Queer: What a Queer Booknook
Here are some samples of what is in our book store. Click on a title to order, or click on the “all from this category” link to browse through more of our offerings.
Sex Education for Educators
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Teaching for Social Justice: A Democracy and Education Reader
by William Ayers, Jean Ann Hunt and Therese Quinn, Editors Teaching for Social Justice engages parents, citizens, students, and teachers in a conversation about education in a democracy. |
Sex Education for Youth
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Too Far Away to Touch
by Leslea Newman This is a beautifully done, quiet tale that will be meaningful to all children who have lost a beloved relative to any illness, but especially to AIDS. |
Parenting Sexually Healthy Kids
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Real Boys : Rescuing Our Sons From The Myths of Boyhood
by William Pollack, Ph.D. Based on William Pollack's groundbreaking research at Harvard Medical School over two decades, Real Boys explores why many boys are sad, lonely, and confused although they may appear tough, cheerful, and confident. |
Sex
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Big Big Love: A Sourcebook on Sex for People of Size and Those Who Love Them
by Hanne Blank "Big Big Love" dares to speak to everybody - regardless of gender, orientation or size - who's ready to grab for a bigger, more bountiful sex life. |
GLBT Issues
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Families : A Celebration of Diversity, Commitment, and Love
by Aylette Jenness Seventeen multiethnic young people describe their families, including their strengths and weaknesses. The "traditional" family appears along with a variety of other family structures. |
Body Image
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I'm Gonna Like Me : Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem
by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell Actor Jamie Lee Curtis and winsome illustrator Laura Cornell continue their successful collaboration (Today I Feel Silly, When I Was Little, et al.) with this paean to poise and self-assurance, I'm Gonna Like Me. Young readers will like Curtis's words and the rhythmic repetition, but it's Cornell's scribbling, reminiscent of the New Yorker's Roz Chast, that makes the book stand out. |
Women's Sexual Health
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Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom
by Christiane Northrup, M.D. The author, a holistic physician specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, seeks to illuminate the basic conditions of women's lives that lead to their health problems. |
Men's Sexual Health
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Wrestling with Love
by Samuel Osherson, Ph.D. In Wrestling with Love, psychologist Sam Osherson, author of the highly acclaimed Finding Our Fathers, reveals how men in our culture struggle to achieve intimacy in their relationships, even as strong messages about masculinity demand that they hide their desire for attachments. |
Miscellaneous
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Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America
by John D'Emilio and Estelle B. Freedman The first full length study of the history of sexuality in America, Intimate Matters offers trenchant insights into the sexual behavior of Americans, from colonial times to today. D'Emilio and Freedman give us a deeper understanding of how sexuality has dramatically influenced politics and culture throughout our history. |