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Author: Shelley Cooper Publisher: Harlequin ISBN: 1459258959 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 211
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PROTECTOR As far as security specialists went, Steve Gallagher was the best. Driven and downright tenacious, he'd never lost a client. And he refused to let harm befall the woman who'd once been his wife. LOVER With just a look, Kate owned his heart. She always had. But though loving this lady was as natural and necessary as breathing, Steve feared his dark past would spell disaster for her, even more than the threat dogging her now. HUSBAND Guarding Kate by day—and night—was absolute torture. Because, for Steve, their marriage had never ended. Kate was his bride. He was her groom. But to make this second chance last, first they had to survive….
Author: Shelley Cooper Publisher: Harlequin ISBN: 1459258959 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 211
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PROTECTOR As far as security specialists went, Steve Gallagher was the best. Driven and downright tenacious, he'd never lost a client. And he refused to let harm befall the woman who'd once been his wife. LOVER With just a look, Kate owned his heart. She always had. But though loving this lady was as natural and necessary as breathing, Steve feared his dark past would spell disaster for her, even more than the threat dogging her now. HUSBAND Guarding Kate by day—and night—was absolute torture. Because, for Steve, their marriage had never ended. Kate was his bride. He was her groom. But to make this second chance last, first they had to survive….
Author: Sandra Marton Publisher: Harlequin ISBN: 1460398467 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 120
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Don’t miss out on a second chance to get your hands on this tempting tycoon from bestselling author Sandra Marton. The billionaire’s virgin ward When his late father appointed him guardian, Grant Landon expected his ward to be a child—not the sexy woman he’s just shared a spontaneous and passionate kiss with! Christa Adams is irresistible and infuriating in equal measure, so brooding bachelor Grant decides they should keep out of each other’s way. But when Christa’s home is damaged in a storm she must call on her guardian for help. Her purity and her spirit soon slip past Grant’s defences, and it’s not long before Christa finds herself at the mercy of her desire for her powerful protector… Book 2 in the Landon’s Legacy quartet Originally published in 1995.
Author: Nick Groom Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300240813 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 325
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An authoritative new history of the vampire, two hundred years after it first appeared on the literary scene Published to mark the bicentenary of John Polidori’s publication of The Vampyre, Nick Groom’s detailed new account illuminates the complex history of the iconic creature. The vampire first came to public prominence in the early eighteenth century, when Enlightenment science collided with Eastern European folklore and apparently verified outbreaks of vampirism, capturing the attention of medical researchers, political commentators, social theorists, theologians, and philosophers. Groom accordingly traces the vampire from its role as a monster embodying humankind’s fears, to that of an unlikely hero for the marginalized and excluded in the twenty-first century. Drawing on literary and artistic representations, as well as medical, forensic, empirical, and sociopolitical perspectives, this rich and eerie history presents the vampire as a strikingly complex being that has been used to express the traumas and contradictions of the human condition.
Author: Nick Groom Publisher: Atlantic Books ISBN: 1782392068 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 534
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For millennia, the passing seasons and their rhythms have marked our progress through the year. But what do they mean to us now that we lead increasingly atomized and urban lives and our weather becomes ever more unpredictable or extreme? Will it matter if we no longer hear, even notice, the first cuckoo call of spring or rejoice in the mellow fruits of harvest festival? How much will we lose if we can no longer find either refuge or reassurance in the greater natural—and meteorological—scheme of things? Nick Groom's splendidly rich and encyclopedic book is an unabashed celebration of the English seasons and the trove of strange folklore and often stranger fact they have accumulated over the centuries. Each season and its particular history are given their full due, and these chapters are interwoven with others on the calendar and how the year and months have come to be measured, on important dates and festivals such as Easter, May Day and, of course, Christmas, on that defining first cuckoo call, on national attitudes to weather, our seasonal relationship with the land and horticulture and much more. The author expresses the hope that his book will not prove an elegy: only time will tell.
Author: Alisa Ganieva Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing ISBN: 1941920608 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 169
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Runner-up for 2015 Russian Booker Prize. From one of the most exciting voices in modern Russian literature, Alisa Ganieva, comes Bride and Groom, the tumultuous love story of two young city-dwellers who meet when they return home to their families in rural Dagestan. When traditional family expectations and increasing religious and cultural tension threaten to shatter their bond, Marat and Patya struggle to overcome obstacles determined to keep them apart, while fate seems destined to keep them together—until the very end. Alisa Ganieva (b. 1985) grew up in Makhachkala, Dagestan. Her literary debut, the novella Salam, Dalgat!, published under a male pseudonym, won the prestigious Debut Prize in 2009. Her debut novel, The Mountain and the Wall (Deep Vellum, 2015) was shortlisted for all of Russia's major literary awards and has been translated into seven languages. Bride and Groom is her second novel, and was shortlisted for the 2015 Russian Booker Prize upon its publication in Russia. Ganieva currently lives in Moscow, where she works as a journalist and literary critic. Dr. Carol Apollonio is Professor of the Practice of Russian at Duke University. Her most recent literary translations include Alisa Ganieva's debut novel, The Mountain and the Wall (Deep Vellum, 2015). She was awarded the Russian Ministry of Culture's Chekhov Medal in 2010, and she currently serves as President of the North American Dostoevsky Society.
Author: Sufiya Ahmed Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0141971398 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 242
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Life as Zeba knows it could be over for good . . . Zeba Khan is like any other sixteen-year-old girl: enjoying herself, waiting for exam results . . . and dreaming of the day she'll meet her one true love. Except her parents have other plans. In Pakistan for the summer, Zeba's world is shattered. Her future is threatened by an unthinkable - and forced - duty to protect her father's honour. But does she hold the secrets that will help her escape? ** Sufiya Ahmed's stunning debut teenage book explores the illegal practice of forced marriage in Britain. ** 10 million under 18s in the world become child brides every year. ** The UK government's Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) receives over 1,700 calls from at-risk annually. Up to 15% of victims of forced marriage are male.
Author: Dorothy Baker Publisher: Virago Press ISBN: Category : American fiction Languages : en Pages : 246
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I'm not, at heart, a jumper; it's not my sort of thing . . . I think I knew all the time I was sizing up the bridge that the strong possibility was I'd go home, attend my sister's wedding as invited, help hook-and-zip her into whatever she wore, take the bouquet while she received the ring, through the nose or on the finger, wherever she chose to receive it, and hold my peace when it became a question of speaking now of forever holding it.' It is the hottest June on record and the longest day of the year. Cassandra Edwards -tormented, intelligent, mordantly witty - leaves her graduate studies and her Berkeley flat to drive through the scorching heat to her family's ranch. There they are all assembled: her philosopher father, smelling sweetly of five-star Hennessy; her kind, fussy grandmother; her beloved, identical twin sister Judith, who is about to be married - unless Cassandra can help it.
Author: Nick Groom Publisher: ISBN: 9780330374330 Category : English literature Languages : en Pages : 351
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Whilst defining the very meaning of forgery, Nick Groom ranges from the economic forgery of the 18th century to the formation of literary copyright which was established not in order to protect the nation's authors but rather as a way of censoring them.
Author: Ada Calhoun Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 0393254801 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 256
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Seven essays celebrating the beauty of the imperfect marriage. We hear plenty about whether or not to get married, but much less about what it takes to stay married. Clichés around marriage—eternal bliss, domestic harmony, soul mates—leave out the real stuff. After marriage you may still want to sleep with other people. Sometimes your partner will bore the hell out of you. And when stuck paying for your spouse’s mistakes, you might miss being single. In Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give, Ada Calhoun presents an unflinching but also loving portrait of her own marriage, opening a long-overdue conversation about the institution as it truly is: not the happy ending of a love story or a relic doomed by high divorce rates, but the beginning of a challenging new chapter of which “the first twenty years are the hardest.” Calhoun’s funny, poignant personal essays explore the bedrooms of modern coupledom for a nuanced discussion of infidelity, existential anxiety, and the many other obstacles to staying together. Both realistic and openhearted, Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give offers a refreshing new way to think about marriage as a brave, tough, creative decision to stay with another person for the rest of your life. “What a burden,” Calhoun calls marriage, “and what a gift.”
Author: Ariel Meadow Stallings Publisher: Seal Press ISBN: 0786741287 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 241
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Unenthused by a white wedding gown and bored by the hoopla of the Hollywood-style reception, Ariel Meadow Stallings found herself absolutely exhausted with the nuances of traditional nuptials . . . so she chose to take a walk off the beaten aisle. In this updated edition of Offbeat Bride, Stallings humorously recounts the story of the original offbeat wedding-hers-and shares anecdotes and advice from dozens of other nontraditional couples. She also includes a chapter on budget weddings in today's weak economy, along with sidebars, tips, tricks, and planner encouragement to help you figure out your special day. What results is a combination of hilarious wedding stories and tons of helpful how-tos-a perfect mash-up of memoir and handbook. At once practical and enjoyable, Offbeat Bride validates choosing the funky, different, and offbeat over the traditional, and leads couples through the planning process-from unique ideas on how to announce their engagement all the way to answering the question, "So, how's married life?" Stallings is the ultimate guide to the alternative wedding of your dreams, and with Offbeat Bride, she brings you a book that serves both as an encouragement and celebration of aisles less traveled.
Author: Shelley Cooper
Author: Shelley Cooper
Author: Sandra Marton
Author: Nick Groom
Author: Nick Groom
Author: Alisa Ganieva
Author: Sufiya Ahmed
Author: Dorothy Baker
Author: Nick Groom
Author: Ada Calhoun
Author: Ariel Meadow Stallings