Welsh Gothic, the first study of its kind, introduces readers to the array of Welsh Gothic literature published from 1780 to the present day. Informed by postcolonial and psychoanalytic theory, it argues that many of the fears encoded in Welsh Gothic writing are specific to the history of Welsh people, telling us much about the changing ways in which Welsh people have historically seen themselves and been perceived by others. The first part of the book explores Welsh Gothic writing from it...

Winner of the Roland Mathias Award 2009. This book argues that the way in which people came to perceive and to represent themselves as Welsh was profoundly affected by the gender ideologies prevalent during the Romantic and Victorian periods. Nineteenth-Century Women s Writing in Wales: Nation, Gender and Identity introduces readers to a hundred Welsh women authors at work during the years 1780-1900, some writing in Welsh and some in English. In so doing, it rescues many of these authors f...

Yn oes Fictoria, ystyriwyd menywod yn anaddas ac anabl ar gyfer pob arweinyddiaeth gyhoeddus a deallusol. Ond llwyddodd Cranogwen, sef Sarah Jane Rees (1839–1916) o Langrannog, i ennill parch ac enwogrwydd fel bardd, darlithydd, golygydd, pregethwraig, dirwestwraig – ac ysbrydolwraig to newydd o awduresau a merched cyhoeddus. Mae’r gyfrol hon yn dilyn ei thrywydd er mwyn deall pam a sut y cododd Cranogwen, benyw ddibriod o gefndir gwerinol, i’r fath fri a dylanwad ymhlith Cymry ei hoes. Te...

After leaving a sheltered life on a commune, Miller starts over. All alone.He becomes a mechanic, works hard to build himself a home, and immerses himself in all the things he was previously denied. Books, movies, music--- even fruit snacks. The only thing he's yet to experience? A girlfriend.She works the front desk, but Delane's goal is to become a mechanic.After watching her adorable co-worker strike out with women, they make a deal. She'll help him with ladies, ...

I wake up chained to the bed of a stranger.He says I’m his wife.I have nothing—no money. No friends.No escape.He’s everything I never imagined: ruthless, calculating, feared. A beautiful monster with a face like a god’s, cold and untouchable.A mafia kingpin whose wealth could buy empires and whose power makes the world tremble.My captor.My husband.He vows to protect me at all cost, a...

Book boyfriends are the best... no rules and ANYTHING goes... until the fantasy becomes reality, and you can no longer close the book.I don’t just dream about possessive anti-heroes.I crave them.The dark, dangerous ones dripping with Bratva energy, the ones who claim you with a single look and make the world kneel at your feet just to keep you safe.“Touch her and die…”? I live for it.“My wife…”? My favorite.It’s all ...

**Ny fristående thriller i den hyllade serien om Aaron Falk»En av de bästa deckarserierna på senare år.« Daily Express»Jane Harper är Australiens regerande deckardrottning.« Financial Times»En lavin av spänning.« David Baldacci**En varm vårkväll försvinner Kim Gillespie från en festival i den lilla staden Marralee i södra Australien. Kvar bland alla människor på festivalområdet står barnvagnen med hennes nyfödda dotter Zoe.Ett år senare är Kim fortfar...

Immerse yourself in the unnerving world of the paranormal with these tales of horror curated by Bram Stoker Award-nominated Anthony Rivera and Sharon Lawson, editors of the #1 bestseller Peel Back the Skin and the critically acclaimed Dark Visions series.It's here in Death's Realm where the spirits of the dead and monstrosities that should never exist torment the souls of the living they've left behind in sixteen disquieting tales of the supernatural from horror's...

The seaside village of Treswnd has elected Catrin as its scapegoat, shunning and stoning her as a witch. In bitter isolation Catrin internalises the idea of herself as damned and outcast, but her loneliness is eased by a growing friendship with Goronwy, to whom she starts to reveal the hidden wonders of the natural world with which she has become familiar. In particular she knows the underground waterways of the 'Deep Stream' lying beneath Treswnd, a zone of darkness complete with wrecks a...

Shame, Gender Violence, and Ethics: Terrors of Injustice draws from contemporary, concrete atrocities against women and marginalized communities to re-conceptualize moral shame and to set moral shame apart from dimensions of subordination, humiliation, and disgrace. The interdisciplinary collection starts with a contribution from a Yazidi-survivor of genocidal and sexual violence, whose case brings together core themes: gender, ethnic and religious identity, and violence and shame. Further...

Dogs have been part of motion pictures since the movies began. They have been featured onscreen in various capacities, from any number of “man’s best friends” (Rin Tin Tin, Asta, Toto, Lassie, Benji, Uggie, and many, many more) to the psychotic Cujo. The contributors to Cinematic Canines take a close look at Hollywood films and beyond in order to show that the popularity of dogs on the screen cannot be separated from their increasing presence in our lives over the past century.The ...

Ny fristående thriller i den hyllade serien om Aaron Falk»En ny spänningsroman av denne författare innebär numera alltid höga förväntningar och som väl är blir man inte besviken heller denna gång.« Maria Näslund, GP»Lika briljant som hon skildrar naturen skildrar hon människans natur.« Bella Stenberg, Barometern»Ännu en fullträff av Harper.« Stinas böckerEn varm vårkväll försvinner Kim Gille...