Scarlet A

Author : Katie Watson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190624876
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scarlet A written by Katie Watson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the NCTE George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language Although Roe v. Wade identified abortion as a constitutional right in1973, it still bears stigma--a proverbial scarlet A. Millions of Americans have participated in or benefited from an abortion, but few want to reveal that they have done so. Approximately one in five pregnancies in the US ends in abortion. Why is something so common, which has been legal so long, still a source of shame and secrecy? Why is it so regularly debated by politicians, and so seldom divulged from friend to friend? This book explores the personal stigma that prevents many from sharing their abortion experiences with friends and family in private conversation, and the structural stigma that keeps it that way. In public discussion, both proponents and opponents of abortion's legality tend to focus on extraordinary cases. This tendency keeps the national debate polarized and contentious, and keeps our focus on the cases that occur the least. Professor Katie Watson focuses instead on the cases that happen the most, which she calls "ordinary abortion." Scarlet A gives the reflective reader a more accurate impression of what the majority of American abortion practice really looks like. It explains how our silence around private experience has distorted public opinion, and how including both ordinary abortion and abortion ethics could make our public exchanges more fruitful. In Scarlet A, Watson wisely and respectfully navigates one of the most divisive topics in contemporary life. This book explains the law of abortion, challenges the toxic politics that make it a public football and private secret, offers tools for more productive private exchanges, and leads the way to a more robust public discussion of abortion ethics. Scarlet A combines storytelling and statistics to bring the story of ordinary abortion out of the shadows, painting a rich, rarely seen picture of how patients and doctors currently think and act, and ultimately inviting readers to tell their own stories and draw their own conclusions. The paperback edition includes a new preface by the author addressing new cultural developments in abortion discourse and new legal threats to reproductive rights, and updated statistics throughout.

Author : Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nathanial Hawthorne
Publisher : Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media
ISBN 13 : 1722524766
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scarlet Letter written by Nathanial Hawthorne and published by Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scarlet Letter by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne was published in 1850. This work of historical fiction is considered to be a masterpiece of American literature and a classic moral study. Set in 17th-century Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1642 to 1649 the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and refuses to reveal her lover’s identity. Hester believes herself to be a widow, but her husband, Roger Chillingworth, returns to New England very much alive and conceals his identity. He finds his wife forced to wear the scarlet letter A on her dress as punishment for her sin and her secrecy. Chillingworth becomes obsessed with finding the identity of his wife’s former lover. Hester struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. When it’s revealed that her lover is a saintly young minister, Dimmesdale, who is the leader of those exhorting her to name the child’s father, he is tormented until stricken by guilt, becomes ill and publicly confesses his adultery before dying in Hester’s arms. Hester herself is revealed to be a self-reliant heroine who is never truly repentant for committing adultery with the minister and feels that their act was consecrated by their deep love for each other. She begins a new life with her daughter in Europe and years later upon her return to New England, she continues to wear the scarlet letter. After her death she is buried next to Dimmesdale and on their joint tombstone is a description of the scarlet A.

Author : A.C. Gaughen
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408819767
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scarlet written by A.C. Gaughen and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Posing as one of Robin Hood’s thieves to avoid the evil Lord Gisbourne, Scarlet has kept her identity secret from all of Nottinghamshire. Only her fellow outlaws, John Little, Much and Robin Hood know the truth - this agile thief is no boy but in fact a fearless young woman with a secret past. But Scarlet is torn between her desire to get as far from Lord Gisbourne as possible and a strong sense of responsibility to those who took her in when she was first on the run. As Gisbourne draws closer to Scarlet and puts innocent lives at risk, she must decide how much the people of Nottinghamshire mean to her, especially John Little and Robin, whose quick smiles and temper have the rare power to unsettle Scarlet. Full of exciting action, secrets and romance, this imaginative retelling of the classic tale will have readers following every move of Robin Hood and his band of thieves.

Author : Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781954839175
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scarlet Letter (Reader's Library Classics) written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-18 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Author : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Everyman's Library
ISBN 13 : 0375712674
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hound of the Baskervilles, A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Everyman's Library. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three of the enthralling novels that brought us the world’s greatest fictional detective are gathered here in one volume. In 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s mystery novel A Study in Scarlet unleashed for the first time the unflappable Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Dr. John Watson. Watson and Holmes would go on to become two of the most widely admired characters in all of literature. The stories and novels that followed—including The Sign of Four and The Hound of the Baskervilles—expanded the duo’s practice at 221B Baker Street, thrilling readers with the impeccable powers of deduction that inevitably guide Holmes toward any mystery’s solution. A Study in Scarlet, a tale of Mormons and murder, is a drama of long-simmering revenge that plays out on the gaslit streets of London but has its dark roots in the pioneer settlements of Utah. The Sign of Four weaves together a stolen treasure from India, poison darts, and double-crossing thieves, while The Hound of the Baskervilles sets the legend of a diabolical hellhound and an old family curse against the backdrop of a desolate, moonlit moor. All three novels are gripping, timeless, and exquisitely plotted—beloved and indispensable classics of the detective genre.

Author : Wesley Washington Pasko
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking written by Wesley Washington Pasko and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael J. Colacurcio
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521319980
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Essays on 'The Scarlet Letter' written by Michael J. Colacurcio and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1985-10-31 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These interpretative essays explore different topics and issues in the context of history and culture.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dyestuffs written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher : Chadwick Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0615332013
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scarlet Letter (Readable Classics) written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by Chadwick Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-28 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hester Prynne, a woman condemned for a sin of passion, must forever wear the scarlet letter "A" on her breast.