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THE END OF MEN AND THE RISE OF WOMEN
ROSIN, HANNA
Skylight Books – Hotlist Fall 2012
Men have been the dominant sex since, well, the dawn of mankind. But Hanna Rosin was the first to notice that
this long-held truth is, astonishingly, no longer true. At this unprecedented moment, by almost every measure,
women are no longer gaining on men: They have pulled decisively ahead. And “the end of men”—the title of
Rosin’s Atlantic cover story on the subject—has entered the lexicon as dramatically as Betty Friedan’s “feminine
mystique,” Simone de Beauvoir’s “second sex,” Susan Faludi’s “backlash,” and Naomi Wolf’s “beauty myth”
once did. In this landmark book, Rosin reveals how this new state of affairs is radically shifting the
power dynamics between men and women at every level of society, with profound implications for marriage, sex,
children, work, and more. With wide-ranging curiosity and insight unhampered by assumptions or ideology,
Rosin shows how the radically different ways men and women today earn, learn, spend, couple up—even kill—
has turned the big picture upside down. And in The End of Men she helps us see how, regardless of gender, we
can adapt to the new reality and channel it for a better future.
WOMEN/CURRENT AFFAIRS 1ST PRINTING 75,000
RIVERHEAD 320 PAGES
9781594488047
$29.50 HC
SEPTEMBER 2012
THE ENERGY OF SLAVES
NIKIFORUK, ANDREW
Ancient civilizations relied on shackled human muscle. It took the energy of slaves to plant crops, clothe
emperors, and build cities. Nineteenth-century slaveholders viewed critics as as oil companies and governments
now regard environmentalists. Yet the abolition movement had an invisible ally: coal and oil. As the world's most
versatile workers, fossil fuels replenished slavery's ranks with combustion engines and other labor-saving tools.
Since then, cheap oil has transformed politics, economics, science, agriculture, and even our concept of
happiness. Many North Americans today live as extravagantly as Caribbean plantation owners. We feel entitled
to surplus energy and rationalize inequality, even barbarity, to get it. But endless growth is an illusion.
CURRENT AFFAIRS 1ST PRINTING 5000 IN CANADA
GREYSTONE BOOKS 272 PAGES
9781553659785
$29.95 HC
SEPTEMBER 2012
THE ESSENTIAL JAMES BEARD COOKBOOK
BEARD, JAMES
The best recipes from one of America's most influential food personalities in a big, delicious cookbook that
delights in every category Known as the Dean of American Cooking, James Beard set a standard of culinary
excellence that's still a benchmark today.
COOKING 1ST PRINTING 50,000
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS 416 PAGES
9780312642181
$40.00 HC
OCTOBER 2012
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