This collection brings together fifteen chapters written by scholars specializing in disciplines ranging from anthropology and sociology to literature, film, and performance studies. These scholars analyze complex questions about how the body is lived and imagined as a locus of meaning-making in contemporary Japan. Exploring such topics as mind-body dualism, aging and illness, spirit possession, beauty, performance, and gender, this collection addresses the wide array of socio-cultural and...

Gothic Afterlives examines the intersecting dimensions of contemporary Gothic horror and remakes scholarship, bringing together innovative perspectives from different areas of study. The research compiled in this collection covers a wide range of examples, including not only literature but also film, television, video games, and digital media remakes. Gothic Afterlives signals the cultural and conceptual impact of Gothic horror on transmedia production, with a focus on reimagining and rema...

Silas Vane was a man who conquered the world. When he dies, he leaves behind a fortune that could end poverty—and a secret that could change what it means to be human. But the inheritance does not go to the boardrooms of London or the high-rises of New York. It goes to a small, dusty village in Rwanda, to a fourteen-year-old boy named Kwizera.Kwizera is a dreamer who spends his days fetching water and helping his mother. He has no idea that his blood holds the "Emerald Seed," the c...

ZoraI flew to Ireland for my sister’s wedding. I didn’t expect to leave with a husband.When the groom disappears, chaos erupts, and I’m forced into a marriage with the one man I should stay far away from.Conor King is dangerous, ruthless, and completely unwilling to let me go. It was supposed to be temporary. A solution to save his family’s reputation.But the longer I stay, the more I realize the truth; I’m not just caught in a marriage. I’m...

AlexA trip to Vegas was supposed to help me forget my heartbreak—not throw me into a nightmare.Meeting a nice stranger came at the perfect moment. After dealing with my own heartbreak, it was nice to be reminded that not all guys are liars. However, when he disappears, Tristan, the younger brother, looks to me for answers. Being kidnapped by him is different from what one would think, and the longer I’m around him, the more I’m not seeing him as my kidnappe...

SisiHe broke my heart and left me drowning in the wreckage.Carrick once held my heart in his hands, then he shattered it. Now, marrying him is the only way to save my life, but it doesn’t erase the past. The betrayal still lingers, the scars still ache, and no matter how much he swears he’s changed, I can’t forget what he did. But the more time we spend together, the more I see glimpses of the man I once loved. However, that all changes when tragedy invades...

The Woodland Explorers solve mysteries and protect the animals of Willow Wish Woods. A magical new series for 6+ inspired by Forest School, by prize-shortlisted author Ewa Jozefkowicz, full of friendship, adventure, and learning through nature, with fun illustrations on every page.In Willow Wish Woods stands the ancient Emerald King. It is the tallest tree in the forest and there's something special about it. Something magic...Benji, Shyla, Ajay, Trix, Fuji...

A broken ship. A ragtag crew. An impossible mission.After a deadly battle at sea, the crew arrives at Port 16, a town famous for shipbuilding, to repair the Serenity. When Fynch's injuries take a turn for the worse, the crew is forced to split up.Across the Emerald Sea is Servedin Island - a place where Fynch can get treatment. But the crew finds more than just a doctor there, and it's too late to run now. A pirate just as notorious as Nox Solveig has taken control...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.King Arthur—historical person or fictional myth? Don’t decide until you read Quest for Lancelot’s Arthur.Whilst researching his novel, Lancelot’s Grail, author Richard Gartee traveled to the UK to experience for himself the land of his characters. Since Sir Lancelot had an inextricable connection to King Arthur, it seemed logical to start with historic ruins associated with Arthur.With camera and journal in hand, the aut...

The thrilling sequel to ZEINA STARBORN AND THE SKY WHALE**, perfect for 9+ fans of BRIGHTSTORM and ORPHANS OF THE TIDE.**After months of being on the run, Zeina is thrilled when the Smog Rats are invited by ice bears to an infamous festival featuring horned sky whales.But, from an ice palace with crumbling ice structures to the strange behaviour of the new Emerald King, something doesn't seem quite right . . .Zeina and Jackson find ...

Meticulously researched both here and abroad, The Kennedys examines the Kennedy's as exemplars of the Irish Catholic experience. Beginning with Patrick Kennedy's arrival in the Brahmin world of Boston in 1848, Maier delves into the deeper currents of the often spectacular Kennedy story, and the ways in which their immigrant background shaped their values-and in turn twentieth-century America-for over five generations. As the first and only Roman Catholic ever elected to high natio...

The thrilling new fantasy adventure in the ZEINA STARBORN series, perfect for 9+ fans of BRIGHTSTORM and ORPHANS OF THE TIDE.For Zeina and Jackson, life has changed dramatically. Now on the run with the fearsome sky pirates, The Smog Rats, their days are full of adventure. Still, Zeina is excited to be safe for a week or two when she and The Smog Rats attend the infamous Solstice Festival in a grand but secretive palace built by the ice bears.As humans are usually forbidden...