Life in the White House : a social history of the first family and the president's house

Table of Contents: “…Mahan -- Rooms of their own : first ladies and their impact on historic White House rooms / Elizabeth Lorelei Thacker-Estrada -- The media in their midst / Carol Lynn Bower -- The Carter White House : the public and semiprivate lives of the first family / Virginia A. …”
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Africa reunite or perish by Mhango, Nkwazi Nkuzi

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Between Lipany and White Mountain : essays in late medieval and early modern Bohemian history in modern Czech scholarship

Table of Contents: “…The social outcome of the Hussite Revolution / Robert Kalivoda (translated by Barbara Day) -- The divided nation / Frantisek Smahel (translated by Barbara Day) -- National and linguistic disputes in the Bohemian vicariate of the observant franciscans / Petr Hlavacek (translated by Christopher Hopkinson) -- The arrival of Habsburg Archduke Ferdinand of Tyrol to Bohemia and his court / Vaclav Buzek (translated by Barbara Day) -- The 'Bohemian question' in the sixteenth century / Frantisek Kavka and Anna Skybova (translated by Christopher Hopkinson) -- The first lady of the kingdom / Josef Janacek (translated by Barbara Day) -- Tolerance or co-existence? …”
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The year in fashion : 2013

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The Last of Mrs. Lincoln

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We end in joy : memoirs of a first daughter by Jordan, Angela Fordice, 1957-

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Yes, you can do this! : how women start up, scale up, and build the life they want by Reuter, Claudia

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The Obama Presidency : a Preliminary Assessment

Table of Contents: “…Dodds -- Vice president Joe Biden / Richard M. Yon -- First Lady Michelle Obama / Robert P. Watson -- Conclusion.…”
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Profiles in Power Personality, Persona, and the U. S. President. by Olthof, Jelte

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Variation in political metaphor

Table of Contents: “…Thibodeau and Julien Perrez -- 1. First Lady, Secretary of State and Presidential Candidate: A comparative study of the role-dependent use of metaphor in politics / Kathleen Ahrens -- 2. …”
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Women's writing in Italy, 1400-1650 by Cox, Virginia

Table of Contents: “…Women, the courts, and the vernacular at the turn of the early sixteenth century ; Sappho surfaces: the first female vernacular poets ; Bembo, Petrarchism, and the reform of Italian literature ; "So dear to Apollo": Veronica Gambara and Vittoria Colonna after 1530 ; Founding mothers, first ladies: Gambara and Colonna as models and icons -- Diffusion (1540-1560). …”
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Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations : Establishing the Obama Presidency. by Vaughn, Justin S.

Table of Contents: “…Langford -- The exodus as burden: Obama, agency, and the containment thesis / Dave Tell -- Picturing the presidents: Obama and the visual politics of White House art / Cara Finnegan -- Michelle Obama, "mom-in-chief": gender, race, and familialism in media representations of the First Lady / Bonnie J. Dow -- Epilogue: Carrying the burden: how Barack Obama both embraced and diminished heroic expectations / Jennifer R. …”
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Lincoln lessons : reflections on America's greatest leader

Table of Contents: “…Getting right with Mary Lincoln: or, how a first lady taught me to be a feminist / Jean H. Baker -- Lincoln on democracy / Mario M. …”
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Celebrity in chief : a history of the presidents and the culture of stardom by Walsh, Kenneth T.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Eight Second Billing: From Truman to the BushesChapter Nine First Ladies: Partners in Celebrity; Chapter Ten Presidents and Television: Primal Forces; Chapter Eleven Presidents and the News Media: Tug of War; Chapter Twelve Presidents and the Movies: Cinema Stars; Chapter Thirteen Presidents and Reading: Gravitas Alert; Chapter Fourteen Presidents and Sports: Links to Everyday America; Chapter Fifteen Presidents and Music: Sweet and Sour Notes; Chapter Sixteen Presidents as Trend Setters and Trend Spotters: Food, Fashion, Pets, and More.…”
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Barack Obama and African American empowerment : the rise of Black America's new leadership

Table of Contents: “…. -- The ethics of Colin Powell / Grant Farred -- First Lady in black: Michelle Obama and the crisis of race and gender / Gerald Horne and Malaika Horne-Wells -- The race problematic, the narrative of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the election of Barack Obama / Rickey Hill -- From Idol to Obama: what TV elections teach us about race, youth, and voting / Sherrilyn Ifill -- Race, postblack politics, and the democratic presidential candidacy of Barack Obama / Carly Fraser -- Sovereign kinship and the president-elect / Joy James -- You may not get there with me: Obama and the Black political establishment / Kareem Crayton -- Barack Obama and the Black electorate in Georgia: identifying the disenfranchised / Keesha M. …”
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North Carolina women : their lives and times. Volume 2

Table of Contents: “…North Carolina's Farm Women: Plowing around ObstaclesEllen Black Winston: Social Science for Social Welfare; Ella Josephine Baker: "I Never Worked for an Organization but for a Cause"; Susie Marshall Sharp: First Lady of the Law; Margaret Jarman Hagood: "To Do Justice to It Either in Observing or Recording"; Pauli Murray: "Gifts of the Holy Spirit to Women I Have Known"; Crystal Lee Sutton: "I Was Doing Something I Didn't Even Think I Could Do"; North Carolina Women Writers: Finding Voice in a Distinguished Literary Place; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q.…”
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Long Time Coming : Short Writings from Zimbabwe.

Table of Contents: “…Read -- The Chicken Bus -- Linda Msebele -- The Cracked, Pink Lips of Rosies Bridegroom -- Petina Gappah -- Echoes of Silence -- Raisedon Baya -- Hwange -- Andrew Pocock -- Fiction -- Brian Chikwava -- The First Ladys Yellow Shoes -- Peter Ncube -- First Rain -- Judy Maposa -- Innocence -- Ian Rowlands -- Justice -- Wim Boswinkel -- King of Bums -- Christopher Mlalazi -- 10 Lanigan Avenue -- Mathew Chokuwenga -- Passing Villages -- Anne Simone Hutton -- A Lazy Sunday Afternoon -- Monireh Jassat -- Loving the Self -- Bhekilizwe Dube -- Miss Parker and the Tugboat -- Bryony Rheam -- Poetry is8230; -- Ignatius T. …”
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Invisible presence : the representation of women in French-language comics by Macleod, Catriona (Lecturer in French studies)

Table of Contents: “…An Introductory History of Female Primary Characters in the Francophone Bande Dessinée -- 2. Bécassine: The First Lady of Bande Dessinée? -- 3. Barbarella: Study of a Sex-Symbol -- 4. …”
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Prospects of mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt. Changing shape of the United Nations

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Cafeteria man

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Unforgettable Ohioans : Thirteen Mavericks Who Made History on Their Own Terms. by McNutt, Randy

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Exile and Gender II. by Brinson, Charmian

Table of Contents: “…"A Heart in Transit": The Unusual Life of Lotte MoosMerilyn Moos; Chapter 5; Hana Benešová: The Forgotten First Lady; Jana Barbora Buresova; Chapter 6; Marriages of Convenience as a Strategy to Escape to the UK; Irene Messinger; Chapter 7; Women Refugee Academics at the University of London; Felicitas M. …”
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The Obama phenomenon : toward a multiracial democracy

Table of Contents: “…Too Black and Too Strong: First Lady Michelle Obama -- PART THREE: POLICY -- 15. …”
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NESLISHAH : the last ottoman princess. by BARDAK, MURAT

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Mrs. Abraham Lincoln : a study of her personality and her influence on Lincoln by Evans, W. A. (William Augustus), 1865-1948

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Speaking for the enslaved : heritage interpretation at Antebellum plantation sites by Jackson, Antoinette T.

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Red hot mama : the life of Sophie Tucker by Sklaroff, Lauren Rebecca

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The clansman : an historical romance of the Ku Klux Klan by Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946

Table of Contents: “…The Frenzy of a Nation; Book II: The Revolution; 1. The First Lady of the Land; 2. Sweethearts; 3. The Joy of Living; 4. …”
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Sister citizen : shame, stereotypes, and Black women in America by Harris-Perry, Melissa V. (Melissa Victoria), 1973-

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What really happened in the Garden of Eden? by Zevit, Ziony

Table of Contents: “…(Gen 2:10-14) ; The gardener and his tasks (Gen 2:15) ; The second commandment (Gen 2:16-17) ; The first social welfare program (Gen 2:18-20) ; The first lady (Gen 2:21-23) ; Why "therefore"? (Gen 2:24) ; How bare is naked? …”
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The women of country music : a reader

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Polly Jenkins and Her Musical Plowboys: A Vaudeville Valedictory; Notes; ""And No Man Shall Control Me"": The Strange Case of Roba Stanley, Country's First Woman Recording Star; ""Do You Want Mustard?"" ""Yup!"": First Lady of Banjo Roni Stoneman; Notes; Getting the Word Out: The Country of Bronwen Wallace and Emmylou Harris; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Rose Lee Maphis and Working on Barn Dance Radio, 1930-1960; Notes; ""Reconsider Me"": Margaret Lewis Warwick and the Louisiana Hayride; Notes.…”
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No slam dunk : gender, sport and the unevenness of social change by Cooky, Cheryl, Messner, Michael A.

Table of Contents: “…Messner and Shari Lee Dworkin -- "What Makes a Woman a Woman?" versus "Our First Lady of Sport" : A comparative analysis of the United States and the South African media coverage of Caster Semenya / Cheryl Cooky, Ranissa Dycus, and Shari L. …”
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See you soon : poems by McKee, Laura

Table of Contents: “…. -- Mothers -- Against Sunsets -- The Beautiful Six -- You Be Me -- I'll Be You -- The Unicorn -- Think Safety First -- ''Ladies Night at the Hookah Lounge'' -- Orange -- What Will Change Me and When Do You Become -- Apples -- At the Fra Angelico Exhibition, Angelico -- Dream of the Ocean Chandelier -- Alameda Alpenglow -- Other Animals -- Torn Branches -- Cross Country -- "Do you think one should always follow one's heart?" …”
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Mary Lincoln's insanity case : a documentary history by Emerson, Jason, 1975-

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Mary Lincoln's insanity case : a documentary history by Emerson, Jason, 1975-

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Fashion, Agency, and Empowerment : Performing Agency, Following Script

Table of Contents: “…List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionFashion, Agency and EmpowermentAnnette Lynch and Katalin MedvedevFashion as Challenge and Empowerment Chapter 1The Beauty Divide: Black Millennial Women Seek Agency with Makeup Art Cosmetics (MAC)Jaleesa Reed and Katalin MedvedevChapter 2Kangol Kool: Stylized Hats and the Performance of Black DandyismDerrick WilliamsChapter 3Challenging the Gender Binary in Bond Films: Bond Girls, Female Villains, and JamesLaureen GibsonChapter 4Menswear in the Millennium: Bending the Gender BinaryParker Bennett Dialogues between Dress and Structures of PowerChapter 5High Flying Fashions: Ghana Airways' Female Flight Attendants as Exemplars of the NationChristopher RichardsChapter 6First Ladies of the Raj: Status and Empowerment in British IndiaDonald Clay JohnsonChapter 7The Lady was a Mshoza: Female Agency and Empowerment in South African Pantsula Dance and CultureDaniela GoellerChapter 8Penetrating Knits: Feminists Knit 'Cunty First' and 'The Pussyhat'Rebecca E. …”
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Race and the Obama phenomenon : the vision of a more perfect multiracial union

Table of Contents: “…Obama, the Instability of Color Lines, and the Promise of a Postethnic Future -- PART III: RACE, GENDER, AND THE OBAMA PHENOMENON -- 9. From Chattel to First Lady: Black Women Moving from the Margins -- 10. …”
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Fore! : the Best of John Hopkins on Golf. by Hopkins, John

Table of Contents: “…Strokeplay no match for head-to-headThomson rails against keeping up appearances; Norman's early cut leaves sour taste; Poulter finally pitching with the best; Player still driven by need to succeed; Bonallack will be a hard act to follow; Bagger suffers from the odd bogey; Back-to-front St Andrews is still a tough old course; March; Fallen Faldo still refusing to accept decline; Golf's First Lady still remains an outsider; Tiger Woods's efforts to wipe slate clean don't wash with me; Cheap shots at top Scot are out of bounds; Evergreen Palmer retains all his zest.…”
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Lady Anne : a Verse Chronicle. by Krog, Antjie

Table of Contents: “…. -- 1793; Dublin12th July -- 1794; Kroonstadfirst state of emergencyJuly 1985; first Christmas weekend under the second state of emergency1988; because among mine I feel more and more ill at ease; to have or to be; gnome; parole; cape of good hope; Lady Anne as guide because a hero needs a bard; "I think I am the first" -- Lady Anne on Table Mountain; Part III (V); The Drup KelderTuesday 8th May -- 1798; Farm of Jakob van ReenenSunday 13th May -- 1798; Monday 14th May -- 1798.…”
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An independent woman : the life of Lou Henry Hoover by Allen, Anne Beiser, 1941-

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