Miranda Dalton has everything she could have dreamed of. But heroines often find that "everything" isn't enough, and Miranda is no exception in this witty and biting satire.Brilliant and beautiful Miranda Dalton is at a crossroads. Living in the elite enclave of Lincoln, Massachusetts, in a beautiful old Victorian with her old-money professor husband and her two perfect boys, free to indulge her twin passions for collecting fine art - though she's not averse to the occasional excel...

Decades of demographic studies and applied efforts have convinced scholars, students, and social workers that young people coming of age and transitioning out of the foster care system face great challenges in health, education, income, and general well-being. Despite the wealth of research on these outcomes, we know much less about the lived experiences of young people leaving foster care.Aging Out of the Foster System: Youths' Perspectives adds to this n...

In Lincoln, Massachusetts—a Boston exurb of exquisite taste and understatement—one simply doesn’t acknowledge the raw capitalism and the rank privilege that sustain the hot-house liberal sensitivities blooming there. Until Miranda, a woman of devastating wit and looks, enters town politics.Her goal is to force the right-thinking people of Lincoln to confront their hypocrisies, and ultimately, the cherished refinements that prevent them from beating back the barbarians gathering at ...

Stunning all-star adaptations of Ackroyd's intriguing London storiesA superb collection of dramas guaranteed to thrill and entertain from best-selling author Peter Ackroyd. Set in the heart of London, these star-studded adaptations feature parallel investigations into killings across two centuries, black magic, haunted houses, holy ghosts and a stunning performance by Simon Callow as the magnificent Charles Dickens.Novelist, biographer and critic, Peter Ack...

The Art of Mindful Leadership: Fostering Resilient Human-AI Relationships invites you to explore a transformative approach to leadership in the age of artificial intelligence. This insightful guide empowers leaders to embrace mindfulness as a powerful tool for enhancing team dynamics, building trust, and navigating the complexities of human-AI collaboration. Discover how to cultivate empathy, resilience, and open communication to create a thriving workplace where people and technology work...

Delilah doesn’t need anyone to complete her. She has cakes, confections, and a growing bakery to keep her occupied. Having aged out of the foster care system, Delilah’s no stranger to finding her own way. But what happens when someone turns it all on its head and pushes the fiery redhead’s buttons in all the best ways?Fisher is too busy running the family business and making himself the third wheel to his sister’s marriage to bother finding his own relationship. That is, until a fe...

All eight episodes of the surreal comedy drama centred around a man with a very unusual hobbyNewly graduated from university, Alex Fisher returns home depressed and suffering from existential angst. But when his father encourages him to make himself useful by killing the snails in the garden Alex has an epiphany. Instead of murdering them, he will save them – and soon, he has a whole escargatoire of snails, all named after celebrities, crawling over the carpet, cli...