It's Only Blood

Author: Anna Dahlqvist
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1786992647
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
Across the world, 2 billion people experience menstruation, yet menstruation is seen as a mark of shame. We are told not to discuss it in public, that tampons and sanitary pads should be hidden away, the blood rendered invisible. In many parts of the world, poverty, culture and religion collide causing the taboo around menstruation to have grave consequences. Younger people who menstruate are deterred from going to school, adults from work, infections are left untreated. The shame is universal and the silence a global rule. In It's Only Blood Anna Dahlqvist tells the shocking but always moving stories of why and how people from Sweden to Bangladesh, from the United States to Uganda, are fighting back against the shame.

Its Only Blood

Author: Anna Dahlqvist
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN: 1786992655
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Across the world, 2 billion people experience menstruation, yet menstruation is seen as a mark of shame. We are told not to discuss it in public, that tampons and sanitary pads should be hidden away, the blood rendered invisible. In many parts of the world, poverty, culture and religion collide causing the taboo around menstruation to have grave consequences. Younger people who menstruate are deterred from going to school, adults from work, infections are left untreated. The shame is universal and the silence a global rule. In It’s Only Blood Anna Dahlqvist tells the shocking but always moving stories of why and how people from Sweden to Bangladesh, from the United States to Uganda, are fighting back against the shame.

The Black Song

Author: Anthony Ryan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451492560
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448

Book Description
A matchless warrior is pitted against a near-God in the second epic installment of the Raven’s Blade series. It has long been our lot in life, brother, to do what others can’t. Vaelin Al Sorna was known across the realm as the greatest of warriors, but he thought battles were behind him. He was wrong. Prophecy and rumor led him across the sea to find a woman he once loved, and drew him into a war waged by the Darkblade, a man who believes himself a god—and one who has gathered a fanatical army that threatens all of the known world. After a costly defeat by the Darkblade, Vaelin’s forces are shattered, while the self-proclaimed immortal and his army continue their terrible march. But during the clash, Vaelin regained some of the dark magic that once gave him unrivaled skill in battle. And though the fight he has been drawn into seems near unwinnable, the song that drives him now desires the blood of his enemy above all else…

Blood on My Hands

Author: Todd Strasser
Publisher:
ISBN: 1606840231
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
At a high school party, a girl finds her best friend murdered, only to be discovered holding the weapon and accused of the crime.

Blood Moon

Author: Lucy Cuthew
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536216178
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
This powerful, timely novel in verse exposes provocative truths about periods, sex, shame, and going viral for all the wrong reasons. After school one day, Frankie, a lover of physics and astronomy, has her first sexual experience with quiet and gorgeous Benjamin—and gets her period. It’s only blood, they agree. But soon a gruesome meme goes viral, turning an intimate, affectionate afternoon into something sordid, mortifying, and damaging. In the time it takes to swipe a screen, Frankie’s universe implodes. Who can she trust? Not Harriet, her suddenly cruel best friend, and certainly not Benjamin, the only one who knows about the incident. As the online shaming takes on a horrifying life of its own, Frankie begins to wonder: is her real life over? Author Lucy Cuthew vividly portrays what it is to be a teen today with this fearless and ultimately uplifting novel in verse. Brimming with emotion, the story captures the intensity of friendships, first love, and female desire, while unflinchingly exploring the culture of online and menstrual shaming. Sure to be a conversation starter, Blood Moon is the unforgettable portrait of one girl’s fight to reclaim her reputation and to stand up against a culture that says periods are dirty.

Blood and Chocolate

Author: Annette Curtis Klause
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0375843167
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
Vivian Gandillon relishes the change, the sweet, fierce ache that carries her from girl to wolf. At sixteen, she is beautiful and strong, and all the young wolves are on her tail. But Vivian still grieves for her dead father; her pack remains leaderless and in disarray, and she feels lost in the suburbs of Maryland. She longs for a normal life. But what is normal for a werewolf? Then Vivian falls in love with a human, a meat-boy. Aiden is kind and gentle, a welcome relief from the squabbling pack. He's fascinated by magic, and Vivian longs to reveal herself to him. Surely he would understand her and delight in the wonder of her dual nature, not fear her as an ordinary human would. Vivian's divided loyalties are strained further when a brutal murder threatens to expose the pack. Moving between two worlds, she does not seem to belong in either. What is she really--human or beast? Which tastes sweeter--blood or chocolate?

Their Blood Cries Out (revised)

Author: Troy Newman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972036757
Category : Abortion
Languages : en
Pages : 227

Book Description

Song of Blood & Stone

Author: L. Penelope
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1250258383
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 383

Book Description
A TIME 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time A Time Magazine Best Fantasy Book of 2018 L. Penelope's Song of Blood & Stone is a treacherous, thrilling, epic fantasy about an outcast drawn into a war between two powerful rulers. The kingdoms of Elsira and Lagrimar have been separated for centuries by the Mantle, a magical veil that has enforced a tremulous peace between the two lands. But now, the Mantle is cracking and the True Father, ruler of Lagrimar and the most powerful Earthsinger in the world, finally sees a way into Elsira to seize power. All Jasminda ever wanted was to live quietly on her farm, away from the prying eyes of those in the nearby town. Branded an outcast by the color of her skin and her gift of Earthsong, she’s been shunned all her life and has learned to steer clear from the townsfolk...until a group of Lagrimari soldiers wander into her valley with an Elsiran spy, believing they are still in Lagrimar. Through Jack, the spy, Jasminda learns that the Mantle is weakening, allowing people to slip through without notice. And even more troubling: Lagrimar is mobilizing, and if no one finds a way to restore the Mantle, it might be too late for Elsira. Their only hope lies in uncovering the secrets of the Queen Who Sleeps and Jasminda’s Earthsong is the key to unravel them. Thrust into a hostile society and a world she doesn’t know, Jasminda and Jack race to unveil an ancient mystery that might offer salvation.

Blood Song

Author: Cat Adams
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780765364227
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370

Book Description
The first book in a fantastic new urban fantasy series by bestselling author Cat Adams, featuring a human/vampire hybrid on the run from her enemies, while trying to find the keys to her past.

The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and its Bearings on Scripture

Author: H. Clay Trumbull
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231

Book Description
The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and its Bearings on Scripture is a work by Henry Clay Trumbull. It examines the ideas and methods recognized by civilizations all over the world, even in more modern times, concerning blood sacrifice and, particularly, covenant.