Sexual progressives
Sexual progressives

Author: Tanya Cheadle

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2020-03-17

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1526125277

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Sexual Progressives is a major new study of the feminists and socialists who campaigned against the moral conservatism of the Victorian period. Drawing on a range of sources, from letters and diaries to radical newspapers and utopian novels, it provides the first group portrait of Scotland’s hitherto neglected sexual rebels. They include Bella and Charles Pearce, prominent Glasgow socialists and disciples of an American-based mystic who taught that religion needed ‘re-sexed’; Jane Hume Clapperton, a feminist freethinker with advanced views on birth-control and women’s right to sexual pleasure; and Patrick Geddes, founder of an avant-garde Edinburgh subculture and co-author of an influential scientific book on sex. A consideration of their lives and work forces a reappraisal of our understanding of British sexual progressivism during this period and will therefore be of interest to all historians of modern gender and sexuality.

Lily Bell
Lily Bell

Author: Amanda Thackeray

Publisher: Elm Hill

Published: 2019-08-13

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 159555940X

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Lily Bell: Worthy of Love is timeless fable written for children yet touches the heart of all ages, especially those with special needs who long to be included. It is a story of a frail yet determined dove named Lily Bell who is unable to fly. With the help of her family and some unlikely friends, she journeys through the forest to finally find what she has been searching for: her purpose and worth. Lily Bell realizes that she can do all of the things with her friends, just in a different way. The moral of the story is we are all wonderfully made with a unique purpose and plan for our lives. Through our brokenness or “imperfections,” we are able to help others. With the “perfect” self-image being projected on to today’s generation, the story of Lily Bell: Worthy of Love is a heart-warming, uplifting, and relevant change that delivers a strong message of acceptance, friendship, and courage in a way that children will understand and adults will appreciate: we are all worthy of love.

Flower Fables
Flower Fables

Author: Louisa May Alcott

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2015-07-15

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 0486793893

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Six stories and three poems relate the adventures of the fairy folk and their friends, the flowers.

Many Kingdoms
Many Kingdoms

Author: Elizabeth Garver Jordan

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-19

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13:

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"Many Kingdoms" by Elizabeth Garver Jordan is a captivating novel that transports readers to a world of royalty, intrigue, and forbidden love. Set in a lush and opulent kingdom, Jordan creates a rich tapestry of characters and interwoven storylines that captivate the imagination. As the lives of princes and princesses collide, secrets are unveiled, and alliances are tested, "Many Kingdoms" offers a riveting exploration of power, duty, and the complexities of matters of the heart. Jordan's vivid prose and compelling storytelling make this novel a page-turner for lovers of royal dramas and epic romances.

The Cure for Death by Lightning
The Cure for Death by Lightning

Author: Gail Anderson-Dargatz

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2012-11-14

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 0307816214

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When fifteen-year-old Beth Week’s family is attacked by a grizzly, her father becomes increasingly violent, making him a danger to his neighbors, his family, and especially Beth. Meanwhile, several young children from the nearby Indian reservation have gone missing, and Beth fears that something is pursuing her in the bush. But friendship with an Indian girl connects her to a mythology that enriches her landscape; and an unexpected protector shores up her world. Set on an isolated Canadian farm in the midst of World War II, The Cure for Death by Lightning evokes a life at once harshly demanding and rich in sensory pleasures: the deafening chatter of starlings, the sight of thousands of painted turtles crossing a road, the smell of baking that fills the Weeks’s kitchen. The novel is sprinkled throughout with recipes and remedies from the scrapbook Beth’s mother keeps, a boon to Beth as she learns to face down her demons--and one of many elements that give The Cure for Death by Lightning its enchanting vitality.