Inspired by Beauty and the Beast and the myth of Hades and Persephone, this lush and enchanting enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance is perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Jennifer L. Armentrout, and Scarlett St. Clair.Wren of Edgewood is no stranger to suffering. With her parents gone, it’s Wren’s responsibility to ensure she and her sister survive the harsh and endless winter, but if the legends are to be believed, their home may not be safe for much longer....

In Egypt during the First World War, Rick, a young Light Horse Trooper, is running from his past-straight into murder. He went to war to find a new life, but the past won't let him go.On Gallipoli, he is seriously wounded, and his best friend killed-and Rick is not sure it was by an enemy bullet.Recovering in hospital in Cairo, he is determined to find out the truth, even if that draws the killer to him.But all he has to go on is an ancient statue and its hieroglyph...

From the author of The North Wind comes a darkly reimagined tale of forbidden love, inspired by the Greek myth of Hero and Leander and the Scottish ballad Tam Lin.Brielle of Thornbrook has dedicated her life to the abbey. She spends her days forging iron and her evenings studying the Text, all in preparation of becoming an acolyte. Twenty-one years on this earth and she has never touched a man. And she never will.But when she finds an inju...

Rapunzel meets the myth of Psyche and Cupid in a stand-alone fantasy romance tale of love, survival and healing, as a mortal woman and a god unite to overcome deadly trials—and their own tortured pasts—in the climactic final installment of the Four Winds series.Min of Marles is a skilled apprentice, assisting the town's apothecarist in brewing potions, tonics, and deadly poisons. High in the estate tower where she works, a powerful immortal is kept chained, torture...

A sizzling stand-alone fantasy featuring a second-chance romance inspired by Sleeping Beauty and the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur from the author of The North Wind.Princess Sarai of Ammara is cursed: on her twenty-fifth birthday she will fall into an endless, deadly sleep, plunging the kingdom into chaos and ruin. In a last-ditch attempt to save Sarai and their people, her father arranges her marriage to Prince Balior, a handsome young n...

Then He Kissed Me, He's A Rebel, Chains, Stop! In the Name of Love all these songs capture the spirit of an era and an image of "girlhood" in post-World War II America that still reverberates today.While there were over 1500 girl groups recorded in the '60s--including key hitmakers like the Ronettes, the Supremes, and the Shirelles - studies of girl-group music that address race, gender, class, and sexuality have only just begun to appear. Warwic...

Book one of Six (quelle horreur!) in a series about a depressive millennial documentarian and the strange, witchy psychic he enlisted as the subject for his most recent documentary. Mystery unfolds, reality television gets skewered, history gets explained by a musicology major, punkettes operate cameras, and Wynn has a undying romance with a handsome dork of an air traffic controller. This isn't even cornering what goes on with the titular character, a woman that could charitably called an...

Film Figures develops a figural account of the memory structure of films.Employing theoretical concepts drawn from a range of sources, including French post-humanist philosophy and German Idealism, the book undertakes an organology of film guided by the work of Bernard Stiegler whose philosophy of mnemotechnesis provides the framework of analysis. Situating films in the quantum field of spacetime relativity as a field of cosmic views, inquiry into...

A collection of poems by well-known Melbourne writer and poet Warwick McFadyen. Following earlier volumes, the author continues the theme of life and loss, on which he has reflected since the death of his young son.

Since its publication in 1982, the Archaeological Gazetteer of Afghanistan has become the main reference work for the archaeology of Afghanistan, and the standard sites and monuments record for the region; archaeological sites are now referred to under their Gazetteer catalogue number as routine in academic literature, and the volume has become a key text for developing research in the area. This revised and updated edition has been significantly expanded to incorporate new field-...

Princess Margaret was one of the most controversial royal figures of the twentieth century. Widely admired as a young woman, she was famous for her beauty and charisma, but also for her sense of loyalty and duty. The charismatic Princess not only brought color and sex appeal into an otherwise colorless royal family, but did much to help bring the monarchy and its attitudes into the modern world. In recent years, dogged by accidents and ill-health, much of the Princess's youthful vigor and ...

This book contains the best conspiracy theories about the bible and related scriptures. It delves deep into conspiracies and raises many questions while providing plenty of clues to mysteries surrounding the Bible.A perfect read for atheists and god-fearing individuals who like agree or denounce conspiracy theories, they're all in this informative big book.Contents:Astrology in the BibleJesus Christ MythsBloodline of JesusBible CriticsBib...