Download or read book Kissing Emma written by Shappi Khorsandi and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From widely acclaimed comedian and author, Shappi Khorsandi, comes a modern fable about the rise and fall of a beautiful, but vulnerable, young woman in a world obsessed with money, status and looks. 'Brilliant' Bella A Sun pick of the week Emma and her mother are down on their luck. They're taking turns sleeping on the sofa in her nan's tiny flat - and desperately trying to come up with an escape plan. Emma is struggling with her family, struggling at school where the girls are bitchy towards her and the boys only seem to want one thing, and struggling with never having enough money for anything, ever. Just as she's contemplating quitting school to get a real job, she meets two men who convince her that she has a shot at modelling. But their motives are far from innocent, and Emma is soon pulled into a dark world. And then she meets Con, who is rich, handsome and so romantic! Has Emma's luck finally changed? Kissing Emma is inspired by the real life and untold story of Emma Hamilton, Lord Nelson's mistress. But Shappi Khorsandi's modern Emma is going to get the happy ending her namesake never did - and stick two fingers up at the men who dare to take advantage of young women while she's doing it. Not suitable for younger readers

Download or read book Kissing the Witch written by Emma Donoghue and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1999-02-27 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen tales are unspun from the deeply familiar, and woven anew into a collection of fairy tales that wind back through time. Acclaimed Irish author Emma Donoghue reveals heroines young and old in unexpected alliances--sometimes treacherous, sometimes erotic, but always courageous. Told with luminous voices that shimmer with sensuality and truth, these age-old characters shed their antiquated cloaks to travel a seductive new landscape, radiantly transformed.Cinderella forsakes the handsome prince and runs off with the fairy godmother; Beauty discovers the Beast behind the mask is not so very different from the face she sees in the mirror; Snow White is awakened from slumber by the bittersweet fruit of an unnamed desire. Acclaimed writer Emma Donoghue spins new tales out of old in a magical web of thirteen interconnected stories about power and transformation and choosing one's own path in the world. In these fairy tales, women young and old tell their own stories of love and hate, honor and revenge, passion and deception. Using the intricate patterns and oral rhythms of traditional fairy tales, Emma Donoghue wraps age-old characters in a dazzling new skin. 2000 List of Popular Paperbacks for YA

Download or read book Kissing the Hag written by Emma Restall Orr and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kissing the Hag by Emma Restall Orr is based upon the old tale of The Marriage of Sir Gawain, and carries us from girlish innocence through to the nauseating horror of the hag - the raw side, the dark side, the inside of a woman's.

Download or read book Kissing Midnight written by Emma Holly and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edmund Fitz Clare has kept his vampire nature a secret from his family-and Estelle Berenger, the woman he loves. But a vampire war threatens to expose him and destroy all he holds dear.

Download or read book Elmer and the Dragon written by Ruth Stiles Gannett and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1987-11-12 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stand-alone sequel to My Father's Dragon, in which Elmer Elevator and the flying baby dragon help the king of the canaries find treasure.

Download or read book Kiss Me Not written by Emma Hart and published by Emma Hart. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you do when you're the reigning kissing booth champion but the only person you want to kiss is your best friend's brother? Let me make this clear right here, right now: I, Halley Dawson, do not care that Preston Wright is kissing other women. Not a lick. Not at all. Nuh-uh-freakin'-uh. I do care that he's doing it six feet away from me behind a gaudy velvet curtain--making him my competition in this year's kissing contest. Why do I care, you ask? Because I've had an unfortunate crush on the insufferable idiot since I was sixteen years old, but I also know it's never going to happen. He's the Creek Falls bachelor to die for, and I'm the Creek Falls racoon lady who puts peanut butter sandwiches out for them every night. I'm not going to let him break my four-year-long reign--no matter how many times he breaks the rules and slides the curtain across to do the one thing he's not allowed to: Kiss me.

Download or read book Emma Donoghue Selected Plays written by Emma Donoghue and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first collection of plays from Booker Prize and Orange Prize finalist and author of international bestseller Room, Emma Donoghue. Contains the plays Kissing the Witch, Don’t Die Wondering, Trespasses, Ladies and Gentlemen, and I Know My Own Heart KISSING THE WITCH Adapted from her book of thirteen revisionist fairy tales of the same name, this play interweaves four classic plots – Beauty and the Beast, Donkeyskin, the Goose Girl, the Little Mermaid – with an invented one about a desperate girl going to a witch for help. Kissing the Witch finds the gritty in the fantastical, and excavates magic to find what’s really going on. TRESPASSES Set over three days in 1661, Trespasses is inspired by the judge’s own account of one of the tiny handful of witch trials that ever took place in Ireland. It asks why a servant girl who fell into fits would have put the blame on an old beggarwoman – but also, more timeless questions about the clashing cultures that have to share a small island country. Trespasses is about faith and superstition, politics and class, sadism and love. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN This play with songs, set mostly in the dressing rooms of busy vaudeville theatres all over North America, was inspired by a real same-sex wedding that took place in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1886. It resurrects a ragtag troupe of emigrants - most notably, male impersonator Annie Hindle, ‘a man’s widow and a woman’s widower’, as the tabloids called her. With a light touch, Ladies and Gentleman explores the ways we perform our roles, both on and off stage. I KNOW MY OWN HEART Inspired by the secret coded diaries of Yorkshire gentlewoman Anne Lister, this play subverts all the conventions of Regency romance. Teasing out the entangled lives of mannish, arrogant Lister (nicknamed 'Gentleman Jack') and three of her many lovers, I Know My Own Heart explores the different choices women made in a time of limits and prohibitions. DON’T DIE WONDERING When a restaurant cook loses her job because of a homophobic customer, she mounts a one-woman picket in protest. The police officer assigned to protect her is her nemesis from schooldays. This one-act comedy, set in a fictional small town, stages a battle between old and new elements of Irish culture.

Download or read book Sweet Dreams Baby written by Emma Dodd and published by B.E.S. Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rhyming text and illustrations invite young readers to join a baby as he settles into bed to sleep.

Download or read book Room written by Emma Donoghue and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-07 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kidnapped as a teenage girl, Ma has been locked inside a purpose built room in her captor's garden for seven years. Her five year old son, Jack, has no concept of the world outside and happily exists inside Room with the help of Ma's games and his vivid imagination where objects like Rug, Lamp and TV are his only friends. But for Ma the time has come to escape and face their biggest challenge to date: the world outside Room.

Download or read book The Siren s Kiss written by Emma Prince and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Falcon de la Haye was born to be the Earl of Drumburgh. There's only one problem-so was his twin brother River. A midwife's mix-up at their birth has left their clan's leadership in question. Their father has the perfect solution: whichever of his wayward sons can find a bride first shall be named the next Earl. Falcon takes to the seas, hell-bent on beating his brother to England in search of a bonny and biddable bride. But fate has other plans...A devastating storm leaves Falcon stranded on a remote island under the care of a mysterious healer. With an iron will to match Falcon's, Maerwynn insists on treating him before he sets out once more. But when duty calls, can Falcon leave her behind, or will he succumb to his siren's kiss?This is a short and sizzling stand-alone historical romance. If you enjoy enemies-to-lovers, close proximity, and healer stories with a dash of heat, you'll love The Siren's Kiss. Start reading now!***The Siren's Kiss was originally published in How to Wed a Wild Lass (A Medieval Scottish Duet).

Download or read book Emma and Tess written by Jon Randel and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tess is an incomparable beauty with unimaginable wealth. Emma is lower middle class who is now one step above homeless. Tess, educated at Stanford, lives in the fast lane. She is the definition of chic. Emma lives day to day in the abysmal world of druggies, the homeless, hookers and pushers. Theirs is a world divided by wealth, power, education and social status. Their lives could not reflect a greater contrast. That their paths cross is amazing in itself. What transpires is a story that will make you look at addiction and the pathos it creates in a new light. And it will give you hope Jon Randall was born in New York City in 1945. He graduated from Columbia University with a degree in creative writing in 1968. He graduated from Harvard with a PhD in English in 1972. He has written seven books, all published under the penname of Marvin Hunter. His books run the gamut from mystery and intrigue to a textbook of English. Mr .Randall is married and has three children. He lives on a small farm in Rhode Island.

Download or read book Emma s Diary written by Giselle Renarde and published by Giselle Renarde. This book was released on 1901 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anxious, insecure, and madly in love. Emma finally has everything she wants in life, so why isn't she happy? If this is supposed to be the best time of her life, then why is she constantly questioning her situation? It's not easy to build a full-time future with someone when you're sure it'll all fall apart. A million things could go wrong, but will Emma ever learn to see how much is going right? Lesbian fiction from award-winning queer Canadian author Giselle Renarde.

Download or read book To Steal a Kiss written by Emma V Leech and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-02 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Steal a KissGirls who dare - Inside every wallflower is the beating heart of a lioness, a passionate individual willing to risk all for their dream, if only they can find the courage to begin. When these overlooked girls make a pact to change their lives, anything can happen. Ten girls - Ten dares in a hat. Who will dare to risk it all? To Steal a KissThe desire to take a chance and snatch at happiness.Being dared to kiss a man in the moonlight is all well and good, but men and moonlight do not fall from the skies at will.Until they do.Under instruction from a friend, drab Alice Dowding lingers alone on a moonlit balcony. Not the most sensible course of action for a usually sensible girl. Yet being sensible has gained Alice a seat among the wallflowers and her only likely chance of marriage to a man she finds nigh on repulsive. Something must be done.A guilty conscience and a bad man.When Nathaniel Hunt's sister begs him for a favour, he can hardly refuse. Nathaniel, part owner of one of the most scandalous gambling dens in London is responsible for Matilda's tattered reputation, and she knows he is no position to deny her anything. When she begs him to kiss her mousy friend on a moonlit night, however, a chain of events is set in motion that none of them could have predicted.When a little favour ignites an inferno.Ignited by one soul-stealing kiss, mousy, sensible, dull Alice, is setting off sparks wherever her feet touch the ground, and all Nathaniel can do is pray he doesn't get burned.**** Warning: This book contains a careful selection of quiet determination, resolute tight-lipped-ness and (almost) insurmountable levels of tension. Although coupled with the presence of occasionally descriptive sexual encounters, we are very pleased to highlight that this book - and series - is in no way verging on erotica. ***

Download or read book Spoonful for Bunny written by Emma Dodd and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 2017-03-09 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the perfect recipe for a happy baby? Find out in this tactile board book with cut out shapes for little hands to explore on every page, sweet and colourful pictures and a gentle read aloud rhyme. From the illustrator of the popular I Love My . . . series - including the award-winning I Love My Daddy and I Love My Mummy - comes Sprinkle with Kisses, a new series of board books for the very young. Share cosy time together with this special book and help your baby take the first step towards a love of reading.

Download or read book Hugs and Kisses written by Sam Hay and published by Egmont UK Limited. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are two sides to every story . . . Flip the book to read each side of the story in this enchanting tale of a whale and an octopus on their search for love, ending with a huge pop-up surprise. Big Blue Whale is feeing small. Everyone has someone to hug except from him! On his journey to find the perfect hug he meets lots of sea creatures who want to hug him including a kind clown fish and a sea horse with a very swirly, whirly tail. But he's just too big for them to hug! On the other side of the ocean, Octopus is playing bubble ball with her friends. But when she bangs her head (ouch!) she really needs a kiss better. She meets lots of friendly creatures who offer to give her a kiss, but her tentacles are just too tangly and she begins to think she will never get a kiss better . . . Join the two creatures as they journey across the ocean to find their perfect match. Finding Nemo meets Guess How Much I Love You in this under the sea story of love, determination and friendship. Perfect for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day or any other occasion, this is a wonderful gift for sharing with those you love. The huge pop up in the middle of the story, paired with Sam Hay's gentle, funny story and Emma Dodd's adorable illustrations is ideal for children aged 3 years and up and perfect for sharing together. Sam Hay grew up in Scotland in a family of bookworms. She always wanted to be a writer. She trained as a journalist in Edinburgh and worked in newspapers and for BBC Television, before moving to Wales where she wrote her first children's book. Since then she's had more than 30 children's books published, including Do Not Wash this Bear and Star in the Jar. Her new picture book version of Wizard of Oz publishes with Egmont in September 2018, along with a new chapter book series - Spy Penguins for Macmillan (US). Emma Dodd is a bestselling author-illustrator who was brought up in a family of artists in Surrey. She studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central Saint Martin's School of Art and has worked in advertising, editorial and illustration. She has worked with several publishers including Orchard, Templar, Penguin, Macmillan (US), S&S, Harpercollins (US) and Nosy Crow. Her illustrated picture book, I Love My Mummy, written by Giles Andrea, won the Booktrust Best Book For Babies award in 2010 and was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Award. Among Emma's favourite things in life are surfing with her kids, punctuality and Scrabble.

Download or read book Emma written by Francesca Pace and published by Babelcube Inc.. This book was released on 2015-08-24 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emma is just a girl who is unaware of her magnetic charm. An orphan since an early age, she lives with her best friend Serena, a sunny and sociable girl who supports and assists Emma through the hard times and the good ones. Nothing is as it seems and as the plot unravels Serena will reveal its true nature as a powerful sorceress who stands by the young girl to protect her. Emma's quiet life, which borders on her invisibility, changes suddenly and radically as she enters the complex and violent world of witches and vampires. An unexpected and troubled transition alters her nature and essence, transforming her into a type of supernatural being that never existed before. In Emma two natures that have been asleep for years suddenly manifest themselves and coexist, in a struggle to find their balance. The girl will have to learn to be a hybrid; half witch and half vampire. This change, along with her maturity, teaches Emma that her life is destined for that fantastic world and that her dearest friends will always be there. When extraordinary girl, accompanied her lifelong friends and by a new and passionate love, has to courageously face her new life, learning to love it and love herself like never before, she discovers that her power is limitless and incomparable. This is an exciting and intense story of friendship, brotherhood, and love.

Download or read book Emma s Choice written by P. L. Reed-Wallinger and published by Rain Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: