Bodies surface and disappear, seduce and corrupt in these original stories by bestselling, award-winning female crime writers from the Killer Women crime-writing collective. Keep your eyes peeled, your ears cocked and your wits about you as twenty deliciously twisted tales take you to surprising places... 'A killer collection of dark and devious tales' Mark Billingham'A lot of women have terrified me over the years, but none quite like these...

A collection of eye-catching 3D effect crochet patterns for different sized blankets and throws, that all have an optical illusion effect. These cleverly designed geometric blankets look impressive but are actually simple to make because the designer only uses one technique, intarsia crochet, and simple stitches.There are 15 different designs in a variety of sizes from smaller throws through to large afghans. All of the crochet blanket patterns are written out in f...

Noah is trying to start a new life and leave a past of darkness behind him. When he approaches a house looking for a job and instead finds a woman, Emma, being mercilessly beaten by her husband. His first instinct is to rescue her, but in doing so, he kills the husband. He's now an outlaw with a new widow in tow.But Emma does not want to stay in the home where she has known only pain and misery, so decides to leave her home and try to make it back East so she can try to put her lif...

American society has become anti-male. Men are sensing the backlash and are consciously and unconsciously going on strike.” They are dropping out of college, leaving the workforce and avoiding marriage and fatherhood at alarming rates. The trend is so pronounced that a number of books have been written about this man-child” phenomenon, concluding that men have taken a vacation from responsibility simply because they can. But why should men participate in a system that seems to b...

Jack, a lonely cowboy, is heading south looking for work after a long cattle drive, and has to stop in a small town to resupply. In the saloon, he meets a beautiful dancer who also happens to be a whore. He never uses a prostitute, but it's been so long since he has been with a woman, he's been drinking, and there is something special about this one, something about her deep, brown eyes.Will Jack be able to hold back his urges?A Standalone Short Story with No Cliffh...

Presents archaeological and scientific studies of materials from Cladh Hallan, revealing insights into Bronze and Iron Age life and death in Scotland.This second of two volumes presents archaeological and scientific studies of a wide range of materials from the unusually long-occupied Bronze Age and Iron Age site of Cladh Hallan on South Uist in the Western Isles of Scotland. These include metalworking debris, copper-alloy, gold and iron artefacts, bone and antler ...

Riding to the NorthJack, a lonely cowboy, is heading south looking for work after a long cattle drive, and has to stop in a small town to resupply. In the saloon, he meets a beautiful dancer who also happens to be a whore. He never uses a prostitute, but it's been so long since he has been with a woman, he's been drinking, and there is something special about this one, something about her deep, brown eyes.Will Jack be able to hold back his urges?

**“Smith’s book is a central guide for both men and women who are eager to understand navigating our modern world. The book offers great insights into men’s needs and a perspective that is clear-eyed and useful for both genders.” —Salena Zito, Washington ExaminerMen don’t tell you what they really think, but they tell psychologist Helen Smith—and she tells you.**James Brown said that it’s a man’s world. That was then. Today, men are living in a female-centered soci...

This first of two volumes presents the archaeological evidence of a long sequence of settlement and funerary activity from the Beaker period (Early Bronze Age c. 2000 BC) to the Early Iron Age (c. 500 BC) at the unusually long-occupied site of Cladh Hallan on South Uist in the Western Isles of Scotland. Particular highlights of its sequence are a cremation burial ground and pyre site of the 18th–16th centuries BC and a row of three Late Bronze Age sunken-floored roundhouses constructed in ...

Cille Pheadair is one of more than 20 Viking Age and Late Norse settlements discovered on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles), off the west coast of Scotland. Its unusually well-preserved stratigraphic sequence of nine phases of occupation, including five longhouses and many smaller buildings, provides a remarkable insight into daily life on a Norse farmstead during two centuries of near-continuous occupation c. AD 1000 –1200. Although the excavation at Cille Phe...

Were Renaissance women merely passive and voiceless subjects in the cultures of portraiture through which they were represented? Did they have the opportunity to challenge the prevailing visual tropes that reproduced gender stereotypes? Did they create iconographical programmes for their own social and political ends?This collection of interdisciplinary essays examines the representation of women at the intersection between portraiture, literature, drama, heritage and material cult...

Meet Lottie. She's a little girl just like you - she loves adventures, mysteries and her little puppy, Biscuit.When Lottie is responsible for a precious pet going missing at the vet's surgery, she is determined to track the little cat down again. With help from her best friends, Mia and Finn, she follows the trail around Branksea Island. But the cat is nowhere to be found, and Lottie will be in lots of trouble if Cassie the vet finds out what's happened! Can the three friends tackl...