Eine gerissene junge Frau als Gangsterboss und ein Agent, der sie zur Strecke bringen soll – Der dritte Band der BookTok-ErfolgsserieSie ist großartig und grausam zugleichEvelina Westerly ist das skrupellose Genie in ihrer Familie und die Geheimwaffe ihres Vaters. Um Rache für den Mord an ihrer Schwester zu üben, geht sie über Leichen. Sie hat keine Zeit für Gefühle oder Liebe. Auch nicht, als ihr nach einem One-Night-Stand der gutaussehende Fremde nicht mehr aus dem Kopf geht. Bis sie ihn unter anderem Namen wiedertrifft …Nicholas Woodsworths wahres Geheimnis ist viel gefährlicher als sein Deckname. Er ist ein verdeckter DEA-Agent, und wild entschlossen, den Drogenhandel zu zerstören, der seine Familie vernichtet hat. Als er erkennt, dass die jüngste Tochter des Westerly-Imperiums dieselbe Frau ist, von der er seit jener Nacht im Club geträumt hat, kämpft Anziehung gegen Abscheu. Evelina verkörpert alles, was er ablehnt, und er sollte ihr Untergang sein. Doch je mehr er über die Dunkelheit in ihrem Herzen erfährt, desto mehr Ähnlichkeiten entdeckt er zu sich selbst. Und als sich sein Hass in etwas Größeres verwandelt, muss Nicholas entscheiden, ob er eine abtrünnige Frau lieben kann, selbst wenn das bedeutet, dass es ihrer beider Leben ruinieren wird.Wretched ist ein düsterer Liebesroman und der dritte, unabhängig lesbare, Teil der Never-After-Serie: einer Sammlung von gebrochenen Märchen, in denen die Bösewichte die Helden sind. Es handelt sich nicht um eine Nacherzählung und nicht um Fantasy. Wretched enthält Themen und Inhalte, die möglicherweise nicht für alle Leser:innen geeignet sind. Alle Warnhinweise zum Inhalt findet ihr auf der Webseite der Autorin.
Er kann sie niemals haben, denn sie gehört der Krone – Der BookTok-Hit über verbotene Liebe und einen abtrünnigen PrinzenPrinz Tristan ist nicht für den Thron bestimmt. Der gehörte seinem Bruder Michael. Dem Bruder, der ihn in der Kindheit quälte und für die Narbe in seinem Gesicht verantwortlich ist. Als Anführer einer geheimen Rebellion will Tristan den Thronerben stürzen. Doch als er Michaels Verlobter Sara begegnet, beginnt für ihn ein neuer Kampf. Ein Krieg, bei dem sich Tristan die Frage stellen muss, was wichtiger ist – die Krone oder die Frau, die sie tragen wird.Saras Plan ist einfach: Sie will den König heiraten und das Geschlecht der Faasa ausrotten, selbst wenn sie sich dabei selbst in Gefahr bringt. Doch sie hat die Rechnung ohne den vernarbten Prinzen Tristan gemacht. Er ist gefährlich. Verboten. Und einer der Männer, die sie töten soll. Doch der Grat zwischen Hass und Leidenschaft war noch nie so schmal. Als Geheimnisse ans Licht kommen, wird Sara unsicher, wem sie trauen kann, und ist hin- und hergerissen zwischen Rache und dem Schurken, den sie nie hätte lieben sollen.
Dark Romance meets Retelling: Er will Rache, aber er will sie mehr ...James hatte immer nur ein Ziel: seinen Feind, Peter Michaels, zu vernichten. Als Peters zwanzigjährige Tochter Wendy in James' Bar auftaucht, sieht er seine Chance gekommen. Er will Wendy verführen und für seine Rache benutzen. Es ist der perfekte Plan, bis die Dinge in James' Organisation zu bröckeln beginnen. Plötzlich muss er den Verräter in ihrer Mitte finden. Und er beginnt, in Wendy mehr als nur eine Schachfigur in seinem Spiel zu sehen.Wendy wurde die meiste Zeit ihres Lebens von ihrem reichen, kalten Vater abgeschirmt. Als sie sich eines abends mit Freunden wegstiehlt, um in einem Club zu feiern, lernt sie den dunklen und geheimnisvollen James kennen. Wendy weiß, dass James gefährlich ist, fühlt sich aber trotzdem zu ihm hingezogen. Während ihre Beziehung immer inniger wird und sie mehr über die Welt erfährt, in der er sich bewegt, kann sie nicht mehr sagen, ob sie sich in den Mann namens James oder das Monster namens Hook verliebt hat.Hooked ist ein düsterer Liebesroman und der erste, unabhängig lesbare, Teil der Never-After-Serie: einer Sammlung von gebrochenen Märchen, in denen die Bösewichte die Helden sind. Es handelt sich nicht um eine Nacherzählung und nicht um Fantasy. Hooked enthält Themen und Inhalte, die möglicherweise nicht für alle Leser:innen geeignet sind. Alle Warnhinweise zum Inhalt findet ihr auf der Webseite der Autorin.GÜNSTIGER EINFÜHRUNGSPREIS NUR FÜR KURZE ZEIT!
Full-cast dramatisations of three of Noel Streatfeild's classic children's booksRising to fame with her 1936 novel Ballet Shoes, Noel Streatfeild soon became one of the most popular authors of her day. She was one of the first winners of the Carnegie Medal and was awarded an OBE in 1983. She died in 1986, but her stories continue to captivate children today. Included here are three of her very best - Ballet Shoes, The Growing Summer and When the Siren Wailed.Ballet Shoes - Adopted by Great Uncle Matthew on his archaeological expeditions, Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil grow up as sisters, and vow to make their name famous. When they enrol at the Children's Academy of Dancing, the Fossil girls share a future of a dazzling life onstage, where their dreams and fears will soon come true.... Rosemary Leach, Alexandra Mathie, Victoria Shalet and Lucy Curtis star in this delightful dramatisation.The Growing Summer - It is 1965, and the young Gareth children's lives are about to change for ever. When their father falls dangerously ill, they are sent to Ireland to stay with their eccentric Great-Aunt Dymphna for the summer. There, in her crumbling mansion on the west coast, they face dangers and adventures they could never have imagined... Starring Ann Rye, Holly Grainger, Will Haigh, Emily Fleeshman and Paul Herriott.When the Siren Wailed - When World War Two breaks out, Laura, Andy and Tim Clark are evacuated to the countryside. Brought up in poverty, they find a happy, comfortable home with the Colonel - but then tragedy occurs, and the children decide to run away back to London. Caught up in an air raid, can they make their way through the blackouts and bombed-out streets to find their mother? Narrated by Wendy Richard, this gripping, moving adventure story stars Norman Bird, John Church, Nicholas Courtney and Keeley Hawes.Text copyright (c) Noel Streatfield 1936 (Ballet Shoes), 1966 (The Growing Summer), 1974 (When the Siren Wailed)Copyright (c) Beneficiaries of Noel Streatfeild 1986Cast and creditsWritten by Noel StreatfeildBallet ShoesWith Rosemary Leach, John Ringham, Alexandra Mathie, Victoria Shalet, Lucy Curtis, Lia Williams, Charles Edwards, Abigail Thaw, Alison Skilbeck, Olivia Breeze, Max Digby, Jonathan Dryden Taylor and Miriam BerryAdapted by Ellen DrydenDirected by Don TaylorFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 27-31 Dec 1999The Growing SummerWith Ann Rye, Holly Grainger, Will Haigh, Emily Fleeshman, Paul Herriott, James Caplin, Catherine Keane, Vincent PatrickDramatised by Julie WilkinsonDirected by Sue Sutton MayoFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 9 Aug 2000When the Siren WailedNarrated by Wendy RichardWith Norman Bird, John Church, Nicholas Gatt, David Goudge, Keeley Hawes, Joan Matheson, Marc Murphy, Judy Parkin, Christopher Scott, Joan Walker, Melinda Walker, Howard Ward, Nicholas Courtney, Malcolm Hebden and Eva StuartDramatised by Richard PinnerProduced by Mary KalemkarianResearcher: Lis RobertsFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 15 Jan-19 Mar 1989(c) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
Discover the infinite realms of asexual love across sci-fi, fantasy, and contemporary storiesFrom a wheelchair user racing to save her kidnapped girlfriend and a little mermaid who loves her sisters more than suitors, to a slayer whose virgin blood keeps attracting monsters, the stories of this anthology are anything but conventional. Whether adventuring through space, outsmarting a vengeful water spirit, or surviving haunted cemeteries, no two aces are the same in these 14 unique works that highlight asexual romance, aromantic love, and identities across the asexual spectrum.
The Eating Disorder Recovery Journal is designed to help you to understand your eating disorder better and to support you in your recovery journey. It is packed full of activities, such as writing prompts, colouring pages and crafting ideas, as well as motivational quotes and positive affirmations to help keep you on track. Drawing on evidence-based techniques including CBT and mindfulness, it brings together creative activities and approaches that have helped author Cara Lisette to challenge her eating disorder, stay motivated, improve body image and prevent relapses.This journal is yours to be as free and creative with as you wish. It is designed for anybody struggling with an eating disorder who wants to start their recovery journey and reclaim their freedom and future.
In From Theory to Practice: Examining Millennials Reshaping Organizational Cultures, contributors to the collection focus on several interrelated issues. They examine the ways in which the members of the millennial generation influence how we work and communicate with our millennial students, colleagues and employees. They also elaborate on how to create work-life balance for the members of the millennial generation and explore ways in which millennials can be open and responsive to others in a society who don't necessarily share the values, political views or desires of the millennial generation, nor the ways in which they prefer to communicate. This collection engages in a scholarly dialogue about millennials and how their actions within the workplace and needs within organizational cultures and everyday performances influence our communication with them. With equal importance, it addresses the question of how millennials can become more adaptable in their communication with others in society, especially within organizations with different generations, or cultures that may or may not communicate the way they do. Contributors suggest that the millennial culture should be carefully studied by employers, instructors, and researchers to create a better workplace experience, and to also improve the level of communication among different generations in the workplace.
Motherhood remains a complex and contested issue in feminist research as well as public discussion. This interdisciplinary volume explores cultural representations of motherhood in various contemporary European contexts, including France, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Spain, and the UK, and it considers how such representations affect the ways in which different individuals and groups negotiate motherhood as both institution and lived experience. It has a particular focus on literature, but it also includes essays that examine representations of motherhood in philosophy, art, social policy, and film. The book's driving contention is that, through intersecting with other fields and disciplines, literature and the study of literature have an important role to play in nuancing dialogues around motherhood, by offering challenging insights and imaginative responses to complex problems and experiences. This is demonstrated throughout the volume, which covers a range of topics including: discursive and visual depictions of pregnancy and birth; the impact of new reproductive technologies on changing family configurations; the relationship between mothering and citizenship; the shaping of policy imperatives regarding mothering and disability; and the difficult realities of miscarriage, child death, violence, and infanticide. The collection expands and complicates hegemonic notions of motherhood, as the authors map and analyse shifting conceptions of maternal subjectivity and embodiment, explore some of the constraining and/or enabling contexts in which mothering takes place, and ask searching questions about what it means to be a 'mother' in Europe today. It will be of interest not only to those working in gender, women's and feminist studies, but also to scholars in literary and cultural studies, and those researching in sociology, criminology, politics, psychology, medical ethics, midwifery, and related fields.
Motherhood remains a complex and contested issue in feminist research as well as public discussion. This interdisciplinary volume explores cultural representations of motherhood in various contemporary European contexts, including France, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Spain, and the UK, and it considers how such representations affect the ways in which different individuals and groups negotiate motherhood as both institution and lived experience. It has a particular focus on literature, but it also includes essays that examine representations of motherhood in philosophy, art, social policy, and film. The book's driving contention is that, through intersecting with other fields and disciplines, literature and the study of literature have an important role to play in nuancing dialogues around motherhood, by offering challenging insights and imaginative responses to complex problems and experiences. This is demonstrated throughout the volume, which covers a range of topics including: discursive and visual depictions of pregnancy and birth; the impact of new reproductive technologies on changing family configurations; the relationship between mothering and citizenship; the shaping of policy imperatives regarding mothering and disability; and the difficult realities of miscarriage, child death, violence, and infanticide. The collection expands and complicates hegemonic notions of motherhood, as the authors map and analyse shifting conceptions of maternal subjectivity and embodiment, explore some of the constraining and/or enabling contexts in which mothering takes place, and ask searching questions about what it means to be a 'mother' in Europe today. It will be of interest not only to those working in gender, women's and feminist studies, but also to scholars in literary and cultural studies, and those researching in sociology, criminology, politics, psychology, medical ethics, midwifery, and related fields.
At forty-five, Hannah Smith is at a crossroads. That's her spin on it. The reality is she's divorced, jobless, and moving back to her family home in Iowa to keep an eye on her mother, who's slipping into dementia. Her return stirs up the same unnerving sense of disconnect Hannah has felt since childhood-always the odd girl out, the loner outshone by her two older sisters. Hannah knew the feelings of hurt would come back. But she never expected fear. Because when her mother looks into her eyes and whispers, "e;You're not my daughter,"e; Hannah is beginning to believe it's not just the rambling of a confused woman.It's the truth.Now Hannah's following the trail of a family mystery to the dark coast of Big Sur, where years ago a lie was born-and buried. As frightened as she is to unearth it, Hannah knows this is the last chance she has before her past-and all its terrible secrets-are lost forever.
Science fiction is rare in theatrical form, but with Posing As People, three unforgettable sci-fi stories by Orson Scott Card are adapted into powerful stage plays by three different writers."e;Clap Hands and Sing"e; shows us a lonely-but rich and powerful-old man who has only one wish before he dies: To go back in time and take an opportunity for love that he once let slip by. But what will it do to the young girl who used to love him?"e;Lifeloop"e; pretends to be reality TV twenty-four hours a day. In fact, they're really actors. But when your character is you, without any break, how exactly do you have a "e;real"e; life? And how can a fellow actor tell you that he loves you, when that's what the script also calls for him to say?"e;Sepulchre of Songs"e; is about a heartbreakingly lovely girl who lost her arms and legs many years ago, and now yearns to be free, not just of the rest home where she lives, but of her body. So is the alien being who wants to trade places with her real or the product of her own imagination? And can her therapist's growing love for her keep her from fleeing-either into space or the dark recesses of her own mind? Read by Eric Artell, Scott Brick, Emily Janice Card, Sara Ellis, Kirby Heybourne, Kelly Lohman, Stefan Rudnicki, Lara Schwartzberg, and Victoria Von Roth, the original cast of the stage production, September 21, 2004 at the Whitefire Theatre Los Angeles directed by Orson Scott Card.
Science fiction is rare in theatrical form, but with Posing As People, three unforgettable sci-fi stories by Orson Scott Card are adapted into powerful stage plays by three different writers."e;Clap Hands and Sing"e; shows us a lonely-but rich and powerful-old man who has only one wish before he dies: To go back in time and take an opportunity for love that he once let slip by. But what will it do to the young girl who used to love him?"e;Lifeloop"e; pretends to be reality TV twenty-four hours a day. In fact, they're really actors. But when your character is you, without any break, how exactly do you have a "e;real"e; life? And how can a fellow actor tell you that he loves you, when that's what the script also calls for him to say?"e;Sepulchre of Songs"e; is about a heartbreakingly lovely girl who lost her arms and legs many years ago, and now yearns to be free, not just of the rest home where she lives, but of her body. So is the alien being who wants to trade places with her real or the product of her own imagination? And can her therapist's growing love for her keep her from fleeing-either into space or the dark recesses of her own mind? Read by Eric Artell, Scott Brick, Emily Janice Card, Sara Ellis, Kirby Heybourne, Kelly Lohman, Stefan Rudnicki, Lara Schwartzberg, and Victoria Von Roth, the original cast of the stage production, September 21, 2004 at the Whitefire Theatre Los Angeles directed by Orson Scott Card.
Change your fate. Pay the price.An Ember in the Ashes meets Mask of Shadows in Emily Victoria's #ownvoices debut YA fantasy, an epic adventure full of magic, rebellion, and finding where you truly belong.Orphaned and forced to serve her country's ruling group of scribes, Karis wants nothing more than to find her brother, long ago shipped away. But family bonds don't matter to the Scriptorium, whose sole focus is unlocking the magic of an ancient automaton army.In her search for her brother, Karis does the seemingly impossible: she awakens a hidden automaton. Intelligent, with a conscience of his own, Alix has no idea why he was made. Or why his father - their nation's greatest traitor - once tried to destroy the automatons.Suddenly, the Scriptorium isn't just trying to control Karis; it's hunting her. Together with Alix, Karis must find her brother . . . and the secret that's held her country in its power for centuries.2021 Tantor Media Inc
Being Ace ; An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection
