Crocheting has never been easier! Now with photos of each pattern included. Whether you have always wanted to learn the art of crochet or you simply want to learn new crochet skills this book has been designed to be easy to follow and offers 23 complete beginner’s Afghan crochet projects. Crochet is a great way to pass your time and extremely relaxing and you will also have some fabulous work to grace any area of your home or gifts for you or someone special.One Day Crochet, 23 Amaz...

After the death of her father in 1885, twenty-two-year-old Kate Bradford finds herself alone and lonely in Charleston, South Carolina. She's had some success teaching piano to make ends meet. Even so, life is a struggle. It grows worse when her repugnant landlord, Homer Barnes, makes unwelcome advances toward her. Kate is desperate for change. She answers an intriguing advertisement, which launches her on a journey of a lifetime aboard the transcontinental railroad. The great Iron Horse ca...

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Questing through the Riordanverse: Studying Religion with the Works of Rick Riordan examines the works of Rick Riordan and explores how these works relate to Religion and Theology. Despite the success and popularity of the works, scholars have not given the Riordanverse as much attention as other Young Adult and Middle Grade fantasy books published during the first part of the Twenty-First Century. This volume begins to address that vacuum, drawing from a number of fields, includi...

A Medieval Life offers a biography of one woman, a portrait of her world, and an introduction to historical method.A Medieval Life offers a biography of one woman, a portrait of her world, and an introduction to historical method. Written in a clear and accessible style, it reworks a well-loved book to provide an entirely new resource for students, teachers, and general readers.Like Cecilia Penifader, most people in the Middle Ages were pe...

A Medieval Life offers a biography of one woman, a portrait of her world, and an introduction to historical method.A Medieval Life offers a biography of one woman, a portrait of her world, and an introduction to historical method. Written in a clear and accessible style, it reworks a well-loved book to provide an entirely new resource for students, teachers, and general readers.Like Cecilia Penifader, most people in the Middle Ages were pe...

Judith, a play in three acts; founded on the apocryphal book of Judith unfolds as a gripping dramatic retelling of a bold woman’s daring stand against overwhelming invasion, blending biblical valour with themes of divine faith, feminine resolve, and sacrificial cunning amid desperate siege. The action ignites in the parched city of Bethulia, gripped by enemy encirclement that starves its people of water and hope, where beleaguered leaders face crumbling morale and faltering command. A recl...

Women brewed and sold most of the ale consumed in medieval England, but after 1350, men slowly took over the trade. By 1600, most brewers in London were male, and men also dominated the trade in many towns and villages. This book asks how, when, and why brewing ceased to be women's work and instead became a job for men. Employing a wide variety of sources and methods, Bennett vividly describes how brewsters (that is, female brewers) gradually left the trade. She also offers a compelling ac...

Written for everyone interested in women's and gender history, History Matters reaffirms the importance to feminist theory and activism of long-term historical perspectives. Judith M. Bennett, who has been commenting on developments in women's and gender history since the 1980s, argues that the achievement of a more feminist future relies on a rich, plausible, and well-informed knowledge of the past, and she asks her readers to consider what sorts of feminist history can best adva...

Arnold Bennett's Judith is a dramatic adaptation of the apocryphal Book of Judith, presented in three acts. The play reimagines the biblical story of Judith, a courageous widow who saves her people from the oppressive Assyrian general Holofernes. Set against the backdrop of ancient Israel, Bennett explores themes of bravery, femininity, and the struggle for survival in the face of tyranny.The narrative follows Judith as she devises a bold plan to infiltrate the enemy camp. Armed with her b...

Wild Seas, Wilder Cities is a ‘wild-seeded’ collection of short stories, poems, memoirs and environmental articles from 49 unique contributors, all concerned with showing the positive side of our relationship with the earth.Thanks to funding from Portsmouth Creates, this audiobook features 50 different voices from across the Portsmouth community and beyond. Our readers range from teenagers to those in their nineties, including experienced actors, writers and volunteers from the pub...

Covering the lively, even raucous, history of Louisiana from before First Contact through the Elections of 2012, this sixth edition of the classic Louisiana history survey provides an engaging and comprehensive narrative of what is arguably America’s most colorful state.Since the appearance of the first edition of this classic text in 1984, Louisiana: A History has remained the best-loved and most highly regarded college-level survey of Louisiana on the market