William has been a part of the Stick family since the first day of school when Wrickety Stick became his best friend. He knows the secret about their unusual bones but he would never tell anyone. The Sticks’ can make their bendable bones go soft and flat which means they can do amazing things like slide under doors, squeeze between cracks and float into the air. Wrickety invites William to go with him, his sister Cinnamon and his cousin, Licorice, to stay with their eccentric aunts, Aunt R...

William is very nervous about his first day at a new school until he meets a strange boy called Wrickety Stick. Wrickety — along with the rest of the Stick family — has bendable bones. He can make his bones go soft and thin just by concentrating. This means that he can do things that William can only imagine, like sliding under doors and squeezing into cracks, or slipping between the bars of a grate. After witnessing it for himself, William becomes fascinated and wants to know more about t...

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The pursuit of gender in the archaeological record is explored in this exciting new collection of essays by renowned archaeologists and gender theorists. These essays place gender in the context of the past, by approaching the data in light of the previous decades of gender research. Issues such as tool-making, hunting, and evolution take on new meaning as the contributors examine the impact of gender worldwide. They do so in terms of the theories, methods, and ways of teaching and learnin...

Women and advertising are both globally ubiquitous. Yet advertising remains one of the most unabashedly misogynist, heterosexist, and racist industries. This edited volume of original unpublished chapters is the first ever to offer explicitly feminist views on advertising. Feminists, Feminisms, and Advertising provides feminist analyses of the historical relationships between the advertising industry and the women’s movement in the United States. Contributors consider the ways that adverti...

Our home is cold inside. Drapes and blinds are closed tightly, keeping out the pale light from the full moon. I awaken suddenly, hearing the sound of the fireplace crackling as the wood burns down to ashes. The bed under my body feels cold. A warm, abundant flow of liquid moves toward me. I feel a syrup-like substance, the texture warm and smooth.

Unter Wasser lauert der TodVersunken in den Fluten von Rutland Water liegt Grishton Hall, der Stammsitz der Earls of Welbeck. Als der letzte Earl kinderlos stirbt, hinterlässt er einen herrlichen Rosengarten am Ufer des Stausees, doch nur wenig Vermögen. Kurz darauf taucht Charlie Hobbs, ein Schulkamerad der Dorfpolizistin Helen Franklin, mit einer Tauchausrüstung im nahe gelegenen Humbleham auf, und im Dorf verbreitet sich das Gerücht von einem Schatz, der im Kell...

»Humbleham soll schöner werden!« Der Ort im Herzen von Rutland will unbedingt den begehrten Preis »Rutland in Bloom« für das schönste Dorf im County gewinnen. Doch unmittelbar vor dem Besuch der Jury kommt der Wirt des örtlichen Pubs bei einem schrecklichen Unfall ums Leben. Während Dorfpolizistin Helen Franklin noch klärt, wie es dazu kommen konnte, wird ein Jurymitglied auf offener Straße erschossen.Das ruft Scotland Yard auf den Plan: Ausgerechnet Ben Baxter, mit dem Helen einmal...