"Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! Helps for Girls, in School and Out" by Annie H. Ryder is somewhat of an early feminist self-help guide. Written as a manual, this book aims to help young girls learn how to navigate their way through the education system and life at large. Written at a time when things were changing for women, this book encouraged countless girls to stand tall and keep dreaming.

We are increasingly conscious of the significance of our body language in our everyday interactions. The writers of the Bible were also aware of the role this nonverbal form of communication played and have recorded aspects of this in their narratives, or used idioms based on such gestures as head or hand movements, eye contact, and modes of dress. As with spoken or written language, postures and gestures need to be interpreted against a cultural background. This book provides a comprehensive overview of this rich world of nonverbal communication in the Old and New Testaments for the general reader and scholar alike.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.