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Suzette Haden Elgin
Set in the twenty-second century after the repeal of the Nineteenth Amendment, this novel reveals a world where women are once again property, denied civil rights and banned from public…
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In the final volume of the Native Tongue trilogy, Earth will be euthanized-unless women can alter humanity’s destructive behavior and avoid extinction.
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Continues: The gentle art of verbal self defense. 1980.
This text shows how to defend oneself against verbal abuse, including casual racist or sexist language, and explains how to use e-mail and voice-mail to handle sensitive issues.
No matter how or when it occurs, abusive language can have grave long-term consequences for a victim’s physical and psychological health. This study offers a practical programme for coping with…
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Based on her proven techniques, Suzette Haden Elgin gives parents, teachers, youth workers, law enforcement personnel, and anyone who needs to talk effectively with children a system of language behaviour…
Disarming communication tactics from the author of The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense . In every aspect of our lives we have to deliver or respond to negative messages at…
Suzette Haden Elgin, a grandmother of ten, has written this book to give grandmothers of all ages and experience a guide to basic grandmothering skills.
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A feminist classic of science fiction comes to the Masterwork list - praised by Ursulua Le Guin, this is a cult novel due to be rediscovered.
Combining both the wit and wisdom of the author who is a grandmother of ten, this guide to grandmothering skills covers communication, coping with emergencies and recording family history.
How multilingualism enhances the human experience and why our decisions about English Only language policies are shortsighted.
The Aliens have abandoned Earth, taking their technologies with them and plunging the planet into economic and ecological disaster. The women discover an ingenious solution to the problem of human…
In this feminist science fiction classic, a secret language created by women holds the power to overthrow an oppressive ruling order.
In the sequel to the feminist classic Native Tongue, a covert female agent is sent to infiltrate the resistance.
This book includes material from 1st Dictionary and Grammar (1988) and merges it with new vocabulary created for the L?adan website. Elgin died in 2015, but interest persists in the…
Originally published in 1984, this classic dystopian trilogy is a testament to the power of language and women’s collective action. In the second volume of the Native Tongue trilogy, the…
