Selling "genetically gifted" human eggs on the free market for a hefty price. In vitro fertilization. Fetal rights. Prenatal diagnosis. Surrogacy. All are instances of biomedical and social "advancements" with which we have become familiar in recent years. Yet these issues are often regarded as distinct or only loosely related under the rubric of reproduction. Barbara Katz Rothman demonstrates how they form a complex whole that demands of us in response a woman-centered, class-sensitive way of understanding motherhood. We need a social policy for dealing with mothers and motherhood that is consistent with feminist politics and feminist theory. Her book show how we as a society must first recognize that the real needs of mother, father, and children have been swept aside in an attempt to reduce the complex process of human reproduction to a clinical event that can be controlled by medical technology. Rothman suggests ways to accomplish social and legal change that would allow technological advances to affirm motherhood and the mother-child relationship without cost to women's identity. This new edition of Recreating Motherhood contains exciting updates. Rothman shows how this material is key in understanding the family, not just motherhood. And a new chapter, "Reflections on a Decade," explores how new reproductive technologies combine with new marketing and new genetics to pose troubling social questions.

Barbara Katz Rothman, a noted sociologist who has explored motherhood in four previous books and has more recently explored the social implications of the human genome project, now turns her eye toward race and family. Weaving together the sociological, the historical, and the personal, Barbara Katz Rothman looks at the contemporary American family through the lens of race, race through the lens of adoption, and all--race, family, and adoption--within the context of the changing meanings of motherhood. Drawing on her own experience as the white mother of a black child, on historical research on white people raising black children from slavery to contemporary times, and pulling together work on race, adoption, and consumption, she offers us new insights for understanding the way that race and family are shaped in America today. This book is compelling reading, not only for those interested in family and society, but for anyone grappling with the myriad issues around raising a child of a different race--an estimated seven million American families in 2005. [from publisher description].

Destination Culture deals with agencies of display in museums, festivals, world's fair, historical recreations, and tourist attractions. Drawing on the history of the avant-garde and the implications of its practices, Destination Culture attempts to theorize the artifact and the logic of exhibition in the context of lively debates about the death of museums, ascendancy of tourism, production of heritage, limits of multiculturalism, social efficacy of the arts, and circulation of value in the life world.

It's a fact of DNA: If you can trace your roots back to Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, India, Latin America, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, the South Pacific, or any group of Native Americans, your genes react similarly to genes in the darkest skin. And chances are, you may have received confusing advice-or no advice at all-about how to care for your skin. Although nearly half the population of the United States shares the hallmarks of skin of color, many dermatologists and beauty consultants routinely prescribe remedies created for Caucasian skin without understanding how sensitive and easily damaged skin of color is. It's no wonder, then, that many women and men of color continually battle skin problems, and it takes a terrible toll on their self-esteem.

An unprecedented and definitive collection of rabble-rousing writings on women’s health, Voices of the Women’s Health Movement explores a range of provocative topics from reproductive rights to sexuality to motherhood. Trail-blazing advocate Barbara Seaman and health activist Laura Eldridge bring the revolutionary ideas of several generations together in this powerful new book celebrating women’s bodies, and women’s voices. The more than two hundred contributors include Jennifer Baumgardner, Susan Brownmiller, Phyllis Chesler, Angela Y. Davis, Barbara Ehrenreich, Germaine Greer, Shulamith Firestone, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Erica Jong, Molly Haskell, Shere Hite, Susie Orbach, Judith Rossner, Alix Kates Shulman, Gloria Steinem, Sojourner Truth, Rebecca Walker, Naomi Wolf, and many others. With Voices of the Women’s Health Movement , for the first time, every woman and girl can experience in one place the powerful history of stirring words and strong female perspectives that have inspired countless women to take control of their health and their lives. Volume Two highlights include influential writings on sex, rape and violence against women, body image, informed consent, self-help gynecology, patient advocacy, and the mind-body connection.

Provides over two hundred recipes bursting with unexpected flavors and combinations, including chili-orange cold noodles, tea and spice smoked duck breast, spicy tangerine beef, and eggroll-cartwheel soup.

Includes a dozen wonderfully sentimental love songs from Barbra's beautiful 1999 album, including: I've Dreamed of You * If I Never Met You * Isn't It a Pity * It Must Be You * Just One Lifetime * Love like Ours * The Island * The Music That Makes Me Dance * Wait * and more. Features Barbra's comments on each of the songs, and lovely full-color photos.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Our matching folio to the 2001 release by this golden-voiced superstar Streisand's first Christmas record in three-and-a-half decades features emotional renditions of a dozen holiday favorites. Includes "I Remember," reworked for Barbra by composer Stephen Sondheim, and: Ave Maria * A Christmas Love Song * Christmas Lullaby * Christmas Mem'ries * Closer * Grown-Up Christmas List * I'll Be Home for Christmas * It Must Have Been the Mistletoe * One God * Snowbound * What Are You Doing New Year's Eve'. Includes photos and an introductory note from Barbra.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Babs' celebrated CD produced by Diana Krall was a labor of love for both. This folio features fascinating notes on the production, color photos, and 13 beloved romantic standards: Gentle Rain * Here's That Rainy Day * Here's to Life * If You Go Away * In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning * Love Dance * Make Someone Happy * Smoke Gets in Your Eyes * Some Other Time * Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most * A Time for Love * Where Do You Start? * You Must Believe in Spring.

"If they gave out Emmys for best book about an Emmy-award winning TV series, Executive Producer Barney Rosenzweig would have another to add to his huge collection. If you love Cagney & Lacey-as I do-this is a must read. Triple love it " -Rosie O'Donnell, comedian, actress, host of award-winning The Rosie O'Donnell Show , and co-host of The View " Cagney & Lacey ... and Me is terrific-a must-read for anyone interested in how the television business really works. From insecure stars with over-sized egos, to network executives blundering their way to success in spite of themselves, Barney Rosenzweig's chronicle of the rise and fall of the hit series Cagney & Lacey has it all: tempers, tears, greed, deceit, duplicity and sex-in short, more juicy melodrama than a daytime soap opera." -Steven Bochco, producer writer of award-winning series Hill Street Blues, LA Law and NYPD Blue "One of Hollywood's greatest producers is also a brilliant storyteller. Barney recounts tales from the front lines of network television battlefields-with candor, intelligence and inimitable wit. If you want to know how television really works, this is the book for you"-Linda Bloodworth and Harry Thomason, award-winning creators, writer, producers and director of Designing Women "Barney wrote a book?" -Peter Falk, Emmy-winning star of iconic television series, Columbo and twice nominated Academy Award star of motion pictures too numerous to mention "Just as William Goldman's Adventures in the Screen Trade is considered a bible for screenwriters, Rosenzweig's new memoir offers a Master Class for television producers."- Kevin Howell, Publisher's Weekly

"An award-winning historian of religion examines the role a "messiah" plays in Western culture, from its pre-Christian roots to modern interpretations of a savior."--Inside front jacket flap

"Growing up in Beverly Hills, Diller was neglected by his parents, abused by his brother, and overwhelmed by insecurity. Diller began his career in the mailroom of the William Morris Agency and had one of the most extraordinary ascents in show business history, inventing the TV Movie of the Week for ABC at age twenty-seven, becoming CEO of Paramount Pictures at age thirty-two, and launching the Fox TV network at age forty-four. . . . Diller shares his provocative and at times counterintuitive insights about advancing in a company; becoming a manager and a leader; and the value of confrontation. He describes his relentless quest for good ideas along with what he learned from the bad ones. For the first time, Diller also tells the story of his unconventional and very private personal life, describing relationships with men and the woman he calls his 'unique and complete love,' designer Diane von Furstenberg. Diller writes, 'I would have secrets, but I would tell no lies'"--

In 1945, many Europeans still heated with coal, cooled their food with ice, and lacked indoor plumbing. This book presents an account of the extraordinary development of Europe's economy since the end of World War II. It argues that the continent's history has been critical to its economic performance.

The following four basic priciples of the ground-breaking but simple system in H0w To Learn Any Language are hailed by language-teaching professionals everywhere: The Multiple Track Attack, Hidden Moments, The Harry Lorayne Magic Memory System and Plunge In. In How To Learn Any Language you'll discover how to make this system work for you.

"Film and television director and notable raconteur Barry Sonnenfeld's outrageous and hilarious memoir, tracing his idiosyncratic upbringing in Washington Heights, his breaking into film as a cinematographer with the Coen brothers, and his unexpected career as the director behind such huge film franchises as The Addams Family and Men in Black, and beloved work like Get Shorty and A Series of Unfortunate Events"--

This keenly written testament provides a chilling firsthand look at Adolf Hitler's devastating rise to power. First published in 1943, "Blood & Banquets" was a secret journal kept by Fromm, a social columnist in Germany in the 1930s. Photos. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Barcelona. 21 cm. 415 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Crescent city. Traducción de Ana Mª de la Fuente. Fuente, Ana María de la. 1932- .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. 84-226-2100-2

"It's the ultimate in mass transit systems, a network of interstitial tunnels that bind the planets of the solar system together ... But something is living in the network, chewing its way to the very heart of the system and leaving a trail of death and mutation behind it. Once again, a reluctant Doctor is dragged into human history. Back down amongst the joyboys, freesurfers, chessfans, politicians, and floozies, where friends are more dangerous than enemies and one man's human being is another's psychotic killing machine. Once again the Doctor is all that stands between humanity and its own mistakes."--Page 4 of cover