Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women

Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women

Author: Jayne Ann Krentz

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 1992-09

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780812214116

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Essays by Sandra Brown, Jayne Ann Krentz, Mary Jo Putney, and other romance writers refute the myths and biases related to the romance genre and its readers.


The Heather Moon (The Border Rogues Series, Book 3)

The Heather Moon (The Border Rogues Series, Book 3)

Author: Susan King

Publisher: ePublishing Works!

Published: 2014-04-05

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1614175772

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Half-Scots and half gypsy, beautiful Tamsin Armstrong boldly raids across the Border with her kinsmen—until she is captured and held hostage by William Scott, a laird with royal ties. Amid plots and counterplots, Tamsin and William discover a powerful attraction. Then fate thrusts them into a diabolical scheme to abduct the infant, queen of Scots, and a grave danger that could destroy them all. AWARDS: Nominated for Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award, Best Medieval REVIEWS: "A brilliantly woven tale of history and romance, as lush as a tapestry." ~Romance Fiction Forum "Overflows with a masterful command of history. A must for fans of Scottish romances." ~Kathe Robin, Romantic Times "King is a master storyteller." ~RT Book Reviews THE BORDER ROGUES, in series order The Raven's Wish The Raven's Moon The Heather Moon THE CELTIC NIGHTS, in series order The Stone Maiden The Swan Maiden The Sword Maiden Laird of the Wind OTHER TITLES by Susan King The Black Thorne's Rose


The Taming of the Shrew: The State of Play

The Taming of the Shrew: The State of Play

Author: Jennifer Flaherty

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-03-25

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1350138215

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The Taming of the Shrew has puzzled, entertained and angered audiences, and it has been reinvented many times throughout its controversial history. Offering a focused overview of key emerging ideas and discourses surrounding Shakespeare's problematic comedy, the volume reveals and debates how contemporary readings and adaptions of the play have sought to reconsider and resolve the play's contentious portrayal of gender, power and identity. Each chapter has been carefully selected for its originality and relevance to the needs of students, teachers and researchers. Key themes and issues include: · Gender and Power · History and Early Modern Contexts · Performance and Politics · Adaptation and Afterlife All the essays offer new perspectives and combine to give readers an up-to-date understanding of what's exciting and challenging about The Taming of the Shrew.


To Gender or Not to Gender

To Gender or Not to Gender

Author: Margaret J. Oakes

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2024-07-01

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1476683530

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Can Othello be a woman? Can Ophelia be a man? Why not? Intended for Shakespeare lovers, scholars, and Shakespearean theater professionals, this study explores ways in which gender is being reinterpreted by British and North American productions since the turn of the millennium. First discussing gender theory, including modern, individualistic identity, this book leads to deep shifts in thinking about sex, gender identity and expression, and sexuality seen in 21st century Shakespearean production casting, directing, and acting decisions. The inclusion of selected productions and characters such as Othello, Richard III, Ophelia, and Olivia encourage readers to make use of "category creation" to reinterpret these characters by rethinking gender. Covered productions are divided into three sections including those that "cross-sex" cast, those that "resex" a character, and those that leave open questions of gender considering how terms like "gender-blending," "gender-bending," or "gender-blind" are meaningful in 21st century Shakespeare.


The Doll In The Wall

The Doll In The Wall

Author: Thea Phipps

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2009-10-27

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 1462815596

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“Checkmate to the black king...” begins the eerie missive found by Bella. It had been hidden in a pub’s wall along with a cache of toys, a child’s clothes, and a century-old photograph of two children, one of whom is a little boy holding the same doll found in the wall with the note. Who, or what, is the black king, and why is the writer of the message frightened for their life? Who are the children in the photograph? What is the link between the hidden items and a chess game? And most puzzling of all, how is it possible that the abandoned hundred-year-old doll is familiar to members of Bella’s family? Using forgotten photographs, memories, and the game of chess, Bella and her friend Tamsin learn the secrets of the doll in the wall.


Braids and Cheer Up Slug

Braids and Cheer Up Slug

Author: Tamsin Daisy Rees

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-12-16

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 135029974X

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“Don't you ever get sick of it?” “Being the only one?” “Yeah. Being the Ambassador of Blackness?” Abeni is new to college. She's putting purple braids in Jasmine's hair and giving her 'the talk', opening Jasmine's mind to new ways of seeing the world - and the world seeing both of them. A new play by Olivia Hannah, about fitting in and standing out. Featured as part of BBC Arts Light Up Festival and played on BBC Radio, Braids was longlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award 2018. “Not that I'm saying I know more about you than you do, I'm not saying, that's not what I'm saying, like, at all! Just that I do know you better than maybe you know yourself.” Will and Bean have been friends forever. ?But they're not kids anymore and the adult world is a scary place. In a tent in County Durham, a Duke of Edinburgh Award trip becomes more complicated than either of them planned. Cheer Up Slug is a new play by Tamsin Daisy Rees, about boundaries and behaviour. This double-edition of debut plays by North-East based writers was published to coincide with the premiere at Live Theatre in October 2021.


My Life on a Plate

My Life on a Plate

Author: India Knight

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2001-08-23

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780618154449

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Optioned for film and published in sixteen countries, this British sensation explodes the myth that all people need to be truly happy is love and marriage. Meet thirty-three-year-old Clara Hutt: irreverent, sometimes unkind, always self-deprecating. Clara is a part-time magazine writer with a perpetually mysterious husband and two small boys. Her extended stepfamily is forever making demands; her sons are constantly "murdering each other" ; all the other mothers at the school gate are perfectly groomed, but Clara is in her pajama bottoms and her husband's sweater. With razor-sharp wit and a healthy dose of insight into married life, India Knight takes readers on a continually entertaining ride through one woman's bumpy search for fulfillment