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Vanessa Baird (1)

Author of The No-Nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity

For other authors named Vanessa Baird, see the disambiguation page.

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Works by Vanessa Baird

The No-Nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity (2001) 122 copies

People-First Economics: Making a Clean Start for Jobs, Justice, and Climate (2010) — Editor — 47 copies

Eye to Eye Women: Their Words and Worlds (1996) 24 copies, 1 review

Sex, Love and Homophobia: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Lives (A-Z) (2004) 16 copies

The Little Book of Big Ideas: Thoughts on the Important Things in Life (Little Books) (1999) 12 copies, 1 review

The No-Nonsense Guide to World Population (2011) 12 copies

The Little Book of Rebels (2001) 11 copies

New Internationalist #555: May-June 2025: Dig, Baby, Dig! Can Critical Materials Save the World (2025) — Editor — 1 copy

Associated Works

New internationalist #537: May-June 2022: How We Stop Big Oil (2022) — Contributor — 3 copies

New Internationalist #534: November-December 2021: Shifting Horizons: The Future of Work (2021) — Contributing editor — 2 copies

New Internationalist #538: July-August 2022: Rivers of Life (2022) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Birthdate: 20th century
Gender: female
Occupations: journalist
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The Little Book of Big Ideas: Thoughts on the Important Things in Life (Little Books) by Vanessa Baird

A small book that puts big thinkers into your pocket. Over 100 big ideas from Gaia to Communism, Chaos to Eco-Feminism, Relativity to Buddhism, Psychoanalysis to Big Bang theory.

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Eye to Eye-Women: Their Words and Worlds by Vanessa Baird

Excerpts from the writings of female authors from developing countries.

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Works: 8
Also by: 3
Members: 245
Popularity: #92,909
Rating: ½ 3.6

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 24
Languages: 5

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