Picturesque poems, gritty stories of magic and survival, and tales of romance all come together for Snowdrops in Springtime, an anthology of hope.From dragons and mermaids to war and love, this anthology contains a wide variety of poems, stories, and themes. All entries in this anthology, no matter how dark or grim, end in hope or a happy ending–because the darkness does not win.The authors included in this collection are Andi Michelson, Annee Clark, Camille Esther...

"An astonishing debut as mesmerizing as it is unnerving." --Joyce Carol OatesA day-in-the-life debut novel about a fading socialite on the hunt for someone to kill her before her next SoulCycle class."A tale of suspense, a statement, a cry for help, and a delicious tour-de-force.” --Nell ZinkNew York City, 2014. Agnes Maurer seeks a willing murderer and wonders what she should wear. Candidates include: an icy magazi...

Jane Armstrong Tucker was a Boston stenographer scrabbling to get by as a single woman in the Gilded Age, until she was offered a once-in-a-lifetime chance. Madeleine Pollard was a Kentuckian with humble roots who had used charisma to work her way into the parlors of the Washington, DC, elite. Tucker hid behind an alias—Agnes Parker—but Pollard had a secret, too.Alias Agnes details the story of Jane Tucker, who took a job as an undercover detective with a ten-week mission....

Agnes Maurer has a plan. Before tomorrow’s spin class, she will find someone willing to kill her.New York City, 2014: a place of gleaming towers, boutique fitness, designer handbags and, of course, existential despair. As Agnes wipes away the sweat from her early-morning SoulCycle she resolves that before her next lesson she will find someone happy to murder her.Over the course of the following twenty-four hours, as she moves from apartment to office, from ...

Jane Armstrong Tucker was a Boston stenographer scrabbling to get by as a single woman in the Gilded Age, until she was offered a once-in-a-lifetime chance. Madeleine Pollard was a Kentuckian with humble roots who had used charisma to work her way into the parlors of the Washington, DC, elite. Tucker hid behind an alias—Agnes Parker—but Pollard had a secret, too.Alias Agnes details the story of Jane Tucker, who took a job as an undercover detective with a ten-week mission....

Brought to you by Penguin.Agnes Maurer has a plan. Before tomorrow’s spin class, she will find someone willing to kill her.New York City, 2014: a place of gleaming towers, boutique fitness, designer handbags and, of course, existential despair. As Agnes wipes away the sweat from her early-morning SoulCycle she resolves that before her next lesson she will find someone happy to murder her. Over the course of the following twenty-four hours, ...

Tu es Marcus. Comme ta sœur June, jeune journaliste pleine d’avenir, tu adores l’aventure. Justement, elle t’entraîne à la remise d’un prix de journalisme dans un château nimbé de mystères, puisqu’il a été le théâtre d’un crime non résolu il y a deux ans. Mais alors que la fête bat son plein, le célèbre Nils Chamberlain, reporter vedette qui doit présider la cérémonie, disparaît. Tous les moyens de communication ont été subtilisés et la grille du parc a été verrouillée. Il n’y a pas de dou...

This book applies a gendered lens to evaluate the dynamic linkages between climate change and livelihoods in developing countries. It examines how climate change affects women and men in distinct ways, and what the implications are for earning income and accessing the natural, social, economic, and political resources required to survive and thrive. The book's contributing authors analyze the gendered impact of climate change on different types of livelihoods, in distinct contexts, includi...

A heartfelt story that sensitively tackles the everyday inner turmoil of growing up and staying true to oneself.Twelve-year-old Agnes hates everything about her life: her name, her parents' divorce, her best friend's abandonment, her changing body . . . . So while staying with her dad over the summer, she decides to become someone else. She tells people she meets that her name is Chloe, she's fourteen, her parents are married, and she's a dancer and actor—just the ...

Bloomsbury presents Agnes Lives written and read by Hallie Elizabeth Newton"An astonishing debut as mesmerizing as it is unnerving." --Joyce Carol OatesA day-in-the-life debut novel about a fading socialite on the hunt for someone to kill her before her next SoulCycle class."A tale of suspense, a statement, a cry for help, and a delicious tour-de-force.” --Nell ZinkNew York City, 2014. Agnes Maurer ...

La prise en charge de la femme enceinte tient une place importante dans la pratiquequotidienne du médecin de famille. S'il ne réalise pas l'accouchement, il est amené àsurveiller la grossesse, estimer les risques encourus, examiner, traiter la femme enceintedans le cadre de l'urgence et surveiller les suites de couches. Cet ouvrage rappelle le développement normal du fœtus, de la fécondation àl'accouchement, et détaille les différents problèmes de la prise en charge de la grossesse : • la ...

In this collection, continental and diasporan African women interrogate the concept “sacred text” and analyze ways oral and written religious “texts” intersect with violence against African-descended women and girls. While the sanctioned idea of a sacred text is written literature, this project interrupts that conception by drawing attention to speech and other embodied practices that have sacral authority within the social imaginary. As a volume focused on religion and violence, essays in...