An employee of a very large corporation dies in a hit-and-run accident. Rumors abound that it was murder, disrupting morale. Nero and Archie are hired to either scotch the rumors or find the truth re: the mysterious death. These circumstances put Archie smack dab in the middle of hundreds of young working women -- many of them suspects, most of them of interest to Archie on other levels.
Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things
Lakoff's Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things is a treasure trove of linguistic examples and a carefully developed model of cognition argued on the basis of semantics. His experientialism places the human act of cognition in the center; his brilliantly presented result is that cognition is vitally dependent on metaphor, which he defines as a mapping of conceptual structures from one domain onto another--a result of particular relevance to literature.
Recritiquing Women's Writing in English, 2 Volumes Set
Volume 2 CONTENTS • Acknowledgements iii • Contributors v 1. Indian Feminine Sensibility in Current Indian-English Women Poets Dr. M.F. Patel 1 2. Existential Dilemma in Anita Desai's Voices in the City Dr. Poonam Rani Gllpta 16 3. Feminism Reconsidered: A Study of Anita. Desai's Cry, the Peacock Vinod Kumar Maheshwari 24
Norma Vally's Kitchen Fix-Ups: More than 30 Projects for Every Skill Level
The DIY trend for women involves more than knitting and sewing: today more women are tending to their homes, and they're not just sewing curtains and arranging flowers. They're installing new toilets, laying ceramic floors in the kitchen, and drywalling the den. With 23 percent of all power tool purchases in 2004 made by women, and the number of unmarried females owning homes climbing by nearly 4 million owners from 1994 to 2002, when it comes to home repair, maintenance, and improvement, these sisters are doing it for themselves.
When You're Not Expecting: An Infertility Survival Guide
Often enduring years of heartache, couples with infertility number over 7.3 million. Enduring the daunting difficulties of treatment is something few women are prepared for. Based on the personal stories of 200 women determined to overcome infertility, this surprisingly upbeat survivors' guide gives the kind of hard-won wisdom essential to making it through the process.
