Author: Jennifer Lawler
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440594961
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 877
Book Description
Hunker down, grab your flashlight, and prepare to be delighted with these kickass heroes and heroines who overcome enormous odds to survive. You can count on sparks flying when danger throws these three unlikely couples together: The Achilles Project: Nothing remarkable happened when former NYPD detective Meghan McCafferty first met Marcus Bixil, yet now a black-ops government agency is trying to kill her. Who knew the hunk closed deals for the powerful Kozlova Group? Meghan races to discover the rest of Marcus's secrets--without falling for him in the process. Date with the Devil: Victoria Everett's past cost her the ultimate price: her daughter's life. So when the man she blames for all of her problems asks for help, she refuses to play. But her refusal doesn't stop this rogue FBI agent--Victoria must confront her past in order to solve a murder, protect her family, and find the love of her life. Acts of Faith: Everyone assumed Emma's brother died in a car accident. Then one of his friends asks Emma to meet her so she can reveal the truth, but the whistleblower is brutally murdered before their appointment. There's only one person Emma can turn to for help--her ex-husband, a cop who never wants to see her again. Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
Danger and Delight
Author: Jennifer Lawler
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440594961
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 877
Book Description
Hunker down, grab your flashlight, and prepare to be delighted with these kickass heroes and heroines who overcome enormous odds to survive. You can count on sparks flying when danger throws these three unlikely couples together: The Achilles Project: Nothing remarkable happened when former NYPD detective Meghan McCafferty first met Marcus Bixil, yet now a black-ops government agency is trying to kill her. Who knew the hunk closed deals for the powerful Kozlova Group? Meghan races to discover the rest of Marcus's secrets--without falling for him in the process. Date with the Devil: Victoria Everett's past cost her the ultimate price: her daughter's life. So when the man she blames for all of her problems asks for help, she refuses to play. But her refusal doesn't stop this rogue FBI agent--Victoria must confront her past in order to solve a murder, protect her family, and find the love of her life. Acts of Faith: Everyone assumed Emma's brother died in a car accident. Then one of his friends asks Emma to meet her so she can reveal the truth, but the whistleblower is brutally murdered before their appointment. There's only one person Emma can turn to for help--her ex-husband, a cop who never wants to see her again. Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440594961
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 877
Book Description
Hunker down, grab your flashlight, and prepare to be delighted with these kickass heroes and heroines who overcome enormous odds to survive. You can count on sparks flying when danger throws these three unlikely couples together: The Achilles Project: Nothing remarkable happened when former NYPD detective Meghan McCafferty first met Marcus Bixil, yet now a black-ops government agency is trying to kill her. Who knew the hunk closed deals for the powerful Kozlova Group? Meghan races to discover the rest of Marcus's secrets--without falling for him in the process. Date with the Devil: Victoria Everett's past cost her the ultimate price: her daughter's life. So when the man she blames for all of her problems asks for help, she refuses to play. But her refusal doesn't stop this rogue FBI agent--Victoria must confront her past in order to solve a murder, protect her family, and find the love of her life. Acts of Faith: Everyone assumed Emma's brother died in a car accident. Then one of his friends asks Emma to meet her so she can reveal the truth, but the whistleblower is brutally murdered before their appointment. There's only one person Emma can turn to for help--her ex-husband, a cop who never wants to see her again. Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
City of Dreadful Delight
Author: Judith R. Walkowitz
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022608101X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
From tabloid exposes of child prostitution to the grisly tales of Jack the Ripper, narratives of sexual danger pulsated through Victorian London. Expertly blending social history and cultural criticism, Judith Walkowitz shows how these narratives reveal the complex dramas of power, politics, and sexuality that were being played out in late nineteenth-century Britain, and how they influenced the language of politics, journalism, and fiction. Victorian London was a world where long-standing traditions of class and gender were challenged by a range of public spectacles, mass media scandals, new commercial spaces, and a proliferation of new sexual categories and identities. In the midst of this changing culture, women of many classes challenged the traditional privileges of elite males and asserted their presence in the public domain. An important catalyst in this conflict, argues Walkowitz, was W. T. Stead's widely read 1885 article about child prostitution. Capitalizing on the uproar caused by the piece and the volatile political climate of the time, women spoke of sexual danger, articulating their own grievances against men, inserting themselves into the public discussion of sex to an unprecedented extent, and gaining new entree to public spaces and journalistic practices. The ultimate manifestation of class anxiety and gender antagonism came in 1888 with the tabloid tales of Jack the Ripper. In between, there were quotidien stories of sexual possibility and urban adventure, and Walkowitz examines them all, showing how women were not simply figures in the imaginary landscape of male spectators, but also central actors in the stories of metropolotin life that reverberated in courtrooms, learned journals, drawing rooms, street corners, and in the letters columns of the daily press. A model of cultural history, this ambitious book will stimulate and enlighten readers across a broad range of interests.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022608101X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
From tabloid exposes of child prostitution to the grisly tales of Jack the Ripper, narratives of sexual danger pulsated through Victorian London. Expertly blending social history and cultural criticism, Judith Walkowitz shows how these narratives reveal the complex dramas of power, politics, and sexuality that were being played out in late nineteenth-century Britain, and how they influenced the language of politics, journalism, and fiction. Victorian London was a world where long-standing traditions of class and gender were challenged by a range of public spectacles, mass media scandals, new commercial spaces, and a proliferation of new sexual categories and identities. In the midst of this changing culture, women of many classes challenged the traditional privileges of elite males and asserted their presence in the public domain. An important catalyst in this conflict, argues Walkowitz, was W. T. Stead's widely read 1885 article about child prostitution. Capitalizing on the uproar caused by the piece and the volatile political climate of the time, women spoke of sexual danger, articulating their own grievances against men, inserting themselves into the public discussion of sex to an unprecedented extent, and gaining new entree to public spaces and journalistic practices. The ultimate manifestation of class anxiety and gender antagonism came in 1888 with the tabloid tales of Jack the Ripper. In between, there were quotidien stories of sexual possibility and urban adventure, and Walkowitz examines them all, showing how women were not simply figures in the imaginary landscape of male spectators, but also central actors in the stories of metropolotin life that reverberated in courtrooms, learned journals, drawing rooms, street corners, and in the letters columns of the daily press. A model of cultural history, this ambitious book will stimulate and enlighten readers across a broad range of interests.
The Dangerous Duty of Delight
Author: John Piper
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 1576738833
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
Strengthen your relationship with God by enjoying Him and His creation! Discover just how to delight in the Lord in this compact version of Piper's classic Desiring God.
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 1576738833
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
Strengthen your relationship with God by enjoying Him and His creation! Discover just how to delight in the Lord in this compact version of Piper's classic Desiring God.
Proverbs, Maxims, and Phrases of All Ages
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Category : Maxims
Languages : en
Pages : 1332
Book Description
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Category : Maxims
Languages : en
Pages : 1332
Book Description
The Complete Works
Author: George Noe͏̈l Gordon Byron (Baron Byron)
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Languages : en
Pages : 1108
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Languages : en
Pages : 1108
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Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages
Author: Robert Christy
Publisher:
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Category : Maxims
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
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Category : Maxims
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Lonely Impulse of Delight
Author: Dana Gioia
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967833934
Category : Books and reading
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967833934
Category : Books and reading
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Double the Danger and Zero Zucchini
Author: Betsy Uhrig
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
ISBN: 1534467653
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A young boy attempts to transform his aunt’s boring children’s book into an exciting one in this funny, fast-paced adventure perfect for fans of the Book Scavenger series! Books aren’t supposed to be dangerous. Are they? Alex Harmon prefers running over sitting still reading. But when his aunt offers to pay him to point out the boring parts in her children’s book, he figures it’s an easy way to make ten bucks. The problem is that her book is about a grumpy frog and a prize-winning zucchini. It doesn’t have only a few boring pages…the whole thing is a lost cause. Alex gives his aunt some ideas to help her out—like adding danger and suspense. But books can’t just be interesting. They also have to be believable. Soon Alex recruits his friends to help him act out scenes so he can describe all the important details. He’s even getting plot twists from a mysterious stranger (who might also be a ghost). Too late, Alex discovers that being a real-life stunt double for a fictional character can land you in terrible trouble—even if your friends are laughing their heads off!
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
ISBN: 1534467653
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A young boy attempts to transform his aunt’s boring children’s book into an exciting one in this funny, fast-paced adventure perfect for fans of the Book Scavenger series! Books aren’t supposed to be dangerous. Are they? Alex Harmon prefers running over sitting still reading. But when his aunt offers to pay him to point out the boring parts in her children’s book, he figures it’s an easy way to make ten bucks. The problem is that her book is about a grumpy frog and a prize-winning zucchini. It doesn’t have only a few boring pages…the whole thing is a lost cause. Alex gives his aunt some ideas to help her out—like adding danger and suspense. But books can’t just be interesting. They also have to be believable. Soon Alex recruits his friends to help him act out scenes so he can describe all the important details. He’s even getting plot twists from a mysterious stranger (who might also be a ghost). Too late, Alex discovers that being a real-life stunt double for a fictional character can land you in terrible trouble—even if your friends are laughing their heads off!
The Book of (More) Delights
Author: Ross Gay
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1643755471
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
From bestselling author of The Book of Delights and award-winning poet, a book of lyrical mini-essays celebrating the everyday that will inspire readers to rediscover the joys in the world around us. In Ross Gay’s new collection of small, daily wonders, again written over the course of a year, one of America’s most original voices continues his ongoing investigation of delight. For Gay, what delights us is what connects us, what gives us meaning, from the joy of hearing a nostalgic song blasting from a passing car to the pleasure of refusing the “nefarious” scannable QR code menus, from the tiny dog he fell hard for to his mother baking a dozen kinds of cookies for her grandchildren. As always, Gay revels in the natural world—sweet potatoes being harvested, a hummingbird carousing in the beebalm, a sunflower growing out of a wall around the cemetery, the shared bounty from a neighbor’s fig tree—and the trillion mysterious ways this glorious earth delights us. The Book of (More) Delights is a volume to savor and share.
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1643755471
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
From bestselling author of The Book of Delights and award-winning poet, a book of lyrical mini-essays celebrating the everyday that will inspire readers to rediscover the joys in the world around us. In Ross Gay’s new collection of small, daily wonders, again written over the course of a year, one of America’s most original voices continues his ongoing investigation of delight. For Gay, what delights us is what connects us, what gives us meaning, from the joy of hearing a nostalgic song blasting from a passing car to the pleasure of refusing the “nefarious” scannable QR code menus, from the tiny dog he fell hard for to his mother baking a dozen kinds of cookies for her grandchildren. As always, Gay revels in the natural world—sweet potatoes being harvested, a hummingbird carousing in the beebalm, a sunflower growing out of a wall around the cemetery, the shared bounty from a neighbor’s fig tree—and the trillion mysterious ways this glorious earth delights us. The Book of (More) Delights is a volume to savor and share.
Science and Religion in Neo-Victorian Novels
Author: John Glendening
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134088272
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Criticism about the neo-Victorian novel — a genre of historical fiction that re-imagines aspects of the Victorian world from present-day perspectives — has expanded rapidly in the last fifteen years but given little attention to the engagement between science and religion. Of great interest to Victorians, this subject often appears in neo-Victorian novels including those by such well-known authors as John Fowles, A. S. Byatt, Graham Swift, and Mathew Kneale. This book discusses novels in which nineteenth-century science, including geology, paleontology, and evolutionary theory, interacts with religion through accommodations, conflicts, and crises of faith. In general, these texts abandon conventional religion but retain the ethical connectedness and celebration of life associated with spirituality at its best. Registering the growth of nineteenth-century secularism and drawing on aspects of the romantic tradition and ecological thinking, they honor the natural world without imagining that it exists for humans or functions in reference to human values. In particular, they enact a form of wonderment: the capacity of the mind to make sense of, creatively adapt, and enjoy the world out of which it has evolved — in short, to endow it with meaning. Protagonists who come to experience reality in this expansive way release themselves from self-anxiety and alienation. In this book, Glendening shows how, by intermixing past and present, fact and fiction, neo-Victorian narratives, with a few instructive exceptions, manifest this pattern.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134088272
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Criticism about the neo-Victorian novel — a genre of historical fiction that re-imagines aspects of the Victorian world from present-day perspectives — has expanded rapidly in the last fifteen years but given little attention to the engagement between science and religion. Of great interest to Victorians, this subject often appears in neo-Victorian novels including those by such well-known authors as John Fowles, A. S. Byatt, Graham Swift, and Mathew Kneale. This book discusses novels in which nineteenth-century science, including geology, paleontology, and evolutionary theory, interacts with religion through accommodations, conflicts, and crises of faith. In general, these texts abandon conventional religion but retain the ethical connectedness and celebration of life associated with spirituality at its best. Registering the growth of nineteenth-century secularism and drawing on aspects of the romantic tradition and ecological thinking, they honor the natural world without imagining that it exists for humans or functions in reference to human values. In particular, they enact a form of wonderment: the capacity of the mind to make sense of, creatively adapt, and enjoy the world out of which it has evolved — in short, to endow it with meaning. Protagonists who come to experience reality in this expansive way release themselves from self-anxiety and alienation. In this book, Glendening shows how, by intermixing past and present, fact and fiction, neo-Victorian narratives, with a few instructive exceptions, manifest this pattern.