This collected edition commemorates the 10th anniversary of Julia Darling's death, and includes a substantial selection of unpublished work. Jackie Kay writes: "The poems are funny, irreverent, moving and never sentimental. You can recognise yourself in them, recognise your family. They are warm, full of compassion; [...] a shining bright light."

The original Northern Powerhouse, Newcastle upon Tyne has witnessed countless transformations over the last century or so, from its industrial heyday, when Tyneside engineering and innovation led the world, through decades of post-industrial decline, and underinvestment, to its more recent reinvention as a cultural destination for the North.The ten short stories gathered here all feature characters in search of something, a new reality, a space, perhaps, in which to rediscover them...

Sie ist eine Betrügerin! Davon ist Andreas Karelis überzeugt, als er die betörende Isla zum ersten Mal sieht. Offenbar ist die sexy Blondine hinter seinem Vermögen her. Dennoch kann der Playboy-Milliardär sich ihrer erotischen Anziehung nicht entziehen. Sie verbringen eine leidenschaftliche Nacht miteinander, die nicht ohne Folgen bleibt. Nur um seinem Sohn eine sichere Zukunft zu bieten, willigt Andreas ein, Isla zu heiraten. Doch ihr vertrauen - niemals! Aber dann passiert etwas, das And...

« Drôle et émouvant ! » Le Monde des Livres Le livre : Dans une ancienne ferme, près de Boston, Percy Darling, soixante-dix ans, coule ses journées de retraité à lire, à regarder de vieux films et à nager dans son étang en tenue d’Adam. Vieil ours, il n’apprécie que les visites de Robert, son cher petit-fils étudiant en médecine. Or cette paisible routine est compromise lorsqu’il permet à une école maternelle d’occuper sa grange. À mesure qu’élèves, parents et professeurs assiègent son ref...

The external lives of Clark, a high school guidance counselor, and Charlotte, a bookkeeper, are utterly ordinary, but their interior lives are as bold and complex as abstract paintings colored by imagined possibilities, childhood joys and, more darkly, by deeply buried fears. When Clark rescues a young boy from drowning, a chain of events-some comic, some harrowing-is set in motion, revealing the fault lines of the couple's marriage and individual psyches.Amity Gaige is a consummat...

A young Kiwi woman steals an identity -- and a castle -- in modern-day Scotland, but all without intending to steal it!Will her discreet butler with explosive secrets of his own help her? Will he admit he has feelings for her?Will her vegan diet save her from the repeated attempts on her life?A modern and hilarious take on jilted heirs and murderous staff in the heady and romantic atmosphere of the Highlands.A short and humorous book that will transport you ...

Living in the Ottoman Realm brings the Ottoman Empire to life in all of its ethnic, religious, linguistic, and geographic diversity. The contributors explore the development and transformation of identity over the long span of the empire's existence. They offer engaging accounts of individuals, groups, and communities by drawing on a rich array of primary sources, some available in English translation for the first time. These materials are examined with new methodological approaches to ga...

Asks how Black women tap into their feelings to develop ways to live freely.Erotic Testimonies draws inspiration from Audre Lorde's "Uses of the Erotic" to explore how Black women access their interiority and use their feelings to engage in processes of self-actualization and make themselves free. Blending genres and resisting the confines of conventional scholarly analysis, Julia S. Jordan-Zachery undertakes what she characterizes as a performative embodi...

Have you ever wondered if God’s healing is for people today? Do you desire to be made whole but don’t know how to go about it? If you are wrestling with these questions, you are not alone. Julia Loren has compiled the writings from heroes of faith—past and present—to show believers that God is still a God of miracles and that He delights in manifesting supernatural healing today, just as He did over two thousand years ago when His Son Jesus walked the earth.This compilation includes...

A young Kiwi woman steals an identity -- and a castle -- in modern-day Scotland, but all without intending to steal it!Will her discreet butler with explosive secrets of his own help her? Will he admit he has feelings for her?Will her vegan diet save her from the repeated attempts on her life?A modern and hilarious take on jilted heirs and murderous staff in the heady and romantic atmosphere of the Highlands.A short and humorous book that will transport you to...

A Riveting and brilliant work of biography. The story of two great English poets, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, whose work was immediately recognized and adored by their contemporaries, whose courtship ranks with the great love stories of all time -- and in whose marriage romance was not merely sustained but intensified.We enter their story through the sealed Victorian world of the Barretts of Wimpole Street: Elizabeth, at thirty-nine, a poet of international fame, a child...

A collection of the hilarious show-within-a-show about two daytime TV presentersSit back, dip your biscuit in your tea, and relax... because Mike and Sue are here! In each episode of this mid-morning spoof, the sofa-bound host couple Mike and Sue and their live studio audience tackle various topics of the day - no matter how clumsily.Ranging from shopping addictions and teenagers to cults and holidays, the programme intersperses studio segments with sketche...