Jewish Women in the Medieval World offers a thematic overview of the lived experiences of Jewish women in both Europe and the Middle East from 500 to 1500 CE, a group often ignored in general surveys on both medieval Jewish life and medieval women.The volume blends current scholarship with evidence drawn from primary sources, originally written in languages including Hebrew, Latin, Aramaic, and Judeo-Arabic, to introduce both the state of scholarship on women and gender in...

Kennedy:I have always lived as my father dictated. This includes whom I dated, what clothes I wore, and making sure that I understood any negative attention I brought upon the family name would have repercussions. Then, the tide turns, forcing me to a new school. Will I be able to handle the four men whose own lives have been changed by my father's actions?This is a Why Choose/Reverse Harem Romance with a HEA.Trigger Warning: This book contains trig...

BrockI am the starting pitcher for the Groveton College Jackals baseball team. I am one of the hottest guys on campus. Girls want me, and guys want to be me. This is my year. If I can lead our team through a winning season, I will have the Major League teams beating down my door.Unfortunately, it all comes to a grinding halt when the coach threatens to bench me until I get my grades up. I can't afford to let that happen. After a lecture from my father, he d...

Sam Green is an art student with some pretty creative habits when it comes to solving mysteries, in this funny, warm series from author and artist Sarah Vernon.It's the start of a new school year in a picture-perfect Boston fall, and things are just starting to get back to normal for Sam - when a visiting artist (and enfant terrible) threatens to derail everything. Things go from bad to worse when Sam finds the artist's body one morning in her studio. Soon, her beloved mentor (and ...

Sam Green is an art student with some pretty creative habits when it comes to solving mysteries, in this new series from author and artist Sarah Vernon.It's the coldest part of a Boston winter when her friend Catherine is found dead in the painting studios one evening. The police are quick to rule her death a suicide, but Sam knows that something doesn't seem right. Despite the protests of her friends Rebecca and Stephanie (although - happily - with the help of her...

In the thriving urban economies of late thirteenth-century Catalonia, Jewish and Christian women labored to support their families and their communities. The Fruit of Her Hands examines how gender, socioeconomic status, and religious identity shaped how these women lived and worked.Sarah Ifft Decker draws on thousands of notarial contracts as well as legal codes, urban ordinances, and Hebrew responsa literature to explore the lived experiences of Jewish and Christ...

Manchmal reicht ein Blick, um etwas zu verändern. In dieser Sammlung findest du Leseproben aus den romantischen Geschichten von Whisper Publishing – Romance, Romantasy und leichte Romance Suspense, bereits erschienen oder bald verfügbar. Zwischen Herzklopfen, Hoffnung und einem Hauch Geheimnis beginnt jede Geschichte mit einem Gefühl.

Sam Green is an art student with some pretty creative habits when it comes to solving mysteries, in this new series from author and artist Sarah Vernon. Perfect for fans of Mia P. Manansala, Rob Osler and Abby Collette.It’s the coldest part of a Boston winter when her friend Catherine is found dead in the painting studios one evening. The police are quick to rule her death a suicide, but Sam knows that something doesn’t seem right. Despite the protests of her frien...

Stress can have a deleterious effect on people's mental, physical, and psychological health. There is a growing body of evidence, however, that suggests animals, both as pets and therapy partners, can help mitigate people's stress levels. This book showcases a rich collection of research papers from Human-Animal Interactions. It highlights research pertaining to pets as well as animal-assisted therapy in both school and professional settings. The book also includes a scene-setting introduc...

Kentucky Women: Their Lives and Times introduces a history as dynamic and diverse as Kentucky itself. Covering the Appalachian region in the east to the Pennyroyal in the west, the essays highlight women whose aspirations, innovations, activism, and creativity illustrate Kentucky’s role in political and social reform, education, health care, the arts, and cultural development. The collection features women with well-known names as well as those whose lives and work deserve greater...

Auch große Legenden haben einmal klein angefangen! Bevor er als Testpilot und Raumnotretter zu großer Bekanntheit geraten sollte, war Mark Brandis ein Junge voller unerreichbarer Träume. Ihm hätte nie jemand zugetraut, auf die Astronautenschule zu kommen - oder überhaupt erst das erste Abenteuer zu überleben: als blinder Passagier in einem Raumfrachter auf dem Weg zur Venus ...

Jede Reise, über die es sich lohnt zu erzählen, beginnt mit dem ersten Schritt ins Unbekannte. Wir wissen nicht, was uns bevorsteht, alles ist neu, und jede Entscheidung führt zu einem neuen Abenteuer. Mein Name ist Mark Brandis. Zum ersten Mal erzähle ich von der Zeit, als ich noch nicht Commander eines Schiffes unter den Sternen war, sondern nur ein junger Mann voller Hoffnung, Neugier und Verzweiflung auf dem Weg zur Erfüllung seines größten Traums. Folge 01 - Aufbruch zu den Sternen: D...