“This book is a carefully researched, clearly written, very important contribution to our understanding of divorce.” —Arlie Hochschild, University of California, USA“This rich, evidence-informed narrative provides a frank, ‘up close and personal’ portrait of the aftermath of marriage dissolution.” — Mary Corcoran, Maynooth University, Ireland“Moore throws a welcome light on the moral identities and gendered inequalities of parenting after separation.” — Rosalind Edwards, Un...

All she wanted was some Vitamin D in her life.I was a basic bitch. My job was fast-paced, stressful, and a time suck, but I loved it. What I didn’t love was there was little time for the best kind of stress relief.I was looking for a little D in my life. Okay, I was looking for a big D, but only for a limited time. Because I needed three things. I needed someone who didn’t know me professionally. I needed nothing but casual, and, most importantly, I needed ...

All she wanted was to improve her skills when it came to the C.I was the girl next door…with a few extra pounds. My job was demanding and kept me on my toes, but when I was deep in a case, it left me little time for relationships. And because of that, I had some complaints in the bedroom.What I wanted was for someone to teach me to be a better lover. I needed someone I trusted with my body without the fear of falling in love and someone who wasn’t looking f...

All she wanted was to find a man who knew his way around her P.I was probably what you would call a boss bitch. I was the youngest judge in the state—and a female one at that. My job was the hardest thing I’d ever done, but it was also the most rewarding. If only my private life were just as satisfying.What I’d gained in my professional life, I’d lost in my personal one. Which meant I’d lost the man who knew my body as well as his own. The man who knew ever...

“Nearly every major figure of his era,” writes his biographer Adrian Frazier, “worked with Moore, tangled with Moore, took his impression from, or left it on, George Moore.” The Anglo-Irish novelist George Moore (1852–1933) espoused multiple identities. An agent provocateur whether as an art critic, novelist, short fiction writer or memoirist, always probing and provocative, often deliberately controversial, the personality at the core of this book invented himself as he reinvented his con...

A groundbreaking volume that represents the first examination of cultural production amongst Italian prisoners of warCaptivity and Creativity explores the artistic and material production by Italian prisoners of war (POWs) and some civilian internees who were captured by the Western Allies in 1940–43 and detained in prison camps scattered across Africa, Australia, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States during World War II. Twelve chapters discuss...

Questo cofanetto contiene 8 romanziIl mio domani sei tu di V. MooreI destini di Allie e Matthew si intrecciano e tra loro scatta una connessione che trascende ogni barriera. Il passato, tuttavia, minaccia di dividerli...Amore tra le onde di S. StephensL’innocente Rosy cerca un po’ di pace su una piccola isola greca, ma non c’è nulla di pacifico nella tempesta di emozioni che Xander scatena in lei...Contratto bollente ...

"One of the penalties of an ecological education," wrote Aldo Leopold, "is that one lives alone in a world of wounds." As climate change and other environmental degradations become more evident, experts predict that an increasing number of people will suffer emotional and psychological distress as a result. Many are feeling these effects already. In the pages of Solastalgia, they will find a source of companionship, inspiration, and advice.The concept of solastalgia comes ...

This book investigates how customary practices in South Africa have led to negotiation and contestation over human rights, gender and generational power.Drawing on a range of original empirical studies, this book provides important new insights into the realities of regulating personal relationships in complex social fields in which customary practices are negotiated. This book not only adds to a fuller understanding of how customary practices are experienced in contemporary South ...

This book gathers case studies presented at the International Conference on Responsible Research and Innovation in Science, Innovation and Society (RRI-SIS2017). It highlights European initiatives and projects in various domains and contexts, each of which explores how to create guidelines and good practices for Responsible Research and Innovation and how to promote them among citizens, industry stakeholders, policy and decision makers, research funders and educational institutions to fost...

"Und dann schloss sie sich um Nadias zwei Finger, die Finger, die tief in das Mädchen eindrangen. Die Kontraktionen kamen wie Wellen. Nadja fühlte es, wie einen elektrischen Stoß am ganzen Körper. Das Gesicht der jungen Frau war kristallklar und alle ihre Muskeln verkrampften sich zugleich. In diesem Moment gab es nichts Schöneres."Was würdest du tun, wenn du dich plötzlich von einem völlig fremden unwiderstehlich angezogen fühlst?Nadja ist eine schöne junge Frau. Und dessen ist sie sich v...

Plants lie, and Jayce can hear them.For seven years, a deadly plague has threatened the realm. Jayce has survived by using her plant magic to make and sell remedies, but most of her funds have been sucked dry by a corrupt debt collector and the impossible debt she owes the realm.When a so-called “miracle cure” poisons Jayce’s clients, she seeks evidence to convict its creator of murder. Digging too deep exposes enemies that stalk and threaten her as she fle...