Download or read book Matchmaker Abduction written by Donna McDonald and published by Donna McDonald. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Polyandry and Wife Selling in Qing Dynasty China written by Matthew H. Sommer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of polyandry, wife-selling, and a variety of related practices in China during the Qing dynasty (1644-1912). By analyzing over 1200 legal cases from local and central court archives, Matthew Sommer explores the functions played by marriage, sex, and reproduction in the survival strategies of the rural poor under conditions of overpopulation, worsening sex ratios, and shrinking farm sizes. Polyandry and wife-selling represented opposite ends of a spectrum of strategies. At one end, polyandry was a means to keep the family together by expanding it. A woman would bring in a second husband in exchange for his help supporting her family. In contrast, wife sale was a means to survive by breaking up a family: a husband would secure an emergency infusion of cash while his wife would escape poverty and secure a fresh start with another man. Even though Qing law prohibited both practices under the rubric "illicit sexual relations," Sommer shows how magistrates charged with propagating and enforcing a fundamentalist Confucian vision of female chastity tried to cope with their social reality in the face of daunting poverty. This contradiction illuminates both the pragmatism of routine adjudication and the increasingly dysfunctional nature of the dynastic state in the face of mounting social crisis. By casting a spotlight on the rural poor and the experiences of both men and women, Sommer provides an alternative to the standard paradigms of women’s history that have long dominated scholarship on gender and sexuality in late imperial China.

Download or read book Forcibly Without Her Consent written by Thomas P. Power and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-07-29 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do men abduct women? Are their motives sexual, economic, or social? How crucial is the use of violence? How important is the participation of others? What are the societal consequences of abduction? Answers to these questions can usefully be found in a historical case study of abductions as they occurred in Ireland between 1700 and 1850. Forcibly Without Her Consent describes in detail how abduction was a largely communally-sanctioned exercise in male violence against women, how it depended for success on a well established ritual, how it eluded suppression by the forces of law and order, and how it impacted class structure, marriage, and patterns of rural unrest. In fascinating detail, Thomas Power uncovers the causes and implications of abduction. Reading this book will give you a deep insight into the social origins of abduction.

Download or read book The Semantic Web Research and Applications written by Lora Aroyo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-06-07 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains papers from the technical program of the 7th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2010), held from May 30 to June 3, 2010, in Heraklion, Greece. ESWC 2010 presented the latest results in research and applications of Semantic Web technologies. ESWC 2010 built on the success of the former European Semantic Web Conference series, but sought to extend its focus by engaging with other communities within and outside Information and Communication Technologies, in which semantics can play an important role. At the same time, ESWC has become a truly international conference. Semantics of Web content, enriched with domain theories (ontologies), data about Web usage, natural language processing, etc., will enable a Web that p- vides a qualitatively new level of functionality. It will weave together a large network of human knowledge and make this knowledge machine-processable. Various automated services, based on reasoning with metadata and ontologies, will help the users to achieve their goals by accessing and processing infor- tion in machine-understandable form. This network of knowledge systems will ultimately lead to truly intelligent systems, which will be employed for va- ous complex decision-making tasks. Research about Web semantics can bene?t from ideas and cross-fertilization with many other areas: arti?cial intelligence, natural language processing, database and information systems, information - trieval, multimedia, distributed systems, social networks, Web engineering, and Web science.

Download or read book Aliens In Kilts Collection 1 Books 1 3 written by Donna McDonald and published by Donna McDonald. This book was released on 2020-07-17 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True love can defy time, but can it defy space, aliens, and being abducted? Aliens In Kilts is a funny, spoofy, romantic adventure through space and time. And that's just the beginning of the chaos! Apologies to the Whovians, Trekkies, and those who have the Force strong within them. There’s none of that happening for Angus MacNamara and Erin O’Shea from a primitive 1950s Earth who are trying as hard as they can to make the best of their alien situation. MATCHMAKER ABDUCTION The big blue planet that most call New Earth desperately needs matchmakers. The original matchmakers are dead, and much worse, their DNA is no longer viable for cloning. Solution? Go back in time to one of Earth’s other—thankfully slower spinning—versions, and retrieve the alternates of the one couple in any universe who seems able to do the job. It's Angus and Erin versus aliens in this humorous Science Fiction Romance. NATE'S FATED MATE After a hundred years and four other wives, he should have been over her. Nate likes things calm and peaceful. Predictable outcomes suit him. Or they had until he realizes Sheena will soon be walking out of his life again. Letting her go didn’t work out last time he did it. This time Nate has to stop her. SHADES OF DARCONE Trouble, she was. Big trouble. HIS trouble. New Earth humans call him alien, but it is they who are strange. His fierce appearance ensures no human bride will choose him. Humans and their drama—he wants no part of it. No. That is a lie. He wants Bri at any cost. He’s always wanted Bri. Has he really been waiting two hundred years to make Brianna McNamara his? Author Note: It’s challenging to describe the full range of romantic humor in these books, but if you like movies like Galaxy Quest, Spaceballs, or more recently, Guardians of the Galaxy, then you’re definitely going to like this series.

Download or read book A Matchmaker s Match written by Nina Coombs Pykare and published by Belgrave House. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Psyche Veringham was a sharp-tongued bluestocking who had turned her attention to finding a match for her young protégé, Amanda. The Earl of Southdon appeared to her the perfect husband for Amanda—but he proved willfully uncooperative, pretending Psyche wished to win him for herself. The earl was having none of the pretty debutantes; he wanted a woman of wit and charm. Regency Romance by Nina Coombs Pykare writing as Nina Porter; originally published by Zebra

Download or read book Nate s Fated Mate written by Donna McDonald and published by Donna McDonald. This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Witch s Touch written by S.E. Smith and published by Montana Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Midlife Muse written by Donna McDonald and published by Donna McDonald. This book was released on 2021-08-23 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Midlife Muse is a paranormal women’s fiction and fantasy novel and an action and adventure tale from USA Today Bestselling Author Donna McDonald. I may look like a 40-year-old woman, but inside I'm a goddess. My name is Goddess Atlanta. Haven't you heard of me? No? Bet you've heard of my twin sister, Athena, the Goddess of War. Sure. Everyone’s heard of her. Shunned by my birth family, I grew up with the Muses as sisters and friends. Being a Muse sucked, though, and I failed at inspiring others. What can I say? Being a warrior is the song that sings in my blood. Just hand me a sword and move back while I call down lightning. Be careful though because my aim’s not what it used to be. Becoming a 40-year-old and mostly mortal woman has taken a toll, especially on my knees. Because of my father, my entire pantheon is also mortal and dying. I have to find a worthy champion to help me save us all. Failure is not an option no matter how old or mortal I get. My name is Atlanta, Goddess of the Doomsday Prophecy. And this is my Mortal Midlife Story. AUTHOR NOTE: This new story is both paranormal and fantasy (think Trolls, Pegasi, and Dragons) and women’s fiction (think issues of aging). Romantic elements are also included. This is the first book in my new series which has its roots in Greek mythology. You can count on the good guys winning some of their battles, but that’s the only promise I can make. As with all my work, there will be lots of laughs along the way. Topics: mythology, Greek mythology, goddess, series starter, first in series, fantasy series, paranormal action and adventure, women's fiction, fantasy fiction, paranormal romance, shifter romance, romance ebook, romance series, fantasy romance, paranormal elements, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, HEA, strong heroine, alpha hero, romance fiction, romance books, USA Today Bestseller, paranormal romance shifters series

Download or read book Muse It or Lose It written by Donna McDonald and published by Donna McDonald. This book was released on 2021-08-23 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Muse It or Lose It is a paranormal women’s fiction and fantasy novel and a new action and adventure tale from USA Today Bestselling Author Donna McDonald. Sometimes I just don’t understand my crazy life. On one hand, I can call lightning and save a trapped Dragon when I need to. On the other, I need reading glasses to read how many aspirins to take when my knee hurts. Despite being a foretold savior of my pantheon, nothing has spared me from my own mortal fate. I’m still aging, just like everyone else. With two tasks out of nine finished, and no one dying from our misadventures yet, I admit I’ve been feeling pretty good about myself. The Fates have finally stopped popping in on me, so I'm hoping I’m on the right track. And none of my family has stabbed me in the back this week. See? Good times. So I’m fine… mostly. Well, except my champion’s been a real pain to deal with lately. He’s sort of a dragon now and I’m afraid feeling special has gone to his head. Can anyone say entitlement issues? Anyone? I hope Cale gets a handle on his problems soon, because hey… I am the special one in our relationship. I’m the goddess. Yes. Okay. I admit tasks three and four aren’t looking like a whole lot of fun, but I trust Cale and I will get through them. I have to because failing means death. Everyone in my pantheon is still counting on me to stop the doomsday prophecy from coming true. All I can say is Gaia help me because I’m going to need all the help I get. AUTHOR NOTE: This is the second book in the Nine Heirs and a Spare series which has its roots in Greek mythology. You can count on the good guys winning some of their battles, but that’s the only promise I can make. As with all my work, there will be some good laughs along the way. Topics: mythology, Greek mythology, goddess, series starter, first in series, fantasy series, paranormal action and adventure, women's fiction, fantasy fiction, paranormal romance, shifter romance, romance ebook, romance series, fantasy romance, paranormal elements, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, HEA, strong heroine, alpha hero, romance fiction, romance books, USA Today Bestseller, paranormal romance shifters series

Download or read book Nano Wolves written by Donna McDonald and published by Donna McDonald. This book was released on 2019-04-26 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science made them werewolves, but love controls their destiny. Scientifically created werewolves are definitely worth howling about in this collection of paranormal romances with a science fiction romance twist. Add in a dash of romantic comedy and some action and adventure and what you've got are Nano Wolves. Fans of shifter romance will enjoy this new take on werewolves who are created through genetic engineering. Ariel: Nano Wolves 1 Being turned an alpha werewolf isn't part of the scientific career Dr. Ariel Jones planned for herself. Neither is having to fight for her life and the life of her new wolf pack. Reed, the wolf used to make her, now talks in her head and tells her how to handle things--or rather how to kill them--starting with the men who did this to them. Too bad Reed can’t tell her how to put her life back like it was. Brandi: Nano Wolves 2 Gareth says they're mates. Brandi says they're done. Betrayed by the wolf who pretended to love her, former agent, Brandi Jenkins, goes looking for the truth about the scientist who made her and her pack. Finding out for certain if Gareth lied about his alleged love for her will just have to wait. Heidi: Nano Wolves 3 Despite being captured and turned into a werewolf, Heidi likes her new life as a healer in the Gray Wolf Pack. She likes Ryan Calder too. But liking doesn’t mean she wants to be his mate. She's just finding her personal freedom and finally doing the kind of work she's always been meant to do. Doesn't anyone believe she can take care of herself?

Download or read book Shades Of Darcone written by Donna McDonald and published by Donna McDonald. This book was released on 2017-09-20 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trouble, she was. Big trouble. HIS trouble. New Earth humans call him Alien, but it is they who are strange. His fierce appearance and stilted speech ensure no human bride will choose him. Such things only matter if you care, and for now, Darcone does not. On his planet, he is revered as a mighty warrior. On Earth, he meekly serves as an Admiral’s guard. Why does he stay on this nearly hostile planet? Because answering to humans is still preferable to obeying the wishes of his family to mate with a woman he does not want. Humans and their drama—he wants no part of it. No. That is a lie. He wants her at any cost. He’s always wanted Bri. But a good bride, the woman is not. Fierce, Commander Bri is—and noble, but still a female. The idea of her ever being in danger makes him in growl in fury, fueled by emotions he’s never felt before. Caring points only to one truth—a truth Darcone wishes with all his oversized heart to deny. Has he really been waiting two hundred years to make Brianna McNamara his? Topics: donna mcdonald books, paranormal romance, science fiction romance, romantic fantasy, humorous fantasy, action and adventure, alien contact, urban fantasy, contemporary fantasy, panther shifters, cat shifters, good versus evil, shifter romance, women's fiction, contemporary women's fiction, paranormal women's fiction, paranormal adventures, humorous science fiction, humorous scifi, sci-fi, syfy, spoof, satire

Download or read book The Shaman s Mate written by Donna McDonald and published by Donna McDonald. This book was released on 2012-11-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abducted. The term sounded strange, but that was the only way to explain what was happening to him. Expert canyon tracker, Jason Cloud, discovers the hard way that accepting a stranger's help carries a high price. Suddenly he's the newest member of a whole tribe of people who remind him of his deceased native grandfather. Not only can he not go home, Jason is supposed to repay his karmic debt by becoming their holy woman's mate. The honorable and beautiful Shaman Aiyana admits she’s been waiting years for him to come to her. His head has yet to stop spinning over what he sees. Can life among the Chileaans really be his destiny?

Download or read book Magic New Mexico Boxset Books 1 3 written by S.E. Smith and published by Montana Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationally acclaimed author S.E. Smith presents a bundle of 3 laugh-out-loud adventures to transport readers out of this world! Within New Mexico is a small town named Magic, an… unusual town, to say the least. Touch of Frost: Sci-fi and Paranormal Fantasy collide! Frost is a Star Ranger. He travels the star systems, bringing intergalactic fugitives to justice. When a maximum-security fugitive escapes from the mining prison to a distant, forbidden planet inhabited by a race that has not mastered space travel yet, Frost is sent after him. Lacey Adams is a widow who owns an animal shelter in Magic, New Mexico. When she is taken hostage by the fugitive, things become complicated as Frost discovers his heart is not as frozen as he thought, and Lacey proves to be a more formidable opponent than either the fugitive or Frost could have imagined… Taking On Tory: You can live forever, and still find mysteries whose answers will unravel your world… Twenty-four-year-old Tory Carson is dying to get out of Magic, New Mexico and explore the world. She has spent her whole life cocooned in the protection of the close-knit community. When she finally gets a chance to go somewhere for three weeks, she would be crazy to say no. Simon Drayton is a reclusive billionaire who has reinvented himself over and over again throughout the centuries. He is used to getting what he wants, and he wants the beautiful young woman who captured his imagination at first sight. He is shocked and just a little bit fascinated when she’s unaffected by his charms. She isn’t impressed by his wealth. She isn’t impressed with his looks. She doesn’t even bat an eye when he flashes his teeth! Find out what happens when a centuries-old werewolf discovers he isn’t the only creature who loves to bite. Alexandru’s Kiss: Tory has no idea where she sent Alexandru, but he’ll be fine! Really… Far from home... Alexandru Carson has a major problem and it isn't with the woman who captured him - it is the fact that he can't remember anything but his name. He doesn't know where he is or how he ended up in the middle of a forest that feels completely alien, and he definitely doesn’t know why it is so hard to keep his hands off the woman who claimed him as her prisoner… Main Content: 373 (6x9) pages, 116,991 words

Download or read book Not Amused written by Donna McDonald and published by Donna McDonald. This book was released on 2022-08-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not aMused is a paranormal fantasy women’s fiction and fantasy novel and an action and adventure tale from USA Today Bestselling Author Donna McDonald. The seventh task of the prophecy is proving to be the strangest one yet. Speaking of strange, Zeus is asking to come along so he can help me. He says he’s conflicted and wants to get to know me now. Only Zeus’s help consists of him trying to kill a creature I specifically, emphatically told him we were not going to kill. What kind of help is that? Not the kind I need, that’s for sure. And Athena is on vacation. My twin is sunning herself on some tropical beach while I’m trying to convince the Gorgon Hydra she created not to turn to me to stone like it did all the female Dragons. Sure, I understand that Athena’s embarrassed. Who wouldn’t be in her shoes? Instead of restoring the remaining two Gorgons back into humans, she turned them into a Dragon-headed Gorgon Hydra. I say everybody makes mistakes and that she should try again. However, I can’t really repeat what she said to me without wanting to stab her with my energy sword. The Fates are ignoring my summons. Normally, I’d be happy they were out of the picture, but I have a ton of questions and no answers. The rest of my pantheon isn’t much better. They’ve gone back to their lives like it’s all over. The only person not ignoring me is my birth mother, Metis, but technically she’s dead. Her ghost is keeping me company for a while because I needed someone with some Titan Witch skills. Currently, she's the only one willing to listen to me. Guess that happens when you tether a shade from the Underworld. I thought I’d hate her when we met, but actually, she’s not so bad. Athena’s not the only one who needs a vacation, but Cale and I are too busy trying to save everyone to take that kind of break. Hopefully, we’ll live long enough to close on the house we found. Is that too much to ask?

Download or read book Dad Panther written by Donna McDonald and published by Donna McDonald. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bad Panther is about to become Dad Panther… Dr. Sugar Jennings, host of a Protector Blade, is about to become the mother of twins. Axel of Rodu, her alien panther mate and next in line for the Lyran throne, is already in Dad Panther mode and freaking out. When the fourth and final blade surfaces and sends out a distress call, Sugar has no choice but to lead the existing blades on a rescue mission. The Creator Blade and its reluctant host are on the run. Don’t miss the action, adventure, and fun in the next installment of the Alien Guardians of Earth. Topics: paranormal romance, science fiction romance, romantic fantasy, humorous fantasy, action and adventure, alien contact, urban fantasy, contemporary fantasy, panther shifters, cat shifters, good versus evil, shifter romance, women's fiction, contemporary women's fiction, paranormal women's fiction, paranormal adventures, humorous science fiction, humorous scifi, sci-fi, syfy, alien invasion, alien theories

Download or read book Reed Nano Wolves 4 written by Donna McDonald and published by Donna McDonald. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reed’s time as Alpha of his pack should be over. Didn’t a six-hundred-year-old wolf deserve to retire? But life doesn’t always work out the way a wolf wants. Some mad scientist used him and his potent werewolf blood to turn three human females. Now he has two packs instead of one, but none among them are stepping up to take his place. Too many secrets among his children have all but destroyed his original family. Now with the deaths of both his Alpha descendants haunting the pack, there's no one left in his gene pool to lead. Duty and a healthy fear of the agencies his grandson Travis told about the pack requires that Reed lead them until a new alpha can be found, no matter how much he wishes otherwise. While Ariel's nanotechnology blood transfusion returned some of his physical youth, science did not change his mental age or negate the weariness he feels in his very bones. The only bright spot is the Russian werewolf. Katarina Volkov is so full of fire—so full of herself. The touchy female wolf makes him feel things he hasn’t felt in years. Too bad he isn’t free to enjoy her. Topics: werewolf romance, shifter romance series, romance saga, romantic suspense, series starter, first in series, romance series, shapeshifter romance with sex, paranormal romance, shifter romance, romance ebook, romance series, top romance reads, fantasy romance, paranormal elements, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, HEA, strong heroine, alpha hero, steamy romance, emotional romance, romance fiction, romance books, USA Today Bestseller, paranormal romance shifters series