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Bloomsbury presents My Double Life by Mark Foster, read by Andrew Hollingworth. *This audiobook features a bonus conversation with the author and Rebecca Adlington* 'As gripping as Mark's greatest races' – Zoe Ball 'Incredibly brave and uplifting' – Rebecca Adlington The moving story of one...

'Anna writes searing observations about today's society and the many burdens it places on women of colour. This is a masterpiece.' KELECHI OKAFOR 'Bold, unflinching, and revolutionary . . . A life-changing read. ' GABRIELLE UNION 'Provocative and uncompromising.' MIKKI KENDALL, bestselling...

Ancient Greeks and Romans had a term for the Double, referring to such an entity as a personal daemon or protector, a heavenly twin, who acts as an invisible guide during the lifetime of an individual. Recent Jungian psychologists refer to ''the double'' as ''a soul figure with all the erotic and spiritual significance'' attached to those inner figures whom Jung called anima (the inner feminine side of men) and animus (the inner masculine side of women). The double archetype, however, is not of the opposite, but of the same gender.

The Double X Economy describes both the shocking gender inequalities built into the global economy and the collective power of women that could be harnessed to turn these around and combat humankind's most pressing problems. Promoting women's economic empowerment will dramatically boost social, financial and environmental conditions for everybody around the world. Provocative, accessible and game-changing, The Double X Economy is at once an expert analysis and an urgent call to action.

La filosofía nos enseña que lo importante son las preguntas que nos hacemos, siempre que formulemos bien nuestros interrogantes y nos preguntemos por el fundamento de nuestros proyectos. La ética, por su parte es una invitación a ponerse en el lugar de los demás, y sucede que hasta ahora los hombres no se han puesto en el lugar de las mujeres. Con ellas ha valido casi todo: desde borrar su nombre y su historia hasta la violencia sexual.

Double standards are nothing new. Women deal with them every day. Take the common truism that women who sleep around are sluts while men are studs. Why is it that men grow distinguished and sexily gray as they age while women just get saggy and haggard? Have you ever wondered how a young woman is supposed to both virginal and provocatively enticing at the same time?

This program includes an introduction read by the author Winner of the 2020 Porchlight Business Book of the Year Award One of The Guardian's Best Books of 2020. Finalist for the 2020 Royal Science Society Book Prize and the 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards. Longlisted for the 2020 Financial...

Un message lumineux sur la souveraineté au féminin. L'image de la double déesse est présente dans de nombreuses œuvres issues des civilisations antiques. Elle symbolise la puissance que les femmes tirent de leur lien intime avec la nature, les éléments et le cosmos. Déesse de la dualité, cette créature bicéphale illustre la polarité du monde : la vie et la mort, la lumière et l'obscurité, la chaleur de l'été et le froid de l'hiver...

Tired of walking on eggshells, only to be blamed for her chaos? Why does the system punish you for defending your sanity, dignity, or wallet? How this book will save your life, it: Exposes the evolutionary playbook women use to exploit male labor and loyalty.

From discrimination to the never-ending comparison of children and, of course, the guilt women feel when going to work and "leaving" their kids behind, this book shares the reasons why women are dealing with problems and glass ceilings on the labour market, as well as within their own homes. This book teaches women, based on a full-time working mother’s own account of affairs, exactly what works to overcome such hurdles. Have a look, and let’s finally have an open discussion on a topic that is otherwise often disregarded.