FROM AWARD-WINNING and bestselling Chinese writer Tie Ning comes a stunningly original novel that captures the spirit of a new generation of young professionals in contemporary China. The Bathing Wome
From an award-winning and bestselling Chinese author, this stunningly original novel captures the spirit of a new generation of young professionals in contemporary China.From award-winning and bestsel
Now in paperback! A stellar ensemble of picture book creators—all women—join together to celebrate a sampling of history’s young female revolutionaries. This is the ideal introduction for the next generation of tenacious trailblazers.Fresh, accessible, and inspiring, Shaking Things Up introduces fourteen revolutionary young women who, through determination and perseverance, sparked change in the world. Each accomplished woman and her short, poetic biography is matched with work from an award-winning illustrator: two-time Caldecott winner Sophie Blackall takes on heroic World War II spies Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne; Caldecott Honor–winning Oge Mora presents brave Ruby Bridges; Selina Alko is matched with the courageous Malala Yousafzai; New York Times bestselling illustrator Emily Winfield Martin is paired with the inventor of the controversial one-piece bathing suit, Annette Kellermann; and Shadra Strickland introduces America’s first known female firefighter, Molly Williams.WHO ARE
This story describes the experiences of a group of people on a trip to Turkey. Aunt Dot is set on the emancipation of Turkish women through the encouragement of a wider use of the bathing hat, whilst
Did you know that women once wore corsets under their bathing suits? Or that semi-drowning—the strip and plunge practice—was thought to be good for one's health? Or that Pudgy Stockton, the body-build
One hundred twenty pages of illustrations, accompanied by descriptive captions, depict one-piece strapless bathing suits and dresses with plunging necklines for women; business suits with wide lapels
