**2014 Lambda Literary Award Finalist: LGBT NonfictionBreaks down the most commonly held misconceptions about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their lives**In “You Can Tell Just by Looking” three scholars and activists come together to unpack enduring, popular, and deeply held myths about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, culture, and life in America. Myths, such as “All Religions Condemn Homosexuality” and “Transgender People Are Me...

After reading Lincoln's First Inaugural Address and realizing Lincoln's firm determination to honor the oath that he had taken to "protect and defend" the Constitution of the United States and the Union, the author developed a compelling desire for information pertaining to his assassination.He spent over fourteen years searching the shelves of used-book stores and libraries in the Washington D.C area, including the Library of Congress, for pertinent, fact-based material; accumulat...

Historicizing both emotions and politics, this open access book argues that the historical work of emotion is most clearly understood in terms of the dynamics of institutionalization. This is shown in twelve case studies that focus on decisive moments in European and US history from 1800 until today. Each case study clarifies how emotions were central to people’s political engagement and its effects. The sources range from parliamentary buildings and social movements, to images and speeche...

Everyone has different ideas about wizards, but are they really all that different? Some subscribe to monthly clubs, some are brighter than they seem, some live for praise and acclaim, and others just want to protect those they love. Twenty-four stories of wizardly derring-do are found here, and all show wizards in different lights.Jonathan Langford is the wizard of Life, the Universe, & Everything and The Leading Edge. Parliament of Wizards is filled with daring and interesting ta...

This book examines the narratives of series heroines that preceded and followed Nancy Drew, each in relation to their social, historical, and economic environments. Covering heroines including Miss Pickerell, Madge Sterling, and Polly the Powers Model, among others, this book illustrates that the recovery of stolen inheritances during the Great Depression serves different social ends than, for example, fighting Germans on an international stage. This book expands scholarship that tends to ...

Girls' Series Fiction and American Popular Culture examines the ways in which young female heroines in American series fiction have undergone dramatic changes in the past 150 years, changes which have both reflected and modeled standards of behavior for America’s tweens and teen girls. Though series books are often derided for lacking in imagination and literary potency, that the majority of American girls have been exposed to girls’ series in some form, whether through books, television, ...

The author that brought you “Veritas” the first in the Neil Baggio series brings you a day in the life of the Golden Family from Amarillo told through the eye of Travis Golden on his wedding day. As he reflects through the years of his life with his twin sister Terra, growing up in a stressful household, overcoming the odds to reach his goal and meeting the woman of his dreams.From the outside people see Travis as a successful professional basketball player marrying his college swee...

Onestamente, non riuscivo a credere che stesse succedendo. Stavo toccando e baciando un altro uomo. E lasciavo che mi toccasse e baciasse. Avrei dovuto essere disgustato e avrei dovuto respingerlo. Ma non lo ero. Gli stavo permettendo di toccarmi, di baciarmi, di toccarmi dove solo io e le mie ragazze mi avevano toccato. E mi piaceva. E volevo che mi toccasse. A quanto pare Stevie aveva ragione quando aveva detto con chi altri provare la tua curiosità se non con il tuo...

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be overwhelming, even off-putting, so in this series we offer up our Top 10 classic poet...

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Ballads - An Introduction2 - The Ballad ...

1 - The Power of Poetry - Poems to Mend a Broken Heart - An Introduction2 - Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe3 - Loves Lies Bleeding by Algernon Charles Swinburne4 - I Prithee Send Me Back My Heart by Sir John Suckling5 - Ebb by Edna St Vincent Millay6 - Heart We Will Forget Him by Emily Dickinson-7 - My Own Heart, Let Me Have More, Have Pity by Gerard Manley Hopkins8 - They Flee From Me by Sir Thomas Wyatt9 - The Nymph's Reply t...

L’amore raccontato in questo libro è un sentimento puro, che vive e si nutre d’istinto e ragione, procurando dolore o estasi, secondo il movimento del cuore. Le poesie di Michael Bonannini sono dei componimenti attraverso i quali esprime le proprie emozioni, con un ritmo che riesce a raggiungere il lettore nell'immediato, perché sono dirette ed essenziali e riescono a muovere le emozioni, proprio come fa il cuore con i suoi battiti. Tutti gli scrittori prima o poi hanno provato a raccontar...