UPDATED, WITH NEW MATERIAL BY THE AUTHOR"WOMEN WHO RUN WITHTHE WOLVES isn t just another book. It is a gift of profoundinsight, wisdom, and love. An oracle from one who knows."--AliceWalkerWithin every woman there lives a powerful force, filled withgood instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She isthe Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. Butshe is an endangered species. In WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES, Dr.Estés unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, and stories,many from her own family, in order to help women reconnect with thefierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature.Through the stories and commentaries in this remarkable book, weretrieve, examine, love, and understand the Wild Woman and hold heragainst our deep psyches as one who is both magic and medicine. Dr.Estés has created a new lexicon for describing the female psyche.Fertile and life-giving, it is a psychology of women in the truestsense, a knowing of the soul."This volum
An excellent,reassuring book for women and their partners. It carries the womanalong step-by-step in the rediscovery of her own sexuality and thepleasure it will bring her. Liberated or not, single or married,young or old, all women will find this book accessible andsupportive.
What were pirates really like? How much, if any, of thepiratical stereotype - of a dashingly handsome man with aneye-patch, peg-leg and a parrot on his shoulder - is based on thedocumented fact. In this revealing and highly original study DavidCordingly sets out to discover the truth behind the piracy myth,exploring its enduring and extraordinary appeal, and answering suchquestions as: why did men become pirates? Were there any womenpirates? How much money did they make from plundering and looting?And were pirates really dashing highwaymen of the Seven Seas orjust vicious cut-throats and robbers? From Long John Silver toHenry Morgan, Robert Louis Stevenson to J.M. Barrie, LIFE AMONG THEPIRATES examines all the heavyweights of history and literature andpresents the essential survey of this fascinating phenomenon.
