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It’s 2017, and a raging virus has drastically reduced the world’s population of men, transforming all but a fraction into a race of putrid, brain-dead zombies. So what’s single, ambitious 23-year-old Hattie Cross to do for fun, not to mention romance? In this hilarious marriage of post-apocalyptic fiction and supersmart chick-lit with a wry twist, novelist Lynn Messina spoofs dating manuals, monsters, and the superficial media world, all the while creating a feisty, funny heroine with heart.
As much as Beatrice Hyde-Clare relished the challenge of figuring out who murdered a fellow guest during a house party in the Lake District, she certainly does not consider herself an amateur investigator. So when a London dandy falls dead at her feet in the entryway of a London Daily Gazette, she feels no compulsion to investigate. It was a newspaper office, after all, and reporters are already on the case as are the authorities. She has her own problems to deal with anyway-such as extricating herself from a seemingly harmless little fib that has somehow grown in into a ridiculously large fiction. Truly, she has no interest at all. Except the dagger that killed the poor earl seemed disconcertingly familiar...And so Bea is off to the British Museum because she cannot rest until she confirms her suspicion, while trying to allay her family's concerns and comprehend the Duke of Kesgrave's compulsion. For the handsome lord has no reason to waste his time solving a mystery alongside a shy spinster. And yet he turns up everywhere she goes.
Ideal as a complete course text or as an informative supplement to "one-shot" classroom discussions this complement to Teaching Hot Topics encourages students to engage with issues through its interactive design pertinent scenarios probing questions and charts that summarize points and counterpoints for each topic.
' Tart is my favourite word. I love what it stirs in the mind–the synesthesia of flavour mixing with colours: reds, oranges and apple greens, gleaming with cheap temptation. It's been a goal of my twenties to live a tart life; I want everything I do to have that sharpness, that edge of almost too–out–there to be tasty, but not quite.' Meet Claudia Bloom. She's having one of those years. First she steals her ex's VW bus and drives it across country, where it promptly explodes. Next she lets herself be rescued by Clay, a cute DJ on a motorcycle; falls hard and meets his somehow–never–mentioned estranged wife while searching frantically for her panties. Then she tries to forget about Clay and focus on her tenuous new career teaching theatre–only to discover Clay's wife is her colleague, and his mother is her boss. Could it get any worse? When her neo–deadhead cousin shows up with a horse–size mutt, and the two of them take up residence on her couch, Claudia's pretty sure things have hit rock bottom! Set in a uber–hip beach town, this novel explores the rocky terrain of family secrets, forbidden fruit and all things Tart.
A revised and updated edition (with more than 70% new material) of the evergreen classic about the innate differences between boys and girls and how best to parent and teach girls and boys successfully, with completely new chapters on sexual orientation and on transgender and intersex kids. Eleven years ago, Why Gender Matters broke ground in illuminating the differences between boys and girls--how they perceive the world differently, how they learn differently, how they process emotions and take risks differently. Dr. Sax argued that in failing to recognize these hardwired differences between boys and girls, we ended up reinforcing damaging stereotypes, medicalizing normal behavior (see: th...
I Will Survive by Samantha Connolly released on Dec 25, 2003 is available now for purchase.
Tackles a human problem we all share―the fate of the earth and our role in its future Confident that your personal good deeds of environmental virtue will save the earth? The stories we encounter about the environment in popular culture too often promote an imagined moral economy, assuring us that tiny acts of voluntary personal piety, such as recycling a coffee cup, or purchasing green consumer items, can offset our destructive habits. No need to make any fundamental structural changes. The trick is simply for the consumer to buy the right things and shop our way to a greener future. It’s time for a reality check. Ecopiety offers an absorbing examination of the intersections of environm...
The Solomon sisters are all totally different and are dealing with their own life issues, but have found themselves living under one roof after too many years. Thanks to a little help from each other--and some unexpected allies--the Solomon sisters are about to wise up.
Life at Fashionista magazine can be a real bitch. Especially when you work for one.