This book investigates the ways in which context shapes how cognitive challenges and strengths are navigated and how these actions impact the self-esteem of individuals with dementia and their conversational partners. The author examines both the language used and face maintenance in everyday social interaction through the lens of epistemic discourse analysis. In doing so, this work reveals how changes in cognition may impact the faces of these individuals, leading some to feel ashamed, an...

Media Depictions of Brides, Wives, and Mothers, edited by Alena Amato Ruggerio, explores how television, film, the internet, and other media variously perpetuate gender stereotypes. The contributors to this volume bring a variety of feminist rhetorical and media criticism approaches from across the communication discipline to their analyses of how television, film, news coverage, and the Internet shape our expectations of the performance of women’s identities. This collection includes stud...

The second edition of the highly successful Handbook of Discourse Analysis has been expanded and thoroughly updated to reflect the very latest research to have developed since the original publication, including new theoretical paradigms and discourse-analytic models, in an authoritative two-volume set.Twenty new chapters highlight emerging trends and the latest areas of researchContributions reflect the range, depth, and richness of current research in the...

Lexie Greene has always had such a pretty face.Unfortunately, that's where it seemed to stop. She's grown up hearing her Mother constantly remind her that she needs to lose weight. And twenty-two-year-old Lexie knows she's overweight.With her younger sister's wedding on the horizon and a crush to stalk on Facebook, Lexie's had enough. She gives up her constant daydreams about food and joins a dieting group. As the pounds melt away at the gym, she finds that life on the othe...

All 3 books in the award-winning series in a single volume!WICKED SENSE: When Skye's coven sends her to Seattle to find the Singularity, she teams up with witty, ab-tastic Drake. Despite undeniable chemistry between them, unstoppable enemies, potion mix-ups, and the occasional brush with death make going on a date a little harder. As they fight off the dark forces hell-bent on seizing the Singularity’s immense power, Skye and Drake will risk everything to save the ...

There's more than one way to turn up the heat.The Naughty List is here to give you exactly what you crave - Ultimate Alphas: Bad Boys and Good Lovers - another special collection of romance novels, novellas, and short stories from a mix of New York Times Bestsellers and some of the newest, boldest authors around.It's packed with more than 140,000 words and features bad boy bikers, werewolf shifters, alpha male heroes with a heart of gold, and billionaires that alwa...

NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Kathryn Shay spent five years riding fire trucks with a large city fire department, eating in their firehouses and interviewing hundreds of America's Bravest. Read the firefighter romance novels that resulted from her intense relationship with firefighters!“Inspiring and emotionally invigorating…a true hero’s tale.” RT Book ReviewsThree firefighters from the Malvaso family are trapped in a burning building and almost lose their lives. After...

PERCEPTION is a near-future mystery that can be read alone (no cliffhanger!)ETERNAL LIFE IS TO DIE FORSeventeen-year-old Zoe Vanderveen is a GAP—a genetically altered person. She lives in the security of a walled city on prime water-front property along side other equally beautiful people with extended life spans.Zoe's carefree life takes a traumatic turn when her brother Liam is murdered.The only one who can help her find o...

The CBC Literary Award–winning title story from Claire Battershill’s debut collection, winner of the Canadian Authors Association Emerging Writer Award, and a finalist for the Canadian Authors Association Emerging Writer Award and the PEN International / New Voices Award.For as long as Susan can remember, the circus has been part of her family’s DNA – her mother was a gifted contortionist, and her grandfather played the role of a man-wrestling bear. Coming from suc...

The definitive biography of the late, great comedy legend, Paul O'GradyThe late, great comedian, teatime talk show host and all-round entertainer, Paul O'Grady was one of the most popular figures on British television. But his real-life journey was more dramatic than any of his on-stage stories.Born into a noisy Irish Catholic household in Birkenhead, Paul was always determined to live a colourful life. He was a boxing champion as a boy and became a dad as ...

Join Loose Women's Sherrie Hewson on her rollercoaster ride through the laughter, tears and tantrums of an extraordinary life lived on and off the screen.Sherrie Hewson is one of Britain's best loved telly stars. From her dazzling performances in the Carry On films to Russ Abbott's Madhouse, to her favourite character Maureen Holdsworth in Coronation Street to the green hills of Emmerdale, Sherrie's warmth and good humour won her a place in the heart of the nation. And now an adore...

The moment Jade Goody stepped into the Big Brother house in 2002, her life changed forever. As soon as she opened her mouth on national TV, Jade secured her place as the unofficial winner of the third series of Big Brother and became the most famous reality TV star in the UK. The glitz and glamour of Jade s sudden fame was a far cry from the real-life drama of the estate where she made her start. Brought up in a run-down part of Bermondsey, South London, caring for her disabled mum and wit...