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The daughter of Judy Garland describes how it felt growing up on the shadows of her famous mother and half-sister, Liza Minnelli.
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Lorna Goodison's first poetry collection to be published in Canada in over nine years, Mother Muse heralds the return of a major voice. The poems in Goodison's new book move boldly and range widely; here are praise songs alongside laments; autobiography shares pages with the collective past. In her exquisitely lyrical evocations of Jamaican lore and tradition, Goodison has always shown another side of history. While celebrating a wide cross-section of women--from Mahalia Jackson to Sandra Bland--Mother Muse focuses on two under-regarded "mothers" in Jamaican music: Sister Mary Ignatius, who nurtured many of Jamaica's most gifted musicians, and celebrated dancer Anita "Margarita" Mahfood. These important figures lead a collection of formidable scope and intelligence, one that seamlessly blends the personal and the political.
Changing Women, Changing History is a bibliographic guide to the scholarship, both English and French, on Canadian's women's history. Organized under broad subject headings, and accompanied by author and subject indices it is accessible and comprehensive.
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Lorna Jane Clarkson, founder of Australia's leading activewear label Lorna Jane, launches NOURISH: The Fit Woman's Cookbook. Clarkson's first ever cookbook follows the success of More of The Fit Woman's Secrets [2013] and Move Nourish Believe [2011]. In keeping with Clarkson's commitment to her Active Living three-pillared philosophy, MOVE NOURISH BELIEVE, the cookbook is to help inspire women to improve their lives by focusing on nourishment rather than dieting. Lorna Jane Clarkson; "I want women to make the healthy choice as I know it will improve their lives just as it continues to improve mine every single day. The connection between the foods we eat and the way we feel is incredible." "...
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Brief rhymes for each letter of the alphabet, accompanied by longer explanatory text, present features of Alberta.