![]() ![]() Spanning nearly two centuries, this "whip-smart" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review) cultural history takes us from the performance halls of 19th-century London to the aerobics studios of the 1980s, the music video set of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back" and the mountains of Arizona, where every year humans and horses race in a feat of gluteal endurance. But why? In Butts: A Backstory, reporter, essayist, and RadioLab contributing editor Heather Radke is determined to find out. A woman's butt, in particular, is forever being assessed, criticized, and objectified, from anxious self-examinations trying on jeans in department store dressing rooms to enduring crass remarks while walking down a street or high school hallways. It is a body part unique to humans, critical to our evolution and survival, and yet it has come to signify so much more: sex, desire, comedy, shame. Whether we love them or hate them, think they're sexy, think they're strange, consider them too big, too small, or anywhere in between, humans have a complicated relationship with butts. ![]() A pitch perfect debut." -Melissa Febos, bestselling author of Girlhood and Body Work Radke knows exactly when to approach her subject with levity and when with gravity. ![]() "A deeply thought, rigorously researched, and riveting history of human butts. One of Esquire's 20 Best Books of Fall * One of Time's Most Anticipated Books of Fall ![]()
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![]() Perfect for fans of I Survived and Nathan Hales. ![]() ![]() Dont miss History Smashers: The Mayflower, Womens Right to Vote. She writes both fiction and nonfiction to encourage children to explore their world. Myths Lies Secrets Smash the stories behind famous moments in history and expose the hidden truth. Uncover the hidden truth about historys pandemics, from the Black Death to COVID-19. GWENDOLYN HOOKS is a contributor to the Brown Bookshelf and author of twenty books for children. ![]() Her titles include award-winning picture books, like Over and Under the Snow novels, like Breakout and Chirp the Fergus and Zeke easy reader series, and the popular Ranger in Time chapter books, and works of nonfiction with a focus on nature and history. KATE MESSNER is passionately curious and writes books that encourage kids to wonder, too. ![]() ![]() I read Northanger when I was on holiday in Portugal last year. Here Emma Thompson talks about her narration of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. ![]() In contrast to Sense and Sensibility, Emma describes Northanger Abbey as a straightforward text the perfect introduction to Austen for those new to her writing.Įmma Thompson talks Northanger Abbey and reading She does the same with Northanger Abbey, referring to the heroine as a 'sweet girl', her love interest as a 'witty friend' and the villain of the piece as 'an absolute knob-head'. Having won a BAFTA, an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for her screenplay adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, Emma Thompson has already brought Austen to the 21st Century and introduced her to a new generation. ![]() She praises Austen for her unique ability to engage the reader with universal stories of human desires, hopes and foibles, and describes her own long-standing love affair with the author, having first picked up Austen's books at the age of thirteen. Having played the narrator in an all-star-cast adaptation of Northanger Abbey, Emma discusses her favourite passages, characters and themes. In this interview, Emma Thompson shares her considerable insight into Britain's most influential female novelist, the great Jane Austen. ![]() |