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Virginia Miner, an unmarried tenured professor, is an Anglophile on leave to research a book. Fred Turner, a teacher at the same university, is recently separated, flat broke and miserable in this city where the rain never seems to end. The separate paths of these two lonely and naive innocents abroad lead them to strikingly similar destinations of newfound passion ... and unexpected love.

"Everyone thought we were dead. We were missing for nearly two months, we were twelve. What else could they think?--Lois It's always been hard to talk about what happened without sounding all melodramatic. ... Actually, I haven't mentioned it for years, not to a goddamned person.--Carly May When precocious Lois and pretty Carly May were twelve years old, they were kidnapped, driven across the country, and held in an Adirondack hunting lodge for two...

"Naturalezza" is an Italian word that means "'a way of being, of feeling without always being aware of one's being, '" and as Martina Satriano learns that she may have been born left-handed and that she has many choices in life, including the appearance of her first love and of "all the luscious food she prepares and enjoys with the men who come into her life," she works her way toward "naturalezza."--Jacket. Includes five recipes from Martina's tête-à-tête...

These twenty-three women artists, writers, scientists and scholars are diverse in their ideological positions. Most, but not all, contributors have married and have had children. In this pioneering collection of essays, these women write candidly, often shockingly, about the dilemmas and rewards of work of their own.

"Despite tremendous progress toward gender equality and equity in institutions of higher education, deep patterns of discrimination against women in the academy persist. From the "chilly climate" to the "old boys' club," women academics must navigate structures and cultures that continue to marginalize, penalize, and undermine their success. This book is a "tool kit" for advancing greater gender equality and equity in higher education. It presents...

"Neoliberal practices of the contemporary university cause disproportionate economic hardships for women, especially those who are students or adjuncts, are members of racialized groups, belong to underpaid disciplines, or are employed at less prestigious institutions. Lean Semesters addresses the reality that women of color, particularly Black women, are vulnerable to compounded forms of exploitation and inequity as faculty members"--

"In 2001, the National Science Foundation's ADVANCE Institutional Transformation program began awarding five-year grants to colleges and universities to address a common problem: how to improve the work environment for women faculty in science and engineering. Drawing on the expertise of scientists, engineers, social scientists, specialists in organizational behavior, and university administrators, this collection is the first to describe the variety...

"Research on the organizational culture in higher education affirms that congruent cultures are better than fragmented ones, and that managing culture is oxymoron. Such analyses often lead to the assumptions that unity of purpose is essential and leadership is impossible. This book reframes rather than suppresses these notions, and by respecting the differences, builds a commonality between them."--BOOK JACKET. "Using data on faculty socialization...