Posthuman Gaming: Avatars, Gamers, and Entangled Subjectivities explores the relationship between avatar and gamer in the massively multiplayer online roleplaying game World of Warcraft, to examine notions of entangled subjectivity, affects, and embodiments – what it means and how it feels to be posthuman.With a focus on posthuman subjectivity, Wilde considers how we can begin to articulate ourselves when the boundary between self and other is unclear. Drawing on fieldnote...

Poppy Wilde is a free-spirited budding photographer who falls in love with the enigmatic writer, Aurion Mooreland, who worksfor a big-time nature magazine and has a BIG-time secret.Poppy is an orphan and has learned to guard her heart well until Aurion and Avianna's lovebreak past her barriers.Along with his mother Avianna they have so far lived a safe and ordinary life untiltheir past and their secrets are put in danger by Samuel Geissler.Samue...

With the tomboy figure currently operating in a liminal space between extinction and resurgence, Reclaiming the Tomboy: The Body, Identity, and Representation is an unabashed celebration of her rebellious, independent, and pioneering spirit. This collection examines the tomboy as she appears throughout history, in the arts and in real-life. It also addresses how she has changed over the centuries, adapting to the world around her and breaking new boundaries in new ways (sometimes with a "s...

Poppy is on a mission to save her grandad's farm by returning the countryside to a time when flower meadows grew wild and native animals flourished. Can Poppy succeed in helping nature to work its magic?

Get ready for a wild ride of laughs and fruity fun in Bouncing Banana Peels and Wild Spins! In this hilarious tale, a bunch of mischievous bananas takes kitchen chaos to the next level. As they roll and slip off the counter, their banana peels create a slippery hazard that turns an ordinary kitchen into a hilarious, spin-out-of-control adventure. From slipping through cabinets to bouncing off mixers, the characters can’t stop the wild, uncontrollable chaos that follows. Each twist...

1930, SuffolkMarnie Watson has her whole life ahead of her. About to marry her sweetheart Tom, the future looks bright for the young couple.But when the fishing industry begins to decline, Marnie’s marriage is tested like never before. In a bid to reverse their fortunes, Marnie and Tom head west to Cornwall with the promise of a fresh start.Before their new life can begin, tragedy strikes, threatening to destroy everything Marnie holds dear. And whe...

Murderous poachers are stalking new prey......and a beautiful tourist looks like an easy million bucks.But one woman will rip their scheme to shreds.Special Agent Poppy McVie and her lifelong friend are on a fabulous vacation on the Mexican coast. She’s there to savor margaritas and revel in the sight of sea turtles laying eggs in the sand, but to her horror, poachers raid the nests and rush to sell the eggs on the ...

Shockwaves ripple through the country town of Currong when touring rock singer, Kyle, disappears after a gig in the pub. Contacted by police in regard to his estranged brother’s disappearance, freelance musician Duncan Barnett arrives. Apart from a drunken father he has no other family and Kyle’s sudden absence affects him more than he expects. By chance, single mother Poppy French meets Duncan and she is stunned. This is the man she had a brief, passionate encounter with at a wild party s...

Liv Simmons has it all… until the bailiffs turn up at her door…With no home, job or husband to be seen, Liv and her son swap a life of luxury for a shared bedroom at a lakeside farm.Thrust into Lowen Farm’s quirky communal living, the last thing Liv needs is to be sharing a space with Seb, the man who broke her teenage heart.As Liv is drawn into a world of friendship, romance and skinny dipping, her temporary stay begins to feel more permanent....

1941, SuffolkWith her in-laws in desperate need of help, Marnie is forced to return to Suffolk, leaving her precious daughter Annie behind in Cornwall.But Lowestoft is a very different town to the one she left. Ravaged by war, and a mere twenty miles from enemy lines, the seaside town she once loved now resembles a military base, and is firmly in Hitler’s line of fire.As she tries to rebuild her life amidst the rubble and horror of war, Marnie strug...

Winner of the Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s LiteratureSince the passing of their father, Omar has tried (and in his little brother Sufyan’s eyes, failed) to be the leader of his family of Syrian refugees.As Omar waits in line for rations, longing for the books he left behind when his family fled their home, Sufyan explores more nontraditional methods to provide for his family. Ignoring his brother’s warnings, Sufyan gets more and more involved with a group that gives...

Working Women on Screen: Paid Labour and Fourth Wave Feminism critically examines screen media representations of women’s participation in the contemporary labour market. The edited collection brings together contributions on Aesthetic Labour; Power, Politics, and Neoliberal Industries; and Sex, Sexuality, and Relationships.Within the context of fourth wave feminism, there has been a new proliferation in the global media landscape of representations of women’s paid labour. This has...