Florentia Vaughn, the current Duchess of Summerset would do anything to avoid being controlled by others—again, even make a deal with a rake.

La literatura brevísima es un animal elástico y anfibio que cambia de hábitat a la menor provocación: de ahí su capacidad de rozar otros géneros (cuento, poesía, ensayo, aforismo) de manera inverosímil (como la salamandra y sus metamorfosis) y construir una sinfonía en corto que no deja de sonar y asombrar a cada lectura. Siguiendo esta descripción, y bajo la premisa de Baltasar Gracián, "lo bueno, si breve…", Rogelio Guedea antologa a escritores mexicanos de comienzos del siglo XX hasta l...

Ira, aquí se arrejuntan las más mejores palabras de nuestra chora cotidiana, chuchuluqueadas para que gusgueés el lenguaje y peles los ojos en cada página. Más de 130 cuates nos pusimos a lerendear y reunir bien muchos piensos y monos paquines para echar lío y armar este despedorre, buscando semblantear el cuchileo local.

Este libro reúne las voces de estudiantes, docentes, administrativos, operativos, egresados, directivos y profesionales jubilados que comparten aprendizajes únicos y significativos; fruto de la convivencia en los rincones cotidianos de la Red Universitaria. La Universidad como verdadero hogar, las ausencias, los encuentros, el auténtico sentido de la profesión, la empatía que florece en lugares insospechados, la capacidad de aprender del otro y la defensa de la dignidad a toda costa son al...

Att bli omhändertagen av samhället är ett djupt ingrepp i en människas liv. De individuella mötena med anstalten uppmärksammas sällan, men i Inspärrad får vi följa personer som varit intagna på sinnessjukhus, sanatorier, fängelser, uppfostrings- och alkoholistanstalter i Sverige någon gång mellan 1850 och 1992. Genom att ta del av de intagnas berättelser får vi kunskap om hur de förhållit sig till sin situation och sin omvärld, såväl innanför som utanför anstaltens väggar.Författar...

Winner, 2020 Liz Carpenter Award For Best Book on the History of WomenThe realm of ranching history has long been dominated by men, from tales—tall or true—of cowboys and cattlemen, to a century’s worth of male writers and historians who have been the primary chroniclers of Texas history. As women’s history has increasingly gained a foothold not only as a field worthy of study but as a bold and innovative way of understanding the past, new generations of scholars ...

When is the "right" time? How can I meet the demands of a professorship whilst caring for a young family? Choosing to become a mother has a profound effect on the career path of women holding academic positions, especially in the physical sciences. Yet many women successfully manage to do both. In this second edition, which is a project of the Women Chemists Committee (WCC) of the American Chemical Society (ACS), 40 inspirational personal accounts describe the challenges and rewards of com...

In het eerste deel van deze 10-delige serie leren we Cecilia Lund kennen, die als verloskundige een gelukkig leven leidt samen met haar man John, die freelance fotograaf is. Ze hebben vier kinderen en alles is, afgezien van het leven dat soms wel erg druk is, helemaal zoals het zijn moet. Totdat Simon, die beweert Johns buitenechtelijke kind te zijn, plotseling voor de deur staat. Als John kort daarna op reis vertrekt naar de VS voor werk wordt ze geconfronteerd met Simons mysterieuze acht...

O comprometimento com a evolução do próximo é imprescindível para alcançar a consolidação efetiva do seu próprio desenvolvimento Sinto-me privilegiada por estar em contato com líderes dos mais diversos segmentos do mercado, todos engajados na agenda da Educação. Hoje somos mais de 400 líderes engajados, levando inspiração para as gerações de jovens, compartilhando suas experiências e aprendizados de vida. Atualmente, temos 50 milhões de jovens (segundo o IBGE), dos quais 35% não querem tra...

A collection of eleven erotic short stories which explore the mysterious world of the vampire. This anthology includes stories by Pagan O' Leary, Raven Kaldera, Bryn Haniver and many more. Fall into the darkness and sensuality that is the vampire's world, velvet nights and sweet blood, like nothing you've ever experienced before.

When is the "right" time? How can I meet the demands of a professorship whilst caring for a young family? Choosing to become a mother has a profound effect on the career path of women holding academic positions, especially in the physical sciences. Yet many women successfully manage to do both. In this book 15 inspirational personal accounts describe the challenges and rewards of combining motherhood with an academic career in chemistry. The authors are all women at different stages of the...

The vampire has always been viewed as a sensual creature. They are hunters and seducers of their prey, the hunt as primal and animal as sex itself. They are outside of the strictures of “common” propriety, the chastity of marriage broken, the purity of the virgin defiled.In these seven seductive tales, sex and death and eternal life are intertwined as vampires of all descriptions–men and women and otherwise, gay and straight and bisexual–come together for danger-laced erotic encoun...