A Natural Woman PDF Book

Author : Carole King
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Release : 2012-04-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781455512591
File Size : 11,9 Mb
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Book Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "King's songs have mixed rock-soul heart-rush with real-world ache. So does her memoir...Revealing, humble, and cool-aunt chatty." -Rolling Stone The incredible life that inspired the hit Broadway musical Beautiful Carole King takes us from her early beginnings in Brooklyn, to her remarkable success as one of the world's most acclaimed songwriting and performing talents of all time. A NATURAL WOMAN chronicles King's extraordinary life, drawing readers into her musical world, including her phenomenally successful #1 album Tapestry, and into her journey as a performer, mother, wife and present-day activist. Deeply personal, King's memoir offers readers a front-row seat to the woman behind the legend and includes dozens of photos from her childhood, her own family, and behind-the-scenes images from her performances.

Author : Leslie Korn
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Release : 2019-12-17
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780834842533
File Size : 41,9 Mb
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Book Summary: An herbal guide to support physical, mental, and spiritual health for women and their children at all stages of life--by a healer with over 40 years of experience. Plant medicines are a woman's ally to achieve optimal health; they bring balance and nourishment to daily life and can reduce or eliminate symptoms of physical and emotional distress. They can also provide alternatives to many pharmaceuticals. This go-to herbal sourcebook gives women the tools to thrive throughout their lives, with remedies using common herbs and plants to support a healthy body, mind, and spirit. Dr. Leslie Korn brings over forty years of experience in numerous herbal traditions and healing modalities, offering timeless wisdom in this herbal companion that can be shared with friends and passed down in the family for generations. She offers treatments using common and easy-to-obtain herbs to address sleep disorders, menstrual issues, autoimmune conditions, anxiety, headaches and migraines, stomach issues, fertility issues, postpartum recovery, skin ailments, common discomforts that affect children, and much more. Korn also offers herbal guidance for rites of passage, moments of community, psychoactive herbs, and a protocol for end-of-life care, as well as a comprehensive resources section.

Author : Luisah Teish
Publisher : HarperCollins
Release : 2021-06-29
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780063099777
File Size : 27,9 Mb
Total Download : 582

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Book Summary: A refreshed edition of Jambalaya: The Natural Woman’s Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals—updated with a note from the author sharing the changes that have occurred in the 30 years since its original publication. "A book of startling remembrances, revelations, directives, and imperatives, filled with the mysticism, wisdom, and common sense of the African religion of the Mother. It should be read with the same open-minded love with which it was written."—Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple Since its original publication in 1985, Jambalaya has become a classic among Women’s Spirituality Educators, practitioners of traditional Africana religions, environmental activists, and cultural creatives. A mix of memoir, spiritual teachings, and practices from Afro-American traditions such as Ifa/Orisha, and New Orleans Voudou, it offers a fascinating introduction to the world of nature-based spirituality, Goddess worship, and rituals from the African diaspora. More relevant today than it was 36 years ago, the wisdom of Jambalaya reconnects us to the natural and spiritual world, and the centuries-old traditions of African ancestors, whose voices echo through time, guiding us and blending with our own.

Author : Kinitra D. Brooks,Kameelah L. Martin
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2019-05-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429945977
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Total Download : 828

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Book Summary: The Lemonade Reader is an interdisciplinary collection that explores the nuances of Beyoncé’s 2016 visual album, Lemonade. The essays and editorials present fresh, cutting-edge scholarship fueled by contemporary thoughts on film, material culture, religion, and black feminism. Envisioned as an educational tool to support and guide discussions of the visual album at postgraduate and undergraduate levels, The Lemonade Reader critiques Lemonade’s multiple Afrodiasporic influences, visual aesthetics, narrative arc of grief and healing, and ethnomusicological reach. The essays, written by both scholars and popular bloggers, reflects a broad yet uniquely specific black feminist investigation into constructions of race, gender, spirituality, and southern identity. The Lemonade Reader gathers a newer generation of black feminist scholars to engage in intellectual discourse and confront the emotional labor around the Lemonade phenomena. It is the premiere source for examining Lemonade, a text that will continue to have a lasting impact on black women’s studies and popular culture.

Author : Ziba Kashef
Publisher : Dafina
Release : 2001
Category : African American women
ISBN : 1575666308
File Size : 20,8 Mb
Total Download : 721

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Book Summary: FROM ONE BLACK WOMAN TO ANOTHER... Good health doesn't come in a prescription bottle. In fact, all you need to start feeling better is an open mind, a new attitude, and this remarkable, one-of-a-kind book. In LIKE A NATURAL WOMAN, Ziba Kashef, a senior editor and former health writer at ESSENCE "RM" magazine, brings you a comprehensive guide to alternative techniques and therapies that can put you on the road to wellness. Drawing on her interviews with a variety of alternative health practitioners, as well as the time-tested folk remedies of our African ancestors and exciting new methods that address the unique health issues of black women, she gives you the tools you need to cope with everything from PMS, weight problems, and diabetes to hypertension Lupus, and cancer. Learn how to: -- Ease the discomfort of morning sickness and digestive problems...with vitamins, supplements, and teas -- Shrink fibroids by changing your diet...and avoid surgery -- Satisfy your taste buds...without all the fat and salt -- Control the symptoms of menopause...the right diet, exercise, and soy supplements work wonders -- Boost your immune system to fight disease...alternative approaches like hydrotherapy and acupuncture enhance conventional treatments -- Harness the healing power of touch...massage and acupressure are great for your body -- and your spirit -- Handle your depression...with the help of therapy, yoga, and meditation -- And much more! You on a profound healing journey. You'll not only feel -- and look -- like a new woman, but you'll create a sense of personal balance and well-being that will last a lifetime! INCLUDES REAL STORIES FROM WOMEN WHO GOT HEALTHY,THE NATURAL WAY!

Author : T'Kenyan Keymah
Publisher : T'Keyahkeymah Incorporated
Release : 2002
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : NWU:35556037619038
File Size : 37,8 Mb
Total Download : 271

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Author : Kirsten Pullen
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Release : 2014-08-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780813573915
File Size : 28,8 Mb
Total Download : 260

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Book Summary: Bathing beauty Esther Williams, bombshell Jane Russell, exotic Carmen Miranda, chanteuse Lena Horne, and talk-show fixture Zsa Zsa Gabor are rarely hailed as great actors or as naturalistic performers. Those terms of praise are given to male stars like Marlon Brando and James Dean, whose gritty dramas are seen as a departure from the glossy spectacles in which these stars appeared. Like a Natural Woman challenges those assumptions, revealing the skill and training that went into the work of these five actresses, who employed naturalistic performance techniques, both onscreen and off. Bringing a fresh perspective to film history through the lens of performance studies, Kirsten Pullen explores the ways in which these actresses, who always appeared to be “playing themselves,” responded to the naturalist notion that actors should create authentic characters by drawing from their own lives. At the same time, she examines how Hollywood presented these female stars as sex objects, focusing on their spectacular bodies at the expense of believable characterization or narratives. Pullen not only helps us appreciate what talented actresses these five women actually were, but also reveals how they sought to express themselves and maintain agency, even while meeting the demands of their directors, studios, families, and fans to perform certain feminine roles. Drawing from a rich collection of classic films, publicity materials, and studio archives, Like a Natural Woman lets us take a new look at both Hollywood acting techniques and the performance of femininity itself.

Author : Carly Simon
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Release : 2015-11-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250095909
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Total Download : 623

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Book Summary: Carly Simon's New York Times bestselling memoir, Boys in the Trees, reveals her remarkable life, beginning with her storied childhood as the third daughter of Richard L. Simon, the co-founder of publishing giant Simon & Schuster, her musical debut as half of The Simon Sisters performing folk songs with her sister Lucy in Greenwich Village, to a meteoric solo career that would result in 13 top 40 hits, including the #1 song "You're So Vain." She was the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, for her song "Let the River Run" from the movie Working Girl. The memoir recalls a childhood enriched by music and culture, but also one shrouded in secrets that would eventually tear her family apart. Simon brilliantly captures moments of creative inspiration, the sparks of songs, and the stories behind writing "Anticipation" and "We Have No Secrets" among many others. Romantic entanglements with some of the most famous men of the day fueled her confessional lyrics, as well as the unraveling of her storybook marriage to James Taylor.