Misanthropoetics explores efforts by Renaissance writers to represent social flight and withdrawal as a fictional escape from the incongruous demands of culture. Through the invented term of its title, this book investigates the literary misanthrope in a number of key examples from Shakespeare, Jonson, Spenser, and the satirical milieu of Marston to exemplify the seemingly unresolvable paradoxes of social life.In Shakespeare’s England a burgeoning urban population and the ...

Selected contributions to the Ninth World Shakespeare Congress, which took place in July 2011 in Prague, represent the contemporary state of Shakespeare studies in thirty-eight countries worldwide. Apart from readings of Shakespeare’s plays and poems, more than forty chapters map Renaissance contexts of his art in politics, theater, law, or material culture and discuss numerous cases of the impact of his works in global culture from the Americas to the Far East, including stage productions...

Lonely Planet's Best Bike Rides Canada reveals 35 incredible two-wheeled escapes – with maps – so you can experience even more of this extraordinary country.Get ready for an unforgettable bike ride across Canada and discover exhilarating cycling adventures that range from a couple of hours to a full day. Admire wild and rugged beaches wit...

An engagement against a young lady's will...A desperate flight during a snowstorm...A valiant Mr Darcy to the rescue...When Elizabeth Bennet's parents join together and insist that she accept Mr Collin's proposal, Elizabeth decides to take matters into her own hand. The consequences of this see her reputation in tatters and an unexpected proposal from Fitzwilliam Darcy. However, will Mr Darcy honour this proposal when he discovers Elizabeth already has an offer of marriage?

What if, after initially refusing Mr Darcy's offer of marriage at the parsonage, Elizabeth finds herself in the position where she is forced to accept his proposal? The proud Mr Darcy has only six weeks to prove himself and make Elizabeth fall in love with him. Taking her reproofs to heart, Darcy is determined to woo Elizabeth, and become a better man. Then, just days before the wedding, she receives another offer. Will she meet him at the altar or run to the arms of another?Mr Dar...

This is an alternative scenario to Jane Austen's original Pride & Prejudice story.I have included all the main characters, but their paths are very different in this variation.I have added a whirl more of excitement and a touch more love.Fitzwilliam Darcy, realising he can no longer ignore or suppress his feelings for Elizabeth Bennet, returns to Hertfordshire only one week after leaving.But even the best-laid plans can go awry, and their first encounter is ...

HIS SECRET LOVE-CHILDTwo people have re-entered Cal Jamieson’s life – his long-lost lover and his unknown son! Cal never gets involved and that’s why Gina Lopez had to leave him. Can he persuade her to stay – this time for good?UNEXPECTED PROPOSALEmily is giving up on love. She carries a secret that makes her wonder if she’ll have a future, or a family.Her gorgeous Greek best friend, paramedic helicopter pilot Michael, has been waiting to tell Emily how he f...

The day after the Netherfield Ball, Elizabeth Bennet received an unexpected caller at Longbourn.With Mr. Bennet's full blessing, Fitzwilliam Darcy informs Elizabeth they are to be married.Furious that they have decided her future for her, Elizabeth sets out to change Darcy's mind.However, the untimely interference of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, and Darcy's subsequent actions makes it impossible for Elizabeth to break their engagement.The events that follow lead to...

Mr Darcy's Reluctant Wife is an original work by the author, and a variation on the story of Pride & Prejudice.Mr Darcy is not getting any younger, and at eight and twenty years old, he decided it was high time he began looking for a wife in earnest.The day after the Meryton dance, Fitzwilliam Darcy sets out on a morning ride.When he comes across a young woman lying on the forest floor, he assumes she has either fainted or suffered an injury. Concern...

I’m used to demons and voodoo.What I was not prepared for was my life turning into a fairytale, complete with the Wicked Step Mother.My awful step mother is the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. She’s always hated me for being a Succubus. It just got a hundred times worse after my father died mysteriously. I inherited the family company, but I can’t remove her as VP because she’s made the entire board into her zombies. After another board meeting goes her way instead of mine, I decide to...

“When I was just nine years old, I began learning how to become rich by playing the game of Monopoly®. If I’d just been lectured to about money management, financial responsibility, and investing, I doubt I would have listened and I doubt I would have achieved financial freedom early in life. Instead, I might be stuck in the Rat Race working hard, deeply in debt, and worried about keeping my job or having enough money for my retirement. But because I enjoyed learning when I was young, I wa...

Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society is an authoritative guide to the study of and work with major themes in bereavement. Its chapters synthesize the best of research-based conceptualization and clinical wisdom across 30 of the most important topics in the field, including the implementation of specific models in clinical practice, family therapy for bereavement, complicated grief, spirituality, and more. The volume’s contributors come from around the world, and their wor...