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  • Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned

    Enchanted Stories from the French Decadent Tradition

    Edited by Gretchen Schultz, Lewis Seifert ...
    Series series Oddly Modern Fairy Tales
    A collection that subverts the conventions of the traditional fairy tale—to entertain and startle even the most disenchanted reader: "Thoroughly engaging." — Gramarye JournalThe wolf is tricked by Red Riding Hood into strangling her grandmother and is subsequently arrested. Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella do not live happily ever after. And the fairies are saucy, angry, and capricious. Fairy Tales ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sapphic Fathers

    Discourses of Same-Sex Desire from Nineteenth-Century France

    by Gretchen Schultz ...
    Literature that explored female homosexuality flourished in late nineteenth-century France. Poets, novelists, and pornographers, whether Symbolists, Realists, or Decadents, were all part of this literary moment. In Sapphic Fathers, Gretchen Schultz explores how these male writers and their readers took lesbianism as a cipher for apprehensions about sex and gender during a time of social and ... Read more

    $58.39 USD

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  • The Betrayal of Arthur

    by Sara Douglass ...
    **A prophecy of a golden age, a magic sword and a chosen one ...This is the legend of King Arthur ... or is it?**From the manuscripts of a twelfth-century English cleric to a New York bestseller, tales of King Arthur and his court permeate our world. But where did the stories start and how much is true? Were Guinevere and Lancelot traitors? Was Merlin a wise man or magician? And was King Arthur a ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Breaking Out II: The Complete Guide to Building a Positive LGBTI Identity

    by Kevin Alderson ...
    Following on the heels of the first edition, Breaking Out II expands its coverage by including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals. While some societies have become more tolerant and accepting of sexual and gender diversity, LGBTI people continue to suffer psychological damage caused by growing up in largely heterosexist, homophobic, biphobic, and transphobic ... Read more

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  • The Pink Fairy Book

    by Andrew Lang ...
    Andrew Lang, FBA was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him. ... Read more

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  • Queer and Loathing

    Rants and Raves of a Raging AIDS Clone

    by David B. Feinberg, Tony Kushner ...
    “The ultimate gadlfly of the epidemic . . . here’s one book that truly deserves a place in a time capsule.”—Armistead Maupin"This is as close to the truth as I can get," writes David Feinberg in what he calls his "personal Portrait of the Artist as a Young Diseased Jew Fag Pariah"—a collection of autobiographical essays, gonzo journalism, and demented Feinbergian lists about AIDS activism and ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Queering Marriage

    Challenging Family Formation in the United States

    by Katrina Kimport ...
    Series series Families in Focus
    Co-Winner of the 2015 Charles Tilly Award for Best Book of the Collective Behavior and Social Movements section from the American Sociological AssociationOver four thousand gay and lesbian couples married in the city of San Francisco in 2004. The first large-scale occurrence of legal same-sex marriage, these unions galvanized a movement and reignited the debate about whether same-sex marriage, as ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Breaking the Magic Spell

    Radical Theories of Folk & Fairy Tales

    by Jack Zipes ...
    "Zipes ably demonstrates that moral, political, religious, and other ideologies have shaped these apparently innocent narratives." — Lore and LanguageThis revised, expanded, and updated edition of the 1979 landmark Breaking the Magic Spell examines the enduring power of fairy tales and the ways they invade our subjective world. In seven provocative essays, Zipes discusses the importance of ... Read more

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  • Modern Mythology

    Unveiling the Power of Contemporary Myths and Folklore

    by Andrew Lang ...
    In "Modern Mythology," Andrew Lang deftly explores the intricate tapestry of myths that continue to shape contemporary thought and culture. Using a blend of erudite analysis and engaging prose, Lang dissects various myths from around the world, revealing their psychological, sociological, and historical significance. The book places itself firmly within the burgeoning field of comparative ... Read more

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  • Irish Folk and Fairy Tales

    Edited by Gordon Jarvie ...
    Emerging from a people with an absolute belief in ‘the little folk’, the fairy tales of Ireland are part of one of the richest folk literatures in the world.In this wonderful collection of stories by some of Ireland’s finest writers, including Carleton, Yeats and Lady Wilde, a legion of fairy folk – giants, leprechauns, witches and mermaids – help, hinder, charm and terrify their mortal neighbours ... Read more

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  • Ladyboy: Thailand's Theater of Illusion

    by Andrew Forbes, Colin Hinshelwood, David Wilner ...
    Series series Cognoscenti Books
    The photographs in this coffee table e-book colourfully reveal the glamorous world of Thai transvestite cabaret. 4,000 words, 86 full colour imagesIn Thailand practically every town or village has several openly transsexual boys or men who dress as women and are born with feminine characteristics. They are known by a Thai term which translates 'Women of the Second Kind', and are also often known ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • I Had a Dog and a Cat - Pictures Drawn by Josef and Karel Capek

    by Karel Capek ...
    Illustrated by Josef Capek ...
    I Had a Dog and a Cat is a delightfully charming book, originally written in Czech. Featuring gorgeous black-and-white illustrations, this is the perfect storybook to share with little ones who love animals.First published in 1940, this wonderful volume is a collation of short children’s stories about our most beloved pets: cats and dogs. I Had a Dog and a Cat was written and illustrated by Czech ... Read more

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