Download or read book Women s Utopias of the Eighteenth Century written by Alessa Johns and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No human society has ever been perfect, a fact that has led thinkers as far back as Plato and St. Augustine to conceive of utopias both as a fanciful means of escape from an imperfect reality and as a useful tool with which to design improvements upon it. The most studied utopias have been proposed by men, but during the eighteenth century a group of reform-oriented female novelists put forth a series of work that expressed their views of, and their reservations about, ideal societies. In Women's Utopias of the Eighteenth Century, Alessa Johns examines the utopian communities envisaged by Mary Astell, Sarah Fielding, Mary Hamilton, Sarah Scott, and other writers from Britain and continental Europe, uncovering the ways in which they resembled--and departed from--traditional utopias. Johns demonstrates that while traditional visions tended to look back to absolutist models, women's utopias quickly incorporated emerging liberal ideas that allowed far more room for personal initiative and gave agency to groups that were not culturally dominant, such as the female writers themselves. Women's utopias, Johns argues, were reproductive in nature. They had the potential to reimagine and perpetuate themselves.
Download or read book Reckless Ruined written by Bethany-Kris and published by Bethany-Kris. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play dirty. It’s the only way to win in a war. Alessa Trentini follows the rules, or so it seems on the outside. A certain Conti has always been able to sway her inner rebel and keep her out of trouble, but even Adriano won’t be able to get her out of her brother’s mess. In a war, no woman is safe if her hand in marriage can advance her family in the world of the mafia. But mistakes of the past have a way of slipping into the present and Alessa will soon learn that even the most shameful of secrets can get her everything she wants. Adriano Conti’s loyalties are torn as he’s forced to stand at his father’s side while Riley uses his wife’s murder as a way to get higher. Blood comes first and then the Outfit. The one thing he doesn’t question in the war between the families is Alessa Trentini and even that doesn’t seem possible when he’s forced to watch Alessa be used as another man’s pawn. Adriano has his own role to play to get what he wants. The families in the Outfit have never been more divided than they are now. Blood continues to spill as revenge takes center stage and more lives are lost. But every man in the family is fighting for something different and no one’s intentions can be trusted. Playing a dirty game might be the only way to stay alive. Even if that means ruining it all. **Please Note: Reckless should not be read before Deathless & Divided. This novel is NOT considered a standalone in the series as part of the timeline runs concurrent with the first book in the series, Deathless & Divided.
Download or read book This Cursed Light written by Emily Thiede and published by Wednesday Books. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From beloved author Emily Thiede comes the highly-anticipated final book in The Last Finestra duology, the sequel to This Vicious Grace, the epic romance hailed as one of the best fantasies of the year! "I loved the book!! Fantastic ending to a fantastic series." - Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here When the gods make the rules, the players must choose: Sacrifice their love to save the world, or choose love and let it burn? Six months after saving their island from destruction and almost losing Dante, Alessa is ready to live happily ever after with her former bodyguard. But Dante can't rest, haunted by a conviction that the gods aren't finished with them yet. And without his powers, the next kiss from Alessa could kill him. Desperate for answers, Dante enlists Alessa and their friends to find the exiled ghiotte in hopes of restoring his powers and combining forces with them to create the only army powerful enough to save them all. But Alessa is hiding a deadly consequence of their last fight—a growing darkness that's consuming her mind—and their destination holds more dangers than anyone bargained for. In the mysterious city of the banished, Dante will uncover secrets, lies, and ghosts from his past that force him to ask himself: Which side is he on? When the gods reveal their final test, Dante and Alessa will be the world's last defense. But if they are the keys to saving the world, will their love be the price of victory? In This Cursed Light, Dante and Alessa face their most daunting challenge yet when the Gods demand they prove their worth by choosing the ultimate sacrifice to save humanity, once and for all.
Download or read book This Vicious Grace written by Emily Thiede and published by Wednesday Books. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the best fantasies of the year." - Buzzfeed "Riveting, passionate, and full of high stakes danger." —Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Thiede's exciting fantasy debut, This Vicious Grace, the first in The Last Finestra duology, will keep readers turning the pages until the devastating conclusion and leave them primed for more! Three weddings. Three funerals. Alessa’s gift from the gods is supposed to magnify a partner’s magic, not kill every suitor she touches. Now, with only weeks left until a hungry swarm of demons devours everything on her island home, Alessa is running out of time to find a partner and stop the invasion. When a powerful priest convinces the faithful that killing Alessa is the island’s only hope, her own soldiers try to assassinate her. Desperate to survive, Alessa hires Dante, a cynical outcast marked as a killer, to become her personal bodyguard. But as rebellion explodes outside the gates, Dante’s dark secrets may be the biggest betrayal. He holds the key to her survival and her heart, but is he the one person who can help her master her gift or destroy her once and for all? Don't miss the thrilling conclusion to The Last Finestra duology, This Cursed Light— out now wherever books are sold!
Download or read book Multisystemic Resilience written by and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 819 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multisystemic Resilience brings together for the first time in one volume a wide range of resilience scholars who have been wrestling with how to explain processes of recovery, adaptation, and transformation in contexts of change and adversity. With contributions from psychologists, epigeneticists, ecologists, architects, disaster specialists, engineers, sociologists, social workers, and public health researchers among others, this innovative volume creates a platform for an interdisciplinary conversation about how to effectively research resilience across systems. Even more, it explores how to identify possible solutions to problems that threaten the physical and mental health of individuals, the wellbeing of our communities, and the sustainability of our planet. Every chapter provides a detailed review of systemic resilience from one disciplinary perspective, drawing from cutting edge research and case studies. Together these chapters show that considering the resilience of multiple systems at once is instrumental to understanding the processes of change and sustainability.
Download or read book Firestorm written by A. D. Bowers and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sapphire is a human, at least in every other human's eyes. As for those who like to drink blood and kill those humans? She is their executor. Vampire Assassin, code named Firestorm, lives with her sister Jade. For many years Sapphire has protected and hid them both from their hunter who wants their powers. When Jade tries to help her sister protect them, Sapphire gets a taste of what a true vampire is and just how powerful they can be when two team up. Tristan has tried for centuries to avoid hurting his nephew again. But when a feisty human with abnormal abilities steals one of his targets, he can't help but get involved. He never expected her to win over the two things he has protected most, his nephew and his own heart. But when Sapphire's hunter interferes with her happiness, will she win the struggle with her fight or flight instincts? Or will she finally learn that Vampires aren't the only ones who hold the true power? This debut novel by a talented new novelist breaks all the rules and will keep you reading from sun up to sun down. Firestorm is an action packed love story that will keep you guessing about who is really behind all the destruction.
Download or read book Assignment Milan written by Ken Tentarelli and published by Ken Tentarelli. This book was released on 2023-07-08 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two cities at odds. Can one determined man stop a treacherous plot to undermine Florence? Renaissance Italy, 1464. Nico Argenti is ready to make his mark. Assigned to his first position on a newly formed commission with two other men, the young lawyer teams up with a seasoned criminal investigator and a military hero. He moves quickly when a Florentine banker mysteriously goes missing in Milan. Immediately petitioning the Milanese courts, Nico skillfully argues for permission to investigate inside the unwelcoming city-state. But when the disappearance shockingly turns into murder and conspiracy, he jumps in to uncover the plot targeting the heart of the Florentine Republic. Can Nico prevent an underhanded scheme from destroying his beloved city. Assignment Milan is the suspenseful third book in the Nico Argenti historical mystery series. If you like good guys with high principles, thrilling political intrigue, and well-paced action, then you’ll love this grippingly authentic whodunit.
Download or read book Empowering Collaborations written by Kimberley Benedict and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines partnerships between medieval women and scribes. Kimberly Benedict argues that medieval female visionaries often play prominent roles in collaboration while their male amanuenses serves as supports and foils.
Download or read book Like a Deer Panteth written by Cynthia Rovnaghi and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a God-inspired work of fiction stirred in the month of September 2016 by an inner calling to reveal a depth of historical figures living in and events occurring in Asia Minor soon after the death of Jesus two thousand years ago. Too often, we forget about ways of living that have been in practice for thousands of years. We are not the authors or inventors of Christianity. This book is about the purity and vastness of relationship with God and one another. Do we have as much zeal for the Three in One today as our predecessors? After two thousand years, do we fail to practice living in the Kingdom of God daily? Are we willing to acknowledge that God is the doer and each of us is called to use our gifts as willing partners in fellowship with God and his creation? Are we waiting for "someday" to arrive before we experience the fullness of God? What does it mean to grow up in Jesus? Is abundance only spiritual or is it also earthly? What does it mean to stand as having a new nature created by Jesus?
Download or read book Plays and Lyrics written by Cale Young Rice and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1906 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains "Yolanda of Cyprus," a hitherto unpublished play; many new lyrics; some others that appeared in "Song-Surf," a volume whose publishers failed before it reached the public; and "David," which came out in America in 1904. The author's desire has been to include only his best work.
Download or read book The Perdition Score written by Richard Kadrey and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandman Slim returns in a stunning, high-octane thriller filled with the intense kick-ass action and inventive fantasy that are the hallmarks of New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey. The request from Thomas Abbot, the Augur of the Sub Rosa council, couldn’t come at a better time for James Stark, aka Sandman Slim. For a man who’s most recently met Death—and death’s killer—a few months of normal life is more than he can handle. He needs a little action, and now Abbott wants Stark and Candy to investigate the disappearance of a young boy—and help uncover council members who might be tied to Wormwood’s power brokers. Stark’s plans change when he meets a dying angel who gives him a vial of a mysterious black liquid that could be a secret weapon in the ongoing war between angels who want to allow human souls into Heaven and rebel angels willing to die to keep them out. When one of Stark’s closest friends is poisoned with the black liquid, Stark and Candy have to go to the only place where they might find a cure: Hell. But standing in their way are the damned souls who, even after death, still work for Wormwood. The secret deal they’ve struck with the rebel angels is darker than anything Stark has encountered. Not only does the fate of the world hang in the balance, but also the souls of everyone in it. Stark has to find a way to break the stalemate in the angel war, score the Perdition cure for the black poison, and make it back to LA in one piece—where an old enemy waits to finish him once and for all.
Download or read book Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror Film Sequels Series and Remakes written by Kim R. Holston and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction, fantasy and horror movies have spawned more sequels and remakes than any other film genre. Following Volume I, which covered 400 films made 1931-1995, Volume II analyzes 334 releases from 1996 through 2016. The traditional cinematic monsters are represented--Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolf Man, a new Mummy. A new wave of popular series inspired by comics and video games, as well as The Lord of the Rings trilogy, could never have been credibly produced without the advances in special effects technology. Audiences follow the exploits of superheroes like Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man and Thor, and such heroines as the vampire Selene, zombie killer Alice, dystopian rebels Katniss Everdeen and Imperator Furiosa, and Soviet spy turned American agent Black Widow. The continuing depredations of Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers are described. Pre-1996 movies that have since been remade are included. Entries features cast and credits, detailed synopsis, critics' reviews, and original analysis.
Download or read book Louise s Gamble written by Sarah R. Shaber and published by Severn House/ORIM. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young widow Louise Pearlie becomes embroiled in a perilous game of mafia bosses, Nazi spies, and banished royalty in this wartime novel of suspense. It’s 1942 in Washington, DC. Louise Pearlie is now a chief file clerk at the legendary Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the CIA, and enjoying being an independent, working woman despite wartime privations. But a casual friendship struck up with Alessa di Luca, a secretive war refugee, sucks Louise into a dangerous game of mafia bosses, Nazi spies, banished royalty, and Sicilian aristocracy—placing not only her job, but her life, in jeopardy . . . “Shaber brews a delightful mix of feminine wiles and real-life history that will keep readers turning the pages.” —Publishers Weekly “Shaber has created a wonderful cast of characters . . . A wonderfully entertaining read.” —Historical Novel Society
Download or read book Yolanda of Cyprus written by Cale Young Rice and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Right Choice written by Catherine George and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgia on his mind… When Georgia arrived in Italy to teach English to young Alessa Valori, she felt everything was heading in the right direction. But the minute she met Luca Valori, Alessa's uncle and the famed ex-motor racing champion, she was thrown completely off track! Should she pretend that she didn't feel the same smoldering desire as Luca, and risk a lifetime of regret? Or throw caution to the winds, and maybe become just another of Luca's conquests? Whichever road Georgia chose to travel, both were signposted with one clear warning: heartbreak dead ahead!
Download or read book Crockerpocks written by Charles E. Coppola and published by eXtasy Books. This book was released on 2019-02-15 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two young people meet and fall in love in Southern California during the idyllic 1960s. Being together is bitterly opposed by the young woman's father and the young man's mother. A sudden death in the girl's family and relocation to Europe by the boy's family threatens to permanently end the relationship until the young woman decides to fight back.
Download or read book Within Magic written by Day Leitao and published by Sparkly Wave. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stranded across dimensions, what will they do to reach each other? Troubled by dreams of her beloved in danger, Karina finds a new portal. But instead of going to Whyland, she breaks the defenses against a sinister ethereal city, putting Whyland--and her friends--in danger. Not only that, she ends up trapped and helpless, in a place where even her mind is not safe. Sian has an impossible task: defeat the gigantic Maris king. A victory doesn't mean a ticket home, though. In his struggle, he'll come across magic more powerful than he ever imagined. Intruders in Whyland force Cayla and Darian to the Light Gardens, where more truths and secrets are about to be revealed, and where Darian has a chance to reconnect with his brother. Old wounds are about to be opened—and cleansed. But the process might be painful. Get immersed in this action-packed, emotional conclusion to Portals to Whyland, recommended for teens 13 and up. You'll find adventure, romance, intrigue, revelations, and magic. Start reading it now! Keywords: portal fantasy, YA trilogy, YA fantasy series, YA romantic fantasy, YA romance, young adult romantic fantasy, young adult romance, trilogy conclusion.
