Women of the Weird
Title | Women of the Weird PDF eBook |
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Publisher | Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 1976-01-01 |
Genre | American fiction |
ISBN | 9780688417314 |
Eleven "eerie" stories by women writers from the seventeenth century to the present, including Madame d'Aulnoy, Edith Nesbit, and Shirley Jackson.
Weird Women
Title | Weird Women PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Morton |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 379 |
Release | 2021-09-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1643137840 |
Following the success of Weird Women: Volume 1, acclaimed anthologists Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger return with another offering of overlooked masterworks from early female horror writers, including George Eliot, Zora Neale Hurston, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Edith Wharton. Following the success of their acclaimed Weird Women, star anthologists Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger return with another offering of overlooked masterworks from early female horror writers. This volume once again gathers some of the most famous voices of literature—George Eliot, Zora Neale Hurston, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Edith Wharton—along with chilling tales by writers who were among the bestselling and most critically-praised authors of the early supernatural story, including Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Vernon Lee, Florence Marryat, and Margaret Oliphant. There are, of course, ghost stories here, but also tales of vampirism, mesmerism, witches, haunted India, demonic entities, and journeys into the afterlife. Introduced and annotated for modern readers, Morton and Klinger have curated more stories sure to provide another "feast of entertaining (and scary) reads" (Library Journal).
Why women are weird
Title | Why women are weird PDF eBook |
Author | David Moore |
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Weird
Title | Weird PDF eBook |
Author | Olga Khazan |
Publisher | Hachette Go |
Pages | 277 |
Release | 2020-04-07 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 0316418498 |
Learn why the concept of "weird" is being reclaimed and turned into a badge of honor, used to show how being different—culturally, socially, physically, or mentally—can be a person's greatest strength. Most of us have at some point in our lives felt like an outsider, sometimes considering ourselves "too weird" to fit in. Growing up as a Russian immigrant in West Texas, Olga Khazan always felt there was something different about her. This feeling has permeated her life, and as she embarked on a science writing career, she realized there were psychological connections between this feeling of being an outsider and both her struggles and successes later in life. She decided to reach out to other people who were unique in their environments to see if they had experienced similar feelings of alienation, and if so, to learn how they overcame them. Weird is based on in-person interviews with many of these individuals, such as a woman who is professionally surrounded by men, a liberal in a conservative area, and a Muslim in a predominantly Christian town. In addition, it provides actionable insights based on interviews with dozens of experts and a review of hundreds of scientific studies. Weird explores why it is that we crave conformity, how that affects people who are different, and what they can do about it. First, the book dives into the history of social norms and why some people hew to them more strictly than others. Next, Khazan explores the causes behind-and the consequences of-social rejection. She then reveals the hidden upsides to being "weird," as well as the strategies that people who are different might use in order to achieve success in a society that values normalcy. Finally, the book follows the trajectories of unique individuals who either decided to be among others just like them; to stay weird; or to dwell somewhere in between. Combining Khazan's own story with those of others and with fascinating takeaways from cutting-edge psychology research, Weird reveals how successful individuals learned to embrace their weirdness, using it to their advantage.
English Eccentrics: a Gallery of Weird and Wonderful Men and Women
Title | English Eccentrics: a Gallery of Weird and Wonderful Men and Women PDF eBook |
Author | Edith Sitwell |
Publisher | Rare Treasure Editions |
Pages | 357 |
Release | 2021-11-09T17:13:00Z |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1774643995 |
Eccentricity exists particularly in the English, states Dame Edith Sitwell, because of “that peculiar and satisfactory knowledge of infallibility that is the hallmark and the birthright of the British nation.” Originally published in the 1930s, The English Eccentrics has lost none of its vitality and wit. We find hermits, quacks, mariners, indefatigable travelers, and men of learning. We meet the amphibious Lord Rokeby, whose beard reached his knees and who seldom left his bath; the irascible Captain Thicknesses, who left his right hand, to be cut off after his death, to his son Lord Audley; and Curricle Coats, the Gifted Amateur, whose suit was sewn with diamonds and whose every performance ended in uproar. This is a glorious gallery of the extremes of human nature, portrayed with humor, sympathy, knowledge, and love.
The Weird Gathering and Other Tales
Title | The Weird Gathering and Other Tales PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald T. Curran |
Publisher | |
Pages | 574 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | American fiction |
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Women's Weird 2
Title | Women's Weird 2 PDF eBook |
Author | Melissa Edmundson |
Publisher | Handheld Classics |
Pages | 195 |
Release | 2020-10-27 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781912766451 |
Women's Weird 2 contains thirteen remarkably chilling stories originally published from 1891 to 1937, by women authors from the USA, Canada, the UK, India and Australia.