The Abominable Snow Woman And Other Stories

The Abominable Snow Woman And Other Stories
Author: Teejay LeCapois
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2017-02-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1365763854

Yeti. Bigfoot. Abominable Snow Man. Sasquatch. You humans have many names for my kind. You've probably seen us without knowing it. We hide in plain sight, thanks to our shape-shifting powers. I live in the Ghorki-Terelj region of Mongolia, near the Himalayas, and work as a tour guide. Two unusual clients walked into the shop recently. Harold Rosenthal, a South African big-game hunter, and Omar Kensington, an African-American Muslim scholar and Howard University student. They seek Abominable Snow Men. I'm to take them into the Himalayan wilderness, to find a brood of mythical creatures...of which I happen to be a member. This ought to be interesting. To the mundane world, I am Mariam Bagabandi, Mongolian businesswoman and tour guide. You may call me...The Abominable Snow Woman. Let the games begin...

Animals and Women

Animals and Women
Author: Carol J. Adams
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 394
Release: 1995-11-14
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0822381958

Animals and Women is a collection of pioneering essays that explores the theoretical connections between feminism and animal defense. Offering a feminist perspective on the status of animals, this unique volume argues persuasively that both the social construction and oppressions of women are inextricably connected to the ways in which we comprehend and abuse other species. Furthermore, it demonstrates that such a focus does not distract from the struggle for women’s rights, but rather contributes to it. This wide-ranging multidisciplinary anthology presents original material from scholars in a variety of fields, as well as a rare, early article by Virginia Woolf. Exploring the leading edge of the species/gender boundary, it addresses such issues as the relationship between abortion rights and animal rights, the connection between woman-battering and animal abuse, and the speciesist basis for much sexist language. Also considered are the ways in which animals have been regarded by science, literature, and the environmentalist movement. A striking meditation on women and wolves is presented, as is an examination of sexual harassment and the taxonomy of hunters and hunting. Finally, this compelling collection suggests that the subordination and degradation of women is a prototype for other forms of abuse, and that to deny this connection is to participate in the continued mistreatment of animals and women.

The Women of Hammer Horror

The Women of Hammer Horror
Author: Robert Michael “Bobb” Cotter
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1476602018

The Hammer studio is best known for its horror film output from the mid-1950s through the 1970s. This book provides facts about the hundreds of actresses who appeared in those films, including ones released in the twenty-first century by a resurgent Hammer. Each woman's entry includes her Hammer filmography, a brief biography if available, and other film credits in the horror genre. The book is illustrated with more than 60 film stills and posters.

Bigfoot

Bigfoot
Author: Joshua Blu Buhs
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2009-08-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0226502155

Last August, two men in rural Georgia announced that they had killed Bigfoot. The claim drew instant, feverish attention, leading to more than 1,000 news stories worldwide—despite the fact that nearly everyone knew it was a hoax. Though Bigfoot may not exist, there’s no denying Bigfoot mania. With Bigfoot, Joshua Blu Buhs traces the wild and wooly story of America’s favorite homegrown monster. He begins with nineteenth-century accounts of wildmen roaming the forests of America, treks to the Himalayas to reckon with the Abominable Snowman, then takes us to northern California in 1958, when reports of a hairy hominid loping through remote woodlands marked Bigfoot’s emergence as a modern marvel. Buhs delves deeply into the trove of lore and misinformation that has sprung up around Bigfoot in the ensuing half century. We meet charlatans, pseudo-scientists, and dedicated hunters of the beast—and with Buhs as our guide, the focus is always less on evaluating their claims than on understanding why Bigfoot has inspired all this drama and devotion in the first place. What does our fascination with this monster say about our modern relationship to wilderness, individuality, class, consumerism, and the media? Writing with a scientist’s skepticism but an enthusiast’s deep engagement, Buhs invests the story of Bigfoot with the detail and power of a novel, offering the definitive take on this elusive beast.

Frankenstein's Daughters

Frankenstein's Daughters
Author: Jane L. Donawerth
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1997-04-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780815603955

Women Science fiction authors—past and present—are united by the problems they face in attempting to write in this genre, an overwhelmingly male-dominated field. Science fiction has been defined by male-centered, scientific discourse that describes women as alien "others" rather than rational beings. This perspective has defined the boundaries of science fiction, resulting in women writers being excluded as equal participants in the genre. Frankenstein's Daughters explores the different strategies women have used to negotiate the minefields of their chosen career: they have created a unique utopian science formulated by and for women, with women characters taking center stage and actively confronting oppressors. This type of depiction is a radical departure from the condition where women are relegated to marginal roles within the narratives. Donawerth takes a comprehensive look at the field and explores the works of authors such as Mary Shelley, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Anne McCaffrey.

The Abominable Snow Teacher

The Abominable Snow Teacher
Author: Lisa Passen
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2015-01-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 146689010X

Miss Irma Birmbaum felt funny. She looked at her hands. They had fur. So did her face. She had grown incredibly hairy. Miss Irma Birmbaum was now an Abominable Snow Teacher! The toughest teacher in town is back for another hilarious adventure School is canceled for a snow day! The children are having so much fun that no one thinks about schoolwork. No one but Miss Irma Birmbaum, that is. Who else would ski through a blizzard to bring the children their textbooks? But on the way a mysterious electric shock transforms Miss Birmbaum into . . . an Abominable Snow Teacher! Can the students show this huge, hairy teacher how to have fun before it's too late? The fierce but lovable Miss Birmbaum returns in this laugh-out-loud companion to Attack of the 50-Foot Teacher and The Incredible Shrinking Teacher.

Himalaya

Himalaya
Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2018-06-05
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1611805902

Intimate, exhilarating writings on adventure, meditation, and life in the captivating wildness of the Himalayan Mountains—with contributions from Amitav Ghosh, Mark Twain, Rabindranath Tagore, Peter Matthiessen, and more. For some, the Himalaya is a frontier against which people test themselves. Others find refuge and tranquility in the mountains, a place where they can seek their true selves, perhaps even God. Over millennia, the mountains have cradled civilization itself and nurtured teeming, irrepressible life. With over thirty essays, this exhilarating anthology offers a dazzling range of voices that reveal accounts of great ascents and descents—from reflecting on a deadly avalanche to searching for a snow leopard and enjoying the simple pleasure of riding a handcar down a railway track. These diverse writings bring to life the spirit of the Himalaya in an unparalleled panorama. Contributors include: Amitav Ghosh Mark Twain Rabindranath Tagore Peter Matthiessen Edmund Hillary Aleister Crowley Andrew Harvey Vicki Mackenzie Sarat Chandra Das H. A. Giles (Trans.) Jahangir Sven Hedin Frank S. Smythe Anil Yadav Jinasena Arundhathi Subramaniam Dharamvir Bharati Swami Vivekananda Rahul Sankrityayan Francis Younghusband Ruskin Bond Jemima Diki Sherpa Kirin Narayan Jawaharlal Nehru Abdul Wahid Radhu Jim Corbett Bill Aitken Hridayesh Joshi Dom Moraes Manjushree Thapa

Mystical Heights

Mystical Heights
Author: Jourdan T. Binger
Publisher: Jourdan binger/ novel-cat
Total Pages: 144
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Solaris Van-Nuyes is a eighteen year old vampire, and she has been that way for the past 155 years. Solaris lives with her vampire family and they only hunt human's that are hand picked by their leader, Raymond. Raymond only picks the scum of the earth that more or less deserve the fate that his family bestows upon the scum.The rules of the house are simple. No feeding outside of Raymond's picks. Do not wonder into Bayside Heights where the Werewolves live. If you don't come home then call to let someone at home know you wont be coming home. On Wednesday morning Solaris was missing and the last person she was with was Jensen Hernandez from Bayside Heights. For some reason Solaris woke up in Jensen's body and nobody seemed to believe Solaris when she told them that she wasnt Jensen and it almost started a war between the vampires and werewolves. Jensen woke up bound and gagged inside Solaris' body in a wine cellar of a local warlock that has been obsessed with Solaris and he had put a dark spell upon Jensen and Solaris in a jealous rage. He placed the spell on them thinking they were in a relationship the night Jensen helped Solaris with her broken down car. Dark magic has been banned for over 300 years, so if anyone found out that he had done the magic spell, Gerry would lose all of his powers or possibly something far worse. Gerry kidnapped Jensen thinking it was Solaris and planned on killing Jensen, but a passing car made Gerry leave in a hurry without making sure that Jensen was actually dead. The spell was to switch Jensens body with death. Unbeknownst to the warlock known as Gerry Mueller was that the closest "death" to Jensen was in fact Solaris and he had switched the two mistakenly. After Gerry put Solaris whom now was Jensen into the trunk a truck was coming around the bend and instead of checking to make sure Jensen was actually dead Gerry slammed the trunk closed and sped off with a mismatched Jensen in the trunk. Written by: Jourdan Binger All Rights Reserved