Diary of a Motorcycle Babe

Diary of a Motorcycle Babe
Author: Carmen V. Stern
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 53
Release: 2011-07-19
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1463430361

Take the back seat and follow the journey along with Carmen as you experience her frustrations and her growths . . . the ups and downs to learning a motorcycle and the discovery of how driving a motorcycle is like ballroom dancing!

The Gendered Motorcycle

The Gendered Motorcycle
Author: Esperanza Miyake
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2018-06-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1838609385

What happens to gender at 120mph? Are Harley-Davidsons more masculine than Yamahas? The Gendered Motorcycle answers such questions through a critical examination of motorcycles in film, advertising and television. Whilst bikers and biker cultures have been explored previously, the motorcycle itself has remained largely under-theorised, especially in relation to gender. Esperanza Miyake reveals how representations of motorcycles can produce different gendered bodies, identities, spaces and practices. This interdisciplinary book offers new and critical ways to think about gender and motorcycles, and will interest scholars and students of gender, technology and visual cultures, as well as motorcycle industry practitioners and motorcycle enthusiasts.

The Chrome Cowgirl Guide to the Motorcycle Life

The Chrome Cowgirl Guide to the Motorcycle Life
Author: Sasha Mullins
Publisher: Motorbooks
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2008-09-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1616730609

A girl’s gotta have a passion--why not a motorcycle? Like a love letter from the wild side of life comes this book from “chrome cowgirl� Sasha Mullins. A primer for women who ride, or want to, or might simply like to jumpstart their lives, the book covers the ground in a way that’s as entertaining as it is informative. Whether it’s how to ride, what to do to your bike, or what to wear, Sasha has the advice. What’s more, her bike savvy and street strategies pack powerful lessons, offering a friendly word from the wisecracking on how to get the most out of life’s wild ride. From choosing, maintaining, and repairing a bike to honing your vocabulary and checking your attitude, there’s something here for every woman who ever dreamed of saddling up and becoming an easy rider in control of her destiny.

The Book of Broken Hearts

The Book of Broken Hearts
Author: Sarah Ockler
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2013-05-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442430389

Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the most important thing is this: the Vargas brothers are notorious heartbreakers. But as Jude begins to fall for Emilio Vargas, she begins to wonder if her sisters were wrong, in this poignant and romantic novel from the author of "Bittersweet."

Hogs, Blogs, Leathers and Lattes

Hogs, Blogs, Leathers and Lattes
Author: William E. Thompson
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2012-09-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0786492767

This book combines more than 45 years of the author's riding experiences with data collected over five years of systematic observation and extensive ethnographic interviews with over 200 male and female riders. Much has been written about hardcore bikers, but there has been little scholarly research on the much larger segment of the population more aptly called motorcycle enthusiasts. This book focuses on them--the hard working plumbers, truck drivers, and other blue collar workers as well as the white collar executives, doctors and other professionals who are mostly married, have mortgages, pay their bills, obey the law, and on weekends and holidays participate in a favorite pastime, riding motorcycles.

Chick Lit

Chick Lit
Author: Rocío Montoro
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2012-04-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1441187278

In recent times, Chick Lit has risen to a certain level of prominence. This is the first book length study that looks into the distinctive features of this much-discussed genre. Chick Lit is examined in relation to its linguistic peculiarities and their role as far as narrative, sociological and feminist issues are concerned, amongst others. Montoro's stylistics includes a cognitive slant that highlights futher readerly aspects of the texts. The approach illuminates how the genre works, and how it is set apart from others. In this respect, the stylistics of chick lit is understood in its contect of production and reception. Montoro evaluates reading processes and investigates readers' responsive attitude to the genre. This interdisciplinary work explores the boundaries of the stylistics of chick lit and works reflectively, looking at how exploring this genre can help the twofold aim of testing existing models of linguistic and cognitive analysis. It will be essential reading for those interested in cutting-edge stylistics.