Download or read book Hysterical Men written by Mark S MICALE and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of several centuries, Western masculinity has successfully established itself as the voice of reason, knowledge, and sanity - he basis for patriarchal rule - in the face of massive testimony to the contrary. This book boldly challenges this triumphant vision of the stable and secure male by examining the central role played by modern science and medicine in constructing and sustaining it.

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Download or read book Pathfinder Player Companion written by Paizo Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the trickery and wild power of the fey are yours to command with Pathfinder Player Companion: Legacy of the First World. Let the wilderness inspire your heroes with a spectrum of new ways to play fey-touched characters, along with new powers for classes seeking to strengthen their bonds to nature. Choose whether you draw your might from the vibrant liveliness of the land, the brutality of vicious beasts, or even faith in the fey realm's inscrutable masters, the Eldest. With a host of new archetypes, feats, magic items, spells, and other fey-inspired character options, Pathfinder Player Companion: Legacy of the First World is your gateway to all the secrets and savagery of nature's wildest denizens!

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