"Who is me?""That is an excellent question."In their debut novel, Emma Russell's Welcome to Wonderland is the story of Alice, who returns back to the Wonderland she once found comfort in. Forced to come to terms with herself, she greets old friends and new company as she finds out who she is, who she was and who she will become.

"You're a woman.""Did you think only men could be this beastly?"Adeline Stone is cursed. Bellerose Wood is not.These two would never have met. But when a debt over a rose brings them together, they both experience a change like never before.In this sapphic retelling of the classic fairytale, love is not the only way to break a curse. Knowing yourself, and knowing you can be better, is the strongest power of them all.

Grim Mortem dislikes the fact she is being forced to attend Elderwall Boarding College, the next step for any new Magus who wishes to take their place amongst the Order. It's not that she doesn't LIKE the idea of furthering her education, but it's more of the fact that she cannot use magick to save her life.However, as she finds herself surrounded by new company, she discovers that not everything in her world is as it seems. She always said that things didn't add up, that ...

"I was blinded by whispered promises and I never realised how cruel a woman could be until it was too late."Jon treads between worlds, caught on the cusp of life and death. He is invisible among the living, a mere shadow in a landscape of loss and isolation. Blood has long since run through his veins, his body turned cold as stone.Catterina is the beautiful and mysterious spirit who lures him to his death with the promise of seeing his mother again. But as her demands take ...

Crime, Deviance and Society: An Introduction to Sociological Criminology offers a comprehensive introduction to criminological theory. The book introduces readers to key sociological theories, such as anomie and strain, and examines how traditional approaches have influenced the ways in which crime and deviance are constructed. It provides a nuanced account of contemporary theories and debates, and includes chapters covering feminist criminology, critical masculinities, cultural criminolog...

'Writing that easily equals that of the Booker-winning Richard Flanagan...[and] as readable and gripping as any thriller.' - The TimesI've gone. I've never seen the water, so I've gone there. I will try to remember to come back.Etta's greatest unfulfilled wish, living in the rolling farmland of Saskatchewan, is to see the sea. And so, at the age of eighty-two she gets up very early one morning, takes a rifle, some chocolate, and her best b...

"I am not the Black Piper . . . but I do know the Piper."If you listen closely," she said, "you will hear stories that will transport you into the heart of adventure, force you directly into the path of danger, and if you are lucky . . . or perhaps unlucky"—she looked at the unmoving dragon behind her and inhaled, only barely losing her grip on her smile—"transform you." Her attention turned back to the crowd, and her eyes grew mysterious. "In essence, dear people...

Miss Violette is a damsel in distress.The devil of it is, she just won't accept it.Alone and far from home in the big city, Violette is on a mission to find a missing man - a war hero who never made it home - and she doesn't want a chaperone. Though she refuses to reveal who she is, or what the man means to her, the chivalrous Aubrey Russell doesn't care.Accidentally thrust into the headstrong young lady's path, he decides she needs a protector.Determined th...

The many exciting roads to bread glory and the best ways to enjoy it from a powerhouse couple who threw in their corporate jobs to realise their bakery dream.Baker Bleu The Book is a cookbook of sorts. At least, it has 70-plus delicious, inventive recipes for anyone who wants to emulate the best bread and Roman-style sourdough pizza bases in Melbourne. And those who are sandwich fiends (like Neil Perry), or who aspire to resourcefulness with leftover bread...

Despite ongoing challenges to the criminalisation and surveillance of queer lives, police leaders are now promoted as allies and defenders of LGBT rights. However, in this book, Emma K. Russell argues that the surface inclusion of select LGBT identities in the protective aspirations of the law is deeply tenuous and conditional, and that police recognition is both premised upon and reproductive of an imaginary of' 'good queer citizens'—those who are respectable, responsible, and 'just like'...

This book describes the application of cognitive behavioural principles to patients with a wide range of eating disorders - it covers those with straightforward problems and those with more complex conditions or co-morbid states. The book takes a highly pragmatic view. It is based on the published evidence, but stresses the importance of individualized, principle-based clinical work. It describes the techniques within the widest clinical context, for use across the age range and from refer...

This volume assembles the papers, presentations, and speeches from the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) held in Oxfordshire in 2015. This book is a companion volume to the proceedings of the 1965 inaugural meeting of IAUP, also published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.The highlight of the 50th Anniversary Meeting was an academic conference at Oxford University on the theme of “Higher Education in 2065.” Participants ...