion that can shadow work in the helping professions. Since 2001 the activities in this Workbook have helped thousands of helpers in the fields of healthcare, community mental health, correctional services, education, and the military. In addition to a comprehensive description of ... Read more

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The Compassion Fatigue Workbook is a lifeline for any helping professional facing the physical and emotional exhaustion that can shadow work in the helping professions. Since 2001 the activities in this Workbook have helped thousands of helpers in the fields of healthcare, community mental health, correctional services, education, and the military. In addition to a comprehensive description of
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