Lily is only four when she realises her family is headed for disaster. A cat-and-mouse game of escape and entrapment ensues, testing Lily’s resilience, resourcefulness and family loyalty. Jack, an emotionally scarred war veteran, enlists the help of his mother to turn his children against the fragile Lauren, who he has successfully driven away.
This textbook explores the histories of royal women in Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Asia in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. It argues that by dint of an unprecedented conjunction of historical shifts and powerful personalities, it was these women, and not men, who sat at the helm of global politics; moreover, it was they who in truth steered our world’s transition from the Middle Ages to modernity. Organized into chapters devoted to each of the era’s great states, the book sets out to challenge several historical premises. First, it shows that women were the actual, if not always formally crowned, sovereigns of these states, or at least played a decisive role in shaping their policies. Second, the book dissolves the conventional dichotomy between East and West, showing that in both Christian Europe and Islamdom, women achieved their high status by means of similar strategies and at similar periods in history. Third, by demonstrating that there was a precedent for female authority long before the first harbingers of the women’s movement in the eighteenth century, the book calls into question received ideas about historical progress and the evolution of ...
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
This book examines the lives and tenures of all the consorts of the Tudor and Stuart monarchs of England between 1485 and 1714, as well as the wives of the two Lords Protector during the Commonwealth. The figures in Tudor and Stuart Consorts are both incredibly familiar—especially the six wives of Henry VIII—and exceedingly unfamiliar, such as George of Denmark, the husband of Queen Anne. These innovative and authoritative biographies recognise the important role consorts played in a period before constitutional monarchy: in addition to correcting popular assumptions that are based on limited historical evidence, the chapters provide a fuller picture of the role of consort that goes beyond discussions of exceptionalism and subversion. This volume and its companions reveal the changing nature of English consortship from the Norman Conquest to today.
The International Handbook of Student Experience in Elementary and Secondary School brings together in a single volume the groundbreaking work of scholars who have conducted studies of student experiences of school in Afghanistan, Australia, Canada, England, Ghana, Ireland, Pakistan, and the United States. Drawing extensively on students’ interpretations of their experiences in school as expressed in their own words, chapter authors offer insight into how students conceptualize and approach school, understand and address the ongoing social opportunities for and challenges in working with other students and teachers, and the multiple ways in which they shape and contribute to school improvement. The individual chapters are framed by an opening chapter, which provides background on, bases of, and trends in research on students’ experiences of school, and a final chapter, which uses the interpretive framework translation provided to explore how researching students’ experiences of school challenges those involved to translate their qualitative research methods, the terms they evoke to describe and define students’ experiences of schools, and, in fact, themselves as...
#1 New York Times Bestseller • Goodreads Choice Award Winner "A tour de force of suspenseful pacing and empathetic writing." ―The New York Times "All hail the queen of dark academia!" ―NPR Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. The Ivy League is going straight to hell in the sequel to the smash New York Times bestseller Ninth House from #1 bestselling author Leigh Bardugo. Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. But Galaxy “Alex” Stern is determined to break Darlington out of purgatory—even if it costs her a future at Lethe and at Yale. Forbidden from attempting a rescue, Alex and Dawes can’t call on the Ninth House for help, so they assemble a team of dubious allies to save the gentleman of Lethe. Together, they will have to navigate a maze of arcane texts and bizarre artifacts to uncover the societies’ most closely guarded secrets, and break every rule doing it. But when faculty members begin to die off, Alex knows these aren’t just accidents. Something deadly is at work in New Haven, and if she is going to survive, she’ll have to reckon with the monsters of her past...
Plagued from boyhood by a recurring dream, Matt once again awakens with his heart pounding. The nightmare always ends when a Civil War soldier is shot in the chest, and Matt is growing more and more certain that he is that soldier. A misshapen bullet propels him into the life of young Silas in 1861
Religion, madness and murder align amongst the teeming spires of Oxford, England, in this terrifying Halloween thriller from Jackson Sharp. Perfect for fans of Karen Rose, Richard Montanari, Chris Carter, and Alastair Gunn *** As Halloween approaches, the mutilated body of a young woman is found in a remote field, posed to resemble a piece of ancient religious art. Then, when another body is displayed to similarly chilling effect, it's clear that there is a link between the two murders. As panic spreads across Oxford, DI Lauren Rose must stop a killer with a dark and dangerous obsession. But as the investigation deepens, Rose realises that the city is being stalked by an evil that has revealed itself before far from Oxford. And that there is a pattern. A reason for the name The Halloween Killer . . .
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based architect Peter Rose has built on every scale during the first three decades of his practice. High-profile projects, such as his master plan for the Montreal waterfront and his award-winning Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal have brought him both public recognition and the respect of his peers. Besides being known for his artisan's love of solid building materials, craftsmanship, and old-fashioned building methods, it is perhaps no surprise that his residential projects function as laboratories for new ideas. Peter Rose: Houses presents five such houses in complete detail from client collaboration and site evaluation to construction. Rose draws inspiration from the outward simplicity and order of houses of the past but recognizes that their quiet strength depends on a complexity that comes only from thoughtful consideration of site, plan, exterior, and details. Rose insists on a close collaboration with his clients, who come to him because of his reputation for deliberately restrained, livable homes in harmony with the landscape. These residences and second homeson Martha's Vineyard, in New York City, Vermont, and Connecticutare masterful...
♥ A scandalous love triangle ♥ A matchmaking mama ♥ Royal palaces ♥ Balls and masquerades ♥ Steamy romance! Three beloved romances featuring New York Times bestselling author Lauren Royal’s “outrageously funny, loyal, compassionate, and unconventional” Chase family. More than 1200 pages of steamy historical romance! More detailed descriptions of each title can be found on the individual book pages. NEVER DOUBT A VISCOUNT - Lady Violet Ashcroft isn’t planning to marry. She’d rather spend her time reading than risking her tender heart. That is, until a handsome viscount named Ford Chase moves into the neighborhood... THE SCANDAL OF LORD RANDAL - Lady Lily Ashcroft fell for dashing Oxford professor Lord Randal Nesbitt at sixteen. Four years later, her older sister Rose wants him—and with two sisters locked in a tempestuous love triangle, scandal can only be around the corner… A GENTLEMAN’S PLOT TO TIE THE KNOT - Determined to land a wealthy, titled husband, Lady Rose Ashcroft heads off to Charles II’s court to find love. And runs smack dab into Christopher “Kit” Martyn, the one man who could ruin all her plans. PLEASE NOTE: This boxed set was formerly...
A diary holds the key to a decades-old mystery as four friends navigate love, betrayal, and murder in the glittering city of Dallas. Dallas is a city of paradox, rich in both "rowdy" charm and big city sophistication. It's a place where men stride, women speak with a distinct drawl, and the scars of assassinations, protests, and murder linger beneath the surface. To Love and Die in Dallas unfolds through the pages of an ill-gotten diary that recalls the teenage years of four best friends. In a time of innocence, they bopped at sock-hops to the tunes of Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis, cruised around White Rock Lake, and hung out at the drive-in on Garland Road. But time changes everything. Now in the twenty-first century, those carefree teenagers are the power players in Dallas. When one of the friends, Lindsay "Rose" Mitchell, the wife of US Senator James "Buddy" Mitchell, is murdered, it turns Dallas high society upside down. Her funeral brings the three remaining friends back together, where they vow to uncover the truth. But as they dig deeper, they realize each one of them has dark secrets, and any one of them could be a suspect in this twisty mystery filled with suspense and ...
This book examines the lives and tenures of the consorts of the Plantagenet dynasty during the later Middle Ages, encompassing two major conflicts—the Hundred Years’ War and the Wars of the Roses. The figures in this volume include well-known consorts such as the “She Wolves” Isabella of France and Margaret of Anjou, as well as queens who are often overlooked, such as Philippa of Hainault and Joan of Navarre. These innovative and authoritative biographies bring a fresh approach to the consorts of this period—challenging negative perceptions created by complex political circumstances and the narrow expectations of later writers, and demonstrating the breadth of possibilities in later medieval queenship. Their conclusions shed fresh light on both the politics of the day and the wider position of women in this age. This volume and its companions reveal the changing nature of English consortship from the Norman Conquest to today.
Billy Grimshaw Jones is almost looking forward to having a new baby in the family – especially as that means they’re moving to a bigger house.But then his mum loses her job. Disaster! Money will be tight and they’ll have to cut back. So Billy does what Billy always does: he makes a plan.With the aid of little brother Stan and best friend Big Lauren, Billy sets out to make his fortune. Nothing seems to work, until Billy stumbles across an envelope full of twenty-pound notes . . .
"Shrub Roses"-- Marilyn Raff introduces low maintenance roses for any garden situation, any lifestyle, and any climate to both the novice and expert gardener.
Offers advice on choosing a baby name and includes origins, meanings, and trivia for more than twenty thousand names from around the world.
Lisa Scottoline, internationally bestselling author of KEEP QUIET and EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES, returns with MOST WANTED, a gripping new tale of family, secrets and survival. Sure to keep fans of DAUGHTER and I LET YOU GO hooked until the last page. When a woman and her husband, desperate for a baby, find themselves unable to conceive, they decide to take further steps. Since it is the husband who is infertile, the heroine decides to use a donor. And all seems to be well. Three months pass and she is happily pregnant. But a shocking revelation occurs when she discovers that a man arrested for a series of brutal murders is her donor - the biological father of the child she is carrying. Delving deeper to uncover the truth, the heroine must face her worst fears, and confront a terrifying truth. MOST WANTED is sure to be Lisa Scottoline's most discussed, bestselling novel yet.
A sweeping historical romance, from Nicole Jordan, the New York Times bestselling author Faced with the prospect of a forced marriage, the young Lauren DeVries is anxious to flee London and seeks passage to America. Only Captain Jason Stuart, the man who can offer her this, is also the man she is desperately trying to avoid. Stuart is willing to take her aboard his ship, but only in exchange for a night of wild abandon. Can Lauren resist the seductive rogue and still get what she wants? Rouge romance - the best historical romance novels, perfect for fans of Georgette Heyer.
Couple and Family Psychoanalysis is an international journal sponsored by Tavistock Relationships, which aims to promote the theory and practice of working with couple and family relationships from a psychoanalytic perspective. It seeks to provide a forum for disseminating current ideas and research and for developing clinical practice. The annual subscription provides two issues a year. Articles - Aesthetics in psychoanalytic couple therapy by Barbara Bianchini and Franco Scabbiolo - The disintermediation of desire: from 3D(esire) to 2D(esire): Twenty-third Enid Balint Memorial Lecture by Alessandra Lemma - Response to “The disintermediation of desire: from 3D(esire) to 2D(esire)” by Alessandra Lemma by Catriona Wrottesleyn - Treating the seriously ill patient in psychoanalytic couple therapy: considerations and modifications of technique by Richard M. Zeitner - Response to “Treating the seriously ill patient in psychoanalytic couple therapy: considerations and modifications of technique” by Richard Zeitner by Damian McCann - Sex and the couple: tragedy or comedy? By David Hewison
A chance encounter with a convicted criminal changes Chris and James’ lives forever. Suddenly slammed into a world filled with magic beyond human imagination, they are forced to face the challenge of millennia: end a 3000-year-old war! A spell-binding mixture of awe-inspiring magic, mythology, and dark history awaits you in the ensnaring first installment of Schmitz´s captivating saga. Join the thrilling adventures of the young wizard team as they come face-to-face with Dragons, monsters, and mighty gods -- in their quest to capture Aphrodite´s unicorn.
Insiders, Outliers showcases the educational histories and lifewide writing experiences of adult HBCU students to illuminate critical needs for more age-inclusive practices across academia. Their cases also show the centrality of writing in fueling changes for these students and the people and institutions that they care about--including higher education.
Prize-winning writer Sarah Laing has written a superb collection of stories that are beautifully written, vividly rendered and which stimulate and surprise. 'Imagine that you're a statistic,' says one of the characters in these quirky, haunting stories of people whose inner lives let them escape the boxes that others put them into. The single mum, the student working in the pie factory, the newborn baby, the dying woman, the Kiwi alone in New York and many others pass through these stories and in doing so let us enter their lives.
First of its kind, this book showcases relationships between women, as well as their individual efforts and roles during the Wars of the Roses. The Wars of the Roses were fought in England from the mid-fifteenth century, as the supporters of Lancaster and York wrestled over control of the crown. Books have analyzed the politics, battles and motives of its key characters. However, a discussion of women’s roles relating to the conflict is so far missing. Forgotten Women of the Wars of the Roses highlights their involvement, their lives during wartime and the consequences of their actions. Many women lost male relatives to battle, execution and rebellion, suffering emotional and legal consequences as rivals seized lands and livelihood. Despite the uneasy political atmosphere and challenges in marriage and parenting, women maintained the household and supported the family commercially and politically. Forgotten royal women acted as diplomats, negotiators and supporters to both York and Lancaster. Religious women were involved in the conflict and their individual experiences are examined. There is a discussion of women who fought to overcome potentially dangerous circumstances to...
♥ A close-knit, meddling family ♥ Mistaken identities ♥ Glamorous makeovers ♥ Castles and country houses ♥ Steamy romance! From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Royal comes the first three novels in her beloved series featuring the “outrageously funny, loyal, compassionate, and unconventional” Chase family. Nearly 1400 pages of steamy historical romance! More detailed descriptions of each title can be found on the individual book pages. WHEN AN EARL MEETS A GIRL - Colin Chase, the Earl of Greystone, finds his carefully planned life turned upside down when the Great Fire of London lands a lowly jeweler’s daughter in his arms. HOW TO UNDRESS A MARQUESS - Jason Chase, the Marquess of Cainewood, is on the road to bring a blackguard to justice when he crosses paths with a woeful Scottish lad—who turns out to be a lovely Scottish lass. A DUKE’S GUIDE TO SEDUCING HIS BRIDE - Lady Kendra Chase is caught in a compromising embrace with a dashing Scottish highwayman. Will her brothers really insist she marry him? PLEASE NOTE: This boxed set was formerly titled “Chase Family Series: The Jewels Collection.” The three novels within were formerly titled...
Lauren Grayson has spent her entire life searching for the truth about unsolved mysteries. But learning the secrets of her past could be dangerous—especially if they erase her future. While working on the season finale of her investigative TV show, The Veritas Codex, Lauren returns home to Eastern Oklahoma. She plans to take her growing sons on a safe investigation—hunting for the elusive Skunk Ape. But her investigation encounters bizarre, unexplained twists when her sons find a cave filled with ancient runes. Lauren reads the cryptic words, unintentionally creating a rift in the fabric of time. Lauren and her sons are hurled to a mysterious location where she finds Tsul’Kalu, her Sasquatch spirit guide, and a band of lost Templars. As Lauren’s health declines—an effect of temporal displacement—her sons fight to learn the secrets of a sacred treasure the Templars have sworn to protect. But one rogue member of the Templar party has other plans for the treasure and will stop at nothing to prevent Lauren and her friends from discovering it. Can Lauren uncover the secrets that have been withheld her entire life, make peace with the past, get her family back to the...
Although it is well known in other fields, the concept of “resilience” has not been addressed explicitly by feminist rhetoricians. This collection develops it in readings of rhetorical situations across a range of social contexts and national cultures. Contributors demonstrate that resilience offers an important new conceptual frame for feminist rhetoric, with emphasis on agency, change, and hope in the daily lives of individuals or groups of individuals disempowered by social or material forces. Collectively, these chapters create a robust conception of resilience as a complex rhetorical process, redeeming it from its popular association with individual heroism through an important focus on relationality, community, and an ethics of connection. Resilience, in this volume, is a specifically rhetorical response to complicated forces in individual lives. Through it, Feminist Rhetorical Resilience widens the interpretive space within which rhetoricians can work.
As you prepare to hit the sunshine with your e-book device, make sure you have the ultimate book in your catalogue. The Perfect Location is the definitive guilty pleasure and all you’ll need to wile away the hours.
Includes data for the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses.
An inquisitive, charming and caring girl Layla sets out for an adventurous journey with the Spectacular Seven to unwrap her surprise Birthday Gift
Foucault and Family Relations: Governing from a Distance in Australia analyzes how notions of property ownership were instrumental in maintaining family stability and continuity in rural Australia, outlining how inheritance and divorce laws functioned to govern the internal relationships of families to assist the state to ‘rule from a distance’. Using a selection of Foucault’s ideas on the “family”, sexuality, race, space and economics this books shows how “property” operated as a disciplinary device, which was underpinned by “technical ideas”, such as surveying and cartography. This book uses legal judgments as a form of ethnography to show how property, as a socio-technical device, allowed a degree of local freedom for owners. This aspect of property allowed the state to stimulate ideas of local freedom to assist in “ruling from a distance,” demonstrating how the rural family as a domestic unit became a key field of intervention for the state as the family represented a bridge to larger relationships of power.
On a beautiful autumn day, James is out for a leisurely stroll in the city sunshine. In his wanderings, he spots a beautiful woman standing on the subway platform. When she boards the train, he can't help but be entranced by her grace and beauty, but they are separated when he gives up his seat to an elderly woman. He disembarks soon after, reluctantly leaving the woman behind. Coming upon a small caf , James sees the woman again, and the two instantly strike up a conversation. Her name is Lauren, and she is a professional model. They have an enjoyable lunch together, and Lauren agrees to have dinner with James soon. Ecstatic, James returns to his job as an ER doctor and can't stop thinking about her. The road to love is a rocky one. Lauren is already in a relationship and struggles with her feelings for James. When she breaks up with her boyfriend, James is overjoyed and falls head over heels in love with her. For a time, they bask in the newness of their relationship, but it's not long before Lauren's fear of commitment reappears. Can Lauren and James surpass the obstacles to love, or will their relationship succumb to doubt and fear?
An in-depth comparative analysis of the family novel as it developed as a genre in Russia and England during the course of the nineteenth century.
Frances Milton Trollope (1779-1863) was a prolific, provocative and hugely successful novelist. She greatly influenced the generation of Victorian novelists who came after her such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot and Elizabeth Gaskell. This book features Trollope's social problem novels.