The war with Taletha is over, but the battle for love is only just beginning.Aysa, Princezo of Šeri, wants nothing more than to be the Talethan ambassador and help keep the tenuously established peace intact. But when the council decides the ambassador must be properly married, eight of the most eligible men come from across Šeri to compete for Aysa's hand. Lonely and confused by their attention, Aysa turns to the one person who knows her better than anyone-her best friend...

In the land of Taletha, the Wife Market is the prime place for young lords to find a spouse...but not the place for love. Something Inara knows all too well. After six years of rejection, she has no hope of being chosen for anything but a plaything.When the future ruler of Taletha arrives at the Market, Inara is chosen. More shocking still, Dhamar is exactly what he appears to be: kind, gentle, and willing to build a relationship of mutual respect and trust.Yet Dhamar has h...

In the city of Mordova, poverty reigns. Malek Nadar has no use for the poor beyond the palace walls, and the lords of the city only care for food, wine, and women.Saif works a fruit stand in the lower city; his reward a budding friendship with the beautiful Ranya. He finds himself falling for her, but a secret bars his way, a deception that could destroy the relationship they're only beginning to form.Ranya has accepted her lot as a lower citizen of Mordova. Trying her best...

In the land of Taletha, the Wife Market is the prime place for young lords to find a spouse...but not the place for love. Something Inara knows all too well. After six years of rejection, she has no hope of being chosen for anything but a plaything.When the future ruler of Taletha arrives at the Market, Inara is chosen. More shocking still, Dhamar is exactly what he appears to be: kind, gentle, and willing to build a relationship of mutual respect and trust.Yet Dhamar has h...

In the city of Mordova, poverty reigns. Malek Nadar has no use for the poor beyond the palace walls, and the lords of the city only care for food, wine, and women.Saif works a fruit stand in the lower city; his reward a budding friendship with the beautiful Ranya. He finds himself falling for her, but a secret bars his way, a deception that could destroy the relationship they're only beginning to form.Ranya has accepted her lot as a lower citizen of Mordova. Trying her best...

First Published in 1997. Contemporary Theatre Studies is a book series of special interest to everyone involved in theatre. It consists of monographs on influential figures, studies of movements and ideas in theatre, as well as primary material consisting of theatre-related documents, performing editions of plays in English, and English translations of plays from various vital theatre traditions worldwide. Augustine (Big Hysteria) by Anna Furse, first produced in Plymouth in1991, is one of...

With growing concern about the environmental impact of agriculture and its consequent contribution to climate change, there is an increasing interest in the implementation of agroecological approaches to achieve a more sustainable agriculture. Agroforestry is one area of research which has gained significant momentum in recent years.Advances in temperate agroforestry reviews key recent advances in measuring and valuing how agroforestry systems promote biod...

The recent escalation in the violent conflict in the Niger Delta has brought the region to the forefront of international energy and security concerns.This book analyses the causes, dynamics and politics underpinning oil-related violence in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It focuses on the drivers of the conflict, as well as the ways the crises spawned by the political economy of oil and contradictions within Nigeria's ethnic politics have contributed to the morphing of initiall...

Willkommen im Abenteuer Elternsein!Wenn wir Eltern werden, betreten wir ein eigenes Universum – und der Stern, um den wir künftig kreisen, ist unser Baby. Wie gut, dass es Menschen gibt, die uns dabei liebevoll zur Seite stehen! In diesem einzigartigen Ratgeber zeigen Familien-Expert*innen und Bestseller-Autor*innen, was sie selbst beim Abenteuer Elternsein gelernt haben und uns aus vollem Herzen raten können. Von Schlafen bis Stillen, von Bindung bis Baby-Blues: D...

Um den Bodensee herum ist der 1777 in Mittenwald geborene Augustin Sumser eine Legende. Nach der Flucht aus dem Priesterseminar geht er bei einem Geigenbauer in Mittenwald - und bei den Frauen - in die Lehre. Dieser Lehrzeit verdankt er auch seine Leidenschaft: Nach einer Liebesnacht schenkt ihm eine englische Lady als Andenken eine Spieldose, und der Zauber dieses Instruments lässt ihn auch während seiner unerwarteten diplomatischen Karriere nicht mehr los. Horst Wolfram Geißler erzählt d...

Embark on a profound journey through the struggles and revelations of one of Christianity's most influential figures with Confessions by Augustine of Hippo. This masterful autobiography transcends the mere recounting of Augustine's early life of sin and his pivotal conversion to Christianity, offering readers a timeless meditation on the human condition, the power of faith, and the quest for understanding and truth.Confessions stands as a cornerstone in Western li...

Clothed With the Sun is a book written by Anna Bonus Kingsford, a prominent 19th-century English writer, feminist, and spiritualist. The book is a collection of her essays and lectures on various spiritual and philosophical topics, including the nature of God, the role of women in society, and the relationship between science and religion.Kingsford was known for her unique approach to spirituality, which combined elements of Christianity, mysticism, and Eastern philosophy....