Elżbieta Smoleńska Boeken

The embarrassment and alienation we often feel when the word 'vagina' comes up in conversation is fairly new. In this book, Naomi Wolf explains why the vagina deserves an understanding of its own cultural lineage and ancestry because, what is true of the female body in general, is more true of the vagina than of any other feminine aspect.

Why do girls do so increasingly well at school, yet men still dominate senior positions in adult life? Susan Pinker takes a hard look at how fundamental gender differences play out at school and at work.

1940, Nazi occupied France. In the middle of a devastating war, how many lives can you save?