Since Silent Spring was published in 1962, the number of texts about the natural world written by women has grown exponentially. The essays in Women Writing Nature: A Feminist View argue that women writing in the 20th century are utilizing the historical connection of women and the natural world in diverse ways. For centuries women have been associated with nature but many feminists have sought to distance themselves from the natural world because of dominant cultural representations which...

They say that people go there when they're ready to die. They say Death himself is a patron. That's where the tavern gets its name. Azrael's Stop. Watering hole for the Angel of Death.Since Ceph started tending bar there, many people have come through the Stop, whether looking for some peace in the death of a loved one, or themselves looking for a quiet place to die after passing on their tale. These are their stories.Tales of the Stop is a sequel to the experimental novell...

'The tension never slackens . . . a very promising criminal debut' The Times'There go my fingernails! One of this year's most stylist crime debuts' JANICE HALLETT'A pacy bloody thriller with a terrifically twisty narrative' EMMA FLINT'A powerful and artfully constructed crime debut in which wild justice runs wilder still' ANDREW TAYLOROne down.When a suspect...

Kara wants her Freedom. Sigurd wants the truth. Neither are prepared to get what they want.KaraWhen Kara, Valkyrie of the nine realms, falls in love with Sigurd, the unstoppable Viking of Midgard, she never expects to betray him and end his mortal life. But his death is just the beginning.After one hundred years of exile, Kara returns to Folkvang, setting in motion the battle for the soul of the nine realms. She will have to come fa...

UNTER FRANKREICHS FUNKELNDEN STERNEN von ROBERTA BARLEYWie verzaubert greift Maler Antoine zum Skizzenblock: Die schöne Sophie, die sich nach einer Autopanne in sein Haus geflüchtet hat, inspiriert ihn. Schon bald will Antoine seine bezaubernde Muse nie wieder gehen lassen! Bis eine Intrige ihr gemeinsames Glück in Gefahr bringt …NUR DU, FÜR IMMER UND EWIG von ALLY BLAKEWilde Locken, ein markantes Kinn: Rafe Thorne sieht noch umwerfender aus als in Sables Erinnerung...

After living overseas and working at a high-profile tech firm, the New Hire returns to the U.S. at a professional crossroads. She takes a job at a promising up-and-coming startup. Welcome to the New Frontier. No rules, no roadmap and no accountability. There, she manages big ideas - and even bigger personalities. Nothing is what it seems, and it is hard to tell friend from foe.Before long, the New Hire questions her decision to join the company. The Founder is charming. Wealthy. Se...

This book provides an account of current work on letters to the editor from a range of different national, cultural, conceptual and methodological perspectives. Letters to the editor provide a window on the reflexive relationship between editorial and readership identities in historical and international contexts. They are a forum through which the personal and the political intersect, a space wherein the implications of contemporaneous events are worked out by citizens and public figures ...