Taking the Belgian city of Antwerp as a case-study, this book argues that the direction of nineteenth century societal change was such as to make some groups of people better suited to reap the benefits of new opportunities.

Contrary to earlier views of preindustrial Europe as an essentially sedentary society, research over the past decades has amply demonstrated that migration was a pervasive characteristic of early modern Europe. In this volume, the theme of urban migration is explored through a series of historical contexts, journeying from sixteenth-century Antwerp, Ulm, Lille and Valenciennes, through seventeenth-century Berlin, Milan and Rome, to eighteenth-century Strasbourg, Trieste, Paris and London. ...

The Mer King is the 1st book in the dark and enchanting fantasy duology where trust is fragile, magic is dangerous, and love is anything but simple.In the water realm, every king needs a queen...When I woke up, I found myself utterly alone in a new and unknown world full of danger and magic. Then I met him: the most possessive man I had ever laid eyes on. The mer king.He had searched the worlds for centuries for me, his people's savior. Hea...

The Mer Queen is the 2nd book in a dark and enchanting fantasy duology where trust is fragile, magic is dangerous, and love is anything but simple.In the water realm, every king needs a queen...After centuries of darkness, merfolk had finally been restored to the shores of the water realm. But our greatest triumph might prove to be our hardest challenge yet, when the heritage hidden in my blood broke forth to claim me, and the sea witch chose to op...

Winter brings ice, snow, and cold temperatures. Some animals hibernate while others change their habits to survive the cold months. Readers will learn about how people, animals, and plants deal with the cold, chilly weather of winter!

***"Delightful....A romantic winner." —KirkusFour young women face a life of destitution—until a daring act changes their fortune and turns them each into a beautiful bride. In* The Winter Bride*, a compromising situation leads to an unexpected wedding and delicious temptation....***Damaris Chance’s unhappy past has turned her off the idea of marriage forever. But her guardian, Lady Beatrice Davenham, convinces her to make her coming out anyway—and have a season of...

Betrayal cuts deeper than any knife stabbed through your back. It slices through you and makes you wish for the sweet demise of a bullet shot straight out of Carver’s gun.I trusted them.King, Cruz, Grayson, and Carver were not only the Kings of Ravenwood Heights but the kings of my heart, and now...they’re my executioners.They took away everything I had. They stole my heart and made me believe in love. I should have trusted my gut. They gave me hope, and I was a foo...

The British winter: rain, heavy; trains, cancelled; Christmas, expensive. How many times have you thought that there might be an alternative to grey skies and cold weather- one that will not break the bank?Wintering abroad used to be the preserve of the very wealthy, yet since the advent of cheaper, easier travel, anyone who has the time to spare can escape the winter... and even save some money in the process,No one knows more about ascaping the British winter than acclaimed...

Read this classic romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Anne Mather, now available for the first time in e-book!A dangerous deception...Alix has good reasons for wanting to work for the powerful Oliver Morgan—but she knows he won’t like them! So she takes the job he offers under false pretences, hoping he will never discover the truth...But Alix is about to find out that that she has been deceived too when it turns out the positi...

Intimidating. Fearless. Destructive.They’re everything a girl shouldn’t want. Too bad this foster girl never had a daddy to chase away the monsters because I’m a sucker for a bad boy...or four.Carver, King, Cruz, and Grayson - the Kings of Ravenwood Heights.When I was forced to come here, I was expecting just another run-down town to add to the ever-growing list of unwanted homes. What I wasn’t expecting was them.They’re dangerous and they're keeping one hel...

Few people know that Anne Morrow Lindbergh was an accomplished and innovative pilot in her own right. In fact, she was one of the defining figures of American aviation, a bright and adventurous woman who helped to pioneer air routes, traveled around the world, and came to be adored by the American public. In this revealing biography, author and pilot Kathleen C. Winters vividly recreates the adventure and excitement of many of Anne's early flights, including never-before-revealed flight de...

From the Orange Award-winning writer of Fugitive Pieces'Michaels is a novelist of unusual and compelling power' The Times'Read this book like poetry, or rather hear it like music ... Anne Michaels guides us to the top of some extraordinary peaks of feeling and perception' Independent'Writing of dangerously beautiful intensity ... magnificent' Sunday Telegraph