This book argues that investor risk in emerging markets hinges on the company a country keeps. When a country signs on to an economic agreement with states that are widely known to be stable, it looks less risky. Conversely, when a country joins a group with more unstable members, it looks more risky. Investors use the company a country keeps as a heuristic in evaluating that country's willingness to honor its sovereign debt obligations. This has important implications for the study of int...

Shortlisted for CrimeFest Best Crime Novel for Young Adults 2019.Nora has lied about many things. But has she told her most dangerous lie of all?There’s a new art assistant at Nora’s school, and he’s crossed a line. Nora decides to teach him a lesson he won’t forget.But not everything goes quite to plan, and Nora needs an escape. She befriends the rich and talented Bel, who longs for a part in a remake of a famous film. Bel is unpredictable, jealous and crazy, but sh...

Ada Byron is rich and clever, but she longs to be free. Free to explore all the amazing ideas that come to her imagination, like flying mechanical horses and stories inspired by her travels. Free to find love and passion beyond the watchful gaze of her mother and governesses. And free to learn the full truth about her father, the notorious Lord Byron. Then Ada meets a man whose invention might just change the world—and he needs her visionary brilliance to bring it to life...

Nominated for the Carnegie MedalHighly Commended, Young Quills Historical Fiction AwardAda Byron is rich and clever, but she longs to be free. Free to explore all the amazing ideas that come to her imagination, like flying mechanical horses and stories inspired by her travels. Free to find love and passion beyond the watchful gaze of her mother and governesses. And free to learn the full truth about her father, the notorious Lord Byron. Then Ada meets a man ...

I always get away with it when I try stuff like this. Partly it comes down to sort of assuming that I'm going to. I've got loads of confidence. And Loki got away with everything. Well, almost everything.When troubled, quiet Ben begins at the ruthlessly competitive Cottesmore House, school to the richest, most privileged boys, he is befriended by Hobie: the wealthy class bully, product of monstrous indulgence and intense parental ambition.Hobie is drawn to Ben because...

Julia stands by her mother's grave wondering why she is struggling to feel the same outpouring of grief as her sister. Perhaps it's because one woman was two very different mothers, and in Julia's case, that wasn't very much of a mother at all.After a lifetime of never feeling good enough, of never meeting her mother's approval, or feeling loved, Julia sees her mother's death as a defining moment of change.Impulsively driving to the coast (the only place she has ever felt p...

In the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, Abortion in International Popular Culture: The Decision Heard Round the World examines representations of abortion and reproductive justice across a wide range of popular culture artifacts, literary texts, and activist movements across the world. Contributors analyze examples from Chile, Italy, Malta, Sweden, Canada, France, the U.K., Argentina, Ireland, and Poland to consider the relationships between art and public pol...

Julia Pink erzählt von Ihren Erlebnissen die Sie auf einer kleinen Bergtour erlebt hat. Auf der Fahrt zur Hütte, trifft Julia den Trucker Michael, den sie gleich in seinem Truck vernascht. Beim Wandern werden Sina und Julia so heiss, das sie sich mal kurz in Gras legen müssen und auf der Hütte geht es mit Sina, Uwe und Steve rund. Also lasst Euch überraschen.

Kavanagh's books feature strong young women, like herself, and had much popular appeal among that audience during her lifetime. She lived most of her life in France, caring for her invalid mother, remaining unmarried. 'Rachel Gray' is founded on fact although the author used her imagination to embellish the story. She said that she wished to 'show the intellectual, the educated, the fortunate, that minds which they are apt to slight as narrow, that lives which they pity as moving in the st...

Una cuidada edición de todo un clásico de la novela gótica y universalIntroducción de Robert Mighall, escritor y periodista en The TimesTraducción de Alejandro PalomasBasil Hallward había terminado el retrato. El joven Dorian, al verlo, no pudo más que desear, desde su frívola inocencia, que fuera su imagen la que envejeciera y se corrompiera con el paso de los años mientras él permanecía intacto. Y así fue...

In her poignant novel, "Rachel Gray: A Tale Founded on Fact," Julia Kavanagh weaves a rich tapestry of human emotion and societal critique, set against the backdrop of 19th-century England. The narrative centers around Rachel Gray, a strong-willed woman navigating the complexities of love, ambition, and moral integrity. Kavanagh employs a lyrical yet accessible prose style, vividly illustrating Rachel's internal struggles and the rigid social conventions that bind her. This work not only s...

In "Rachel Gray: A Tale Founded on Fact," Julia Kavanagh weaves a poignant narrative that explores the intricacies of identity, social constraint, and the pursuit of personal authenticity against the backdrop of 19th-century society. The prose is marked by Kavanagh's characteristic eloquence, richly characterizing Rachel Gray, a young woman grappling with the expectations imposed upon her by family and society. Woven with biographical threads, Kavanagh combines realism and romanticism, dra...