A work of anthropology and sociology, of biology and psychoanalysis, which stands - almost five decades after its first appearance - as the first landmark in the modern feminist upsurge that has transformed perceptions of the social relationship of man and womankind in our time.

The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs.

Based on a lecture given at Girton College Cambridge.

An account of the war against women, the insidiously manipulated political and cultural backlash against the hard-won equality and independence which women achieved in the 1970s and 1980s. Using examples from all areas of public life, Faludi presents a picture of the erosion of women's status.

Presents an analysis of the position of women in Western society.

In the struggle for women's equality, there is one subject still shrouded in silence - women's compulsive pursuit of beauty. The author citing examples confronts the beauty industry and its advertising and uncovers the reasons why women are consumed by this destructive obsession.

First published in 1792, this book was written in a spirit of outrage and enthusiasm. In an age of ferment, following the American and French revolutions, Mary Wollstonecraft took prevailing egalitarian principles and dared to apply them to women. The introduction discusses her ideas.

A new cover re-issue of the ground-breaking, worldwide bestselling feminist tract.

A phenomenon: a play that has changed thousands of lives and inspired a dynamic new women's movement With a foreword by Gloria Steinem

This is the story of Edna Pontellier, a beautiful young wife and mother who discovers her true feelings and identity through her love for Robert Lebrun, and in so doing challenges the bourgeois assumptions of her day. This title features music by Chopin, Grieg and Widor.

Presents the 'wild woman', the wise and ageless presence in the female psyche that gives women their creativity, energy and power. For centuries, the 'wild woman' has been repressed by a male-orientated value system which trivialises women's emotions.This title reveals that the 'wild woman' in us is innately healthy, passionate and wise.

Lively polemic on contemporary sexual politics that examines the post-feminist phenomenon of 'raunch culture' .

Arguing that traditional feminism is wrong to look to a natural notion of the female, or indeed of sex or gender, this book questions the category 'woman' and continues in this vein with examinations of 'the masculine' and 'the feminine'. It considers gender as a reiterated social performance rather than the expression of a prior reality.

This work, by the author of Flying , shows how patriarchal bias has operated in history and culture and is reflected in mythology, religion, social mores and literature. It explores sexual theory and psychoanalysis, and analyses the writings of D.H. Lawrence, Norman Mailer and Henry Miller.

In this updated text of sexual politics, bell hooks argues that the contemporary feminist movement must establish a new direction for the future. She contends that the foundation of the women's movement has not fully accounted for the complexity and diversity of female experience.

A tragic tale of the rise and fall of Camelot seen through the eyes of Camelot's women: the devout Gwenhwyfar, Arthur's Queen; Vivane, High priestess of Avalon and the Lady of the Lake; above all, Morgaine, possessor of the sight, the wise, the wise-woman fated to bring ruin on them all.

First published in 1892, this perfect novel portrays with chilling power the powerlessness of women within Victorian marriage.

The history of sexually manipulative women from biblical times to today.

The inspirational tale of eight women who defied the confines of life in revolutionary Iran through the joy and power of literature.