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A bold, witty and fresh adaptation of Jane Austen's novel which, while thoroughly modern, retains the spirit and much of the language of the original.It is night-time and an exhausted Jane Austen sleeps over the recently completed manuscript of her novel Emma. Her four nieces steal in and decide to act out the text and, after her initial anger on being wakened, Jane herself takes the role of Mr Knightley. The excitable teenage girls often try to take the story into their o...

The political and economic landscape of UK social security provision has changed significantly since the 2008 financial crisis. This fully revised, restructured and updated 3rd edition of a go-to text book covers all the key policy changes and their implications since the elections of 2010 and 2015.With contributions from leading academics in the field this book critically examines the design, entitlement, delivery and impact of current welfare provision. The first half of the book...

A baker’s dozen of queer Christmas stories for the twelve days of Christmas. An exercise in writing—storytelling—story finishing—and story sharing.The writers were asked to write “true” and “queer.” (Also, short. Because, shiny things!) Their interpretations of these instructions are as marvellously unique—and queer—and true—as they are. So… Read. Enjoy. And… join us? Tell your own truth, your own story.And share it.Stories—queer, true, shared—are how we’re going to...

This topical book transforms the analysis of housing problems into a lively, interesting and contentious subject of social scientific study, addressing themes of residential experience, inclusion/empowerment, sustainability and professionalism/managerialism, which lie at the heart of the housing and social policy debate. Each chapter considers a specific social category - such as class, gender, or disability - and evaluates the experience and understanding of housing and social policy unde...

The earnest romance of the unbelievably cute, almost thirty-year-old Orihara-san and her handsome, devoted high school boyfriend Momota continues to heat up! Looking to make up for midterms, Momota decides to study hard for his finals and gets a little bit of help from Orihara-sensei! A group date with everyone leads to hijinks and revelations as we learn more about Momota’s friends! Also, an unexpected miracle happens when Orihara-san makes a visit to her boyfriend's house?! Love transcen...

The welfare state is one of the crowning achievements of the twentieth century, giving citizens access to healthcare, pensions, disability and unemployment benefits. This unprecedented expansion of the state was a product of the postwar period of the late 1940s, when governments ramped up investment in this grand safety net. By the 1970s, half of all government spending went towards social-welfare programs, but today the welfare state stands at a crossroads, beset both by political opposit...

Dare to dream! Here are your wildest fantasies in photos: men reading Jane Austen, spurning supermodels, and reading all of the instructions.Porn for Women (over 100,000 copies sold in its first six months!) and Porn for New Moms left women begging for more. To satisfy, the Cambridge Women's Pornography Collective has upped the ante with this "unrated" edition, showcasing men who are hotter, hunkier, and even more helpful around the house. In these forty ul...

Poverty in Britain is at post-war highs and - even with economic growth -is set to increase yet further. Food bank queues are growing, levels of severe deprivation have been rising, and increasing numbers of children are left with their most basic needs unmet.Based on exclusive access to the largest ever survey of poverty in the UK, and its predecessor surveys in the 1980s and 1990s, Stewart Lansley and Joanna Mack track changes in deprivation and paint a devastating picture of the...

S. Bear Bergman is an activist, gender-jammer, performer, author of Butch Is A Noun (Suspect Thoughts), and creator of three solo theater shows (all of which won awards from the National LGBT Theatre Festival). Formerly of Massachusetts, ze recently relocated to Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Hir website is sbearbergman.com.

A good date can be exhilarating: a shared joke, an improbable spark, long moments of gazing fondly into each other's eyes. Not so for the dating disasters featured in this collection of laugh-out-loud actual tweets about the most terrible evenings imaginable. From seriously unwelcome confessions, to dousing dates in wine, to bringing them back to creepy apartments to meet favorite stuffed animals, here are the funniest and most alarming reports from dating's front lines. Along the way, aut...

Governments are encouraging later-life working and state pension ages are being raised. There is also a growing debate on intergenerational equity and on ageism/age discrimination. John Macnicol, one of Europe's leading academic analysts of old age and ageing, examines the effect of neoliberalism on the recent ageing and social policy agenda in the UK and the USA. He argues that the demographic and economic impulses behind recent policy changes are in fact less important than the effect of...

How to Flirt with Your Husband: 101 ways to master Seducing Your Husband to GreatnessTips and Tricks on Romancing Your Husband for A Passionate MarriageLearning the art of flirting with your husband can do wonders in keeping your marriage exciting and more interesting. Flirting with your husband makes him feel wanted. And that will likely hype his passion and desire for you, creating less friction in you getting what you need and want. This creates a snowball effect of pass...